While it is useful to recognise those skillsets and use them to add extra elements to your game, it is easy to overlook the other skill set that people bring to your table: social roles.
TTRPG news, reviews and interviews
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Apocalypse 5E by Blue Phoenix Games picks up 700 years after the fall
Was your world torn asunder by war, famine, or terrible storms that scorched the sky?
UFO Press merges into Rowan, Rook and Decard
UFO Press may be best known for the post-apocalyptic Legacy game, the second edition of which was published three years ago, but there is a string of successes since then.
Free to Download: Horror sci-fi RPG – Incoming Call
Incoming Call is a sci-fi RPG for 1 to 3 players, no GM, and it’s free to download.
Striking map of Theros’ Meletis
Meletis is a city Magic: The Gathering and now D&D setting of Theros.
Routinely Itemised: RPGs #94
In this week’s RPG news round-up, we have pre-orders on a giant dragon “mini”, the Fallout 2d20 RPG, a Scion RPG TV series and Free League Publishing converting Symbaroum to D&D’s 5e.
Affinity impresses Kickstarter with three 5e settings in one campaign
Dias Ex Machina’s Kickstarter campaign to fund three unique 5e-powered settings for Affinity funded within the hour.
SIN: A sourcebook for the Spire RPG about uncaring gods and corruption in a cursed city
Sin is the second sourcebook for the roleplaying game, and it digs into crime, order and religion.
WizKids announce the largest D&D “mini” they’ve ever made
Due to ship in September, WizKids has announced a 73.4cm (28.9 inch) wide, 37.1cm (14.6 inch) tall and 42.8cm (16.8 inch) long dragon figure.
World of Darkness: Learn the 5e Vampire clans [infographic]
The World of Darkness team at Paradox published the first development blog since taking the RPG properties in house. And it’s a good one.
