Upturned Table
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The Weekly LIVE 097: Undead TSR, Talislanta RPG by WotC and UK Games Expo is Happening
July 19, 2021 09:18 - 24 minutes - 23.3 MBTSR released a press statement. Yes, the company that was resurrected, abandoned and them disappeared is back. What does this even mean? Before Dungeons and Dragons, Wizards of the Coast first published another fantasy RPG. Sales of Talislantia 3E funded the creation of Magic: The Gathering. Finally the UK Games Expo is happening at the […]
The Weekly LIVE 096: RPG Kitchen, Call of Cthulhu 1st Edition 40th Anniversary Reprint, Dungeon Crawl Classics Dying Earth and TSR is Dead
July 11, 2021 09:27 - 39 minutes - 36.2 MBWe take a look at RPG Kitchen, a try before you buy online stoerfront for RPGs. Will this help indie developers get more exposure for their projects? Goodman Games is Kick-starting a setting for Jack Vance’s Dying Earth, one of the major influences for early D&D. Three main sourcebooks are being produced as well as […]
The Weekly LIVE 095: TSR Museum and Distancing, Game Shipping Costs More and Dukk Borg
July 04, 2021 11:52 - 43 minutes - 40.5 MBWe discuss the Lake Geneva Dugeon Hobby Shop museum set to open, or at least get a new parking lot and curator. Also, the list of professionals and events that are distancing themselves from the new TSR grows. Cargo shipping rates are up 300 to 400 percent currently. This is putting pressure on board game […]
The Weekly LIVE 094: TSR Returns, Disney Claims Loki Copyright and Galeforce Nine Simplified Dune Boardgame
June 27, 2021 07:04 - 39 minutes - 36.9 MBWe talk about the confusing return of TSR with their Giantlands set and the reboot of Star Frontiers. Disney copyright claims the Norse god of mischief on Redbubble. This follows their previous attempt to trademark Day of the Dead. Galeforce Nine releases a second Dune boardgame directly tied to the movie release with simplified rules […]
The Weekly LIVE 093: 1E Twilight 2000 Available, Warhammer World Rules and Lord of the Rings Anime
June 20, 2021 09:10 - 34 minutes - 32.9 MBThe original first version of Twilight 2000 is on sale at DriveThruRPG as part of their Post-Apocalyptic sale. Also, Posthuman Studios is discounting a of their premium color print on demand books for the rest of June. Warhammer World restricts the use of Third-party and 3D printed conversions of their miniatures for events. And finally, […]
The Weekly LIVE 092: Marvel Superheroes RPG, Demiplane VTT and DriveThruRPG Dramatic Price Increase
June 13, 2021 14:31 - 39 minutes - 37.5 MBA new Marvel Superheroes TTRPG, Marvel Multiverse Role-Playing Game is coming 2023 featuring a new D616 system. A new virtual tabletop, Demiplane, is coming to a PC near you. It features a matchmaking system and safety tools. And finally DriveThruRPG announces a dramatic increase in the prices of their color on-demand printing. #marvelrpg #demiplane #drivethrurpg […]
The Weekly LIVE 091: Five Parsecs from Home, Reign in Hell and Star Wars Legally Sucks
June 07, 2021 02:14 - 34 minutes - 33.2 MBFive Parsecs from Home is a solo adventure wargame. by Ivan Sorensen. Modiphius is publishing a physical copy of the third edition. Reign in Hell is fast, brutal demonic themed tabletop wargame by Adam Loper and Vince Venturella at Snarling Badger Games. Similar to Warcry and Kill Team even down to using the same size […]
The Weekly LIVE 090 – Warhammer Plus Announced, Netflix Wants to Make Games and Hybrid GenCon 2021
May 30, 2021 05:50 - 39 minutes - 38.6 MBGames Workshop announced the platform for their eleven animated series. Warhammer Plus. No further details given until next month, neither price nor additional content. Netflix is actively looking into developing games and has approached veteran game designs. After the failure of Amazon, owner of Twitch, to become a game developer, it doesn’t make much […]
