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Roll20 reveal the 10 RPGs that have enjoyed a surprising boom in popularity

May 6, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

It’s not surprising that RPGs are booming, this hobby of ours has become increasingly more fashionable. Then the combination of lockdown, presence of virtual tabletops and free video calls makes roleplaying online a clever thing to do. What might be surprising are the 10 games that have seen their online usage soar the most. Each quarter The Orr Group, the people behind Roll20, release a state of the industry report.…

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #34

February 7, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

RPG news summary on the week the internet debated whether Love Magic was creepy or not, a heavy metal band released a D&D adventure, and there was one last chance to buy Adventures in Middle-earth.

D&D 5e strengthens its market share

February 5, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

In the last quarter of 2019 more people than ever were playing D&D 5e on Roll20.

D&D 5e leads, Call of Cthulhu doubles market share in the Roll20 pack

October 30, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Orr Group, the company behind Roll20, have just released their latest set of stats and they show that just over half of all users play D&D.

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #6

July 26, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Save time by whisking your way down this bullet-point summary of RPG industry news and discoveries.

Roll20 introduces character builder and shines the light on which RPGs are hot

June 13, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Orr Group is the company responsible for the very popular Roll20 virtual tabletop that lets you and friends play RPG online even if you’re thousands of miles apart. Just how popular is Roll20?…

Roll20’s gaming report shows Dungeons & Dragons boom

January 8, 2015 by Andrew Girdwood 5 Comments

Last October The Orr Group, makers of Roll20, released a report which sparked plenty of healthy conversation. It said that Pathfinder was the single most popular RPG in the system but when you added up the editions that the D&D collective came top.…

The ENnie 2014 Awards: who are the winners?

August 16, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood 7 Comments

It’s GenCon and that means one of the year’s biggest and most popular set of gaming awards: The ENNies. As usual competition was fierce. For almost all of the 20+ categories there were two prizes to fight for; gold and silver.…

Who’s leading the Ennies 2013 pack?

July 16, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

The nominations for the 2013 ENnies are out. These are a big set of awards in the roleplaying publishing world. Counting by hand, I reach 57 publishers nominated and that’s up from just shy of 40 from 2012. Paizo Publishing and Pelgrane Press lead the pack with 7 nominations each, with Cubicle 7 in third place with 6 nominations and Wizards of the Coast, Privateer Press, Hero Games and Green Ronin next with 5. That’s the second year in a row Pelgrane Press has enjoyed the first position. !function(){"use…

Roll20 reveal the 10 RPGs that have enjoyed a surprising boom in popularity

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #34

D&D 5e strengthens its market share

D&D 5e leads, Call of Cthulhu doubles market share in the Roll20 pack

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #6

Roll20 introduces character builder and shines the light on which RPGs are hot

Roll20’s gaming report shows Dungeons & Dragons boom

The ENnie 2014 Awards: who are the winners?

Who’s leading the Ennies 2013 pack?

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