Created by Ken St Andre, Tunnels & Trolls was inspired by D&D and came out shortly afterwards. It’s still going, and Ken is still active.
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Black Armada announce Lovecraftesque 2nd edition and playtest
The core of the game is the same as ever: you play a lone, isolated Witness who stumbles upon a cosmic secret and (probably) meets a terrible end.
Economic horror, plagues and lockdowns: Best-selling Red Markets RPGs get an Itch-hosted quickstart
In Red Markets, characters risk their lives trading between the massive quarantine zones containing a zombie outbreak and the remains of civilization.
The grimdark life of a Sharper: Synthicide comes to Forged in the Dark
A mutant war destroyed every civilized world in the Galaxy, and the only survivors were located on the outer rim.
Most D&D fans can’t correctly answer “Who owns D&D Beyond?”
When this post first went live, the data says that most D&D fans can’t correctly answer “Who owns D&D Beyond?”. Does it matter?
Not a vanity purchase: Death on the Reik Companion review
The Companion itself extends the “director’s cut” metaphor to describe the re-release of the Warhammer Fantasy RPG adventure by using terminology such as “Deleted Scenes”, “Guest Commentaries”, and “Behind the Scenes”.
The secret history of Monopoly is as relevant today as it ever was
Hasbro has taken down an official timeline of the origins of Monopoly.
Genre Police: Towards a shared language
People had been using words in game with each other and only sort of even been in the same ballpark.
East Coast Trolls changed my mind on the $162,000 Copernia 5e Kickstarter
And here’s the rub; $40 for a campaign setting and anthology is adventures, with all digital stretch goals, is good value.
The confusing re-return of TSR Games and a potential dinosaur theme park
So we’re left to unearth these clues found scattered over their social media activities and one very sketchy press release.