The Weekly LIVE 089: G4 Teams up with D&D, Warhammer Animation Preview and Frosthaven Designer Makes Changes
May 23, 2021 13:55 - 50 minutes - 46.5 MBG4, that gaming network that no one knew still existed, is teaming up with Dungeons and Dragons to broadcast D&D Live, an update to the annual campaign storyline. They are also threatening to get involved with Warhammer Live and Magic: The Gathering. Should be fun. Games Workshop is holding a live event to promote the […]
The Weekly LIVE 088 – Apple Attacks Itch.io, New Age of Sigmar and Games Workshop Abandons Japan
May 16, 2021 08:14 - 43 minutes - 41.4 MBIn the lawsuit between Apple and Epic the Itch.io app for PC that is accessible on the Epic Store was used to attack Epic and the Unspeakable Games that can be downloaded. Games Workshop still thinks a pandemic is a good time to release a new version of their tabletop wargames. Following last years 9th […]
The Weekly LIVE 087: Quests of Yore, Jeff Goldblum AP, DisneyMustPay and D&D Filming
May 09, 2021 14:33 - 31 minutes - 29.4 MBAnother solo livestream, because these are times we live in. Chris will be back soon. In the meantime, I discuss the Quests of Yore TTRPG starter set based on the Disney/Pixar film, Onward. Quests of Yore: Barley’s Edition is a boxed set that contains everything you need to play this original game as seen in […]
The Weekly 086: Humble Bundle Split Change, Starforged on Kickstarter, Warner Bros. Quits Physical Media and Forbidden Psalm
May 01, 2021 09:19 - 40 minutes - 32.3 MBThe three sliders that adjust the revenue split for Humble Bundle disappears. Charities can now only receive a maximum of 15% Ironsworn: Starforged, the scifi stand-alone sequel to Ironsworn, appears on Kickstarter. Jerry Beck, an animation historian, let slip that Warner Bros. appears to be moving away from physical media starting in 2022. That means […]
The Weekly LIVE 085: Rebranding the Channel, Firefight 2E Playtest, Broken Tales and Symbaroum for 5E
April 24, 2021 13:34 - 45 minutes - 45.4 MBChris was not available making this week a solo show. First, I discuss the rebranding and name change from Idle Red Hands to Upturned Table. Mantic releases second edition public playtest rules for Firefight. Broken Tales by The World Anvil now has an English language quickstart in advance of their May Kickstarter campaign. The Ruins […]
The Weekly Live! 084: TROIKAfest, Charity RPG Bundle and Classic Call of Cthulhu Reprints
April 10, 2021 05:59 - 43 minutes - 42.6 MBThis week is TROIKAfest! a casula celebration of all things TROIKA! rpg by Melsonian Arts Council related. It iwll feature actual play streams, a game jam and assisted by Plus One Exp. Also a new supplemtent the Academies of the Arcane will be released. Long out-of-print Call of Cthulhu campaigns will be released after 20 […]
The Weekly LIVE 083: San Diego Comic-Con Cancelled, Marvel Signs with Penguin Random House and Kickstarter Manager Resigns
April 03, 2021 16:45 - 45 minutes - 43.8 MBAfter some technical difficulties, we discuss San Diego Comic-Con 2021 being inevitably cancelled following the cancellation of their WonderCon. They will hold Comic-Con@Home on July 23rd-25th and also announced Comic-Con Special Edition. Special Edition is a scaled-down version of the live event scheduled for Thanksgiving weekend. Should be interesting. Marvel Comics announced they will be […]
The Weekly 082: Warframe RPG Cancelled, Auroboros RPG by Warchief and Dante’s Inferno 5E
