Eric Deutsch

Eric first got into tabletop playing D&D in college. While his play time is mostly in D&D, he really enjoys one-shots at conventions since that's when group dynamics can be really surprising.

Roguelike TTRPG brings the best video game genre to tabletop

A strong skeleton for any world

By Eric Deutsch

/ 27 Apr 2026

Stormlight World Guide: A Lore Compendium and Art Book for Brandon Sanderson's The Stormlight Archive review

A newbie's guide to Roshar

By Eric Deutsch

/ 5 Feb 2026

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Best of Gen Con 2025

Finally, we can tell you the winners!

By Mike Dunn, Andy Giovanni, Nick Dubs, Eric Deutsch and Sean Brown

/ 19 Nov 2025

Moonshine Empire Review- The swamp and Pappy keep what they take

Editor’s note. This review is based mostly on the version 1.0 rulebook provided with the review. There has been a release of rules 1.2, and I’ll

By Eric Deutsch

/ 20 Sep 2025

Moonshine Empire Review- The swamp and Pappy keep what they take

Disco Heist Laundry Preview — The second taste hooks you

Last year at Gen Con, I got a brief look at Disco Heist Laundry and you can read that preview here. A year later and the loose screws are tighter

By Eric Deutsch

/ 15 Sep 2025

A board showing a city grid with police, snitches, kingpins, and goons all trying to vie for territory.

Arkham Horror RPG Starter Set - Hungering Abyss review— Town's disappearances have nothing to do with module title

Hungering Abyss is intended as an introduction to Arkham Horror: The Roleplaying Game. As a module, its goal is to teach both players and GM the game and to have

By Eric Deutsch

/ 24 Aug 2025

Arkham Horror RPG Starter Set - Hungering Abyss review— Town's disappearances have nothing to do with module title

Class of '89 demo at Gen Con 2025

Becoming the high school yearbook editor of your dreams

By Eric Deutsch

/ 17 Aug 2025

Best of Gen Con 2024- Better late than never edition

Convention season was very intense in 2024, with GamingTrend attending more tabletop cons than any other year prior. In fact, we went to so many conventions this year we still

By Mike Dunn, Chris Hinkes, Chris Wyman, Mike Case, Mark Julian, Nick Dubs and Eric Deutsch

/ 20 Nov 2024

Best of Gen Con 2024- Better late than never edition

Disco Heist Laundry Preview — The first taste was free

At Gen Con this year, a few of us at GamingTrend were able to sit down with Mike Gnade from Rock Manor games to run a few rounds of the

By Eric Deutsch

/ 22 Sep 2024

Disco Heist Laundry Preview — The first taste was free

Free League Awarded ENNIE for Publisher of the Year for the Fourth Time – Celebrates with ALIEN sale

For the second year in a row and the fourth time in five years, Free League has been voted Publisher of the Year at the ENNIE Awards. The publisher took

By Eric Deutsch

/ 22 Aug 2024

Free League Awarded ENNIE for Publisher of the Year for the Fourth Time – Celebrates with ALIEN sale

BAM! Comics come to tabletop – Prowlers & Paragons Ultimate Edition review

In the words of its creators, Prowlers & Paragons (P&P) Ultimate Edition is designed to emulate four-color superhero comics. With that in mind, it leans on basic comic

By Eric Deutsch

/ 6 Jun 2024

Indie TTRPGs at Gen Con—Systems you might have missed and up-and-comers

This year’s TTRPG tables at GenCon showcased previously released and currently playtesting games that ran the gamut of tones and mechanics. I am part of the small subculture of

By Eric Deutsch

/ 30 Aug 2023

Indie TTRPGs at Gen Con—Systems you might have missed and up-and-comers