Morrus’ Unofficial Tabletop RPG Talk

Livestreamed as always Monday at 8pm UK time (3pm Eastern) or catch up later on the podcast! This week we have a pile of D&D news with a new WotC president, World of Warcraft book delays, WotC hires an anti-union firm, Hellraiser gets an RPG, Warhammer: Age of Sigmar hints at big changes, and more!

• Dan Ayoub named head of Wizards of the Coast
• All 16 species from D&D World of Warcraft have been revealed
• The Price Is Right is getting a Dungeons & Dragons episode….no, seriously
• Delays hit North American release of D&D World of Warcraft book
• Wizards of the Coast retains Fisher Phillips, a union avoidance firm; vote will take place on November 10th
• D&D Beyond finally updates its search function
• The Army Painter teams up with Dungeons & Dragons for new paint line
• Warhammer: Age of Sigmar leaks hint at cataclysmic changes to game setting
• Make your own critical role with Matt Mercer miniature 3D files from Tiny Furniture
• Clive Barker's HELLRAISER will be a TTRPG created by The One Ring designer
• Paizo licenses Re-Animator for 13 Omens
• Let's look at the magic items in Secrets of the Tome

Livestreamed as always Monday at 8pm UK time or catch up later on the podcast! This week, we have some brand new previews of D&D World of Warcraft including the full list of included species, Chaosium removes over 40 community titles for using AI, Critical Role is doing a live Middle Earth one-shot, Games Workshop cancels the Necromunda RPG that they just announced, and Renegade teases Interview with the Vampire.

• D&D Warcraft designer talks species, classes, dungeons, and the core of Azeroth
• Chaosium clamps down on AI and removes 40 community titles
• Critical Role will be visiting Middle Earth in November
• There will be no Necromunda RPG after all
• Here's a peek at Renegade's Interview with the Vampire starter set!
• Witness a planetary invasion from far too close in The Fall of Lanth
• Sword World
• Check out Secrets of the Tome’s awesome cover art!
• OneQuests: Two Interactive Solo Survival Games

A special episode of the show where we resurrect an old favourite...

• Time Without Tide
• Jadestorm
• Khthon
• Machines of Bone & Blood
• Our Lives, Our Fortunes
• MemoryCore
• The Bad Year
• DARK LENINGRAD
• BREAK!!
• Ballad Hunters
• Precious Things
• The Candy Caper

Livestreamed as always Monday at 8pm UK time (3pm Eastern)! This week, D&D's take on modern horror is out with Project Lamordia on D&D Beyond, WotC declines to recognise unionization efforts, Australia offers some D&D-themed toilet paper because of course it does, and Paizo's 13 Omens hits Kickstarter.

• Project_Lamordia is now on DDB bringing modern survival horror to D&D
• WotC declines to recognise new union
• Wizards of the Coast responds to D&D unionization effort, says they will respect results of union vote
• RPG Evolution: The Twenty-Sided Tavern Redux
• UK Games Expo apologises after social media post breaches its own generative AI ban
• If you need some D&D-themed toilet paper, today's your lucky day
• Paizo's 13 OMENS now live on Kickstarter
• The Griffon's Saddlebag: Books Three and Four
• The One Ring™ RPG: Bestiary, Gondor Campaign & Updated Rules
• Wild Hearth: Cooking Monsters & Building Towns in D&D
• OneQuests: Two Interactive Solo Survival Games
• EN World+ Community Supporter Exclusive Live Stream October 2026

Livestreamed as always Monday at 8pm UK time (3pm Eastern)! In the week's news, we take a look at the upcoming World of Warcraft book, talk D&D and Star Wars crossover plans--and Dungeons & Dragons is unionizing. Plus, our CERN article is now live!

• D&D Warcraft: a first look
• D&D Warcraft's 13 classes include Death Knight, Demon Hunter, Evoker, and Shaman
• Wizards of the Coast announces more D&D/Star Wars crossover plans
• Dark Sun graphic novels coming from Dark Horse
• Dungeons & Dragons is unionizing--citing AI, personal IP rights, layoff fears, and crunch experiences
• Pathfinder Action Figure Line Announced
• We visited CERN, played games, and saw antimatter!

Livestreamed as always Monday at 8pm UK time (3pm Eastern)! In the week's news, the D&D previews a modern horror take on Ravenloft's Frankenstein-inspired realm, we see a list of the new D&D Warcraft monsters, there's a walkthrough map book and a tarrasque, D&D hires and fires, Renegade renews Hasbro licenses and loses Vampire license, and more!

• D&D Beyond teases Project Lamordia, a modern reinterpretation of Ravenloft
• Here's the list of monsters from the D&D World of Warcraft book
• Walkthrough map book of classic D&D dungeons coming next year
• 9-inch Tarrasque statue coming from Iron Studios
• D&D Beyond Drops adds first subclass, a Shadowfell-themed Fighter
• Celeste Conowitch hired by Wizards of the Coast as Senior Game Developer for Dungeons & Dragons
• Hirings and firings at D&D over the last few years: a changing of the guard?
• 9-inch Tarrasque statue coming from Iron Studios
• One Ring online chargen tools Tuesday 6th October
• Renegade renews Hasbro license for Transformers, GI Joe, and more; loses Vampire license to White Wolf
• Kraldum: solo fantasy mudlarking
• Microscope (2nd Edition)
• Ink Ribbon
• Magic Items Come To Level Up Gateway
• 50% sale on hundreds of PDFs for 2 weeks only!