March 28, 2021 04:18 - 41 minutes - 40.6 MBWe discuss the cancellation of the Frame RPG by Spencer Campbell on Kickstarter after the fanbase attacks. The first release by former Blizzard execs, Warchief Gaming, is Auroboros for 5E. Also on Kickstarter to celebrate the 700th anniversary of the death of Dante Alighieri, Acheron Books is releasing Dante’s Inferno for 5E. It will include […]
The Weekly 081: Dune RPG Preorder, Terminator RPG, Stargrave: Scifi Frostgrave, and Pixels Electronic Dice on Kickstarter
March 21, 2021 07:13 - 40 minutes - 39 MBWatch this podcast recorded LIVE on both Twitch and YouTube! ++Pre-Ordered Dune RPG ++Terminator RPG on KS ++Stargrave: Scifi Frostgrave ++Pixels Electronic Dice KS
The Weekly 080: Coyote and Crow RPG, Rob Kuntz Licenses Works for 1e and 5e, Warhammer Fan Creator Joins GW and D&D Movie Cast Update
March 12, 2021 07:05 - 39 minutes - 38 MBWatch this podcast recorded LIVE on both Twitch and YouTube! ++Coyote and Crow on KS ++Rob Kuntz licenses works for 1e-5e ++Warhammer Fan Creator Joins GW ++D&D movie cast update
The Weekly 079: Gamefound Launches with Skyrim Boardgame, Perfect RPG Cancelled and Tiny Epic Dungeons Cover Art
March 05, 2021 06:43 - 37 minutes - 36.2 MBWatch this podcast recorded LIVE on both Twitch and YouTube! ++Skyrim boardgame is launching new Kickstarter alternative ++Kickstarter executive cancels The Perfect RPG campaign ++Tiny Epic Dungeons Changes Artwork After Backlash Over ‘Problematic’ Cover Art
The Weekly 078: Eclipse Phase for FATE plus NanoOPS, WotC Expands MtG and Spire Must Fall RPG
March 04, 2021 06:53 - 43 minutes - 52.2 MBWatch this podcast recorded LIVE @ 12 noon JST (8pmPST 11pmEST 3amGMT) on both Twitch and YouTube! ++Eclipse Phase for FATE + NanoOPS ++WotC Expands MtG ++Spire Must Fall
The Weekly 077: Metal Gear Solid: The Boardgame Cancelled, New Never Going Home and Legend of the Five Rings LCG Ends
March 02, 2021 21:39 - 35 minutes - 42.6 MBIDW Games will no longer publish the Metal Gear Solid boardgame. This means the designer also loses the license for the IP from Konami. This leaves more than 2,000 pre-orders on BackerKit and Amazon in limbo. The Legend of the Five Rings Living Card Game by Fantasy Flight is coming to an end. This doesn’t […]
The Weekly 076: Gale Forge Nine Lawsuit Settled, One Ring 2nd Edition and LotR Licensed RPGs
February 28, 2021 07:33 - 41 minutes - 53.8 MBThe lawsuit for nonpayment is settled by Wizards of the Coast with Gale Force Nine following another settlement of the Dragonlance lawsuit. Is the conspiracy over or just beginning? The 2nd Edition of the One Ring by Free League, previously … Continue reading →
The Weekly 075: Stuff of Legend Puppet Actual Play, Muppetborn for 5E and Zinequest 3 on Kickstarter
February 13, 2021 06:47 - 37 minutes - 47 MBWe talk about the new actual play series, Stuff of Legend, that uses puppets to play out the action of their roleplay session. Is the future of AP felt-based? In the same spirit, we take a look at the Muppetborn … Continue reading →
The Weekly 074: The Weekly 074: The Symbaroum RPG Starter Set, Pathfinder Meets Savage Worlds, and the D&D Singularity
February 04, 2021 12:36 - 32 minutes - 41.2 MBFree League is releasing a starter set for their 2015 RPG Symbaroum. Will this bring new players to this dark nature fantasy setting beautifully illustrated by Martin Grip? The official conversion for Pathfinder to the Savage Worlds system is now … Continue reading →
The Weekly 073: 2020 in Review The Good and the Bad (mostly bad) of Last Year
January 23, 2021 12:38 - 43 minutes - 53.8 MBWe look back at 2020 and all the things that could have been great but had to suffer from our global condition. The Witcher and Tales From the Loop hit TV. Mork Borg and Ironsworn caught our attention as outstanding … Continue reading →
