Category: Action Game

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 […]

FLAMES & FLAILS: THE FIERY FORGE, a part of the Powered by Perilous Pamphlets co-promotion, is kickstarting now. Want a one-page Old-School Essentials adventure set in a world on fire? Check out Egg’s Kickstarterhere. For another OSE pamphlet adventure by Egg, check out Philip Reed Games’ Perilous Pamphlet Pack, a […]

EN World: In the 2014 book, we had the recommendation of six to eight encounters. There was the Adventuring Day, XP pool, all of that went out the window. Can we talk about the decision that went into that? Why did we get rid of the Adventuring Day and there’s […]

Darryl Mott is a tabletop gaming and media journalist with bylines from outlets including Ain’t It Cool News, EN World, and Zombie Orpheus Entertainment. He also makes videos for YouTube and does live streams on Twitch as well as doing post-production and editing for the Morrus’ Unofficial Tabletop RPG Talk […]

When the 2024 versions of the core D&D trilogy were announced, Creative Director Chris Perkins said that he planned to tear apart the Dungeon Master’s Guide and reassemble it in a way that’s more user friendly for both experienced and new DMs. I can’t comment as to whether Perkins succeeded […]

Is there an ideal combat method in an FRPG? “He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight.” Sun Tzu RPGs in many cases revolve around combat. Yet the player who understands Sun Tzu’s maxim knows that fighting is merely a means to an end, not […]

EN World columnist Mike Myler has reworked and expanded a number of his better known tabletop roleplaying games to be compatible with the 2024 version of Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition (5.2024e or 5.5e). In a single crowdfunding campaign, he’s offering five books plus a 90-page free preview. That’s ambitious. […]

One of the main advantages of playing a licensed RPG is playing in a world everyone at the table already knows. It’s fun to imagine your characters crossing paths with the heroes you all love, facing the bad guys you all hate and kicking off each session with the theme […]