In the United States, Cyber Security Awareness Month is in October. So is Amazon’s Big Heckin’ Two-Day Prime Day. The two overlap!
Big Heckin’ Two-Day Prime Day: Anyone but Amazon!
We’re not against Amazon Prime Day; I plan to do a little shopping tomorrow, October 8th, when it launches, but there are other retailers.
Violet Core: Sapphic love or mecha war? (the TTRPG)
Sarah Carapace is an artist and game designer who some readers might know from Dungeon Bitches and who is now on Kickstarter with a TTRPG of her own.
Audio EXP Podcast: #256 – The dark season
From D&D to PETA and Warhammer to dice full of eyes, welcome to the dark season and Geek Native’s podcast.
Competition: Win “Red Dwarf – Discovering the TV Series”
Red Dwarf is a British science fiction comedy series with cult classic status. It follows the misadventures of Dave Lister, the last human alive, who finds himself stranded three million years in the future aboard the mining spaceship Red Dwarf.
Free to Download: The Expanse Transport Union Edition Quickstart
In July, Green Ronin, the publisher of the official The Expanse RPG, announced a new backwards compatible edition. The Transport Union edition quickstart is out, and it’s a free download via DriveThruRPG.
Gold Teeth: A grotesque comedy of piracy and occult horror (gamers love it!)
Gamers, though, are flocking to Gold Teeth, and this grotesque comedy of piracy and occult horror has smashed through the £15,000 funding target. You can follow the progress on the pitch page.
May your Warhammer Day last (almost) all month
Warhammer Day is the 5th of October, but this Warhammer Day bundle lasts until about the 23rd of October. Fine. With. Me.
Routinely Itemised: RPGs #277
TTRPG news roundup: Kickstarter launches surge, Mongoose acquires 2300AD & Twilight: 2000, Free League releases The Electric State RPG, a VOLTRON RPG is coming, and Steve Hatherley wins Geek Native’s Spotlight vote.
Steamforged Games: Lead TTRPG designer Richard August leaves the company
While at Steamforged, Richard steered projects such as the RuneScape Kingdoms RPG and Dark Souls.









