[Tabletop Thursday] Of Dice and Men, A.K.A. RNGEsus Saves.
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[Tabletop Thursday] Of Dice and Men, A.K.A. RNGEsus Saves.

Come, my nerdy flock. Gather thyselves around, for I hath news. News regarding some future content for Dicey News in the future but, most importantly, a theological sermon. A treatise, an educational devotion to the god of chance, of mathematics, of triumph and despair. I’m talking, of course, about RNGesus. Happy Tabletop Thursday from us nerds at ISC!

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[Tabletop Thursday, 27.03.25] A Nearly-Full-Monty (Python RPG) Column.
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[Tabletop Thursday, 27.03.25] A Nearly-Full-Monty (Python RPG) Column.

This week, I finally opened the packaging my Sensible Middle Class Edition of Monty Python’s Cocurricular Mediaeval Reenactment Programme came shipped in. In an act of divine providence akin to counting to five (three, sir!), Exalted Funeral have now brought the beautiful menagerie of TTRPG, coconut dice-roller, cow-flinging board game and more to all of you! Peek within to find more details, links and info on another upcoming campaign in The Job.

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[#TabletopThursday] ‘It’s Already Thursday AGAIN?!’ Edition, 20.03.25.
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[#TabletopThursday] ‘It’s Already Thursday AGAIN?!’ Edition, 20.03.25.

It’s been another incredibly busy week in the tabletop industry - we could'n’t hope to cover half of the latest goings-on, but consarnit have we tried! In today’ Tabletop Thursday: A wrap-up of multiple new releases, news items and more from the week in Dicey News; exploring the massive quadruple-release via Bundle of Holding; a crowdfunding campaign stacked with goodies for Edinburgh Indie Gamers and much more!

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[#TabletopThursdays] Doom-Metal Edition Feat: Isla Bell Charity Fund Drive, RPG News and Doom-Metal.
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[#TabletopThursdays] Doom-Metal Edition Feat: Isla Bell Charity Fund Drive, RPG News and Doom-Metal.

A very special, sonically heavy-as-hell edition of Tabletop Thursday this week! Sure, we take a stroll through numerous latest news items, latest ISC happenings in the TTRPG domain, I natter at you about listening to more doom-metal. But we have a special focus today, centred around a fantastic charitable campaign for the Isla Bell Charitable Fund, via The RPG Cooperative of Victoria. Want rare, cool books for cheap and social praxis at the same time? Get in here! Just bring earplugs. It’ll be loud.

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[Tabletop Thursdays] 06.03.2025. AKA: A VERY Stacked Shelf of Goodies.
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[Tabletop Thursdays] 06.03.2025. AKA: A VERY Stacked Shelf of Goodies.

In today’s edition of Tabletop Thursday: CATS! Lots of cute cats, from the ISC Team and abroad (pictured, your host - Butters), plus Dicey News re: ISC staffer Elodie’s successful Kickstarter campaign conclusion for Brass RPG (CONGRATS!) + cool art; a bunch of info, links and tasty pics regarding the hardcover-preorder/digital launch of ModiphiusFallout: Factions Core Rulebook, plus plenty of upcoming ISC content!

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[ARCHIVE - Riffs] #TabletopThursdays 19.12.24 - Feature Article: 'A Love Letter to The GMPC'
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[ARCHIVE - Riffs] #TabletopThursdays 19.12.24 - Feature Article: 'A Love Letter to The GMPC'

Originally posted on our sadly as-of-NYE-2024-now-defunct old website (RIP), we’re lucky enough to have access to the old site back-end and thus can repost another Elodie-derived Tabletop Thursdays classic in ‘A Love Letter to The GMPC’. Check out our resident RPG-design whiz’s thoughts on NPC’s walking alongside dungeonmasters right here!

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[Tabletop Thursdays] 13.02.24, Part 1: Elodie’s First Kickstarter in ‘BRASS RPG’ for Steve Dee’s ‘The World WEll’.
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[Tabletop Thursdays] 13.02.24, Part 1: Elodie’s First Kickstarter in ‘BRASS RPG’ for Steve Dee’s ‘The World WEll’.

