Now 13th Age is getting its own 2nd edition, one that’s backwards compatible, and it is smashing targets on Kickstarter.
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Routinely Itemised: RPGs #256
Wizards of the Coast announces SRD 5.2 for 2025. Critical Role launches Beacon streaming platform. R. Talsorian Games delves into Cyberpunk: Edgerunners TTRPG. Green Ronin debuts ENGINE. Vecna: Eve of Ruin reviews now available.
Critical Role launch Beacon as TTRPG nudges towards subscriptions
However, Beacon is more than a streaming platform; members get early access, live event pre-sales, Discord and merch deals, and other perks.
Bundle deal: Journal of the Travellers’ Aid Society
The Journal also provides detailed information on existing worlds, along with patrons and even full adventures to jumpstart your next session.
Pericle: Labyrinth expands the app GM and Gathering Darkness
Long Dog Games’ Pericle was funded in 30 minutes two years ago. However, Pericle and the first adventure, Gathering Darkness, have not ended up in the Kickstarter graveyard of abandoned projects.
Atomic Age is Darklight Interactive’s post-apocalyptic “Powers That Be” TTRPG
The RPG uses a d20 system, is focused on the continental United States, and cites the 13th Age as an influence.
Cyberpunk TTRPG: After Cyberpunk Edgerunners
R. Talsorian Games says the Mission Kit is neither a core rulebook nor a new version of the Cyberpunk TTRPG.
Shadowdark RPG arrives on Fantasy Grounds VTT
The best tabletop RPGs seem to have their own moments when the groundswell of support grows large enough for everyone to notice.
D&D will have two SRDs by 2025 in a massive new update
Wizards of the Coast has announced that by 2025, D&D will have an updated Systems Reference Document.
Delve: Design and survive dungeons (easy) but get into a new system (gasp!)
There’s also a whole bunch of free to download Delve samples with monsters, treasure and player races/ancestries for D&D and Shadowdark.
