Routinely Itemised: RPGs #300

Good night! Once I’d try and get this summary out before midnight. Tonight with my 11:45pm start, I’m glad the deadline is now 3am. It’s the weekend!

It’s the weekend, and here’s the RPG news summary of summaries;

• GAMA have announced the Origins Awards finalists.
• D&D as an interactive Yoto app.
• Chris Cocks is still pushing AI
• Free League will have two The Lord of the Rings starter sets
• The Monty Python RPG is out (No it isn’t!) (It is).

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One more thing – this is issue 300 of Routinely Itemised.

On with this week’s news!

Spotlight: Stonehome Games.

RPG news from Geek Native

• GAMA has announced the Origins 2025 finalists.
• We have a sneak peek at Studio Hex’s Hellborn Descended.
• Geek Native reviewed Dr. Grordbort’s Scientific Adventure Violence TTRPG.
• An interactive D&D adventure is now on the kid-safe Yoto smart speaker.
• The Bundle of Holding has a deal on Tiny Supers.

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RPG news from around the web

• Bell of Lost Souls writes up Starfinder’s ‘Galaxy Guide’ Will Kick off 2E With a Big Bang.
• ICv2 reports that Free League will release two new starter sets for ‘The Lord of the Rings.’.
• Destructoid’s Drew Kopp opines Hasbro’s CEO’s stance on AI in Dungeons and Dragons bodes ill for Wizards of the Coast.
• Business Insider (subscription) notes The cofounders of nerdworld giant Critical Role are expanding in 5 areas..
• At CBR, Monica Coman notes Dungeons & Dragons Failed Adaptation Continues to Find Success on Streaming.

RPG reviews and interviews from around the web

• Reviews from R’lyeh writes up the Fightshow Classics’ Horror in Hopkinsville and Cryptozoic Entertainment’s Let’s Summon Demons. Pookie also looked at Monte Cook Games’ Cypher System Starter Set.
• Throat Punch Games has a ring side report of Pathfinder Adventure Path #183: Field of Maidens.
• Grognardia offers a retrospective on Traveller’s Twilight’s Peak.
• On RPG.net, Lev Lafayette does not glow about the 2014 Monster Manual.
• Ill Met by Morrslieb has a review of The Horned Rat – part 2 (WFRP 4e).
• Wargamer’s Alex Evans does not hold back. DnD’s Project Sigil virtual tabletop is 5 years too late to change the world.
• D&D in a play? Broadway World’s Cindy Marcolina reviews The Habits.

RPG new releases

• Exalted Funeral has released Monty Python’s Cocurricular Mediaeval Reenactment Programme
• The first new release for Classic Traveller is out via Far Future Enterprises and it’s Book 9: Pirates.
• EverOn Games has published a Slavic 5e campaign setting called Nejavina.
• Kobold Press has released the 5e & Black Flag-compatible The Old Margreve.
• Dead Water Games have released the metalhead TTRPG Dead Metal Rhapsody.
• Robert Rankin touts a large discount on Anime Neo x Mangaverses RPG Core.
• PenguinComics has a 2nd edition (first in print) of Drudge! Core Rules.
• Random Table Games invite you to pay what you want for Sporangium: A Pocket Guide to Endless Worlds of Moss.
• Okumarts Games published the GM-less and/or solo Wytchvale – Adventure Guide.
• Elancharan also suggests a pay what you want for Dark Ones.
• Chubby Funster has a Shadowdark campaign setting out called Terra Invictus.
• In print, Merchoid has pre-orders on Faster, Purple Worm Adventure Book.

RPG bundle deals

• Save $11.38 (30%) with HoloGrounds’ HoloHeroes 2024 Modern & Sci-Fi Token bundle.
• Save $5.98 (25%) with Darkhand’s Threefold Compendium bundle.
• Save $4.87 (33%) in the Miskatonic Repository’s St Patrick’s Day bundle.
• Save $4.00 (22%) with ThrowiGames’ Gamma Zine – Full Run bundle.
• Save $3.60 (10%) with Kobold Press’ Scarlet Citadel Roll20+PDF bundle.

RPG ideas, tips and discoveries

• DungeonSolvers’ James Griffin opines The Githzerai: Masters of Balance and Chaos in Dungeons & Dragons.
• Sly Flourish’s Mike penned Build a Campaign-Unique Faction List.

