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The Weekly LIVE 127 – Lord of the Rings Film Rights, Bladerunner TV and League of Free Agents from 2022-02-21T08:08:31
The film right for The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit are up for sale. This includes live-action film. merchandise, gaming and live events rights. The owner is the Saul Zantz Company who has owne...
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The Weekly LIVE 126 – NFTs are a Scam, Billion Dollar Wizards and Critical Colonizers from 2022-02-13T07:18:50
Both Itch.io and DriveThru RPGs have come out against NFTs. Wizards of the Coast becomes the first tabletop company to sell a billion dollars worth of player’s handbooks and draft boosters. Critica...
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The Weekly LIVE 125 – Dark Souls TTRPG Will Use 5E, Orc Borg, Paizo Boardgames and Forbidden Psalms: The Last War from 2022-02-06T11:16:27
The Dark Souls TTRPG will use 5E of the world’s greatest roleplaying game. It will attempt to simulate the stamina mechanic in the videogame with what they are calling Position. Orc Borg will soon ...
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The Weekly LIVE 124 – RuneScape TTRPG, Alien RPG Saga Continues, Broadswords & Babies and Homeworld TTRPG from 2022-01-30T13:46:49
Steamforged Games is producing a tabletop roleplaying game for the RuneScape MMORPG setting. This follows the news of their work on a Dark Souls TTRPG. Steamforged has previously produced several E...
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The Weekly LIVE 123 – Tabletop Simulator Chat, Twilight 2000 Expansion, Monsters of the Multiverse and Dune NFT from 2022-01-23T04:00:17
Tabletop Simulator runs into trouble as their global chat moderators block users. Free League releases the first boxed expansion set for Twilight 2000 Fourth Edition, Urban Operations. Monsters of ...
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The Weekly LIVE 122 – TSR Logo Darlene Artist Responds, Limitless Heroes Kickstarter, Arneson Dungeon Crawl Inspiration and Mörk Borg Bundle from 2022-01-17T15:02:41
The artist responsible for the original illustration from the TSR logo wizard-head responds to Justin LaNasa request for permission to use the logo. This comes after the Wizards of the Coast legal ...
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The Weekly LIVE 121: Year in Review 2021 – Livestreaming, Dune Movie ad RPG Released, Warmaster 15mm Wargaming, Frostgrave Campaign and TSR3 Controversies from 2022-01-09T15:03:40
We look back at the year that almost was… 2021. The Weekly began livestreaming. The Dune movie was actually released to join its supporting 2d20 rpg and boardgames. Warmaster let us play 15mm Warha...
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The Weekly LIVE 120 – Dark Souls TTRPG, Free D&D 5E Adventure, Miniature Market Embraced and Giantlands Changes Credits from 2022-01-02T15:42:06
Steamforged Games is making a Dark Souls TTRPG. They are the studio that credit the impressive boardgame from a free years back. Is there enough in the world to keep roleplayers happy? Wizards of t...
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The Weekly LIVE 119 – Embracer Buys Dark Horse, Fantasy Trip STLs and Cursed City Returns from 2021-12-26T14:21:10
Embracer Group just paid $2 billion for Asmodee and now has Dark Horse Comics in its grasp. Quite diverse properties for a video game company. Steve Jackson Games has a fun Kickstarter running for ...
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The Weekly LIVE 118 – TSR Lawsuit Dropped, Free League Nexus, 5E Errata and Asmodee Sold to Videogame Company from 2021-12-19T10:39:16
TSR drops their lawsuit against Wizards of the Coast, but leave their IndieGoGo campaign active. WotC files a lawsuit to end the trademark dispute Does this spell the end of TSR? Free League announ...
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The Weekly LIVE 117 – TSR is Back, Cortex Prime OGL, Vaesen Expansion, US Ports, 2000AD License and Forged in the Dark Bundle from 2021-12-12T01:01:04
TSR is back! Again? Which one? They have started an IndieGoGo campaign to assist them in suing Wizards of the Coast for libel and slander, mostly concerning the disclaimer that has been added to le...
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The Weekly LIVE 116 – Mutant Crawl Classics Retail, D&D Themed Restaurant, World of Darkness Nexus and Indie Cornucopia 9 from 2021-12-05T08:55:50
Mutant Crawl Classics Corebook now available at retail stores in both softcover and hardback. Dungeons and Dragons themed restaurant to open in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. Another unsuccessful attempt ...
