A catch-up after a week off at Scotland’s old tabletop games convention that gets into D&D beyond year 50, loads of bundles, and branded shoes that seem a little weak.

A round-up of trailers with aliens and ghosts, plus a hype analysis of Gary Con 16 where Luke Gygax is running a bigger D&D festival than Wizards of the Coast have. That and the Tomb Raider TTRPG, and a time war we lost.

Let’s unpick what Wizards of the Coast might be up to with AI and what they might not be doing to help people find games of D&D. In movie news, who faces more pressure? The Crow or Beetlejuice Beetlejuice?

When NASA does RPGs, and the makers of the Dune roleplaying game slyly time their bundle deal with the blockbuster movie hit. Oh, and there’s some Fallout.

Predators in the darkness, the challenges of IP RPGs, The Tomb of Gyzaengaxx and the unknown scares.

Otters in cannons? Lara Croft on covers? All this and some weird and terribly geeky shopping finds to share on the week, a highly anticipated RPG finally hits the electronic shelves. Are you a weird wizard or are Wizards being weird?

Are we underwhelmed with D&D’s 50th birthday so far? While WotC might be lining things up, Evil Genius Games have been in the spotlight, revealing some technical plans, and Lightforge has been impressive. Get the full scoop and find new RPG bundles to boot.

Vote, if you’re able, in the new Spotlight, check out Duncan Jones’ latest surprising movie project and the unfortunate fate of the PTSD suffering student who stole from Games Workshop