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Local Legends: 10 taverns, 60 NPCs, 5e compatible and £50,000
Steamforged Games notes the truth; players will decide the action needs to move to the tavern, and they’ll do this often.
Rolling for Seduction: Sexy 5e for Reproductive Rights
You need to be registered 18+ at DriveThruRPG to even look at the bundle page. There’s naked flesh on the front covers of the books but taken from art. I think. It’s not always clear.
Gausahedron: Your d20 is broken because it is too random
John-David Anderson, aka JD, and the team think your d20 might be too chaotic. Is that the same as being too random?
You’re good at killing: Rowan, Rook and Decard seek monster hunters for the Hollows RPG
The publisher of Spire, Heart, Royal Blood and other games like Unbound has been working on another RPG called Hollows, and they’ve worked on it for years.
GURPS goes out of this world with three bundles in a row
GURPS is a generic RPG system designed to power any setting or campaign world.
When the Wolf Comes will use the Shadow of the Demon Lord to power Ian Sharpe’s Vikingverse
The 250-page When the Wolf Comes of the Norse End of Days will be a complete RPG, no third-party books needed, with GM tools, monsters and history on the Niu Heimar.
Peripsol: Steampunks, Soulbreaks and Gun-blade dragons RPG
Jeremy Landry is a published comic book author, a creator of RPG systems and working with Jake Rieman and Olivier Denis to bring the RPG Peipsol to life.
GURPS 4e bundle adds a layer of magic and fantasy
The generic RPG system that is Steve Jackson Games’ GURPS has a bundle deal. That’s a start, but hundreds of GURPS titles are beyond the core rules.
RPG fans learn from last year as Robin’s Nerd Supplies’ dice advent calendar funds on Kickstarter
Each year the blog gets comments from people looking for official D&D advent calendars, or dice calendars, at the last minute.
