Cards Against Humanity presents Tabletop Design Deathmatch — win a first run printing of your homebrew game

Are you designing a tabletop board game, card game, or RPG? Are you a previously unpublished designer? Can your game be finished by July 1st, 2013?…Continue reading

Think you know your gamer terms? Then take the GamerJargon quiz!

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Crazy anti-D&D cartoon “Dark Dungeons” to become a live-action film, without Tom Hanks

Remember the batcrap crazy 1980s religious cartoon tract “Dark Dungeons,” which claimed that Dungeons & Dragons gave you real occult powers and would drive you to suicide? (If not, read it here.) Well, someone on Kickstarter wants to film a live-action version.…Continue reading

Famous genius Pat Robertson says highly intelligent thing about Dungeons & Dragons

Noted meteorologist, science expert, and alleged thaumaturge Pat Robertson took the opportunity recently to hold forth on his cable show about his views on Dungeons & Dragons, and other games that contain occult elements. See the video here.…Continue reading

You can work for Wizards of the Coast! And they won’t even pay you!

Would you like to contribute to D&D Next©®™, what the rest of us refer to as Dungeons & Dragons 5.0? You would? Would you like to not get paid a cent for your your contribution? You would? Then friend, have I got news for you!…Continue reading

GamerJargon.net adds its 1,000th dictionary entry — and the winner is “gargoyle”

After 13 years (with a seven-year lacuna), the GamerJargon web site has added its one thousandth dictionary entry!…Continue reading

Artist produces excellent cartoon “reviews” of classic D&D modules

Via /r/rpg/ — an artist has created wonderful cartoon maps of two classic Dungeons & Dragons modules, Tomb of Horrors (here) and  (here).…Continue reading

Disney purchases Wizards of the Coast, announces Dungeons & Dragons theme park, Magic: The Gathering changes

The Burbank, California-based Walt Disney Company has purchased a controlling stake in game manufacturer Wizards of the Coast, according to an announcement today by Disney Chairman & CEO Bob Iger at Tokyo Disneyland. The Seattle, Washington-based WotC publishes several popular game franchises, including Dungeons & Dragons and Magic: The Gathering. Neither company, nor previous WotC owner …Continue reading

WotC signs deal to bring D&D board games to iPhone, iPad

Seattle-based Wizards of the Coast, owners of the Dungeons & Dragons games and media franchise, has signed a deal with Carlsbad, California software developer Playdek, to produce iOS versions of WotC’s tabletop games, including its D&D line of board games.…Continue reading

Original creators regain rights to classic role-playing game

I remember the Villains & Vigilantes supers role-playing game from the 1980s — it was the poorer cousin of Champions, kind of what Tunnels & Trolls was to Dungeons & Dragons.…Continue reading