RPG news from the week. Paizo share an update with apologies, Judge Dredd’s RPG will end, and a historic D&D adventure is back in print.
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The Means of Magick: Fight back against the megacorps in the aftermath of the magick-industrial revolution
Mining operations tear holes in the earth to excavate magick; floating rigs drill magick from ocean beds; forests burn to filter the magick in roots and leaves. The magick they steal from the earth runs their machines and allows unfettered growth at the earth’s expense.
Wizards of the Coast release three sets of classic D&D character sheets
Three trolls, hot, hungry, and bothered, are breathing down your neck in a dead-end catacomb. Is this the end of the line for your noble hero?
Caught by Kickstarter’s crackdown; Nightfall delays Demon Dog
The forthcoming Demon Dog from Nightfall Games has been delayed.
Dungeon Scrawlers: Original, official and kid-appropriate D&D game released in North America
ngeon Scrawlers comes in a pack with 10 unique mazes, and given the use of doors, portals, time limits and different monsters, there’s more than enough here for over 100 different 3-maze combinations.
The Prisoner inspired Be Seeing You RPG pushes back against the surveillance State
In the Prisoner, it’s never quite clear who is running the village. In Be Seeing You, there’s no one person who is the GM.
Free to Download: Bloodheist – an RPG set after Dracula wins
Players in the game are criminals hired by one vampire to steal from another. PCs can be vampires or humans but are always outsiders and not affiliated with any established Great Houses.
Space, Sports, & Orcs: Humble offers Blood Bowl and others on the cheap
In Styx, which is rated Very Positive at Steam and is worth £17.99, you play a sneaky goblin in a game of infiltration and dark fantasy.
The Endless Stair: Forgotten Realms creator Ed Greenwood’s first D&D book is available in print again
The Endless Stair is Ed Greenwood’s first D&D book, and Greenwood created the Forgotten Realms.
$150,000 and growing for 1UP Dice
On offer are sets of retro-themed dice but also pins, patches and other merch.
