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Routinely Itemised: RPGs #312

June 6, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A new CEO for Chaosium and a new lead designer for D&D? This week’s TTRPG news unpacks major industry changes, plus the latest bundles and publisher polls.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Modiphius Entertainment, routinely itemised, shadowdark, star trek adventures, wizards of the coast, World Anvil

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #147

April 8, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

We can see many exciting bundles, Hasbro hanging on to Wizards of the Coast, and if you’re a fan of the news reading minotaur, there’s a chance to win him in the UK.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: alice is missing, crowbar creative, cyberpunk red, Dungeons & Dragons, evil genius productions, First Responders, foundry vtt, Green Ronin Publishing, handiwork games, hasbro, Jon Hodgson, just crunch games, Monte Cook Games, mothership, Paizo Publishing, R. Talsorian Games, realmwarp media, river horse, roll20, routinely itemised, sara thompson, Shades of Vengeance, Son of Oak Game Studio, Stargate SG-1, Syrinscape, tales of xadia, the dark eye, the dee sanction, the expanse rpg, The One Ring, the witcher, Ulisses Spiele, wizards of the coast, wizkids, World Anvil, zombicide

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #138

February 4, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A summary of RPGs news from the week Cynthia Williams becomes the boss of D&D and Wizards of the Coast, Zine Month launches, and the One Ring RPG gets a release date.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: against the darkmaster, Arcadia, beowulf, Chaosium, chris shepperson, corefun, cortex, Cthulhu Mythos, cyberpunk red, Cynthia Williams, dead channel studios, Dungeons & Dragons, earl of fife games, en publishing, Free League Publishing, handiwork games, lion banner games, mindjammer, mindjammer press, mork borg, mothership, nerdburger games, owen k. c. stephens, pathfinder, philip reed, R. Talsorian Games, red giant, rookie jet studio, routinely itemised, solar echoes, tab creations, the gaia complex, The One Ring, the wildsea, World Anvil

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #135

January 14, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A summary of RPGs news from the week with more TSR drama, horror RPGs, killer future robots and babies with broadswords.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: arc, awfully queer heroes, Babies and Broadswords, Call of Cthulhu, Chaosium, coyote & crow, crow land publishing, darrington press, fat dragon games, gallantfunding, goodman games, handimonsters, handiwork games, humble bundle, Loke BattleMats, mindjammer press, Mordenkainen Presents Monsters of the Multiverse, mork borg, Nightfall Games, onyx path publishing, Outland Entertainment, philip reed, roll20, root, routinely itemised, Skirmisher Publishing, terminator, They Came From Beyond the Grave, TSR, wickerpunk, wizards of the coast, World Anvil

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #131

December 17, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A look at which games published this year have sold the best and other RPG news!

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: age of sigmar, Asmodee, Autarch, carbon 2185, Catalyst Game Labs, cubicle 7, cyberpunk red, darrington press, demiplane, dragon turtle games, everway, fandom tabletop, Fizban's Treasury of Dragons, foundry vtt, Free League Publishing, gallant knight games, Green Ronin Publishing, Independence Games, invisible sun, lightspress media, Loke BattleMats, magpie games, mcdm, Outland Entertainment, pathfinder, rebellion unplugged, roll20, root, routinely itemised, salvage union, sine nomine publishing, starfinder, Steve Jackson Games, strixhaven, the between, the expanse rpg, the merciless merchants, TSR, warehouse 23, warhammer, wizards of the coast, World Anvil, wrath & glory

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, 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

D&D’s 5e-powered The Red Opera, Book of Lost Spells, Tokens of Horror and others combine for a £330 Humble Bundle

September 23, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Rarely, a physical supplement – Book of Lost Spells – is available, but shipping and associated costs are added later.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: apotheosis studios, bundles, frog god games, humble bundle, nord games, the red opera, World Anvil

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #105

June 18, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

It’s the run-up to D&D Live 2021, and Wizards of the Coast find themselves in hot water. Renegade and Paradox have pushed turbo on Vampire: The Masquerade, and while Kickstarter activity is down in launches, it’s up in requests.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Achtung! Cthulhu, against the darkmaster, arc, Arion Games, bloat games, bounty hunter, Brittannia Game Designs, chamomile has adventures, Chaosium, dark places & demogorgons, dms guild, Dungeons & Dragons, electric bastionland, fallout, forgotten realms, Free League Publishing, guy sclanders, hasbro, HeroQuest, Infinity, Inkwell Ideas, inspirisles, joseph mccullough, Ken St Andre, lion banner games, momatoes, mork borg, Pinnacle Entertainment Group, rangers of shadow deep, Renegade Game Studios, routinely itemised, savage worlds, scp, Sentinel comics, sidequest, Steve Jackson Games, the between, The Gauntlet Gaming Community, The Wild Beyond the Witchlight: A Feywild Adventure, trollish delver games, twilight: 2000, Vampire: The Masquerade, vincent baker, virtual tabletop, wizards of the coast, wizkids, World Anvil, worlds without number

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #103

June 4, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

It feels like a spicy week, with plenty of news and a noticeable uptick in Kickstarter activity. Oh, and the powerhouse Marvel returning to roleplaying games.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: 9th level games, action fiction, adam bradford, age of sigmar, angry hamster publishing, Battlefield Press, beowulf, blood sword, carovea victor, Chaosium, cubicle 7, cyberpunk red, czrpg, demiplane, drivethrurpg, Dune: Adventures in the Imperium, Dungeons & Dragons, Gamma World, Green Ronin Publishing, handiwork games, Ill Gotten Games, itch.io, jackals, Knight Errant Media, marvel, Marvel Multiverse Tabletop Role-Playing Game, mazes, Modiphius Entertainment, Monte Cook, Monte Cook Games, osprey games, Owen Stephens, Paizo Publishing, paizocon, pathfinder, Pinnacle Entertainment Group, Ptolus, R. Talsorian Games, Ravenloft, red scar publishing, rogue genius games, roll20, routinely itemised, savage worlds, Skirmisher Publishing, soulbound starter set, starfinder, Steve Jackson Games, the expanse rpg, the oracle, titan effect, traveller, Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft, venger's decks, warehouse 23, wizards of the coast, World Anvil

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #102

May 28, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

RPG news at bullet point speed for fast-find new releases, interviews, reviews and bundle deals. An at-a-glance catch-up of the recent RPG headlines.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Achtung! Cthulhu, adventurers league, black armada, blades in the dark, bloat games, bundle of holding, city of mist, cubicle 7, Cults of the Blood Gods, daniel kwan, diego pisa artworks, dms guild, drow, Green Ronin Publishing, headless hydra press, hero forge, humble bundle, jackals, journey, kingdom, knock!, kobold press, last fleet, Malleus Monstrorum, micro rpg, mighty narwhal productions, Modiphius Entertainment, mork borg, morra, Nova, philip reed, planescape, Ptolus, realmwarp media, Renegade Game Studios, rifts, roll20, routinely itemised, Shawn Tomkin, SLA Industries, Son of Oak Game Studio, the expanse rpg, the troubleshooters, World Anvil

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