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The art in Cohors Cthulhu is out of this world
The news from last week is that Mophidius is launching a new RPG. It’s set in the Achtung! Cthulhu universe of Nazis and dark magic and will use the 2d20 system.
D420 dice are a facepalm moment for dice makers
he d4 is a strange triangular beast. Are you convinced it rolls right? Does it roll at all? Illustrator Nick DiFabbio as a facepalm “its so obvious” solution – use a d20 and have 1-4 five times.
Game Jams: Three TTRPGs inspired by music
Recently, I took a deep dive into indie games with music at their core. It’s a theme that’s inspired everything from microgames to full-length systems.
ENnie award-winning 5e Arkadia takes its mythic Greece to the Bundle of Holding
Arcana Games picked up the Silver ENnie for best setting with the 5e Arkadia.
World’s first micro-RPG: Outland acquires Pocket Odyssey and Dice Odyssey
In Pocket Odyssey players assume the roles of legendary heroes embarking on epic quests, defeating monsters, finding loot and pretty much anything the players mind can imagine.
The Rift to Rhymorra: A Guide to the Spirit Realm opens to Kickstarter success
TheAlphineDM’s 5e sourcebook with a new class, 30 new monsters, 40 magic items, and an adventure has been funded on Kickstarter. There’s still about a month left on the clock for The Rift to Rhymorra: A Guide to the Spirit Realm.
Free to Download: 5e’s Realm of Myztros Player’s Guide
The Realm of Myztros setting is somewhere between the wild arcane high fantasy or epic fantasy settings that exhibit magic in every
home, flying cities, and people using magic much in the same way technology is used today and low fantasy setting that are simply an
altered reality that features some small magical elements but is mostly grounded in truth.
Behemoths: Paths of the Koru cover revealed by Pelgrane Press
Pencilled by Rich Longmore and painted by Lee Moyer, the cover for the kaiju-sized monsters has been revealed.
Storybrewers crowdfund no-prep RPGs in travel boxes
The two new games are Decaying Orbit and Saltfish & Almanacs. You can find out more or join in from the Kickstarter page.
