Boom and Wizards of the Coast announce Magic: The Hidden Planeswalker
The plot picks up after the necromancer Liliana Vess returns home to become a professor at a college of magic and detects... well, something hidden.
Routinely Itemised: RPGs #136
A summary of RPGs news from the week as Wizards of the Coast make an important D&D hire, Green Ronin plot Cthulhu content done right, and one of the most significant savings you're likely to see on DTRPG goes live.
Back from the D&D vaults of time: WotC re-releases Monster Assortments
The Treasure Assortment was first published in 1980 as a roundup of the 1978 releases of random monsters and treasure tables.
Routinely Itemised: RPGs #135
A summary of RPGs news from the week with more TSR drama, horror RPGs, killer future robots and babies with broadswords.
D&D’s Monsters of the Multiverse monster list leaked
We now have the complete list of playable monster races that will be part of the official D&D book Monsters of the Multiverse.
Darlene, one of TSR’s first employees, speaks out over her current treatment by the new TSR
The artist Darlene was one of (actual) TSRs first employees. The calligrapher produced the Flanaess map and others, and she became a good friend with Gary Gygax.
Routinely Itemised: RPGs #134
It's the first RPG news round-up of 2022, so welcome to Routinely Itemised.
D&D and Magic to get a new boss: Wizards of the Coast’s President, Chris Cocks, is promoted to CEO of Hasbro
Chris's appointment marks the culmination of an extensive and thoughtful candidate review and selection process led by the Board.
TSR try again to strike down Wizards of the Coasts trademarks and legacy disclaimer
The crowdfunding campaign to pay the lawyers is still running with some 100 gamers worldwide, offering $40 or so, on average, in support. WotC estimated in 2020 that over 40 million people play D&D.
Magic: The Gathering marketings taps hoax conspiracy meme
Is the world flat? Are there nanobots in medicine? Could vapour trails be alien smoke signals and what if birds aren't real?
