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Roll20’s beta app will allow you to play Dungeons & Dragons and other RPGs within Discord calls
Everyone’s favourite community server platform just built a digital gaming den for users.
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Critical Role’s latest Candela Obscura finale is almost as long as marathoning the original Star Wars trilogy
It doesn’t quite top the Mighty Nein’s farewell, though.
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Celebrate Alien Day with a bargain by getting the official RPG at half-price
The perfect sale.
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TTRPGs For Trans Rights bundle sells over 500 works for $5 to support LGBTQ+ advocacy in West Virginia
Proceeds benefit Project Rainbow, the only shelter of its kind in the entire state.
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Critical Role’s investigative horror RPG Candela Obscura will perform live on stage for the first time in LA
VIP ticket holders will watch the crew create characters and for their occult Circle.
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Dungeons & Dragons’ new Player’s Handbook is nearing completion, will contain four psionic subclasses
Mind bullets, that’s telekinesis!
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The best Ghibli-inspired D&D 5E adventures and settings for fans of Spirited Away, Totoro and more
Get into some Miyazaki-style Dungeons & Dragons shenanigans.
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D&D maker continues to lean on MTG and Baldur’s Gate 3 during 2024's “turnaround” phase
Monopoly Go! surpassing $2 billion in revenue doesn’t hurt, either.
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Miss the dark, brutal atmosphere of old-school Fallout? Weird-West tabletop RPG Deadlands is its ideal successor
Different eras, same darkness.
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Snag hundreds of tabletop RPGs from these two bundle raising money for Palestine Children’s Relief Funds
All proceeds will benefit a humanitarian program offering medical aid, food and water in the midst of a genocide.
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This gorgeous Japanese tabletop RPG lets the characters’ scars do the talking
Aionia: Without Mercy wants its dark, high fantasy world to be eminently approachable.
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Helldivers 2 doesn’t have an official tabletop RPG, but free fan-made tribute Helldroppers may as well be it
How about a cup of Liber-TRPG?
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MÖRK BORG meets church orthodoxy wars in folk horror RPG Black Powder and Brimstone
Those Puritans are armed and dangerous.
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D&D’s massive Vecna adventure gets a new trailer voiced by Astarion’s actor in Baldur’s Gate 3
Neil Newbon really lays on the evil pedal.
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Critical Role's official Vox Machina-inspired whiskey will let you turn D&D into Drinking & Drunkenness
Get a taste of the Sandkheg’s Hide.
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The best Fallout games to stash in your tabletop vault after finishing the Fallout TV show
That SPECIAL something.
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Pathfinder plans to kill its god of war in a major upcoming tabletop RPG sourcebook
Gorum? More like gottem.
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Wizards of the Coast president Cynthia Williams departs D&D and Magic: The Gathering's maker
An SEC filing confirms that Hasbro is searching “both internal and external” for her replacement
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The One Ring RPG is the best Lord of the Rings experience you can have on tabletop
Outside of telling someone Aragorn broke his toe
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Dungeons & Dragons publisher plans to make Baldur’s Gate 4, once it finds the right developer for the job
“We certainly hope it’s not another 25 years.”
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Turn your game into a hit with advice from makers of the Warhammer and Fallout RPGs, games lawyers, distributors and more at the Tabletop Creators Summit next month
A day of free talks and networking opportunities for anyone in the tabletop industry.
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Stewpot’s melancholy RPG about finding calm after a life of adventure gets a hardcover book
Swords to plowshares…and ladles, mugs and brooms.
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Adventure Time RPG’s original ‘Yes And’ system still in the works, will be released after D&D 5E version
Cryptozoic claims the new system “needed more development time and licensor approvals.”
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Dimension 20 addresses Madison Square Garden “nonsense”, won’t use dynamic pricing at future live shows
One plan includes a “Dimensioneer ticket” lottery where select fans can purchase fixed-cost tickets.
Opinion
The Fallout TV show owes even more to its tabletop RPG than the video games
Don’t wander the wasteland alone.
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The Laundry RPG’s second edition imagines nightmares just slightly more horrific than office work
Mondays, am I right?
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Frolic and fight with the fae in this celtic-inspired 5th edition RPG book
Beware the Faerie Queene.
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Planet of the Apes’ very real tabletop RPG adaptation will stretch across all five monkey movies
Apes together strong.
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Critical Role maker’s Daggerheart cuts back on stress and fear in latest RPG playtest update
The first prerelease update focuses on “Rulings over Rules”.
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Lycanthropic social deduction game Werewolves of Miller's Hollow is being turned into a Netflix series
Audience, close your eyes.
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Dimension 20 will bring The Unsleeping City’s fantasy NYC to Madison Square Garden
Ticket presales for the live one-shot adventure are planned for April 12th.
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Old-school RPG adventure The Gardens of Ynn takes a roguelike, Annihilation approach to Alice in Wonderland
“If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense.”
