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Sea of Stars RPG Design Journal – Wed, 26 March, 02:11 AM
Voddick sighed. “I really do not care for see travel. I prefer to have solid ground under my feet.” Gollaon nodded. “I can understand but it is a faster way to travel and less wearing on boot leather.” “That is true. But it seems we still need to worry about bandits,” Voddick said with a gesture... read more.
Arcane Eye – Wed, 26 March, 01:00 AM
Discover the best D&D gaming tables of 2025—featuring built-in screens, storage, and style to level up your next campaign.... read more.
Tales of the Lunar Lands – Wed, 26 March, 12:46 AM
Art by chuckcgReligion does not play a very big part in the Erdrick Trilogy. Remember, these games belong to an era where the difference between a JRPG and a western RPG had more to do with presentation than anything else. The trope of the corrupt church hiding a sinister conspiracy had not yet been... read more.
Nerdarchy – Tue, 25 March, 10:59 PM
In the murky depths of ancient ruins, along the edges of eldritch swamps, or lurking beneath the seas of your Dungeons & Dragons world, the Chuul is a terror waiting to strike. These crustacean horrors, created by the aboleths as their hunters and enforcers, combine...... read more.
CORE20 RPG – Tue, 25 March, 07:33 PM
CORE20 originally started as a set of homebrew rules for D&D 3.5, and even though the current playtest version of the game draws a lot of inspiration for 5e D&D (and even 4e D&D) in its approach to play and its language, the mechanical guts of much of the ruleset is set on a firm foundation of third... read more.
Dungeon Master Assistance – Tue, 25 March, 05:50 PM
Comparing the new (2025) Monster Manual to the old (2014) one. How many Monster and NPC stat blocks does it have and how are they organized? NOTE: the following counts are my own. I apologize in advance for any inaccuracies.2014 Monster Manual. (I’ll be referring to this as the 5E MM.) The 5E M... read more.
Domain of Many Things – Tue, 25 March, 05:00 PM
“Master Luke, you're standing on the…”“I will not give up my favourite decoration” Jabba interjects in booming Huttese “I like Captain Solo where he is…”With lightning speed, the force flares through Luke’s outstretched fingers, ripping the blaster from the guards holster into his grasp.But not quic... read more.
EN World: D&D & Tabletop RPG News & Reviews – Tue, 25 March, 04:58 PM
The new Kickstarter is well on its way to $1 million.... read more.
Azukail Games – Tue, 25 March, 04:07 PM
A YouTube Short featuring extracts from the longer video to give you an idea of the process. The post Make Your Own Cheap Pallets first appeared on Azukail Games.... read more.
The Kind GM – Tue, 25 March, 03:09 PM
Our friends at Monument Studios are excited to announce the release of Fantasy+, a platform to stream cinematic music for your sessions. Get 90 days free with the Code “HI”! Fantasy+ is a tool for GMs everywhere who want to enhance the player experience with ambient music, sounds, and effects. It gi... read more.
GROGNARDIA – Tue, 25 March, 03:09 PM
I've been fascinated with languages and alphabets since I was a young child. Consequently, when I discovered roleplaying games in late 1979, it didn't take me long to start including snatches of made-up languages and scripts into my games. By the time I'd created my Emaindor campaign in high school,... read more.
The Soloist - an indie RPG newsletter – Tue, 25 March, 03:04 PM
YOUR ARE ALONE.NO ONE IS COMING TO SAVE YOU.No party. No master. In SOLO BORG, it’s just you, your wits, and your inevitible demise.SOLO BORG, the complete solo RPG rules and toolkit based on and compatible with the grim, dark fantasy RPG MÖRK BORG, is now live on Kickstarter. Co-created by me and C... read more.
WobbleRocket – Tue, 25 March, 02:48 PM
Okay, it’s been a stupid month. I haven’t posted anything because I’ve been sick as hell with this gnarly respiratory virus. I’m finally starting to feel a bit better, but while I’ve been sick, I’ve been playing a ton of modded Terraria, and it’s got me thinking about how you can unlock new content... read more.
