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Owlcat Games to launch Dark Heresy alpha and port Rogue Trader to Switch 2

October 15, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Find out when you can play the Warhammer 40,000: Dark Heresy alpha and learn more about Rogue Trader’s upcoming Nintendo Switch 2 debut.

Filed Under: Console, Mobile, PC Tagged With: dark heresy, owlcat games, rogue trader, Steam, switch

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #228

October 28, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Geek Native’s Routinely Itemised is a weekly newsletter that summarises the latest news and developments in the tabletop roleplaying game (TTRPG) industry.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Cubicle 7 Entertainment, Dungeons & Dragons, luke gygax, rogue trader, routinely itemised, shadowdark, typhon games, william murakami-brundage

Cubicle 7 puts $314 worth of Rogue Trader PDFs on Humble Bundle

October 27, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Rogue Trader is an RPG set in the Warhammer 40K universe. Players are a Rogue Trader and crew, people who take the risk of dangerous space trade through routes others will not accept or should not take.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cubicle 7, humble bundle, rogue trader, warhammer 40k

We’re All Doomed: A Review of Shedding Light for WH40K

August 14, 2014 by Paul Baldowski Leave a Comment

I have a soft spot for continuity and the clever business of interlinking events in one adventure with those in another. From the perspective of running a game, there is greater satisfaction to be had when the puzzle pieces fall into place and the players make little noises of consternation or satisfaction when they see […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: reviews, rogue trader, rpgs, warhammer 40k

The best selling RPGs of the winter; Pathfinder rules and D&D slips to third (2012)

March 29, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

ICV2 has released their figures for hobby game sales in the US for the winter of 2012. It’s good news for the year wrap-up with hobby store growth being at 15%, that follows from 20% the year before and in wonderful contrast to the 5% decline we saw in 2008. In fact, 2012 is the […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: dark heresy, deathwatch, Dungeons & Dragons, fantasy flight games, iron kingdoms, Paizo Publishing, pathfinder, Privateer Press, rogue trader, star wars, wizards of the coast

The best selling RPGs of the summmer (2012)

October 24, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

Industry watchers ICv2 have released their count of the top five selling roleplaying games this summer. Tallies will always differ but ICv2 run interviews with manufacturers, distributors and retailers. The top five are; Pathfinder (Paizo Publishing) Dungeons & Dragons (Wizards of the Coast) Dark Heresy/Rogue Trader/Deathwatch (Fantasy Flight Games) Dragon Age (Green Ronin Publishing) Dungeon […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: D&D Next, dark heresy, deathwatch, dragon age, dungeon crawl classics, Dungeons & Dragons, fantasy flight games, goodman games, green ronin, icv2, Paizo Publishing, pathfinder, rogue trader, wizards of the coast

Exclusive Warhammer 40K birthday merchandise

February 25, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Rick Priestley created Warhammer 40,000 back in 1987. The war game’s 25th birthday party is tomorrow, February the 25th, and Games Workshop are marking the occassion by shipping exclusive swag to their local stores. The company is predicting this will be the last chance for fans to get their hands on a limited edition Crimson […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: games workshop, Rick Priestley, rogue trader, warhammer 40k

Pathfinder tops summer RPG sales

November 2, 2011 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

ICv2’s quarterly chart of the best selling RPGs is out and, as expected, Pathfinder tops the chart. There’s a different publisher on each of the top five positions with old favourites and newer entries like Green Ronin’s Dragon Age making the cut. IVc2 reports that games had a great summer – with CCGs and especially […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Catalyst Game Labs, dark heresy, deathwatch, dragon age, Dungeons & Dragons, fantasy flight games, games workshop, green ronin, magic the gathering, Paizo Publishing, pathfinder, rogue trader, Shadowrun, wizards of the coast

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