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The Weekly LIVE 115 – Mutant Chronicles Bad News, Dune Storyboards Sold at Auction, Warhammer Flooded and Soulmist Open Beta from 2021-11-29T05:35:04
Last week’s Mutant Chronicles good news is followed by bad news. Storyboards for the never produced Dune movie sold at auction for ten times the expected price. Warhammer headquarters in Nottingham...
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The Weekly LIVE 114: D&D TV Show on G4, New Mutant Chronicles, Reach of the Roach God, Paizo Data Breach and Tribe 8 Bundle from 2021-11-22T11:32:39
Dungeons and Dragons is coming to television with an official actual play show. It will be streaming on Twitch and the G4 website as well as the G4 cable channel on November 22. Purging of the Cruc...
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The Weekly LIVE 113 – Solo Adventure for Troika!, YouTube Dislikes, Phylactery Redux and Mothership from 2021-11-14T02:43:21
Down In Yongardy is a solo adventure for Troika! by Chris Bissette now on Kickstarter. You can play the preview first chapter now! YouTube makes dislikes private to stop hate attacks. Anti-Semitism...
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The Weekly LIVE 112 – Chaosium Group Formed, Paizo Changes Term, 40k Candles and Paper Shortage from 2021-11-08T08:08:06
It’s a solo cast this week! Chris is out sick, but through the miracle of modern technology we have a virtual co-host (visit our Twitch or YouTube for the visual). Moon Design Publications, the maj...
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The Weekly LIVE 111: Paizo Digital Toolset, Warhammer Fantasy Bundle, Cy_Borg and Bugs Bunny from 2021-10-30T10:28:49
Paizo has announced a digital toolset for Pathfinder 2E in collaboration with Demiplane. Planned release is early 2022. Adam Bradford who previous helped create D&D Beyond for 5E is leading the dev...
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The Weekly LIVE 110 – Paizo Unionizes, Spire’s End Card Game, Tribe 8 Reforged in the Dark and Tabletopy Fantasy Audio from 2021-10-24T12:00:09
Workers of Paizo Unionize after harassment charges and work abuse. This makes them the first tabletop company to do so. Spire’s End, self-published by Greg Favro, is a card-based choose your own ad...
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The Weekly LIVE 109 – Cthulhu Boardgame, Myth & Goal, Spelljammer Races and Indie Horror Bundle from 2021-10-16T14:07:43
Chaosium is making Call of Cthulhu: Terror Paths, a new co-op board game. Black List Miniatures cancels Myth and Goal Kickstarter. New playtest materials confirm Spelljammer races being added to 5E...
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The Weekly LIVE 108 – GaryCon Lawsuit, Free RPG Day 2021, Chaosium Buys Dhole’s House, The Cthulhu Hack Bundle and Itch.io Afghanistan Charity Bundle from 2021-10-10T12:54:15
Luke Gygax responds to the lawsuit naming GaryCon and himself. We take a look at the offerings in this year’s Free RPG Day. Chaosium buys Dhole’s House and hires the developer. Pay attention Games ...
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The Weekly LIVE 107 – Asmodee for Sale, CMON Buys TTRPG Studio, Frustrated Global South TTRPG Designers and New 5E in 2024 from 2021-10-03T02:54:36
Rumors that Asmodee wants to sell itself amidst the global cargo and raw materials and production cost increases. CMON Buys Two Little Mice RPG studio makers of Broken Compass. Does this mean more ...
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The Weekly LIVE 106: Return to Reckoning Adds Cut Content, Blade Runner RPG by Free League, Mutant Crawl Classics Bundle and Secret World TTRPG from 2021-09-27T06:27:24
Return of Reckoning the fan project resurrection of Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning gets to new cities cut from original MMO. Free League announces a Blade Runner RPG coming in 2022. This will b...
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The Weekly LIVE 105: Skyraiders of Abarax, Into the Odd Remastered, SideQuest and Tencent-owned Funcom Buys Cabinet Group from 2021-09-19T14:25:59
Creators of Dragonlance are developing a new setting called Skyraiders of Abarax. Tracy and Laura Hickman are xreating the awtting using athe 5E SRD and their unique “Living Tome System”. This foll...
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The Weekly LIVE 104: Broken Token, Tanares for 5E, Two Thin Coats and Avatar Legends from 2021-09-13T08:23
Broken Token fires half of their staff as “necessary changes” after a string of contract withdrawals based on accusations of power abuse by former employees against the CEO. He has also stepped awa...
