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New bundle offers deep dive into history of sci-fi RPG classic ‘Traveller’

May 5, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This is Free Trader Beowulf, which explores the stories behind Traveller’s key publishers and numerous licensees, delves into its challenging “Long Night” period, and celebrates its eventual resurgence.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundle of holding, bundles, shannon appelcline, traveller

Scanned original D&D campaign documents from 1976 have been shared

January 24, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Known World later became known as Mystara, and it’s Mystara that’s generally counted as the first official D&D campaign setting.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, mystara, shannon appelcline

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #130

December 10, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

Drama again this week with attack lawyers dispatched against Wizards of the Coast, hassles over Kickstarters at Dragonmeet and confusion and concern over the direction Kickstarter itself might be taking.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: 9th level games, Achtung! Cthulhu, Ad Infinitum Adventures, bandit camp, Brittannia Game Designs, broken shield, cairn, carbon 2185, Chaosium, Chivalry & Sorcery, coyote & crow, Dishonored, dragon turtle games, Dungeons & Dragons, Eberron, fairy trails, Fizban's Treasury of Dragons, forged in the dark, Gunnar Roxen, Hymgho, Inkwell Ideas, ironsworn, Keith Baker, kickstarter, Paizo Publishing, pathfinder, Pelgrane Press, petersen games, Renegade Game Studios, routinely itemised, runequest starter set, shannon appelcline, Steve Kenson, strixhaven, swords of the serpentine, the dee sanction, traveller, Troll Lord Games, TSR, Vampire: The Masquerade, wizards of the coast, worlds without number

Listen to learn about the history of tabletop RPGs with the great Shannon Appelcline

December 8, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Designers & Dragons: The ’70s is a comprehensive picture of the beginnings of the RPG industry.

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: audible, audiobook, Dungeons & Dragons, Gary Gygax, shannon appelcline, TSR

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #63

August 28, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Another busy RPG news week, but don’t worry as Routinely Itemised as everything divided into quick to read bullet-point summary lists.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: 9th level games, burn bryte, Celeste Conowitch, Chaosium, core, cubicle 7, darkraven games, deadlands, Dragon Warriors, earl of fife games, en publishing, Green Ronin Publishing, James Introcaso, John Carter of Mars, Ken St Andre, kobold press, liminal, modern age, Modiphius Entertainment, Paizo Publishing, rime of the frostmaiden, rogue trooper, roll20, routinely itemised, savage worlds, serpent king games, Shadow of the Demon Lord, shannon appelcline, sigil stone publishing, sword chronicle, tales from the loop, tasha's cauldron of everything, the lost citadel, the troubleshooters, twilight: 2000, vaesen, warhammer, Warlock of Firetop Mountain, World Anvil, wrath & glory

Designers, Dragons and More all found in the Bundle of Holding

May 25, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Bundle of Holding is repeating a successful 2015 sale and offering up a whole bunch of PDF books about the RPG industry.

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: bundle of holding, shannon appelcline

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