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Happy Yuletide? Ho ho oh no! An interview with Shades of Vengeance on the Crueltide TTRPG

October 31, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

We interview Shades of Vengeance about Era: Crueltide, a new TTRPG where players must save Santa from snowmen and disgruntled Jack O’Lanterns.

Filed Under: Interviews, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: christmas, kickstarters, Shades of Vengeance

Routinely Itemised: RPG #323

August 22, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This week’s tabletop news: drama at Tabletop Scotland, a tribute to Bud Baird, the latest on Diamond Comics, and worsening US shipping problems.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Coriolis, Free League Publishing, routinely itemised, Shades of Vengeance

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #238

January 6, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Routinely Itemised is Geek Native’s RPG news round-up for the week, unearthing headlines from trusted news sites and smaller blogs, review sites, and Kickstarter.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Fat Goblin Games, routinely itemised, Shades of Vengeance, warhammer

Occupied: Indie RPG publisher crowdfunds a movie for their supers setting

February 27, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Drift and Snake are two of the less powerful heroes in the world, and they find their city taken over by an Old God with so much more power than them, they have no chance.

Filed Under: Online Shows Tagged With: kickstarters, Shades of Vengeance, superheroes

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #147

April 8, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

We can see many exciting bundles, Hasbro hanging on to Wizards of the Coast, and if you’re a fan of the news reading minotaur, there’s a chance to win him in the UK.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: alice is missing, crowbar creative, cyberpunk red, Dungeons & Dragons, evil genius productions, First Responders, foundry vtt, Green Ronin Publishing, handiwork games, hasbro, Jon Hodgson, just crunch games, Monte Cook Games, mothership, Paizo Publishing, R. Talsorian Games, realmwarp media, river horse, roll20, routinely itemised, sara thompson, Shades of Vengeance, Son of Oak Game Studio, Stargate SG-1, Syrinscape, tales of xadia, the dark eye, the dee sanction, the expanse rpg, The One Ring, the witcher, Ulisses Spiele, wizards of the coast, wizkids, World Anvil, zombicide

The devil angel war returns as Era: Forbidden comes back to Kickstarter

October 10, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

In Era: Forbidden individual humans can join the fight by getting hold of, and picking up, one of the weapons used by the angels and demons.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: angels, demons, kickstarters, Shades of Vengeance

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #36

February 21, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Another busy week in the world of RPGs as Fantasy Flight appears to be stepping away from the hobby and Kickstarter encourages dozens of new tabletop projects in just a few days.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: agon, black void, bundle of holding, cortex prime, cyberpunk red, cypher system, drivethrurpg, Evil Hat Productions, fandom, fantasy flight games, Free League Publishing, Green Ronin Publishing, humble bundle, ironsworn, kickstarter, lex arcana, modern age, Monte Cook Games, Mutants & Masterminds, nor cal mythos, Paizo Publishing, Palladium Books, Pelgrane Press, philip reed, R. Talsorian Games, routinely itemised, Shades of Vengeance, soulbound, swordsfall, the strange, the yellow king, Ulisses Spiele

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #33

January 31, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

RPG news summary with another D&D leak, free downloads and Matthew Mercer’s 2020 update to the Blood Hunter 5e class.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: 2000 AD, baldur's gate, board games, Call of Cthulhu, castle falkenstein, CONAN Adventures In An Age Undreamed Of, conan the barbarian, Coriolis, critical role, cubicle 7, deadlands, Descent into Avernus, Dungeons & Dragons, Free League Publishing, Jim Zub, laidback dungeon master, Matthew Mercer, Mike Myler, Modiphius Entertainment, Paizo Publishing, pathfinder, Pinnacle Entertainment Group, R. Talsorian Games, routinely itemised, Sandy Petersen, Shades of Vengeance, soulbound, starfinder, Strontium Dog, Symbaroum, The One Ring, traveller, Vampire: The Masquerade

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #18

October 18, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Speed-read your way through this week’s RPG news from Geek Native and around the web.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Andrew Peregrine, Carnival Row, cubicle 7, eric bloat, gale force 9, lord of the rings, Modiphius Entertainment, paizo, Pelgrane Press, routinely itemised, Shades of Vengeance, soulbound, The One Ring, Troll Lord Games, wizards of the coast, wrath & glory

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #17

October 11, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

What did you miss this week? Freebies from Chaosium as #WeAreAllUs remembers Greg Stafford? The new Phone PDF format or perhaps a nameless goose?

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: 7th Sea, Call of Cthulhu, Chaosium, curious monk, drivethrurpg, Fantasy Grounds, gm binder, Greg Stafford, king arthur pendragon, lex arcana, philip reed, roll20, routinely itemised, Shades of Vengeance, World Anvil, zweihander

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