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D&D, Diablo, Warhammer and Beyond: The Fantasy Cartography of Francesca Baerald
Francesca Baerald’s UNBOUND collected more than a decade of fantasy cartography into a huge 320-page art book, that has already smashed its Kickstarter target. There are artists whose names beome inseparable from the games they work on, and others whose work is probably familiar even when their name
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If you're into board and video games, TTRPGs or novels, you'll eventually stumble over Francesca's incredible maps, now collected in a book. #crowdfunding #artBook #cartography #kickstarter #francescaBaerald https://l.d20.ninja/maC8QR
Crooked Dice Game Design Studio have returned to their Martial Artists range for their latest release. #miniatures #crookedDice #ninja #theOtherPartizan https://l.d20.ninja/LuKTHz
Crooked Dice Get Stealthy With Latest Set of Ninja Miniatures
Crooked Dice Game Design Studio have returned to their Martial Artists range for their latest release with five new Ninja miniatures. These ultimate warriors use secretive ancient techniques and razor-sharp skills to infiltrate, assassinate and extricate themselves from the most impregnable
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September 17, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Crooked Dice Game Design Studio have returned to their Martial Artists range for their latest release. #miniatures #crookedDice #ninja #theOtherPartizan https://l.d20.ninja/LuKTHz
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Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!
September 17, 2026 at 9:31 AM
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AireCon founder Mark Cooke is swapping Harrogate for Birmingham as he joins UK Games Expo as its new Operations Director. #ukGamesExpo #conventions #airecon https://l.d20.ninja/6U4h67
AireCon Founder Mark Cooke Joins UK Games Expo as Operations Director
AireCon founder Mark Cooke is joining UK Games Expo as its new Operations Director, with a phased handover that will eventually see him working full-time on the Birmingham convention following AireCon’s final event next year, UK Games Expo announced the appointment on 15th September, describing it
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September 17, 2026 at 11:20 AM
AireCon founder Mark Cooke is swapping Harrogate for Birmingham as he joins UK Games Expo as its new Operations Director. #ukGamesExpo #conventions #airecon https://l.d20.ninja/6U4h67
Kobolds & Kobolds: The Ultimate Kobold Handbook for 5E and 5.5E #rpgPdfSpotlight #rpgs #dungeonsAndDragons https://l.d20.ninja/6TxnPm
Kobolds & Kobolds
RPG PDF Spotlights is our daily look at a recent release for a new tabletop roleplaying game, supplement or scenario, or solo journaling game, that has caught my eye. Kobolds & Kobolds Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition Supplement by JonnyDM Kobolds are cunning, resourceful, and far more dangerous than
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September 17, 2026 at 6:22 AM
Kobolds & Kobolds: The Ultimate Kobold Handbook for 5E and 5.5E #rpgPdfSpotlight #rpgs #dungeonsAndDragons https://l.d20.ninja/6TxnPm
The hit social-deducation game Blood on the Clocktower has added 72 experimental characters with the retail release of The Carousel. #boardGames #bloodOnTheClocktower #thePandemoniumInstitute #socialDeduction #partyGame https://l.d20.ninja/SanfSx
Blood on the Clocktower's The Carousel Brings 72 New Characters to the Table
Fans of Blood on the Clocktower looking to make their games even more unpredictable can now get their hands on The Carousel, a substantial collection adding 72 experimental characters to the enormously popular social-deduction game. Despite being regualrtly described by retailers, and many
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September 17, 2026 at 1:46 AM
The hit social-deducation game Blood on the Clocktower has added 72 experimental characters with the retail release of The Carousel. #boardGames #bloodOnTheClocktower #thePandemoniumInstitute #socialDeduction #partyGame https://l.d20.ninja/SanfSx
