Hello from the outskirts of Storm Babet. Team Geek Natives are safe and well, but this Dutch-named weather event has killed three people. It’s due to stay a little longer.
Let’s escape from the weather (didn’t I write that last week?) and take a look at the summary of summaries;
- The reviews are in for Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse; you can buy it too.
- Kobold released the BFRD/SRD for Project Black Flag.
- Goodman Games released its 100th DCC module.
- QuestPortal raised $7.6m for more accessible online RPGs.
- Paizo are putting their prices up.
Kickstarter is still pretty hot, as you can see below, and I can usually tell by Tuesday. For historical reasons, Tuesday is the day most tabletop RPG crowdfunding campaigns launch. This year, Halloween is on a Tuesday. Do we think it’ll be extra busy or quiet on the platform?
Tuesday is this blogger’s regular gaming night, and his GM has been foreshadowing a horror scene all month. Perhaps you have that to look forward to as well!
Rightyo, let’s roll with the RPG news!
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RPG news from Geek Native
- Geek Native talks to Josh at Hive Mind Games about the chance of a religious or red top backlash about the occult-inspired (and based) solo horror Ritual RPG.
- Kobold Press release the SRD for Project Black Flag.
- Geek Native writes up and has a mini preview of the one-shot Death Sentence.
- Cave of Monsters offers limited edition risographs with the release of the Sapphire and Steel-inspired Elements of Procedure RPG.
- R. Talsorian Games offers three free Halloween-themed one-shots Cyberpunk RED.
- At the Bundle of Holding, there are deals on the horror Kult: Divinity Lost.
- Roll20 and Humble have an Extra Life benefitting Everything for your Adventures bundle.
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RPG news from around the web
- Goodman Games launched the 100th Dungeon Crawl Classics module with The Music of the Spheres is Chaos.
- A startup dedicated to making RPGs more accessible and easier to play, Quest Portal, has raised $7.6m.
- Inflation, sustainability and real-life mean that core sourcebooks from Paizo will be more expensive.
- CBR reports Critical Role Publisher Announces Candela Obscura Core Rulebook Set.
- Polygon’s Rowan Zeoli covers Hollywood is going to come for D&D actual plays sooner or later — will they survive?.
- Charlie Hall, meanwhile, notes D&D’s Deck of Many Things is the physical embodiment of an old-school dungeon crawl.
- Following the partnership with Modiphius, RPG Match has also landed a partnership with Paizo.
- Marvel Multiverse RPG designer Matt Forbeck will be running the game at Gamehole.
- D&D’s official Yawning Portal shares release and updates for October 2023.
- Support the Trevor Project again with Celebrate the LGBTQ Community With Dungeons & Dragons and Sirius Dice.
- DriveThruRPG are having a Halloween Sale.
RPG reviews and interviews from around the web
- Wargamer’s excellent Mollie Russel pens DnD Planescape 5e review – a very cramped multiverse and DnD 5e makes a joke of Planescape.
- Beth Rimmels scribes Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse Review.
- At CNET, Russell Holly says D&D’s Planescape Reboot Has No Business Being This Good.
- Refereeing and Reflection writes up Basic Roleplaying: The BRUGE and the ORC.
- The TTRPG Factory offers a Review of City Guard Chronicles: The Case of the Misguided Lover.
- Throat Punch Games does a ring side report of Dagon – A Necromonicon Gamebook.
- Dicebreaker’s Chase Carter notes that Stack a tower of dice while pulling an Ocean’s Eleven or Italian Job-style heist in one-shot RPG The Job.
- Rob Wieland interviews Mikey Hamm at Forbes (burns one free read) in Science Fiction Meets Skatepunk In The Slugblaster Role Playing Game.
RPG new releases
- Sam Clark releases the RPG inspired by horror movies with Slash!
- Cthulhu Reborn hits release on the Cthulhu Eternal 1980s Australia adventure Dead Flowers.
- Melsonian Arts Council released the superhero RPG Longshot City.