Livestreamed as always Monday at 8pm UK time (3pm Eastern)! In the week's news, the D&D Warcraft previews have started to roll out, there's updates on the Dragonlance world book being made by Weis, Hickman, and Manganiello, and UK Games Expo finally bans AI from the trade floor.

• LaTia Jacquise let go from Wizards of the Coast
• Dungeons & Dragons is starting to preview its World of Warcraft book
• What are the 7 dungeons in D&D World of Warcraft all about?
• D&D World of Warcraft subclasses will swap out classic class features for new abilities
• Check out D&D's redesign of Bahamut
• Weis, Hickman, and Manganiello update on Dragonlance world book
• UK Games Expo finally bans AI from the convention
• Dystopian comedy RPG Paranoia takes aim at social media influencers in its latest adventure
• Win a copy of Lord of the Rings 5E 'Trials of Saruman' and Ruins of Symbaroum 5E 'The Throne of Thorns III' (EN World+ members only)

Livestreamed as always Monday at 8pm UK time (3pm Eastern)! We're back from CERN in Geneva, Switzerland, the official D&D actual play is going World of Warcraft, Modiphius is selling off hardcover RPGs for £5, Games Workshop is making a Necromunda RPG, and Dragonmeet might be expanding to three days!

• 'Dungeon Masters' new actual play season will be set in World of Warcraft
• Pathfinder and Starfinder prices are going up next month
• Modiphius' warehouse clearance sale includes hardcover games for just £5
• Games Workshop is producing a Necromunda TTRPG
• UK's Dragonmeet convention is expanding fast with extra days added in coming years

Livestreamed as always Monday at 8pm UK time (3pm Eastern)! Play driders, myconids, and more in the new Underdark-themed Unearthed Arcana, Munchkin is getting a new RPG, and the iconic Castle Ravenloft board game returns!

• WotC's Dan Ayoub talks OGL mistakes--"we're recovering from loud public missteps"
• Castle Ravenloft returns, as board game gets reprint from Renegade Games
• Dungeons & Dragons testing out even more Underdark subclasses and species
• Arcana Unleashed Ultimate Bundle delayed in US and Canada
• The iconic card game MUNCHKIN is becoming a roleplaying game... powered by 5E!
• Steve Jackson steps down as CEO of Steve Jackson Game (again)

Livestreamed as always Monday at 8pm UK time (3pm Eastern)! Ravenloft is coming to Netflix, Forgotten Realms is NOT coming to Netflix, there's a second Dungeons & Dragons movie script, and Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 5E is in the wild!

• Ravenloft TV series in development by Netflix, Forgotten Realms TV series is dead
• Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves Sequel Script Finished, Looking for Studio
• The PDF for Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 5E is out in the wild!
• Diamond bankruptcy settlement hits snag as Sparkle Pop files objection

Livestreamed as always Monday at 8pm UK time (3pm Eastern)! There's two upcoming D&D video games, a massive preview of Arcana Unleashed, and an updated setting from the original creators of Dark Sun.

• Dungeons & Dragons: Warlock shows off first gameplay footage, will be set in Ravenloft
• Dungeons & Dragons: Long Rest Tavern announced, cozy business sim for PC
• Arcana Unleashed & Arcana Unleashed: Deadfall preview
• Monte Cook Games replaces promotional video, releases statement after video uses AI assets
• Original Dark Sun creators update their Dragon Kings world to 5E
• Level Up Gateway reaches milestone update!
• Alpha Star Magazine Issue 3

Livestreaming as always Monday at 8pm UK time (3pm Eastern)! Dark Sun is removing some controversial elements, new Underdark options let you become a mind flayer, you can get D&D popcorn buckets now, and we take a look at Odyssey-themed games and supplements.

• Is the 5.5e Dark Sun going to remove controversial aspects of the setting?
• Dungeons & Dragons is playtesting new Underdark options, including a player-focused transformation into a mind flayer
• You can get a D&D popcorn bucket now
• Crows: Fortune or Death
• Get your TTRPG Odyssey fix with these crowdfunders
• Alpha Star Magazine Issue 3

Livestreamed as always Monday at 8pm UK time (3pm Eastern)! Dragonlance's new novel is out, Pathfinder is finally on DTRPG, the first UK tabletop union, and how to make a million dollar Kickstarter!

• Dragonlance: War Wizard review
• DTRPG now has Paizo's Pathfinder & Starfinder catalogue
• Paizo may finally get its inventory back from bankrupt Diamond
• Twitch Says Quiet Part Out Loud: Amazon AI Is Opt Out Because ‘Nobody Would Opt In’
• Workers at British RPG publisher Rowan, Rook and Decard form union
• On TTRPG Kickstarters, merchandise, and 600% markups
• Classic horror Dark Conspiracy RPG returns using Traveller rules
• UNVERIFIED SIGHTINGS: D&D 5.5e Monsters of Myth & Legend!
• Level Up: Advanced Fifth Edition on Realm VTT
• Alpha Star Magazine Issue 3

Livestreamed as always Monday at 8pm UK time (3pm Eastern)! We cover more Gen Con news including awards, awards, and more awards!

• John Hight steps down as president of Wizards of the Coast
• WotC’s newly announced “D&D Icons” line wins an award before making anything
• Gen Con grows to 74,000 attendees, remains world's second largest tabletop gaming convention
• Shadow and Illusionist: The Illusionist Class for A5e
• Mischief Toy Store wins 2026's Diana Jones Award
• Congratulations to 2026 ENnies Winners!
• Giving creators their due credit: better practices for publishers, awards, and media
• Stop destroying EU micro-businesses: Immediate moratorium on cross-border EPR fees