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Routinely Itemised: RPGs #97

April 23, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A weekly RPG news summary covering D&D, 2d20, indie news, events, reviews, interviews and even encounter tables.

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$100,000 earned by Auroboros: Coils of the Serpent in the 5e setting’s opening minutes

April 20, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This first book in the series is over 100 pages long, has 5 new races, 4 new subclasses, new spells and introduces the gritty fantasy setting.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Auroborus: coils of the serpent, chris metzen, Dungeons & Dragons, kickstarters, warchief gaming

Ads of the Serpent: How Warchief Gaming promoted Auroboros’ Kickstarter ahead of launch

April 18, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

In just a few days, Auroboros: Coils of the Serpent opens on Kickstarter. In a world of 5e campaign settings looking for money from Kickstarter, Auroboros deserves a little bit of a longer look. We might learn something from it.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Auroborus: coils of the serpent, chris metzen, Dungeons & Dragons, warchief gaming

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #96

April 16, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Wizards of the Coast are taking back control of D&D in some countries after settling a legal row. Luke Crane’s The Burning Wheel is Roll20’s quickest growing system, and the inhospitable setting round table is coming. It’s an RPG news summary from Geek Native.

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Routinely Itemised: RPGs #93

March 26, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

In this week’s RPG news round-up, we confirm Free RPG Day will happen, why the D&D TV show might be like First Blood and the character portrait generator site NeverEnding on adding prosthetic options to illustrations.

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If Blizzard did D&D: Auroborus – Coils of the Serpent

March 24, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Chris Metzen left his position as vice-president and Blizzard last year to set up Warchief Gaming and publish the D&D 5e high-power fantasy setting Auroborus: Coils of the Serpent.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Auroborus: coils of the serpent, chris metzen, Dungeons & Dragons, ryan collins, warchief gaming

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #72

October 30, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Routinely Itemised is a weekly roundup of RPG news from Wizards of the Coast, Chaosium, Cubicle 7, R. Talsorian Games, PEG, Paizo and the industry.

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Warchief Gaming a big new RPG and tabletop games publisher

October 28, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Chris Metzen was SVP at Blizzards Entertainment and the gaming company’s main visionary at the time. He, along with Mike Gilmartin, another Blizzard boss, have set up Warchief Gaming.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: chris metzen, mike gilmartin, warchief gaming

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