I am sitting in the afterglow of a summer full of blockbuster moments in campaigns, at least one epic ‘Empire Strikes Back’ style campaign ending, and there are few players who are leaving for other things or shuffling which nights they play on.
TTRPG news, reviews and interviews
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Realms Of Elghrune: Art-rich sci-fi RPG from Super Bloodmoon
There are no skill points, only dice checks. Do you want to scale the slippery wall? Roll for it. Do you want to convince the jailor they have the wrong man? Roll for it. Instead of taking all the time to roll stats out for your character, you will just roll a check based on how difficult the task would be for your character!
Wizards of the Coast silently edit their latest OGL update
A D&D nerd on Twitter, @Maatlock noticed that Wizards of the Coast had edited their Update on the Open Game License post of Friday the 13th.
Modiphius launch 2d20 World Builders third-party publisher program
The 2d20 World Builders community content program from Modiphius and DriveThruRPG provides rules and a platform for third-party publishers to create and sell content.
Gorilla My Dreams: The Marvel Multiverse RPG gets a third-party setting
Gorilla My Dreams is a webcomic about a depressed gorilla called Knockaound-Guy who sees himself as a superhero, and it’s now on Kickstarter to become an RPG.
Routinely Itemised: RPGs #187
A brief recap of RPG news and OGL drama from Geek Native and around the tabletop community. This week mass and mainstream media are allover our turf.
Award-winning Nightfell setting summons Children of the Moon
Children of the Moon have already been summoned by the Kickstarter community, smashing targets and Mana Project Studio are on board to help.
On Game Jam Culture and Minimalist RPGs
W.H. Arthur (he/佢) started game design in a 200 word RPG jam in 2018. Since then, he has released a number of small RPGs on itch.io, and contributed to a few popular indie RPG projects.
Carnival Row 2 trailer hits just as the Carnival Row RPG Cypher System gets some love
The setting has a free RPG through a marketing collaboration but does require the Cypher System engine to run. That’s not free but there is a free preview that might be enough to get you started.
Paizo will go to court to stop WotC and OGL 1.1
Paizo has said they’ll go to court to argue that the OGL cannot be deauthorized by Wizards of the Coast.
