The world’s biggest tabletop RPG weekly news show! News and chat about Dungeons & Dragons (and other tabletop roleplaying games) since June 2018! Now recording LIVE on YouTube every Friday at 2pm UK time (9am Eastern).
Episodes
Saturday Aug 12, 2023
Saturday Aug 12, 2023
This week, Peter and Jessica talk about the winners of the 2023 ENnie Awards. In the news, Dungeons & Dragons AI art controversy, Unearthed Arcana playtest survey results, Gen Con aftermath, Shadow of the Weird Wizard Kickstarter, and more! Plus a new version of a classic sketch about new class options in Burrows and Bearowls!
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News
Glory of the Giants AI-Enhanced Art https://www.enworld.org/threads/glory-of-the-giants-ai-enhanced-art.699127/
Wizards of the Coast first statement about the AI art controversy https://www.enworld.org/threads/wotc-artists-must-refrain-from-using-ai-art-generation.699147/
Updated posted to D&D Beyond after the podcast was recorded https://www.dndbeyond.com/community-update#OnAIArtGenerationinDD
D&D Unearthed Arcana Playtest 5 Survey Results https://www.enworld.org/threads/one-d-d-survey-feedback-weapon-mastery-spectacular-warlock-and-wizard-mixed-reactions.699213/
Advanced Weapon Mastery from PJ Coffey on DriveThruRPG https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/443473/Advanced-Weapon-Mastery?affiliate_id=36142
News Digest for August 11, 2023 (ICv2 quarterly industry report and Hasbro earnings call, Gen Con attendance and contract renewal, Gen Con Heist, Dimension 20 returns to production, ) https://www.enworld.org/threads/news-digest-for-august-11-2023.699225/
Shadow of the Weird Wizard on Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/432417423/shadow-of-the-weird-wizard
Not DnD on Shadow of the Weird Wizard https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hl_Rev4jtGs
EN Publishing sponsorship for Level Up: Advanced 5e Actual Play shows https://enworld.live/sponsorship
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2023 ENnie Awards
ENnie Award Nominees and Winners for 2023 https://ennie-awards.com/2023-nominees/
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Hosts: Russ “Morrus” Morrissey, Peter Coffey, and Jessica Hancock
Editing and post-production: Darryl Mott
Theme Song: Steve Arnott
Malach the Maleficent played by Darren Morrissey
Check out all the media content from EN World at http://enliverpg.com
Saturday Aug 05, 2023
Saturday Aug 05, 2023
This week, Morrus, Peter, and Jessica go over all the news (so far) from Gen Con including Starfinder 2nd Edition, Welcome to Night Vale RPG, Moria: The Long Dark for One Ring, Cy_Borg and Pirate Borg sourcebooks, and a lot more! Plus a brand new sketch about dark omens of a terrifying calamity with horrors beyond imagining.
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News
Beth Rimmels reviews Dragonlance: Dragons of Fate for EN World https://www.enworld.org/threads/dragonlance-dragons-of-fate-review.699047/
Dragonlance: Dragons of Fate on Amazon https://amzn.to/47iomMa
News Digest for August 4, 2023 (Roll20 suffers DDoS attack, Steam crashes due to Baldur’s Gate 3, Moria: The Long Dark from Free League, Mork Borg/Cy_Borg/Pirate Borg Releases, Kickstarter “AI” Policy, Welcome to Night Vale RPG announced, Marvel Multiverse RPG on Roll20, Hasbro sells eOne, Shadowrun: Takedown narrative card game Kickstarter) https://www.enworld.org/threads/news-digest-for-august-4-2023.699104/
2023 Diana Jones Award Winner: Coyote & Crow https://www.enworld.org/threads/coyote-crow-wins-2023-diana-jones-award.699086/
ENnie Awards webpage https://ennie-awards.com/
Starfinder 2nd Edition https://www.enworld.org/threads/paizo-announces-starfinder-2nd-edition.699062/
Under a Blood-Red Sun from Myth-forged Games https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/441989/Under-a-BloodRed-Sun-Pocket-Quest-2023?affiliate_id=36142
OneBookShelf (DriveThruRPG, DMs Guild, Roll20, etc.) updated policy on algorithmically generated content https://help.onebookshelf.com/hc/en-us/articles/12780748778135-Product-Standards-Guidelines#product-activation-0-12
A5e SRD ORC License Guide https://a5esrd.com/how-to-use-the-open-rpg-creative-orc-license
A5e SRD https://a5esrd.com/a5esrd
Giants of the Star Forge on D&D Beyond for free https://www.dndbeyond.com/claim/source/giants-of-the-star-forge
DungeonScrawl https://www.dungeonscrawl.com/
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Editing and post-production: Darryl Mott
Theme Song: Steve Arnott
Malach the Maleficent played by Darren Morrissey
Check out all the media content from EN World at http://enliverpg.com
Saturday Jul 29, 2023
Saturday Jul 29, 2023
This week, Morrus and Jessica talk with special guest Mike Shea about Open5e. In the news, Dungeons & Dragons comes back to Gen Con, Pathfinder coming to mobile, D&D 5e SRD has been translated into four languages, and more! Plus a brand new sketch about a very odd potion shop.