Brandes Stoddard – Tue, 25 March, 02:05 PM
One of my professional projects and working on Citadel LARP have converged on exploring magic item flaws of varying severity. The space between a flaw and a curse is largely semantic, but if you’re compelled to keep using the item that doesn’t work quite as advertised, that’s definitely a curse. In ... read more.
Rise Up Comus – Tue, 25 March, 01:48 PM
My colleague, Warren at ICastLight, posited that we can embed short-term memory into tables like your encounter table to create a more dynamic or interesting engine for exploration.Example of an encounter table with "RAM"So, in his example, each time you roll a "dungeon event", you put a checkmark n... read more.
Kobold Press – Tue, 25 March, 01:00 PM
Are the normal variety of creatures in the Monster Vault not doing it for you? Don’t want to wait for Monster Vault 2? Do you want something that’s just a little more? More feral? More fey? Well, you’re in luck! Here comes the fey-touched template! Stick this template on all of your favorite critt... read more.
EN World: D&D & Tabletop RPG News & Reviews – Tue, 25 March, 12:30 PM
This issue, editor Ian Livingstone talks about conventions and how the large 3 day affairs in the US don’t seem to be mirrored in the UK where our cons are still one day affairs.... read more.
Methods & Madness – Tue, 25 March, 11:20 AM
DriveThruRPG is set to significantly raise the cost of print-on-demand products, with an increase ranging from 20% to 80%, as mentioned on Reddit (see below).This is a good opportunity to get Teratogenicon if you're interested.This book has impressive art - take a look at the previews to see for you... read more.
Skeleton Code Machine – Tue, 25 March, 09:33 AM
Welcome to Skeleton Code Machine, an ENNIE-nominated and award-winning weekly publication that explores tabletop game mechanisms. Check out Public Domain Art and Fragile Games to get started. Subscribe to TUMULUS to get more design inspiration delivered to your door each quarter!Last week we explore... read more.
Benign Brown Beast – Tue, 25 March, 04:00 AM
I’ve been thinking about cards a lot recently. Really, for a while. I wanted to lay out a little bit of how I’ve started thinking about them, why I think certain design decisions are common, and what constraints they follow from. While I may present some reasoning as a fait accompli or historical fa... read more.
Tabletop Joab – Tue, 25 March, 02:55 AM
Pawnee, Indiana, is no stranger to quirky antics and unexpected escapades, thanks to the ever-enthusiastic Parks and Recreation Department. But when Chris Traeger, the department’s resident optimist and health guru, decided it was time for a team-building activity, even the most seasoned members of ... read more.
Nerdarchy – Tue, 25 March, 01:45 AM
How to make skill-based, narrative-driven encounters as thrilling as combat. Tabletop RPGs are often defined by their combat mechanics—but what about the high-stakes, high-tension moments that don’t involve a single sword swing? From chariot races through collapsing cities to gladiatorial trials of ... read more.
Rise Up Comus – Tue, 25 March, 01:27 AM
As Dan pointed out in his post, the cleric's Turn Undead ability says something about the default setting of D&D: there are undead here. Indeed, for this to be a core class core ability, there has to be a lot of them. Barrows teaming with draugr. Unquiet ghosts lingering near their graves in cemeter... read more.
Faxfire's Eyrie – Tue, 25 March, 01:15 AM
This lore book was written for my ongoing Ptolus game, but also establishes some of the lore regarding the mortal understanding of fiends in my own setting.This battered, black leather book relates both a series of lists of commanders and troops in a battle said to have been waged “upon the fields o... read more.
Dyson's Dodecahedron – Tue, 25 March, 12:13 AM
The Graxworm is a massive dead dragon of mythic scale, several miles long and large enough to contain a town in the mouth. Creatures have set up here to “mine” the massive corpse for its valuable materials – leather, scales, ichor, tendons, and more. Practically every bit has some value to someone, ... read more.