As some attendees, like this blogger, battled through strike-Brexit-Royal-funeral traffic/cancellations, the Tabletop Gaming Awards 2022 were announced.
Spectres of Brocken: The indie RPG about making friends and then using your giant mech to war against them
The pitch casts your PC as a naive mech trainee who, in time, finds out what they want from friends and life. Years later, in their kickass custom mechs, find out what you’re willing to do to get it.
Bocchi the Rock! Love your guitar
Hitori “Bocchi-chan” (“Loner”) Goto, a lonely high school girl whose heart is in her guitar, does nothing but strum the instrument by herself at home every day.
Exception: Netflix’s stylised horror anime
Netflix’s sci-fi horror will debut around the world on October 13th. I’ve checked, and that won’t be a Friday the 13th; it’s a Thursday.
Routinely Itemised: RPGs #170
This week’s roleplaying game (RPG) news, reviews, interviews, bundle offers, and advice are summarised in Routinely Itemised.
Limited Run: 200 “Fight Like a Girl” Stranger Things-inspired t-shirts from The Spark
It’s an ethical range, too, printed by experts onto quality cotton and never sold by stores. Each purchase helps a woman or girl in need.
Awesome is expensive: It’s Tiamat!
Awesome is expensive. The pre-order, expected in April-ish, dragons cost around $2,000. Yes. Ouch. My treasure hoard is lacking.
Uncharted Journeys: Cubicle 7’s Vault 5e offers to improve D&D’s travel and exploration
Many 5e-powered adventures in the D&D vein involve plenty of travel and exploration, but it could equally be argued there’s not in the rules for either. Cubicle 7’s Vault 5e: Uncharted Journeys offers to change that.
The Raven of the Inner Palace reveals Mysterious
The story starts with the concubine never having been summoned by the emperor.
Dark! Comic book artist shows a dungeon crawl alternative
Do D&D “heroes” do this? Could Cloudkill do this? Or does it make the XP gain too low, and the loot gain too hard?
