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Cold City Hot War: Kickstarter brings two scary TTRPGs back to life

March 9, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Cold City and Hot War are different games with different twists and mechanical nuances, but they’re related, and Hot War is the terrifying conclusion to Cold City.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: handiwork games, kickstarters

Maskwitches of Forgotten Doggerland: The Maskwitches have a mask generator

December 21, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Maskwitches of Forgotten Doggerland psychedelic TTRPG transports players to the Mesolithic era, specifically to Doggerland

Filed Under: Sites Tagged With: generators, handiwork games

FiveEvil: This new twist on 5e offers really scary RPGs

November 13, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

There’s already a 5/5 rated free download for the game called Splinters. The Kickstarter has hit its cash target, but there’s still time to join.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, handiwork games, horror, kickstarters, morgan davie

Free to Download: FiveEvil Splinters

September 19, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Handiwork Games have made the first of their FiveEvil supplements free, and FiveEvil Splinters is out now for download.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, free to download, handiwork games, morgan davie

Cold City and Hot War indie RPGs get new editions and academic study

October 31, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Malcolm Craig is now a senior lecturer in history and, as a game designer, published indie tabletop RPGs such as Cold City and Hot War.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: handiwork games, Jon Hodgson

Be the boss: King Beowulf’s 5e duet RPG

October 18, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

When you play regular 5e, your character moves through a series of locations and events. With a kingdom adventure, a series of events moves through the location of your kingdom.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: beowulf, Dungeons & Dragons, handiwork games, Jon Hodgson, kickstarters

The future of Tabletop Scotland: A talk to Dave Wright

September 7, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

I wondered whether all this faith in the Tabletop Scotland team would be tested by the movie and reached out to the convention organisers.

Filed Under: Interviews Tagged With: convention, handiwork games, Nightfall Games, Pelgrane Press, tabletop scotland

The Trouble Engine for Forged in the Dark gets a Creative Commons License

August 31, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

We’ve had several really kindly requests to be allowed to make use of the mechanics, and rather than get into anything complicated, we figured an SRD and CC license was the way to go.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: astate, forged in the dark, handiwork games, morgan davie

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #219

August 26, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Routinely Itemised is Geek Native’s weekly RPG news summary column that features reviews, discoveries, tips, and interviews. It is published every Friday night for RPG enthusiasts everywhere.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: beowulf, black armada, cody pondsmith, handiwork games, R. Talsorian Games, routinely itemised

Handiwork Games hit by thieves and respond with Free to Download: King Beowulf – Of Kingdoms and Ring-Givers

August 25, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

US law enforcement are investigating theft of £25K worth of 5e RPGs from Scottish indie publisher

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: beowulf, Dungeons & Dragons, handiwork games, Jon Hodgson

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