RPG Crowdfunding

There’s more! You can catch up with Kickstarter campaigns we’ve written up in more detail at Kickstarter watch. Here are some noteworthy industry projects to mention:

• Scavenger: Caches and Prizes from Joel Kreissman suggests “An anthropomorphic sci-fi RPG set after the fall of a galactic empire, based on the Cepheus Engine.”
• Sincerely, Lying from Sula Sullivan submits “A Solo Journaling TTRPG”
• HârnQuest from Columbia Games introduces “New location and occupation articles for the HârnWorld medieval fantasy RPG setting!”
• Professor Primula’s Portfolio of Palaeontology from PalaeoGames crowdfunds “A palaeontology-themed roleplaying supplement”
• Transform & Roll Out : A Transformers 5E Homebrew from Swerves Bar Podcast proposes “Do you like Dungeons and Dragons? Do you like Transformers? Well you are in luck! This handbook has it all for you to get started!”
• Gone Pub Crawlin’ – Cozy D&D 5e One-Shot | Pay What You Want from Betta Games is working on “Take your party out on the town and try not to drown in ‘Gone Pub Crawlin’! A St. Patrick’s Day inspired one shot!”
• Hex Holds – 3D Printable Display Shelves for Miniatures from tom nominates “3D Printed shelves with diorama backdrops for displaying tabletop miniatures. Shelves are stackable but can also be wall mounted.”
• Learning and Skills from Bryan O’Doherty proposes “A Skill System Supplement for any Shadowdark RPG Milieu”
• Extra Ordinary: A Belonging Outside Belonging TTRPG from Kodi Gonzaga introduces “A rules-light tabletop roleplaying game where you play as kids with extraordinary powers on the run from danger in the ordinary world.”
• Artemis/Dionysus Class-ified – 2 D&D Original Classes! from DiceQuest submits “Two DnD 5e Classes Inspired by the Gods of Greek Mythology: Artemis and Dionysus.”
• Up the Beanstalk: A Solo Adventure for 5e & B/X! from Pacesetter Games & Simulations nominates “This high fantasy true solo adventure is pick-a-path style with dice! Grab your sword, ascend the stalk, and save Jack from the giants!”
• 500 Fantasy Token Collection: Abyss from Grim Press nominates “Get fiendish tokens with a consistent style & border. Great for Print & Play or use on Virtual Tabletops. D&D, Pathfinder, TTRPGs.”
• Hexadale from Likapu kickstarts “Roll dice, use totems, beat your opponents, win and become the champion at Hexadale!”
• Damocles – System-Free Scifi Horror Mystery RPG Story Guide from Andrew Frinkle crowdfunds “Welcome aboard the Damocles, a salvage and rescue vessel with a dozen crew members. Engage in daring missions in deep space.”
• Customised Dice Enamel Pins | Tabletop, RPG Inspired from Kayleigh (Hartiful) submits “Forge Your Fate – Unique Enamel Pins for Tabletop & RPG Lovers!”
• Monster One-Shot: Den of the Digglewump from Status Effect Games LLC suggests “A one-shot adventure for dungeons and dragons, 5e, or any fantasy ttrpg. Plus add-ons to all our previous projects. Only $2.”
• Wyrmhollow – The City Under the Glacier from Steven Chabotte crowdfunds “A unique cold weather campaign setting with new race options for 5e”
• The Dark Moon Rises from Archmage Press offers “D&D Revolutionised. Play this massive 5E adventure series solo or with up to 4 players, without the need for a Dungeon Master.”
• 100 Dungeons & Domains for D&D 5e from Jason DM proposes “Over 100 pages of D&D 5E content, featuring unique locations, challenges, secrets, and rewards for your campaign!”
• Potbellied Kobold’s Guide to Villains & Lairs 5E from Jeff Stevens kickstarts “Villainous NPCs, Lairs, and Creation Tools – Compatible with 5e D&D. For Foundry VTT, PDF, Print-on-Demand, and Roll20”
• Otherworlds Championship Tournament from Nicholas Robinson submits “A new skirmish RPG system and guidebook inspired by original character tournaments.”
• Micro Dungeons Annual Compendium 2024 (for D&D 5th edition) from Micro Dungeons nominates “A new Hardcover Annual Compendium and two new digital editions of Micro Dungeons for Dungeons & Dragons 5e.”
• Battlezoo Ancestries: Living Legends for Pathfinder and 5E from Roll For Combat nominates “Add hundreds of new player options and legendary ancestries to D&D 5e, D&D 2024, or Pathfinder 2e games!”
• Vale of the Failed and the Fallen from Robert Turk crowdfunds “A PtbA tabletop RPG of regret and redemption set in a children’s fantasy realm gone to ruin.”
• NeonPunk by Norse Foundry – 7-Dice Polyhedral Set! from Norse Foundry nominates “The Future is Brilliant. Join it with your own NeonPunk dice set!”
• A Tome of Sentient Items for D&D from CraftRiot submits “A tome of sentient weapons, artifacts, and objects with their own minds, motives, and secrets. Fully compatible with 5e!”
