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Routinely Itemised: RPGs #275
Scotland Loves Anime expands to London with tickets and dates now available! Chaosium to publish Elf Quest. Support Doctors Without Borders with Roll20Con’s impressive charity bundles. Pre-order Space: 1999 TTRPG and Critical Role’s Daggerheart RPG. Exciting week for tabletop fans!
Pathfinder offers a Halloween deal with the Bundle of the Dead
The spooky deal will run through October 10 and includes $811 retail value of content. This includes Book of the Dead, the complete six-part Blood Lords Adventure Path, the associated Foundry VTT modules, and many more titles.
D&D 2024 Players Handbook debuts with mixed success
The latest revision (or, as some argue, ‘edition’) of the 2024 Player’s Handbook for Dungeons & Dragons is out. It’s very early days, but the signs of success are mixed.
Free to Download: FiveEvil Splinters
Handiwork Games have made the first of their FiveEvil supplements free, and FiveEvil Splinters is out now for download.
Corpus Draconis for 5E+ offers 10 new dragon subtypes and roasts Kickstarter targets
Geek Native readers may remember when Dream Realm Storytellers was a promising RPG design studio in Turkey, and we were spotlighting their talent.
Unravel mysteries in Victorian London: Baker Street RPG bundle offer
Baker Street, a Victorian investigative RPG designed by Bryce Whitacre, offers a compelling gameplay experience with its robust investigation mechanics.
Acid-fantasy gaming awaits: Dive into the Troika! 2024 bundle offer!
Since the Bundle of Holding’s initial Troika! deal in 2021, the Melsonian Arts Council and collaborators have expanded this weird RPG universe with numerous new titles.
44 year old TTRPG “Rolemaster” finally launches on Roll20
Rolemaster, known for its complexity, feels like a perfect fit for the virtual tabletop. The compendiums provide all the essential rules, tables, and spell lists.
The Circle of Life: “Faster, Purple Worm! Everybody Dies” births volume 1
Beadle & Grimm’s Pandemonium Warehouse, charmingly described as the mid-life crisis of five D&D players, is funding a D&D book based on the Adventures show “Faster, Purple Worm! Everybody Dies”.
