Space 1889 appeared at the dawn of the steampunk movement. The boilerplate hulls of aerial gunboats and the hardy ethernauts who braved the dark reaches of space developed in parallel with the aesthetic so many know and love.
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Free to Download: Monty Python RPG quickstart
The Monty Python RPG quickstart has gameplay rules, personae and pre-genned characters.
TROIKA! The science-fantasy RPG you might not need Kickstarts again
Daniel Sell’s Troika! is very popular among those in the know and science-fantasy and is a surreal, weird fantasy.
Art for your mathrocks: Dice Keepers are 3D-printable stands and keeper miniatures
Dario is on Kickstarter with a project to bring Dice Keepers to life. The Italian has designed 3D-printable dice stands and keeper miniatures.
Level Up bundle: Advanced D&D 5e goes on sale
EN Publishing has found success with a project called Level Up! that brings advanced 5e rules to your favourite fantasy RPG.
Genre Police: Widescreen
Now I’d like to crank the dial the other way and up the scale to the nation and world-changing campaign. Focus on giving your campaign a sense of depth and scale. How do you make a world and story feel massive?
Gutterpunk: The RPG that pitches magic, music and attitude against Authority
John Thompson is an RPG designer pushing into helming their own project and has taken to Kickstarter for Gutterpunk to do that.
Beyond Corny Groń: Polish folk tales as a system-neutral Adventurer’s Guide
The Nerd Sirens are an indie game store and publisher from Poznan in Poland who are on Kickstarter with Beyond Corny Groń.
Free to Download: Fragments of the Past RPG preview
Fragments of the Past supports immersive and detailed worldbuilding with an equally rich character creation system. The game is designed to be about telling compelling stories and has artwork and writing to match.
Routinely Itemised: RPGs #178
Nevertheless, it is Friday, which means a summary of TTRPG news and let’s kick off with the bullet point summary.
