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Is Superheroic Fantasy D&D’s Future? A Complete Class Compendium Conversation Let’s look at the compendium, give my impressions, and talk to its creator about whether he wrote superheroic fantasy or the reader is reinterpreting his work. 

The intersection of fantasy and superheroic elements provides a glimpse into the next generation of roleplaying games. Egg Embry and Mike Myler delve into how these choices influence the stories told in modern tabletop systems.

Audio EXP Podcast #320: Samurai, Spielberg, and Shoggoths Samurai, Spielberg, and Shoggoths! Audio EXP #320 brings you the week’s top geek news, including the Women in Games Manifesto, HBO's Baldur's Gate 3 series, and new releases for Dungeon Crawl Classics.

This week on Audio EXP, Girdy discusses the Women in Games 2026 Manifesto and the historical revelation of the Onna-musha. Plus, we dive into the HBO Baldur’s Gate 3 news and the award-winning indie RPG Oceania 2084

From the weighted Squig to the Sassy Nurgling, see which Warhammer icons survived our ranking of the new plush range. www.geeknative.com/2...

Tanya Floaker's "The Thunder Perfect Mind", "Toe Beans Magical Cat Cafe", "I Have Lived a Thousand Lives", but the headline Kickstarter goes to Nigredo Press' "Barbarian Bay"
www.geeknative.com/2... #lowprep #routinelyitemised

Mondo reveals limited edition Beast figure from X-Men: The Animated Series Mondo announces a limited 1/6 scale Beast figure inspired by X-Men: The Animated Series, featuring swappable portraits and accessories.

The brilliant blue mutant gets the Mondo treatment with a new 1/6 scale figure inspired by the classic X-Men animated series.

You’re a Wizard Stuck in a Can of Beans: It does exactly what it says on the tin Escape a tin of expired legumes in You’re a Wizard Stuck in a Can of Beans. This Zine Quest RPG by Lorena Torres Loaiza is a pocket maze zine for solo play

You are a wizard. You are seconds old. You are trapped in a can of beans. This is the premise of a new Zine Quest RPG by Lorena Torres Loaiza. It is a pocket maze zine where you must escape or face catastrophic failure. The Kickstarter campaign is live now

Empire of Bones: The nightmare sequel to The Painted Wastelands Agamemnon Press returns with Empire of Bones, a jumbo-sized hexcrawl sequel to The Painted Wastelands. Explore the Unholy City of Zeb and back the campaign before February 17th.

Agamemnon Press returns to Kickstarter with Empire of Bones. This jumbo-sized hexcrawl adventure is the nightmare sequel to The Painted Wastelands. Explore the Unholy City of Zeb and the Lands of Dust before the campaign ends on Feb 17th.

Can Craig Mazin capture the magic of Baldur’s Gate 3 without the team that wrote the game? The high-stakes gamble for HBO has begun. www.geeknative.com/2...

Can you survive nanobots turning your ship into a giant Pringles tube? Lucky for None in Space is a comedy horror solo RPG where you roll a d13 to determine your fate. Back the campaign now to get the physical zine and dice. www.geeknative.com/2...

Sleepy Hollow: Folk Horror with Year Zero The mist rises in the Pocantico River valley. Explore the Sleepy Hollow RPG bundle, a Year Zero Engine game of 1810 folk horror. Get the core rules, bestiaries, and campaigns for a bargain price.

The mist clears tomorrow. You have only 24 hours left to secure the Sleepy Hollow RPG bundle. Get the complete Year Zero Engine folk horror collection before it vanishes.

Help independent news: Pick March's RPG Publisher Spotlight The longest ever January is behind us, and we're speeding into the chocolate season of Valentine's Day (an excuse to buy chocolate) and Easter (also chocolate). In this post, our Patrons get to vote for a publisher that the blog and podcast will promote.

Indie RPG publishers often struggle for the visibility they deserve and your vote in the Spotlight poll is a direct way to help.

This week's new releases include the "Within Cold Stars", "Katana-Ra", "May I Enter" (a vampire game), Frog God's Necromancer Game expansions, but the headline goes to Horrible Guild's "Vileborn" www.geeknative.com/2... #ttrpg #routinelyitemised

Za is a 200+ page tabletop RPG about pizza and pizza gang war Jim Lampe has done just fine with Za, yes, it's quirky, but I liked it! I'm not sure I'll use it often, but I've no regrets. $10 is cheap for pizza.

