With the start of Gen Con, we’ve the rescheduled ZineQuest and the expected wave of fantastic light-weight RPGs. Tanya Floaker’s latest isn’t just a RPG; it’s a wargame too.
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Empty Cycle: School drama, teen angst and giant robots RPG
Empty Cycle is inspired by anime like FLCL and Kill la Kill, which means school, emotional discovery and invading alien robots on your lunch break.
DriveThruRPG kicks off the first PocketQuest to celebrate small publishers and rules-lite games
This is the first games jam of DriveThruRPG, and their community of publishers have been working on summer camp-themed and “pocket-sized” RPGs.
Sci-fi tabletop RPG Stillfleet launches into success on Kickstarter
You can get the Stillfleet quickstart rules for however much money you want to pay. That’s not the usual capitalist way of doing things, but it’s not uncommon in indie RPGs.
Catalyst Game Labs goes to BattleTech Total War with a Bundle
Destiny is the 2020 edition of the MechWarrior RPG, which adapts the Cue System first seen in Shadowrun: Anarchy. The RPG, I’m told, integrates into the board game rules found in Total Warfare and its Operations handbooks.
Exclusive map reveal: Wicked Ones returns to Kickstarter for a high-quality print run
Bandit Camp’s Wicked Ones is famous for at least two reasons, if not more. It’s good at being bad, living up to its name to let you play as one of the wicked. It also went free to download, all 320+ pages of it. So, why pay? Hundreds of backers rushed to pay for an […]
Kiera’s Blades: Name Your Own Price for this 170-page 5e setting
The download is on Itch, tagged with Name Your Own Price. I was recommended $5 by the system, which I paid and didn’t regret.
Genre Police: Watching the detectives
In a standard RPG research moment, players getting clues essentially need to ask the right question at the right time or look up information in the right place and maybe make a roll.
Your D&D needs adorable whimsy: Cute Creatures Compendium, by Catilus
The illustrations caught my eye, but the compendium has stat blocks and lore for each critter.
The Book of Grimoires: A handcrafted spell book for your gaming accessories
ARRLI run Secret Shop in Dungeon on Etsy. They’re a star seller and overflow with happy customers and positive reviews.
