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Roleplaying Game Archive
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Star Trek actor Anthony Rapp featured in official D&D musical event
Are they all bards?
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ENnie Awards 2021 winners: Alice is Missing and Heart: The City Beneath named best RPGs of the year
Free League continues last year’s success with Vaesen, Alien: The RPG and Mörk Borg.
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Fawlty Towers inspired RPG Flabbergasted invites players into the ridiculous world of high society
Prepared to be Flabbergasted.
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Chart a magical fishing trip through a bespoke landscape in minimalist RPG Riverbend
Plus, space cat companions that confer fishing bonuses!
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Awkward small talk is the whole point of Humans, a party game for aliens in disguise
Is this music? I can’t get enough of that sweet music.
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Mausritter adventure Sanctum of the Ori Magi is genuine, folded-paper magic
A paper cut above the rest.
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Jiangshi co-creator’s next game is a LARPG anthology inspired by Get Out and Hannibal
“If Jiangshi is PG-13, I’d say this is closer to an R-rating.”
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Call of Cthulhu marks the horror RPG’s 40th anniversary with a new Keeper Rulebook
Limited-edition tome includes designer commentary and return of classic scenario.
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How to RPG with Your Cat turns your feline friend into a furry d20
Dungeon meowster.
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Well Hydrated Yellow? Tim's Magical Green? We fix miniatures paint names on the Dicebreaker Podcast!
Board games? Never heard of 'em.
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Make weapons from beast parts in this Monster Hunter-like supplement for D&D 5E and Pathfinder 2E
A day at the Battlezoo Bestiary.
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Blades in the Dark’s TV series could blow away the D&D film
The cinematic gameplay and dramatic heists of John Harper’s RPG makes it perfect for a small-screen adaptation.
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Unofficial D&D supplement adds mousefolk and gunslingers to the RPG
Take a visit to Valda’s Spire of Secrets.
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Indie initiative SideQuest bookends the year with a second zine-focused TRPG event
Like Zinequest, but more collaborative and festive.
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Magpie Games talks supply chain logistics, shielding design from bloat and contributor pay.
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Old-school inspired RPG Down We Go wants to make deadly dungeon delving approachable for all
The OSR system is one of the first roleplaying games on Kickstarter alternative, Gamefound.
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Pathfinder, Warhammer: Soulbound, Root RPG and more feature in this year’s Free RPG Day
Alongside Starfinder, Blue Rose and Zombicide.
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Numenera Discovery Bundle opens up a discounted gateway into the sci-fi RPG
Welcome to the Ninth World.
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We cast the upcoming Blades in the Dark TV series on this week's Dicebreaker Podcast!
And pine for the board games we'd love to play right now, but can't.
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In swamp horror TRPG Gravemire, alligators are the least of your problems
Bumps in the bayou.
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Create cowpeople and fox-characters in The Delver’s Guide to Beast World, a supplement for D&D
From bovines to vulpines.
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Sci-fi roleplaying game Stars Without Number gets a full hardcover release
An RPG of galactic proportions.
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Transformers are driving, flying and jumping into a new tabletop RPG
This isn’t a Decepticon.
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Talent-studded D&D 5E setting Tanares earns over $1m in first day of crowdfunding
Publisher Dragori Games boasts Forgotten Realms, Skyrim and Scarred Lands designers on an unfortunately white team.
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“We write about Dark Futures for fun, but we also believe we have a responsibility to try and prevent them from happening.”
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Blades in the Dark RPG is being adapted into a television series
Heists become home-viewing.
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The G.I. Joe Roleplaying Game has been officially revealed
Rolling is half the battle.
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28 tabletop games have made $1m on Kickstarter in 2021 so far
More tabletop RPGs reached impressive figure in first half of year than on crowdfunding site to date.
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Wanderhome studio’s next RPG is a game about ghost families called Our Haunt
A spirited adventure.
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10 best sourcebooks for Dungeons & Dragons 5E
The finest Dungeons & Dragons 5E sourcebooks.
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Lancer designers suspend work on planned sourcebooks, citing life changes and pandemic stressors
Massif Press plans to finish and release the books on their own time, instead.
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Includes everything needed to explore a city full of secrets, magical or otherwise.
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RPG character backgrounds are rubbish - here’s how to make a good one
Or; why Obi-Wan Kenobi is a terrible RPG character.
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Power Rangers RPG drops D&D 5E gameplay, will debut new Essence20 system
d20-based gameplay will also power upcoming G.I. Joe and Transformers RPGs.
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Inventing the board game sequels that'd don't exist... but should.
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Dark Sun spiritual successor Red Dawn presents a new wasteland setting for D&D 5E with old problems
Update: Kickstarter campaign appears to remove references to 'slave races'.
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The Herbalist’s Primer gives roleplaying groups a crash course in practical and magical botany
Make your party eat its greens.
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The Price of Coal weaves a historical story of labour rights in West Virginia’s coal country
Explore the beginning of the state’s hard road to unionisation through card-based storytelling.
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Does Avatar Legends live up to The Last Airbender? We play the RPG’s quickstart rules to find out!
A 3 part series featuring guest GM Simon Moody.
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Shadowrun bundle lets you get started with the classic science-fantasy RPG for under $8
Includes a collection of fiction set in the universe.
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Dungeon Fighter RPG spin-off sees players aiming dice throws to perform actions
One more throw, for One More Quest.
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Lupin the 3rd tabletop RPG based on the 50 year old anime is set to be released
Ready to enter the Castle of Cagliostro?
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Scenarios and supplements covering British Isles and 20th-century conflicts originally ran until 2017.
