Author: Amy Goodenough

The news this week may not surprise you. Fantasy Flight Games will wind down development on all its RPG lines. FFG laid off the bulk of its RPG team last month, so this was a looming probability, but will be sad news to many fans. Meanwhile, Wizards of the Coast gives us the announcement we…

Antisemitism; Coronavirus; Sex. Yyyeah, there’s some controversial stuff this week. Publishers have cut ties with Judges Guild, one of the most venerable names in the industry, after antisemitic & racist comments by the company’s owner came to light. Meanwhile, the effects of the coronavirus on the Chinese manufacturing industry touches the game world, as we…

Wow! This week is almost all crowdfunding! In the regular news, we have statistics charting the current and historical popularity of the top-selling RPGs; a look at the (confusing) history of the World of Darkness setting; the relationship between PbtA games and LGBT gamers; artpunk; Judge Dredd & community content. But this week, Zine Quest…

In this week’s news: how the US military could use RPGs to improve training; an incredible timeline showing the genealogy of RPGs from 1974 to 2019; an audiobook of a classic work of RPG history; content warnings; Firefly; starter sets; deceptive OSR; & some very cute animals. Support Us Want to help us keep this…

In this week’s news divisiveness is a key subject, as two stories showcase the ways in which our hobby is split. There is anger around the new Critical Role D&D sourcebook, and the divisions it shows in the D&D fandom. And then there is (somehow) controversy around Evil Hat’s claim that Lovecraft is racist. We…

Well… Oops! A combination of Cylon betrayal and day jobs got our week off to an interesting start, and we’re a day late on today’s update! Thanks for your patience while we got things back up and running. Livestreaming is in the mainstream this week, with news of an animated series of D&D actual play,…

This week’s news is overshadowed by a shocking piece of bad news: Fantasy Flight Game’s digital board game wing is shutting down, and all signs point to the RPG wing following. After a series of lay-offs, it’s unclear what the future of FFG’s RPG lines might be. There are a few new product announcements (including,…

And we are back! We’re rested up after a long holiday, and trying to convince ourselves that 2020 is a real year, not just the exposition at the start of a dystopian movie. News of war and wildfire is not helping with that. Our first update is a largely retrospective one, as we catch up…

The office parties are over, long flights home loom, and it’s time for the RPG industry to go into a brief hibernation. Of course, that doesn’t mean that things have been quiet this week! There’s great news from Kickstarter United, as the union signs a deal with Kickstarter. Meanwhile, DriveThruRPG bans a publisher for slander…

London has stripped itself of leaves and put on its (grey, wet) winter clothes. The air is filled with the smell of gingerbread and the mournful cries of the WHAMMed. Most of this week’s update was written with the Muppet Christmas Carol playing in the background (oh boy, the ghost of Christmas past was way…