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Free to Download: Shattered Worlds Introduction Guide
The guide from Dmitry Nosovky, Je Shields, Dean Spencer et al tells of the fracture and the breaking of the veil between different worlds. The result is a gritty setting merging tech and magic.
Hundreds of interactive battle maps: 0One Games returns to the Bundle of Holding
There are 13 titles in the first tier with a shop value of $44. These are all DRM-free, so that you can import them into VTT software.
N.K. Jemisn’s Hugo-winning Fifth Season gets a TTRPG
Green Ronin tells me that not only is N.K. Jemisim signing a few bookplates in a special tier but has been involved throughout the RPGs design.
I’m just done: James Mishler Games will delete all products and go on hiatus due to the OGL drama
I have no desire to publish new products for game lines that might be forced to disappear overnight.
Fat Goblin Games release a TTRPG content rating system
The download has several images for the proposed ratings and a two-page explainer. It suggests games could be rated on violence, language, sexual content, drug and alcohol use, horror and mature themes.
Mongoose is in talks with Cepheus Engine publishers over Traveller license concerns
There’s concerns Cepheus Engine publishers have a bleak future as and when Wizards of the Coast deauthorises the OGL.
The Oracle Character Generator: Over 1 billion character combos and free download
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.
Advanced Adventures Mega bundle: Old school TTRPG scenarios from Expeditious Retreat
The core rules are in OSRIC, and that’s usually free, available here to be handy and with $70 worth of downloads.
Bronze Age: Collapse merges Lovecraft with Homer in an RPG and open sources the rules
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.
