This week’s roleplaying game (RPG) news, reviews, interviews, bundle offers, and advice are summarised in Routinely Itemised.
YZ Worldbuilding: The One Ring Spider Lore
Year Zero World Building creates campaign settings using Free League’s RPGs. This month features a return to Middle-earth via The One Ring Second Edition and a look at spider lore that just might uncover the webs they spin to cover Eriador in darkness.
Dragonbane: Free League’s re-imagined 40-year-old RPG is already brushing half-a-million
1982’s Dragonbane is Scandinavia’s first and largest tabletop RPG. Now, we commemorate its 40th anniversary with a new and revamped version, with one foot in the Swedish gaming legacy and the other in Free League Publishing’s current and inventive game design.
Embracer games company buys Lord of the Rings
It is the first time the rights to the iconic fantasy series have been sold since 1976 when The Saul Zaentz company bought them.
The Lord of the Rings RPG heads to 5e but not does simply walk there
The year is 2965 of the Third Age and the Shadow is returning. Rumors of strange things happening outside the borders of civilized lands are spreading and they sometimes reach the ears of individuals who recognize the sinister truth they hide.
Brutal and silly: Free League announce the Dragonbane RPG
Although a toolbox allowing you to tell fantasy stories of all kinds, Drakar och Demoner / Dragonbane is a game with room for laughs at the table and even a pinch of sillyness at times – while at the same time offering brutal challenges for your adventurers.
What are the best-selling games in DriveThruRPG’s Christmas in July mega sale?
DriveThruRPG’s big Christmas in July sale has been on for a few days, with about two weeks left. That’s enough time to see which games are contenders for the best sellers.
YZ Worldbuilding: Twilight: 2000
World War III has ended, and everyone lost. The PCs, caught up in the final battle, flee the carnage.
UKGE 2022 Awards: The best RPGs and board games of the year
The UK’s largest and one of the most significant gaming conventions in Europe is over, and the UK Games Expo is done for another year. The busy event has many attractions, one of which is the influential UK Games Expo Awards. The UKGE 2022 Awards has two categories, Judges and People, which means two winners […]
Routinely Itemised: RPGs #156
Routinely Itemised is an RPG news summary column from Geek Native and other tabletop hobby blogs published every Friday. The latest is RI 156, which means we’ve been going for three years!
