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Genre Police: Choose Your Own Adventure(s)

April 3, 2022 by Ben Jackson-Ellery 3 Comments

Last time we talked about new RPGs and how to get players to try them. But how do you even begin to work out what you want to play?

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: 7th Sea, alien rpg, Andrews McMeel, apocalypse world, brutal games, Call of Cthulhu, Champions, Chaosium, chill, corporation, cubicle 7, Cyberpunk, cyberpunk red, deadlands, degenesis, dread, Dungeon World, Dungeons & Dragons, Eclipse Phase, edge, everway, Evil Hat Productions, feng shui, Free League Publishing, Gamma World, genre police, Green Ronin Publishing, lancer, Legend of the Five Rings, magpie games, masks, Melsonian Arts Council, Modiphius Entertainment, Mongoose Publishing, mork borg, mutant: year zero, Mutants & Masterminds, onyx path publishing, Paizo Publishing, parable games, paranoia, pathfinder, Pinnacle Entertainment Group, posthuman studios, pugmire, R. Talsorian Games, runequest, Shadowrun, shiver, star trek adventures, Thirsty Sword Lesbians, traveller, troika, twilight: 2000, vaesen, Vampire: The Masquerade, warhammer, Werewolf: The Apocalypse, Wild Talents, zweihander

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #146

April 1, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

I’ve tried my best not to include any pranks in this news summary. I am stupid, though, and may have been tricked. I don’t think so…

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Bully Pulpit Games, cortex, diego pisa artworks, dms guild, dnd beyond, Dungeons & Dragons, fandom tabletop, Free League Publishing, gamefound, Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan, handiwork games, humble bundle, Jon Peterson, Knight Errant Media, kobold press, legends of avallen, Mike Pondsmith, Monte Cook Games, mork borg, Nightfall Games, old gods of appalachia, Outland Entertainment, Paizo Publishing, Pinnacle Entertainment Group, postworldgames, rebellion unplugged, roll20, rollvsevil, routinely itemised, savage worlds, Son of Oak Game Studio, star trek adventures, stokerverse, tales of xadia, tarot, the dragon prince, titan effect, traveller, Vampire: The Masquerade

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #144

March 18, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

RPG news is routinely itemised in this weekly bullet point collection, complete with illustrations, graphs and a hidden adventure game.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: blue planet, Catalyst Game Labs, Cyberpunk, Deborah Ann Woll, dnd beyond, Dungeons & Dragons, en publishing, fragged empire, g.i. joe, goodman games, handiwork games, James Introcaso, legends of avallen, long tail games, loresmyth, nerdburger games, onebookshelf, onyx path publishing, pathfinder, philip reed, power rangers, R. Talsorian Games, Renegade Game Studios, roll20, routinely itemised, savage worlds, Shadow of the Demon Lord, Shadowrun, strixhaven, the sixth gun, traveller, Vampire: The Masquerade, vincent baker, wizards of the coast

Humble lists a bundle for Marc Miller’s classic Traveller sci-fi RPG

March 18, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The bundle offers the core rules, the many episodes of The Traveller Adventure, and supplements such as The Spinward Machines.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundles, frog god games, game designers workshop, humble bundle, sci-fi, traveller

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #132

December 24, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood 3 Comments

A summary of RPGs news from the week with freebies from WotC and others, indie news, tips and reviews.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: 9th level games, Andrews McMeel, Arcadia, beadle & grimm's, Chaosium, cubicle 7, Dark Souls, diego pisa artworks, Dungeons & Dragons, Dynamite Entertainment, edge, Green Ronin Publishing, kobold press, Legend of the Five Rings, lone wolf, moonmares games, North Wind Adventures, Paizo Publishing, pathfinder, petersen games, role, routinely itemised, runequest, runequest starter set, salvage union, snowbright studios, star trek adventures, Steamforged Games, Steve Jackson Games, traveller, UltraPro, vaesen: mythic britain, Verdant Isles: Teatime Adventures, warhammer, weird frontiers, Wyrmworks Publishing, Zozer Games

The best selling sci-fi RPGs of 2021

December 19, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The league table below shows the best selling RPG products made available on DriveThruRPG this year and which the designers have tagged sci-fi.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: 2300 ad, 26 letter publishing, alien rpg, aliens: colonial marines Operations Manual, Alligator Alley Entertainment, battletech, Cepheus Deluxe, cubicle 7, drivethrurpg, Dune: Adventures in the Imperium, Esper Genesis, evil beagle games, fallout, Free League Publishing, hard wired island, Modiphius Entertainment, osprey games, Prowlers & Paragons, sci-fi, scp, Shackleton Expanse Campaign Guide, Shadowrun, star trek adventures, stargrave, stats, stellagama publishing, the between, The Gauntlet Gaming Community, traveller, wrath & glory

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

Play the famous Traveller sci-fi RPG for $1

December 10, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Explorer’s Edition of Traveller is designed for newcomers to the game and includes enough to create a whole campaign and characters to play in it.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Mongoose Publishing, sci-fi, traveller

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

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #125

November 5, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

Fortunately, there’s been plenty of RPG news to keep brains distracted here in the North from the unrelenting encroachment of winter of darkness.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: 2CGaming, adam lee, alien rpg, banana chan, battlelords of the 23rd century, Call of Cthulhu, chromatic dungeons, Claim the Sky, Fizban's Treasury of Dragons, Free League Publishing, ghost hunters, goodman games, Ill Gotten Games, Jim Butler, kickstarter, Legendary Games, leyline press, lord of the rings, modern age, Mongoose Publishing, neverending, Newt Newport, Numenera, Paizo Publishing, planebreaker, Polyhedra Games, Porcupine Publishing, roll20, routinely itemised, salvage union, savage worlds, scp, sidequest, the grinning frog, the merciless merchants, The One Ring, traveller, Troll Lord Games, wizards of the coast

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