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Final ORC: Paizo present the finally final version of the ORC License
The license is a system-agnostic, perpetual, and irrevocable open gaming license that provides a legal “safe harbor” for sharing rules mechanics so as to encourage collaboration and innovation in the tabletop-gaming space.
Download for Free: STRONG RPG core system
Our free STRONG RPG is a classless, open source roleplaying game that is just as deep and fulfilling as many major commercial RPG systems you might have already played.
Stellagama Publishing and William Murakami-Brundage fund Barbaric! 2e
The Barbaric RPG is a lightweight beer and pretzels tabletop requiring neither booze nor baked snacks. In fact, the idea is that it requires very little to play – just 2d6, some writing material and some ideas.
Ragna Crimson: Trench warfare versus demons
Dragon hunters: warriors armed with special silver weapons who kill their prey for bounty. Lowest among their ranks is Ragna, who forms an improbable partnership with the young genius Leonica, a master dragon slayer with more kills to her name than almost any other.
Pendragon 6e Starter Set now available to launch you into a brutal medieval RPG
In October 2020, Chaosium marked the second anniversary of the death of the legendary Greg Stafford by announcing a 6th edition of the Arthurian RPG Pendragon.
A look inside: A Call to Cthulhu art book, comic and storybook
The story begins with an unknown call which gets through to the cosmic horror at night. It’s not a call he was expecting!
Free to Download: The 400+page The Gestalt RPG playtest
The beta test version of the 400+ page rule book is now free in digital form
Savage Worlds 20th Anniversary: New updated printing available
It’s $45 to get the fifth printing of the core rules, and that’s the 20th-anniversary run with the badge on the cover.
Handiwork handpainted backdrops for your tabletop mini photography
If you’ve got a printer suitable, you grab one or another set of Jon’s paintings to do your own, but with 32 landscapes in the book, it may be cheaper and better to back the project.









