RPG Industry News

The Usual Suspects

• Reddit/r/RPG | /dnd | /dndmemes
• En World: Morrus’ Unofficial Tabletop RPG News.
• RPG News: Offers broad TTRPG roundup coverage.
• ICv2: Geek culture business coverage.
• Tenkar’s Tavern: Cranky coverage and gossip about OSR stuff.
• Polygon/DnD: Vox Media’s gaming site.
• Bell of Lost Souls/DND: Larry Vela’s gaming news site.
• Dicebreaker.com: ReedPop’s board game site.
• Wargamer/DND: D&D part of a mostly Warhammer site.
• TenFootPole.org: Another OSR site.
• RPG.net: Roleplaying game columns and random stuff.
• Shut Up & Sit Down: Boardgames review site by some fun Brits.
• Critical Role: Y’know… THAT show. | on YouTube | on Twitch | Recaps | Wiki

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Character Builders & Tools

• FastCharacter.com: Instant D&D and other character sheets.
• RPGBOT Character Optimization: Min/max tips for D&D 5e.
• donjon | 5e Monsters | 5e Spells | 5e Magic Items
• D&D Beyond: The official toolset and character tool.

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Friends & Neighbors

• The Compleat Strategist: Danny’s iconic NYC gaming store.
• Twenty Sided Store: Lauren and Luis’ great BK gaming store.
• Hex & Co.: Two NYC locations to try games.
• NYC Dungeons & Dragons Meetup: Where to find open games.
• Hinterlands Bar: Stewart’s Warhammer-themed drinking spot.
• Tabletop Minions: Adam’s awesome YouTube channel about miniatures and wargaming.
• Flames Rising: Matt & Monica’s horror RPG news site.
• i=i on Twitch: Jording’s Dragon Magazine review videos.

