Saddle up and prepare to hit the dusty trail. Independence Games has launched a new Bundle of Holding for Rider, a Wild West tabletop RPG that brings cinematic frontier action to your gaming table. Running until Wednesday, 1 July, this digital collection offers a complete setting and ruleset for anyone looking to explore 1880s America, whether playing as homesteaders, outlaws, or stagecoach drivers.
Available directly through the Bundle of Holding website, the offer packs a serious punch for its price. Fans of gritty, historic settings can grab a comprehensive suite of DRM-free digital books that adapt a familiar 2d6 system for entirely new adventures in a classic era.
Rider Collection – $12.95
This tier includes the complete collection of five titles with a total retail value of $63.
- Rider corebook (and Referee Screen Panels)
- Careers of the Old West
- New Liberty
- Famous Characters of the Old West
Rider is built upon the Cepheus Engine, adapting the two-dice-plus-skill mechanics originally designed for far-future sci-fi settings like Clement Sector. Players roll 2d6, add their relevant attribute and skill, and aim to beat a target difficulty. It is a robust system that translates surprisingly well to the 1880s, trading starships for steam trains and blasters for six-shooters. Improving on standard character generation, the game offers a detailed lifepath system with 23 distinct career tracks, allowing players to build rich backgrounds as barkeeps, actors, rustlers, or sharpshooters before the story even begins.
The included setting material ensures a quick start for any game group. The New Liberty sourcebook offers a fully realised town that can act as a permanent base of operations or a temporary stopover. It details local establishments such as the Elkhorn Palace and the Lucky 7, along with non-player characters and plot hooks.
For groups who enjoy blending fiction with history, including famous figures from the era adds an extra layer of flavour. The supplementary material provides complete character sheets and biographies for legends such as Billy the Kid, Wyatt Earp, and Doc Holliday. These figures can be used as adversaries, allies, or even pre-generated characters for a star-studded one-shot.
The saloon doors swing shut on this offer at midnight on Wednesday, 1 July. As always with the Bundle of Holding, all files are provided as DRM-free PDFs.