Turn to paragraph 400. We revisit the early 'save game' technology of keeping a finger in every risky page turn. #gamingHistory #graemeDavis #gamesWorkshop #gamebooks #fightingFantasy #advancedFightingFantasy #loneWolf #sirIanLivingstone #steveJackson https://l.d20.ninja/8DKDQK
When Dice Were Made of Flint #9
Fighting Fantasy wasn’t the first gamebook series. By the time The Warlock of Firetop Mountain was published in August of 1982, games like Tunnels & Trolls and the Fantasy Trip had been using a very similar format for solo adventures for more than five years. The reason that Fighting Fantasy started
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September 16, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Turn to paragraph 400. We revisit the early 'save game' technology of keeping a finger in every risky page turn. #gamingHistory #graemeDavis #gamesWorkshop #gamebooks #fightingFantasy #advancedFightingFantasy #loneWolf #sirIanLivingstone #steveJackson https://l.d20.ninja/8DKDQK
I thought I was on my way. The further trials and tribulations of the early history of the gaming hobby from legendary Graeme Davis #gaming #History #graemeDavis #fightingFantasy #gamebooks #whiteDwarf #imagineMagazine #chooseYourOwnAdventure https://l.d20.ninja/qLqfk8
When Dice Were Made of Flint #11
In 1985, I was an archaeology postgrad, compiling 150-odd years of excavation reports on Neolithic and Bronze Age burials and building a database on the university mainframe. I was becoming dispirited: I knew nothing about computers, and my supervisor and I were completely incompatible
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September 16, 2026 at 6:15 PM
I thought I was on my way. The further trials and tribulations of the early history of the gaming hobby from legendary Graeme Davis #gaming #History #graemeDavis #fightingFantasy #gamebooks #whiteDwarf #imagineMagazine #chooseYourOwnAdventure https://l.d20.ninja/qLqfk8
Overnight success takes time. Regular viewers may notice our posts area little out of order - you can check all the episodes in the correct order on the website #gaming #History #graemeDavis #gamesWorkshop #whiteDwarf #dnd #adnd #callOfCthulhu #bushido #imagineMagazine https://l.d20.ninja/DUYQWb
When Dice Were Made of Flint #10
White Dwarf was bimonthly in the early 1980s, and through letters and readers’ polls, demand was building for it to go monthly. The usual response was that the main problem was a lack of material. I had been homebrewing AD&D material for a while, so I typed up a couple of articles, sent them off,
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September 16, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Overnight success takes time. Regular viewers may notice our posts area little out of order - you can check all the episodes in the correct order on the website #gaming #History #graemeDavis #gamesWorkshop #whiteDwarf #dnd #adnd #callOfCthulhu #bushido #imagineMagazine https://l.d20.ninja/DUYQWb
They Come at Night. A system-agnostic horror module for low to mid level characters #rpgPdfSpotlight #rpgs #osr #stadtjaeger https://l.d20.ninja/YmFGV5
They Come at Night
RPG PDF Spotlights is our daily look at a recent release for a new tabletop roleplaying game, supplement or scenario, or solo journaling game, that has caught my eye. They Come at Night OSR Horror Adventure by Stadtjaeger Something went quiet in Frostholm. The mining outpost stopped sending word
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September 16, 2026 at 3:05 PM
They Come at Night. A system-agnostic horror module for low to mid level characters #rpgPdfSpotlight #rpgs #osr #stadtjaeger https://l.d20.ninja/YmFGV5
The Great Glacier - A solo ice-climbing game of Destiny and Glory, where you are an 11th century Norse voyager. #rpgPdfSpotlight #rpgs #vikings #soloRpg #exomagusInc https://l.d20.ninja/pKMyfq
The Great Glacier - A solo ice-climbing game of Destiny and Glory
RPG PDF Spotlights is our daily look at a recent release for a new tabletop roleplaying game, supplement or scenario, or solo journaling game, that has caught my eye. The Great Glacier - A solo ice-climbing game of Destiny and Glory Solo RPG by Exomagus Inc You are an 11 century Norse voyager. You
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September 16, 2026 at 11:51 AM
The Great Glacier - A solo ice-climbing game of Destiny and Glory, where you are an 11th century Norse voyager. #rpgPdfSpotlight #rpgs #vikings #soloRpg #exomagusInc https://l.d20.ninja/pKMyfq
