Morrus’ Unofficial Tabletop RPG Talk

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The world’s biggest tabletop RPG weekly news show! News and chat about Dungeons & Dragons (and other tabletop roleplaying games) since June 2018!

Episodes

Sunday Aug 11, 2024

310 | "Blurgate" Wizards Sends Takedown Notices to YouTubers, Stormlight Archive Kickstarter Breaks Records, Sigil VTT Preview, and more with Guest Mike Shea!

Sunday Aug 11, 2024

This week, Morrus, PJ, and Jessica are joined by Mike Shea aka Sly Flourish to talk about The City of Arches. In the news, Wizards sending takedowns to YouTubers, Stormlight Archive breaks $1 million in an hour, Sigil VTT previews from Gen Con, and more!

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Mike Shea

Sly Flourish and Lazy DM website https://slyflourish.com/

Sly Flourish - The Lazy Dungeon Master on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@SlyFlourish

City of Arches – A High Fantasy 5e RPG City Sourcebook on Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/slyflourish/the-city-of-arches-a-high-fantasy-5e-rpg-city-sourcebook

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News

Brandon Sanderson’s Stormlight Archive TTRPG makes $1 million in under one hour on Kickstarter https://www.enworld.org/threads/brandon-sandersons-stormlight-archive-ttrpg-makes-1m-in-under-an-hour.705998/

The Stormlight Archive RPG on Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/brotherwise/the-stormlight-archive-rpg

“Blurgate” – Wizards of the Coast issues takedowns/copyright claim requests against YouTubers for Player’s Handbook https://www.enworld.org/threads/d-d-players-handbook-video-redactions-takedowns.705901/

Eldritch Lorecast #149 with guests Makenzie De Armas and Justice Arman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PigdRLAA7Ro

When We Were Wizards Podcast https://www.podbean.com/podcast-detail/e8dzg-2732b7/When-We-Were-Wizards-Podcast

Project Sigil Live Stream Reveal https://www.enworld.org/threads/dungeons-dragons-live-at-gen-con-reveals-project-sigil.705887/

Update on Project Sigil https://www.enworld.org/threads/project-sigil-updates-d-ds-3d-virtual-tabletop.705847/

Project Sigil Live in Action https://www.enworld.org/threads/now-you-can-watch-wotcs-3d-vtt-project-sigil-in-action.705988/

New Dragonlance Trilogy from Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman https://www.enworld.org/threads/new-dragonlance-novels-from-weis-and-hickman-in-2026.706042/

Either/Orc on Itch.io https://robotpaper.itch.io/eitherorc

2024 ENNIE Award Winners https://www.enworld.org/threads/congratulations-to-the-2024-ennie-award-winners.705989/

Deck of Many Insults from Loke Battle Mats https://www.lokebattlemats.us/shop/p/deck-of-many-insults

Perilous Void https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1735046512/the-perilous-void

City of Arches – A High Fantasy 5e RPG City Sourcebook https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/slyflourish/the-city-of-arches-a-high-fantasy-5e-rpg-city-sourcebook

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Hosts: Russ “Morrus” Morrissey, PJ Coffey, and Jessica Hancock

Editing and post-production: Darryl Mott

Theme Song: Steve Arnott

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Wednesday Aug 07, 2024

Not DnD August 2024 Preview

Wednesday Aug 07, 2024

Not DnD is a weekly show discussing tabletop roleplaying games. Each week EN Publishing’s @tabletopjess interviews the creators behind different tabletop roleplaying games that aren’t D&D!

You can watch the live recording every Monday at 5pm ET / 10pm BST on YouTube or Twitch, or catch up with the podcast platform of your choice by searching 'Not DnD'.

Here's the games we will be looking at in August 2024.

Jude’s World - 12th August

Jude's World, is a solo, tarot based journaling TTRPG in which a precocious preteen protagonist struggles to reunite their warring parents. The game both pays homage to and critiques "Parent Trap" style narratives while reveling in a 90s sitcom aesthetic.

Jude's World employs a traditional Rider-Waite tarot deck to generate story prompts as well as a 2d6 system for resolving Jude's attempts to rekindle the parents romance. Play through important milestones on Jude's journey into teenhood and explore their family's past through the keepsakes and knickknacks you uncover around their home.

A campaign on Kickstarter will launch in 6th August to fund a print run of the 32-page game, plus a companion workbook.

