Monte Cook Games has released a 16-page Claim the Sky preview for the Cypher System.
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EIDOL’s weird-fantasy 5e setting includes the Delve megadungeon generator
EIDOL contains a new system for building characters, one that replaces races for secrets and cultures. It has megadungeon-themed subclasses and 12 new spells.
Wizards of the Coast make Minsc and Boo’s Journal of Villainy available on Print-on-Demand for charity Extra Life
There’s a new D&D print book available today as Wizards of the Coast has made Minsc and Boo’s Journal of Villainy available as a $15 PDF download, $35 softcover and $45 hardcover.
Pinnacle to launch Savage Worlds’ folk horror Holler on the October 12th
Odd Bard Games and author Tim Earley announced the Holler, a folk horror for Savage Worlds nearly a year ago. Now, in time for Halloween, the Kickstarter is slated for October 12th.
The day Facebook died: Name your own price for the “You Are The Facebook Janitor” RPG
Yesterday, Facebook failed. Also yesterday, You Are The Facebook Janitor made my new RPG radar. Published by The Original Cockatrice,
Plant a tree, download for free and back Ecopunk: 2044 – the cybernoir RPG
Ecopunk: 2044 is a project as well as a game. It’ll be printed to order, with trees planted along the way, and the game is overly about saving the planet and tackling the damage capitalism, and the current supply chain is doing.
Passion and Sports: Fight With Spirit is a … sports tabletop RPG
Fight with Spirit is built to tell sports stories inspired by anime such as Free, Run with the Wind, and Chihayafuru, as well as high school movies like Bring it On, and Remember the Titans. But Fight with Spirit is a flexible system that isn’t limited to an everyday college or high school.
October Horrors begin: The Cthulhu Hack bundle
Based on The Black Hat RPG, a system praised by many geeks in the know is Just Crunch Games’ Cthulhu Hack. That’s also an RPG praised by tastemakers and with award-winning supplements like Valkyrie Nine.
Guy Sclanders’ The Practical Guide to Becoming a Great GM surges through 2,000 backers
The 250+ page book promises to help people run better tabletop games.
Murder and death for Progress: A review of SLA Industries 2nd edition
I nominated SLA Industries as one of my top 10 RPGs of 2020 for my local indie gamers zine.