What an incredible team I have, eh? You may recall that a few weeks back, resident RPG-design and visual-arts expert, Elodie, announced an upcoming Kickstarter campaign launch alongside the accredited and prolific Sydney-based games designer Steve Dee. Her contribution being, the very rad mecha-RPG BRASS, alongside Steve’s ‘The World Well’, and an additional title in Un-leashed. Beta playtest article with feedback from me, your host Brady, also coming soon! So yes, I can confirm in advance - it DOES rock. Support the indie RPG scene!

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[Fantasy Friday] Free League’s Dragonbane Two-For-One Kickstarter.
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[Fantasy Friday] Free League’s Dragonbane Two-For-One Kickstarter.

Featured/Blog Post Image Credits: Free League Publishing and associated artists (see within for details). Not content to just burp up an also-ran GPT-slop copy-paste of promo releases, I’ve added in some thoughts and commentary (plus contributor/creator links to separate projects) alongside this belated Tabletop Thursday/Dicey News re: new Dragonbane RPG double-hitter Kickstarter in Secrets of Luvataan/ Hardships of The Wilderness! Play this RPG to Conan.

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[Dicey News] ALIEN The Roleplaying Game Evolved Edition Bursts onto Kickstarter on March 25.
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[Dicey News] ALIEN The Roleplaying Game Evolved Edition Bursts onto Kickstarter on March 25.

DUDE. New Alien RPG: Evolved Edition launch their Kickstarter campaign on March 25th! Check the link for details - there’s so much good stuff coming! New starter set! New corebook! Minis! A solo mode made in collaboration with solo GOAT Shawn Tomkin! New tools, rules, weapons, characters, everything! Courtesy of Sweden’s greatest RPG heroes in Free League Publishing.

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#TabletopThursday, 16.01.25 - Of Orcs, Burnouts, Space Bar-Fights and Bedtime Monsters.
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#TabletopThursday, 16.01.25 - Of Orcs, Burnouts, Space Bar-Fights and Bedtime Monsters.

#TabletopThursday for16th Jan features: Rallyman Dirt, two elongated greentexts adventures about two orcs - one, a total d-bag, one based as hell. And some words on Starforged, collaborator Elodie’s latest happenings, some lore, and other stuff. It’s 2am, time to sign off after another great week of nerding out.

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First #TabletopThursday post for 2025 - Tabletop Goals, ISC Content, etc.
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First #TabletopThursday post for 2025 - Tabletop Goals, ISC Content, etc.

Our first new post for the year, and our first #TabletopThursdays segment at that! In today’s edition, Elodie and myself explore out game-master goals for 2025. Additionally, we provide a bit of scoop on several acclaimed wishlist to-play titles in Knave, Mothership, Old School Essentials, Starforged, Five Leagues From The Borderlands and more!

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[ISC Update]  A Warm Welcome to Our Newest Team Member, Elodie!
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[ISC Update] A Warm Welcome to Our Newest Team Member, Elodie!

Originally posted on our old and unfortunately now-suddenly-dead-as-of-NYE-2024 website (RIP), this here’s an introduction for our 3rd addition to the Inner-Strength Check team in Elodie! See the link for background, artist details, some of her visual art and tabletop RPG portfolio, links to projects and more!

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[Archive]: INTRODUCING: #TabletopThursdays!
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[Archive]: INTRODUCING: #TabletopThursdays!

This article was originally posted to the sadly-now-defunct Inner-Strength Check website on November 28th, 2024. Rounding out our trio of regular columns in Music Mondays and Tech Tuesdays, Tabletop Thursdays seeks to provide both the latest news, deals and happenings in the TTRPG, board gaming and general hobby spaces, as well as personal updates from ourselves as DM’s and players, designers etc in our hobby journeys. Check it out and roll those dice!

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