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Game Start funds the world’s first interactive miniatures on Kickstarter Osprey Games announce The Silver Bayonet: A Wargame of Napoleonic Gothic Horror After surviving COVID-19, Steve Jackson Games may not release any new games in 2021 HC SVNT DRACONES expands as the 2nd edition gets a companion book If Blizzard did D&D: Auroborus – Coils of the Serpent

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Game Start funds the world’s first interactive miniatures on Kickstarter

March 25, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The concept is this; the minis have unique bases on which you can attach or remove, accessories such as special effects, game status or even hit point counts.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters, models

Osprey Games announce The Silver Bayonet: A Wargame of Napoleonic Gothic Horror

March 24, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The award-winning designer of Frostgrave, Joseph McCullough, has teamed up with the illustration team at Brainbug Design and Osprey Games to release The Silver Bayonet: A Wargame of Napoleonic Gothic Horror.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: joseph mccullough, osprey games, wargames

After surviving COVID-19, Steve Jackson Games may not release any new games in 2021

March 24, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Steve Jackson Games made money in 2020, although slightly less than in 2019 and managed to keep all staff employed despite the devastating effect global lockdowns have had on the tabletop gaming scene.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: GURPS, philip reed, Steve Jackson Games, the fantasy trip

HC SVNT DRACONES expands as the 2nd edition gets a companion book

March 24, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

HC SVNT DRACONES is a transhuman RPG. All that’s left in space are races born from genetic manipulation, sentient AI and astral horror.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters, sci-fi

If Blizzard did D&D: Auroborus – Coils of the Serpent

March 24, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Chris Metzen left his position as vice-president and Blizzard last year to set up Warchief Gaming and publish the D&D 5e high-power fantasy setting Auroborus: Coils of the Serpent.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Auroborus: coils of the serpent, Dungeons & Dragons, warchief gaming

Solemn Vale is a spooky RPG about folk horror in isolated England

March 23, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The RPG uses a system called “Wyrd Abacus” that involves attribute pools and a bidding mechanic. As characters get more involved, they risk getting caught in the Wyrd itself, a force of fate.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: horror, kickstarters

Free League details The Haunted Waste of Alberetor in a new Symbaroum adventure

March 23, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Alberetor – The Haunted Waste is the fifth part in The Chronicle of the THrone of Thorns campaign for the dark fantasy RPG Symbaroum.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Free League Publishing, Symbaroum

OSR classic Astonishing Swordmen & Sorcerers of Hyperborea in Bundle of Holding

March 22, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Designer Jeffrey Talanian worked with Gary Gygax on a game called Castle Zagyg and then started North Wind Adventures to push his own modules.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundle of holding, bundles, North Wind Adventures, sales

Modiphius confirms Super Mutants and Mister Handy as PC options for the new Fallout 2d20 RPG

March 22, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The latest news for the Fallout 2d20 RPG confirms a rather diverse list of PC options.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: 2d20, fallout, Modiphius Entertainment

Welcome to the Apocalypse: DarkEnergy Tabletop RPG

March 22, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

DarkEnergy lets the players be either the Hero of the story, or the Villain, with both good and evil paths available to be explored. There is a unique Faith/Pantheon system with bonuses that allows faith to be rewarded and play more importance than your typical RPG.

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

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