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After Honor Among Thieves, the next D&D movie should be all about Strahd - here’s why

The villainous vampire would provide plenty for fans - and film-makers - to sink their teeth into.
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves review – D&D movie is a forgettable story in a fantastic, faithful world

Practical effects and lore true to the RPG shine over derivative writing and bland characters.

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Classic D&D video games including Spelljammer and Dragonlance are returning to PC for the first time in 25 years

Silver Box and other '80s and '90s games succeed on their death saving throw.
Walking Dead Roleplaying Game lets you play out scenarios from the TV series

Featuring recognisable characters and locations.
10 best D&D map makers for dungeons, cities and worlds

Tabletop cartography from A to Z.

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King Kong and Pacific Rim coming next for D&D 5E compatible adventure project

Mechanics for mayhem with monkeys and mechs.
D&D movie Honor Among Thieves adds one more familiar voice to its cast

Perkins of the job.
Get Wanderhome, Thirsty Sword Lesbians and over 500 RPGs for just $5 to support trans rights in Florida

TTRPGs for Trans Rights in Florida bundle has already raised over $40,000.
8 best D&D character sheets for every type of player

From new players to seasoned adventurers and everyone in-between, get your next character idea down on paper with these tools.
Break!! is an absolutely stunning fantasy RPG inspired by Zelda and Ghibli, a decade in the making

Be a Battle Princess or a Murder Princess.

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5 tips for making a great Dungeons & Dragons 5E character

What to do before the nitty-gritty bits
D&D adventure collection nominated for best game writing alongside Elden Ring at 2023 Nebula Awards

And Horizon Zero Dawn: Forbidden West.
D&D 5E languages explained: A guide to language in Fifth Edition

Every language you might encounter on your adventures.
‘If I was designing Monster of the Week now it would be very different’: Michael Sands on the RPG’s origins, inspirations and what comes next

Plus, his advice for new players.
New Dungeons & Dragons film’s characters can now appear in your own campaigns

Official stat blocks are available.

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Custom miniatures tool lets players create any D&D character they can dream of

Print-at-home poses.
Pathfinder to add tanuki and a horror-themed RPG adventure path with Tian Xia rulebook duo

Publisher Paizo hired dozens of additional writers to flesh out the East Asian-inspired cultures and myths of Tian Xia.
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Pathfinder RPG publisher confirms stance on the use of AI artwork and writing

“Customers expect a human touch.”

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Pathfinder studio to add narrative starship combat and revised classes in sci-fi RPG Starfinder Enhanced

Play as a kitsune or the remnants of a dying star with the upcoming sourcebook.
Lancer Tactics turns the mech tabletop RPG into a gorgeous Advance Wars-like video game

A perfect example of what a truly open third-party licence allows.

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Critical Role’s Matthew Mercer revealed as next Dimension 20 DM

Roleplaying royalty collides (again).
D&D 5E's biggest problem is the Druid – here's how One D&D can fix it

Underplayed and overcomplicated, but is the Druid playtest going in the right direction?

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Avatar Legends RPG boxed starter set hits Target shelves

The official tabletop adaptation of the beloved animated series gets an exclusive release in US retail.
Fallout RPG and miniatures bundle lets you wage Wasteland Warfare without spending all your caps

Pick up a host of rules, supplements and 3D-printable models.
Classic 1980s gamebook series Lone Wolf is being reprinted in paperback for the first time in decades

Final instalment The Light of the Kai will release in two volumes and finally bring the New Order series to a close next year.
Tabletop accessories maker Wyrmwood responds to allegations of mishandled sexual assault claims

CEO Douglas Costello apologises for initial “tone deaf” video response.
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Only half of D&D fans expect the movie to be any good, survey suggests

But they’ll still be going to see it.

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Latest One D&D playtest update features new versions of druid and paladin classes

Both receiving some serious upgrades.

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John Wick is the perfect movie to inspire your next D&D campaign - and not in its action

How to say just enough.
What We Do in the Shadows and Russian Doll inspired this trio of comedic Jewish RPGs

If I Were a Lich, Man.
Hollow Knight and Breath of the Wild inspired this tabletop roleplaying game

Firelight your way home.
10 magical school tabletop RPGs that will cast a spell on you

Study up with these roleplaying games.

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Returning Call of Cthulhu RPG supplement will challenge even experienced players

Prepare for Nameless Horrors.
Project Black Flag’s first crack at a D&D replacement is more retread than reinvention

Kobold Press’ post-OGL efforts feel trapped underneath the shadow of tabletop’s maligned monolith.

