Jan 20, 2024

  Stonemaier Games, the studio behind Expeditions, Wingspan, Tapestry, Scythe, and many others, has announced a new 1-5-player game, Wyrmspan. The game, which has been jocosely dubbed a Wingspan with dragons, plays over 90 minutes and is more or less that.     In the game, each player sets out to build a sanctuary for dragons of all shapes and...

Jan 11, 2024

  Penguin Random House will release Dungeons & Dragons: Mimic Treasure Chest Notebook Set, a new officially licensed D&D stationery box, into retail on August 13, 2024. Need to protect some game secrets from the prying eyes of players? This notebook set includes five 4″ by 6″ blank notebooks, which are stored in a clamshell box that...

Jan 11, 2024

  A Dungeons & Dragons amusement park ride has transported a group of unsuspecting kids into an unexpected adventure filled with wizards, warriors, and dragons! Inspired by the classic ’80s animated series, Super7’s new Dungeons & Dragons ULTIMATES! Figures feature Hank the Ranger, Sheila the Thief, Dekkion the Skeleton Warrior, and a Shadow Demon...

Jan 11, 2024

  Renegade Game Studios will release The Book of Nod Deluxe Artifact Edition, for Vampire: The Masquerade 5E, the week of January 15, 2024.     This RPG artifact collection comes with Aristotle deLaurent’s leather-bound manuscript, prints of over 90 art pieces that Aristotle collected, a replica skull, 2 stone-cast statuettes, a stone-cast...

Jan 10, 2024

  Veteran tabletop and video game creator Jennell Jaquays passed away today, January 10, 2024.     Jaquays was best known for creating the Dark Tower and Caverns of Thracia modules for Dungeons & Dragon during her time at Judges Guild.     Also, she was known as a talented illustrator, Jaquays rendered several RPG covers, including...

Dec 18, 2023

  Have a very Baldur’s Gate 3 Christmas with Larian’s ‘How the Gremishka Stole Christmas’ advent calendar, complete with downloadable treats.     So, to celebrate the season and the game’s success, developer Larian Studios has launched their own daily Baldur’s Gate 3 advent calendar. Let’s hope there aren’t any tadpoles...

Dec 18, 2023

  Z-Man Games founder Zev Shlasinger has teamed with fellow board game industry veterans including Stronghold Games founder Stephen Buonocore to launch a new publishing house called Play to Z. Shlasinger, who left WizKids in June after seven years with the business, will be president and COO of the company, with Buonocore acting as chairman. Buonocore...

Dec 18, 2023

  The Steam Winter Sale 2023 is just around the corner, as Valve posts its long-awaited trailer revealing some of the biggest PC game deals we can expect to see drop during the storefront’s annual event. Some of the greatest RPGs are up for sale it seems, with the teaser showcasing games like Atomic Heart, The Witcher 3, and most surprisingly, Larian...

Dec 17, 2023

  The two packs, Prophecy of Telor and Spirit Queen’s Torment, add to an already rich selection of previous releases that have been going strong since 2021 and the release of the highly successfully crowdfunded and revised version of the game.     In the Prophecy of Telor Quest Pack, players will embark on a success of 13 quests to find out more...

Dec 17, 2023

  Even the team at WotC working to get Baldur’s Gate 3 greenlit with Larian has been hit by the Hasbro layoffs.     Swen Vincke, Baldur’s Gate 3 director and CEO of Larian Studios, recently offered his condolences to the massive group of Wizards of the Coast workers affected by Hasbro’s latest round of layoffs, drawing specific attention to the...

Dec 14, 2023

  Longtime employees for Dungeons & Dragons and Magic: The Gathering have been hit hard by Hasbro’s new string of layoffs to close out the year.     Earlier in the week, Dungeons & Dragons owner Hasbro laid off 1,100 (or 20 percent) employees. These reductions, expected to last “18 to 24 months,” affect teams for both...

Dec 6, 2023

  Goodman Games has signed an exclusive deal with Diamond Book Distributors for the distribution of their products into the North American and international book markets.       “Diamond is the gold standard in book trade distribution, They’re selective in which RPG publishers they represent, and we are very pleased to be working with...

Dec 5, 2023

  Wizards of the Coast revealed the Dungeons & Dragons book release lineup for 2024 at PAX Unplugged last weekend.     Next year, D&D will celebrate its 50th Anniversary, and WotC has announced a slew of new books coming to market to mark the occasion. They begin the year with Descent into the Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth. This...

Dec 1, 2023

  As someone who lived through the “Satanic Panic” of the 80’s this is mind-blowing.   Dungeons & Dragons This stamp release marks the 50th anniversary of Dungeons & Dragons, described by its owners as the World’s Greatest Role-playing Game, which has become a cultural phenomenon. By inviting participants to imagine...

Nov 30, 2023

  Restoration Games announced two upcoming sets for the Unmatched game line, featuring heroes from the exciting world of The Witcher video game series. The two sets are titled “Steel and Silver” and “Realms Fall”. Each set will include three playable hero decks and two unique battlefields. In addition to the White Wolf himself, fans of The Witcher will be...

Nov 29, 2023

  The Atari 2600+ – a modern-day faithful recreation of the pioneering console that first appeared in 1980 – has officially released today. Units have started shipping to pre-order customers. Atari and Plaion also today revealed three new accessories:  the CX78+ Gamepad (supporting two-button 7800 games) a standalone CX30+ Paddle Pack, and an accessory...

Oct 28, 2023

  DM’s that want to add the deck of many things into their 5E game, will have to wait a bit longer.     The Deck of Many Things is the physical embodiment of a magical set of playing cards first added to the lore of D&D in 1975. The elaborate boxed set, dubbed an “innovation product” by the Seattle-based publisher, includes 66...

Oct 19, 2023

  Penguin Random House will be publishing Jaleigh Johnson’s Dungeons & Dragons novel The Fallbacks:  Bound for Ruin under the Random House Worlds imprint with the release set for March 5, 2024.     Officially licensed by Wizards of the Coast, THE FALLBACKS: BOUND FOR RUIN introduces a new Dungeons & Dragons adventuring party, The...

Oct 19, 2023

  Microsoft has officially closed the $68.7 deal to acquire Activision Blizzard after clearing U.K. regulatory hurdles, the last hurdle it had to jump to make the deal go through.   Microsoft’s deal to buy Activision Blizzard had been in the making for quite some time, we told you about that.  It was being held up by the U.K.’s Competition...

Oct 19, 2023

  Palladium Books and Paramount Consumer Products have joined forces to reissue the ever-popular role-playing game Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness. The beloved, out-of-print Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles role-playing game and its sourcebooks are sought-after collector items that have enthralled generations since its release in 1985 as...