In a year marked by climate catastrophe and industry shifts, the TTRPG world saw Critical Role cancel streaming despite a new distribution deal for Darrington Press, Chaosium celebrate 50 years, and researchers leverage D&D expertise for AI development.
Routinely Itemised: RPGs #290
Welcome to the first TTRPG news and routinely itemised summary of 2025. Let’s look at what’s happened so far.
Wrath of the Sea Lich: Gygax goes Shadowdark
Shadowdark won the 2024 ENnies for Best Rules, Best Game and Product of the Year.
Routinely Itemised: RPGs #269
Exciting TTRPG news: Sanderson’s Cosmere RPG soars, D&D 2024 feels like a new edition, Fallen London and Smurfs RPGs on the horizon, plus ENnie wins for Shadowdark and Outgunned.
The ENNIE Awards 2024 winners
The ENNIES Awards news comes from Gen Con, where the awards are typically held.
Shadowdark RPG arrives on Fantasy Grounds VTT
The best tabletop RPGs seem to have their own moments when the groundswell of support grows large enough for everyone to notice.
Delve: Design and survive dungeons (easy) but get into a new system (gasp!)
There’s also a whole bunch of free to download Delve samples with monsters, treasure and player races/ancestries for D&D and Shadowdark.
Routinely Itemised: RPGs #228
Geek Native’s Routinely Itemised is a weekly newsletter that summarises the latest news and developments in the tabletop roleplaying game (TTRPG) industry.
Shadowdark from The Arcane Library promises a new OSR and Kickstarts in a flash
Few OSR titles do so well on Kickstarter, but Shadowdark is designed to have a broad appeal.
I’m just done: James Mishler Games will delete all products and go on hiatus due to the OGL drama
I have no desire to publish new products for game lines that might be forced to disappear overnight.