Open Ended Games has announced the upcoming launch of space opera tabletop RPG Against the Starmaster, coming to Kickstarter this autumn, with a free-to-download playtest packet now available. https://l.d20.ninja/DYapgB
Space Opera TTRPG Against the Starmaster Coming to Kickstarter this Autumn
The Free Worlds are under threat by an ancient Evil, and with the Intergalactic Resistance fragmented, hope for the galaxy lies in the hands of a small band of heroes. For fans of Star Wars, Flash Gordon, Dune, and other epic star-faring adventures, Against the Starmaster is the latest creation from
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September 16, 2026 at 1:58 AM
Open Ended Games has announced the upcoming launch of space opera tabletop RPG Against the Starmaster, coming to Kickstarter this autumn, with a free-to-download playtest packet now available. https://l.d20.ninja/DYapgB
Adventures in Lancre and Uberwald will explore Lancre, the Ramtops, Uberwald, and the Chalk, drawing heavily on Terry Pratchett’s witches and supernatural inhabitants of the Disc. #rpgs #boardGames #discworld #modiphius #gamefound #terryPratchett https://l.d20.ninja/DxBrZ4
Modiphius Takes Discworld Beyond Ankh-Morpork With New Gamefound Campaign
Modiphius Entertainment is heading back to the Disc for a second major roleplaying game campaign, with Discworld: Adventures in Lancre and Uberwald due to launch on Gamefound in October. The new release follows Discworld: Adventures in Ankh-Morpork, which raised almost £2.5 million on Kickstarter in
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September 15, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Adventures in Lancre and Uberwald will explore Lancre, the Ramtops, Uberwald, and the Chalk, drawing heavily on Terry Pratchett’s witches and supernatural inhabitants of the Disc. #rpgs #boardGames #discworld #modiphius #gamefound #terryPratchett https://l.d20.ninja/DxBrZ4
Gripping Beast Seeks Buyer as 30-Year Old Miniatures Business Prepares to Close. No date has been decided to close as yet, but production is already being kept to a minimum.
#miniatures #grippingBeast https://l.d20.ninja/NDVqLW
#miniatures #grippingBeast https://l.d20.ninja/NDVqLW
Gripping Beast Seeks Buyer as 30-Year Old Miniatures Business Prepares to Close
Veteran British miniatures company Gripping Beast has announced that it intends to close its doors unless a new owner can be found, bringing a potential end to one of the better known and popular names in historical wargaming. Founded in 1996, Gripping Beast has spent three decades building a
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September 15, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Gripping Beast Seeks Buyer as 30-Year Old Miniatures Business Prepares to Close. No date has been decided to close as yet, but production is already being kept to a minimum.
#miniatures #grippingBeast https://l.d20.ninja/NDVqLW
#miniatures #grippingBeast https://l.d20.ninja/NDVqLW
The core rules needed to play in the Mistborn Campaign Setting for the Cosmere RPG. #rpgPdfSpotlight #rpgs #brandonSanderson #cosmere #mistborn #brotherwiseGames https://l.d20.ninja/F4C9mf
Cosmere RPG | Mistborn Handbook
RPG PDF Spotlights is our daily look at a recent release for a new tabletop roleplaying game, supplement or scenario, or solo journaling game, that has caught my eye. Cosmere RPG | Mistborn Handbook Core Rulebook by Brotherwise Games Master the Metallic Arts! Gather your crew and step into the mists
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September 15, 2026 at 2:49 PM
The core rules needed to play in the Mistborn Campaign Setting for the Cosmere RPG. #rpgPdfSpotlight #rpgs #brandonSanderson #cosmere #mistborn #brotherwiseGames https://l.d20.ninja/F4C9mf
Why streamlining is just good rules design #darrinDrader #gameDesign #dungeonsAndDragons #garyGygax #dangerousJourneys https://l.d20.ninja/VMAsQq
KISS is the Best
Yes, I’m going to say it. KISS is the best. Oh, you think I’m talking about the music group. Yeah, I like them too, but the best would actually be Iron Maiden. No, I learned the philosophy of KISS in sales. It’s an acronym that means “Keep It Simple, Stupid” (with Stupid referring to the salesman.
