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Dungeons & Dragons  Shadowrun  Video Games 
News Digest for the Week of April 22
Hello everyone, Darryl here with this week’s gaming news! Spelljammer, Dragonlance, Stormwreck Isle, and more from D&D Direct plus an apology from Steamforged Games for Dark Souls RPG, a new Shadowrun adventure, and more! For a quick summary of the week’s news, Jessica Hancock will bring you up to speed with This Week in TTRPG. Don’t forget, you can keep up with all the week’s gaming news...
Boardgames  Video Games 
Worlds of Design: A Playtesting Framework
What are we looking for when playtesting a (tabletop) game we have designed? That is, what tells us it might be worth pursuing further? I am going to generalize here to most tabletop games, since RPGs are a category of tabletop.
Dungeons & Dragons  Video Games 
News Digest for the Week of January 28
Hello everyone, Darryl here with this week’s gaming news! More details about the Dark Souls RPG, new Level Up 5e products announced, RuneScape getting a tabletop RPG, and more! Don’t forget, you can keep up with all the week’s gaming news with Morrus’ Unofficial Tabletop RPG Talk! This week, Morrus and Peter talk about the upcoming Dungeons & Dragons sourcebook Monsters of the Multiverse...
Call of Cthulhu  Dungeons & Dragons  Video Games 
When RPGs Meet SCP
The SCP Foundation is a fictional secret organization created through a wiki-based collaborative writing project. It's also a treasure trove of ideas for role-playing games.
Dungeons & Dragons  Reviews  Video Games 
Solasta: Crown of the Magister Offers A Hidden Fifth Edition Computer Gem
Seven years in, one would think there would be an official Fifth Edition video game by now. There are plenty of ways to play D&D electronically, such as the upcoming Dark Alliance action brawler or mobile versions of classics like Baldur’s Gate. Computer versions have yet to completely scratch the itch of playing a game with a Dungeon Master who can react to unexpected plans and adjust...
Dungeons & Dragons  Novels  OSR  Video Games 
Worlds of Design: Games vs. Novels - Part 2
Picking up where we left off in the first article in this series, we review how games differ from novels in points of view, climax and denouement, multiple related stories, "story machines," and the vagaries of chance.
Dungeons & Dragons  Reviews  Video Games 
Fishing for Dragons
With fish a popular dish in our house on Fridays, we decided to finally give the Heroes' Feast Dragon Salmon recipe a try.
Apps & Tools  Dungeons & Dragons  Video Games 
The Darkest House: An Interview With Charles M. Ryan (Monte Cook Games)
Monte Cook Games has a new RPG experience coming, The Darkest House. This game defies easy categorization and continues to show the creative range that MCG is known for. MCG COO Charles M. Ryan explains how this project is compatible with most RPGs, where it’s designed for play, and what to expect from The Darkest House.
Pathfinder  Video Games 
Check Out The Beta For Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous
Owlcat Studios -- who made the Pathfinder: Kingmaker video game -- has released the beta version of its upcoming Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous, along with the new combat gameplay trailer. The beta -- which is based on the Pathfinder 1E rules -- is available to Kickstarter backers. The Kickstarter made over $2M last year. To download the beta you need to log in to your account on...
Dungeons & Dragons  Film & TV  Video Games 
World of Design: The Lost Art of Making Things Up
In a previous article I shared differences between entertainment media and how it feels imagination is less often required of people today. What changed?
Pathfinder  Video Games 
Pathfinder Kingmaker Definitive Edition Now On Consoles
The Definitive Edition of the Pathfinder Kingmaker video game is now available on Playatation 4 and Xbox One. The wild and dangerous Stolen Lands lie in the northern reaches of the River Kingdoms, realms ripe for the taking! Yet those who would become rulers of these new lands will soon learn that claiming a kingdom and keeping it are two different beasts. Can the heroes protect their...
Pathfinder  Video Games 
Pathfinder Kingmaker Comes to Xbox & PS4 on August 18th
Pathfinder: Kingmaker is coming to PS4 and Xbox One on August 18 with both real-time combat and a turn-based mode Here's the announcement trailer. There will also be a turn based patch for the PC version. "Pathfinder: Kingmaker – Definitive Edition is the ultimate single-player RPG experience based on the acclaimed Pathfinder series. Explore and conquer with your party the Stolen Lands of...
Dungeons & Dragons  Video Games 
New Baldur's Gate III Teaser Trailer
Larian Studios posted a teaser trailer for Baldur's Gate III on Twitter, showing off both apparent cutscene and gameplay footage.
Dungeons & Dragons  Film & TV  OSR  Pathfinder  Video Games 
The Last Edition of D&D?
Changes in Dungeons & Dragons' various editions have ranged from the incremental to the epic, shaking up the game's sales along with its playerbase. There is evidence that Wizards of the Coast is following a new model in which there are no more editions, just updates and backwards compatibility. It's a model long touted by the software industry, and for an idea what the future might hold we...
Film & TV  Video Games 
R. Talsorian Games’ Teenagers from Outerspace: An Interview
On Facebook, I shared a post about anime RPGs, which garnered a remark from J Gray of R. Talsorian Games mentioning their RPG, Teenagers from Outerspace. That led to this interview with Kienna Shaw and J discussing their plans for a special TFOS event at Gen Con 2020.
Dungeons & Dragons  Video Games 
Rise of the Artificial Game Master
In the past, computer role-playing games (CRPGs) have largely sidelined the role of the game master in favorite of simple automation chiefly dedicated to managing non-player characters (NPCs). But that's beginning to change as artificial intelligence (AI) takes over the more complex role of managing the entirety of the game--a role human game masters have been handling for decades.

