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Free to Download: Dr. Grordbort’s Scientific Adventure Violence Quickstart
A Kickstarter is coming soon, and, for now, a free quickstart is up at Exalted Funeral, who are supporting Crowbar Creative on the project.
Evil Genius lands multiple partners as Roll20, Foundry, and Syrinscape support Cinematic Adventures RPGs
The beauty of a Modern-day roleplaying game is that you get to re-enact the action movies that we love. I’ve often found myself in the movie theater wishing I was in the movie.
TOKYO : OTHERSCAPE the City of Mist TTRPG spinoff smashes through $100,000 in funding in a day
Amit Moshe, the City of Mist tabletop RPG designer, once told Geek Native that the roleplaying game was for people afraid of D&D. It uses words, and Dungeons & Dragons use numbers.
Free to Download: Wyrd Street d20 – Starter Primer
The world moves toward war. The armies of the Seven Holy Kingdoms of Tiahn move south, subjugating all in their path in the name of their divine law.
Paizo and Foundry forge a content partnership
This new level of partnership represents the culmination of nearly a year of communal effort from Paizo, Foundry Virtual Tabletop, Sigil Entertainment Group, Syrinscape, and contributors from the FVTT Pathfinder Second Edition development community.
Beowulf RPG adapts 5e for just two players: Heads back to Kickstarter
Handiwork’s Beowulf Age of Heroes has been a success. The RPG was designed to be played with just two people, one player and one person running it and adapts the 5e rules which are so widely known.
The official The Dark Crystal tabletop RPG is out on DriveThruRPG
This book contains everything you need to play in and run your own version of Thra. Create Gelfling Characters, dive into a fantastical world of Henson creatures, and rise up against the Skeksis.
Free to Download: The Rift to Rhymorra – a 5e Guide to the Spirit Realm preview
Rhymorra, also known as the spirit realm, is a coterminous plane that shares multiple borders with the material plane.
Tome of Adventure Design: System-neutral RPG ideas book takes in tens of thousands
Mythmere Games was founded by a graphic designer, Suzy Moseby, who works with companies like Dwarven Forge, Chessex and Alliance, and Matt Finch, who created OSRIC and is an ENnie-winning Swords & Wizardry game designer.
