Oh my goodness. It’s been a long month. It’s still the Edinburgh Festival Season, and I’m still working 7am to 2am, but Geek Native is picking up as I find the time, and Tabletop Scotland is fast approaching!
Besides, we are getting Geek Native news stories from various Fringe shows!
Here’s the latest RPG news summaries of the summaries are;
- AI companies may be destroying books.
- Vampire: The Masquerade 6e playtest alpha is closing with big changes.
- Chaosium have a new IP: Time Without Tide.
- Binary Star Games is working on Apocalypse Frame 2nd edition.
- Did you think it would happen? The Discworld TTRPG is on pre-order.
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On with the TTRPG news!
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RPG news from Geek Native
- Geek Native investigates which TTRPGs might be at risk as AI companies start to buy, scan and destroy physical books.
- White Wolf is closing the alpha test of Vampire: The Masquerade 6th edition and making big changes.
- Reviews from the Festival Fringe here in Edinburgh, as I want to Extra Lives: The Interactive Video Game Concert.
- Chaosium has a new IP, with a free Quickstart for some, on the way with Time Without Tide.
- Dark Sun creators team up for the 5e Dragon Kings.
- A fire ripped through the historic heart of Edinburgh; trams have been blocked, and the city is gridlocked. Good news! Councillors are reporting the lines should be open in time for Tabletop Scotland.
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RPG news from around the web
- Gamers Outreach wrote about their Humble Bundle money with A “Humble” Impact In Just A Few Months.
- For EN World, Christian Hoffer investigates Monte Cook Games replaces promotional video, releases statement after video uses AI assets.
- Binary Star Games is working on New Dungeons and Dragons Field Guide Adds Three Subclasses and Floral Dragonborn Species by Denny Connolly at Vice.
- The folks at TTRPG Insider opine on Mothership Publisher Pivots from Crowdfunding to Creators in Upcoming Event.
- ICv2 has published a piece on ICv2: Dark Horse Books and Massif Press Will Release Two New ‘Lancer TTRPG’ Books.
- Monte Cook Games writes about the Cypher GM’s Guide.
- Over at Dungeons and Dragons Fanatics, you can dive into The New Ravenloft-Themed D&D Popcorn Bucket.
- CBR reports on D&D’s Most Infamous City Is Officially Returning.
- Gab Hernandez, writing for Wargamer, pens a piece on Ditch DnD for this upcoming Wuxia fantasy TTRPG from Onyx Path.
- Rascal offers a dive into Halo Meets The Last Of Us In This New TTRPG..
- You can read about Critical Role opens up about how its players get paid if they ‘die’ over on Polygon.
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RPG reviews and interviews from around the web
- CBR offers a deep dive into Dungeons & Dragons Arcana Unleashed Review: Familiars For Everyone.
- Ill Met by Morrslieb shares a review of Imperium Maledictum Starter Set.
- Dungeons and Dragons Fanatics reviews D&D Arcana Unleashed: Deadfall.
- Checking in with Tabletop Sentinel, there’s a spotlight on Rock & Roar! Shadowdark Edition.
- The folks at The Kind DM take a closer look at Serenissima Obscura.
- Refereeing and Reflection reviews Warhammer Grim Dwarfs and Perilous Elves.
- Bird Milk Cafe reviews Ephemeris: Omens of the Blood Comet (A Knives Out RPG).
- The Other Side reviews The Dying Earth.
- Reviews from R’lyeh has published a review of Achtung! Chtulhu 2d20: Operation Cold Threshold and Cursed Scroll #2.
RPG new releases
- Darrington Press has released Hope and Fear | PDF (and on the Daggerheart Nexus).
- Mangha Comics has published the OMNISIX: The Universal d6 Roleplaying Game Quickstart Rules.
- Modiphius has released A Faeseeker’s Guide to Avallen – Sourcebook PDF.
- Nilgravity released Retcon: The Roleplaying Game (Early Access).
- In the move to DTRPG, Paizo has published Pathfinder Second Edition Core Rulebook (PDF) and the Book of the Dead.
- We now have Pure Critical’s World of Vendria – An Introductory Guide for Players & Game Masters.
- Grey Wolf Writes expands their catalogue with Fantasy Dueling in the Old West.
- Top Notch International LTD has hit publish on Gates of Krystalia TTJRPG – Lumina Expansion Book – English Version.
- In physical, Forbidden Planet et al have;
- Modiphius Entertainment’s Discworld: Adventures in Ankh-Morpork core rules.
- WizKids with Dungeons & Dragons: Icons Of The Realms: Booster Brick Miniatures: Forgotten Realms: Adventures In Faerûn Characters (1 Pcs) and Arcana Unleashed: Deadfall: Goristro.
- Wallace Designs has Fighting Fantasy Adventures.
RPG bundle deals
- Save $286.78 (74%) with the Mutual Aid for Darren Pearce bundle.
- Save $41.22 (25%) in Independence Games’ Clement Sector Hardcover Core bundle.
