Our first full week of 2021 and I hope it was a good one.
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Not because of the new year, but because of the new month, the Publisher Spotlight poll has opened again.
If you’re a Geek Native patron then you can vote for one of the five candidate RPG publishers and creators. They are;
The winner for January was Parts Per Million, and I concede that I’m yet to try and get in touch to arrange an interview.
I will. This time the new year is to blame.
And on that note; on with the TTRPG news!
RPG news from Geek Native
- Paizo has a month-long new playtest for Pathfinder 2e with Guns and Gears.
- Monte Cook Games released a free to download preview of Edge of the Sun.
- Osprey Publishing shared a free name generator for Righteous Blood, Ruthless Blades.
- Chaosium has given us a look at the (draft) cover of the upcoming RPG Lords of the Middle Sea.
- Wizards of the Coast will reveal a new book this coming Tuesday.
- Despite a struggle for funds and staff, RPG Research helped 30,000+ people.
- Catalyst Game Labs will publish the Runner Resource Book Shadowrun: Collapsing Now.
- Fainting Goat Games released a name your own price RPG in the shape of Agents of BAMF.
- EN World has released the community vote for the 10 most anticipated tabletop RPGs of 2021.
- The Bundle of Holding has a John Carter of Mars deal.
- TBoH and Onyx Path also worked together to help a game designer in need with the Changeling: the Dreaming bundle called Jackie’s Dreaming.
- Brexit delays hit DriveThruRPG’s European customers.
RPG news from around the web
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- Matt Jarvis shared the sad news that World of Darkness and D&D writer and designer Jackie Cassada has died of COVID-19.
- Jarvis also wrote up Sword & Board is Dark Souls as a tabletop RPG.
- Goodman Games revealed the Best Selling DCC Third Party Supplements of 2020.
- Bat in the Attic Games introduces Majestic Fantasy.
- In a widely shared piece, Matthew Gault of Wired noted that Dungeons & Dragon’s Racial Reckoning is Long Overdue.
- Steven Kenson launched The Icons Patreon.
- EN Publishing gave us a look at Level Up’s Monsters: The Stat Block.
RPG reviews and interviews from around the web
- Technical RPG reviewed the Warlock Magazine.
- Ben Reece reviewed Starfinder’s We’re No Heroes.
- Davie Pierson reviewed Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything.
- Lane Martin reviewed Vaesen: Nordic Horror Roleplaying
- Rolling Boxcars reviewed Decuma: The R&D for Your RPG.
- Shannon Appelcline interviewed Greg Porter.
- At d20Radio, Egg Embry interviewed Howard Andrew Jones from Goodman Games about Tales From The Magician’s Skull.
RPG new releases
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- Based on the paintings of John Mallord William Turner is a TTRPG from Oz called A Disaster At Sea.
- Graham Walmsley has released the horrors of Cthulhu Dark.
- An RPG about star-blessed demigods defending the remains of humanity; Briar Sovereign has published The Brightest Things We Know.
- Cubicle 7 released the Warhammer FRP Shrines of Sigmar.
- Tana Pigeon launched a new ezine for RPGs with Mythic Magazine volume 1.
- Fire Ruby Designs extended their Warlock! RPG with Three’s Company.
- Porcupine Publishing released a name your own price Player’s Guide for their 16th-century Brazilian setting The Elephant & Macaw Banner.
- The hour is late. The sky is dark. A hard rain falls on the weak. It’s Tibbius’ Crawlers.
RPG ideas, tips and discoveries
- Charles Dunwoody used the new Neverland setting from Andrews McMeel as a basic world building example.
- Ryan S. Dancey, former VP at Wizards of the Coast, shared WotC, DDI, 4E, and Hasbro: Some History.
- New Gamemaster Month kicked off with Welcome, and Let’s Get Started! and Initial Planning For Your Game Session.
- Meanwhile, on EN World, Egg Embry summarised What Are Publishers Doing For New Gamemaster Month?
- Arcane Eye wrote up What I Learned as a New Dungeon Master (And Why You Should Try It!)
- Dave Clark of Full Moon Storytelling penned Adding Culture to Your Game: A new tool.
- Angel’s Citadel shared Making Props for Game Immersion.
RPG Crowdfunding
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You can see those Kickstarters and other crowdfunding campaigns that caught Geek Native’s attention over at Kickstarter watch. Here are some industry projects worth a mention;
- EN Publishing has a popular “Quickstarter” on their hands with Enchanted Trinkets II for D&D 5th Edition.
- Munchkin Metropolis wants to help you build your own models and have launched the Make 100 / The Do-It-Yourself Dungeon Builders Toolkit
- The Grinning Frog has more than doubled the campaign target for Vastral’s Guide to Magical Oddities for 5e.
- 2CGaming has smashed it out of the park with the Ultimate Guide to 5th edition foes and the Epic Legacy Tome of Titans
- Trader Brandon and Todd Stashwick’s Nerd Circus are offering MYSTIC LIBATIONS: Critical Cocktails.
- Ronald V. Smorynski is working on a D&D adventure module called The Goblin Fortress.
- Kris McDermott has 75+ themed maps in Meanders 5: WILD WEST Digital Battlemaps for Tabletop RPG.
- Chad M. Lensch has funded a maritime-rescue adventure in Rescue at Griffoncrag Pass: a 5E Adventure.
- Adam Collins is writing a winter-themed expansion. It’s The Hike That Binds Us: Wintertide Expansion.
- Stephen D has funded a lighthearted and optimistic sci-fi RPG toolkit in the shape of Space Aces: TNG (The New Guidebook).
- Lair has recruited hundreds of backers for Eldritch Century – 3D Printable miniatures and tales.
- Jason Youngdale is hoping to turn rules he wrote as a 14-year-old into a publication with Make 100 Dragon’s Teeth RPG rulebooks (rebooted and updated).
- Theorycraft is offering to help optimise all your character concepts withD&D 3.5e Character Development Planner (DnD3rd).
- Nathaly Aupin is offering virtual tabletop assets with the 40+ Tabletop RPG Map Pack.
- Sanguine Productions will have you fight monsters while you become one yourself in ABYSS – The Tabletop RPG of Supernatural Action-Horror.
- Broken Anvil Miniatures lowered their campaign ask by more than £30,000 for the Dungeon Delvers (relaunch).
If there’s a source or news you think is worth monitoring, please get in touch or leave a comment below.