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September 15, 2026 at 11:39 AM
Why streamlining is just good rules design #darrinDrader #gameDesign #dungeonsAndDragons #garyGygax #dangerousJourneys https://l.d20.ninja/VMAsQq
Steve Jackson has been running Steve Jackson Games for 46 years, but is passing the baton and intends to spend more time designing games. #industryNews #sjg #steveJackson #munchkin #carWars #gurps #ogres #illuminati https://l.d20.ninja/EER7vu
Steve Jackson Steps Back From CEO Role at Steve Jackson Games
Steve Jackson is stepping down as CEO of Steve Jackson Games, handing day-to-day leadership of the company to long-time employee Sabrina Gonzalez. The change, announced in a blog post on 11th September, also sees managing editor Allison Page promoted to Chief Operating Officer. Jackson is not
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September 15, 2026 at 6:34 AM
Steve Jackson has been running Steve Jackson Games for 46 years, but is passing the baton and intends to spend more time designing games. #industryNews #sjg #steveJackson #munchkin #carWars #gurps #ogres #illuminati https://l.d20.ninja/EER7vu
Welcome to our latest Crowdfund Quest Weekly round-up for the tabletop campaigns launched in the last seven days! #crowdfundQuest #crowdfunding #kickstarter #backerkit #gamefound https://l.d20.ninja/Wkw6ps
Crowdfund Quest Weekly 12/09/26 - New Project Launches Over The Last Week
Welcome to our Crowdfund Quest Weekly round-up! Every week in Crowdfund Quest Weekly we list a whole bunch of new tabletop gaming and miniature campaigns that have launched over the last seven days, providing links to their campaign pages. Whilst we sadly can’t include every launch – there are
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September 15, 2026 at 2:12 AM
Welcome to our latest Crowdfund Quest Weekly round-up for the tabletop campaigns launched in the last seven days! #crowdfundQuest #crowdfunding #kickstarter #backerkit #gamefound https://l.d20.ninja/Wkw6ps
Wyld Holdings, the parent company of Wayland Games, has added the popular wargames magazine to their portfolio ahead of its 40th anniversary. #magazines #wargamesIllustrated #duncanMacfarlane #wyldHoldings #battlefront https://l.d20.ninja/dFQQnc
Wargames Illustrated Finds A New Home with Wyld Holdings
One of Britain’s longest running tabletop magazines is entering another chapter in its hostory, with Wyld Holdings acquiring Wargames Illustrated almost four decades after Duncan Macfarlane launched the magazine. The deal brings Wargames Illustrated into the same ownership group as Wayland Games,
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September 14, 2026 at 10:49 PM
Wyld Holdings, the parent company of Wayland Games, has added the popular wargames magazine to their portfolio ahead of its 40th anniversary. #magazines #wargamesIllustrated #duncanMacfarlane #wyldHoldings #battlefront https://l.d20.ninja/dFQQnc
Questiny, a fantasy dungeon crawler inspired by nearly 40 year old tabletop adventures and featuring a moving labyrinth and swinging axe traps. Like every proper dungeon should. #questiny #fantasy BoardGames #soloBoardGame #kickstarter https://l.d20.ninja/xC2Qcy
Questiny Brings Old-School Fantasy and Moving Labyrinths to Kickstarter
Independent board game Questiny is bringing the feel of 1980s and 1990s fantasy adventures back to the tabletop, complete with dungeon crawling, a moving labyrinth, and physical swinging axe traps. The cooperative fantasy game launched on Kickstarter on September 1 and reached its initial £8,000
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September 14, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Questiny, a fantasy dungeon crawler inspired by nearly 40 year old tabletop adventures and featuring a moving labyrinth and swinging axe traps. Like every proper dungeon should. #questiny #fantasy BoardGames #soloBoardGame #kickstarter https://l.d20.ninja/xC2Qcy
If you're into board and video games, TTRPGs or novels, you'll eventually stumble over Francesca's incredible maps, now collected in a book. #crowdfunding #artBook #cartography #kickstarter #francescaBaerald https://l.d20.ninja/maC8QR
D&D, Diablo, Warhammer and Beyond: The Fantasy Cartography of Francesca Baerald
Francesca Baerald’s UNBOUND collected more than a decade of fantasy cartography into a huge 320-page art book, that has already smashed its Kickstarter target. There are artists whose names beome inseparable from the games they work on, and others whose work is probably familiar even when their name
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September 14, 2026 at 2:39 PM
