Heretical Fun House are back on Kickstarter for a Slavic-inspired tabletop RPG setting. As the pitch video makes clear, it’s not the Witcher.
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Routinely Itemised: RPGs #295
This week’s TTRPG news roundup highlights the impact of Zine Month on Kickstarter, DriveThruRPG’s publisher fulfillment test, Atlas Games’ concerns about tariffs, Green Ronin’s 25th anniversary, a deluxe Dark Tower edition, and the surprising relevance of trade wars and anti-fascism in the hobby.
Publisher Fulfilled: DriveThruRPG experiments with retail versions of TTRPGs
Until this week, if you’ve wanted a softback or hardcover from DriveThruRPG, you would need to have found a TTRPG for which the publisher has submitted the right layout files and then ordered a print-on-demand.
Solo/Group as Alien, Rogue, Robot
The Storymaster’s Tales are a series of gamebooks by Oliver McNeil, who’s levelled them up by also providing QR codes and narration.
Broken Society: Year of the Danger Noodle
The origin of “Danger Noodle” as an alternative to snake eludes my search, but I think it’s at least 15 years old and part of a trend. I suspect it was Reddit.
Double back and leap forward: Three Champions 4e TTRPG offers
Right now, and until February 25th, the Bundle of Holding has three Heroes 4e TTRPG deals on the go.
Free to Download: The hope-filled “Embers of Humanity” quickstart
John Hedge, Brian Ashford & Colin Richards have released a free to download version of the hope-filled but post-apocalyptic TTRPG Embers of Humanity.
3 days (left) for 13 Screams Beneath the Withering Sky
The TTRPG 13 Screams Beneath the Withering Sky has been designed for people who like to overcome insurmountable odds in their free time.
Black Lantern on why Immortals is rated 18+
Originally, Immortals: Hubris & Glory was called “Athanatoi”, meaning Immortals in Greek. We decided to change the name to the English version because it had better reception with international players.
Wintermourne: Cullen Bunn’s RPG zine is chilling easy to miss out on
Wintermourne launched on Kickstarter a few days ago. It’s a few days left before it ends. Outland Entertainment has the comic book superstar Cullen Bunn and illustrator Jeremy Mohler on the title.