It's International Pizza Day! 🍕 (hunts through archives) .. and in 2023 we reviewed the indie TTRPG Za! A game about pizza wars.

You're welcome! ~G

Audio EXP Podcast #320: Samurai, Spielberg, and Shoggoths Samurai, Spielberg, and Shoggoths! Audio EXP #320 brings you the week’s top geek news, including the Women in Games Manifesto, HBO's Baldur's Gate 3 series, and new releases for Dungeon Crawl Classics.

🎧 Explore the latest geek news in Audio EXP #320. From the shocking history of Japan’s female samurai to HBO’s Baldur’s Gate 3 series and Spielberg’s new dinosaur project, we cover the big shifts in gaming and cinema🎧

Agnieszka Polanowska has returned to Kickstarter with a collection of 100 square format battle maps designed for social scenes. The project is funded and offers late pledges. www.geeknative.com/2...

Seconds in the meatspace equal hours in the digital realm in this new sidecar for Dungeon Crawl Classics. www.geeknative.com/2...

Discover new tabletop horizons with Pendragon’s massive 'Sauvage King' expansion, Zine Month insights from Graftbound Press, and the latest indie RPG breakthroughs www.geeknative.com/2... #routinelyitemised #zinemonth

Who knew the dark future could be so huggable? We have ranked the latest Warhammer plush collection from Merchoid to find the best tubby treasures.

Routinely Itemised: RPG #347 From Baldur's Gate III screen adaptations to the massive Zine Month crowdfunding surge, get your essential weekly summary of roleplaying games news.

Stay updated with the latest TTRPG news, including a Baldur's Gate III TV show, new Beadle & Grimm’s teases, and Oceania 2084 winning Game of the Year

From feudal Japan to Nioh 3, explore how the image of the samurai was manufactured for the global stage. www.geeknative.com/2...

HBO greenlights Baldur’s Gate 3 series with Craig Mazin but leaves Larian Studios behind HBO has greenlit a Baldur’s Gate 3 TV series with Craig Mazin, but original developers Larian Studios are not involved.

HBO is heading back to the Forgotten Realms with a Baldur’s Gate 3 series, but the original creators at Larian aren’t on the party list.

Get the massive Belowdown megadungeon, the Horde sourcebook, and 41 mini-dungeons for the price of a set of dice. The Shadowdark Compatible Bundle is live now. www.geeknative.com/2...

Loke Battle Mats is bringing official Cyberpunk RED layouts to your next session. www.geeknative.com/2...

Dog House Rules brings us Occult City, a setting where Golden Age heroism meets the Cthulhu Mythos. It requires the Savage Worlds Adventure Edition to play. www.geeknative.com/2...

Lucky for None in Space: The solo RPG that demands a d13 Explore the galaxy and try not to die in Lucky for None in Space. Beyond Cataclysm Games returns to Kickstarter with a comedy-horror solo RPG that uses a d13.

Beyond Cataclysm Games returns with Lucky for None in Space. This solo journaling RPG challenges you to survive cosmic disasters using a 13-sided die. It is part of Zine Quest and already fully funded on Kickstarter.

Check out the trailer for Steven Spielberg’s 'The Dinosaurs', set to roar onto screens next month Netflix has released the trailer for upcoming documentary series The Dinosaurs, with executive producer Steven Spielberg - and right from the first few seconds, we can tell it's going to show us plenty of action.

Netflix has released the trailer for upcoming documentary series The Dinosaurs, with executive producer Steven Spielberg - and right from the first few seconds, we can tell it's going to show us plenty of action.

Most RPG maps are for fighting, but this Kickstarter offers 100 high-detail settings for romantic encounters. It is perfect for Valentine's Day games and is fully funded.

Netcrawl brings cyber-dungeons to Dungeon Crawl Classics Horseshark Games launches Netcrawl, a cyber-dungeon sidecar for Dungeon Crawl Classics featuring art by Johan Nohr.

Cyberpunk meets the d20 system as Netcrawl turns computer hacking into a high-stakes dungeon crawl.

From Frieren to Dan Da Dan: Crunchyroll Store unveils romantic picks Crunchyroll reveals its February highlights alongside the viral Adopt-a-Shoggoth campaign, perfect for both anime lovers and fans of cosmic horror.

From Dan Da Dan plushies to Frieren statuettes, the Crunchyroll Store is leaning into the season of romance.