The Weekly LIVE 299 – Warframe Starfinder, Hellfire Club 5E, One Ring Starter and Critical Role Game

Posted on July 27, 2025 by upturnedtable

Warframe is making its tabletop debut through a collaboration between Digital Extremes and Paizo, bringing the popular video game to the Starfinder Second Edition rules system. “Operation Orias” launches in October as a standalone adventure where players take on the roles of Tenno characters, facing off against iconic Warframe enemies like the Corpus and Grineer. The adventure is designed for 4-6 hours of gameplay and includes premade characters, setting primers, and customization advice, all adapted specifically for tabletop play.

Stranger Things is getting another D&D crossover with “Welcome to the Hellfire Club,” releasing October 7th. This new starter set presents Eddie Munson’s final campaign and uses D&D 5th Edition rules in a more board game-like format with tokens and cards for easier accessibility. Priced at $49.99 for the physical version ($19.99 digital), it’s positioned as a beginner-friendly entry point that leans heavily into ’80s nostalgia and includes both classic D&D monsters and Stranger Things-specific creatures like demodogs and a new demodragon.

The Lord of the Rings tabletop RPGs are launching new starter sets on July 31st during Gen Con 2025. Free League Publishing is releasing starter sets for both “The One Ring” and “The Lord of the Rings Roleplaying 5E,” each priced at $29.99. These sets include the complete adventure “Over Hill and Under Hill,” custom dice, illustrated standees, pre-generated characters, and maps of Eriador, designed to welcome both newcomers and returning players to Middle-earth adventures set between Bilbo’s journey and the events of The Lord of the Rings.

Critical Role is expanding into video games through a partnership with AdHoc Studio. The collaboration includes two projects: contributing to AdHoc’s superhero workplace comedy game “Dispatch” (releasing later in 2025) and developing Critical Role’s first original video game set in their Exandria world. The Exandria game is still in early development with a timeline of a couple years, aiming for a narrative choice-based experience that could feature characters from their various campaigns in a brand-new storyline set between their main campaigns.

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The Weekly LIVE 298 – Dragonbane Minis, Former WotC VP, Diamond Details and New D&D Starter Set

Posted on July 20, 2025 by upturnedtable

Free League Publishing’s Dragonbane TTRPG is getting a new miniatures collection through a Kickstarter campaign by Titan Forge. The Northern Beasts miniatures sets will feature heroes and adversaries from the Dragonbane Core Set and Bestiary, with each set including original mini-adventures. The miniatures are noted for their high detail and quality, with the Demons Set being particularly impressive. Dragonbane itself is a modern re-imagining of the 1982 Scandinavian game Drakar och Demoner, offering a gritty, Nordic fantasy experience with a retro Saturday morning cartoon vibe.

Jess Lanzillo, former VP of franchise and product for D&D, has joined White Wolf as creative director for World of Darkness after leaving Wizards of the Coast. This follows the departure of other senior D&D figures like Chris Perkins and Jeremy Crawford. The exodus from D&D comes amid broader struggles at Hasbro, including massive layoffs, failed product launches, and the loss of key talent who helped make projects like Baldur’s Gate 3 successful.

The Diamond Comic Distributors bankruptcy has revealed a complex auction process filled with controversy. Alliance Entertainment (AENT) initially won the auction with a bid over $70 million, but Diamond rejected them in favor of backup bidders Universal Distribution and Ad Populum for approximately $2.5 million less. Court transcripts reveal the rejection came down to a one-hour delay in resolving a dispute over $4.3 million in prepaid inventory. AENT’s legal team claimed “the fix was in” and that they had agreed to all of Diamond’s demands, but Diamond proceeded with the backup bidders anyway. The situation has resulted in ongoing lawsuits and significant disruption to the comic book distribution industry.

Wizards of the Coast has announced Heroes of the Borderlands, a new Dungeons & Dragons Starter Set launching September 16, 2025, for $49.99. This comprehensive set is designed for the updated 2024-2025 D&D rules and includes everything needed for new players to start playing immediately. The box contains 40-60 hours of gameplay content, including three adventure booklets, over 200 game cards, 18 maps, 200+ tokens, an 11-die set, and guides for both players and Dungeon Masters. The set focuses on four iconic D&D classes (Cleric, Rogue, Wizard, and Fighter) and is being marketed as the biggest D&D starter set ever made.

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