- Save $10.90 (20%) in Swamp Rhino Games’ Fortune & Peril: Expedition bundle.
- Save $10 (56%) with Marshal Games’ “We Give you the worlds…” bundle.
- Save $7.96 (32%) with Candlenaut’s Entity bundle.
- Save $4.99 (20%) in BazaiZAP’s Fantasy Locations bundle.
RPG ideas, tips and discoveries
- The Popverse gives us Critical Role’s Matt Mercer has an irrational fear of skiing.
- Gnome Stew has published a piece on As Your Table Ages.
- The team at The Angry GM shares thoughts on The Angry GM.
- The RPG Gazette has published a piece on D&d’s Problem With Being exceptional.
RPG Crowdfunding
There’s more! You can catch up with the Kickstarter campaign we’ve written up in more detail at Kickstarter watch. Here are some noteworthy industry projects to mention:
- Village Mega Pack – Flat D&D Miniatures TTRPG (DnD Minis) from Wanderer’s Emporium is pitching “An Entire Village. 210 Miniatures. Standees like you’ve never seen.”
- Eat Crow | A Mörk Borg zine and solo game from Caleb Engelke presents “A zine with a Mörk Borg Inn, class, and a solo game where you run a food stall in the dying lands!”
- RPG & Wargames Undead & Human Kingdom by Misc 3D Prints is touted as “Releasing more than 100 new Fantasy 3D printable STL miniatures. Featuring Undead and Human Kingdom.”
- Order of Mercenaries: 20 Mercenary Organizations for DnD 5E from Black Cube Games shares “A Comprehensive Compendium of 20 Diverse Mercenary Organizations for D&D 5E, 2024”
- GOBBLERS – LEVEL 4 is a project by Stef Wilson that promises “Three unlikely heroes, one epic adventure and a story that comes to life through comics, a mini-movie, and gaming.”
- Arium Complete Box Set by Adept Icarus is a new roleplaying games project for “3x Ennie-Nominated Collaborative Tools for Any RPG Group.”
- A shining Trapezohedron d6 dice by LunaDice is an upcoming supplement for “Unique dice inspired by the Lovecraft universe”
- isometric maps for TTRPG’s from strange arcade is pitching “a series of hand drawn isometric maps for Roleplaying games like D&D 5e – shadowdark – morkborg.”
- Hellbinder’s Guide to Harvesting & Crafting for ShadowDark by Jeff Stevens is currently raising funds for “Harvest and Craft unique and wondrous items from the creatures you encounter while playing Shadowdark RPG!”
- Fantasy World Builder – 1600+ 3D Printable STL Assets is a project by Lucius that invites players to explore “1600+ Fantasy Props, Terrain & Basing Bits – 32mm STL Mega Collection, scale for RPG, Tabletop, Terrains, Wargames, D&D, Battlefield”
- 50 Magical Swords for 5e from Dark Eagle Games offers “Fifty unforgettable magical swords with finite powers, strange histories, and abilities built to create legendary moments at the table.”
- Forgotten Lore | Fragments 02: SWORDS from Forgotten Lore introduces “20 Celtic Swords for D&D 5e. Ready to Use Immediately.”
- Odyssey: The Returns from Troy by Jonathan Drake is now live, described as “Epic Roleplaying in the Age of Heroes”
- Potion Dice – Healing Dice for Dungeons & Dragons 5e – 5.5e from Xavier Rivard has introduced “A 4-die kit, each die dedicated to a D&D 5e healing potion tier.”
- Lands of the Ancient Lords: Dragons and Cultists V.1 from Redal Velis offers “300+ high-resolution TTRPG Battle Maps and 100+ Tokens for D&D, Pathfinder, TTRPGs in high quality. No watermark!”
- The Wanderer’s Wrong Turn III: 3D Printable Fantasy Terrain is a project by aMini3DWorld that invites players to explore “A mysterious ruined encounter scene for TTRPGs, STL terrain made for easy 3D printing, storytelling, and dramatic tabletop moments.”
- ERG! Books – Pirates in a Barrel and other Roleplaying Games from Elfling Games presents “3 Educational Roleplaying Games (ERG!). Play with friends, family of all ages + have fun learning with history’s silly and epic moments”
- DARKER TIMES: The Art of Arcana – A DnD 5e Zine is a project by Erik Jorgensen that looks at “A zine for those who like their adventures more dark and dangerous (TTRPG | Fantasy | OSR)”
- DinaZaurz: The Re-Awakening from DI-E:RA is launching “The Official DinaZaurZ Table Top Role Playing Game”
- Treacherous Traps 2 for 5E/5.5E D&D from Nord Games introduces “The definitive trap supplement with 250 ready-to-run traps, hazards, puzzles, new player options, random trap generator, and more!”
- Escape From Zombie Island. from Ian Hickey offers “A zombie infested survival horror adventure for AD&D 2E/D&D 5E/OSR/Shadowdark”
[What’s this chart? We use Kickstarter Heat to measure how busy the crowdfunding season is.]
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