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Starfinder makers are selling physical copies of the sci-fi RPG’s April Fools prank
The Gap is ostensibly full of material that links Pathfinder to the futuristic setting. In reality, well…
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Dungeons & Dragons’ free LEGO-themed adventure is full of evil wizards and hot wings
The perfect combination of goofy and thrilling.
Opinion
D&D 5E vs Pathfinder 2E: Which RPG should you play?
Can there be a winner in the D&D vs Pathfinder debate, or is it more a matter of preference?
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Cyberpunk Red RPG serves up a free crossover expansion with sci-fi bartending video game VA-11 Hall-A
No, it’s not an April Fool's.
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How to play Daggerheart: Where to start with Critical Role’s fantasy RPG
A beginner’s guide to the new D&D rival’s playtest rules.
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Trying to get your kids into board games? It's not about what you play, but how you play
Magic: The Gathering creator Richard Garfield on how to share grown-up games with younger players.
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Sci-fi RPG Substratum Protocol channels the “deep delving mystery” of Subnautica and In Other Waters
Pandion’s latest title supports both subterranean solo play and group delving.
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Does the world need Critical Role's new RPG Daggerheart?
Dungeons and dragons and dungeons and dragons and
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D&D 5E shrinks down to a Borrowers and Arrietty-like world in Adventures in the Household RPG
Diminutive & Dangerous.
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Avatar Legends, Root RPG, Bluebeard’s Bride and more offered cheap in Magpie Games’ charity bundle
Proceeds will benefit Child's Play Charity.
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Critical Role's D&D rival Daggerheart plays tabletop RPGs' greatest hits well, but struggles to be more than a covers band
For all the smart evolution it makes from its forebears, the fantasy RPG is still searching for its own identity.
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Rapscallion wants to be One Piece and Our Flag Means Death fans’ favourite tabletop RPG
A “strange pirate” RPG five years in the making.
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Super-lightweight RPG Cairn dives back into the forest with a more fleshed out second edition
Putting the “Oh, sh–” in OSR.
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Troika! knocks down price of several weird-fantasy RPG books to benefit charity
Proceeds from all books will be donated to Doctors Without Borders.
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Pathfinder’s latest tabletop RPG Humble Bundle is a $5 ticket to the Wild West
Rootin’ and tootin’ and rolling dice.
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D&D’s Quests from the Infinite Staircase adventure anthology is chockablock with beloved crawls
One mustachioed genie, six classic adventures.
Opinion
The Arkham Horror Files RPG needs to take risks, like the franchise always has
Investigators meets innovation.
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LEGO’s official Dungeons & Dragons set will launch with an actual play one-shot featuring the designer
The fantasy-themed inn will include an adventure booklet starring its heroic patrons.
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Early D&D designer and co-author of Deities & Demigods James M. Ward has passed away
Ward sat at Gary Gygax’s Greyhawk table and created sci-fi and fantasy tabletop RPGs at TSR for 20 years.
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Blade Runner RPG’s first expansion evokes the original film’s ethical dilemmas and empathy for replicants
Study up for your Voight-Kampff test.
Opinion
The Avatar: The Last Airbender roleplaying game succeeds where the live-action series fails
Expansion over imitation.
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Beloved Gundam-meets-D&D RPG Wares Blade gets first English translation after nearly 40 years
Sword and sorcery and super big mechs.
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D&D and MTG have "compelling use cases for AI", says Hasbro CEO
Chris Cocks envisions “mining” tabletop adventures and TCG cards for the toy company’s AI-powered future.
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Dungeons & Dragons survival sim video game on the way from studio behind Disney Dreamlight Valley
Plowshares to swords.
Opinion
Is the next version of Dungeons & Dragons coming too late?
Slow and steady has not won this race.
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Shin Megami Tensei tabletop RPG, based on Persona's video game series, gets an English release after 20 years
D&D, but it stands for Demons and Demi-fiends
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Deadpool Role-Plays the Marvel Universe is part comic book, part playable RPG adventure
Ahead of new movie Deadpool & Wolverine.
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Critical Role RPG Daggerheart opens its public playtest, giving you the chance to try the D&D rival for free
Ahead of the beginner-friendly fantasy game’s release in 2025.
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Almost a fifth of money raised by Kickstarter projects goes to scam campaigns, report alleges
Crowdfunding platform denies claim about its own internal figures.
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Battle cosmic horrors as kitties in rules-light RPG Cats of Catthulhu, back with a 10th anniversary edition
Dare you read the Nekonomicon?
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One Piece and Digimon tabletop games are on the way to mark the anime's 25th anniversaries
From studio behind Spy x Family card game and Sonic Roll.
Opinion
Can't wait for the Discworld RPG? Become an Auditor of Reality in this free fan-made game
A One in a Million Chance at Adventure is a rules-lite narrative delight.
