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Apps & Tools  Dungeons & Dragons 
RPG Crowdfunding News – Seas of Kansas, the Undying War, airlock, and more
This week, I review campaigns that end between May 7th and May 29th. In this piece, there is a sampling of some 5e, a Mothership zine, some dungeon options, and more.
Apps & Tools  Year Zero Engine 
Free League is Demiplane’s Latest Nexus
Following its recent Pathfinder 2E and World of Darkness announcements, new tabletop tools platform Demiplane has revealed that Free League’s array of games will be joining them. Demiplane’s Adam Bradford (co-founder of D&D Begind) about the new endeavor and shows a trailer. https://www.enworld.org/threads/pathfinder-nexus-is-the-official-toolset-for-pf2e.683549/ With D&D Beyond’s owner...
Apps & Tools  Pathfinder 
Pathfinder Nexus is the Official Toolset for PF2E
Paizo has just announced a partnership with Demiplane to create a D&D Beyond-style digital toolset for Pathfinder 2nd Edition. Demiplane (which is described as "a leading digital platform for tabletop roleplaying fans") was launched last year. Its Chief Development Officer is Adam Bradford, D&D Beyond's co-founder, who left D&D Beyond last year at the same time as other senior staff...
Apps & Tools  Dungeons & Dragons 
NeverEnding: Beta Review
Last week I interviewed the founder of the online role-playing game character platform NeverEnding, Jamie Van Doren. But how does it work in practice?
Apps & Tools  Dungeons & Dragons 
Welcome to Your NeverEnding Story
When Jamie Van Doren, Founder and CEO of NeverEnding, approached me about a review of their new RPG platform, I jumped at the chance to learn more. A program that lets you create your own art, characters, and animate them? Yes please!
Apps & Tools  Dungeons & Dragons  Video Games 
The Darkest House: An Interview With Charles M. Ryan (Monte Cook Games)
Monte Cook Games has a new RPG experience coming, The Darkest House. This game defies easy categorization and continues to show the creative range that MCG is known for. MCG COO Charles M. Ryan explains how this project is compatible with most RPGs, where it’s designed for play, and what to expect from The Darkest House.
Apps & Tools  Dungeons & Dragons 
RPG Crowdfunding News – The Darkest House, HC SVNT DRACONES 2.0, Cerebox, and more
This week I look at Kickstarters and quickstarters that end between March 30th and April 18th. These projects range from stock art and sourcebooks to completely original horror RPGs and more.
Apps & Tools  Dungeons & Dragons  OSR  World of Darkness 
RPG Crowdfunding News – Coyote & Crow, Victorian Mage, DIESEL, and more
This week, I look at crowdfunding projects through Kickstarter and IndieGoGo that end by April 1st. We’re post-Zine Quest 3 and the number of newly offered crowdfunding projects has come down, but that has not impacted the quality or the funding amounts. While there are fewer RPG crowdfunding projects to cover, I cannot cover them all; instead, here’s a selection of what’s currently on offer.
Apps & Tools  Dungeons & Dragons 
RPG Crowdfunding News – Epic Battlemaps, The Cursed King, Epic Goblin Campaign!!!, and more
This week, I review a variety of RPG crowdfunding projects and quickstarters that end in the first half of January.
Apps & Tools  Reviews  Starfinder 
Starfinder On Alexa: Dead Suns Adventure Path
Hello my hooligans and buckaroos, and welcome back to the PAIZO NEWS ROUNDUP! We have a special edition of the Roundup this time around as we dive into the latest release of Starfinder on Alexa, the first foray into interactive audio adventure on your home Alexa device. Today we’re taking a look at episodes 4-6 of the Dead Suns Adventure Path, which for those keeping track at home will get us...
Apps & Tools  Peregrine's Nest 
Lessons Learned from Virtual Gaming
I wasn't completely new to online gaming before Covid-19, but recent events have given me a crash course, as it has for most of us. It's made me change my gaming habits, but also taught me a few lessons. So it seemed worthwhile to offer are few rules I've learned, in the hopes I'm not the only one who's still adjusting. Picture courtesy of Pixabay. 1 - Set Times It's important to set both a...
Apps & Tools  Dungeons & Dragons  Fate  Pathfinder 
Crowdfunding News – Terra Oblivion, Ngolo Diaspora, and more
In this article, I share RPG Kickstarters that end by July 16th. This week, I focus on projects that speak to me from Khepera Publishing, MVmedia Philip Reed Games, and more. Unfortunately, that means hits like The Black Hack Second Edition - Classic Monsters from Gold Piece Publications and 5th Edition Monsters & Treasure of Aihrde from Troll Lord Games were linked instead of given short...
Apps & Tools 
Role: A New Kind of Platform For The RPG Community
While under quarantine, virtual tabletops have grown in popularity as they became the main way tabletop gamers connected. On Kickstarter, a new option, Role, is funding. I spoke with Role CEO, Logan Dwight, to learn more about the system and what differentiates their product from the others on the market.
Apps & Tools  Dungeons & Dragons  Podcasts 
RPG Crowdfunding News – Shadows of Esteren, The Troubleshooters, Bloodlines & Black Magic, and more
This week I look at crowdfunding projects from Kickstarter, GameOnTabletop, and IndieGoGo that end by June 4th. The number of RPG-related projects available jumped from prior weeks to twenty including ten Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition-related RPGs as well as two RPG news-related campaigns. As you’ll see in the charts, the numbers continue to be steady for many projects.
Apps & Tools 
Streaming Video for Tabletop Games, Ranked
If you're like many gamers you've shifted your gaming online. We already covered virtual tabletops, but you can also use video to really enhance the experience--or even just use video alone and roll dice the old fashioned way.
Apps & Tools  Boardgames  Dungeons & Dragons  OSR  Pathfinder 
RPG Crowdfunding News - MÖRK BORG CULT, HârnMaster, Tiny Taverns, and more
This week I include RPG crowdfunding projects that end by May 7th. As with the last three articles, I’m incorporating information from Kicktraq to give a view into how these projects are doing during the pandemic. While the number of RPGs is light (seven are spotlighted in this article plus an RPG app), the number of RPG accessories are not (six non-dice campaigns). These numbers show the same...

