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Roll20’s state of the TTRPG industry report is out for Q4 2021; D&D 5e nudges even further ahead

February 28, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Orr Group, the people who own Roll20, report which roleplaying games are most popular on their virtual tabletop throughout the year.

Filed Under: Sites Tagged With: ankit lal, Dungeons & Dragons, roll20, stats, The Orr Group

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #141

February 25, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A cluster of RPG news furnished at bullet point speed on a week of debate-sparking 5e RPG, a new boss for Roll20, the evil Red Wizards and a Daredevil star in a new show.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Ad Infinitum Adventures, Arcadia, cyberpunk red, Darklight Interactive, Deborah Ann Woll, doctor who, Dungeons & Dragons, earthdawn, ed greenwood, exalted funeral, fandom tabletop, fasa, godbound, goodman games, haunted west, ico partners, kevin crawford, laidback dungeon master, Legendary Games, Modiphius Entertainment, nightpath publishing, old-school essentials, Paizo Publishing, paizocon, R. Talsorian Games, roll20, routinely itemised, Shackleton Expanse Campaign Guide, Steve Jackson Games, tabletops & tentacles, tales of xadia, They Came From Beyond the Grave, Vampire: The Masquerade, wizards of the coast, wrath & glory

Roll20 to get a new boss as Ankit Lal replaces Nolan T Jones

February 22, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Ex-Googler and university professor Ankit Lal is the new CEO at Roll20, taking control of the popular VTT used by more than 10 million gamers.

Filed Under: Sites Tagged With: ankit lal, roll20

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #135

January 14, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A summary of RPGs news from the week with more TSR drama, horror RPGs, killer future robots and babies with broadswords.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: arc, awfully queer heroes, Babies and Broadswords, Call of Cthulhu, Chaosium, coyote & crow, crow land publishing, darrington press, fat dragon games, gallantfunding, goodman games, handimonsters, handiwork games, humble bundle, Loke BattleMats, mindjammer press, Mordenkainen Presents Monsters of the Multiverse, mork borg, Nightfall Games, onyx path publishing, Outland Entertainment, philip reed, roll20, root, routinely itemised, Skirmisher Publishing, terminator, They Came From Beyond the Grave, TSR, wickerpunk, wizards of the coast, World Anvil

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #131

December 17, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A look at which games published this year have sold the best and other RPG news!

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: age of sigmar, Asmodee, Autarch, carbon 2185, Catalyst Game Labs, cubicle 7, cyberpunk red, darrington press, demiplane, dragon turtle games, everway, fandom tabletop, Fizban's Treasury of Dragons, foundry vtt, Free League Publishing, gallant knight games, Green Ronin Publishing, Independence Games, invisible sun, lightspress media, Loke BattleMats, magpie games, mcdm, Outland Entertainment, pathfinder, rebellion unplugged, roll20, root, routinely itemised, salvage union, sine nomine publishing, starfinder, Steve Jackson Games, strixhaven, the between, the expanse rpg, the merciless merchants, TSR, warehouse 23, warhammer, wizards of the coast, World Anvil, wrath & glory

Competition: Win D&D’s official Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos for Roll20

December 7, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Geek Native has two Roll20 Strixhaven codes to give away.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: competitions, Dungeons & Dragons, roll20, strixhaven, wizards of the coast

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #129

December 3, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

RPG news summarised from the week that’s just gone with reviews, interviews, bundle deals, competitions and crowdfunding projects.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: 9th level games, a couple of drakes, Achtung! Cthulhu, bandit camp, brindlewood bay, broken shield, carbon 2185, Chaosium, city of mist, Claim the Sky, cortex, cubicle 7, cyberpunk red, dc comics, defiant, dms guild, dndbeyond, Dune: Adventures in the Imperium, Dungeons & Dragons, edge, Elizabeth Chaipraditkul, en publishing, fairy trails, fandom tabletop, Fizban's Treasury of Dragons, Free League Publishing, game machinery, ghost hunters, gila, goodman games, Gunnar Roxen, haunted west, Into The Odd, Iron Crown Enterprises, just crunch games, Legendary Games, legends of avallen, magpie games, Mana Project Studio, marvel, Marvel Multiverse Tabletop Role-Playing Game, Modiphius Entertainment, Mongoose Publishing, Monte Cook Games, mork borg, nightfell, Nova, paranoia, pathfinder, R. Talsorian Games, roll20, root, routinely itemised, runequest starter set, Steffie de Vaan, storm crow, strixhaven, the dee sanction, The Gauntlet Gaming Community, The Matrix, The One Ring, traveller, truffle shuffle, Tuesday Knight Games, twilight imperium, Victoriana, World Anvil, xploringmap

Roll20 particulates in Cyber Monday for the first time

November 29, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

Roll20 is an established power in the virtual tabletop space, but it’s an area that’s becoming increasingly competitive. The platform has joined in with the Cyber Monday discounts for the first time.

Filed Under: Sites Tagged With: roll20, sales, virtual tabletop

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #127

November 19, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

RPG news from the week. Paizo share an update with apologies, Judge Dredd’s RPG will end, and a historic D&D adventure is back in print.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: chamomile has adventures, Claim the Sky, cubicle 7, demiplane, demon dog, dungeon crawl classics, Dungeons & Dragons, ed greenwood, Elven Tower, Free League Publishing, goodman games, HeroQuest, Joe Manganiello, Loke BattleMats, Marvel Multiverse Tabletop Role-Playing Game, Meguey Baker, Monte Cook Games, Nightfall Games, Paizo Publishing, pathfinder, Pelgrane Press, Ptolus, roll20, root, routinely itemised, through the breach, vaesen, vaesen: mythic britain, vincent baker, wizards of the coast, world of darkness

Here’s what was announced at Roll20Con: Mobile app and new games

November 15, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The headline news from Roll20Con 2021 is the launch of the mobile app.

Filed Under: Sites Tagged With: Andrews McMeel, Chaosium, coyote & crow, cyberpunk red, fallout, flames of freedom, hunters entertainment, Modiphius Entertainment, power rangers, R. Talsorian Games, Renegade Game Studios, roll20, strixhaven, the dark eye, Vampire: The Masquerade, wizards of the coast, zweihander

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