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Automated RSS Feeds

• Taking The Initiative and changing it
  | Campaign Mastery| Published on Monday, March 27, 2023By Mike Bourke
• Get Your Zine on: Black Pudding #7
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Sunday, March 26, 2023By Christopher Stogdill
• Deal of the Day – Heraldry (Columbia Games)
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Saturday, March 25, 2023By Tenkar
• Indiegogo – LAND OF BONES 1e SOLO Fantasy RPG (AD&D 1e/OSRIC)
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Friday, March 24, 2023By Tenkar
• Humble Bundle – The Maps Bonanza Encore (Campaign Cartographer 3+ Bundle)
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Thursday, March 23, 2023By Tenkar
• Deal of the Day – Griffin Mountain (RuneQuest)
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Wednesday, March 22, 2023By Tenkar
• Paizo’s Starfinder Makes a Dynamite Comics Debut!
  | Flames Rising| Published on Wednesday, March 22, 2023By Flames
• Bundle of Holding – Goodman D&D 4e (I Kid You Not)
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Tuesday, March 21, 2023By Tenkar
• Kickstarter – Best Supporting Actors: Adversaries and Allies for OSE
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Monday, March 20, 2023By Tenkar
• Big Mysteries, Small Mysteries PLUS!
  | Campaign Mastery| Published on Monday, March 20, 2023By Mike Bourke
• Roughly Thinking of Stuff to Accommodate Some Inclusivity
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Sunday, March 19, 2023By Christopher Stogdill
• Humble Bundle – Warhammer 40k: Dark Heresy, Black Crusade, and Only War
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Saturday, March 18, 2023By Tenkar
• State of The Tavern – What Doth Spring Bring?
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Friday, March 17, 2023By Tenkar
• Bundle of Holding – KoDT Trouble 4
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Thursday, March 16, 2023By Tenkar
• Crossing the Stabicon
  | RPG.net| Published on Thursday, March 16, 2023
• Humble Bundle – Shadowrun 5e Mega Bundle
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Wednesday, March 15, 2023By Tenkar
• Thirsting Blades
  | RPG.net| Published on Wednesday, March 15, 2023
• Kickstarter – Dungeon Denizens (DCC and 5e Monster Book by Goodman Games)
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Tuesday, March 14, 2023By Tenkar
• Deal of the Day – RPGPundit Presents: World of the Last Sun
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Monday, March 13, 2023By Tenkar
• Overcoming The GM Crash
  | Campaign Mastery| Published on Monday, March 13, 2023By Mike Bourke
• Just a quick check-in…..
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Sunday, March 12, 2023By Christopher Stogdill
• Humble Bundle – Castles & Crusades from Troll Lord Games
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Saturday, March 11, 2023By Tenkar
• Shadowdark Session Zero/Session 0.5 Will Be Tonight’s Random Party Generator Livestream @ 8 PM Eastern
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Friday, March 10, 2023By Tenkar
• Look to the Skies
  | RPG.net| Published on Friday, March 10, 2023
• Jonathan M. Thompson Memorial Bundle (DTRPG)
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Thursday, March 9, 2023By Tenkar
• Bad Breath
  | RPG.net| Published on Thursday, March 9, 2023
• Bundle of Holding – Mystical Throne Guides (Historical Gaming Guides)
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Wednesday, March 8, 2023By Tenkar
• Week Points
  | RPG.net| Published on Tuesday, March 7, 2023
• Kickstarter – FIE, I SAY! The D6 Comedy-Fantasy-Parody RPG
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Tuesday, March 7, 2023By Tenkar
• Kickstarter – Shadowdark RPG: Old-School Gaming, Modernized
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Monday, March 6, 2023By Tenkar
• Subversive Alliance: Kickstarter of Merit
  | Campaign Mastery| Published on Monday, March 6, 2023By Mike Bourke
• Travel
  | RPG.net| Published on Monday, March 6, 2023
• International GM’s Day
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Sunday, March 5, 2023By Christopher Stogdill
• Kickstarter – Hârn World: Medieval Fantasy RPG SETTING Hardback
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Saturday, March 4, 2023By Tenkar
• Kickstarter – The Village of Omelette a DuckQuest Adventure
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Friday, March 3, 2023By Tenkar
• Maps. They’re what’s for dinner.
  | RPG.net| Published on Friday, March 3, 2023
• Humble Bundle – Elf Quest – The Complete Dark Horse Collection
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Thursday, March 2, 2023By Tenkar
• Tian Xia Coming to Pathfinder!
