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Routinely Itemised: RPGs #96
Wizards of the Coast are taking back control of D&D in some countries after settling a legal row. Luke Crane’s The Burning Wheel is Roll20’s quickest growing system, and the inhospitable setting round table is coming. It’s an RPG news summary from Geek Native.
Comets & Cockpits bring two junker space settings to 5e
Cameron Day, the co-creator of Supers & Sorcery, defines junker space fantasy as having three things; swashbuckling adventure, wide-open exploration with salvaging, and wild technology.
The quickest growing RPG in Roll20 last quarter wasn’t D&D; it was The Burning Wheel
The Orr Group’s Roll20 market report puts Luke Crane the headlines again as The Burning Wheel grows faster than Apocalypse World, faster than Cyberpunk and faster than Free League’s Year Zero Engine with some dramatic shifts.
Wizards of the Coast taking direct control of some D&D translations
Wizards of the Coast will directly handle the localisation and editorial process for future and existing versions in our language.
Orbital Blues: A space-western RPG during an era of hyper-capitalism
Characters are outlaws with a ship and crew who tussle for jobs on the backstreets of terraformed metropolises.
Bundle deal on RPG battlemap blueprints for 221B Baker Street, a Drow City, a Nautilus and more
0one have a collection of blueprint themed battlemaps in the Bundle of Holding.
D&D: New Draconic Options for PCs include gem dragons and a new take on kobolds
Available from today are new Draconic options. The free PDF includes three alternatives to the dragonborn race, a new look at kobolds, feats and then spells.
Epic Games have raised $1 billion to build a vast computer roleplaying game that spans the internet
Epic Games, the company owned by Tim Sweeney and China’s Tencent, yesterday announced it had raised a new $1,000,000,000 in funding.
Ruins of Symbaroum: A Kickstarter to bring Symbaroum to 5e funds in minutes
The new Symbaroum Player’s Guide adds new rules appropriate to the mysterious dark setting, such as travelling and rests, social challenges and how Corruption is an ever-present threat to magic.