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Dune RPG lets players harvest spice on the surface of Arrakis in upcoming sourcebook Sand and Dust
Leave those noble houses in the dust.
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New Thousand Year Old Vampire companion book have some players angrily grabbing stakes and garlic
Designer Tim Hutchings responds to the reaction to his unique addition.
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Mad Max: Fury Road and Sleepaway serve as inspirations for this horror RPG
What will you find in the Strange Hills?
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Even elder gods aren't immune to shipping delays.
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5 things we want to see from the new Marvel RPG
From weird superheroes to romantic arcs.
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Don’t Tell Mom & Dad is a tabletop RPG fueled by pulp horror VHS cassettes, sugar and fireworks
Don’t stay out past curfew… or else.
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Is it better to stack board games upright or sideways? It's the Dicebreaker Podcast!
Plus our thoughts on Descent, Avatar Legends, Jaws, Villainous and more.
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The Long Way Home 2E is a solo RPG supplement for the Deep Space D-6 board game
Stranded in sci-fi.
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Steve Perrin, co-creator of ‘70s fantasy RPG RuneQuest, has passed away
Seminal roleplaying designer created Basic Roleplaying system later used in Call of Cthulhu.
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Indie Game Developer Network announces nominees for 2021 Groundbreakers Award
The awards are "designed to shine a spotlight on excellence in the indie game design community".
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Horror RPG sourcebook Delta Green celebrates 25th anniversary with a new edition
A collection of Cthulhu conspiracies.
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Diminutive RPG Mausritter’s box of new adventures includes a delve through a suit of medieval armour
Nice mice and dice on romps, journeys and heists.
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Doctor Who RPG sourcebooks discounted across two Bundle of Holding deals
Featuring books focused on the first 12 Doctors.
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The Witcher TRPG’s newest sourcebook contains six adventures and rules for ice skating
In celebration of “Happy Dandelion Day!”
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Romancing the Infinity Stone.
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D&D livestream to raise money for Mermaids, a charity supporting trans and non-binary youth
Featuring LGBTQ+ YouTube creators and blog writers.
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10 best tabletop roleplaying games out right now
From the best fantasy tabletop RPG alternatives to Dungeons & Dragons, to the sci-fi worlds of Cyberpunk and Star Wars.
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Hide your Gundren Rockseekers.
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Among Sus is a free larping version of the video game
Emergency meetings at the kitchen table.
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Dinosaurs invade Dungeons & Dragons in this supplementary campaign
Sorcery in the stone age.
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Avatar Legends becomes the highest funded TRPG on Kickstarter within its first week
That’s not rough at all, buddy.
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Ex Libris is a digital Mörk Borg bibliography, and its creators hope they start a new trend
Imagine Belle’s library scene, but it’s grungy PDFs and loot tables.
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Field Guide to Memory co-creator Jeeyon Shim wins 2021 Diana Jones Emerging Designer Program
The committee awarded the "groundbreaking game designer" for her work and emerging influence in the hobby.
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Avatar Legends: The Roleplaying Game’s Kickstarter campaign is now live
Magpie Games’ official adaptation of the adored animated series comes to the tabletop.
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Lancer co-creator’s new post-apocalyptic RPG Icon has a free playtest version that's worth a look
A heavy pinch of Final Fantasy and Breath of the Wild in a pastoral world of broken peace.
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Start your journey into space.
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Cluedon’t is a reverse game of Cluedo where murderers want to be caught
I killed Dr Black in the kitchen with the candlestick.
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Dungeons & Dragons 5E cleric class explained
Kit out your warrior of faith with the right spells and equipment to make them a D&D powerhouse.
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D&D and Magic: The Gathering to see prices increase later this year due to rising shipping costs
It's not yet clear how this will affect in-store prices.
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Star signs and astrology are the inspirations for this D&D supplement
Your daily horoscope is predicting adventure.
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Picaresque Roman is part competitive RPG, part social deduction game inspired by Yakuza
Japanese indie hit seeing an English-language release via Kickstarter next month.
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Dueling Fops of Vindamere is an RPG that’s “Bridgerton, only extremely violent”
Love fast, die pretty.
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It's time to decide the ultimate Game of the Year.
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Queerz! is an RPG based on the LGBTQ+ manga inspired by Power Rangers and Sailor Moon
Using the City of Mist TRPG system.
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The Shining and The Babadook are inspirations for this horror D&D supplement
Prepare to lend a hand.
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Itch.io’s Creator Day returns to give 100% of revenue to devs and designers on the indie marketplace
It's a good time to pick up some tabletop RPGs and support their makers.
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Dixit and roleplaying collide with surreal RPG Dreampunk
Dreams can come true.
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Both RPG publishers once known as TSR divest themselves of the name, but questions remain
Social media silence obscures ties between publishing entities.
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Tiny Library swaps your regular pack of playing cards for a deck of 50 micro RPGs
Stop, draw and roll.
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Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade writer launches a dark fantasy supplement for D&D
Inspired by The Witcher and Princess Mononoke.
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A Blades in the Dark style heist RPG is coming from the co-designer of D&D 3E
We’re Stealing Stories for the Devil.
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Get Fate Core, Fate of Cthulhu and more RPGs for less in Bundle of Holding deal
It’s fated to happen.
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Call of Cthulhu expansions and Carbon Grey RPG coming from newly formed publisher
Written by Alien RPG author.
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Alongside cosplayers and Ennie award winners
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Mothership and Old School Essentials among indie RPGs discounted in Exalted Funeral sale
Along with a bundle of RPG PDFs benefitting The Center for Asian Pacific American Women.