It’s the festive weekend, so I’m confused and full of cheese.
What’s not helping my understanding is the very interesting best-selling DriveThruRPG lists we’ve been given. As of today, two are live, and there’s more to come.
Let’s look at the RPG news summaries of summaries;
- We’re publishing a different ‘best sellers’ series from DTRPG/Roll20 this year.
- Dream Realm Storytellers has scored a computer game deal for their 5e Svilland setting.
- QuasiReal Publishing has announced a new edition of Mythcraft.
- Modiphius is hosting a dev diary for the Might and Magic TTRPG.
The RPG Publisher spotlight interview with The World Anvil Publishing is live. It’s also nearly time to conclude this month’s spotlight vote and so here’s a reminder of the candidates;
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On with the TTRPG news!
Spotlight: The World Anvil.
RPG news from Geek Native
- DriveThruRPG told us their Top Selling products on the site in 2024.
- We also have the top ten DriveThruRPG published in 2024.
- Tales for Gamers released the quickstart for Medieval Tales from Europe.
- ACE Games published their Inkforged quickstart.
- Handiwork Games now have a Maskwitches of Forgotten Doggerland mask generator.
- DRS Publishing have announced a Svilland computer game.
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RPG news from around the web
- QuasiReal Publishing has announced a new and Enhanced Edition of MythCraft.
- On Forbes, David G.W. Birch manages to talk D&D, AI and the new economy in an article called Hallucinations and Hope. It’s about money. Kinda.
- Shayna Josi writes up What to expect from Dungeons and Dragons in 2025.
- At Modiphius, Zbigniew Zynch, the lead designer and founder at LMPublishing, has started a development diary for the Might and Magic 2d20 TTRPG.
- On December 31st, the Starfinder 2e playtest finishes – so fill out the survey.
RPG reviews and interviews from around the web
- Reviews from R’lyeh writes up Welcome to Strangeville, the 1984 Ringworld, the free holiday adventure A Hobbit Carol, the newly re-released The Whispering Vault, the quickstart for Dungeon, Inc and clearly not taking any festive time off, WFRP’s Ubersreik Adventures III.
- On RPGPub, Torque2100 has shared first impressions of Coriolis the Great Dark based on the Alpha version.
- On Wargamer, Timothy Linward introduces the GM-less Paris Gondo – The Life Saving Magic of Inventorying.
- Throat Punch Games reviews Cthulhu Awakens: The AGE RPG of the Weird Century.
- Roleplayers Chronicle writes up Dungeon Master’s Guide 2024.
- Whose Measure God Could Not Take, an RPG blog, interviews Archon’s Court Games about Owe My Soul to the Company Store.
- Charles Dunwoody interviews Fenris-77 about Vac Suits and Duct Tape.
RPG new releases
- Creature Curation has published a bare-bones edition of the Revised Vast Grimm rules with Skeleton Crew. (nothing to do with Star Wars)
- Askfagein has published the first core book for the Western RPG.
- The Yellow Hand has released their pulp action RPG Tales of Menace & Mystery.
- For Roll20, John Stancil has released The Pirate Grimoire.
- Arc Dream has published Delta Green: God’s Law.
- CreatorWorks has an update for their Classic Monsters Complete Collection.
- Le Paysagiste de L’imaginaire has boldly titled The Dungeon That Never Ends – Level 50.
RPG bundle deals
- Save $25.68 (50%) with Rosethrone Publishing’s Everything Ever End of 2024 bundle.
- Save $11.38 (50%) until Jan 1st in Michael Reid’s Full Collection bundle.
- Save $6.16 (22%) with Hero Level Games’ Hunters Horror Bundle 1: Monster of the Week One Shots bundle.
RPG ideas, tips and discoveries
- Mollie Russell is concerned about D&D’s digital strategy and writes New rules didn’t break D&D, but Wizards’ digital strategy might.
- Ethan Gilsdorf shares How Dungeons & Dragons Taught Me How To Be Brave In The Real World.
- Living up to the name and on Christmas Eve, The Angry GM asks < a href= “https://theangrygm.com/what-do-players-know-anyway/”>What Do Players Know Anyway?.
- Zenopus Archives explores The Mirkwood Tales RPG: the link between the original D&D rules and text-based computer games.
- Sly Flourish writes up Setting up Situations.
- At R. Talsorian Games, Rob Barefoot pens a Cyberpunk Sitdown with Let’s Talk Variety in Enemies/Allies.
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;
- A Fetch of Ferrets from One-Eyed Werebear Gaming proposes “An in depth guide to an amazing magical item and spell; an arcane bag full of magical ferrets. For 5e, and frankly all fantasy RPGs!”
- Post-Apocalyptic RPG Maps: A World of Total Destruction from Agnieszka Polanowska proposes “1000+ Post-Apocalyptic Battle Maps: Digital RPG Maps with Commercial Use Rights for TTRPGs and VTTs”
- Maps for TTRPGs – Modern Worlds from RealmCrafters pitches “300+ Modern World Maps for Every Tabletop and VTT System (e.g., D&D, Pathfinder) Plus Commercial Use Included! (Grid & Gridless)”
- Ragnarok Reborn: Roll For Knowlege from Odinn is working on “Teaching people how to play TTRPG’s with a personal touch.”
- 100 Side Quests for D&D 5e from Jason DM submits “Over 100 pages of D&D 5E Side Quest content with Quests, NPCs, Challenges, and Hooks for your campaign!”
- The Whitefrost Plague: A Meteor Tales RPG Campaign from Spiral Lane Productions kickstarts “The frost grips the north, but what ancient horror lies within? An epic campaign for the Meteor Tales Roleplaying Game.”
Do you know of an RPG news source that we don’t? Let us know, or leave a comment below.
