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A first look at Lion Banner’s Multiverse BattleMap Books
There’s no fixed date for the campaign launch, which isn’t unusual given Kickstarter must approve each campaign, and yes, Lion Banner is taking these maps to crowdfunding.
Mongoose’s Classic Play RPG bundle offers 5 years of d20 system material, including Seas of Blood
The Bundle of Holding has been a valuable partner to Direct Relief, a charity helping to find the pandemic and related problems. Once again, in this offer, Direct Relief benefits from each purchase.
Here’s the pitch for Luke Gygax’s Okkorim setting and the Occulus of Senrahbah
The Oculus of Senrahbah is one of four ancient and powerful relics used centuries ago by the Ydrissid Empire used to grant them control over the four elements – in a similar, but more powerful manner used by the Zenoks of Chentoufi today.
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It’s a player-driven system about explorers crossing dimensions as the universes merge worryingly, and the PCs are the only ones who can seem to see this happening.
Harrow – The Blighted Plane: Fantasy meets post-apocalypse meets crystal punk for the Cypher System
The RPG will use Monte Cook Games’ excellent Cypher System. It is embedded in a challenging (to survive) setting and yet manages to evoke some hope.
Next-gen virtual TTRPG site One More Multiverse has a Humble deal
The charity partner, The Trevor Project, will also be familiar to the TTRPG family, as it’s been a worthy cause the community has supported before. The Trevor Project works to end suicide among gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and questioning young adults and youngsters.
YZ World Building: Dragonbane
The Dragonbane system is a d20 roll under slimmed down from a previous d100 system. I want to create a world using this system with an old-school fantasy feel using a modern system.
Unsolved Mysteries: The Portal Tomb RPG
My favourite part of this indie RPG pitch to the Kickstarter community to fund a game trying to fill in the gaps in our Irish history is the dread “video voice”. The creative team of William Hellwarth and Karin Malady hear it too and can barely stifle the giggles.
Routinely Itemised: RPGs #199
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