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AJ Pickett’s Silicone Battle Mats can be thrown in the washing machine
A special offer to the Silicone Battlemats’ first 1,200 backers suggests how many people AJ suspects might respond.
Routinely Itemised: RPGs #208
It’s Geek Native’s news round-up with news from UK Games Expo and news about the huge tabletop convention, about Battlefield Press in a battle, and various definitely not cancelled yet not, well, here RPGs.
The UK’s largest tabletop conventions apologise after refusing queer-themed RPGs
If you doubt gamers are a healthy mix of genders, diversity and orientations, I’m confident UK Games Expo 2023 would have resolved any uncertainty for you. I saw various people in dresses, kilts, battle armour and trousers, couples, groups and friends.
Dear HR, the monster made me do it: Triangle Agency RPG is all about paranormal investigation
Characters work at the titular Triangle Agency as agents who must investigate and, ideally, capture Anomalies. Anomalies in the Triangle Angel are supernatural problems.
An RPG about cars and aliens: The Last Caravan funds on Kickstarter
After a stalemate of a battle between the invading aliens and the defending humans, characters in The Last Caravan travel across a transformed America even as signs of war begin to brew again. The RPG draws on John Harper’s Forged in the Dark and is influenced by No Dice, No Masters. Ted Bushman’s crowdfunder has […]
Flash bundle: A Dead Man’s Guide to Dragongrin
The deal includes the whole 470+ page A Dead Man’s Guide to Dragongrin, and the contents total up to $76.
Stolen game claims: Lorcana inspires Upper Deck to legal action against Ravensburger
Ravensburger and an ex-Upper Deck game designer are accused of stealing a Lorcana and repackaging it as the TCG Lorcana.
Battlefield Press in a sad, admirable, heroic battle to continue
The founder of Battlefield Press, Jonathan Thompson, sadly passed away in February.
Free to Download: Mecha Vs Kaiju 202X – 5th Edition Starter Adventure
As the name implies, the world of Mecha Vs Kaiju is one in which enormous monsters from our movie universe exist.
