Routinely Itemised: RPGs #112

It’s Friday, and the big news here at Geek Native HQ this that nerdy blogger will soon be on the move. A new apartment has been secured and it’s terrifying.

August maybe a month of disruption as PCs and books are packed, put in a truck, unloaded and then rebuilt on the other side of the harbour.

Hopefully, disruption will be kept to a minimum, and it seems to pale in comparison to the logistics of moving crates of RPG books around to stores, conventions and warehouses!

As it’s a new month the RPG Publisher Spotlight is open for Patreon votes. The candidates for September are;

• Play by Action Gaming
• Sanguine Productions
• Jay Dragon / Possum Creek Games
• Jack Harrison / Mousehole Press
• Starshine Scribbles

The winner for August is Trash Mob Minis.

Also, hopefully, it’s been a good few weeks for Patreons. There’s another gift available in the shape of The Gunblade.

Right, now on to the RPG news!

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RPG news from Geek Native

• It’s not common for Kickstarter news to make this section, but Magpie Games’ Avatar Legends Kickstarter became the most successful RPG project in just one day on the platform.
• In potentially huge news, WizKids is getting into sprue-minis and D&D branded paints.
• Webbed Sphere, who own some tabletop retailer brands, supporting eCommerce and logistics functions, have bought the world’s oldest publishing RPG company Flying Buffalo.
• UK Games Expo announced the Award winners for 2021.
• D&D Beyond cancelled an anniversary competition after negative community feedback.
• We got to see how Wizards of the Coast woos influencers when Amy the Amazonian shared their Adventures in Forgotten Realms Magic:TG x D&D pack.
• Highmoon Press is leaving the tabletop RPG business, and there’s an everything must go sale.
• Actor and geek defender, Joe Manganiello hints at a big D&D project.
• Outland Entertainment has acquired the rights for Michael Rookard’s Galefire series for comics and a 5e RPG.
• Geek Native reviewed the Call of Cthulhu scenario At One With Nature.
• I took a look into the hidden dangers of the indie RPG The Unworld Mysteries.
• Also, on the review slate, this week was Through the Veil: Treasure of the Feywild.
• That’s not all, Geek Native also had A Good Death.
• The, finally, Geek Native reviewed XII: Inner Demons.
• The official Earthdawn 4e comes to FoundryVTT.
• The fan-made 5e Spelljammer conversion Wildjammer gets a FoundryVTT module.
• Latinx fantasy comic Helm Greycastle comes bundled with a 5e one-shot set in the same world.
• Chthonstone Games (once Red Box Vancouver) and Lampblack & Brimstone take to the Bundle of Holding with a Dungeon World deal.

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RPG news from around the web

• Paizo Publishing revealed a slate of new releases.
• D&D announced charity support for Mermaids.
• The Dungeon Masters Guild revealed they raised over $9,000 for No Kid Hungry.
• Cubicle 7 talked about Victoriana for 5e and the changes they are making.
• Chase Carter wrote up Lancer co-creator’s new post-apocalyptic RPG Icon has a free playtest version that’s worth a look.
• Modiphius pulled the veil off a series of new Star Trek Adventure titles.
• At EN World, Beth Rimmels had a peek inside Beadle & Grimm’s Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft Shadowy Silver Edition.
• Wargamer wrote up the news that D&D Beyond will no longer support Unearthed Arcana playtest material.

RPG reviews and interviews from around the web

• Jared Rascher reviewed Star Trek Adventures: Mission Briefs 001-003, Matt Colville’s Kingdoms & Warfare, and the 5e Weird Wastelands.
• Also, Jared published a review of Achtung Cthulhu’s Seventh Inning Slaughter.
• Antonios S reviewed the Warhammer adventure Death on the Reik and Chaosium’s Alone Against the Tide.
• Angel’s Citadel reviewed the silent RPG Alice is Missing.
• The Tabletop Almanac reviewed Osprey Games’ Jackals.
• Refereeing and Reflection reviewed Mage 20’s Technocracy Reloaded.
• Reviews from R’lyeh reviewed Adventure Pack 4 for Symbaroum and Fate of Cthulhu’s The Rise of the Quiet.
• At EN World, Egg Embry reviewed Jon Hodgson of Handiwork Games about a|state.