If you're into board and video games, TTRPGs or novels, you'll eventually stumble over Francesca's incredible maps, now collected in a book. #crowdfunding #artBook #cartography #kickstarter #francescaBaerald https://l.d20.ninja/maC8QR
Underground adventure for all! #ttrpg #events #caveconOne #cavecon #yeOldSalution #underground #dungeonsAndDragons #callOfCthulhu https://l.d20.ninja/bBAgAs
Cavecon One, 7 - 8 November 2026, Nottingham
DM Horizons present Cavecon One - described as a “thrilling Tabletop RPG convention…in the comfortable snugs of the historic Ye Old Salutation Inn…or in the ancient sandstone caves beneath!” Yes, an underground RPG convention! There will special guest appearances, veteran Dungeon Masters and you’ll
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September 14, 2026 at 11:45 AM
Underground adventure for all! #ttrpg #events #caveconOne #cavecon #yeOldSalution #underground #dungeonsAndDragons #callOfCthulhu https://l.d20.ninja/bBAgAs
The officially licensed Jurassic Park Trading Card Game, until now largely confined to the South Korean market, is getting an English-language edition, with its first products scheduled to reach the US on 20th November. #tcgs #jurassicPark #universal #cardmonster https://l.d20.ninja/zZC2cA
Jurassic Park TCG Escapes Korea with English Edition Arriving in November
Life, uh, finds a way, and apparently so do trading cards. The officially licensed Jurassic Park Trading Card Game, until now largely confined to the South Korean market, is getting an English-language edition, with its first products scheduled to reach the US on 20th November 2026. Created by South
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September 14, 2026 at 9:32 AM
The officially licensed Jurassic Park Trading Card Game, until now largely confined to the South Korean market, is getting an English-language edition, with its first products scheduled to reach the US on 20th November. #tcgs #jurassicPark #universal #cardmonster https://l.d20.ninja/zZC2cA
From board gaming in Welsh fields and RPGs around woodland campfires to fantasy markets in pubs and trading cards in Bermondsey market, Britian’s tabletop event scene is getting considerably more varied and harder to define. #conventions #boardGames #rpgs #rulesfest https://l.d20.ninja/WK4PCa
Is Tabletop Gaming Escaping the Traditional Convention Hall?
From board gaming in Welsh fields and RPGs around woodland campfires to fantasy markets in pubs and trading cards in Bermondsey market, Britian’s tabletop event scene is getting considerably more varied and harder to define. For decades the basic shape of a tabletop gaming event has been fairly
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September 12, 2026 at 11:45 AM
From board gaming in Welsh fields and RPGs around woodland campfires to fantasy markets in pubs and trading cards in Bermondsey market, Britian’s tabletop event scene is getting considerably more varied and harder to define. #conventions #boardGames #rpgs #rulesfest https://l.d20.ninja/WK4PCa
Fresh from winning herself an ENNIE Award for Best Online Content with the Solo RPG List website, Sero joins our team of columnists with her monthly look at Solo RPGs. #soloTtrpgsWithSero #soloRpg #genCon #ennieAwards https://l.d20.ninja/FHuPFT
Solo TTRPGs Time to Shine at the ENNIE Awards
There was a lot to celebrate at this year’s ENNIE Awards ceremony, especially for the creators (and players) of Solo Tabletop Role-Playing Games (TTRPGs). The awards ceremony is held annually at GenCon Indianapolis and first included nominees for solo games going back as far as 2019, when plot ARMOR
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September 12, 2026 at 6:47 AM
Fresh from winning herself an ENNIE Award for Best Online Content with the Solo RPG List website, Sero joins our team of columnists with her monthly look at Solo RPGs. #soloTtrpgsWithSero #soloRpg #genCon #ennieAwards https://l.d20.ninja/FHuPFT
Plunge the heroes of your Swords of the Serpentine game into an epic campaign of mystery, intrigue, and swashbuckling action with Pillars Built on Sand. #rpgPdfSpotlight #rpgs #pelgranePress #gumshoe #swordsOfTheSerpentine https://l.d20.ninja/DMTXwk
Pillars Built on Sand
RPG PDF Spotlights is our daily look at a recent release for a new tabletop roleplaying game, supplement or scenario, or solo journaling game, that has caught my eye. Pillars Built on Sand Swords of the Sertpentine GUMSHOE Campaign by Pelgrane Press A masked vigilante! Mortals made monstrous by a
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September 12, 2026 at 2:12 AM
Plunge the heroes of your Swords of the Serpentine game into an epic campaign of mystery, intrigue, and swashbuckling action with Pillars Built on Sand. #rpgPdfSpotlight #rpgs #pelgranePress #gumshoe #swordsOfTheSerpentine https://l.d20.ninja/DMTXwk