Horse & Rider - 19th August

Horse and Rider is a 2-player game about a horse rider taming, and forming a bond with, their horse.

One person plays the horse, the other the rider and each work together to form a bond over the course of six stages. Each stage draws from the techniques used to tame horses and are mechanically represented through a six-sided dice and three pieces of string or ribbon that are braided together. This mechanic was chosen as a way to represent trust between the two parties and draws from the history of horse riders braiding horse hair.

The crowdfunding campaign for the book print run was fulfilled in 2023, and is now available in PDF format on itch.

Era D10 - 26th August

The Era d10 Rule Set is a core ruleset which powers over ten games in different settings across the Era Universe. Each of the games has unique rules which affect the balance of that game. As the title outlines, the game uses a D10 dice pool.

The Era d10 Rule Set has been created to make the process of playing the game as simple as possible, while remaining representative. It is designed to be intuitive and to leave the choices in the hands of the Game Master. The goal is to reduce the time spent referring to the rulebook and increase the time spent having fun while playing!

Download a free starter guide on the system here: Era d10 Fundamentals – Digital Versions | Shades of Vengeance

Not DnD is a weekly show discussing tabletop roleplaying games. Each week EN Publishing’s @tabletopjess interviews the creators behind different tabletop roleplaying games that aren’t D&D!

Watch the live recording every Monday at 5pm ET / 10pm BST on YouTube or Twitch, or catch up with the podcast platform of your choice by searching 'Not DnD'.

Sunday Aug 04, 2024

309 | Dungeons & Dragons 2024 Preview, Gen Con Announcements from Paizo, Magpie Games, Free League, and more!

Sunday Aug 04, 2024

This week, Morrus, PJ, and Jessica go over all the tabletop RPG news of the week including Gen Con announcements for Dungeons & Dragons, Paizo, Alien RPG, Magpie Games, and a lot more!

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News

Gen Con 2024 Sold Out https://www.enworld.org/threads/gen-con-sold-out.705801/

2024 Diana Jones Award goes to United Paizo Workers https://www.enworld.org/threads/2024-diana-jones-award-goes-to-united-paizo-workers.705807/

Dragonlance Chronicles Omnibus Coming February 2025 https://www.enworld.org/threads/dragonlance-chronicles-omnibus-coming-february-2025.705774/

Hearth & Home: Cozy Cottage Origins for Level Up: Advanced 5e https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/488835/Hearth--Home-Cozy-Cottage-Origins?affiliate_id=36142

Alien RPG 2^nd Edition https://www.enworld.org/threads/alien-2nd-edition-is-coming.705825/

Fallen London: The Roleplaying Game from Magpie Games https://www.enworld.org/threads/magpie-games-announces-fallen-london-the-roleplaying-game.705827/

The Stormlight Archive RPG Pre-launch Page on Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/brotherwise/the-stormlight-archive-rpg

Paizo Announces Upcoming Projects in Gen Con 2024 Keynote https://www.enworld.org/threads/paizo-announces-upcoming-projects-in-gen-con-2024-keynote.705787/

When you can get your hands on the 2024 Player’s Handbook https://www.enworld.org/threads/d-d-players-handbook-when-you-can-get-it.705770/

Player’s Handbook 2024 Table of Contents https://www.enworld.org/threads/players-handbook-2024-table-of-contents.705811/

17 reviews of the 2024 D&D Player’s Handbook https://www.enworld.org/threads/d-d-2024-players-handbook-reviews.705769/

Dungeons & Dragons Live at Gen Con Reveals “Project Sigil” VTT https://www.enworld.org/threads/dungeons-dragons-live-at-gen-con-reveals-project-sigil.705887/

Project Sigil Updates: D&D’s 3D Virtual Tabletop https://www.enworld.org/threads/project-sigil-updates-d-ds-3d-virtual-tabletop.705847/

Ancient Green Dragon stat block from 2025 Monster Manual https://www.enworld.org/threads/2025s-ancient-green-dragon-stat-block-from-the-new-monster-manual.705808/

Kua-Toa stat block from 2025 Monster Manual https://www.enworld.org/threads/another-d-d-2024-monster-preview-the-kuo-toa.705818/

Skeleton stat block from 2025 Monster Manual https://www.enworld.org/threads/skeleton-entry-and-stat-blocks-from-new-monster-manual.705826/

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Saturday Jul 27, 2024

308 | D&D and Dark Horse Comics, Is Critical Role Scripted?, Paizo License Changes, and more!

