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TTRPG news, reviews and interviews
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Huh-oh! The 2024 Player’s Handbook is the fastest-selling D&D book in history
We couldn’t be more pleased with the resounding critical and fan acclaim and record-breaking launch of the 2024 Player’s Handbook, and we have our loyal fans to thank for it.
LOOT: West Marshes play meets loot shooter in Spencer Campbell’s latest TTRPG
Spencer Campbell is known for adapting ideas and vibes from computer games to tabletop RPGs. It’s been a rocky road at times, but Gila RPG now has a proven track record and many fans.
MIR is a TTRPG that blurs good and evil
The Ruin has become little more than a legend, the MIR a relic of the past, its agents pariahs. But in the shadow of ignorance, reality is changing. Echoes, incarnations of past suffering brought to life by the energy of the Ruin, are multiplying.
Flash sale: Hard sci-fi RPG in “Shadows Over Sol”
Set in 2241, after the devastation of World War IV, humanity has expanded throughout the Solar System, carrying both past conflicts and emerging conspiracies.
Drunkards, Druggies, & Delinquents: Titmouse, the The Legend of Vox Machina studio, launch a TTRPG
Drunkards, Druggies, & Delinquents is pitched as a dark comedy, which comes as no surprise based on the name, and as a party game.
Geek Native Patron gift: Teenage Oddyssey RPG
We must thank Cannon Otter Studio. This shiny new publisher is making PDF copies of Teenage Oddyssey available for patrons or anyone who signs up before the end of the month.
Skin City: Humans vs skeletons in meat suits
Cannon Otter Studio is a new RPG publisher from some old industry vets, and their first RPG, Teenage Oddyssey is out now.
Zombie Road TTRPG: Character sheets, cheat sheet and crowdfunding success
In Zombie Road, you play as yourself, and one of you is a traitor. That really is an uncommon and exciting pitch for a TTRPG.
Ember: 25,000 hexes and perhaps a new TTRPG style born from VTT
Ember will be a game, a setting and a sandbox. While Foundry VTT is needed, only one person in the group must have the paid-for system running. Y
