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 Mar 13, 2021
Saturday Mar 13, 2021
This week, Morrus and Peter are joined by Sam and Kay Bartlett of Roll & Play Press to talk about The Fantasy Character Kit. In the news, new Unearthed Arcana for D&D, Pathfinder gets a new adventure line, the Terminator RPG Kickstarter is live, and more! Plus Our Favourite Game in All the World and a brand new sketch about when one of the party members isn’t pulling their weight.
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Roll & Play Press
Homepage https://rollandplaypress.com/
The Fantasy Character Kit on Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rollandplaypress/roll-and-play-the-fantasy-character-kit
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News
Terminator RPG Kickstarter Launches https://www.enworld.org/threads/come-with-me-if-you-want-to-live-the-terminator-kickstarter-has-launched.678810/
Coyote & Crow Interview with Conner Alexander https://www.enworld.org/threads/coyote-crow-the-role-playing-game-an-interview-with-connor-alexander.678364/
Atchung! Cthulhu 2d20 Released https://www.enworld.org/threads/2d20-achtung-cthulhu-is-here.678768/
Achtung! Cthulhu 2d20 Quickstart https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/347802/Achtung-Cthulhu-2d20-Quickstart?affiliate_id=36142
Evil Hat Announces Two New RPGs: Apocalypse Keys and Project: Perseus https://www.geeknative.com/129412/evil-hat-announce-two-new-rpgs-apocalypse-keys-and-project-perseus/
Solasta: Crown of the Magister Gets Dungeon Builder https://www.enworld.org/threads/solasta-crown-of-the-magister-gets-a-dungeon-builder.678785/
News Digest for the Week of March 12 (Lasers & Feelings opens license to allow commercial derivatives, Pathfinder 2nd Edition One-Shots) https://www.enworld.org/threads/news-digest-for-the-week-of-march-12.678822/
Beth Rimmels Reviews Candlekeep Mysteries for EN World https://www.enworld.org/threads/exploring-candlekeep-mysteries-an-in-depth-review.678803/
Unearthed Arcana Fey-Based Origins for Dungeons & Dragons https://www.enworld.org/threads/new-unearthed-arcana-folk-of-the-feywild.678812/
Fate: The Winx Saga https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8179402/
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Kickstarters
Remarkable Cults & Their Followers https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/loresmyth/remarkable-cults-and-their-followers-gm-sourcebook
Sea Monsters: 60+ Savage Creatures of the Deep https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/legendarygames/sea-monsters-60-savage-creatures-of-the-deep-for-dnd-5e
Alchemy & Poisoncraft https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cabal/alchemy-and-poisoncraft-a-module-and-an-adventure-for-5e
The Survivalist Guide to Spelunking https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/adventureaweek/dnd-survivalists-guide-to-spelunking
Keep up to date with all the RPG crowdfunding projects ending soon every week with Egg Embry’s RPG Crowdfunding News https://www.enworld.org/threads/rpg-crowdfunding-news-%E2%80%93-coyote-crow-victorian-mage-diesel-and-more.678743/
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The Fantasy Character Kit
The Fantasy Character Kit on Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rollandplaypress/roll-and-play-the-fantasy-character-kit
The Game Master’s Fantasy Toolkit https://rollandplaypress.com/product/roll-play-fantasy/
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Hosts: Russ “Morrus” Morrissey and Peter Coffey
Editing and post-production: Darryl Mott
Theme Song: Steve Arnott
Kickstarter Game Research: Egg Embry
Kickstarter Game Theme: Lyrics by Russ Morrissey, Vocals by “drwilko”, Guitar by Darryl Mott
Malach the Maleficent played by Darren Morrissey
Thursday Mar 11, 2021
Thursday Mar 11, 2021
Each week we revisit a short skit from the main podcast, a year or more back. In this one, a semantic argument breaks out over a dire badger
Sunday Mar 07, 2021
Sunday Mar 07, 2021
This week, Morrus and Peter are joined by Cassandra MacDonald to talk about DIESEL and Level Up 5e. In the news, more Dungeons & Dragons movie casting news, a new D&D open-world video game on its way, The One Ring tops $2 million, new Monte Cook game, and more! Plus Our Favourite Game in All the World and a brand new sketch about a meeting of dragons.
