The previous record for a Pokemon card auction was $190,000 and was for another of the ultra-rare Pikachu Illustrator back in 2019. That’s a rise of $40,000 in value in a single year.
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Chaosium to publish a Lords of the Middle Sea RPG
Lords of the Middle Sea is set in 2401 and the post-apocalyptic ruins of a flooded North America.
Saga Forge Scribe one-shot RPG contest has $765 DM screen as a prize
One-shot design competition has lined up an impressive list of prize sponsors.
Adventure Begins: D&D launches board game for 2-4 players, 10 and up
Dungeons & Dragons Adventure Begins is designed to be an entry point into D&D and is played with between 2 and 4 people, ages 10 and over.
Horror, humour and horny 1970s b-movies: They Came From Beyond the Grave
They Came from Beyond the Grave! takes the b-movie horror movie RPG to the 1970s. It’s described as dramatic, hammy and horrifying that encompasses the shock, terror, eroticism and humour of the genre.
Root RPG gets a new quickstart for Free RPG Day
The game is based on Powered by the Apocalypse, and this quickstart includes a look at the game’s core mechanics, pre-genned characters (you play as animals) and a new clearing filled with adventure.
An early look at The Umbrella Academy board game
Dark Horse and Studio71 are aiming to Kickstart a The Umbrella Academy board game.
Bad Sex: The Roleplaying Game is real and out this month
Bad Sex, as an RPG, is apparently all about trying to create maximum embarrassment for everyone in the room by finding the best way to inject cringe into an adult scene.
Green Ronin gives us a look at Sword Chronicle
Sword Chronicle is the spiritual successor to the Game of Thrones RPG in that it uses the Chronicle System to bring to life a feudal fantasy world.
The Old School Gold bundle offers up Golgotha, Mothership and more
There’s an Old School Gold bundle that has the likes of the ENnie-dominated Trilemma Adventures Collection, sci-fi horror Mothership, Golgotha and other popular titles.