- Gnome Made Games releases, but doesn’t say much about, Luncheons and Dragonfiles.
- In the physical release and pre-order news, Forbidden Planet has;
- Chaosium’s Runequest: Glorantha Sourcebook.
- Chaosium’s Call Of Cthulhu: Arkham.
RPG bundle deals
- Save $33 (59%) with Demon & Dungeoneers Gamebooks’ Halloween 2023 bundle.
- Save $17.15 (53%) with Art Fantasies and their royalty-free Fantasy Women Clipart bundle.
- Save $11 (31) in Jonah Knight’s The Unofficial Brindlewood Bay Mysteries Bundle.
- Save $7.02 (38%) with The Black Fortress’ Halloween Horror bundle.
- Save $6 (33%) with RPGGamer’s Sidequests for Modern Horror bundle.
RPG ideas, tips and discoveries
- Ben and the Genre Police look at the RPG meta people game.
- AlphaStream has an excellent article on Estimating D&D’s Revenue.
- At GameTalkNetwork, Kera Hilderbrandt shares RPG History: Ravenloft.
- Master the Dungeon shares tips with How to Run a Session 0.
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 mentioning;
- Dungeons & Zombies: The Undead Outbreak from DiceQuest proposes “A D&D 5E One-Shot Adventure about a Zombie Apocalypse!”
- Pay What You Want: Halloween Special from Golt Velis submits “Spooky Halloween Special for brave adventurers! Battle Maps, 3D Printable STLs and PDFs for RPG & Tabletop Wargames. Limited Free STL!”
- The Hoard of Ghaundal – 5e Miniatures & Adventures from Mammoth Factory kickstarts “Embark on a legendary quest to find the ancient hoard of a mythical dragonlord. An epic 8 chapter 5e campaign, with premium miniatures!”
- Whispers and Wonders: Magical and Mundane Events from The Monster Directive kickstarts “Immerse Yourself in a Living, Breathing World: 20 Unique Events for Towns, Cities, and Beyond!”
- Vampire Queen 5E and 10 Year Anniversary 1E Softcovers from Mark Taormino submits “Two 36 page SOFTCOVERS + PDF RPG Module Levels 10-14 D&D 1E / 5E, OSRIC or OSR role-playing games READY TO PRINT & SHIP!”
- Lorekeeper’s Lexicon | A Growing 5e Magic Item Compendium from Dumb Cane Games introduces “An expanding D&D 5e supplement brimming with an array of magic items, consumables, and more! 1 backer = 1 brand new item!”
- RPG Campaign Stationery: Part 2 from Laura Hammonds crowdfunds “Class specific notepads designed to help you play Dungeons and Dragons!”
- Obelisk: Eye of the Empire from Paddy Finn submits “A NEW D&D 5e scf-fi conversion adventure for WayStar. Laser swords. Spaceships. And Monsters!”
- Adventure Chess from Jerry Joe Seltzer crowdfunds “D&D & Chess Combined! Use as a 1-shot, a memorable encounter, or as a standalone game.”
- The Haunting of Devil’s Hollow from Tina Glasneck raises funds for “A 5e adventure module with new monsters, magic items, maps, and awesome art.”
- 3D Dice Holders from Cross Lances introduces “A series of unique dice cases ready to be printed with your 3D printer.”
- Legends of the Triad Pre Supported STLs from Jugglers Miniatures crowdfunds “3D printable STL Files in 75mm & 32mm scale for RPG, Tabletop Games, Dungeons and Dragons”
- Steampunk Collection – 3D Printable STLs from Mia Kay submits “high detail steampunk STLs sculpted by M3DM”
- Dragon Tears Dice D20 from ARTHUN crowdfunds “Exquisitely made, hand finished designer dice for your tabletop and board game action”
- Delver 11 & 12: Old School RPG Resources for GMs and Players from James Floyd Kelly pitches “Delver is a magazine for Referees and Players of OSR fantasy roleplaying games.”