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Other Games  Reviews 
Play To Lose Yourself In The Zone
You won't survive this tragedy of doomed heroes!
Other Games  Reviews 
Parsley Turns Classic Adventure Games Into Fun For Everyone
A new spin on a retro form of text adventure games.
Cypher System  Reviews 
Use This Ghost To Show Off The World Of Old Gods
A one-shot adventure which evokes the generational horror of Stephen King.
Other Games  Reviews 
Welcome…To Jurassic Murderworld
A beginner adventure written by comics writer Jim Zub.

Dungeons & Dragons

Dungeons & Dragons 
More Adventurer Corpses But Not Their Loot
Possibly the most ecologically-friendly Intriguing Organization yet.
Dungeons & Dragons  Video Games 
Dungeons & Dragons Monster Joining Dead by Daylight
Beholder may be the next killer in the multiplayer horror video game
Dungeons & Dragons  Industry 
Kobold Press' Black Flag System Reference Document Released
Developer tool released under Open RPG Creator (ORC) License.
Dungeons & Dragons  Miniatures 
D&D Red Box: Who Is The Warrior?
A WizKids miniature reveals the iconic character's face for the first time.
Dungeons & Dragons  Industry 
2024 D&D Core Rules Will Be Added To SRD In 2025
SRD 5.2 will be released under Creative Commons next year.
Dungeons & Dragons 
Obsessive Dwarven Adventurer Seeks Rivals
Garr is obsessed with proving that he’s better at it than you are—no matter what it is.

Industry News

Dungeons & Dragons  Industry 
Kobold Press' Black Flag System Reference Document Released
Developer tool released under Open RPG Creator (ORC) License.
Dungeons & Dragons  Industry 
2024 D&D Core Rules Will Be Added To SRD In 2025
SRD 5.2 will be released under Creative Commons next year.
Dungeons & Dragons  Industry 
Field Guide to Floral Dragons Joins Million Dollar Kickstarter Club
One of only two TTRPG creators with four separate million dollar Kickstarters!
Dungeons & Dragons  Industry 
The Dungeon Dudes Notch Up Another Million Dollar Kickstarter
Passes the million dollar mark with just a day to go.
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