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Monster Hunter World board game maker to publish D&D alternative Tales of the Valiant’s starter set
New RPG rules, same ol’ fantasy.
Opinion
Like everything else, tabletop gaming would look very different without Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama
The influential mangaka and iconic designer for Dragon Quest has passed away at age 68.
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Call of Cthulhu maker offers $10,000 worth of cash prizes to aspiring tabletop RPG designer
Chaosium’s inaugural BRP Design Challenge will spotlight “new and upcoming” talent.
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Arkham Horror RPG will introduce new investigators to a world of miskatonic mysteries this summer
Adventures in Rokugan studio translates the popular LCG into dice pool-driven roleplay.
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NASA (yes, that NASA) has released its first D&D-compatible tabletop RPG adventure
Science and magic meet to solve the mystery of the missing Hubble Telescope
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Dune RPG bundle lets you continue your Adventures in the Imperium for under £15 after you watch Part Two
A spicy proposition.
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Honey Heist creator’s 2 Rapid 2 Righteous is an RPG about being Fast & Furious - and Family - played with wind-up toy cars
Serve with tuna sandwiches.
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Terry Pratchett’s Discworld gets its first new tabletop RPG in over 25 years, with board games also on the way
“Terry had a lifelong affection with roleplaying games.”
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You'll be able to play Critical Role's D&D rival Daggerheart soon, as the fantasy RPG gets a public playtest
Ahead of its full release in 2025.
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SPONSORED: Our Brilliant Ruin RPG brings the social drama and romance of Downton Abbey to a doomed world with no happy endings
Struggle your way up the social ladder - and to survive.
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The best Dune games to play on the tabletop after you watch Part Two
Add some spice to your next game night.
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Star Trek Adventures’ Second Edition adds playable Klingons, Romulans and Strange New Worlds this summer
Boldly roll where you’ve gone before.
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“All the benefits of reading also apply to board games”: Why more libraries are adding tabletop classics to their bookshelves
From Wingspan to D&D, local libraries are expanding their catalogues of cardboard.
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Satirical fireteam RPG Planet Fist is essentially Helldivers 2 on the tabletop
Orbital Strikes: the not-so-silent killer.
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Official Lara Croft tabletop RPG Shadows of Truth pits your team against would-be tomb raiders
Will directly adapt and expand Crystal Dynamics’ take on the classic video game character.
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From TCGs to TRPGs, Aotearoa New Zealand’s tabletop creators are finding their spotlight on the global stage
“We want to help each other out a lot more because we are so isolated.”
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Inject some Elden Ring into your D&D 5E campaigns with Kobold Press’ Soulslike Roleplaying
Souls, bonfires, and rude invaders - this book does exactly what it says on the tin.
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La Desbandá 1937 offers a uniquely human look at war through the lens of a real-life atrocity turned RPG
Translated into English ahead of the Málaga-Almería road massacre’s 87th anniversary.
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Blister Critters is a Gamma World-meets-Ren & Stimpy RPG where mutated animals rule the world
You can’t spell ‘saturday morning cartoon’ without radiation!
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Critical Role celebrates Candela Obscura’s first anniversary with a fourth chapter and three new cast members.
Aimee Carrero, Imari Williams and Alexander Ward join the Circle of investigators fighting back a magical blight.
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The Walking Dead RPG studio’s dark reimagining of Coriolis is “The Terror meets Deadwood in space”
They better have deep-space archaeologist Timothy Olyphant.
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10 best feats in Dungeons & Dragons 5E
D&D feats that will see your party carving through your enemies.
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Guide a massive sci-fi caravan with a bag of dominoes in artbook-meets-RPG The Details of Our Escape
Developed as a digital residency in partnership with artist Linnea Sterte and and author Renee Gladman.
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Pathfinder RPG partners with fantasy music studio to publish official adventure path soundtracks
Lo-Fi beats to loot to.
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Worlds Beyond Number is the slow-burn D&D actual play I didn't know I needed
Sometimes, slower is better.
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ARC designer’s hit solo RPG The Magus gets an English print release about power, ambition and sacrifice
Momatoes' meditation on "the infinite loneliness of power" comes with a 78-card, fully illustrated Oracle deck.
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Revolt against the corrupt Crown - and then be the baddies - in revolutionary RPG Guillotine
Heads (and dice) will roll.
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Befriend talking rats to take on monstrous gods using Scrabble tiles in RPG The Far Roofs
Attack and dethrone God - or at least nibble at their heels.
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Community megadungeon honouring late D&D designer Jennell Jaquays seeks an expanded physical book
Proceeds from Return to Perinthos will first benefit Jaquays family to offset medical bills and funeral costs.
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Alien RPG's answer to D&D Beyond gets a full release later this month
Nexus exits early access into the cold void of the internet - or just your kitchen table.