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Dungeons of Drakkenheim: On track to become a $1m RPG Kickstarter campaign TSR Games (3) say they have replaced the voice of TSR Games Loke Battle Mats announce official Cyberpunk RED license Superhero Week: Battling biological essentialism from superheroes with S5E – Superheroic Roleplaying for 5th Edition Free to Download official D&D: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms

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Dungeons of Drakkenheim: On track to become a $1m RPG Kickstarter campaign

July 2, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

At the time of writing, the Dungeons of Drakkenheim campaign for 5e has over 5,000 backers, 28 days still to go, and some projections suggest they’ll finish at nearly $4m.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, kickstarters

TSR Games (3) say they have replaced the voice of TSR Games

July 2, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This morning, in a Tweet, TSR Games (3) announces that the “individual that was handling this account is no longer with TSR”.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: ernie gygax, gary con, gen con, TSR, tsr games

Loke Battle Mats announce official Cyberpunk RED license

July 1, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

We used the Big Book of Cyberpunk Battle Mats when we were designing Cyberpunk RED, so when it came time to partner up with someone for official maps, there was no question who we’d turn to.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Cyberpunk, cyberpunk red, Loke BattleMats, maps, Mike Pondsmith, R. Talsorian Games

Superhero Week: Battling biological essentialism from superheroes with S5E – Superheroic Roleplaying for 5th Edition

July 1, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Sigil Entertainment Group has hundreds of backers, are thousands over their campaign goal and about three weeks left on the clock for their S5E Kickstarter.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: alan bahr, Dungeons & Dragons, kickstarters, sigil entertainment group, superhero week, superheroes

Free to Download official D&D: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms

July 1, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

There’s a new free adventure for D&D from Wizards of the Coast. In Scarlet Flames is available from the publisher’s Magic The Gathering site. The 14-page download is part of the Magic The Gathering and D&D crossover and suits four to six characters of the 8th level. Two Red Wizards of Thay have undertaken a […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, forgotten realms, free to download, magic the gathering, wizards of the coast

Free to Download: Vertices preview from Monte Cook Games

June 30, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Legend says ancient gods put them there, to guard against enemies among the stars. Are the cruel, stone-armored creatures that fall randomly from the sky among those enemies?

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: free to download, Monte Cook Games, Numenera

Modiphius taking pre-orders on the Conan campaign Waves Stained Crimson

June 30, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

You can now pre-order Conan: Waves Stained Crimson Campaign from Modiphius has a physical book and secure a free edition of the PDF.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: conan, CONAN Adventures In An Age Undreamed Of, Modiphius Entertainment

Free to Download: Rune Spell Reference Tables for RuneQuest’s The Red Book of Magic

June 30, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

You can download the reference list by visiting the official The Red Book of Magic hardcover page at Chaosium, scrolling down to the “Downloads for this Product” and clicking to the PDF or from this direct download.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Chaosium, free to download, runequest

Innovative and tactile RPG Not The End enters its final Kickstarter week

June 29, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Fumble GDR has several hundred backers for their tabletop RPG Not The End, and that’s enough to make their Kickstarter target many times over.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: fumble gdr, kickstarters, Mana Project Studio

Exclusive: Cover reveals for the Defiant RPG

June 29, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

There are about two weeks left to join the Kickstarter, as I eventually did. The target funding goal has been met, met again and then met for the third time.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: defiant, game machinery, kickstarters

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