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The Straight Way Lost: Making a “Real Person” in an RPG
Melina Sedó is the main author in the 5e adventure and sourcebook The Straight Way Lost. The Kickstarter is running now, has hundreds of backers and hit the funding goal.
Issliss is an RPG set a thousand years after humanity invaded a land of monsters and lost
The Issliss system is a custom 3d6 engine called VECTORs, and that’s been designed to amp up the desperate and teamwork-centric gameplay. There’s a free quickplay if you’re willing to sign up for the newsletter.
Game of Thrones meets Lucifer: Defiant kickstarts Reign & Legacy with supernatural ease
In Defiant, characters are powerful supernatural beings controlling a city or similar area after the world’s end. It’s been nominated for Origins, looks gorgeous, skews to the adult and is recommended by Geek Native.
FiveEvil: Handiwork Games announce new horror RPG
It’s a dream project, and I look forward to giving everyone nightmares.
Wind Wraith is a generative wavecrawl RPG toolkit
Few survive in this new ocean world, scattered among islands. Most knowledge was lost. Strange new cultures develop, isolated from each other.
This spooky solo RPG will have you Carved by the Garden
Journal each day about your experiences. Those you live with promise they won’t read your journal unless there is a night you don’t come home. They beg you to be honest in your journal.
Classic Swords and Sorcery TTRPG bundle offers a physical book upgrade
This collection of resources is perfect for any tabletop RPG campaign, whether you’re looking for a challenging dungeon crawl, a trove of magical artefacts, or a menagerie of fearsome creatures.
Routinely Itemised: RPGs #214
Routinely Itemised is Geek Native’s RPG news summaries column that goes out to RPGers everywhere on Friday night as a one-stop review, discoveries, tips and interviews post.
Dragon Turtle Games no longer have the Carbon 2185 RPG
We are sad not to be a part of Carbon 2185’s future, but we know that it has a strong and dystopian future ahead