- Endure The Dark – Houses of Old from XploringMap raises funds for “5 Fantasy Dungeon Battle Maps with Random Tables for your Tabletop RPG. And How to Draw a Dungeon Map.”
- Expect Three Visitors RPG from Alex White crowdfunds “Inspired by Scrooge, can you help horrible people find redemption in this tabletop story game RPG?”
- Wolf Berries (Canceled) from Jakub Kowalski submits “Classic Gamebook in the ethno-fantasy genre with horror elements”
- Moon Magic from The Oracle introduces “Original fantasy RPG content for 5e and similar game systems”
- Gabriella’s Ghostly Graveyards, A Witchstarter RPG Book from Philip Reed pitches “Over twenty haunted graveyards for your fantasy roleplaying games. Created by Lex Morgan and Philip Reed.”
- How to Make a Fantasy Sandbox from Robert Conley raises funds for “A book that teaches you how to create a hexcrawl-formatted setting for a fantasy sandbox campaign.”
- Winters Realm from Luke Jones kickstarts “Venture into the Frozen Heart of Mystery: Where Guardians Vanish and Evil Stirs. In the frost-bitten Kingdom of Winters Realm.”
- Read Magic – The Compilation from Orphaned Bookworm Productions LLC is working on “A compilation of converted spells for Pathfinder 1st and 2nd edition and 5th edition compatible games.”
- Out of Darkness from Micah Anderson crowdfunds “A scifi-horror adventure for Mothership set aboard the ship “Demetri”.”
- The Hanzo Saga – The Legend of Hanzo from Forge Universe Blacksmith Labs Ltd. crowdfunds “A massive Campaign of epic adventures for D&D 5E – New subclasses, monsters, magic and species in an eastern steam punk setup! ENG/DE”
- SPACE ‘N’ MONSTERS: A Psychedelic Table Top RPG from Zam Sunshine proposes “A New TTRPG for Weirdos and Psychonauts!”
- Survive the Night-A Deadly Zombie Adaptable Adventure for 5e from Mizo Games crowdfunds “Survive the Night is a thrilling and adaptable 5e undead adventure that pits your party against deadly waves of evil! Who will survive?”
- Lineages of the Long White Cloud (5e) from Kelly Whyte submits “A 5e supplement turning New Zealand wildlife into playable lineages.”
- Welcome to Metaverse: Your Isekai Adventure Awaits! from Will-O’-Wisp Productions raises funds for “Join Us in an Amazing Isekai Tabletop RPG Experience”
- The Hag, The Bear & The Goblins: Adventure with a sick twist from No Time 4 Prep raises funds for “5E Adventure for Level 5 players – Only $1 for a lot of Fun, Thrills, and Twists, 8 pages, 3 maps, 4 monsters and more NPCs”
- Rum & Razing from Iain Lovecraft crowdfunds “Fantasy Pirates, 3D Printable STL Miniatures and Terrain for Role Playing Games, Tabletop, Wargames, or other TTRPG”
- Dungeon-Crawler Combo from Chris Scaffidi / Fervent Workshop submits “2 Games: An RPG with dice tests in a Choose-Your-Own-Path book, and a draft-and-write game of designing AND crawling dungeons!”
- Terrible Booklet of Nefarious Characters from 20onCHA proposes “A collection of evildoers and tools to create them, ready to spice up your games!”
- Winka’s Sweet Secrets from Winka suggests “A D&D 5e PDF on fragrant infusions and sweet recipes with player options and creatures!”
- Lovecraftian Horror Playmat and Dice from Chrome Soda nominates “High-quality modernized playmat and dice for Lovecraftian Horror games”
- Dragon’s Gaze Dice: An Engraving Art in Eyes, Teeth & Scales from SURPASS pitches “SURPASS exclusive design, Explore the world of dragon emotions, Magical colors and heavy hand feel level up your D&D gaming experience”
- The Vagabond Dice Box by Knothole Emporium from Knothole Emporium nominates “Crafted For Your Legend – Hardwood dice boxes for TTRPG players. With optional class engravings.”