Saturday Jul 27, 2024

This week, Morrus, PJ, and Jessica go over all the tabletop RPG news of the week including Dungeons & Dragons comics coming to Dark Horse, new LEGO Dungeons & Dragons minifigures, is Critical Role scripted, changes to third-party licenses for Pathfinder and Starfinder, and more!

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News

New positions for Paizo Veterans https://www.enworld.org/threads/new-positions-for-paizo-veterans.705656/

Paizo updates Pathfinder and Starfinder third party licenses https://www.enworld.org/threads/paizo-updates-pathfinder-starfinder-licenses.705668/

City of Arches – A High Fantasy 5e RPG City Sourcebook by Mike Shea aka Sly Flourish, Kickstarter pre-launch page https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/slyflourish/the-city-of-arches-a-high-fantasy-5e-rpg-city-sourcebook

ENNIE Award Dream Date Guide https://www.enworld.org/threads/ennie-award-dream-date-guide-2024.705667/

The Smurfs Roleplaying Game by Maestro Media, Kickstarter pre-launch page https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/maestromedia/the-smurfs-roleplaying-game

The Smurfs Roleplaying Game by Maestro Media Free QuickStart Guide on BackerKit https://www.backerkit.com/call_to_action/ba3506c4-19e1-46be-80bc-8dd21a4af6f2/landing

LEGO Dungeons & Dragons Minifigures https://www.enworld.org/threads/preorders-open-for-lego-dungeons-dragons-minifigures.705697/

Dark Horse Comics signs deal with Wizards of the Coast for D&D and M:TG comic books https://www.enworld.org/threads/dark-horse-comics-signs-deal-with-wizards-of-the-coast.705704/

Wizards of the Coast removed Digital Content Team credits from D&D Beyond https://www.enworld.org/threads/wotc-removes-digital-content-team-credits-from-d-d-beyond.705711/

How to Be Creative – Start and Finish Your Projects by Ed Jowett on Kickstarter now https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/shadesofvengeance/how-to-be-creative

Codex Arcana: Spell Creation Sydstem for 5e TTRPGs and more on Kickstarter now https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/theorycraft-5e/codex-arcana-spell-creation-system-for-5e-ttrpgs-and-more

Elements of Magic (for D&D 3.5 and Pathfinder) from EN Publishing on DriveThruRPG https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/2554/elements-of-magic-revised?affiliate_id=36142

Bonus Action on YouTube: I Asked Matt Mercer if Critical Role is Scripted https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0y0uhwhw2g8

Erevan’s Guide to Death and Beyond on Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/archvillaingames/erevans-guide-to-death-and-beyond-a-5e-tome

Homebrew and Hacking Blog by PJ Coffey https://homebrewandhacking.com/

High Level Adventures: Five Exciting Adventures for D&D 5e from EN Publishing on Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/enworld/high-level-adventures-five-exciting-adventures-for-dandd-5e/

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Saturday Jul 20, 2024

307 | Castles & Crusades and Gary Gygax's Castle Zagyg with Guest Stephen Chenault

Saturday Jul 20, 2024

This week, Morrus, PJ, and Jessica are joined by Stephen Chenault of Troll Lord Games to talk about Castles & Crusades. In the news, Dungeons & Dragons will be at Gen Con, Wizards of the Coast has a new president, a look at the Stormlight Archives RPG, and more!

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News

Official D&D Events at Gen Con https://www.enworld.org/threads/official-d-d-events-at-gen-con.705566/

3000 Player’s Handbooks Available at Gen Con https://www.enworld.org/threads/3-000-players-handbooks-available-at-gen-con.705563/

Deck of Many Insults from Loke Battle Mats https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/loke-battle-mats/deck-of-many-insults

New Wizards of the Coast President is World of Warcraft’s John Hight https://www.enworld.org/threads/new-wotc-president-is-world-of-warcrafts-john-hight.705558/

Damn It, Owen cartoon book by Stan! based on social media posts from Owen K.C. Stephens that “refused not to be drawn” benefiting Owen’s cancer treatment fund https://www.enworld.org/threads/damn-it-owen-cartoons-help-owen-k-c-stephens-fight-cancer.705542/

Classic Adventure Themed Dice Sets from Beadle & Grimm’s https://www.enworld.org/threads/classic-adventure-themed-dice-sets-from-beadle-grimms.705554/

