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The best selling miscellaneous RPGs published on DriveThruRPG in 2022
Previously, we’ve had family, sci-fi, modern, horror and fantasy. Miscellaneous is everything else, including historical, anime and other genres that might overlap or standalone from the ones previously.
Genre Police: Passing Down(time)
Last article, I talked about the narrative session structure (‘NSS’ for short), a way of viewing a game session so you can think about pacing in a constructive way.
Two times the grim RPG: Shadow of the Demon Lord deals
In the game, you’ll have to be quick, or you’re dead and clever, or you’re dead and lucky too. It’s grim heroism against cosmic horror, evil cults and oblivion.
The best selling family RPGs published on DriveThruRPG in 2022
As is common in many English-speaking cultures, DriveThruRPG’s “family” genre generally means “suitable for kids”.
Dungeon Crawl Classics: Humble’s New Perils bundle
The bundle is live now and expires around 11th January, depending on time zones. It’s split over three tiers, with the smallest starting below a quid.
Download for Free: Christmas giveaway of Lost in Dungeon’s “Journeys into the Unknown”
The game, inspired by Ben Milton, Brandish Gilhelm, Chris McDowall, and Gavin Norman, has 10 lineages but no classes and uses diegetic advancement (rewards for actions, not just kills) and an item slot approach.
The Saltreach Isles Part 1: Oscana asks for a mountain of gold and promises a vast archipelago of 5e
London’s Gold Mountain Games are asking the Kickstarter community for £60,000 to fund book one of The Saltreach Isles. That book, Oscana, will be one in six, which suggests a grand project.
The best selling sci-fi RPGs published on DriveThruRPG in 2022
Is there a dominant publisher in sci-fi? Mongoose makes the chart six times, but fellow British publisher Modiphius manage four entries as well.
RPG Publisher Spotlight: Handiwork Games
We’re a small band of creators based around the world, but mostly in Scotland, UK. We have team members in England, The US, and New Zealand.