The Weekly 072: Cyberpunk Red Miniatures Game, Bestselling RPGs of 2020 and the Baggage of Cyberpunk
January 07, 2021 14:21 - 43 minutes - 52.7 MBCyberpunk Red will have a skirmish miniatures game called Combat Zone produced by Monster Fight Club. This is the same company that produced the miniatures for the Cyberpunk Red tabletop game previously. We review the list of best selling “other” … Continue reading →
The Weekly 071: Colonial Marines for Alien RPG, Quest RPG AP Tutorials and Character Preciousness
December 30, 2020 13:30 - 41 minutes - 51.6 MBFree League is releasing the Colonial Marine Operations Manual. Featuring rules for Marines and guidelines for running a whole marine-centric campaign. Plus six missions to run written by Andrew E.C. Gaska and Paul Elliot. Also featuring the excellent artwork of … Continue reading →
The Weekly 070: The Well RPG, Hasbro Prepping Wizards of the Coast for Sale and TTRPG Alignment
December 17, 2020 02:44 - 34 minutes - 33 MBThe Well by Peter Schaefer is an original tabletop roleplaying game currently on Kickstarter. Our conspiracies align as rumors that Hasbro is prepping Wizards of the Coast for sale emerge. We also discuss alignment in TTPRGs and if it is … Continue reading →
The Weekly 069: Gale Force Nine Sues Wizards of the Coast, ROLE Virtual Tabletop Early Access and Failing Forward
December 03, 2020 13:25 - 30 minutes - 29.7 MBAfter twelve years of working together, Gale Force Nine is suing Wizards of the Coast for non-payment. WotC is stating dissatisfaction with the translation work done for TRPG Club for Korean translation and Black Book Editions for the French translation. … Continue reading →
The Weekly 068: Fantasy Flight Miniatures Games Change Hands, Disney Branded Modern Boardgames, #DisneyMustPay and PC RPGs Versus Tabletop
November 24, 2020 12:49 - 33 minutes - 32.5 MBFantasy Flight miniatures games are handing over management to Atomic Mass Games also owned by Asmodee. They had success last year with Marvel Crisis Protocol. This will include their Star Wars games, X-Wing, Armada and Legion. Fans seem to be … Continue reading →
The Weekly 067: Former Blizzard Exec Starts Tabletop Company, Critical Role is Now a Publisher and Gatekeeping
November 09, 2020 07:53 - 30 minutes - 31 MBFormer Blizzard executives and World of Warcraft directors, Chris Metzen and Mike Gilmartin, are starting a tabletop company, based on their Orange County gaming club, called Warchief Gaming. Critical Role launches their own publishing company called Darrington Press. They have … Continue reading →
The Weekly 066: Games Workshop Goes to Kickstarter, Dragonlance Authors Sue Wizards of the Coast and Playing Horror on the Tabletop
October 29, 2020 10:58 - 32 minutes - 32.1 MBGames Workshop licensing is now open to proposals for merchandise using the Warhammer IP. This includes crowdfunding those projects on Kickstarter. The authors of the Dragonlance novels, Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman, are suing Wizards of the Coast due to … Continue reading →
The Weekly 065: Return of Heroquest, Honey & Hot Wax, Create for Mork Bork, 5E Racial Ability Rules Changes and the Year of Dune
October 12, 2020 12:51 - 43 minutes - 45.7 MBHasbro has revealed their plans to “reprint” Heroquest through their HasLab crowd-funding-like website. Honey & Hot Wax is an anthology of sex-positive roleplaying games. The collection of games varies from 2-player to games needing 6 to 12 players along with … Continue reading →
Idle Red Hands Weekly 064: DriveThru RPG Redesign, New Alien Module Released, Acheron RPG Headed to Kickstarter, Ultraviolet Grasslands Free Player’s Guide and Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