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The Weekly LIVE 103: Tome of Heroes, IP in RPGs, Tiny Library on KS and Blades in the Dark TV Series from 2021-09-05T08:27:56
Kobold Press collects all of their 5E material into Tome of Heroes. This will give players the choice of 10 new races and 50 subclasses. The new hardcover book is currently on Kickstarter and inclu...
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The Weekly LIVE 102: Cthulhu Britannica, Dune Sourcebook, Lupin III and Goblin Slayer in English from 2021-08-29T06:22:08
Chaosium Acquires Ctuhlhu Britannica and World War Cthulhu. Modiphius releases an Arrakis sourcebook, Sand and Dust with a starter set coming next year. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the cha...
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The Weekly LIVE 101: Two Forbidden Lands Books on Kickstarter, Mutant Chronicles Humble Bundle and Farewell to Steve Perrin from 2021-08-21T13:24:12
Solo livestream this week! Didn’t we just say how this never happens? I talk about the new double feature from Free League for their Forbidden Lands RPG. Mutant Chronicles is on Humble Bundle with ...
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The Weekly LIVE 100! WizKids Minis and Paints, Unearthed Arcana and Warhammer Plus from 2021-08-15T08:17:09
Our 100th episode! WizKids is creating a Dungeons and Dragons line of paints and miniatures on sprues, supposedly system agnostic. They are targeted at beginners, but will they cannibalize their pr...
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The Weekly LIVE 099: D&D Canon, Twitch and Sin, Fantasy Flight Tries to Do Better and Games Workshop IP Rules from 2021-08-01T14:02:07
Dungeons and Dragons clarifies what is canon and apparently it ain’t Dragonlance. From now on all our new favorite iconic D&D characters will be created live on Twitch. The R. A. Salvatore, creator...
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The Weekly LiVE 098: Victoriana for 5E, Forbidden Psalm Expansion, Strixhaven Kills Subclasses and Magnetic Press Play from 2021-07-25T05:05:09
Cubicle 7 is releasing Victoriana, one of their first RPGs for 5E. With Games Workshop preferring eBay to your FLGS, exit that queue and back the new expansion for Forbidden Psalm, a miniatures ski...
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The Weekly LIVE 097: Undead TSR, Talislanta RPG by WotC and UK Games Expo is Happening from 2021-07-19T09:18:16
TSR released a press statement. Yes, the company that was resurrected, abandoned and them disappeared is back. What does this even mean? Before Dungeons and Dragons, Wizards of the Coast first publ...
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The Weekly LIVE 096: RPG Kitchen, Call of Cthulhu 1st Edition 40th Anniversary Reprint, Dungeon Crawl Classics Dying Earth and TSR is Dead from 2021-07-11T09:27:16
We take a look at RPG Kitchen, a try before you buy online stoerfront for RPGs. Will this help indie developers get more exposure for their projects? Goodman Games is Kick-starting a setting for Ja...
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The Weekly LIVE 095: TSR Museum and Distancing, Game Shipping Costs More and Dukk Borg from 2021-07-04T11:52:04
We discuss the Lake Geneva Dugeon Hobby Shop museum set to open, or at least get a new parking lot and curator. Also, the list of professionals and events that are distancing themselves from the ne...
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The Weekly LIVE 094: TSR Returns, Disney Claims Loki Copyright and Galeforce Nine Simplified Dune Boardgame from 2021-06-27T07:04:09
We talk about the confusing return of TSR with their Giantlands set and the reboot of Star Frontiers. Disney copyright claims the Norse god of mischief on Redbubble. This follows their previous att...
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The Weekly LIVE 093: 1E Twilight 2000 Available, Warhammer World Rules and Lord of the Rings Anime from 2021-06-20T09:10:32
The original first version of Twilight 2000 is on sale at DriveThruRPG as part of their Post-Apocalyptic sale. Also, Posthuman Studios is discounting a of their premium color print on demand books ...
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The Weekly LIVE 092: Marvel Superheroes RPG, Demiplane VTT and DriveThruRPG Dramatic Price Increase from 2021-06-13T14:31:08
A new Marvel Superheroes TTRPG, Marvel Multiverse Role-Playing Game is coming 2023 featuring a new D616 system. A new virtual tabletop, Demiplane, is coming to a PC near you. It features a matchmak...
