In Trail of Cthulhu 2e gamemasters are provided with resources to design horror mystery adventures, including guidelines for creating Cthulhuoid creatures, cults, and narrative frameworks for long-running campaigns.
TTRPG news, reviews and interviews
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EXCLUSIVE: Mythic Minds announce Sir Ian Livingstone as official ambassador for Young Dragons
Sir Ian Livingstone has become the official ambassador for Mythic Minds’ initiative, Young Dragons, and has given Geek Native the exclusive low-down.
Free to Download: Containment Breach and horrors from Modiphius
On offer are Halloween Horrors 3, which includes five NPCs/monsters and the eight-page Containment Breach adventure. The two combine nicely and are available from DriveThruRPG or the webstore.
Corsairs of Cthulhu bundle: Historical horror RPG adventures
It’s a new bundle deal from New Comet, which provides new rules for alchemy and voodoo, reflecting the era’s beliefs and practices.
RPG Publisher Spotlight: Steve Hatherley
Our patreons voted for Steve based on his TTRPG, as he was among a shortlist of publishers drawn that month from DriveThruRPG names. So it’s with roleplaying games that we start.
Free to Download: An introduction to the garden of the Household RPG
100 years have passed s since the Master left his House, and now, the Little Folk have returned to claim the Household
Worlds Building: The Nexus Campaign
For GMs who want the feel of a lived in campaign created through their worlds building efforts, but don’t spend all their time in one place, there is another option. The nexus campaign.
Routinely Itemised: RPGs #280
Geek Native interviews the Torchbearer RPG comic book team. Zweihander finds a new owner. Wizards of the Coast undergoes staffing changes. The Discworld TTRPG Kickstarter surpasses £1.3 million and adjusts pledge levels.
Deal for good: Chuck Rice Broke(ish) Heart
In Routinely Itemised, the RPG news roundup and the start of the month, we sadly reported on RPG designer and publisher Chuck Rice’s heart health problem.
Zweihander changes hands again as Daniel D. Fox buys his game back from World of Game Design
SLLSWRD Publishing, which is led by Daniel D. Fox, has bought the Zweihander back