RPG new releases

• Shewstone Publishing released Magonomia: The RPG of Renaissance Wizardry.
• Modiphius published the 2d20-powered Fallout RPG.
• Travis Legge published the sourcebook for Chronicles of Darkness: Mirrors with Bleeding Edge 2.0.
• Caro Asercion released a fantastical cyberpunk RPG called Dwindle.
• Nightpath Publishing continues cyberpunk adventures with Entromancy: The Orichite Age Omnibus.
• Name Your Own Price for this lbonnette’s Cosmic Cowboy Cats RPG>
• Jeroon has a Pay What You want to enhance your current RPG with more Snails. Really.
• Pegasus Press put the Talisman Adventures RPG together with The Briar Rose.
• Lenmos released the Dracodex – The Codex of Dragons for 5e.
• Matara has made the Beta version of the crystalpunk fantasy Megalos available.
• Stygian Fox published an anthology of modern-day Call of Cthulhu scenarios with Occam’s Razor.

RPG bundle deals

• Save $10.95 (30%) with the Miskatonic Repository Classical Era Collection.
• Save $2 (14%) with von Braus publishing’s Dungeoneers with Companions bundle.

RPG ideas, tips and discoveries

• Do you know the phrase “The Wangrod Defence” and how it applies to RPGs?
• The historical-leaning RPG Fragments of the Past has a free to download quickstart.
• Broken Wood Gift’s dice tower tray is impressive.
• Nerdarchy blogged Advancing Your 5e D&D Franchise with Acquisitions Incorporated.
• On C|Net Steph Panecasio revealed that I hate Zoom trivia so much that I became a D&D Dungeon Master.
• Linda Whitson shared insight on Etiquette & Protocol – TTRPG Safety Toolkit.
• Vice’s Tim Fraanje found out that When Drag Meets Dungeons & Dragons, Magic Happens.

RPG Crowdfunding

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;

• Lloyd Metcalf has funded an introductory Swords & Wizardry and 5e adventure with floofy familiars trying to save a swamp. FloofQuest – Hassle in the Quagmire – 5e, Swords & Wizardry
• Michael Anthony DeAnda is creating a single-player RPG about customer service and the apocalypse. It’s Golden Mart.
• Evil Pigeon Games has funded a fantasy black market where you can buy anything, and its suitable for any RPG. It’s The Night Market.
• Racing towards NZ$40K is the Modular Realms Magnetic Terrain – Relaunch!
• Dog Might Games are back on Kickstarter with these silver enamled inlayed Accursed GM Screen Collection.
• Arkhaane – Enjoy and Share Unlimited Homebrew DnD Content
• Unique dice that look at you from Spidermind Games. They are Dragon Eye Dice – The Chromatic Dragon Collection.
• Danny Herrero has a new Lost Adventures 5e supplement and STL offering. It’s the Uncharted Lands: Book & STL Collection.
• Elysian Assembly has a set of characters and dioramas with The Hybrids – STL files for 3d Printing.
• Aaron Prior is funding a location supplement for 5e with The Wailing Fen.
• Free League Publishing has another smash hit on their hands with the Forbidden Lands RPG – Book of Beasts and The Bloodmarch.
• Old Raging Barbarian has crazy OSR rules for The Death Race.
• Mystic.Realm is offering printable Mystic-Realm’s QDS: Quick Dungeon System 3d Tabletop Terrain.
• Designer dice in the shape of Dicebound Volume 2: Sharp Edge & Classic RPG Dice.
• Realmwarp Media are funding a rogue-like horror for 5e 2nd tier adventurers and a Night at Bloodmoon Cairn.
• Tribal Craft Studio have funded real Handcrafted Buffalo Magic Horn Dice.
• Toogs has a collection of original art, stats, models and content with Homebrew D&D Monsters with their own 3D minis and 2D tokens!
• Josh Rottman has OSR meets new in a hardcore and story-driven Neoclassical Geek Revival – Acidic Edition
• Brittannia Games has smashed goals for their Chivalry & Sorcery European Folklore Bestiary.
• Shawn Carman has a set of sourcebooks for Thunderscape, Tiny Legacies and Infinity’s Edge with A Trio of Tabletop Tomes!
• Jason Very is funding a sourcebook for Night Shift: VSW with spells, classes, magic and options in The Night Companion.
• MWRP 3D Designs & Printing have custom DM screens, dice towers and more for 3D printing with Styling your table.
• Christian Eichhorn offers classes, proficiencies, encounters and death locations in Purgatory | A Mörk Borg Supplement.
• Hexy Studio has printable, ready to play 5e encounters, with pre-supported modules. It’s a campaign for Instant Encounters 5E – RPG Module (PDF & STL 3D miniatures).
• 2CGaming have raised tens of thousands for the Epic Legacy Hero’s Handbook.

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