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Cassandra MacDonald
Diesel RPG on Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/stevenpankotai/diesel
Cassandra MacDonald on DMs Guild https://www.dmsguild.com/browse.php?author=Cassandra%20MacDonald&affiliate_id=36142
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News
Dungeons & Dragons Film Casts Hugh Grant as Villain https://www.enworld.org/threads/hugh-grant-to-play-villain-in-the-d-d-movie.678615/
Hidden Path (makers of Counter Strike: Global Offensive) Making AAA D&D Open World Video Game https://www.enworld.org/threads/hidden-path-making-3rd-person-open-world-aaa-d-d-video-game.678638/
The One Ring 2e Kickstarter makes over $2 million https://www.enworld.org/threads/million-dollar-ttrpg-kickstarters.678540/
News Digest for the Week of March 5 (HeroLabs Custom Wheelchair Minis, Perfect RPG Kickstarter Controversy) https://www.enworld.org/threads/news-digest-for-the-week-of-march-5.678674/
Adam Bradford (formerly of D&D Beyond) Now at New Digital Platform Demiplane https://www.enworld.org/threads/ddbs-adam-bradford-went-to-demiplane.678656/
The Darkest House from Monte Cook Games https://www.montecookgames.com/announcing-the-darkest-house/
Level Up 5e Art Preview https://www.enworld.org/threads/level-up-an-art-preview.678541/
Level Up Playtest Document #11: Wizard https://www.enworld.org/threads/level-up-playtest-document-11-wizard.678681/
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Kickstarters
The Unclean Leporello of the Foul Wizard Baum https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/philipreed/the-unclean-leporello-of-the-foul-wizard-baum-for-mork-borg
Crafty Quest Box https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/craftyquestbox/crafty-quest-box-your-kids-first-fantasy-adventure
What Once Went Wrong https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1582756696/what-once-went-wrong-zine-quest-3
Cryptocodex https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/science-wizard/cryptocodex-critters-for-your-apocalyptic-aftermath-game
DM Yourselves https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tomscutt/dm-yourselves
Keep up to date with all the RPG crowdfunding projects ending soon every week with Egg Embry’s RPG Crowdfunding News https://www.enworld.org/threads/rpg-crowdfunding-news-%E2%80%93-what-once-went-wrong-crypt-of-the-devil-lich-and-more.678537/
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DIESEL RPG
Diesel RPG on Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/stevenpankotai/diesel
DIESEL Quick Play on DriveThruRPG https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/347918/DIESEL-Quick-Play?affiliate_id=36142
Level Up 5e https://www.levelup5e.com/
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Hosts: Russ “Morrus” Morrissey and Peter Coffey
Editing and post-production: Darryl Mott
Theme Song: Steve Arnott
Kickstarter Game Research: Egg Embry
Kickstarter Game Theme: Lyrics by Russ Morrissey, Vocals by “drwilko”, Guitar by Darryl Mott
Malach the Maleficent played by Darren Morrissey
Thursday Mar 04, 2021
Thursday Mar 04, 2021
Each week we revisit a short skit from the main podcast, a year or more back. In this one, an adventurer has difficulting obtaining the proper curse.
Tuesday Mar 02, 2021
Tuesday Mar 02, 2021
This is a special preview of our Bonus Content episode for Morrus' Unofficial Tabletop RPG Talk #139 featuring Jonathan Tweet! As you may know, we have a Patreon at http://patreon.com/morrus where backers can get a Bonus Content episode featuring the future of RPGs, dice collections, the OGL, mini painting, Hudson vs Squirrel, Star Trek game rights, 3rd Edition development, and more!
Backers of the Morrus' Unofficial Tabletop RPG Talk Podcast get access to a Bonus Content episode the day after the main podcast is released full of extended segments, off-topic discussions, outtakes, diversions, and more plus the alternate take of each week's sketch at any backer level plus access to the entire back catalog of Bonus Content episodes. If you want access to new Bonus Content episodes, support us at http://patreon.com/morrus
Saturday Feb 27, 2021
Saturday Feb 27, 2021
This week, Morrus and Peter are joined by Jonathan Tweet to talk about Everway. In the news, the new Dungeons & Dragons book will be Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft, a Hasbro restructuring places Wizards of the Coast at the forefront, preview of the new Pathfinder sourcebook, and more! Plus Our Favourite Game in All the World and a brand new sketch about the expressive face of reptiles.