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Mutant: Year Zero, Blade Runner RPG maker asks for feedback on two royalty-free tabletop licences

Free League’s Year Zero Engine will be “irrevocable, worldwide and royalty-free”
D&D maker worried more about recession than OGL controversy’s impact on business

Hasbro CEO Chris Cocks is confident the company can recapture angry and upset players.
Iron Kingdoms mixes Warhammer’s battles with D&D’s roleplaying in an RPG fans of both hobbies shouldn’t miss

Why you should take a trip to the steampunk setting.

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Tales from the Loop plans a UK-based season of tabletop RPG adventures in They Grow Up So Fast

Maybe we'll find out Thatcher's thoughts on extradimensional anomalies.
Be birds and do crimes in bizarre heist RPG Pigeon’s Eleven

Birds of a feather, steal together.
Demiplane’s new 5E digital toolset drops D&D for independent tabletop RPG publishers

“We have no intent to be partnered with Wizards of the Coast.”
Get Undaunted and Frostgrave releases at a discount

Alongside Crescent Moon.
How Legend of Vox Machina turned 170 hours of epic D&D into two seasons of unmissable TV

The animated Critical Role series tells a tighter, character-centric tale in a fraction of the time.
31 indie RPGs to check out during Zine Month 2023

Our comprehensive list of unmissable games, supplements and more crowdfunding throughout February.

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6 best Dungeons & Dragons video games you should play before Baldur's Gate 3

Buttons are not how one escapes dungeons!

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Studio Ghibli-esque solo RPG explores themes of war and environmentalism

Egging you on.
Trans Witches are Witches bundle supports LGBTQ+ indies with a very nice collection of 69 magical school RPGs and more

Get dozens of titles for the same price as a video game.
Senior D&D producer says RPG’s execs “lost sight of the impact” OGL debacle would have on community

Wizards of the Coast’s tardy response “was a delay built out of many small, good decisions”, according to Kyle Brink.
Feature: Broken Weave: Inside the D&D 5E tragic fantasy world shaped by Elden Ring, Annihilation and living through a pandemic

“It’s a tale of what comes after everything falls apart.”
A solo RPG inspired by Seven, Mind Hunter and Zodiac has players seeking a serial killer

The TRPG for lovers of true crime.

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Ruins of Symbaroum releases two new 5th Edition compatible adventure collections

So many new ways to die in the woods.
Critical Role’s Mighty Nein animated series could be great, if it’s nothing like The Legend of Vox Machina

Pray to the Wildmother.

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Morrowind-inspired Zine Month RPG Electrum Archive explores a desert city in newest edition

Sniffed any good ink lately?
Horse Girl is a Zine Month RPG about utter submission to love and surgical transformation into a horse

Do you love me: yea or neigh?
X-Men expansion announced for upcoming Marvel tabletop roleplaying game

An X-tra ordinary addition.
Dark Souls and Lord of the Rings were key inspirations for this solo roleplaying game

Wandering Souls.
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New board games for February 2023: latest tabletop release dates

You'll love these new releases!

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Pathfinder humble bundle enables players to begin their fantasy RPG adventures for $5

Top tier includes $400-worth of stuff.
Brennan Lee Mulligan and Aabria Iyengar’s new TRPG podcast finds success well before first episode

Worlds Beyond Number’s Patreon page cracked 16,000 paid followers within the first 48 hours.
Dark Souls RPG teases new book The Tome of Strange Beings

Over here, you fiends!
Alice is Missing expansion introduces new locations, suspects and clues to the texting RPG

Silence falls in Silent Falls.

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Mörk Borg’s next expansion, Ikhon, is a tabletop RPG “mystery box” about profane folk gods

IKHON-not wait to meet these putrid gods.
Warhammer RPG maker announces new D&D 5E compatible system alongside “tragic fantasy” setting

Broken Weave will crowdfund in February and offer first hints at Cubicle 7’s upcoming C7d20 system
D&D abandons quest to update OGL after massive negative survey response

Publisher Wizards of the Coast instead puts even more content into the Creative Commons.
Pathfinder and Call of Cthulhu RPGs sell out months’ worth of books in two weeks after D&D OGL backlash

Paizo and Chaosium announce extra printings following ‘overwhelming surge’ in interest.

