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Routinely Itemised: RPGs #9

August 16, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This week we’ve seen Shadowrun 6e edge closer to release, more material for Vampire 5e, new rules for The Witcher and Wizards of the Coast open a small scale playtest for D&D as it introduces new subclassses for Monk and Barbarian.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: age of sigmar, Chaosium, cubicle 7, Cults of the Blood Gods, dark heresy, Dungeons & Dragons, en world, fateforge, lord of the rings, Mike Pondsmith, onyx path publishing, pathfinder, R. Talsorian Games, routinely itemised, Shadowrun, soulbound, The One Ring, the witcher, triple ace games, warhammer 40k, wizards of the coast

Published a stat block? D&D are sending takedowns as a legal challenge brews

August 13, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood 3 Comments

Is it legal to publish stat blocks?

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, legal, wizards of the coast

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #8

August 9, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

It’s the first weekly round-up of RPG news and discoveries since Gen Con happened.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Chaosium, Deborah Ann Woll, Eberron, ENnies, fantasy flight games, Free League Publishing, geek & sundry, gen con, genesys, green ronin, Keith Baker, lord of the rings, Marisha Ray, Newt Newport, Nightfall Games, Paizo Publishing, pathfinder, raging swan press, red scar publishing, routinely itemised, SLA Industries, the adventure zone, the lord of the rings, The One Ring, titansgrave, Wil Wheaton, wizards of the coast

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #7

August 2, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

News on the D&D movie, the release of Pathfinder 2nd edition and the discovery that two out the three best selling RPGs last quarter are sci-fi games.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: astral tabletop, cubicle 7, dms guild, Evil Hat Productions, FATE, Free League Publishing, Ill Gotten Games, lord of the rings, Paizo Publishing, pathfinder, routinely itemised, the adventure zone, the expanse rpg, The One Ring, wizards of the coast

Two of the three best-selling RPGs in the last quarter were sci-fi games

July 31, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Other issues in the RPG landscape discussed by retailers included the dangerous cost of Kickstarters, Amazon’s ability to discount Wizards of the Coast products and the leadership of GAMA.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, fantasy flight games, icv2, Paizo Publishing, pathfinder, star wars, starfinder, Vampire: The Masquerade, wizards of the coast

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.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Call of Cthulhu, Catalyst Game Labs, Chaosium, cubicle 7, Dungeons & Dragons, Eberron, gen con, hostile, Keith Baker, lord of the rings, Monsters of Murka, pathfinder, Paul Elliott, roll20, routinely itemised, Shadowrun, soulbound, starfinder, The Orr Group, Troll Lord Games, wizards of the coast, wrath & glory, Zozer Games

Wizards of the Coast suspending Magic The Gathering Arena players for clicking on a cat

July 15, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

There’s currently a bug in Magic The Gathering Arena in which clicking on the mascot for the Mastery Pass can cause the game to hang and crash.

Filed Under: PC Tagged With: magic the gathering, wizards of the coast

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #1

June 21, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood 4 Comments

Friday’s are a good day for a recap of the news of the week. In Mr Root, we’ll take a look at news from Geek Native and around the web.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: alien rpg, battletech, big eyes small mouth, board game geek, Dyskami, Free League Publishing, free rpg day, gale force nine, gama, Green Ronin Publishing, Jim Pinto, liminal, modern age, Modiphius Entertainment, Nightfall Games, osprey games, pathfinder, rifts, routinely itemised, savage worlds, SLA Industries, tiny dungeon, Vampire: The Masquerade, warlord games, wizards of the coast

Wizards of the Coast deny reports they’ll be changing D&D’s Ranger class

June 20, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood 3 Comments

Bjorn and Huntress

Yesterday, in an article about the forthcoming Baldur’s Gate 3 computer game and an interview with D&D boss Mike Mearls, Kotaku concluded the core class would see some changes.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: baldur's gate, baldur's gate III, Dungeons & Dragons, wizards of the coast

Judge for yourself: A look inside Roll20’s D&D Acquisitions Incorporated

June 18, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Roll20 features include Charactermancer support for the new race Acquisitions Incorporated adds and the 5 new backgrounds.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: previews, roll20, virtual tabletop, wizards of the coast

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