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Contributor: Andrew Girdwood

Continuing the archive of independent Andrew Girdwood reporting (Archive Page 345).

Mongoose is in talks with Cepheus Engine publishers over Traveller license concerns

January 24, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

There’s concerns Cepheus Engine publishers have a bleak future as and when Wizards of the Coast deauthorises the OGL.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Cepheus Engine, Independence Games, Mongoose Publishing, traveller

The Oracle Character Generator: Over 1 billion character combos and free download

January 24, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

There are different categories of characters represented in the cards, as well as their Roles, Personality, Motivations, Flaws and Intrigues. The combinations quickly add up and layer together to create all these variations.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: generators, kickstarters, nord games

Advanced Adventures Mega bundle: Old school TTRPG scenarios from Expeditious Retreat

January 23, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The core rules are in OSRIC, and that’s usually free, available here to be handy and with $70 worth of downloads.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundle of holding, bundles, Expeditious Retreat Press, Old School Renaissance, osric

Bronze Age: Collapse merges Lovecraft with Homer in an RPG and open sources the rules

January 23, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Join Achilles and actual gods in the siege of Troy, and confront the sorcerers of Babylon as they attempt to conclude a devastating ritual and become legendary monster slayers.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: history, kickstarters, lovecraft

See the fight that got Record of Ragnarok dropped

January 23, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Record of Ragnarok isn’t streaming in all countries it could be airing in because the anime has gods fighting humans to decide whether humanity is ending.

Filed Under: Anime Tagged With: netflix, record of ragnarok, trailers

RPG Worlds: Grow your library and support Kobold Press and friends

January 22, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Right now, presumably months (or more) that game engine is ready to look at, you can boost your library for current systems and support the publisher and allied third parties by investigating the Humble RPG Worlds bundle.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundles, castles & crusades, Dungeons & Dragons, humble bundle, kobold press, southlands

Cloud Empress RPG: Nausicaa meets Mothership horror

January 22, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Cloud Empress is a tabletop RPG by watt that’s smashed Kickstarter goals and takes a far future world inspired by the likes of Dune and the manga Nausicaa and applies it to the sci-fi horror of Mothership.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: free to download, kickstarters, mothership

Overtake! An anime with the need for speed

January 22, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The race in question is F4, and the action is a partnership between Kadokawa and Toryca.

Filed Under: Anime Tagged With: trailers

Hyped or hyperspace? Review of Rendezvous with Rama

January 22, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Rendezvous with Rama is a science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke, first published in 1972. Set in the early 2130s, the book tells the story of a 50-kilometre-long cylindrical alien starship that enters the Solar System.

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: audiobook, reviews, sci-fi

Do I look like a joke to you? WTF Comics

January 21, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Montreal-based comic artist is also the illustrator for Lily Spectrum. Jean-Nicolas has ADHD, and Lily is autistic, and both are talented enough to be worth supporting.

Filed Under: Comics Tagged With: humour

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