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Free to Download: Reaver – Sword & Sorcery RPG quickstart

January 26, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The cover shows a grim brute of a fighter, and sure enough, the pitch for Reaver is that it’s inspired by Robert E. Howard, Charles R. Saunders and Karl Edward Wagner but also says it’s less gonzo and more grim.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: free to download, raven god games, reaver, Robert E. Howard

Racing to $100K: Vast Grimm’s Into Oblivion is a splatterpunk RPG success

January 26, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

One of the techniques that Infinite Black uses to power its Kickstarters, which I’ve benefited from in the past for my pin badge collection, is merch.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Brian colin, infinite black, kickstarters, sci-fi, vast grimm, Vast Grimm: Into Oblivion

Free to Download: Shattered Worlds Introduction Guide

January 25, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The guide from Dmitry Nosovky, Je Shields, Dean Spencer et al tells of the fracture and the breaking of the veil between different worlds. The result is a gritty setting merging tech and magic.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, free to download, shattered worlds, siegebreaker games

Hundreds of interactive battle maps: 0One Games returns to the Bundle of Holding

January 25, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

There are 13 titles in the first tier with a shop value of $44. These are all DRM-free, so that you can import them into VTT software.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: 0one Games, battle mats, bundle of holding, bundles, cartography

N.K. Jemisn’s Hugo-winning Fifth Season gets a TTRPG

January 25, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Green Ronin tells me that not only is N.K. Jemisim signing a few bookplates in a special tier but has been involved throughout the RPGs design.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: fantasy age, free to download, Green Ronin Publishing, hiromi cota, Joseph Carriker, monte lin, n.j. jemisin, samantha day, steven kent, tanya depass, the fifth season

I’m just done: James Mishler Games will delete all products and go on hiatus due to the OGL drama

January 25, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

I have no desire to publish new products for game lines that might be forced to disappear overnight.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, james mishler, labyrinth lord, shadowdark

Fat Goblin Games release a TTRPG content rating system

January 24, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The download has several images for the proposed ratings and a two-page explainer. It suggests games could be rated on violence, language, sexual content, drug and alcohol use, horror and mature themes.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Fat Goblin Games, free to download, Rick Hershey

Mongoose is in talks with Cepheus Engine publishers over Traveller license concerns

January 24, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

There’s concerns Cepheus Engine publishers have a bleak future as and when Wizards of the Coast deauthorises the OGL.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Cepheus Engine, Independence Games, Mongoose Publishing, traveller

The Oracle Character Generator: Over 1 billion character combos and free download

January 24, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

There are different categories of characters represented in the cards, as well as their Roles, Personality, Motivations, Flaws and Intrigues. The combinations quickly add up and layer together to create all these variations.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: generators, kickstarters, nord games, The Oracle Character Generator

Advanced Adventures Mega bundle: Old school TTRPG scenarios from Expeditious Retreat

January 23, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The core rules are in OSRIC, and that’s usually free, available here to be handy and with $70 worth of downloads.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: advanced adventures, bundle of holding, bundles, Expeditious Retreat Press, Old School Renaissance, osric

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