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Jonathan Tweet
Everway on Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jessemcgatha/everway-roleplaying-game
13th Age https://site.pelgranepress.com/index.php/category/products/13th-age/
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News
Wizards of the Coast Gets New Logo https://www.enworld.org/threads/wotc-gets-a-new-logo.678470/
Hasbro Restructuring Places Wizards of the Coast as New Division https://www.enworld.org/threads/d-d-gets-a-new-division-at-hasbro.678464/
Fantasy Grounds User Statistics https://www.enworld.org/threads/on-fantasy-grounds-d-d-increases-dominance-to-71.678429/
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft Announcement https://www.enworld.org/threads/updated-with-cover-the-d-d-book-is-van-richtens-guide-to-ravenloft.678411/
What We Know So Far about Ravenloft https://www.enworld.org/threads/everything-we-know-about-the-ravenloft-book.678416/
News Digest for the Week of February 26 (WizKids Licensing Deal for D&D and Magic: The Gathering Expands, Lost Omens Ancestry Guide for Pathfinder 2nd Edition) https://www.enworld.org/threads/news-digest-for-the-week-of-february-26.678488/
Level Up Playtest for The Adept https://www.enworld.org/threads/level-up-playtest-document-10-adept.678478/
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Kickstarters
Good Society https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/storybrewers/good-society-a-jane-austen-rpg-reprint-and-new-deck
Temples & Tombs https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/greyauthor/temples-and-tombs
Repugnant! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tokenterrors/repugnant-the-worlds-most-disgusting-ttrpg
Lifted – Vault 01 https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/madjay/lifted-vault-01
Keep up to date with all the RPG crowdfunding projects ending soon every week with Egg Embry’s RPG Crowdfunding News https://www.enworld.org/threads/rpg-crowdfunding-news-%E2%80%93-vault-of-magic-good-society-temples-tombs-and-more.678363/
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Everway
Everway on Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jessemcgatha/everway-roleplaying-game
Using Everway Cards for Dixit https://www.rpg.net/columns/soap/soap234.phtml
Ars Magica https://www.atlas-games.com/arsmagica
13th Age https://site.pelgranepress.com/index.php/category/products/13th-age/
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Please support us on Patreon at http://patreon.com/morrus
Don’t forget to join the Morrus’ Unofficial Tabletop RPG Talk Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1033145023517295/ and join us on Discord at https://discord.gg/VAuxX8M
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Hosts: Russ “Morrus” Morrissey and Peter Coffey
Editing and post-production: Darryl Mott
Theme Song: Steve Arnott
Kickstarter Game Research: Egg Embry
Kickstarter Game Theme: Lyrics by Russ Morrissey, Vocals by “drwilko”, Guitar by Darryl Mott
Malach the Maleficent played by Darren Morrissey
Thursday Feb 25, 2021
Thursday Feb 25, 2021
Each week we revisit a short skit from the main podcast, a year or more back. In this one, the player is confronted with the greatest threat ever, an overwhelming number of apostrophes!
Saturday Feb 20, 2021
Saturday Feb 20, 2021
This week, Morrus and Peter are joined by David Lombardo to talk about his sourcebook of dangerous magic item disposal Not a Place of Honor. In the news, more Dungeons & Dragons movie casting news, PaizoCon Online 2021 announced, a preview of the exploration rules for Level Up 5e, The One Ring 2e Kickstarter breaks one million dollars, and more! Plus Our Favourite Game in All the World and a brand new sketch about a rather unique job interview.
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David Lombardo
David Lombardo on Twitter https://twitter.com/AwkwardTurtle42
Not a Place of Honor on Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/napoh/not-a-place-of-honor
Academy of Doors https://academyofdoors.blogspot.com/
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News
The One Ring 2nd Edition Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1192053011/the-one-ring-roleplaying-game-second-edition
One-Page Adventures Kickstarter from EN Publishing https://www.enworld.org/threads/entertain-your-players-for-a-single-session-with-these-one-page-adventures.678247/
D&D Film Casts Regé-Jean Page https://www.enworld.org/threads/bridgerton-star-reg%C3%A9-jean-page-joins-d-d-movie.678257/
News Digest for the Week of February 19 (The Spy Game now published by Modiphius, PaizoCon Online 2021) https://www.enworld.org/threads/news-digest-for-the-week-of-february-19.678317/
Level-Up 5e Preview: Exploration Challenges, Boons, and Monster Signs https://www.enworld.org/threads/level-up-exploration-challenges-boons-monster-signs.678294/
Bald and Board Podcast https://anchor.fm/baldygameygeekery
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Kickstarters
Thrones & Bones: Norrøngard https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/louanders/thrones-and-bones-nrrongard-5th-edition-campaign-setting
The Gaia Complex https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thegaiacomplex/the-gaia-complex-a-game-of-flesh-and-wires-0
D36: A Strange RPG Zine https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/loottheroom/d36-a-strange-rpg-zine
Book of the Oracle https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/battlefieldpress/book-of-the-oracle-a-supplement-for-agents-of-gaia
The One Ring RPG 2e https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1192053011/the-one-ring-roleplaying-game-second-edition
Xanadu: A Nibiru Roleplaying Game Expansion https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/xanadunibiru/xanadu-a-nibiru-roleplaying-game-expansion
Keep up to date with all the RPG crowdfunding projects ending soon every week with Egg Embry’s RPG Crowdfunding News https://www.enworld.org/threads/rpg-crowdfunding-news-%E2%80%93-the-one-ring-trudvang-xanadu-and-more.678251/
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Not a Place of Honor
Not a Place of Honor on Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/napoh/not-a-place-of-honor
Expert Judgment on Inadvertent Human Intrusion into the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant https://www.wipp.energy.gov/library/cca/CCA_1996_References/Chapter%207/CREL3329.PDF
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Hosts: Russ “Morrus” Morrissey and Peter Coffey
Editing and post-production: Darryl Mott
Theme Song: Steve Arnott
Kickstarter Game Research: Egg Embry
Kickstarter Game Theme: Lyrics by Russ Morrissey, Vocals by “drwilko”, Guitar by Darryl Mott
Malach the Maleficent played by Darren Morrissey
Thursday Feb 18, 2021
Thursday Feb 18, 2021
Each week we revisit a short skit from the main podcast, a year or more back. In this one, it's difficult to find a nice vacation spot.