Taking a Peek at The Stormlight Archive RPG https://www.enworld.org/threads/taking-a-peek-at-the-stormlight-rpg.705514/

Announcing Level Up Gateway – Official character builder for Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition https://www.enworld.org/threads/announcing-level-up-gateway.705474/

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Castles & Crusades

Troll Lord Games https://trolllord.com/

Castles & Crusades https://trolllord.com/castles-crusades/

Barsoom https://trolllord.com/barsoom/

Worlds of Gary Gygax and Castle Zagyg https://trolllord.com/worlds-of-gary-gygax/

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Saturday Jul 13, 2024

306 | Gary Gygax Sexism Controversy, Moonbeam Streaming Service, ENNIE Nominees, and more!

Saturday Jul 13, 2024

This week, Morrus, PJ, and Jessica go over all the tabletop RPG news of the week including the Gary Gygax controversy, the new streaming service Moonbeam, ENNIE nominees announced, and more!

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News

D&D Historian Ben Riggs weighs in on Gary Gygax and sexism in D&D https://www.enworld.org/threads/d-d-historian-benn-riggs-on-gary-gygax-sexism.705192/

Dungeons & Dragons stamps from the UK Royal Mail https://www.royalmail.com/sending/stamps/dnd

New streaming service Moonbeam seeks to compete with Twitch with a focus on TTRPGs https://www.enworld.org/threads/moonbeam-seeks-to-take-on-twitch-as-ttrpg-streaming-service.705427/

Monte Cook Games announced Cypher Stream Creator Fund for Moonbeam streams https://www.enworld.org/threads/monte-cook-games-announces-cypher-stream-creator-fund.705430/

Dyson’s Delves on Bundle of Holding https://bundleofholding.com/presents/DysonsDelves

Applications open for GAMA’s Horizons Fellowship DEI initiative for new gaming publishers and retailers https://www.enworld.org/threads/applications-open-for-gamas-horizons-fellowship.705438/

2024 Player’s Handbook Monk Preview https://www.enworld.org/threads/2024-players-handbook-reveal-new-monk.705178/

D&D Beyond previews of the cleric https://www.dndbeyond.com/posts/1767-2024-cleric-vs-2014-cleric-whats-new

…the bard https://www.dndbeyond.com/posts/1768-2024-bard-vs-2014-bard-whats-new

…and the sorcerer https://www.dndbeyond.com/posts/1769-2024-sorcerer-vs-2014-sorcerer-whats-new

2024 ENNIE Award Nominations https://www.enworld.org/threads/2024-ennie-nominations.705135/

Daggerheart open playtest v 1.5 available https://www.daggerheart.com/play

Quests from the Infinite Staircase on Amazon https://amzn.to/3Lko4eb

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Sunday Jul 07, 2024

305 | Roll20 Hacked, No More Hydro74 D&D Covers, Moria Pre-order, and more!

Sunday Jul 07, 2024

This week, Morrus, PJ, and Jessica go over all the tabletop RPG news of the week including the Roll20 hack, no more Hydro74 alternate D&D covers, exciting Kickstarters, and more!

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News

Hydro74 will be doing no more alternate D&D covers https://www.enworld.org/threads/there-will-be-no-more-hydro74-alternate-d-d-covers.705079/

A Peek at Quests from The Infinite Staircase https://www.enworld.org/threads/a-peek-at-quests-from-the-infinite-staircase.705057/

Table of Contents from Quests from the Infinite Staircase https://www.enworld.org/threads/quests-from-the-infinite-staircase-toc-and-zargon.705054/

Roll20 Hacked, Customer Information Possible Exposed https://www.enworld.org/threads/roll20-hacked-customer-information-possibly-exposed.705130/

Moria: Through the Doors of Durin pre-orders are open https://www.enworld.org/threads/moria-through-the-doors-of-durin-pre-orders-open.705129/

RPG Print News https://www.enworld.org/threads/rpg-print-news-%E2%80%93-cubicle-7-arc-dream-publishing-and-more.705020/

Planet of the Apes RPG on Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/magneticpressplay/the-official-planet-of-the-apes-role-playing-game

Dr. Dhrolin’s Dictionary of Dinosaurs from PalaeoGames for Pathfinder 2^nd Edition on Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/palaeogames/pathfinder-second-ed-dr-dhrolins-dictionary-of-dinosaurs

