The line between good and bad is blurred in this Hellblazer-inspired personal hell. The Kickstarter community has backed it, and with a week to go, the game is well over funding targets.
TTRPG news, reviews and interviews
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Routinely Itemised: RPGs #263
Andrea Sfiligoi from Ganesha Games has safely left Ukraine, WotC is facing accusations of using Hillary Clinton as a model for D&D, D&D’s new VP Jess Lanzillo is doing interviews with AdWeek, Kobold Press’ CEO provided a company update, and I’ve finally had my broadband restored.
RPG Publisher Spotlight: Ganesha Games
Geek Native’s RPG Publisher Spotlight is all about raising the profile of TTRPG makers, contributors, or curators who might not otherwise get it, so promoting Ganesha Games seems appropriate.
Routinely Itemised: RPGs #262
It’s convention season and Origins is on, which might explain why Kickstarter isn’t busy, and we finally have D&D 2024 pre-orders.
Songs of the Spellbound Sea: Run seafaring campaigns like a breeze
Today we’ve a helpful guest post from designer and author somanyrobots. Robots have a 5e Patreon offering rules, advice and content that’s attracted over 100 subscribers.
Castles & Crusades Reforged smashes through the crowdfunding portcullis
Castles & Crusades was first created in 2003/2004 and debuted in Christmas of that ’04. It was the first to use a simple attribute based system as its key mechanic. It predated and in many ways sparked the OSR publications that followed and heavily influenced D&D 5th edition.
A look at QuickQuest – Solo Roleplaying Made Easy (PWYW)
QuickQuest is system agnostic and begins by saying why you should check it out.
Blast off with the Esper Genesis Bundle: Your complete Sci-Fi RPG collection (D&D 5E compatible)
Ancient machines called Crucibles have awakened, granting extraordinary powers to those who can harness their cosmic energies.
D&D 2024 pre-orders with bonus Roll20 monsters!
D&D fans who pre-order the whole D&D 2024 will also get a free copy of the Monster Manual Expanded Roll20 module.
The Planet of the Apes TTRPG is already six stretch goals in
Magnetic Press Play will use the D6 system spawned from West End Games, the D6MV system. Andrew E.C. Gaska of Alien RPG is leading the project.
