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Mystical Throne: A flash sale of historical RPG sourcebooks
Notably, there are no core rules here, but there are conversion guides for systems like Savage Worlds, Mongoose’s Legend and, of course, Mystical’s Entropic Gaming System.
How to Survive a Haunting is a Mental Health LARP from an experienced disability coach
In the game, the single player is “Stranger” – an entity with a ghost problem and a potential solution with the surprise discovery of an old journal written by someone who only refers themselves as “The Journalkeeper”.
YZ Worldbuilding: Ruins of Symbaroum Call of the Dark
The Bell Tolls for Kastor, The Howling of Damned Gods, and What’s Bred in the Bone all deal with religious matters. The PCs must take sides, and their decision will profoundly affect the campaign world going forward. Religion and politics are intertwined in this world, and the final adventure in particular, marries the two into a complex and dangerous scenario.
Double GURPS 4e Bunding of Holding deals: Supers and Action RPGs
You must have GURPS 4e, or be willing to buy it, to get the most from these two all-new bundles.
Navathem’s End RPG: Who will you be when the apocalypse comes?
A mash-up of Powered by the Apocalypse and Forged in the Dark, Navathem’s End is an RPG from Axo Stories.
Shadowdark from The Arcane Library promises a new OSR and Kickstarts in a flash
Few OSR titles do so well on Kickstarter, but Shadowdark is designed to have a broad appeal.
GM’s Day 2023 map bundle has The White House, 10 Downing Street, Air Force One and more
I’ve seen big bundles before but never seen 10 Downing Street, home of the British Prime Minister, as a tabletop battle map ready for a dungeon crawl. The Americans get The White House, Air Force One and even the Statue of Liberty.
The Revenant Society: An RPG about solving your own murder
Banana Chan and Sen-Foong Lim co-designed Van Ryder Games’ The Revenant Society.
Routinely Itemised: RPGs #194
Alright, gang, somehow we’re into March, and it’s been a bit of a struggle to keep up. Despite that, there’s still lots to say!