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The Weekly LIVE 091: Five Parsecs from Home, Reign in Hell and Star Wars Legally Sucks from 2021-06-07T02:14:38
Five Parsecs from Home is a solo adventure wargame. by Ivan Sorensen. Modiphius is publishing a physical copy of the third edition. Reign in Hell is fast, brutal demonic themed tabletop wargame by ...
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The Weekly LIVE 090 – Warhammer Plus Announced, Netflix Wants to Make Games and Hybrid GenCon 2021 from 2021-05-30T05:50:31
Games Workshop announced the platform for their eleven animated series. Warhammer Plus. No further details given until next month, neither price nor additional content. Netflix is actively lookin...
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The Weekly LIVE 089: G4 Teams up with D&D, Warhammer Animation Preview and Frosthaven Designer Makes Changes from 2021-05-23T13:55:36
G4, that gaming network that no one knew still existed, is teaming up with Dungeons and Dragons to broadcast D&D Live, an update to the annual campaign storyline. They are also threatening to get i...
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The Weekly LIVE 088 – Apple Attacks Itch.io, New Age of Sigmar and Games Workshop Abandons Japan from 2021-05-16T08:14:59
In the lawsuit between Apple and Epic the Itch.io app for PC that is accessible on the Epic Store was used to attack Epic and the Unspeakable Games that can be downloaded. Games Workshop still thin...
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The Weekly LIVE 087: Quests of Yore, Jeff Goldblum AP, DisneyMustPay and D&D Filming from 2021-05-09T14:33:32
Another solo livestream, because these are times we live in. Chris will be back soon. In the meantime, I discuss the Quests of Yore TTRPG starter set based on the Disney/Pixar film, Onward. Quests ...
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The Weekly 086: Humble Bundle Split Change, Starforged on Kickstarter, Warner Bros. Quits Physical Media and Forbidden Psalm from 2021-05-01T09:19:30
The three sliders that adjust the revenue split for Humble Bundle disappears. Charities can now only receive a maximum of 15% Ironsworn: Starforged, the scifi stand-alone sequel to Ironsworn, appea...
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The Weekly LIVE 085: Rebranding the Channel, Firefight 2E Playtest, Broken Tales and Symbaroum for 5E from 2021-04-24T13:34:23
Chris was not available making this week a solo show. First, I discuss the rebranding and name change from Idle Red Hands to Upturned Table. Mantic releases second edition public playtest rules for...
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The Weekly Live! 084: TROIKAfest, Charity RPG Bundle and Classic Call of Cthulhu Reprints from 2021-04-10T05:59:14
This week is TROIKAfest! a casula celebration of all things TROIKA! rpg by Melsonian Arts Council related. It iwll feature actual play streams, a game jam and assisted by Plus One Exp. Also a new s...
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The Weekly LIVE 083: San Diego Comic-Con Cancelled, Marvel Signs with Penguin Random House and Kickstarter Manager Resigns from 2021-04-03T16:45:11
After some technical difficulties, we discuss San Diego Comic-Con 2021 being inevitably cancelled following the cancellation of their WonderCon. They will hold Comic-Con@Home on July 23rd-25th and...
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The Weekly 082: Warframe RPG Cancelled, Auroboros RPG by Warchief and Dante’s Inferno 5E from 2021-03-28T06:18:50
We discuss the cancellation of the Frame RPG by Spencer Campbell on Kickstarter after the fanbase attacks. The first release by former Blizzard execs, Warchief Gaming, is Auroboros for 5E. Also on ...
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The Weekly 081: Dune RPG Preorder, Terminator RPG, Stargrave: Scifi Frostgrave, and Pixels Electronic Dice on Kickstarter from 2021-03-21T08:13:16
Watch this podcast recorded LIVE on both Twitch and YouTube! ++Pre-Ordered Dune RPG ++Terminator RPG on KS ++Stargrave: Scifi Frostgrave ++Pixels Electronic Dice KS
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The Weekly 080: Coyote and Crow RPG, Rob Kuntz Licenses Works for 1e and 5e, Warhammer Fan Creator Joins GW and D&D Movie Cast Update from 2021-03-12T08:05:14
Watch this podcast recorded LIVE on both Twitch and YouTube! ++Coyote and Crow on KS ++Rob Kuntz licenses works for 1e-5e ++Warhammer Fan Creator Joins GW ++D&D movie cast update
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The Weekly 079: Gamefound Launches with Skyrim Boardgame, Perfect RPG Cancelled and Tiny Epic Dungeons Cover Art from 2021-03-05T07:43:13
Watch this podcast recorded LIVE on both Twitch and YouTube! ++Skyrim boardgame is launching new Kickstarter alternative ++Kickstarter executive cancels The Perfect RPG campaign ++Tiny Epic Dungeon...
