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Free to Download: Project O.L.Y.M.P.U.S. RPG
Created for the Clock Jam, Two Left Hands’ Project O.L.Y.M.P.U.S. is the story of activists who take on a corrupt corporation.
Award-winning battle map studio Loke returns to Kickstarter
Loke’s artography looks tremendous, and by putting card maps in a humble ring-bound book, the company makes sure the designs lay flat on tabletops and that plans can be pushed together to form all sorts of larger structures.
Legendary D&D for two: The Beowulf RPG launches today
Beowulf is designed for one GM and one player. Duet play. The game comes from a successful Kickstarter and already has free to download supporting materials.
Trudvang: Seed of Vanirs detail dangerous elves for the darkly Norse-Celtic RPG
Trudvang is a popular 20-year old RPG set in the wild forests of a Norse-Celtic inspired world that tends to the dark and grim rather than fireball fantasy.
The Bundle of Holding goes Old School Cool
The bundle has Ben Dutter’s Vagabonds of Dyfed and Dortoka, Diogo Nogueira’s Sharp Swords / Solar Blades / Dark Streets series and there’s Hypertellurians from Mottokrosh Machinations.
The murder Cluedo RPG: I’m Sure You’re All Wondering Why I’ve Gathered You Here…
One player takes on the butler’s role and the others one of the 12 invitees to hear the news that the deceased has decreed the sole survivor will inherit the mansion.
Free to Download: The Trainer class for D&D
As you might expect, the inspiration for the class comes from the Beast Master subclass. The difference is the animal companion has a more significant role in shaping the character so that different companion traits unlock depending on the companion the player wants.
Mothership: The dark secrets of eternal life found on the Desert Moon of Karth
Desert Moon of Karth is a space western sandbox set on a tiny moon designed for the sci-fi horror RPG Mothership.
Genre Police: Stay safe
During the conversation, the player said to me ‘you know, looking back, I realise I wasn’t really comfortable with some stuff in the game’. Even though most of it was related to a single players actions, that was hard to hear.
