It’s RPG news time! How has your week been?
Geek Native has been busy with Gen Con and the fallouts afterwards (new games, people catching COVID-19 and overstepping boundaries) combined with Edinburgh’s festival season.
So, here’s the RPG news summary of summaries.
- Wizards of the Coast and partners have emailed promising big D&D news.
- Luke Gygax retires from the US Army, and his publishing company Gaxx Worx gears with licensing deals and the war horror Strange & Grim.
- Lord of the Rings goes 5e.
- Target’s Journeys Through the Radiant Citadel exclusive expires, and stores around the web can sell D&D’s latest book.
- The 2022 ENnies have been announced.
- Cubicle 7 announce several new games.
Here on Geek Native, despite the chaotically busy August, the interview with RPG Publisher Spotlight winner Izegrim Creations is live. Early? Well, IC are running a Kickstarter for Twilight Fables which is labelled a ‘mature RPG’ and I take the chance to talk to founder Rod about what precisely that means.
ZineQuest is still running, too, in the perfect storm of RPG news overflow, but Geek Native’s heat stats suggest it’s down in activity from previous years.
Now, let’s dive in with all that tabletop news;
RPG news from Geek Native
- Perhaps the most significant TTRPG awards of the year have concluded, and we have The ENnies 2022 winners.
- Edge publishes a biggie as Legend of the Five Rings goes 5e: Adventures in Rokugan is out.
- It’s an interview and a look at the plans for Gaxx Worx: Strange & Grim: As Luke Gygax retires from the Army, he and Matt Everhart launch a war horror RPG.
- People debate the pros and cons as The Lord of the Rings RPG heads to 5e.
- They’ll sell out quickly as Handiwork Games announce only 50 limited Dragon Warriors deluxe print boxed set.
- Cubicle 7 announce a new game of their own control with the tragic fantasy of Broken Weave.
- Geek Native has an exclusive on Nightfall’s Demon Dog demons.
- I worry that The official Attack of the Mind Flayer: The Stranger Things game uses awkward mental health terminology.
- Storm Bunny Studios release 21-pages of free The Bloodlines & Black Magic Roleplaying Game – Quick Start Guide.
- At the Bundle of Holding, there are Two sets of Legacy RPG: Life Among the Ruins for half the drama and a flash sale on Traveller5.
Spotlight: Izegrim Creations
RPG news from around the web
- Chase Carter gets to the critical point with Indiana’s relationship with Gen Con faces a rocky future in wake of state’s abortion ban.
- We don’t know what D&D’s forthcoming big news is, but we can guess, and Henry St Leger writes for Dicebreaker to say D&D 5E is changing – and not everyone is going to be happy.
- World Anvil are ready for the Blade Runner RPG.
- Goodman Games have released a preview of The Time-Lost Citadel.
- Handiwork Games shares a look at prototype of Maskwitches of Forgotten Doggerland.
- Laptop Mag’s Rami Tabari ventures to suggest Metagaming: How a frustrating problem can actually be fun.
- Carolyn Page at Cracked notes the 5 Unexpected Things That Caused ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ To Exist.
- Arthur at Refereeing and Reflection writes up the Imperium Maledictum news with Cubicle 7 Announces Dark Heresy 3rd Edition… Sort Of.
- Bleeding Cool’s Gavin Sheehan covers OZ: A Fantasy Role-Playing Game Announced For September.
- Bat in the Attic games can cut all sales of Judges Guild products.
RPG reviews and interviews from around the web
- Alex Chapman at ScreenRant opines Why You Want D&D’s New Starter Set Dragons Of Stormwreck Isle.
- Meanwhile, at EN World, Beth offers D&D Starter Set: Dragons of Stormwreck Isle Review.
- BoL’s J.R. Zambrano shares their first impressions of the Isle.
- Roleplayers Chronicle also writes up Review: Wizards of the Coast – Journeys Through the Radiant Citadel (Dungeons & Dragons).
- Jared Rascher also looks at the new D&D book in What do I know about reviews?
- Meanwhile, at Gnome Stew, Jared looks at The Dragon Prince: Tales of Xadia.
- Also, at Gnome Stew, J.T. Evans reviews Mythic Britain & Ireland.
- Rob Wieland reviews Vampire’s The Black Hand.
- Mixed Signals reviews Absalom Station and AEG’s Undead.
RPG new releases
- Generate random inky dungeons with Rollinkunz’s The Dungenerator Series 2.
- In hardcover and at FLGS via Paizo, there’s
- Modiphius hit publish on Achtung! Cthulhu 2d20: Operation Snowstorm.
- Original Frontiers publish the sci-fi Haven Fallen Core Rulebook.
- Cubicle 7 has released their DriveThruRPG digital Doctor Who: Adventures in Space.
- Mongoose offers up the High Guard Update 2022.
- Lastly, the exclusive deal with Target is over, and D&D Dragons of Stormwreck Isle (Starter Set) is available at FGLS too.
RPG bundle deals
- Save $10.05 (33%) on the Fenrilik Miscellany bundle.
- Save $6.00 (38%) with Hideous Hiss’ Volume 1 bundle.
- Save $3.68 (19%) on The Red Room’s Wretchploitation bundle.
- Save $2.49 (50%) with M. Cavanaugh Creation’s The Whole Collection bundle.
RPG ideas, tips and discoveries
- Charles Dunwoody continues his Year Zero Worldbuilding with The One Ring Shelob’s Siblings.
- We take a closer look at WizKids’ premium Vecna statue.
