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Find here all the articles about Tabletop gaming that we have at KeenGamer. You’ll see News, Reviews, Opinion Pieces, and more, written by a fan of the genre.
The UK’s First Industry Supported PoC TTRPG Networking Event In Review
May 2025 saw the first industry supported TTRPG PoC Networking Event in the UK. Set up by Taylor Navarro, it gave PoC creators the chance to make connections, seek mentorship and advance their career. I attended the event, chatted with Taylor and the...
Young Dragons: Using the Magic of Tabletop Roleplaying Games to Support Young People
Young Dragons is an initiative from Mythic Minds to support young peoples' development using tabletop roleplaying games. Through their sessions, they utilize the many benefits of playing a good game to help young people overcome obstacles they're fac...
Against Time & Death Preview: A Duet Storytelling RPG Played From Either Side of an Epic Time War!
Against Time & Death is a storytelling RPG designed by Nick Bate. In this game, you and a fellow player play agents on either side of a time war. You take it in turn to contribute to the story, making moves and writing letters to each other, deci...
The Witches of Wederra Keep Preview: A Witchy Serialized Actual Play to Enjoy All Year Round!
The Witches of Wederra Keep is an Actual Play series created by Jacob Wolf Lefton played using the Tabletop RPG, Wickedness by Mazey Veselak.I got to preview the first four episodes of this series as well as talk with Jacob all about creating this pr...
Dragonmeet 2024: The Tabletop Indie Event of the Year Returns for a Full Weekend!
This year's Dragonmeet is just around the corner, coming to London's Novotel on Saturday 30th November! This UK-based Indie Tabletop Gaming meetup promises a wealth of exhibitors, live shows and seminars for games professionals and enjoyers. Also, th...
Space: 1999 Preview: Gerry Anderson’s Sci-Fi Hit Returns in Roleplay Form!
Modiphius' upcoming Space: 1999 tabletop roleplaying game is set to come out early next year. This 2d20 game will cast you and your friends as members of Moonbase Alpha on a fantastical sci-fi adventure imagined in Gerry Anderson's iconic Space: 1999...
Tabletop Scotland 2024 – A Behind the Scenes Look With Dave Wright
Tabletop Scotland will be opening its doors to the public from Friday September 6th to Sunday September 8th. I was lucky enough to get to talk with Convention Director, David Wright, to find out all about this year's event and what's on offer for att...
Free Star Trek: Adventures Resources From Modiphius to Check Out While You Wait for the Second Edition
Modiphius' Star Trek: Adventures TTRPG currently has so many free resources available to download from their store. Here is a rundown on what is available to keep you busy until the Second Edition comes out in August. The time is coming for Star Trek...
A Sneak Peak at Modiphius’ Mass Effect Board Game
Modiphius are currently working on a new Mass Effect Board Game that is set to come out this year. To give you the inside scoop on the game, I caught up with the game's designers; Eric M. Lang and Calvin Wong Tze Loon (黃子倫) and tried out a preview co...
Loose Change Preview: The Latest Chapter In Realms of Peril & Glory’s Liminal London Series
Actual Play podcast, Realms of Peril & Glory are currently releasing a new season of their Liminal London Series: Loose Change. This new season continues the story of a small group of misfits, caught between the City of London as we know it and t...
A Forthcoming New Edition of the Dark Deeds TCG
Dark Deeds, a card game with a longtime cult following is back with a new creed. Dark Deeds, originally established as the "darkly humorous card game", is a 2 to 5 player tabletop created by gaming legends Andy Chambers & Mark Gibbons. Modiphius ...
Star Trek Adventures TTRPG Add The Federation-Klingon War Tactical Campaign
The book is a six mission, tactical campaign that follows the Klingon War story arc portrayed in the first season of Star Trek: Discovery. It also includes a new, procedurally generated campaign that provides players an avenue to engage the role of a...
Realms of Peril & Glory: A New Year of Incredible Actual Play
Realm of Peril & Glory is an Actual Play Podcast that use TTRPGs to tell epic stories and share the experience of playing a good game with friends. I caught up with Realms' producer, Zack Fortais-Gomm to discuss what goes into creating quality Ac...
Science, RPGs and Adventure: The RPGeeks and What They’ve Got in Store for Us in 2024
The RPGeeks are a group of science communicators who run Actual Plays of Tabletop Roleplaying Games based on scientific principles. Their shows usually blend great storytelling, fun character work and accessible science to create entertainment that e...
High Voltage Tabletop Bundle – 20 Action Packed TTRPGs for $20
For the month of January, the High Voltage Tabletop Bundle is available for purchase on itch.io. This bundle is a collection of 20 tabletop games brought together by Nathan Blades to showcase fast-paced high energy indie games and their creators. The...
CATAN: New Energies, A Contemporary Spin on a Classic Strategy Game
CATAN: New Energies is set for release in spring 2024. A new standalone game rooted with the classic CATAN mechanics of harvesting, trading, and building. New Energies has a modern twist with sustainability and societal progress as the core strategy....
Dragonmeet 2023’s Podcast Zone – A Terrific Showcase of UK Tabletop Talent
A highlight of this year's Dragonmeet was the Podcast Zone. I share my favorite shows from the day, my experiences at the stalls and the incredible people worth keeping an eye on in the UK tabletop community. Between the many live shows and the stall...
Making It in the World of TTRPG Podcasting: An Interview With Fiona K T Howat
Fiona K T Howat is the producer of tabletop podcasts, 'What Am I Rolling?' and the DMs Book Club. Both are highly successful podcasts that provide great resources for TTRPG players as well as providing great entertainment value. I interview Fiona to ...
Making the Galaxy’s Greatest Best Friend Story! An Interview With the Backwater Bastards
The Backwater Bastards are a sci-fi comedy podcast that perform TTRPG shows set in their own original game. I caught up with them at MCM Comic Con to talk to them all about their show, what it's like working on it and advice for making it as an Actua...
Carnival du Vael Preview: Spooky New Mini-Series from Realms of Peril & Glory
Starting from Monday October 16th, Realms of Peril and Glory will be airing their latest Actual Play mini-series; Carnival du Vael, along with other Halloween content throughout October. I was able to get hold of their first episode early and am exci...
5 Best UK Actual Play Productions to Get Your Fantasy Adventure Fix
With such a host of great performances to choose from, I pick out my 5 top UK based Actual Play productions that I highly recommend you check out! Actual Play productions have becoming more and more popular in recent years. This has been especially t...
