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What are the best-selling games in DriveThruRPG’s Christmas in July mega sale?
DriveThruRPG’s big Christmas in July sale has been on for a few days, with about two weeks left. That’s enough time to see which games are contenders for the best sellers.
D&D fans take 8 minutes to fund Steinhardt’s Guide to the Eldritch Hunt (free sample)
Wearing a “Project We Love” from Kickstarter, MonkeyDM’s Steinhardt’s Guide to the Eldritch Hunt took eight minutes to fund.
2d20 World Builders: Modiphius readies SRD and support program
The 2d20 World Builders program will allow third parties, the likes of use and me, to use the publisher’s in-house titles as the basis for projects sold for money.
Doctors and Daleks – Doctor Who officially comes to D&D’s 5e
The book comes with advice on how to run the game. There’s even a long look into the history of the Doctor, friends, enemies and encounters.
Badlander is a dark 5e crowdfunding now from the creator of Vampire: The Masquerade
Mark Rein-Hagen has an impressive CV, a co-founder of White Wolf, Wizards of the Coast board member and the creator of Vampire, Werewolf and other World of Darkness RPGs.
D&D’s new playtest is Spelljammer space opera flavoured
D&D 5e’s next official setting is Spelljammer. That’s a popular old setting being revisited for 5e. You can’t call it sci-fi; there’s not so much science as fantasy, and perhaps space opera is better than a genre.
Dark, horrible, but fun and new! Eclipse Phase 2e bundle deal
In the game, characters belong to the secret Firewall organisation to try and protect transhumanity from biowar, nanoswarms, rogue AIs and aliens.
Pathfinder Revolution! board game hits Kickstarter via Steve Jackson Games
Secretly bid against your opponents for control of important people and guilds, gaining influence in different regions throughout the city, as well as more gold, power, or blackmail for your war chest.
Free to Download: 76-page Nations and Cannons’ Starter Rules
The year is 1775. The spark of revolution has ignited in the thirteen colonies, and the British army is on its way to smother it.