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Mike Shea
Sly Flourish website https://slyflourish.com/
Sly Flourish on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/slyflourish
Sly Flourish on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/slyflourish
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News
Biggest TTRPG crowdfunding companies of all time https://www.enworld.org/threads/who-are-the-biggest-ttrpg-crowdfunders-of-all-time.698975/
Mirrorscape Open Beta launches https://www.enworld.org/threads/augmented-reality-app-mirrorscape-launches-on-mobile.698973/
Level Up: Monstrous Menagerie VTT Tokens https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/443894/Level-Up-Monstrous-Menagerie-VTT-Tokens-A5E?affiliate_id=36142
News Digest for July 28, 2023 (D&D at Gen Con, Elemental Stones board game from Paizo, Shadowrun: Shoot Straight) https://www.enworld.org/threads/news-digest-for-the-week-of-july-28.698981/
Gary Gygax Park Bench Dedication https://www.enworld.org/threads/gary-gygax-park-bench-dedication.698968/
Paizo and TabletopTown partnership for asynchronous RPG play on mobile devices https://www.enworld.org/threads/paizo-partnering-with-tabletoptown-and-new-releases.698970/
Pathfinder Loremaster trivia game app https://www.enworld.org/threads/lore-masters-and-updates-to-the-pathfinder-society.698952/
Update from Paizo President Jim Butler (covers the closure of the Redmond office under “Mostly Remote” header) https://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo6sid6?Update-from-Paizo-President-Jim-Butler
Official Dungeons & Dragons YouTube Channel (where you can find all the videos about Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants) https://www.youtube.com/@DNDWizards/videos
Dyson Logos’s Patreon https://www.patreon.com/dysonlogos
D&D Beyond Community Update with links to the French, Italian, German, and Spanish SRDs for 5e https://www.dndbeyond.com/community-update
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Open5e
Open5e website https://open5e.com/
Open5e API documentation https://open5e.com/api-docs
Owlbear Rodeo VTT https://www.owlbear.rodeo/
Owlbear Rodeo Clash! Initiative Tracker https://extensions.owlbear.rodeo/clash
Perchance Random Generator https://perchance.org/welcome
A5E Tools https://a5e.tools/
The Ens***tification of TikTok by Cory Doctorow https://www.wired.com/story/tiktok-platforms-cory-doctorow/
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Editing and post-production: Darryl Mott
Theme Song: Steve Arnott
Malach the Maleficent played by Darren Morrissey
Check out all the media content from EN World at http://enliverpg.com
Saturday Jul 22, 2023
Saturday Jul 22, 2023
This week, Morrus, Peter, and Jessica talk about who chooses what game to play. In the news, previews on new Dungeons & Dragons books, The Laundry Files 2nd Edition announced, Paizo community update, and more! Plus a brand new sketch about facing an underwhelming monster.
