RPGBOT reviews products in both text and podcast format. Our podcast episodes frequently involve interviews with the creators, and both formats dive deep into the mechanics of RPG products with all of the crunchy rigor which RPGBOT is known for.
Note that reviews of adventures likely contain spoilers, but we do attempt to provide spoiler warnings before those occur in the article/episode.
Most Recent Product Reviews
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Tales of the Valiant Alpha – A Review
Since running a successful Kickstarter earlier this year, Kobold Press has been hard at work on Tales of the Valiant, and they’ve recently released the public alpha version. Coming in at 177 total pages, the alpha document comprises martial contents for the Player’s Guide (the core rulebook) and for the Monster Vault.
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Tome of Beasts 1 (2023 Edition) – A Review
Kobold Press’s Tome of Beasts 1 (2023 edition) is packed with over 400 monsters ranging from the adorable “Burrowling”, a small humanoid resembling a meerkat that will likely die from loneliness if separated from its folk, to the horrifying “Myling”, a spirit that attaches to a creature and saps their strength before dragging them into…
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Tales of the Valiant Kickstarter Rules Preview – A Review
Yesterday, Kobold Press launched their Kickstarter campaign for Tales of the Valiant (formerly “Project Black Flag”), Kobold Press’s update and direct competitor to the existing 5e rules.
RPG Product Reviews by Game System
- ALIEN RPG – The official ALIEN RPG built on the YEar Zero Engine by Free League Games
- Call of Cthulhu
- Cypher System
- DnD 5e
- Baldur’s Gate 3 – RPGBOT.News S3E72
- Deck of Many Things – RPGBOT.News S3E92
- Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen – RPGBOT.News S2E97
- Journeys Through the Radiant Citadel – RPGBOT.News S2E57
- Keys from the Golden Vault – RPGBOT.News S3E17
- Phandelver And Below: The Shattered Obelisk – RPGBOT.News S3E73
- Planescape: Adventures In The Multiverse – RPGBOT.News S3E84
- Spelljammer: Adventures in Space – RPGBOT.News S2E67
- 3rd-Party Publishers
- Fate of the Norns
- Forbidden Lands
- Lord of the Rings Roleplaying 5e
- Marvel Multiverse RPG
- Mörk Borg
- The One Ring 2e
- Pathfinder 2e
- Ruins of Symbaroum – 5e adaptation of Symbaroum from Free League Games
- Tales of the Valiant
- Vaesen