Songs of the Spellbound Sea: Nautical Adventures for 5e (the one including a mod for Baldur’s Gate 3) https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/somanyrobots/songs-of-the-spellbound-sea-new-player-options-for-5e

EN World Thread on Pre-Order Bonuses for 2024 Player’s Handbook https://www.enworld.org/threads/d-d-pre-orders-this-is-sad.705106/

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Saturday Jun 29, 2024

304 | 13th Age Second Edition with Rob Heinsoo

Saturday Jun 29, 2024

This week, Morrus and Jessica talk with Rob Heinsoo about 13^th Age 2^nd Edition. In the news, more previews of the Dungeons & Dragons 2024 Player’s Handbook, PaizoCon Europe dates announced, new Planar Map for the D&D cosmology, and more!

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News

PaizoCon Europe 2024 location and dates announced https://www.enworld.org/threads/paizocon-europe-2024-dates-announced.705006/

CRIT Awards social media statement about Gen Con event cancellation https://x.com/crit_awards/status/1806766319565713607

Voidrunner’s Codex from EN Publishing on Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/enworld/the-voidrunners-codex-sci-fi-box-set-for-5e-and-level-up-a5e

Dungeons & Dragons 5^th Edition preview videos for the 2024 Player’s Handbook:

Barbarian https://www.enworld.org/threads/2024-players-handbook-reveal-4-new-barbarian.704894/

Rogue https://www.enworld.org/threads/2024-players-handbook-reveal-new-rogue.704939/

Warlock https://www.enworld.org/threads/2024-players-handbook-reveal-new-warlock.704955/

Druid https://www.enworld.org/threads/2024-players-handbook-reveal-shape-of-new-druid.704975/

Wizard https://www.enworld.org/threads/2024-players-handbook-reveal-new-wizard.704992/

DM Screen revealed https://www.enworld.org/threads/new-dm-screen-revealed-by-nz-retailer.704986/

New Planar Map https://www.enworld.org/threads/check-out-the-new-map-of-d-ds-planes.704901/

Fanroll Reveals Three New D&D 50^th Anniversary Dice Sets https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/57229/fanroll-reveals-three-new-d-d-50th-anniversary-dice-sets

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13^th Age

Pelgrane Press page https://pelgranepress.com/13th-age/

Kickstarter page for late backers https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pelgranepress/13th-age-second-edition-storytelling-action-fantasy-game

Not DnD on 13^th Age 2^nd Edition from May 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyHzFjEb2Cw

13^th Age Demo at UKGE from 2013 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQqPKSlf5CY

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Thursday Jun 27, 2024

DnD Sketch 233 | Meaningful Names

Thursday Jun 27, 2024

Having meaningful names is all well and good for heroes, but what about the others?

Saturday Jun 22, 2024

303 | 2024 Dungeons & Dragons Player's Handbook Preview, Evil Genius Games Controversdy, and more!

Saturday Jun 22, 2024

This week, Morrus, PJ, and Jessica talk about the week’s tabletop RPG news including new previews of the Dungeons & Dragons 2024 Player’s Handbook, controversy with Evil Genius Games again, and more!

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News

Is Evil Genius Games Doubling Down on NFTs & Blockchain? https://www.enworld.org/threads/is-evil-genius-games-doubling-down-on-nfts-blockchain.704819/

Glaze 2.0 released https://glaze.cs.uchicago.edu/downloads.html

DC20 Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thedungeoncoach/dc20

The Stormlight Archive RPG Kickstarter pre-launch page https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/brotherwise/the-stormlight-archive-rpg

Roll20 Updated D&D Character Sheet https://app.roll20.net/characters/create/dnd2024alpha

2024 D&D Character Sheets on D&D Beyond https://marketplace.dndbeyond.com/LP-CRB-2024/D3898000

All 48 Player’s Handbook 2024 Subclasses https://www.enworld.org/threads/all-48-player%E2%80%99s-handbook-2024-subclasses.704863/

Greyhawk map from Mike Schley https://www.enworld.org/threads/check-out-the-new-dungeon-masters-guides-greyhawk-map.704864/

Wizards of the Coast 2024 Player’s Handbook Reveal #1 “Everything You Need to Know” https://www.enworld.org/threads/2024-players-handbook-reveal-1-everything-you-need-to-know.704817/

Reveal #2 “New Fighter https://www.enworld.org/threads/2024-players-handbook-reveal-2-new-fighter.704843/