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News
Neverwinter MMORPG Demonweb Pits https://www.playneverwinter.com/en/news-details/11548383
Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse boxed set cover and art preview https://www.enworld.org/threads/planescape-pre-order-page-shows-off-the-books.698812/
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants monster preview video https://www.enworld.org/threads/a-deep-dive-into-the-over-70-new-monsters-in-glory-of-the-giants.698795/
Shadow of the Weird Wizard Kickstarter pre-launch page https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/432417423/shadow-of-the-weird-wizard
Not DnD - Shadow of the Weird Wizard https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hl_Rev4jtGs
News Digest for July 21 (Monte Cook Games The Weird, The Laundry Files 2nd Edition announced, Fantasy AGE 2nd Edition released, SAG-AFTRA Strike and Critical Role, Dimension20, etc., CMON Marvel Multiverse accessories) https://www.enworld.org/threads/news-digest-for-july-21-2023.698859/
Paizo Community Update and a Look Ahead https://www.enworld.org/threads/paizo-community-update-and-a-look-ahead.698829/
What’s OLD is NEW Starter Set Kickstarter from EN Publishing https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/enworld/woin
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Editing and post-production: Darryl Mott
Theme Song: Steve Arnott
Malach the Maleficent played by Darren Morrissey
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Saturday Jul 15, 2023
Saturday Jul 15, 2023
This week, Morrus, Peter, and Jessica talk about using social media in the RPG industry. In the news, Critical Role sells out Wembley Arena, ENnie Award nominations are in, Paizo and Mirrorscape bringing Augmented Reality to RPGs, and more! Plus a brand new sketch about the intrepid archaeologist Montana Drones!
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News
Critical Role Appearing at London’s Wembley Arena https://www.enworld.org/threads/critical-role-appearing-at-londons-wembley-arena.698718/
USA Today article on Ashley Johnson restraining order against Brian Wayne Foster https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2023/05/23/ashley-johnson-restraining-order-brian-wayne-foster-the-last-of-us-critical-role/70250246007/
Level Up A5E Actual Play Sponsorship https://enworld.live/sponsorship
Level Up A5E Actual Plays for July, August, & September 2023 https://enworld.live/newsblog/sponsored-level-up-advanced-5th-edition-actual-plays-ban4s-eg2yf
Mirrorscape and Paizo Partnership for Augmented Reality VTT https://www.enworld.org/threads/paizo-news-collab-with-mirrorscape.698693/
Steps to a Hero from Periapt Games on Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/periaptgames/steps-to-a-hero-a-lifepath-system-for-5e-fantasy
Star Trek Adventures Captain’s Log Solo RPG https://www.enworld.org/threads/play-star-trek-by-yourself-in-this-new-solo-version-of-star-trek-adventures.698717/
News Digest for July 14, 2023 (Blade Runner RPG book announcements, Defiant RPG from Magpie Games) https://www.enworld.org/threads/news-digest-for-july-14-2023.698743/
Cairn from Yochai Gal https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/330809/Cairn?affiliate_id=36142
Spider-Verse expansion for Marvel Multiverse Roleplaying https://www.enworld.org/threads/spider-verse-expansion-coming-for-marvel-roleplaying.698691/
Bigby Presents Glory of the Giants preview https://www.enworld.org/threads/glory-of-the-giants-first-look-giant-ticks-player-options-tables-tools.698703/
Data from a million DnDBeyond character sheets https://seedofworlds.blogspot.com/2023/06/player-class-stability-from-1m-d-beyond.html?m=1
ENnie Award Nominees for 2023 https://www.enworld.org/threads/here-are-the-2023-ennies-nominees.698646/
ENnie 2023 Voting https://vote.ennie-awards.com/vote/2023/
Asians Represent Podcast “Has WotC Fixed the D&D Monk?” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u03o11iyWmE
The Verge article: OpenAI says it could ‘cease operating’ in EU if it can’t comply with future regulation https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/25/23737116/openai-ai-regulation-eu-ai-act-cease-operating
Owlbear Rodeo 2.0 https://www.owlbear.app/
Level Up: Monstrous Menagerie VTT Tokens https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/443894/Level-Up-Monstrous-Menagerie-VTT-Tokens-A5E?affiliate_id=36142
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Social Media for RPG Publishers
EN Publishing Linkin (similar to Linktree) https://linkin.bio/enpublishingrpg
Morrus’ Linktree (includes personal and professional social media) https://linktr.ee/morrus
EN World/EN Publishing on social media:
YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@enworldlive/
Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/enpublishing
Facebook (EN Publishing) https://www.facebook.com/enpublishingrpg
Facebook (EN World) https://www.facebook.com/enworldrpg
Twitter (Morrus/EN World) https://twitter.com/Morrus
Twitter (EN Publishing) https://twitter.com/enpublishingrpg
Bluesky (Morrus) https://bsky.app/profile/morrus.bsky.social/post/3k26sz7wftg2a
Mastodon EN World server http://chirp.enworld.org
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/enpublishingrpg/
TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@enpublishingrpg
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Editing and post-production: Darryl Mott
Theme Song: Steve Arnott
Malach the Maleficent played by Darren Morrissey
Check out all the media content from EN World at http://enliverpg.com
Saturday Jul 08, 2023
Saturday Jul 08, 2023
This week, Morrus and Peter talk about algorithmic AI generated content and RPGs. In the news, D&D Beyond, Itch.io, Roll20, and Fantasy Ground summer sales, official Adventure Time RPG announced, Baldur’s Gate 3 release date change, and more! Plus a listener question about Creative Commons vs ORC License and brand new sketch about interesting alchemical experimentation.
