How Choose Your Own Adventure Books Brought Choice To Video Games
Before modern video games and computer RPGs, Choose Your Own Adventure Books pioneered key elements of branching narrative storytelling.
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D&D: Forgotten Realms Characters Most (& Least) Important To Lore
A look at some of the most lore-significant characters in the Forgotten Realms setting of Dungeons & Dragons (and yes, Drizzt is one of them).
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Ennie Award Nominated D&D 5e Content To Keep An Eye On
There are many interesting RPG content Ennie Award nominations this year, among which are publications compatible with D&D 5th Edition.
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How DMs Can Help Players Build Their Own Powers In D&D & Superhero RPGs
Game Masters of tabletop RPGs can help player design rules for new superpowers in Dungeons & Dragons and other roleplaying game systems.
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Dragonlance Or Forgotten Realms: Which D&D Setting Is Really Better
The Forgotten Realms setting of D&D is a classic heroic fantasy world, while Dragonlance exemplifies high fantasy. Is one better than the other?
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Elden Ring Story Choices You'll Regret Later
Happy endings in Elden Ring are few and far between, but these particular story choices are especially worth avoiding (and easy to stumble into).
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D&D-Flavored Sourcebooks You Can Use To Play Almost Any RPG
Looking for fantasy settings and story scenarios compatible with D&D and other RPG systems? The following sourcebooks will fulfill that need and more!
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10 Overlooked RPGs That Deserve More Recognition, According To Ranker
Ranker users have sifted through a sea of RPGs to determine the ones that need more attention from gamers.
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Circus Electrique Mixes Steampunk Simulation & Turn-Based Combat
Upcoming game Circus Electrique is an RPG set in a Victorian, steampunk-style London that combines turn-based fighting and circus management.
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Elden Ring's Success Keeps Inspiring New Indie RPGs
Elden Ring's success has popularized the "Soulslike" genre and inspired indie RPG designers to make tabletop games inspired by Elden Ring.
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Not Even Elden Ring Can Escape Lord Of The Rings’ Influence
Developers of Elden Ring took pains to distinguish their game from J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings saga. Still, they share common themes.
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10 Best Top-Down RPGs On Nintendo Switch (According To Metacritic)
Metacritic ranks the best top-down RGPs available for fans to play on the Nintendo Switch, including Diablo and Stardew Valley.
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Boss Fights Elden Ring DLC Can't Pass Up
A DLC expansion for Elden Ring may be on the way, and these characters important to the game's lore would make for incredible boss fights.
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Elden Ring Broke Convention & Other Developers Aren’t Happy
After Elden Ring's release, a few developers from Western game studios vocally disapproved of its gameplay, which broken open world game conventions.
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Elden Ring: The Shattering Was Even More Brutal Than You Think
The Shattering, the war in Elden Ring's backstory, was devastating to all who fought it, as can be seen in certain parts of the game's world and lore.
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Jade Empire's Ending Set Up A Three Kingdoms-Style Sequel We Never Got
The Jade Empire CRPG from BioWare and the metaphysics of the game's setting may suggest a sequel about Three-Kingdoms style civil strife.
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Cyberpunk 2077 Thrives On Its Most Underrated Feature
Cyberpunk 2077 has a tremendous and underrated attention to detail, although many instances of this can be easily missed by the player.
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10 Movies That Would Make Great RPGs
Movies can take viewers to many different worlds, and it's only logical that said fans would demand more immersive titles than just a tie-in game.
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How To Do D&D Romance Right (& Wrong)
It can be difficult to tell stories of love and romance in Dungeons & Dragons and other tabletop RPGs, so here are tips to avoid common pitfalls.
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What Makes D&D Tactics & Tabletop RPG Combat Systems Fun
What makes combat in Dungeons & Dragons dynamic and fun? There are a variety of ways tactical RPGs like D&D engage players and reward creativity.
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Weird Elden Ring Enemies You Can Wear As Hats
There are several helmets in Elden Ring modeled after the appearances of strange game enemies with even stranger histories.
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How Critical Role's Calamity Ties Into The Exandria Unlimited Series
The upcoming Exandria Unlimited one-shot shines light on the Calamity, a key event in the backstory for the Critical Role D&D Actual Play series.
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Foretales Preview: A Charming Deckbuilding Fantasy
In Foretales, players control Volepain and make interact with the world in different ways to save (or doom) the Harde Republic by anticipating Fate.
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The Best Tabletop RPG Freebies For Free RPG Day 2022
Free RPG Day 2022 will see tabletop game studios hand out free content to roleplaying vets and newcomers. Here are some of the best freebies.
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Genshin Impact 2.8 Leaks: Shikanoin Heizou Skills & Elemental Burst
Genshin Impact leakers recently revealed 2.8's new caster, Shikanoin Heizou, has some powerful moves that could be used as a support character.
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How The DIE Comic Book RPG Breaks D&D's Rules
The DIE Comic series by Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hans is a "Goth Jumanji" deconstruction of D&D and escapist fantasies. Now it's an actual RPG.
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RPG Tropes That Need To Disappear
No matter how beloved RPGs like Final Fantasy 7 and Dragon Quest 11 are, there are some long-running RPG tropes that need to be buried.
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10 Best Remakes Of Classic RPGs
Some incredible RPGs of the past are receiving remakes or reimaginings for a modern audience and these ones are the best so far.
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