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Dungeons & Dragons  Reviews 
A Preview of The Making of Original Dungeons & Dragons: 1970-1977
With The Making of Original Dungeons & Dragons: 1970-1977, Wizards is going back to the roots of the game, presenting material other histories have not.
2d20  Reviews 
Witness The Fall Of Dune’s Imperium First Hand
Put the players within spitting distance of the fall of House Atreides and the rise of Muad’Dib.
Dungeons & Dragons  Reviews 
Wizards Goes Big with Vecna: Eve of Ruin
For its first book of D&D's 50th anniversary year, Wizards is going big with a multiverse-spanning, multiverse-threatening adventure where players will face off against one of the game’s most legendary villains.
Reviews 
The Monster Overhaul Is More Than A Mere Manual
A great monster book on its own but also useful as a supplemental guide to pre-existing fantasy worlds.

Dungeons & Dragons

Dungeons & Dragons 
Check Out The 2025 Monster Manual Alternate Cover!
A mind flayer adorns the Monster Manual alternate cover!
Dungeons & Dragons 
Finally An Organization Obsessed With Lights
Bathe in the brilliance of the Morning Star—if you're brave enough.
Dungeons & Dragons 
New Monster Manual Cover
The 2025 Monster Manual cover has been unveiled!
Dungeons & Dragons  Film & TV 
Paramount+ Will Not Proceed with Dungeons & Dragons Live-Action TV Show
Hasbro will update the project and pitch to other networks and streamers
Dungeons & Dragons  Reviews 
A Preview of The Making of Original Dungeons & Dragons: 1970-1977
With The Making of Original Dungeons & Dragons: 1970-1977, Wizards is going back to the roots of the game, presenting material other histories have not.
Dungeons & Dragons 
New Dungeon Master's Guide Cover Features Venger (From the D&D Cartoons)
The 2024 DMG cover has been revealed by the UK's Mirror newspaper.

Industry News

Industry 
SFWA Posthumously Presents Jennell Jaquays with the 2024 Kate Wilhelm Solstice Award
The award is given for “significant contributions to the science fiction, fantasy, and related genres community”
Industry 
2024 Diana Jones Award Finalists Announced
Finalists include one game designer, two conventions, a charity bundle, and a labor union
Apps & Tools  Industry 
Roll20 Purchases Demiplane
More industry consolidation as VTT combines with tools platform!
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5E-Powered Adventure Time Joins Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarter Club
D&D-powered cartoon fun from Cryptozoic Entertainment.

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