Roleplaying Games (Page 12)
Deals
Grab a bundle of Blades in the Dark-inspired indie RPG during Con in the Dark
The weekend-long deal contains 30 games for $50 to help support the convention organisers
News
Heart and Honey Heist designer teases Mörk Borg RPG full of robots and beefy orcs.
The apocalypse will be green and punchy.
News
Dark Souls: The Roleplaying Game will use D&D 5th Edition rules
Looking for adventure in Lothric.
Video
Yu-Gi-Oh! or Yu-Gi-No!? We test our TCG monster knowledge on the Dicebreaker Podcast!
Prepare to have Ghost Beef.
News
Classic MMO RuneScape is getting a board game and tabletop RPG
Board game headed to Kickstarter, with RPG releasing later in 2022.
Video
How to make an RPG character you won't get bored of
Avoid several levels of roleplay exhaustion
News
Resist Cthulhu in punk rock inspired RPG, No Future, available at 50% off next month
Clash and burn.
News
Hexcrawl across sand and sea with a pair of bookless RPG settings geared towards exploration
It’s in the bag, literally.
Opinion
Dungeons & Dragons’ creative campaigns are making up for its boring sourcebooks
Recent releases have disappointed.
News
Stonewall 1969 - A War Story is an RPG about the history of LGBTQIA+ rights
A fight to remember.
News
Battle Royale and PUBG inspired this horror sci-fi tabletop RPG
A terrifying tourist attraction.
News
Wanderhome studio’s next game dumps Kickstarter to crowdfund on Indiegogo
“We’re hoping to forge a new path forward for TTRPG creators so they aren’t depending on a union-busting anti-creator corporation.”
News
Green Ronin’s new RPG Cthulhu Awakens will attempt to transcend cosmic horror’s baked-in bigotry
Mythos minus the mess.
News
D&D 5E expansion bundle provides DMs with a next step from Starter Set
Features Xanathar’s, Tasha’s and a new sourcebook.
News
Monsters of the Multiverse compiles 33 playable D&D 5E species into a single sourcebook
Featuring Tortles in print for the first time.
Feature
Paranoia RPG stayed hilarious by changing satirical targets
This article is above your security clearance. Report for termination immediately.
News
Jaws and Deep Blue Sea inspirations for new aquatic horror RPG Dive
Because the sea is a scary place!
News
The Wizards and the Wastes’ second edition opens an endless sea of magic - at a cost
Top-shelf thaumaturgy.
News
Tabletop Simulator permanently shuts down global chat, donates $10,000 to trans activism non-profit
“We are reforming our moderation policies to ensure that everyone has an inclusive place to enjoy our great hobby.”
Video
Dungeons & Dragons 5E combat has a lot of problems - here’s how to fix them
Wheels and Liv discuss some of the problems inherent in D&D's combat with recommendations on how to fix them
News
7 Wonders creator and D&D writer headline adventure collection for Dungeon Fighter RPG One More Quest
The Adventures Mixtape will include scenarios from 14 different writers spanning tabletop, video games, comics and animation.
News
Critical Role animated series gets new trailer, premiere airs later this month
The Legend of Vox Machina launches.
News
Jack into a dirty and demonic alternate reality in upcoming RPG Cybermetal 2012
Hard wires, heavy metal.
Opinion
From Cowboy Bebop to Dark Souls, why licensed RPGs need to do better in 2022
Big names, small ideas.
News
Single-player RPG bundle Solo but Not Alone once again fundraising for suicide prevention
The bundle contains over 100 games and will donate proceeds to Jasper’s Game Day.
Video
What are the most exciting board games and RPGs of 2022? It’s the first Dicebreaker Podcast of the new year!
Goblin in the streets...
News
Kickstarter moves annual ZineQuest initiative to August, but indie designers have different plans
ZineQuest is dead; long live ZineQuest.
Opinion
As an autistic GM, tabletop RPGs provide a perfect structure for social interaction
Things that make life difficult for me outside of the game room often make for better sessions in it.
Opinion
The Dark Souls tabletop RPG could solve one of Dungeons & Dragons’ biggest problems
Prepare to die.
News
Aliens-inspired RPG Mothership gets Hull Breach anthology book
Featuring slasher stories and hostile aliens.
News
Dungeons & Dragons disability representation focus of Limitless Heroics supplement
For inclusive campaigns.
News
Dark Souls: The Roleplaying Game sees tabletop players preparing to die
Snacks and Estus Flask required.
Opinion
Dungeons & Dragons in 2021: Essential evolution makes the RPG bigger and better than ever, but work remains
Changes are coming, however slowly.
Video
We recommend the best board games for the holidays on the last live Dicebreaker Podcast of 2021!
It’s a Dicebreaker Podcast Holiday Special!
News
"A slap in the face": Tabletop creators wrestle with the cost of departing Kickstarter in wake of crowdfunding site’s crypto plans
Planned move to blockchain in 2022 leaves designers and publishers desperately seeking viable alternatives to the industry’s dominant crowdfunding platform.
Review
D&D 5E - Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos review - studies and sorcery in MTG’s magical school
Fun, for a spell.
Best Games
10 winter D&D 5E monsters perfect for a Christmas campaign
Let it roll, let it roll, let it roll.
Opinion
Dungeons & Dragons brought us closer when the world said to keep our distance
Joining a nerdy, diverse D&D group when I needed it most.
News
Avatar Legends RPG physical release date delayed to summer 2022
Publisher Magpie Games cites paper and cardboard shortages on top of game’s record Kickstarter success.
News
D&D publisher apologises after omitting cultural consultant credit from Strixhaven sourcebook
Future printings will include Tanya DePass credit.