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News
D&D Beyond Summer Sale https://www.enworld.org/threads/theres-a-big-d-d-summer-sale-on-right-now.698639/
Itch.io Summer Sale https://itch.io/sales
Official Adventure Time RPG Announced from Cryptozoic https://www.enworld.org/threads/official-adventure-time-rpg-uses-new-yes-and-system.698381/
News Digest for July 7 (Baldur’s Gate 3 release date changes, Blood in Baldur’s Gate prequel, Call of Cthulhu events with Mark Meer, The One Ring $2 million Magic: The Gathering card found) https://www.enworld.org/threads/news-digest-for-july-7.698630/
What’s OLD is NEW (WOIN) Starter Box Kickstarter launches https://www.enworld.org/threads/whats-old-is-new-starter-box-is-here-back-this-fantasy-modern-sci-fi-ttrpg-with-an-open-license.698590/
Gloomhaven BackerKit campaign over $3 million https://www.backerkit.com/c/cephalofair/gloomhaven
Savage Worlds 20th Anniversary Celebration Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/545820095/savage-worlds-20th-anniversary-celebration
BREACH! Public Playtest on Itch.io https://orangeindigo.itch.io/breachbeta
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Algorithmic Content Generation and RPGs
OpenAI Hit With Class Action Over ‘Unprecedented’ Web Scraping from Bloomberg Law https://news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law/openai-hit-with-class-action-over-unprecedented-web-scraping
Authors file lawsuit against OpenAI for unlawfully ‘ingesting’ their books from The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/jul/05/authors-file-a-lawsuit-against-openai-for-unlawfully-ingesting-their-books
US Copyright Office: AI Generated Works Are Not Eligible for Copyright from ARTnews https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/ai-generator-art-text-us-copyright-policy-1234661683/
Thought experiment in the National Library of Thailand https://medium.com/@emilymenonbender/thought-experiment-in-the-national-library-of-thailand-f2bf761a8a83
The Chinese Room Argument (philosophical experiment about a person alone in a room following a computer program for responding to Chinese characters slipped under the door) https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/chinese-room/
Chinese Room 2 (a spin-off of the Chinese Room Argument from Tumblr user lumsel to explain how ChatGPT and other large language models work) https://www.tumblr.com/lumsel/712577333350023168/chinese-room-2
Lawyer Used ChatGPT In Court - And Cited Fake Cases. A Judge Is Considering Sanctions from Forbes https://www.forbes.com/sites/mollybohannon/2023/06/08/lawyer-used-chatgpt-in-court-and-cited-fake-cases-a-judge-is-considering-sanctions/
Dungeons & Dragons Player Gets AI Bot to DM, Works Surprisingly Well from TheGamer https://www.thegamer.com/dungeons-dragons-chatgpt-ai-dm/
American Scientist article on Bias Optimizers https://www.americanscientist.org/article/bias-optimizers
ChatGPT gender discrimination example with nurse and doctor, doubles-down on sexism by stating that the doctor must be male and nurse must be female from April 2023 https://hkotek.com/blog/gender-bias-in-chatgpt/
ChatGPT’s “jailbreak” tries to make A.I break its own rules or die from CNBC https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/06/chatgpt-jailbreak-forces-it-to-break-its-own-rules.html
Artists Voice Concerns Over the Signatures In Viral LensaAI Portraits from ARTnews https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/signatures-lensa-ai-portraits-1234649633/
Getty Images is suing the creators of AI art tool Stable Diffusion for scraping its content from The Verge https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/17/23558516/ai-art-copyright-stable-diffusion-getty-images-lawsuit
