The Weekly Podcast no.355 – D&D Hires, Algorithmic Loyalty, UK Expo Bans AI and Black Death City
Wizards of the Coast has expanded its Dungeons & Dragons design team by hiring veteran RPG creator Celeste Conowitch as a Senior Game Develo...
Radio and PodcastLive Radio & Podcasts
Games & Hobbies
Idle Red Hands
A podcast from Japan about games and gamers.
Episodes
20 of 32 episodes
The Weekly Podcast no.354 – Necromunda TTRPG, Paizo Price Increase, Star Trek 60th 2d20 and Nobunaga’s Black Castle
Games Workshop has announced Necromunda Roleplay, a standalone tabletop RPG set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe. Designed as a companion to...
The Weekly Podcast no.353 – Steve Jackson Steps Down, Dan Ayoub Speaks, Kobold Press’ Underworld and Mecha Hack
Steve Jackson is stepping down as CEO of Steve Jackson Games after 46 years to focus entirely on game design and development. Long-time staf...
The Weekly Podcast no.352 – Warhammer Fantasy RPG Fifth Edition, Munchkin 5.5E, Sparklepop Stumble and Skullcrusher RPG
Cubicle 7 has announced the 5th Edition of Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay, timed to coincide with the game’s 40th anniversary. The new edi...
The Weekly Podcast no.351 – Sword World Creator, New Lancer Books, $20 MtG Boosters and Traveller 50th Doc
The upcoming English release of Sword World RPG, a Japanese staple originally created by Group SNE in 1989. Mugen Gaming is producing the fi...
The Weekly Podcast no.350 – Dragon Kings, Mothership Month, Warlock and Long Rest Tavern and Hackmaster
Dragon Kings by Strange Owl Games is created by original Dark Sun designers, including Timothy Brown and Brom, this project serves as a spir...
The Weekly Podcast no.349 – $1 Million Crowdfunders, John Blanche Tribute, Malegothica Miniaturesand Crows: Fortune or Death
The TTRPG industry has seen a notable shift in how crowdfunding campaigns reach the million-dollar milestone, moving away from simple book s...
The Weekly Podcast no.348 – Diamond Inventory, TTGDA Wants Credits, Legends of Avantris and Dark Conspiracy: The Unseen War
After months of legal battles following Diamond Comic Distributors’ 2025 bankruptcy, a settlement has finally been reached, allowing p...
The Weekly Podcast no.347 – Dungeons and Dragons, Paizo, Free League and the Rest at GenCon
At Gen Con 2026, Wizards of the Coast had several major Dungeons & Dragons announcements, including the “Arcana Unleashed” gamep...
The Weekly Podcast no.346 – Hight Out at WotC, Nethys Update, Operation Salmon Run, GURPS and 1490 Doom
John Hight, the president of Wizards of the Coast, is stepping down from his position on September 1, 2026, after serving for two years. Thi...
The Weekly Podcast no.345 – The Guild, Justice League Unlimited, Intergalactic Bastionland and Looters RPG
Felicia Day’s new movie,The Guild: Ren Faire’d, funded via Kickstarter, includes a D&D 5.5e campaign setting book and TTRPG created by...
The Weekly Podcast no.344 – Archives of Nethys, Death Saves, Wolves and Ghosts and Zombies and Book of Funnels
Paizo prepares to end its licensed partnership with the Archives of Nethys (AoN) on July 24th, affecting both thePathfinder and Starfinder e...
The Weekly Podcast no.343 – Chaosium v. AI, Warzone Eternal STLs, Singularity for Traveller and Strange Stories
Chaosium has re-released the free quickstart PDF for its new RPG, Time Without Tide, to remove unwanted AI-generated image descriptions that...
The Weekly Podcast no.342 – D&D Encyclopedia, Backerkit X DriveThruRPG, CMON Layoffs and Our Lives, Our Fortunes
Set for an October 2026 release, this 320-page volume is authored by industry experts such as Matt Forbeck and Jon Peterson, covering multip...
The Weekly Podcast no.341 – Monolith’s Conan Returns, Witcher: No Man’s Land, MtG Arean Union and Operation: Leading Edge
Monolith is launching a new Kickstarter campaign to reprint most of their Conan board game and roleplaying game range, introducing expansion...
The Weekly Podcast no.340 – Vampire 5.5E, Valiant Mutants & Masterminds, Rise of the Lazy Dungeon master and Rpg Trader
Vampire: The Masquerade is expanding its presence on D&D Beyond with a new 5.5E crossover product titled Bound by Blood, published by Ghostf...
The Weekly Podcast no.339 – Paizo Layoffs, UK Game Expo Protests, WotC Senior AI Engineer and Infinity Suite for Traveller
Paizo is undergoing significant restructuring following a nearly $2 million financial loss in 2025, largely attributed to the bankruptcy of...
The Weekly Podcast no.338 – End of Fate, John Blanche Passes, TTRPG Crowdfunding and Unnumbered Worlds
The Fate roleplaying game line, once the flagship system for Evil Hat Productions, may be nearing its end, highlighted by the release of the...
The Weekly Podcast no.337 – The Boy King, Crows Playtest, Heresy Supreme and The Chaos Card Deck
Chaosium is reviving the iconic The Great Pendragon Campaign for the 6th edition of the Pendragon tabletop RPG, originally created by Greg S...
The Weekly Podcast no.336 – Hasbro Uh Ohs, Worlds Beyond Brawl, Modiphius Sale, Dungeon Scrawl Maps and Free RPG Day 2026
Hasbro recently cancelled a Dungeons and Dragons action game being developed by Giant Skull, the studio led by former Star Wars Jedi directo...