Christopher Helton’s Patreon-spawned cinematic toolkit RPG Action Heroes has been bought.
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Cosy creepy, murder and tea: Brindlewood Bay Kickstarts two hardcovers
Play a group of elderly women, members of the local Murder Mavens Mystery Book Club, who help the authorities solve murder cases in a picturesque New England Town.
Blade Runner RPG sneak peek!
The Kickstarter alert for Blade Runner, the official RPG from Free League Publishing, is live and with over 7,000 followers. Free League and their partners at Alcon Entertainment have rustled up a few more gamers ahead of their 3rd of May launch. An email to fans reminds us that the game was voted the most […]
Older than old school: Leyline Press takes British mythology to OSE
When we last visited Leyline Press it was the ruined future of Salvage Union. Now it’s the mythological past.
Someone just rolled up a Flash deal on Dicegeek’s Random Tables
DriveThruRPG sells The Great Book of Random Tables for $15. dicegeek’s tome of 1,000 book titles, 600 random items, 3,000 items, 1,000 names, 500 town names and more is a Platinum Best-Seller. GMs like it! Time is not doing us any favours as it marches on but until May the 4th, there’s a deal on […]
Studio Agate has a secret project: France’s highest crowdfunded and most award-winning RPGs release nearly a dozen new books
Failure in 2021 looked likely, in what the Studio has called “dark” and “changing times”.
The art in Cohors Cthulhu is out of this world
The news from last week is that Mophidius is launching a new RPG. It’s set in the Achtung! Cthulhu universe of Nazis and dark magic and will use the 2d20 system.
D420 dice are a facepalm moment for dice makers
he d4 is a strange triangular beast. Are you convinced it rolls right? Does it roll at all? Illustrator Nick DiFabbio as a facepalm “its so obvious” solution – use a d20 and have 1-4 five times.
Game Jams: Three TTRPGs inspired by music
Recently, I took a deep dive into indie games with music at their core. It’s a theme that’s inspired everything from microgames to full-length systems.
ENnie award-winning 5e Arkadia takes its mythic Greece to the Bundle of Holding
Arcana Games picked up the Silver ENnie for best setting with the 5e Arkadia.