Gizmodo’s io9 Published an AI-Generated Star Wars Article That Was Filled With Errors from Variety (it was a list of Star Wars content in chronological order that left out multiple shows including Andor and Kenobi and lists The Clone Wars coming after Rise of Skywalker, which is incorrect both in-universe and in real-world release dates) https://variety.com/2023/digital/news/io9-ai-generated-star-wars-article-errors-1235662194/
A sci-fi magazine has cut off submissions after a flood of AI-generated stories from NPR https://www.npr.org/2023/02/24/1159286436/ai-chatbot-chatgpt-magazine-clarkesworld-artificial-intelligence
ChatGPT uses between 1L of water per 40-100 queries https://www.businessinsider.com/chatgpt-generative-ai-water-use-environmental-impact-study-2023-4
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Hosts: Russ “Morrus” Morrissey, Peter Coffey, and Jessica Hancock
Editing and post-production: Darryl Mott
Theme Song: Steve Arnott
Malach the Maleficent played by Darren Morrissey
Check out all the media content from EN World at http://enliverpg.com
Saturday Jul 01, 2023
Saturday Jul 01, 2023
This week, Morrus, Peter, and Jessica discuss whether metagaming is cheating. In the news, a new playtest document for the 2024 D&D revision, the ORC license has been finalized, a preview of the new D&D adventure Phandelver & Below, Origins Award winners announced, and more! Plus a brand new sketch about an underwhelming selection at the magic item shop.
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News
Open RPG Creative (ORC) License finalized https://www.enworld.org/threads/the-final-open-rpg-creator-orc-license-is-here.698527/
Forged with Fire for Top Secret by Solarian Games on Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/solarian/forged-with-fire
2021 was a Massive Year for TTRPG Crowdfunders https://www.enworld.org/threads/2021-was-a-massive-year-for-ttrpg-crowdfunders.698490/
Infinite Archipelago: The Isle of Sedra for The Fantasy Trip on Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gamingballistic/infinite-archipelago-the-isle-of-sedra
Phandelver & Below Preview https://www.enworld.org/threads/phandelver-belows-full-description.698445/
Beadle & Grimm Phandelver Legendary Edition https://www.enworld.org/threads/beadle-and-grimm-announces-phandelver-legendary-edition-for-october.698385/
Origins Award Winners for 2023 https://www.enworld.org/threads/here-are-this-years-origins-award-winners-coyote-crow-and-agents-of-dune-win-for-rpgs.698447/
Nymphs: Alseids, Dryads, Naiads, Nereads, and Oreads for Level Up: Advanced 5e by PJ Coffey https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/442526/Nymphs-Alseids-Dryads-Naiads-Nereads-and-Oreads?affiliate_id=36142
News Digest for June 30, 2023 (Shadowrun: Body Shop and Shadowrun: Bestial Nature releases, ) https://www.enworld.org/threads/news-digest-for-june-30-2023.698525/
Homebrew and Hacking Advanced Weapon Properties https://homebrewandhacking.com/2023/06/29/advanced-weapon-properties/
D&D 2024 Playtest Document https://www.enworld.org/threads/new-one-d-d-playtest-document-77-pages-7-classes-more.698499/
What’s OLD is NEW Starter Box on Kickstarter launching this Tuesday https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/enworld/woin
Not DnD on WOIN Starter Set https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tT7cc5vG2cE
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Editing and post-production: Darryl Mott
Theme Song: Steve Arnott
Malach the Maleficent played by Darren Morrissey
Check out all the media content from EN World at http://enliverpg.com
Saturday Jun 24, 2023
Saturday Jun 24, 2023
This week, Morrus, Peter, and Jessica answer the question, “Can the GM cheat in an RPG?” In the news, Gloomhaven and Tales of the Valiant break $1,000,000 in crowdfunding, Renegade Game Studios claims they own the word “Renegade”, Diana Jones Award finalists announced, and more! Plus a brand new sketch about reassessing the threat level of a legendary foe.
