Catalyst Game Labs live-streamed from PAX that they would be reprinting the first edition of the fantasy cyberpunk RPG Shadowrun.
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Genre Police: What’s For Who
I recently had an interesting conversation about flow, and I want to share it because I think it reveals some things about RPG that we don’t talk about often.
Worldbuilding with The One Ring: Tales from the Lone-lands
While the setting and adventures contain much that makes The Lord of the Rings amazing, it is set at more of a scale to match the adventure Bilbo had in The Hobbit. Perfect for RPG world building.
Routinely Itemised: RPGs #233
WotC reveal their D&D 2024 roster and timeline, The Walking Dead shamble to RPG life, not everyone is impressed by the Indie RPG Creator Summit and Matthew Mercer talks about the bubble bursting.
Cohors Cthulhu RPG: Romans and Lovecraftian horror for free
Far from the Eternal City, deep in the forests of a hostile frontier, unravel the mystery of a village overcome by nightmares its people are forced to reenact on the waking world.
The macabre and emotionally powerful Bluebeard’s Bride horror TTRPG is on offer
As they unravel the tales of Bluebeard’s past brides, the Sisters confront the chilling horrors concealed behind locked doors.
Ker Nethalas: Into the Midnight Throne offers dark fantasy as a solo TTRPG or co-op
There’s a single PC in the Ker Nethalas: Into the Midnight Throne. The system uses a D100, and checks must roll equal to or lower than the character’s skills.
Back or be damned: Knock! Issue Four Kickstarts
Once again, The Merry Mushmen have cobbled together a bric-à-brac of game design insight, random tables, rules suggestions, monsters, classes, maps, adventures… the lot.
Lazy Dungeon Master for Fantastic Adventures together in a bundle deal
This bundle of TTRPG downloads helps raise money for the medicial and pandemic-related charity Direct Relief.
Let Us Build a Tower: An RPG for godhood or death
Sojourn RPG Publishing is Kickstarting a tabletop RPG set in an ever-changing dungeon crawl to Heaven. The adventure setting is called Let Us Build a Tower.
