RPGs
Monte Cook Games have previewed the new and forthcoming edition of their core RPG system, Cypher.Coming in 2026, this new edition of Monte Cook Games‘ popular, award-winning tabletop roleplaying game system—which powers all of MCG’s titles such as Numenera, The Strange and Old Gods of Appalachia—promises to build on ‘the strengths of the existing version’ and retain its signature ‘fast pace, ease of GMing, flexibility [and] narrative focus’. This new edition will make it even easier to generate ‘vivid, memorable characters’. GMs will also be able create vivid worlds and engaging scenarios with...
Have you written a new tabletop game? Do you need to know whether or not it works? Then Let Chris Backe teach you how to playtest! Defined as the ‘iterative journey to shape and refine tabletop games from raw ideas to balanced and fun games’, playtesting is a pivotal—not to mention painstaking—process which every games designer must navigate, but which so few really understand. But that’s about to change thanks to Playtesting Best Practices: Real World and Online. Written by Chris Backe and published by Routledge, this new and exhaustive book is the complete and definitive guide to playtesting...
Monte Cook Games Preparing to Launch New Edition of Cypher
Monte Cook Games have previewed the new and forthcoming edition of their core RPG system, Cypher.Coming in 2026, this new edition of Monte Cook Games‘ popular, award-winning tabletop roleplaying game system—which powers all of MCG’s titles such as Numenera, The Strange and Old Gods of Appalachia—promises to build on ‘the strengths of the existing version’ and retain its signature ‘fast pace, ease ...
Learn How to Playtest the Right Way with Chris Backe
Have you written a new tabletop game? Do you need to know whether or not it works? Then Let Chris Backe teach you how to playtest! Defined as the ‘iterative journey to shape and refine tabletop games from raw ideas to balanced and fun games’, playtesting is a pivotal—not to mention painstaking—process which every games designer must navigate, but which so few really understand. But that’s about to...
ASTRA ARCANUM Kickstarter Off to a Flying Start!
Metis Media have launched the Kickstarter for their debut RPG, ASTRA ARCANUM, and it’s off to a stella start!This campaign is raising funds with which Metis Media will produce a host of ASTRA ARCANUM goodies, including two core rulebooks, three adventure zines, a GM screen, maps, various bestiary, spell and item cards, and resin ASTRA ARCANUM dice……And, boy, is it raising funds. At the time of wri...
All Aboard for the Wildseas!
Mythworks are embarking on a voyage across the Wildsea, and we’re all invited.Described on the Mythworks website as a’fantasy tabletop roleplaying game set in a rampant ocean of verdant green’, the Wildsea RPG sees players ‘pilot chainsaw-driven ships’ as they ‘cut their way across dense treetop waves’ to explore the Verdancy. A ‘tide of rampant growth spilling from the West’, this Verdancy now do...
Dimm City Preparing for Launch
Dimm City LLC is preparing to launch its first roleplaying game on Kickstarter.Also entitled Dimm City, this debut title is a CreaturePunk roleplaying game. Defined as an ‘evolution of the Cyberpunk genera, where your characters should be anything but human’, CreaturePunk games revolve around a variety of character types such as robots, monsters, anthropomorphs and more. In Dimm City, those charac...
The Eren Chronicles Warming Up for Zamanora: Ballad of the Witch
The Eren Chronicles are preparing to launch their next Kickstarter, Zamanora: Ballad of the Witch.Based in Greece, The Eren Chronicles are a collective of independent writers and artists creating fresh fantasy RPG content. Their latest project, Zamanora: Ballad of the Witch, looks like it might be their most epic yet. Inspired by the rich body of Slavic and Baltic folklore, Zamanora: Ballad of the...
CBR Reveal Their Top 20 Two-Player Tabletop RPGs
The folks at Comic Book Resources have revealed their top 20 two-player tabletop roleplaying games … and it’s a damn fine list.Although more commonly known for their coverage of comic books, movies and anime, CBR is dedicated to all things pop culture, and that includes tabletop gaming. To this end, they’ve published their take on what they describe as ‘the best two-player tabletop RPGs for a fun ...
"El Riesgo Siempre Vive!" ALIEN Evolved Edition Coming to Kickstarter
The next evolution of the ALIEN RPG is about to burst onto Kickstarter.Produced by Swedish games studio Free League, the next edition of ALIEN promises to contain an updated and expanded core rulebook which will also be included in a brand new starter set. We can also look forward to a new scenario boxed set entitled Rapture Protocol and a new line of miniatures.Those of you who already own the AL...
Fallen London Calling! The Interactive Narrative Game is Coming to the Tabletop
Magpie Games are gearing up for the Fallen London Kickstarter. Based on the interactive narrative game of the same name, Fallen London is described as ‘an officially-licensed tabletop roleplaying game set in the deep, dark and marvellous city of Fallen London’. It has been forty years since the First City of the British Empire, London, vanished into a vast cavern beneath the earth. Now the city’s ...
Traveller: Clans of the Aslan Now Available from Mongoose Publishing
Mongoose Publishing have released the new Clans of Aslan supplement for the Traveller RPG.From its singular culture to its multiple colonies, the intricacies and secrets of Aslan society are examined and explained in this book. It includes not only guides on creating and playing Aslan characters in Traveller, but also tips and ideas for running scenarios and campaigns which focus on this proud rac...