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The Mandalorian-inspired solo RPG Notorious explores the edges of a war-torn galaxy in Outsiders expansion

Once more into a life of scum and villainy.

“I wanted players to say ‘screw you’ and break the game”: Deathmatch Island creator on bringing something fresh to battle royales - and why Fortnite can’t match a TRPG

“Friendly competition is so common to other games we play - board games, video games, sports - but it’s kind of taboo in tabletop RPGs.”

Starfinder Enhanced’s new species will let you play as an ewok-like rodent, AI hologram or tiny sentient star

An exclusive look at the new and returning species in the sci-fi RPG's upcoming rules revision.

Five new Halloween tabletop RPGs inspired by horror cinema come collected in their own trick-or-treat bag

Game night just became fright night.

This D&D 5E book wants to give your characters A Life Well Lived away from dungeons and dragons

Upcoming supplement lets you generate lifepaths, allies and activities in downtime between adventures - as well as eventually retiring your hero.

Dimension 20 is returning to Fantasy High for a third season in Junior Year

The D&D 5E series heads back to school in January.

Grim brings the fast and furious fragging of first-person shooters like Quake to a tabletop RPG

Unreal.

Dark fantasy board game Tainted Grail is being made into a tabletop RPG

Based on the Shadows of Esteren system.

Critical Role UK live show will broadcast to cinemas across US and Canada

For one-night-only.

A Ghost in the Shell tabletop game is arriving next year

Studio behind My Little Pony RPG and Jim Henson’s Labyrinth board game teases an adaptation of the seminal sci-fi series.

New Planescape adventure and sourcebook will be D&D’s own Marvel-esque multiverse

“A fantastic time to bring Planescape back for a new audience.”

Dungeons & Dragons creator says Planescape sourcebooks contain no AI-produced art

Wizards of the Coast isn't repeating the mistake of Bigby Presents, but we still don't know what its internal policy says.

D&D’s Planescape adventure might begin in the same morgue as 1999 computer game

Morte isn’t interested in a group of fleshy dice rollers.

This comic sci-fi RPG inspired by Hitchhiker’s Guide and Red Dwarf lets you roll up your own space towel

With over 25 million playable characters.

Folk-horror D&D 5E campaign setting The Crooked Moon channels The Witch, Midsommar and The Wicker Man

From the folks behind actual play series Legends of Avantris.

Final Fantasy is getting its first official tabletop RPG for FF14’s 10th anniversary

Includes scenarios written by MMO’s devs that tie into A Realm Reborn’s main quest.

Dimension 20 evokes Watership Down in new D&D actual play season featuring a family of stoats

Furry with a chance of sorrow.

You can get excellent Lovecraftian mystery RPG Trail of Cthulhu at a staggering discount right now

Close to two dozen books, worth almost £300, for 95% off.

The One Ring designers on exploring Khazad-dûm before the books, invisible goblins and avoiding Balrogs in the Lord of the Rings RPG’s long-awaited Moria expansion

And how it differs from the cancelled The Long Dark campaign.

Feature: “I spend most of my days wandering around talking to myself”: Baldur’s Gate 3, Witcher 3 and Horizon: Forbidden West actors on how to be a better roleplayer

And why collaboration is the most important thing.

Baldur’s Gate 3 actors to play Dungeons & Dragons with High Rollers

Fun in Faerûn.

Planet Fist smashes Edge of Tomorrow and slice-of-life drama into a satirical combat wargame

Love must bloom on the battlefield when there is nothing else.

Critical Role’s Mighty Nein Origins series to conclude in 2024 with Beauregard and Caduceus’ backstories

Co-written by Matthew Mercer and the Critical Role cast.

Cozy RPG Teatime Adventures, which pairs roleplaying with recipes and hot drinks, is back with a 2E and Stardew Valley-inspired pets expansion

Return to the Verdant Isles.

Blades in the Dark makers’ Deathmatch Island channels Squid Game, Fortnite and Severance in a nightmarish battle royale RPG

Isle love the sound of this.

Snag Masks: A New Generation, Glitter Hearts and Sentinel Comics RPG at 80% off on DrivethruRPG

Cut-rate crusading.

One D&D shakes up 5E's most popular class with Brawler - but will it make the cut?

For the new One D&D Fighter subclass, everything is a weapon.

DuckTales-inspired RPG is a hellish vision of the classic cartoon, now with art from Mörk Borg creator

Duck Souls.

Disney Lorcana’s second set, Rise of the Floodborn, introduces more than 200 cards and new Resist keyword

Winnie the Pooh, Snow White and Zootopia amongst classic characters appearing in Lorcana’s second chapter.

RuneScape Kingdoms RPG will use a new system that “captures the unique magic” of classic MMO

Pre-order now for free armour trimming - totally legit.

One D&D changes vs 5E: What's new in the next Dungeons & Dragons edition?

From creating your character to casting spells, here’s how One D&D is different to 5E.

