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Routinely Itemised: RPGs #104
Two D&D leaks at once, maybe three if you count the accessories. Oh, maybe four if you count the photos from the movie. Then there’s the official Dark Tower RPG news!
What happens when weaponized magic overwhelms a world? Weird Wastelands for 5e
Web DM have a successful Kickstarter running for a 5e D&D supplement for DMs and groups into exploration play and worldbuilding.
Humble’s Virtual Tabletop maps deal: Pay £12.69 for £258.26 ($366) worth of VTT maps
Partners in the charity-supporting deal include the talented Alyssa Faden, Tom Cartos, Frog God Games and Cave Geek Art.
Free to Download: Synthicide – Sharpers in the Dark
The grimdark cyberpunk RPG casts players in the roles of sharpers, criminals who try and survive in a galaxy where robots are worshipped like gods. Sharpers drift from planet to planet in their smuggling spaceships in search of their next meal.
It’s not kids driving the growth in D&D
I say “somewhat” because kids aged 13 and 14 were dropped from the survey this year. In 2020 people aged 18 to 19 shared a category with those in their early 20s.
Feels like 1979, Plays like 2021: Mazes Fantasy Roleplaying Reforged
The goal with Mazes is to capture the feel of a classic fantasy RPG and couple that with an ultramodern ruleset.
Loke Battle Mats announce new Box of Adventures range
Loke Battle Mats has announced and is open for pre-orders on Box of Adventure – Valley of Peril.
Everybody knows there are flaws in the alignment grid… Why haven’t we changed it?
In the creative dramas a gamemaster wants their players to experience, the idea is to make their choices feel as meaningful as possible, right?
Be gay. Pilot mechs. Kill Nazis: Extreme Meatpunks Forever RPG
In the beginning, there was meat. A decaying chunk of flesh from a dying god, hurtling through the void of space, thousands of miles wide. A million eyes, a billion hands grasping for purchase against nothingness itself. This is where we live.