• Treasures Untold: A D&D 5.24e compendium of loot and wonders from Roberto Gatto proposes “More Than Gold — Story-filled loot troves, magic items, adventure hooks and Legendary artifacts for 5.24e”
• 100 Magical Potions – Digital Item Cards for D&D from One Dragon Coin_Companion pitches “A treasure of potions for your adventures! Enhance your D&D games with beautifully designed digital item cards, 100 unique potions”
• The Pen and Ink Goblin’s Inkwell of Infinite Artifacts from PenAndInkGoblin offers “Designed for use with Shadowdark RPG”
• Kinky Trinkets for Medieval Fantasy TTRPG’s from Samuel Steele crowdfunds “Curios for the Bold, the Brazen, and the Bawdy.”
• Infestation: Mutated miniatures from Alt Earth Games pitches “Mutated, infected and altered subjects for use in tabletop gaming”
• 100 Unique Locations for D&D 5e Volume 3! from Igor Antunes submits “The 3rd volume to the DnD 5E supplement packed w/ 100+ one-page locations, points of interest, quests, for your Campaign or Adventure!”
• Battlemaps – Fantasy Enchanted Realms, Rpg Maps from Agnieszka Polanowska pitches “420+ Magical Battle Maps: Digital RPG Maps with Commercial Use Rights for TTRPG and VTT”
• (5e) Alexanders Assemblage of Alchemical Arts, Book 2 (FEB) from AlexanderTTRPG nominates “A Collection of potions produced in January and February, all with hand-drawn art, a short story and full 5e rules!”
• Song of the Swamp Witch Redux – 4D6 TTRPG Adventure from John proposes “A 4D6 Compatible TTRPG Adventure”
• 100 Side Quests for DnD 5e: Expand Your Adventures! from Dungeon Scroll Games proposes “Expand your D&D 5e game with 100+ side quests! Thrilling adventures full of mystery, combat, and challenges. Perfect for any campaign!”
• Periodic Table of Elements D120 from Chris Rossetti pitches “An expertly-crafted, solid aluminum, Laser-engraved, 120-sided die with all 118 elements!”
• 50+ Elf NPCs for D&D 5e – Pre-Made Characters for DMs! from Aria nominates “50+ Ready-to-Use Elf NPCs for Dungeon Masters – Allies, Rivals & Quest-Givers”
• Maps for TTRPGs – Summits of Fury from RealmCrafters is working on “300+ Mountain & Volcanic Maps for Every Tabletop and VTT System (e.g., D&D, Pathfinder) Plus Commercial Use Included! (Grid & Gridless)”
• CATPOCALYPSE: When Cats Redesign Magic (5E) from The Monster Directive suggests “Transform your spellcasting with 150+ spells that prove cats understood magic better than wizards all along.”
• 101 Dungeon Levels from KingOfGames crowdfunds “101 Dungeon Levels: A Journey Through Depths, Dangers, and Decay”
• Red Dust, a Sci-Fi D&D 5e Adventure on Mars from Supernova Press is working on “After a fierce storm silences a Martian mining colony, elite troubleshooters uncover secrets buried beneath red dust.”
• Final Confrontation Vol.2: 3D Printable Boss Arena from aMini3DWorld suggests “Forge unforgettable boss battles with epic 3D printable arenas! Perfect for TTRPG climaxes, support-free STL files for FDM printing.”
• NPCs & Villains of Ethelon: A D&D World Setting Supplement! from Adventure Ripples pitches “A DnD 5e supplement containing 60+ complete NPCs & Villains, each tied to a Quest or Event!”
• Marvelous Menagerie: Field Guide, Oracle Deck, Playing Cards from Jessica Feinberg is working on “65 chimeric creatures presented as an illustrated lore book, coloring book, oracle deck, and playing cards (no AI used).”
• The House At The End Of The Lane from Kids in the Attic kickstarts “A Trophy Dark incursion into a place that does not wish to be known.”
• Encyclopedia of Wilderness Encounters J – P from Fallen Highway Studios pitches “Never be without another wilderness encounter”
• Midas Touched Golden Dice for DnD & Tabletop RPG Adventures! from DiceWright suggests “Handcrafted polyhedral sets with real gold flair. Made for Dungeons & Dragons, RPG fans, and collectors seeking Midas’s mythic shine”
• Drinks & Dragons: 3D Printable STL Coasters Vol.2 from Stratation Design introduces “Protect your table with style! 3D printable coasters for tabletop games or everyday use!”
• Classic Korg v.1 from Caleb Engelke is working on “A remastered version of the solo games Korg and Korg slayer!”
• Song of the River Prince: A Roleplaying Journey from Mark Meredith proposes “A brand-new RPG from Dice Monkey Games, with artwork by Aurumek.”
• Väruld – recharged! from Désirée Nordlund crowdfunds “New format and more of everything.”
• Coin Puzzles from A4 Play proposes “Puzzles for Your 5E Adventures, RPGs, and TTRPGs”
• Art Fix – Noctis – horror/steampunk 5e/2024 campaign setting from Nathan McCoy raises funds for “Replace AI Art for the Noctis campaign book, (5e/2024, also proposed adaptations for DC20 and Daggerheart).”

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