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Free to Download: OSRIC 1e (400+ pages of AD&D retro-clone) Unearthed Arcana: D&D’s playtest expands to include Mages of Strixhaven, only months before an official Strixhaven book is due out Grim and Perilous to remove a half dozen Zweihander products from DriveThruRPG Heliana’s Guide to Monster Hunting: A D&D 5e supplement is heading to the $1m Kickstarter club Risus RPG sold to Big Dice Games

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Free to Download: OSRIC 1e (400+ pages of AD&D retro-clone)

June 8, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

OSRIC, Old School Reference and Index Compilation, is a recreation of AD&D 1e published in 2006. It’s one of the first and most successful D&D retro-clones.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: free to download, Matt Finch, Old School Renaissance, osric

Unearthed Arcana: D&D’s playtest expands to include Mages of Strixhaven, only months before an official Strixhaven book is due out

June 8, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

There is may well enough time for the playtest to complete, for results to come in, the book finished and sent to the printers. If, indeed, that’s the plan.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Curriculum of Chaos, Dungeons & Dragons, strixhaven, unearthed arcana, wizards of the coast

Grim and Perilous to remove a half dozen Zweihander products from DriveThruRPG

June 8, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Tomorrow, Grim and Perilous will remove seven Zweihander supplements from DriveThruRPG.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundles, daniel d. fox, drivethrurpg, grim & perilous studios, zweihander

Heliana’s Guide to Monster Hunting: A D&D 5e supplement is heading to the $1m Kickstarter club

June 8, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Loot Tavern’s Kickstarter for the 5e-powered Heliana’s Guide to Monster Hunting asked for $15,000 to fund. At the time of writing, there are still 23 days to join in. It’s going well. The campaign has raised more than $770,000 in pledges from over 7,000 backers.

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

Risus RPG sold to Big Dice Games

June 8, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Big Dice Games will complete the Risus Kickstarter, publish new adventures and worldbooks.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs

Visual Aid: I’m new to D&D; what character class should I play?

June 8, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

You may be familiar with the simple question “What character class should I play?” and it’s a fair one to ask while being a hard one to answer.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, infographics, rpg tips

Alderac launches the World’s Largest Bundle on the Bundle of Holding

June 7, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

“World’s Largest Bundle” is a collection of d20 RPG supplements from Alderac, including The World’s Largest Dungeon and Largest CIty. Hence the name.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Alderac Entertainment Group, bundle of holding, bundles, d20, Dungeons & Dragons

There’s an accessory kit for D&D Wild Beyond The Witchlight that WotC didn’t mention

June 7, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

D&D’s publisher has confirmed that Witchlight is coming, and we’ll find out more about it at D&D Live. However, they didn’t mention Wild Beyond The Witchlight: A Feywild Adventure Accessory Kit which has a holding page on Amazon.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Curriculum of Chaos, Dungeons & Dragons, The Wild Beyond the Witchlight: A Feywild Adventure, wizards of the coast

Wizards of the Coast tee up more news and confirm leaked Witchlight cover with G4 D&D Live announcement

June 7, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The NPC host, Ellywick Tumblestrum, reveals a variant cover that will be available from local gaming stories.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: convention, Dungeons & Dragons, legendlore, The Wild Beyond the Witchlight: A Feywild Adventure, wizards of the coast

Thirsty Sword Lesbians RPG now available in print and PDF internationally

June 7, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The PDF costs $15, the Softcover Premium costs $33.94 and right now, there’s a deal where you can get the PDF added to the physical copy for free.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: April Kit Walsh, drivethrurpg, Evil Hat Productions, powered by the apocalypse, Thirsty Sword Lesbians

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