Feature
Coyote & Crow RPG is a joyous, respectful celebration of Native American storytelling in a world without colonialism
By imagining a future where colonisation never occurred, Coyote & Crow allows indigenous Americans to become the heroes of their own stories.
Best Games
9 best tabletop RPG systems to hack into a custom game
SRDs allow players to use an existing set of rules as the basis for their own RPG.
Interview
The original Orb Ponderer talks sourcing memes from an old Lord of the Rings RPG
Having a crystal ball.
News
Cortex Prime's new community license sparks criticism among players and RPG designers
The team behind the genre-agnostic RPG plans to address community complaints in a future version of the agreement.
News
Queen’s Gambit inspires playable characters in Fake Chess RPG
Pretending to pretend to play Chess.
News
Hitman and Dungeons & Dragons are combined in this RPG book
Cast disguise self and assassinate your target.
Deals
Dungeons & Dragons rulebooks discounted in D&D Beyond Cyber Week sale
Including Fizban’s Treasury of Dragons.
Deals
Nab Ironsworn Delve, Electric Bastionland and more in Bundle of Holding’s ninth annual Indie Cornucopia
Small press, big bundle.
News
Define the shape and secrets of a generation in For The Queen-inspired RPG For Our Family
The loving, burdensome ties that bind.
News
The Borrowers and D&D collide in The Gatherers, an RPG that happens in your house
Small adventures in a big world.
Interview
How Sabrina, Pitch Perfect and ’90s romcoms inspired D&D’s Strixhaven book - lead designer Amanda Hamon
And explains how classes work in the Magic: The Gathering inspired book.
News
Sci-fi horror tabletop RPG Mothership surpasses $1m on first-edition, boxed set Kickstarter
From indie darling to fourth-most successful tabletop RPG on the platform
Video
Which celebs would make perfect Pokémon cards? We chat 'em all on the Dicebreaker Podcast!
We play the Skyrim board game, Cuphead dice game, sharpen our knowledge for the Trivial Pursuit TV show and look ahead to the return of Atmosfear.
Deals
Dungeons & Dragons Essentials Kit is currently the cheapest it’s been all year
Content for coppers.
Feature
‘Games mean community’: LATAM Breakout throws a much-needed spotlight on the tabletop RPG designers of Sudamerica
Five games by five designers that capture the real Global South, in their own words.
News
Allies revealed for D&D and Magic: The Gathering sourcebook, Strixhaven: Curriculum of Chaos
Friendship is magic.
News
Vampire: The Masquerade joins D&D 5E and Pathfinder 2E in getting an online RPG platform
Alongside Werewolf: The Apocalypse and Hunter: The Reckoning.
Video
What board games have been ruined by new editions? We talk the worst tabletop re-releases on the Dicebreaker Podcast
Don’t forget your Beyblade briefcase.
Opinion
D&D 5E players are ignoring one of its central gameplay ideas - and that’s a good thing
The RPG’s growing popularity as a storytelling format has led to a shift away from endless fights.
News
Be Like a Crow is a solo tabletop RPG that lets you do exactly what it promises
Murder, you wrote.
News
A Thousand Thousand Islands team is creating a RPG campaign book about a roach deity
Reach of the Roach God’s many-legged book was funded on Kickstarter within the first half hour.
News
Five Latin American RPG designers make their mark in LATAM Breakout collection
The five-title bundle wants to prove there’s more to tabletop games than the Global North.
Opinion
As Critical Role has grown, my love for the show has died
This actual play is not actually for me.
Feature
United Paizo Workers: How the Pathfinder creators organised, and what’s next for tabletop RPGs’ first union
Paizo employees have their recognition, but the hardest fights might still be on the horizon.
News
Advanced Lovers & Lesbians first expansion for Thirsty Sword Lesbians RPG
Featuring new settings, like Greasy Dock Goblins.
News
Red Giant is a brutal but beginner-friendly RPG inspired by Castlevania and Berserk
From creator of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure and Persona-inspired RPG Over Arms.
News
Aabria Iyengar achieves an RPG actual play hat trick by leading The Adventure Zone’s new mini-arc
Zone of Adventure: Imbalance sees the return of the McElroys’ initial cast of characters.
Feature
Yazeba’s Bed & Breakfast is like an episodic Spirited Away that’s part RPG, part legacy game - preview
The next GM-less storytelling game from Wanderhome and Wickedness creators.
News
Quest-powered RPG Salvage Union allows players to pilot mechs with ease
Runs like a well-oiled machine.
News
Star Wars Roleplaying reprints and new supplements on the way from Edge of the Empire lead developer
UPDATE: Edge Studio dismisses original indication it is working on brand new Star Wars RPGs.
Best Games
7 scariest monsters in Dungeons & Dragons 5E
Frighten your players with these fearsome foes.
Opinion
Playing only trans characters in tabletop RPGs helped me understand myself
Cisgender people tend to exclusively play cis characters in games such as D&D, so what’s wrong with me only playing transgender characters?
Video
We turn Where's Wally? into horror, explore Lost Ruins of Arnak and discuss the return of Risk Legacy on the Dicebreaker Podcast!
Unleashing the greatest terror this Halloween: the Yahtzee chad.
News
Fight bears and steal ancient culture alongside Lara Croft in official Tomb Raider RPG
Spelunking and firearms are fundamental research skill, promise.
Opinion
Games Omnivorous’ adventure books show evocative art thrives under weird constraints
The minimalist RPG publisher sets ten rules for its adventure books with fascinating results.
News
A trio of witches save the world one person at a time in tender healing RPG The Mending Circle
Thaumaturgical therapy.
News
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Moana inspired this tabletop RPG
Attack of the titans.