September 24, 2020 08:50 - 34 minutes - 36.6 MBThe DriveThru RPG website is previewing its long-overdue redesign. Free League released a new adventure module for their Alien RPG called Destroyer of Worlds. It is a boxed set and features the colonial space marines prominently. Stay frosty. They also … Continue reading →
Idle Red Hands Weekly 063: Morning Coffee RPG, Bitchin’ Chimera, Adventure Zone Responds to Artists, The Wretched Second Printing and Old School Revival Bundle
September 10, 2020 14:40 - 27 minutes - 29.8 MBMorning Coffee for a New Lover is an RPG by Nathan Black printed on an actual coffee mug. The Dead Milkmen have written a D&D 5E module called Lost Tomb of the Bitchin’ Chimera named for their track Bitchin’ Camaro … Continue reading →
Idle Red Hands Weekly 062: Twilight 2000, Green Ronin’s Sword Chronicle, Thousand Suns RPG, Visigoths vs. Mall Goths and DTRPG medals
September 03, 2020 10:44 - 29 minutes - 31.1 MBFree League is developing a new version of Twilight 2000 that was funded on Kickstarter. It will be a boxed set and was developed in collaboration with Game Designer’s Workshop. The Chronicle system that powered Green Ronin’s A Song of … Continue reading →
Idle Red Hands Weekly 061: Hellboy RPG, Alexa Play Starfinder, 2020 Ennies, Star Trek 2d20, and Masters of the Universe RPG
August 23, 2020 07:53 - 35 minutes - 37.1 MBFollowing the miniatures skirmish boardgame, Mantic is following up with a Hellboy TTPRG designed by Marc Langworthy of Red Scar Publishing. It will launch on Kickstarter and be powered by 5E of the World’s Greatest Role-playing Game. Amazon releases Starfinder … Continue reading →
Idle Red Hands Weekly 060: The Green Knight RPG, Cutie Marks and Dragons, NBCUniversal Making Comics and Adventure Begins Boardgame
August 14, 2020 10:03 - 31 minutes - 33.2 MBA new TTRPG based on the new A24 film, directed by David Lowery, “The Green Knight” starring Dev Patel as Gawain. The Green Knight: A Quest for Honor RPG will include a Game Master’s Guide (with Rules of Play, Official … Continue reading →
Idle Red Hands Weekly 059: Orion Black Quits, Open Letter to GW, D&D Legacy Disclaimer, Critical Role Controversy and Quest Adventure Game
July 28, 2020 09:58 - 32 minutes - 40.9 MBOrion Black quits their position at Wizards of the Coast and releases a long statement explaining why. An open letter to Games Workshop is posted as a response to their “Warhammer is for everyone” inclusivity statement and especially the ending … Continue reading →
Idle Red Hands Weekly 058: Patrick Rothfuss RPG, Mile High Comics Responds to DC, Warhammer 40k 9th Edition and The Bitter Reach
July 13, 2020 15:48 - 30 minutes - 33.3 MBPatrick Rothfuss and James D’Amato are creating an RPG set in the world of the Kingkiller Chronicles. Specifically, the University’s Arcanum where, with the author, Bee Zelda, Satine Phoenix, and Liz Anderson will play four students along with on the … Continue reading →
Idle Red Hands Weekly 057: Dungeon Scrawl in Beta, Tunnel and Trolls Bundle, 5E Diversity Errata, All for One: Régime Diabolique RPG, Paizo Apology, and Origins Online Cancelled
July 02, 2020 14:30 - 37 minutes - 39.2 MBDungeon Scrawl, an excellent web-based mapping application, is in open BETA, free with no ads or paywall. Tunnels and Trolls has a new updated Bundle of Holding. Wizards of the Coast releases diversity errata for some popular adventures. Paizo apologizes … Continue reading →
Idle Red Hands 056: Game of Thrones Play D&D, Indomitus 40k 9E Box, Magic Cards Banned, Legend of Vox Machina Delayed and KFConsole