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News
Renegade Game Studios claims ownership of the word “Renegade” https://www.enworld.org/threads/renegade-studios-sends-c-d-to-stop-small-creator-using-the-word-renegade.698312/
News Digest for June 23, 2023 (update on the Renegade Game Studios trademark controversy, Rengade Game Studios and By Night Studios distribution deal, Pirate Borg pre-order, Green Ronin teases Swords of the Shadow Planet, Mayfair Games returning, ) https://www.enworld.org/threads/news-digest-for-june-23-2023.698387/
Who the Devil Are You? from Monte Cook Games https://www.enworld.org/threads/in-who-the-devil-are-you-the-players-do-all-the-work.698392/
Script Change by Beau Jágr Sheldon https://briebeau.com/thoughty/script-change/
Tales of the Valiant Joins the $1M Crowdfunding Club https://www.enworld.org/threads/tales-of-the-valiant-joins-the-1m-crowdfunding-club.698356/
Gloomhaven RPG Crowdfunder Hits $1M in First Hours https://www.enworld.org/threads/gloomhaven-rpg-crowdfunder-hits-1m-in-first-hours.698353/
Artipelago by Hatchling Games on Crowdfundr https://crowdfundr.com/artipelago
Not DnD - INSPIRISLES https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7VN3z0JQHs
Beadle & Grimm’s Deluxe Edition of Phandelver & Below https://beadleandgrimms.com/products/legendary-edition-of-phandelver-below-the-shattered-obelisk
This Mortal Coil by David Garrett https://carpedavid.itch.io/this-mortal-coil
Diana Jones Award Nominees 2023 https://www.enworld.org/threads/this-years-diana-jones-award-nominees-include-a-journalist-2-ttrpgs-a-d-d-adventure-and-a-game-designer.698345/
TTRPG Freelancer Writer/Editor Rate Survey https://www.enworld.org/threads/ttrpg-freelancer-writer-editor-rate-survey.698306/
TTRPG Freelancer Artist/Cartographer Rate Survey https://www.enworld.org/threads/ttrpg-freelancer-artist-cartographer-rate-survey.698323/
Search & Rescue: A Mausritter Adventure https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/441826/Search--Rescue-A-Mausritter-adventure?affiliate_id=36142
A Case of MisTastin’ Identity by Jeff Somogyl https://www.dmsguild.com/product/442392?affiliate_id=36142
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Cheating GMs
TikTok from scxrlet64 on cheating as a GM https://www.tiktok.com/@scxrlet64/video/7247584131607956782
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Editing and post-production: Darryl Mott
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Malach the Maleficent played by Darren Morrissey
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Saturday Jun 17, 2023
Saturday Jun 17, 2023
This week, Morrus and Peter talk about the D&D 5e video games Baldur’s Gate 3 and Solasta: Crown of the Magister. In the news, NuTSR files for bankruptcy, Modiphius buys the solo RPG Five Parsecs from Home, Cocaine Owlbear RPG released, and more! Plus Our Favorite Game in All the World and a brand new sketch about wizard tower repair contractors.
