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6 days ago | geeknative.com | Andrew Girdwood

Welcome home. This is Audio EXP for June 21st, and the episode title is “It’s not over for Wizards of the Coast”. [The following is a transcript of Audio EXP: #291][Also on Stitcher | Spotify | Apple | YouTube]Diane Ramic won the RPG Publisher Spotlight this month. I’ve questions with Diane and hopefully haven’t flooded the poor woman with them. I’m just interested in both xenobiology and speculative biology. I did get to do an interview this week, and in a new way for me.

6 days ago | geeknative.com | Andrew Girdwood

Evil Hat has walked from their deal with Crystal Dynamics to produce an official Tomb Raider tabletop roleplaying game. The FATE publisher has cited creative differences and informed fans that the work they’ve put into the game so far will be released as an alternative standalone game. Sad news: We are canceling the Tomb Raider RPG project. Due to creative differences we couldn’t get our vision to gel with the licensor’s, so we’ve chosen to part ways.

1 week ago | geeknative.com | Andrew Girdwood

The responsibility of writing today’s summary stopped me from staying out longer in the sun at the Scottish Street Food Awards. My waistline and wallet thank this week’s RPG news. Speaking of which, let’s begin with summaries of summaries. Chris Perkins and Jeremy Crawford “unretired” together to join Darrington Press. Ivan Van Norman left Darrington Press. Jess Lanzillo and Todd Kenreck left Wizards of the Coast as Hasbro sheds 3% of its employees.

1 week ago | geeknative.com | Andrew Girdwood

There’s a straightforward pitch from Onyx Path Publishing, Fanatica, and DriveThruRPG: the 5e Scarred Lands bundle comes with two tiers. You can get three supplements for £1.80 or the whole 15-item RPG bundle for £14.00. In Onyx Path Publishing’s reimagined 5th Edition roleplaying game setting, players encounter the epic grandeur of Greek mythology, yet do so in a unique place in modern fantasy.

1 week ago | geeknative.com | Andrew Girdwood

CharGen is a free tool you can use right in your browser to whip up D&D-style character portraits, monsters, and battle maps in no time. Plus, it can help you create complete taverns and shops packed with items and backstories!Impressive? Yes, but also controversial as CharGen embraces generative AI and a good portion of the tabletop RPG community loathes the technology.