The Lost Bay is a fever dream of ‘90s suburban horror channeled through dice and slick mechanics

Play in the weed-choked graveyard of the neo-liberal American dream.

Society of Rafa trades heroes’ journeys for community healing in a Jewish RPG world of spirits and medicine

Creators plan to launch an accessible online wiki containing all play materials formatted for screen readers.

Feature: What D&D is to fantasy roleplaying, Traveller is to sci-fi RPGs - and its influence has never been greater, from Coriolis to Starfield

Venturing into the classic tabletop RPG that inspired Starfield.

Physical and digital versions of D&D Player’s Handbook and DM’s Guide are both on sale

Alongside several other books.

Comedy RPG Coffee & Chaos lets your D&D characters run a cafe and uses cutlery instead of dice

Give your heroic adventurers a stressful day job in food management - what could go wrong?

Infinite Revolution is a hyper-fast RPG for fans of Utena, Kamen Rider and existential anxiety

You breathe stardust. You eat darkness. You guard dreams. You bleed light.

The Magnus Archives’ tabletop RPG cracks $1m, releases an anemic quickstart primer

Fans of the horror podcast might be tempted, but there’s little in the free document to sell longtime hobbyists on Monte Cook Games’ latest adaptation.

Apocalypse World designer Meguey Baker receives public support following breast cancer diagnosis and surgery

Fans, players and well-wishers have donated nearly $30,000 to a long-standing figure in tabletop design.

Dungeon Crawl Classic’s massive Humble Bundle crams 75 RPG books into a $25 deal

You’ll be rolling dice 'til next summer.

Feature: 6 D&D references in Baldur’s Gate 3 that you might not know about

D&Did you know?

Pathfinder 2E RPG is getting two additional playable classes in new expansion

Available for playtest now.

Waiting for Starfield? Deep Space packs a whole galaxy to explore into a four-page, rules-light RPG

Phenomenal cosmic exploration, itty-bitty page count.

Almost 40% people are playing more tabletop games since before the lockdown, with interest in D&D increasing to 85%

Interest in Warhammer also up.

Dimension 20 announces a spate of D&D actual play live shows in the UK and Ireland

Confusing ticket sale system left fans believing shows sold out in a matter of seconds.

Eat the Reich is a gory, indulgent, quickfire RPG about WWII vampires out to drink all of Hitler’s blood.

Sic exsanguinatis tyrannis.

Venture into the Mines of Moria with new Lord of the Rings RPG sourcebooks

Beware the Balrogs.

Baldur’s Gate 3 allows D&D players to live out their horny fantasies without making anyone uncomfortable

Larian Studios knows what the people want.

Development on Witcher 4 video game sends The Witcher RPG into hiatus

R. Talsorian Games’ Cody Pondsmith says “The Witcher TTRPG line is not dead” but don’t expect big, new books in the near future.

Classic RPG Mutant Chronicles goes noir gumshoe in mystery-focused Luna City Blues

Moon-based mysteries.

Cyberpunk and Witcher RPG maker teases new tabletop project condenamed Blue Moon

R. Talsorian Games will reveal more information about Project: Blue Moon on August 31st.

Phandelver and Below promises a nostalgic romp through Dungeons & Dragons 5E’s beginnings

You can’t go back home to old Phandalin.

Spooky podcast sensation Welcome to Night Vale heading to tabletop from the makers of Power Rangers RPG

A friendly desert community where the people are NPCs and dice rain from the sky.

Dolmenwood is mushroom-infested Old School Essentials by way of British Isles folklore

Spore me a pint, adventurer.

D&D races and species guide: Which to choose in 5E

Pick between pointed ears, horns, tusks and more.

D&D size chart and guide for 5E

When size does matter.

Here’s what Baldur’s Gate 3’s narrator thinks is the best class in D&D

A debate hotter than the fires of Avernus.

Baldur’s Gate 3 narrator “can't wait” for people to discover D&D thanks to video game

Expects to see more D&D web series.

Baldur’s Gate 3 has finally forced me to play D&D 5E by the rules

My shenanigans have been Silenced.

Pathfinder RPG Humble Bundle shelves up nearly $200 worth of fiction for $25

A novel experience.

Take up a life of space piracy with this Humble Book Bundle for sci-fi RPG Traveller

Do spacecrafts have poop decks?

Dimension 20 resumes production of RPG actual play series after SAG-AFTRA contract clarification

Dropout CEO Sam Reich gives Mulligan and co. the go-ahead to roll more dice on-camera.

Baldur’s Gate 3 has made me more interested in Dungeons & Dragons’ world than I’ve ever been

Fae-run to the D&D video game.

Ducktales-inspired tabletop roleplaying game sees players embarking on avian adventures

Bird of a feather, roleplay together.

Werewolf: the Apocalypse 5E writer alleges racist and belittling treatment by White Wolf staff

Writing team reportedly asked to create “a player’s guide to being a Nazi werewolf”

Role of Fate blends Magic: The Gathering and D&D influences together in a TCG-RPG hybrid (Sponsored)

With a community-driven narrative.

