Holy heck! It’s May!
Wow. Okay, on with business and the summary of TTRPG news summaries:
- Wizards of the Coast are publishing their anti-AI art policy again after wobbles.
- PocketQuest concludes.
- Edge Studio releases info on the Arkham Horror RPG.
- Hasbro will invest $1bn to do computer games.
The RPG Publisher Spotlight is open for June and Patreons can vote in this private poll.
Which publishers, creators and community stewards can they vote for? Here’s the list!
Depending on where you are in the world it is Star Wars Day and this megathread of sales has some TTRPG discounts.
Ready? Let’s dive into this week’s TTRPG news and dive into the weekend
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RPG news from Geek Native
- PocketQuest is over but Geek Native investigated some gems and talked creativity. We had;
- Geek Native and Sarah Newton had a long talk on ‘The Chronicles of Future Earth’: Fate Core, cosmic fantasy, and zombies.
- As noted the Publisher Spotlight for June 2024 is open.
- The Bundle of Holding has a mega-deal on ProFantasy mapping software.
Spotlight: Calamity Punk Publishing
RPG news from around the web
- Bell of Lost Souls has A Look Inside The New Dynamic ‘Arkham Horror RPG’ From Edge Studio.
- Gallant Knight Games will publish West End Games’ D6 System 2e.
- Dicebreaker reports that Cyberpunk Edgerunners’ writer has worked on new lore for anime characters’ appearance in the tabletop RPG.
- Chase Carter also covers Critical Role maker’s Daggerheart cuts back on stress and fear in latest RPG playtest update.
- IGN covers Wizards of the Coast Admits ‘Mistakes’ Around Dungeons & Dragons AI Art While Releasing New FAQ
- In a piece that’s ignited debate, Ed Power at The Guardian opines Stop trying to turn Dungeons & Dragons into a Marvel-esque cash cow – it won’t work
- ICv2 can show off Limited Edition D&D 50th Anniversary Miniatures.
- TechSpot sums up with Hasbro is investing $1 billion to make video games in house.
RPG reviews and interviews from around the web
- The Indie Game Reading Club does an Apocalypse Keys: the Deep Dive.
- Jared Rascher at Gnome Stew shares first impressions of Shadow of the Weird Wizard.
- Grognardia reviews How to Make a Fantasy Sandbox.
- Reviews from R’lyeh looks back to the 1994: Planescape campaign setting, the more recent Vaesen The Lost Mountain Saga, OSE’s The Lost Classes: The Arnesonian Classes, DCC’s Crawling Under a Broken Moon.
- Throat Punch Games offers a ring side report of Distal.
- MJR RPG covers the Grindhouse The Hoodlumes Review – Call of Cthulhu.
RPG new releases
- Wanna join a cult? Wicked Clever follows up their Kickstarter with a retail release of Our Woodland Gods.
- Imagining Games also complete Kickstarter goals with the publication of CHEW: The Roleplaying Game.
- Little Red Goblin Games has published;
- Modiphius has released the Five Parsecs From Home expansion Compendium and Bug Hunt.
- Modiphius and Jordan Heckman have released the rural zombie challenge of County Road Z.
- Sticking with Modiphius there’s also the new One More Quest core rules.
- Renegade Game Studios release through DTRPG;
- Pinnacle has released through DTRPG Pathfinder for Savage Worlds Core Rules for Roll20.
- PEG has also published Pathfinder for Savage Worlds Bestiary and Deadlands: the Weird West for Roll20.
- Free League Publishing gives us Ruins of Symbaroum – The World of Symbaroum.
- In physical pre-orders and releases there are;
- In physical and for D&D’s 50th anniversary, there are;
- Ultra Pro’s Dungeons & Dragons: Book Folio: 50th Anniversary.
- Dungeons & Dragons: Dice Tower (50th Anniversary).
- Dungeons & Dragons: Vecna: Playmat: Eve Of Ruin.
- WizKids’ Dungeons & Dragons: Undead Armies: Ghouls & Ghasts: Icons Of The Realms.
- Wizards of the Coast’s Dungeons & Dragons: Vecna: Eve Of Ruin (Hardcover)
RPG bundle deals
- Save $78.22 (53%) in Night Owl Games’ PocketQuest 2024 Mega bundle.
- Save $23.50 (50%) with Two Little Mice’s Memento Mori Collection.
- Save $12 (20%) on Modiphius’ Fallout: The Roleplaying Game Roll20 VTT & PDF bundle.
- Save $10 (20%) with Pinnacle’s Deadlands: the Weird West | Roll20 VTT + PDF bundle.
- Save $3.02 (30%) through Esoteric Games’ Out of the OSR PocketQuest24 bundle.
RPG ideas, tips and discoveries
- Ben and the Genre Police went Looking for Augusta.
- Sly Flourish suggests a tip to get new PCs adopted quickly with Heroic Spark.
- Pelgrane Press and Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan look into the Dark Knowledge of Cthulhu City.
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;
- RED HORIZON from Mitchell Tierney offers “Space Horror Solo Role-Playing Gamebook”
- Echoes Beyond the Veil from Daniel Prescott suggests “A Core Rulebook for an independent tabletop RPG set within dreamworlds, featuring nightmare mechanics and human senses as attributes.”
- The Kingdom of Prester John TTRPG from Frederic Walker crowdfunds “A solo journaling RPG of wandering between the reality of the late 1100s and the dreamscapes of medieval Christian mythology”
- Shadow Realm Tarot -Guidance from Oracles, Witches & Mystics from Earth Moon Magick offers “Dark, Chilling & Magickal 78 Card Tarot Deck Digital Illustrations with Channelled Messages of Liberation & Love from the Shadow Realm”
- HârnWorld: Kingdom of Kanday from Columbia Games kickstarts “Continuing a series of Hardcover editions of the Kingdoms of Hârn.”