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Fifth Season RPG brings NK Jemisin’s fantasy novel trilogy to the tabletop

Start with the end of the world, then tell your own story.
I wish the Dungeons & Dragons movie had more sincere fantasy than self-aware cringe

Banter is the Bane of modern blockbusters.

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D&D as therapy? We discover Realms of Kymoria's inclusive, accessible approach to roleplaying (Sponsored)

Thera-PG.
Critical Role’s Mighty Nein are coming to Amazon Prime’s television screens

Get ready to shout “fluffernutter!”

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Solo But Not Alone’s third annual bundle offers nearly 150 single-player tabletop RPGs for suicide prevention

All proceeds will benefit suicide prevention charity Jasper’s Game Day.
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Feature: Exploring Sword World, Japan’s answer to Dungeons & Dragons from the studio behind the Elden Ring tabletop RPG

The history of legendary tabletop creator Group SNE.
Gen Con 2023 drops COVID-19 vaccine requirement and mask mandate for tabletop RPG convention

Tabletop’s largest US convention relaxes health and safety precautions despite ongoing pandemic.
D&D: Honor Among Thieves’ latest trailer runs the risk of choking on all that tongue-in-cheek

Kitchen table hijinks on a Marvel film budget.

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European RPG Studios Union emerges from dust of D&D’s OGL storm to ‘promote RPGs as art and protect creators’

Effort from French, German and Italian publishers states support of #OpenDND movement as first priority.

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Let us know what’s on your tabletop.

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Here are the character creation options you’ll have in Warhammer 40k RPG Imperium Maledictum

Start planning your Imperial agent early.
Roll20, Deadlands and Numenera RPG makers join Pathfinder studio’s open game licence as D&D OGL rival gathers momentum

Over 1,500 publishers have backed the ORC so far, according to Paizo.
D&D’s latest OGL playtest releases core rules to Creative Commons but deauthorizes past version

The first official pass at D&D’s legal future will still likely upset some fans

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Upcoming RPGs 2023: Every tabletop roleplaying game you should play this year

Play in a world of your imagination.

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D&D maker apologises for OGL, will publicly playtest future versions of legal document

“Let me start with an apology. We are sorry. We got it wrong.”

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D&D’s golden age is over due to OGL revolt, says Dark Souls RPG writer

"Once that trust has gone, it's gone forever.”
You're In Space And Everything's Fucked in this brutal sci-fi horror RPG inspired by Alien, Dead Space and System Shock

In space, no-one can hear you roll.
Critical Role's latest twist could set the stage for Campaign 4 and beyond

Some lunar revelations may hint at what comes next.
Get Call of Cthulhu and Runequest TRPG starter sets for less than a dollar each

Discount doom.
The One Ring studio is the latest RPG publisher to create its own open game licence in wake of D&D OGL turmoil

Free League “intensifies” development of Year Zero Engine and Dragonbane licences in response to Wizards of the Coast’s planned changes.
Dungeons & Dragons publisher responds to OGL criticism: “We rolled a 1”

Wizards of the Coast’s first public statement rescinds royalty tiers but leaves many questions unanswered.
Warhammer 40,000 RPG Imperium Maledictum reveals its cover art - exclusive

A trip to Persepolis.
Award-winning RPG monster series launches werewolf supplement for D&D 5E

You won’t fool the Children of the Moon.
Pathfinder maker announces its own Open RPG Creative License in response to controversial D&D OGL changes

System-agnostic ORC will ultimately be controlled by a non-profit in order to “irrevocably and unquestionably keep alive the spirit of the Open Game License”.

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Tabletop RPG actual play allstars join forces on Worlds Beyond Number podcast

Aabria Iyengar, Brennan Lee Mulligan, Lou Wilson and Erika Ishi form the core of the first campaign
D&D maker tightens its grip on third-party RPG books with reported OGL changes

Thousands of creators and fans angered by what’s proposed in the leaked document.

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Best tabletop RPGs 2023 (that aren’t Dungeons & Dragons 5E)

Lose yourself in an amazing world this year

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Silent Hill and Cronenberg haunts this horror tarot roleplaying game

The meat of the matter.
Dungeons & Dragons is being made into a TV series by Red Notice filmmaker

On top of the upcoming D&D movie.
Explore the mythical tabletop RPG worlds of Forbidden Lands and Vaesen for $25 in new Humble Bundle

This latest offering pairs two fantastic Free League series in support of Direct Relief