Saturday Feb 13, 2021
Saturday Feb 13, 2021
This week, Morrus and Peter are joined by Theodore Bergquist to talk about Trudvang Chronicles. In the news, Dungeons & Dragons movie casting news, new Pathfinder sourcebook with combat wheelchair, Terminator RPG cover reveal, Call of Cthulhu more popular in Japan than D&D, and more! Plus Our Favourite Game in All the World and a brand new sketch about getting stuck in a rut playing Burrows & Bearowls.
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Theo Bergquist
Trudvang Chronicles https://riotminds.se/trudvang/
Trudvang: Seeds of Vanirs on Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/riotminds/trudvang-seed-of-vanirs
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News
Terminator RPG Cover Reveal https://www.enworld.org/threads/nightfall-reveals-the-terminator-rpg-cover.678123/
Dungeons & Dragons Film Casting News https://www.enworld.org/threads/michelle-rodriguez-justice-smith-join-d-d-movie.678118/
The One Ring 2e Pre-Kickstarter Video https://www.enworld.org/threads/check-out-the-one-ring-2es-pre-kickstarter-video.678135/
Is The One Ring 2e Kickstarter Going to Break the Record? https://www.enworld.org/threads/is-the-one-ring-2e-kickstarter-going-to-break-the-records.678159/
Pathfinder Lost Omens: Grand Bazaar https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/pathfinder-2e/news/pathfinder-combat-wheelchair-lost-omens-grand-bazaar
Gale Force Nine Lawsuit Settled https://www.enworld.org/threads/gale-force-9-v-wotc-lawsuit-settled.678144/
News Digest for the Week of February 12 (Best Year for D&D Yet, Call of Cthulhu More Popular than D&D in Japan) https://www.enworld.org/threads/news-digest-for-the-week-of-february-12.678172/
Larry Elmore Previews Private Commission of “The Women of Dragonlance” https://www.enworld.org/threads/the-women-of-dragonlance-larry-elmores-new-dragonlance-painting.678097/
Knucklebone Magazine https://knucklebonemag.itch.io/
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Kickstarters
WARPLAND https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gavrielquiroga/warpland
Mage to Order https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/drowningmoonstudios/mage-to-order-zinequest
City of Flesh https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1568822309/city-of-flesh
The Seeker’s Guide to Twisted Taverns https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/415994272/the-seekers-guide-to-twisted-taverns
Keep up to date with all the RPG crowdfunding projects ending soon every week with Egg Embry’s RPG Crowdfunding News https://www.enworld.org/threads/rpg-crowdfunding-news-%E2%80%93-twisted-taverns-traveller-everway-and-more.678100/
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Trudvang Chronicles
Trudvang Chronicles https://riotminds.se/trudvang/
Trudvang: Seeds of Vanirs on Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/riotminds/trudvang-seed-of-vanirs
Trudvang Chronicles Player’s Handbook on DriveThruRPG https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/234948/TRUDVANG-CHRONICLES-Players-Handbook?affiliate_id=36142
Artist John Bauer https://www.wikiart.org/en/john-bauer
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Don’t forget to join the Morrus’ Unofficial Tabletop RPG Talk Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1033145023517295/ and join us on Discord at https://discord.gg/VAuxX8M
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Hosts: Russ “Morrus” Morrissey and Peter Coffey
Editing and post-production: Darryl Mott
Theme Song: Steve Arnott
Kickstarter Game Research: Egg Embry
Kickstarter Game Theme: Lyrics by Russ Morrissey, Vocals by “drwilko”, Guitar by Darryl Mott
Malach the Maleficent played by Darren Morrissey