  | Flames Rising| Published on Thursday, March 2, 2023By Flames
• Deal of the Day – Index Card RPG: Master Edition
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Wednesday, March 1, 2023By Tenkar
• The Spoopy Tarot Deck Review
  | Flames Rising| Published on Tuesday, February 28, 2023By Monica Valentinelli
• Bundle of Holding – Advanced Fighting Fantasy
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Tuesday, February 28, 2023By Tenkar
• Kickstarter – FANTASTIC GEOGRAPHIC # 3
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Monday, February 27, 2023By Tenkar
• Bad Things, Good People – Theological Worldbuilding
  | Campaign Mastery| Published on Monday, February 27, 2023By Mike Bourke
• Why a Cancelled Kickstarter is a Good Thing
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Sunday, February 26, 2023By Christopher Stogdill
• God Bless James Shields re: Jonathan Thompson Funeral Fund
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Saturday, February 25, 2023By Tenkar
• Death Notice – Johnathan M Thompson (Battlefield Press)
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Friday, February 24, 2023By Tenkar
• TotalCon 2023 – Day One
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Thursday, February 23, 2023By Tenkar
• Kickstarter – Legend of Keepers 5E Reverse Dungeon and STL Miniatures (not The Folio)
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Tuesday, February 21, 2023By Tenkar
• Kickstarter – STRANGERS – 10 Adventures For £10 (5e and OSR)
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Tuesday, February 21, 2023By Tenkar
• Dungeons & Dragons: Keys from the Golden Vault is available now!
  | Flames Rising| Published on Tuesday, February 21, 2023By Flames
• PWYW – Monolith (OSR SciFi)
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Monday, February 20, 2023By Tenkar
• Seek and ye may find
  | Campaign Mastery| Published on Monday, February 20, 2023By Mike Bourke
• Humble Bundle – 2000 AD Character Spotlight (Comics)
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Sunday, February 19, 2023By Tenkar
• Kickstarter – Dark Wizard Games: Fantasy Folder #1 – Dungeon Demon (bunch of PDF goodness as a $1 backer)
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Friday, February 17, 2023By Tenkar
• Bundle of Holding – Godbound (OSR)
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Thursday, February 16, 2023By Tenkar
• Pathfinder Comics Make Epic Anticipated Return!
  | Flames Rising| Published on Thursday, February 16, 2023By Flames
• Kickstarter – Advanced Ancient Academy (OSE/OSR)
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Wednesday, February 15, 2023By Tenkar
• Bundle of Holding – The One Ring™ 2E
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Monday, February 13, 2023By Tenkar
• Review – The Kakondo (DCC RPG Creature)
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Monday, February 13, 2023By Tenkar
• The Braiding Of Plot Threads
  | Campaign Mastery| Published on Monday, February 13, 2023By Mike Bourke
• Stop Soldier Suicide: 30 Hours of Gaming Challenge
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Sunday, February 12, 2023By Christopher Stogdill
• Kickstarter – BURN 2d6 Core Rulebook — an indie RPG system
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Saturday, February 11, 2023By Tenkar
• Bundle of Holding – Worlds of 2D20
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Friday, February 10, 2023By Tenkar
• Bundle of Holding – Delver Lost Tomes (OSE)
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Thursday, February 9, 2023By Tenkar
• E. Gary Gygax Probate Case Update
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Wednesday, February 8, 2023By Tenkar
• Soulbound
  | RPG.net| Published on Tuesday, February 7, 2023
• Kickstarter – Sinless RPG (Shadowrun Anyone? 😉
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Tuesday, February 7, 2023By Tenkar
• Deal of the Day – The Incandescent Grottoes (OSE)
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Monday, February 6, 2023By Tenkar
• Perceptions Of Randomness
  | Campaign Mastery| Published on Monday, February 6, 2023By Mike Bourke
• Dwarven Forges
  | RPG.net| Published on Monday, February 6, 2023
• Kickstarter – Isometric content Add-Ons for MapForge map-making software (Battleground Games)
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Sunday, February 5, 2023By Tenkar
• Good Deal Going on Right Now Over at Kickstarter
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Sunday, February 5, 2023By Christopher Stogdill
• Kickstarter – Nicomeiden’s Tower: A Dungeon RPG Adventure (AD&D and other OSR Systems)
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Saturday, February 4, 2023By Tenkar
• Bundle of Holding – Purple Sorcerer Quick Deal
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Friday, February 3, 2023By Tenkar
