There’s also a new set of rules for parties who try combo attacks in their desperate battle against those devastating kaiju encounters. In fact, the Kickstarter asks how a game like D&D does not have combo attack mechanics already.
TTRPG news, reviews and interviews
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Mistborn RPG: Bundle deal and the last supplement herald the end of the digital line
Crafty Games, who have the license, today published Nobles: The Golden Mandate Digital Edition calling it the final supplement for the Mistborn Adventure Game.
Cubicle 7 on the lookout for writers for The Laundry – 2nd edition!
It’s been announced that Cubicle 7 are scouting for new writers to bring back The Laundry. That is, the game (not your pants) The Laundry, and the tabletop is where they want them to bring it.
Exclusive Peek: Realm of Greyclaw campaign setting doubles down on immersion for 5e
A small but exclusive, two-page preview of the Realm of Greyclaw that hopefully captures the book’s essence so you can see Bryce’s techniques in action.
Sanction: Kickstarter success for a generic RPG system of challenges and hacks
Adapting the game to a setting requires a little work by the Game Moderator— configuring a set of skill-focused tables to generate characters; defining any unique mechanics, like angelic favours, expendable gadgets, or uncanny good luck; and customising unpredictable but determined foes to stand between success and failure.
Dark Encounters: RPG scenes and hooks for mature audiences
There’s a content warning on this Kickstarter, as it contains sexual images and references to death, drugs, religious fanaticism and mental illness.
Genre Police: I Am The Law/Am I The Law?
Last time, we looked at GMing through a binary of ‘Lawful’ versus ‘Chaotic’, and while accepting that such a binary was an oversimplification, it was worth looking at to think about how we deliver a game.
Routinely Itemised: RPGs #222
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Hunt and eat monsters: Wilderfeast RPG (and cookbook)
The One Land is not an easy place to live. It is littered with both the bones of extinct species and the ruins of fallen civilizations. But after each apocalypse, something new and green grows from the ashes.
Castle Zagyg Yggsburgh defies expectations and returns
A 2012 thread on Troll Lord Games’ site predicts we’ll never see Castle Zagyg in PDF.
