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Till the Last Gasp: Critical Role’s game company announces duelling system It’s a fat one! Pelgrane Press’ 13th Age Fantasy RPG mega bundle lands Wizards of the Coast clarifies the future of the Open Game License and One D&D Steve Jackson has designed seeds for the Rose Labyrinth Free to Download: 136-page Shadowdark Quickstart set

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Till the Last Gasp: Critical Role’s game company announces duelling system

December 21, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Till the Last Gasp puts people into two-player PvP action, betraying emotions, revealing secrets, and raising stakes. Players can recreate their favourite movie fights in new stories!

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: card games, critical role, darrington press

It’s a fat one! Pelgrane Press’ 13th Age Fantasy RPG mega bundle lands

December 21, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

13th Age’s Dragon Empire setting is kept unfinished so each campaign can tell new stories.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: 13th age, 13th Age Bestiary, bundle of holding, bundles, Pelgrane Press

Wizards of the Coast clarifies the future of the Open Game License and One D&D

December 21, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The System Reference Document (SRD) and Open Game License (OGL) are ruled by which third-party creators can make and sell stuff for D&D. D&D is changing, though, and typically the OGL changes with it.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, one d&d, Open Game License, wizards of the coast

Steve Jackson has designed seeds for the Rose Labyrinth

December 20, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood 4 Comments

Steve Jackson Games and Warehouse 23 have the Rose Labyrinth up on Kickstarter. It’s an adventure set of identical 24″ x 24″ gameboards designed for hex-based RPGs such as The Fantasy Trip.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters, steve jackson, Steve Jackson Games

Free to Download: 136-page Shadowdark Quickstart set

December 19, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Arcane Library’s Shadowdark RPG quickstart is over 130 pages long and free.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, free to download, shadowdark, the arcane library

Steve Jackson’s The Fantasy Trip OSR bundles

December 19, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

TFT was released in phases by the early game company Metagaming, initially as the fighting board game Melee (1977) and the magic game Wizard (1978), then as In the Labyrinth (1980).

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs

DMsGuild author offers over $280 in savings on end of year D&D bundle

December 19, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Most of the content is $5 Monster Hunts, a weekly series of one-shot adventures complete with colour maps, creatures, magical items, plot hooks and tables.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundles, dmsguild, Dungeons & Dragons

Free to Download: ChaosDream – core system and setting

December 18, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

There are seven God-like creatures known as Oaths in ChaosDream. Each has a distinct personality and role within the group.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: free to download

Korg: A solo-TTRPG that fits on a business card

December 18, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Caleb Engelke has an alternative use for business cards; the designer has printed a whole solo-RPG on them.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters, solo rpgs

Genre Police: Making Mistakes

December 17, 2022 by Ben Jackson-Ellery Leave a Comment

I discussed decoupling narratives and how we can change and challenge stereotypes.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: genre police, rpg tips

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