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The Weekly 078: Eclipse Phase for FATE plus NanoOPS, WotC Expands MtG and Spire Must Fall RPG from 2021-03-04T07:53:38
Watch this podcast recorded LIVE @ 12 noon JST (8pmPST 11pmEST 3amGMT) on both Twitch and YouTube! ++Eclipse Phase for FATE + NanoOPS ++WotC Expands MtG ++Spire Must Fall
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The Weekly 077: Metal Gear Solid: The Boardgame Cancelled, New Never Going Home and Legend of the Five Rings LCG Ends from 2021-03-02T22:39:29
IDW Games will no longer publish the Metal Gear Solid boardgame. This means the designer also loses the license for the IP from Konami. This leaves more than 2,000 pre-orders on BackerKit and Amazo...
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The Weekly 076: Gale Forge Nine Lawsuit Settled, One Ring 2nd Edition and LotR Licensed RPGs from 2021-02-28T08:33:56
The lawsuit for nonpayment is settled by Wizards of the Coast with Gale Force Nine following another settlement of the Dragonlance lawsuit. Is the conspiracy over or just beginning? The 2nd Edition...
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The Weekly 075: Stuff of Legend Puppet Actual Play, Muppetborn for 5E and Zinequest 3 on Kickstarter from 2021-02-13T07:47:38
We talk about the new actual play series, Stuff of Legend, that uses puppets to play out the action of their roleplay session. Is the future of AP felt-based? In the same spirit, we take a look at ...
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The Weekly 074: The Weekly 074: The Symbaroum RPG Starter Set, Pathfinder Meets Savage Worlds, and the D&D Singularity from 2021-02-04T13:36:52
Free League is releasing a starter set for their 2015 RPG Symbaroum. Will this bring new players to this dark nature fantasy setting beautifully illustrated by Martin Grip? The official conversion ...
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The Weekly 073: 2020 in Review The Good and the Bad (mostly bad) of Last Year from 2021-01-23T13:38:20
We look back at 2020 and all the things that could have been great but had to suffer from our global condition. The Witcher and Tales From the Loop hit TV. Mork Borg and Ironsworn caught our attent...
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The Weekly 072: Cyberpunk Red Miniatures Game, Bestselling RPGs of 2020 and the Baggage of Cyberpunk from 2021-01-07T15:21:11
Cyberpunk Red will have a skirmish miniatures game called Combat Zone produced by Monster Fight Club. This is the same company that produced the miniatures for the Cyberpunk Red tabletop game previ...
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The Weekly 071: Colonial Marines for Alien RPG, Quest RPG AP Tutorials and Character Preciousness from 2020-12-30T14:30:28
Free League is releasing the Colonial Marine Operations Manual. Featuring rules for Marines and guidelines for running a whole marine-centric campaign. Plus six missions to run written by Andrew E....
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The Weekly 070: The Well RPG, Hasbro Prepping Wizards of the Coast for Sale and TTRPG Alignment from 2020-12-17T03:44:05
The Well by Peter Schaefer is an original tabletop roleplaying game currently on Kickstarter. Our conspiracies align as rumors that Hasbro is prepping Wizards of the Coast for sale emerge. We also ...
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The Weekly 069: Gale Force Nine Sues Wizards of the Coast, ROLE Virtual Tabletop Early Access and Failing Forward from 2020-12-03T14:25:15
After twelve years of working together, Gale Force Nine is suing Wizards of the Coast for non-payment. WotC is stating dissatisfaction with the translation work done for TRPG Club for Ko...
The Weekly 068: Fantasy Flight Miniatures Games Change Hands, Disney Branded Modern Boardgames, #DisneyMustPay and PC RPGs Versus Tabletop from 2020-11-24T13:49:41
Fantasy Flight miniatures games are handing over management to Atomic Mass Games also owned by Asmodee. They had success last year with Marvel Crisis Protocol. This will include their St...