- The Loremasters Manual: Unlock the Secrets of the Toxic Seas from Jeran Jenks is working on “Everything you need for an epic campaign in the Toxic Seas. New regions, the Captain class, ship combat (pirates!), and so much more!”
- Knucklebone – The Electronic Dice Roller and Authenticator from Oxygen Insight, LLC pitches “An electronic dice that allows for gameplay and dice authentication anywhere: at the game table, in online chats, and on the go!”
- Witch’s Prophecies: D100 rumours & stories for all TTRPG! from Professor Dudley Proose nominates “Discover prophecies & enchanting quests in your tabletop adventures in any fantasy setting like D&D, Pathfinder, Vampire..”
- Zone 17 from One Small Step Games is working on “Zone 17 is a new tabletop role-playing and miniatures game that combines sci-fi adventuring with mecha action.”
- Mists Hunts from Jee Gamee nominates “A solo role-playing dark fantasy book, with original game mechanics.”
- Rainbow Fluorite DND Tabletop Game Dice from Legendary Light nominates “Made from natural rainbow fluorite, these dice reveal a rainbow when closely examined.”
- Moonlight on Roseville Beach: TTRPG Hardbacks & Mysteries from R. Rook Studio is working on “Enjoy the ENnie-winning queer game of disco and cosmic horror, now in hardcover with the four-scenario Rose Island Mystery Series!”
- Pocket Chronicles: Visual World-Building Tools and Notebooks from Jay Merritt kickstarts “Archive entire worlds that fit right in your pocket! Visual Tools and Notebooks for GMs, solo adventurers, and world-builders.”
- DnD PotionCraft: Ultimate D&D Module to Alchemy & Brewing from Legendary Scribes crowdfunds “The art of potion-making in Dungeons & Dragons: rare ingredients, enchanting brews, and lore-rich content for your favourite TTRPG!”
- Orbital Blues: Afterburn from SoulMuppet Publishing is working on “A series of new books, adventures and merchandise for Orbital Blues, an RPG about sad space cowboys.”
- D&D + Escape Room one-shot: DIY Prophecies (for €1!) from Frosty Forest Games submits “A DnD one-shot inspired by Escape Room games, where you will search for the mysterious Shi-Shi, and make prophecies come true.”
- Hellslayers from Fragging Unicorns Games nominates “A sci-fi survival horror RPG that will push the boundaries of your courage and determination!”
- Dangerous monsters Volume 2 from Cassandre Loiseau submits “32mm scale pre-supported minis for Tabletop Role-Playing Games, collecting and painting.”
- The Chronomancer’s Guide to the Future: Part 2 – 5th Edition from Haggard Clint introduces “Time Travel & Multiverse Gaming for 5e Tabletop Role Playing.”
- Five Detailed NPCs for Your World (5e) from Lukemanga suggests “5 unique and fleshed out NPC’s to drop into your D&D campaign, with magic items, monster stats, plot points, artwork and more for £1!”
- Fantasy Coloring Book – Pocket edition from Undiscovered Gems suggests “Colour yourself happy with beautiful, original fantasy images in a pocket sized book”
- Magic houses 3 from Moliponchik offers “3D Printable STL Files, Terrain for Tabletop, Role Playing Games, Wargames and RPG”
- Live, Laugh, Leshy: A Pathfinder Pin Collection from Jennifer Brazas pitches “An officially licensed collection of Pathfinder plant-inspired apparel and accessories from the critical hits at Savagesparrow Studios”
- The End of Everything: Epic 5e Adventure to Save the World from Frog God Games introduces “Crops are failing, the undead rise, an ancient evil stirs in the north, and even magic seems tainted — why is everything failing?”
- LeTable One Touch Extendable Board Game Table from topbestsol introduces “Different sizes|Modern Compact Design|Built-in Player Desks|Wireless Chargers|Sensor Lighting|Raised Platform”
- Tome of Souls from Alma Rolls submits “An evolutive DnD 5E background compendium.”
Do you know of an RPG news source that we don’t? Let us know, or leave a comment below.