- Assistant Professor of theology at Wheaton College explains the benefits of The Gospel According to Dungeons & Dragons.
- Alex Schroeder shares thoughts on Players balancing encounters.
- Barrett Sonn opines The Dungeons And Dragons Movie Is Still Making The Same Mistake.
- Coleman Gailloreto highlights Ennie Award Nominated D&D 5e Content To Keep An Eye On.
RPG Crowdfunding
You can see those Kickstarters and other crowdfunding campaigns that caught GeekNative’s attention over at Kickstarter watch. Here are some industry projects worth a mention;
- BellowDnDMaps isn’t worried about oxymorons with Cute Monster Pack for Dungeons And Dragons.
- Weston Leigh Humphreys has a game about being lost, unsure and moving. It’s Feather Down: A Migration Story TTRPG.
- Meditating Munky is funding a game about ensuring the power of gods does not fall into the wrong hands. It’s Seventh Moon Adventures – A collection of RPG Zines for 5e.
- Dog Might Games are back again with a groundbreaking and wooden crafted The DMG Mini Painting System.
- Ill Gotten Games is funding a game about the dangers of pan-galactic capitalism in Twilight at the Bazaar of Tenfold Wonders.
- Slang Century are working on a zine about hard livin’ and dark dyin’ at the Raccoon Saloon: A playing card based RPG zine for ZineQuest.
- David Savedge is funding a collection of handcrafted iron and pewterArcane Tools for Role Playing Games Witchcraft and Magic!
- Judd Gledhlil has a fully illustrated journal and stat blocks for eight creatures in the Hand-guide to the Ash Jungle.
- ND Hobbies has shattered their funding goal for a hardcover and illustrated Bestiarium: Scales & Decay.
- New Comet Games has a SWADE-powered, dark-humoured, sci-fi setting in Zeta Complex – A Savage World Setting.
- Creature Curation are ZineQuesting about a floating city and Over the Troll Bridge RPG: Explore New Worlds.
- Landen Pelish has funded a solo RPG with Pocket Hex.
- Arbitrio Games is funding a zine about cinematic combat in Mythiquipment, an action zine rpg.
- Mike Lewis is trying to fund a complete rule book for Snakes D10 Game Rules 2nd Edition.
- Seer Stone Press is offering up magic items as inspired by infomercials in As Heard By the Town Cryer (A 5e Zine).
- Jeremy Hart Illos is working on another volume with Creature Feature Quarterly Vol. 9 (5e compatible).
- Nicholas returns with a highly detailed minis in Magic Users of Libris.
- Daniel James has hit goals for an OSR-inspired 5e zine. It’s ZineQuest: The fallen Temple of Light
- Bridget Meredith is funding 20 new magical shops, 40 new magical items and a map suitable for many different TTRPG systems. It’s The Adventurer’s Market Courier
- Reizor is working on a limited print run of the biopunk RPG Make Our Own Heaven: Zine
- JVC Parry has hit the goal for Through the Looking-Glass: A Wonderland micro ttRPG
- Second Edition is funding an open worldbuilding game with 99-01: TURN OF THE CENTURY.
- Michael Anthony DeAnda is Kickstarting a sexy fantasy horror game inspired by the Radical Faeries movement with Charming the Circle.
- Barcoo is offering a gothic hexcrawl through Stratheim Valley.
- Celtic Miniatures has a fully-modular and 22-component set of STLs for Modular Evil Warriors.
- Will Nelson is working on a 5e post-apocalyptic 1050s biker campaign in Wind Grip.
- Andreas Guttler has a 3d design for Viking Dice Tower Horn Stl Tabletop.
- Desert adventure with The Oracle – Plains of Unisia.
- MiakoBlodeuwydd’s D&D supplement of monsters and subclasses is Lorelei’s Guide to the Worldly.
- Theorycraft has funded the Riddle Register: The Ultimate Book of Riddles for all TTRPGs.
- Loughka Benumea’s game ifs of conscious machines on the Road of Tin – A #Zinequest TTRPG.
- Fleshcraft Studio is offering printable 32mm scale minis in The Dormant God – Digital Launch.
- Laszlo Tamasfi has a horror RPG called THE CONDUIT – a solo journaling RPG zine.
- Sacredfore Games is funding a single-book RPG with Grand Odyssey Core Rule-book.
- Paintingswow has beautiful and sharp-edge Wild Earth Dice : The Cyberpunk Collection.
- Graham Gentz has funded a pastoral horror in the Land that Never Was and Under the Autumn Strangely.
- John Ayers is funding the 5e Imlar’s Register of Guilds, Sects and Secret Societies.
- Brian Hazzard of Instadeath Survivors Support Group has funded One Night Worlds: Zero-prep, GM-less, one-page TTRPGs.
- Luis Lugo is offering strange Natural 20 & 1 Only D20 Dice.
- Mark Taormino is funding ten soft covers in Maximum Mayhem Dungeons: Reprints Special #2.
- SKMO Studio has 150 mix and match Goblin Groves and Fey Hollows: 8×8″ Geomorph Battlemap Tiles.
- Unlikely Heroes Too have a successful 5e setting on their hands with The Sundering.
- Toby Lancaster has funded an alien trapping Drop Pods – A Single Player RPG Sci-fi Game.
- World of Game Design has a diminutive world with Pixen Intrigue: An Illustrated 5e Setting & Hex Crawl.
- Marc Braden has funded an OSR-style system and toolkit in MisAdventure Games.
- Blue Crystal Atelier are funding deluxe hand-bound hardcover character sheets and DM Dungeon Adventure Tomes.
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