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News
NuTSR Declares Bankruptcy https://www.enworld.org/threads/nutsr-declares-bankruptcy.698239/
Timeline of the TSR Trademark Saga https://www.enworld.org/threads/the-full-glorious-history-of-nutsr.684697/
Pendragon Starter Set https://www.chaosium.com/blogreleasing-june-the-pendragon-starter-set/
What’s OLD is NEW Starter Set http://www.woinrpg.com/starter-set-1
Cocaine Owlbear RPG https://mikelaff.itch.io/cocaine-owlbear
Homebrew and Hacking Blog Post about Industry-Related Episodes https://homebrewandhacking.com/2023/06/16/industry-episodes/
News Digest for June 16, 2023 (Modiphius acquires Five Core system games) https://www.enworld.org/threads/news-digest-for-june-16-2023.698277/
Homebrew and Hacking: Crafting Heritages and Cultures from PJ Coffey https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/387005/Homebrew-and-Hacking-Crafting-Heritages-and-Cultures?affiliate_id=36142
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Kickstarters
The Last Caravan: A Cars and Aliens Tabletop RPG https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/theodoreinthevalley/the-last-caravan-a-cars-and-aliens-tabletop-rpg
Knight https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/armouredgames/knight-0
20 Bounties & Most Wanted https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sidequest20/100-bounties-and-most-wanted-ideas-for-game-masters
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D&D 5e Video Games
Baldur’s Gate 3 Website https://baldursgate3.game/
Baldur’s Gate 3 on Steam (PC and Mac) https://store.steampowered.com/app/1086940/Baldurs_Gate_3/
Baldur’s Gate 3 on Playstation https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP3526-PPSA14001_00-0507384846053057
Solasta: Crown of the Magister https://www.solasta-game.com/
Solasta: Crown of the Magister on PC https://store.steampowered.com/app/1096530/Solasta_Crown_of_the_Magister/
Baldur’s Gate 3: Returning to the City After 20 Years https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0uYhTLPGLQ
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Saturday Jun 10, 2023
Saturday Jun 10, 2023
This week, Morrus, Peter, and Jessica take you behind the scenes of working a convention as a publisher. In the news, Wizards of the Coast expands on what to expect from the 2024 D&D Core Rulebook update, new product announcements from Modiphius, Free League, Paizo partners, and indie publishers, controversy in the BattleTech Reddit community, and more! Plus a new listener question and a brand new sketch about a tomb with a deadly semantic curse.
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News
News Digest for June 9, 2023 (Update on 2024 D&D Core Rulebooks, Star Trek Adventures Lower Decks pre-order and table of contents, BattleTech Reddit Controversy, Coriolis: Wake of the Icons release) https://www.enworld.org/threads/news-digest-for-june-9-2023.698149/
Kobold Press’s Tales of the Valiant on Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/deepmagic/tales-of-the-valiant-rpg-launching-black-flag-roleplaying
Nexalis from Cezar Capacle coming soon on Crowdfundr https://crowdfundr.com/nexalisrpg
Pathfinder Dynamite Comics Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dynamiteent/new-starfinder-pathfinder-and-worldscape-graphic-novels
How Many Tabletop RPGs Can You Fit on One Sheet of Paper? https://www.enworld.org/threads/how-many-tabletop-rpgs-can-you-fit-on-one-sheet-of-paper.698109/
Brother… Why? From Hivemind Games on Kickstarter (Funded in February 2023, fulfilling now) https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/coreycreates/why-brother
Zilight! Solo Zombie Survival Game from The Grinning Frog https://www.thegrinningfrog.com/product-page/zillight-zombie-survival-game
Breaking Infinity RPG from Battlebox Games (link goes directly to free PDF) http://baffleboxgames.com/files/Breaking_Infinity_v5.05_A5.pdf
Last Fleet by Joshua Fox by Black Armada Games https://blackarmada.com/product/last-fleet/
Be Like a Crow - A Solo RPG by Tim Roberts of Critical Kit https://criticalkit.us/collections/be-like-a-crow
Ultimate Game Master Screen on Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ultimategamemaster/the-ultimate-game-master-screen
DIRECT Effect (Range & Direction) plus Called Shot on Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/criteffect/direct-effect-range-and-direction-plus-called-shot
Exquisite Exandria: The Official Cookbook of Critical Role on Amazon for pre-order https://amzn.to/45XfLxR
What’s OLD is NEW RPG Starter Set http://www.woinrpg.com/starter-set-1
EN Publishing Mailing List Sign-up https://mailchi.mp/enpublishingrpg/en-publishing
West Marches Style Simplified Encumbrance for Level Up: Advanced 5e by PJ Coffey https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/440844/West-Marches-Style--Simplified-Encumbrance-for-A5e?affiliate_id=36142
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Malach the Maleficent played by Darren Morrissey
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