• Channel Your Inner Rogue with 13 Heist Adventures in Keys from the Golden Vault
  | Flames Rising| Published on Friday, February 3, 2023By Flames
• Zines, Glorious Zines!
  | RPG.net| Published on Friday, February 3, 2023
• Humble Bundle – So You Wanna Try Out Pathfinder 2e
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Thursday, February 2, 2023By Tenkar
• General Admissions
  | RPG.net| Published on Thursday, February 2, 2023
• Kickstarter – Cities Without Number (Sine Nomine)
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Wednesday, February 1, 2023By Tenkar
• Beyond the Western Standard
  | RPG.net| Published on Wednesday, February 1, 2023
• Bundle of Holding – Hero 6e
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Tuesday, January 31, 2023By Tenkar
• Deal of the Day – The Toxic Wood (OSE Hexcrawl)
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Monday, January 30, 2023By Tenkar
• Spotlight on: The Obvious Villain
  | Campaign Mastery| Published on Monday, January 30, 2023By Mike Bourke
• So Ha$bro Called for an Armistice…
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Sunday, January 29, 2023By Christopher Stogdill
• State of The Tavern – Coming Up For Air & Is This Reality?
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Saturday, January 28, 2023By Tenkar
• NEWS! OGL 1.0(a) is NOT being Revoked. 5.1 SRD is Released Under Creative Commons 4.0 International
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Friday, January 27, 2023By Tenkar
• Return to the Realms of Pugmire with Eddy Webb
  | Flames Rising| Published on Friday, January 27, 2023By Flames
• Deal of the Day – Cepheus Deluxe Enhanced Edition (OGL Traveller)
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Thursday, January 26, 2023By Tenkar
• Kickstarter – D&Tea: A Great Infusion of RPGs and Tea
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Wednesday, January 25, 2023By Tenkar
• Tarot of the Divine Review
  | Flames Rising| Published on Wednesday, January 25, 2023By Monica Valentinelli
• Bundle of Holding – Advanced Adventures MEGA (OSRIC/AD&D 1e)
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Tuesday, January 24, 2023By Tenkar
• OSR Christmas – Day 12 Gifting
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Monday, January 23, 2023By Tenkar
• A Discussion Of Dialogue
  | Campaign Mastery| Published on Monday, January 23, 2023By Mike Bourke
• Wake me when it’s my turn to roll….
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Sunday, January 22, 2023By Christopher Stogdill
• Humble Bundle – RPG Worlds by Kobold Press & Friends (5e and OSR)
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Saturday, January 21, 2023By Tenkar
• The New “Playtest” OGL 1.2 Survey is Live – Please Give Your Feedback
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Friday, January 20, 2023By Tenkar
• Guest Poster – James Raggi IV – On Potential Inclusivity/Morality Clauses in RPG Licenses (OGL, ORC, etc)
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Thursday, January 19, 2023By Tenkar
• Bundle of Holding – Alternatives to D&D
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Wednesday, January 18, 2023By Tenkar
• Kickstarter – Realms Of Elghrune Box Set
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Tuesday, January 17, 2023By Tenkar
• Announcing Sovereign Monsters! for Monsters! Monsters!
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Monday, January 16, 2023By Tenkar
• Game License Meltdown: The OGL 1.1 Debacle
  | Campaign Mastery| Published on Monday, January 16, 2023By Mike Bourke
• Support You Local Con…or My Local Con
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Sunday, January 15, 2023By Christopher Stogdill
• OSR Christmas – Day 12 Gifts (and giving gifts for Day 11) – FINALLY!
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Saturday, January 14, 2023By Tenkar
• Bundle of Holding – Non-OGL Fantasy
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Friday, January 13, 2023By Tenkar
• Ten Picks from DriveThruComics’s New Year, New Hero Sale!
  | Flames Rising| Published on Friday, January 13, 2023By Flames
• Paizo Announces System-Neutral Open RPG License ORC
  | Flames Rising| Published on Friday, January 13, 2023By Flames
• Meet the Publisher: Jon Britton
  | RPG.net| Published on Friday, January 13, 2023
• RuneQuest and Call of Cthulhu Starter Sets On Sale for 99 Cents Each!
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Thursday, January 12, 2023By Tenkar
• Monsters! Monsters! Has a Licensing Agreement that Doesn’t Suck the Soul Out of Your Body
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Wednesday, January 11, 2023By Tenkar
• Still Renaissance-ing
  | RPG.net| Published on Wednesday, January 11, 2023