- Der Tag – Broadside: Empires of Steel – Digital Edition from Ben Wynn crowdfunds “Tabletop gaming in the era of the Great War Dreadnought”
- Gaphior: City of Magic from Dren Productions Games raises funds for “A new campaign setting and adventure.”
- Drop in Villains and Factions from Leopard Print Press is working on “5e DnD Villains to Threaten Campaigns, Challenge Players, and Inspire Adventures. What Stories Will You Tell?”
- Warriors Wastelands #1: Mutants in the Moonlite Bowl-A-Rama from Mark Taormino pitches “A SOFTCOVER + PDF! Fantasy / Post-Apocalyptic Adventure for Levels 1-3 AD&D 1E / 5E or any OSR RPGS – READY TO PRINT AND SHIP!”
- Exalted Vales – Favorable Skies: Mystic supplement from TheInkPlot is working on “Favorable Skies – An Exalted Vales Regional Supplement and DM Tool for D&D 5e”
- $1 – Potion Making 101 for 5e from Anthony Woods nominates “A quick, drop-in guide to brewing potions for D&D 5e! Recipes for every potion in the SRD, new potions, loot tables, and more!”
- Bored Dragon – Exotic Wood Polyhedral Dice Sets from Bryan proposes “Welcome to Bored Dragon Woodworking, where the fire of dragons meets the precision of gaming!”
- Worlds at a Glance: 5E tools to describe towns, shops & NPCs from Nathan Horn submits “One look, zero delays. Tools for worldbuilding towns, shops & NPCs that won’t slow down your session!”
- Fantasy Dice Towers – Pay What You Want – 3D Printable from Always Sleep In Armor is working on “3D printable fantasy dice towers for Tabletop & Board Games, you can print them yourself supportless on a FDM 3D printer, RPG, DnD, COC”
- Dreamspace: Mission to Marsylvania from Dreamspace Limited is working on “Explore Marsylvania with our hunters in this dungeon crawler, competitive and thematic, 8-bit style board game set in the multiverse!”
- Lands of Myths: Nature & Magic V.1 from Redal Velis introduces “Explore a world of fantasy terrains with this collection of high-resolution, super detailed battle maps for TTRPGs, wargames and more!”
- Cosmologia – A Planar Guide for DCC from Ed Stanek offers “Cosmologia is an examination of the varied planes of existence, for use with Dungeon Crawl Classics. (www.raorgengames.com/cosmologia)”
- The Secret World for Savage Worlds from Star Anvil Studios proposes “Bringing the amazing setting of the Secret World to the Savage Worlds rule set.”
- Sugar & Dice Collection from Random Encounter Dice pitches “Add a dash of whimsy and nostalgia to your dice collection – because gaming should always be a treat!”
- Advanced Fighting Fantasy – Adventure Creation System from Graham Bottley is working on “Rules, systems and tools to create solo or group adventures for the Advanced Fighting Fantasy 2e RPG”
- The Last March from Rinaldo Agostini raises funds for “A third-party campaign for the Last War. Based on the Forbidden Psalm and compatible with Mörk Borg.”
- Crystal Dice Tower – Fantasy 3D Printable STL Files from Guinevere Llyn submits “3D Printable Pieces for Wargames, Tabletop RPGs & Boardgames, Pay What You Want”
- Port Royal: A Solo Pirate Story Generator from Past Adventures kickstarts “A completely self-contained solo roleplaying game, somewhat akin to a “choose your own adventure” style.”
- One Session Crawl: Undercaves & Labyrinths, one-shots for 5e from Mériate Games nominates “A 30-page long PDF with five one shot dungeons to explore labyrinths, fight deep monsters & loot lost temples for DnD 5e.”
- The Centerpiece Dining and Game Table from Styx Furniture introduces “Where family and friends prefer to hang out.”
- Lyre’s Guide to Risk & Reward: A 5th Edition Bestiary from Nat19 crowdfunds “A bestiary, treasury, and GM toolkit that ties into our previous project: Lyre’s Guide to Retia! Built for use in D&D 5th Edition!”
- FUNHOUSE: A Superhero Mini-Setting from teh ebil bunneh nominates “A Darkly Humorous Superhero Mini-Setting for Prowlers & Paragons Ultimate Edition”
- Dark Lord: March of Darkness from Chamomile Has A Project pitches “A new release of the tabletop RPG where you are the villain, including three new dark domains”
- Adventuring Whereabouts from The Twelve Monkeys proposes “24 locations with maps, intricate magical objects and characters packed with drama for any MedFan, compatible with 5th ed.”
- Queen of Atlantis, A D&D Adventure Series from Black Cube Games offers “Embark on ‘Queen of Atlantis,’ a DnD 5e compatible adventure series where your decisions shape the chaotic kingdom!”
- Ancient City of The Great Pharaohs 2 from AYA SON offers “3D Printable STL Files, Terrain for Tabletop, Miniature, Role Playing Games, Wargames and RPG’s”
- Wizards Magic: Handmade Dice for RPG Games from Moonmares Games nominates “The dice evoke the mystique of magic and the power of wizardry.”
- Epic Heroes Encyclopedia for 5e – Vol 4: Druid from Table Knight Studios kickstarts “Reach beyond limits, unlock hidden potentials, be an epic druid, advance up to 30th level with this 50 pages of epic content for 5e.”
- DND Character Boards from Lorenzo Gobatti raises funds for “Our wooden character boards are a great addition to any campaign. Re-useable, sturdy, and designed for ease of use.”
- World Builders: Traps – 5e D&D: 2 weeks only! from Anthony David suggests “Over 100 Traps for 5e D&D”
Do you know of an RPG news source that we don’t? Let us know, or leave a comment below.