June 29, 2020 09:25 - 40 minutes - 42.9 MBCast members from the HBO A Game of Thrones series play Dungeons and Dragons for charity. The new boxed set for 9th edition Warhammer 40k, Indomitus, revealed. It is not a starter set but does include the new 9E core … Continue reading →
Episode 227: How To Play Star Wars
June 25, 2020 07:17 - 1 hour - 71.5 MBIf you played Star Wars as a kid on the playground or with the almost endless number of Kenner toys, you probably wanted to try it on the tabletop as a role-playing game. What is the best way to do … Continue reading →
Idle Red Hands Weekly 055: Single Artist RPGs, Warhammer Inclusion, DC Comics Leaves Diamond, Swords and Wizardry, The Dark Eye Second Bundle and Wretched Game Jam Date Extended
June 18, 2020 06:34 - 34 minutes - 36.4 MBA great article with interviews on d20 Radio about the rise of single-artist TTRPGs by Egg Embry. Warhammer posts an inclusion statement. It shows a new social awareness at the company and also how you need to present yourself when … Continue reading →
Idle Red Hands Weekly 054: Free RPG Day Details, Warhammer Crime, Tales From The Loop Starter Set, Bristol 1350, Kingdoms of Amalur Remaster, Alice is Missing and Wretched and Alone Game Jam and The Plague
June 10, 2020 06:11 - 30 minutes - 32.6 MBWe have the details about what is shipping to your local friendly game store for Free RPG Day 2020. Black Library continues its Warhammer Crime series. Free League has released the physical copies of the Tales From The Loop Starter … Continue reading →
Idle Red Hands 053: Twilight 2000 Confirmed, CMON Graphic Novels, Never Going Home Arriving Soon, New Edition of Warhammer 40k, Xas Irkalla, Nemesis Lockdown and Wretched & Alone Game Jam
June 01, 2020 15:18 - 33 minutes - 35.2 MBFree League will be Kickstarting the new edition of Twilight 2000 later this year. CMON will now be publishing graphic novels based on their game properties, starting with Zombicide and Cthulhu: Death May Die. Never Going Home by WetiInk print … Continue reading →
Idle Red Hands Weekly 052: First Year of Weekly, GenCon 2020 Cancelled, Twilight 2000, Age of Sigmar: Soulbound RPG and Trudvang for 5E
May 24, 2020 16:06 - 31 minutes - 34.2 MBIt has been one year of Idle Red Hands Weekly. What is the future of this weekly podcast? We talk with Chris, one of the original hosts, about the origins of the Idle Red Hands and the origin of the … Continue reading →
Idle Red Hands Weekly 051: Frosthaven Finishes Big, Kickstarter Layoffs, Critter Hug, Never Going Home RPG, Into the Night and Filmento
May 08, 2020 10:41 - 40 minutes - 43.4 MBFrosthaven, the sequel to Gloomhaven by Cephalofair Games, finished big on Kickstarter becoming the most funded boardgame ever. A well-deserved success. Kickstarter is laying off 45% of its staff due to the 35% decline in active projects on the platform … Continue reading →
Idle Red Hands Weekly 050: GenCon 2020, Kickstarter Layoffs, The Artefact, Star Wars PbtA and Microscope
May 02, 2020 12:05 - 26 minutes - 27.9 MBThis week Chris and I discuss… not that Chris, the other one. We discuss GenCon and its possible cancellation. San Diego Comic-Con and WonderCon canceled. Kickstarter down 35% and facing layoffs, but maybe just the labor organizers. Star Wars Powered … Continue reading →
Idle Red Hands Weekly 049: Tales From the Loop Boardgame and Series, Warzone is Back, Superman Plays 40k, CMON suspended, Ankh and Frosthaven on Kickstarter
April 16, 2020 15:24 - 46 minutes - 45.2 MBThis week we discuss the Tales From the Loop Amazon series and the well-timed Free League boardgame on Kickstarter. Idle Red Hands is producing The Complete Mutant Chronicles, a video lore series about the Mutant Chronicles and Warzone setting. The … Continue reading →