Lovecraftesque, the Cthulhu-inspired GM-less tabletop RPG, is getting a second edition

Features “hundreds” of prompts.

Dungeons & Dragons maker will revise AI-processed artwork in upcoming sourcebook

Midjourneys in the Forgotten Realms.

Gen Con 2023 breaks event attendance record with over 70,000 visitors

In time for its 20th anniversary.

Avatar RPG, Blade Runner RPG and Vaesen snatch multiple Ennie awards at Gen Con 2023

Fabula Ultima wins Best Game.

Whisperstone makes learning a new RPG as simple as doing a jigsaw puzzle

Beginner-friendly Heirloom system uses unique pieces for equipment, skills and spells.

Cy_Borg, Pirate Borg and Death in Space talk new expansions at Gen Con panel

Smorgas Borg.

Pathfinder and Starfinder have no plans to take on D&D’s virtual tabletop with their own VTT, Paizo says

“We're focused on making the best tabletop products we can, not the best VTT we can.”

The One Ring RPG delves too deep in upcoming Moria - The Long Dark campaign expansion

They are, in fact, calling it a mine.

Pathfinder’s sci-fi tabletop RPG sibling Starfinder is getting a second edition

Compatible with Pathfinder 2E.

Indigenous RPG Coyote & Crow wins 2023 Diana Jones Award

Tabletop's oddest-looking award honours this year's "excellence in gaming" and emerging designers with a new resin pyramid.

Digital version of Marvel Multiverse Role-Playing Game releases on Roll20 today

Super heroic support.

IGDN’s 2023 Groundbreaker winners include a 90-pound butter heist, reality-spanning stickers and dinos in cars

Who's selling automobiles to these dinosaurs, anyway?

Augmented reality virtual tabletop Mirrorscape rolls onto mobile

App’s beta opens up on iOS and Android.

Win a D&D Honor Among Thieves bundle worth £200 to celebrate the home release of the Dungeons & Dragons movie!

Roll with advantage.

Feature: Tabletop creators struggle to plot their future amidst Twitter’s still-burning ashes

The death of the bird app at the hands of Elon Musk leaves designers big and small in the lurch.

Get ready for Baldur’s Gate III by playing the rest of the series for less than £10

Alongside Neverwinter Nights and Planescape: Torment.

Gravity Falls and Night in the Woods inspired this supernatural adventure roleplaying game

Cut-out the cursing.

Cloudbreaker Alliance brings together Final Fantasy and Star Trek in an RPG about discovery, cooperation and cowboy orcs

Built around four-part kishotenketsu story structure.

Fill the late-nite airwaves with music and meaning in playlist-building solo RPG VOID 1680 AM

Caller, you’re on the air.

Candela Obscura’s second chapter, featuring Marisha Ray and Brennan Lee Mulligan, plans 5-hour cinema premiere

Fairelands, Pt. 2: Electric Spookaloo

Brambletrek is a gorgeous, thoughtful GM-less RPG about mousefolk on a reflective quest

Journey inside and out.

Feature: What are you playing this weekend? Here’s what we’ve been playing!

Prepare for a healthy dose of The Witcher content!

Pathfinder studio pushes several RPG books into 2024 amid relocation and website upgrades

CEO Jim Butler said Pathfinder and Starfinder material had to move to 2024 to make room for for ORC licence sourcebooks.

Tarot-based RPG Likeness Machines pits a struggling actor against their corporate AI replacement

All proceeds from the satirical biography game support WGA and SAG-AFTRA workers on the picket line.

SAG-AFTRA strike won’t affect Critical Role, D20 but raises question over RPG shows' part in labour movements

The largest names in tabletop actual play voice support for workers’ rights even if their shows aren’t immediately affected.

Popular Japanese RPG Fledge Witch, inspired by Kiki's Delivery Service and Little Witch Academia, will see an English release

Conjuring up a Kickstarter this summer.

Swashbuckling, surreal sci-fi RPG Terminal is The Matrix by way of Black Sails, with a dash of Twin Peaks

V-Arrrrrrr.

Delta Green is the X-Files RPG I’ve always wanted

I Want to RP.

Play the Root tabletop RPG for less than $15 with Bundle of Holding collection

Wander the Woodlands.

Fabula Ultima, Pasión de las Pasiones and Trophy make 2023 ENnie Awards best RPG shortlist

Avatar Legends and Blade Runner swamped by a sea of smaller tabletop titles in this year’s nomination round.

Map-drawing RPG Border Riding is The Quiet Year meets Scottish land wars

Landmark my words.

Feature: What are you playing this weekend? Here’s what we’ve been playing!

Terrifying horror and terrific trains!

D&D barbarian 5E guide: How to play a barbarian in Dungeons & Dragons

Rage against the Awakened Tree.

Best Amazon Prime Day D&D deals 2023

Find the best offers without rolling for Perception.