• Basic Roleplaying for 99 Cents!
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Tuesday, January 10, 2023By Tenkar
• Threat Level
  | RPG.net| Published on Tuesday, January 10, 2023
• The OGL, SRD, and a Few Days of Distractions – Why You Should Care About the Revocation of OGL 1.0
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Monday, January 9, 2023By Tenkar
• The Eyes Have It: Subliminal RPG Messages
  | Campaign Mastery| Published on Monday, January 9, 2023By Mike Bourke
• Existence
  | RPG.net| Published on Monday, January 9, 2023
• A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Sunday, January 8, 2023By Christopher Stogdill
• Time to Scrape Out the SRD Parts of Continual Light
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Saturday, January 7, 2023By Tenkar
• Deal of the Day – Cults of Terror (RuneQuest)
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Friday, January 6, 2023By Tenkar
• Distro
  | RPG.net| Published on Friday, January 6, 2023
• Troll Lord Games Has a 5e Fire Sale – Are They Ditching D&D Moving Forward?
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Thursday, January 5, 2023By Tenkar
• Deal of the Day – The Adventurers’ Guide to Herbalism & Alchemy for FG&G (OSR)
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Wednesday, January 4, 2023By Tenkar
• Deal of the Day – Rider (A Cepheus Engine “Old West” RPG)
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Tuesday, January 3, 2023By Tenkar
• What is 11 Years Late and Likely the Most Infamous Failure in RPG Kickstarters?
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Monday, January 2, 2023By Tenkar
• Look Back
  | RPG.net| Published on Monday, January 2, 2023
• What Gaming Stuff Did You Get for Christmas?
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Sunday, January 1, 2023By Christopher Stogdill
• OSR Christmas Day 11 (and giving gifts for Day 10)
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Saturday, December 31, 2022By Tenkar
• Humble Bundle – Vaesen & Forbidden Lands from Free League
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Friday, December 30, 2022By Tenkar
• My 2022 Game Release List
  | Flames Rising| Published on Friday, December 30, 2022By Monica Valentinelli
• Lasers Beat Paper
  | RPG.net| Published on Friday, December 30, 2022
• Deal of the Day – EE1: Things From Beyond (Essential Enemies #1)
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Thursday, December 29, 2022By Tenkar
• Caster Disparity
  | RPG.net| Published on Thursday, December 29, 2022
• End of the Year Wrap Up for 2022, Tavern Plans for 2023, and what is this Dungeon23 Thing?
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Wednesday, December 28, 2022By Tenkar
• Feka
  | RPG.net| Published on Wednesday, December 28, 2022
• Bundle of Holding – Shadow of the Demon Lord
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Tuesday, December 27, 2022By Tenkar
• Spellcheck
  | RPG.net| Published on Tuesday, December 27, 2022
• OSR Christmas Day 10 (and giving gifts for Day 8)
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Monday, December 26, 2022By Tenkar
• Happy Chrismahanukwanzika
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Sunday, December 25, 2022By Christopher Stogdill
• OSR Christmas – Christmas Eve Update
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Saturday, December 24, 2022By Tenkar
• Humble Bundle – New Perils! For Classic Game Crawls (DCC RPG)
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Friday, December 23, 2022By Tenkar
• Ten Picks from WarGameVault’s Winter Fantasy Sale!
  | Flames Rising| Published on Friday, December 23, 2022By Flames
• OSR Christmas Day 8 (and gifting gifts from OSR Christmas Day 6)
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Thursday, December 22, 2022By Tenkar
• Hellboy: The Roleplaying Game is now available from Nightfall Games
  | Flames Rising| Published on Thursday, December 22, 2022By Flames
• War Never Changes
  | RPG.net| Published on Thursday, December 22, 2022
• Bundle of Holding – 13th Age MEGA
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Wednesday, December 21, 2022By Tenkar
• Shadow of the Vampire
  | RPG.net| Published on Wednesday, December 21, 2022
• OSR Christmas Day 6, and Giving Out Gifts for OSR Christmas Day 4
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Tuesday, December 20, 2022By Tenkar
• Relics
  | RPG.net| Published on Tuesday, December 20, 2022
• Bundle of Holding – The Fantasy Trip (Steve Jackson Games)
  | Tenkar’s Tavern| Published on Monday, December 19, 2022By Tenkar
• To Roll Or Not To Roll, pt 2
  | Campaign Mastery| Published on Monday, December 19, 2022By Mike Bourke
• Hear the People Sing
  | RPG.net| Published on Monday, December 19, 2022

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