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Onyx Path brings Ghost Hunters for the World of Darkness to Kickstarter for its 20th Anniversary Monte Cook Games announced multi-fantasy Godforsaken for Cypher System Free to Download: Freeform Universal Roleplaying Game (beta) Stargate SG-1 RPG: Funded at wormhole speed Free to Download: Harlem Unbound Free Handouts Pack (Call of Cthulhu)

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Onyx Path brings Ghost Hunters for the World of Darkness to Kickstarter for its 20th Anniversary

October 7, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

In Ghost Hunters, characters are paranormal investigators, sceptics and mediums in search of the truth.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: ghost hunters, ghosts, kickstarters, onyx path publishing, world of darkness

Monte Cook Games announced multi-fantasy Godforsaken for Cypher System

October 7, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Monte Cook’s Cypher System is growing again with a new “multi-fantasy” setting called Godforsaken.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cypher system, fantasy, godforsaken, Monte Cook, Monte Cook Games, Sean K. Reynolds

Free to Download: Freeform Universal Roleplaying Game (beta)

October 7, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Nathan Russel of indie studio Peril Planet has released the second edition of the beta Freeform Universal RPG.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: free to download, peril planet

Stargate SG-1 RPG: Funded at wormhole speed

October 6, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

After lockdown delays, Wyvern Gaming’s official Stargate SG-1 Roleplaying Game powered by D&D 5’s ruleset is up on Kickstarter.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, kickstarters, stargate, Stargate SG-1, Wyvern Gaming

Free to Download: Harlem Unbound Free Handouts Pack (Call of Cthulhu)

October 6, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Set in Prohibition-era New York City, Harlem Unbound tells stories of African-Americans escaping the oppressive South for a better life. Except, this better life is full of shadows, and dangers that creep through alleys and lurk in the space between doorways.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Call of Cthulhu, Chaosium, chris spivey, cthulhu, free to download, Harlem Unbound, itch.io

Unofficial D&D: The Comprehensive Guide to Collecting & Crafting

October 6, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

While it’s an unofficial guide and a homebrew offering, I think The Comprehensive Guide to Collecting & Crafting is a convenient resource for any DM who finds themselves dealing with a player character all about crafting.

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

Flames of Freedom: Overthrowing the British while being stalked by the supernatural

October 6, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Powered by Zweihander, the Grim and Perilous game is set during the American Revolutionary War of 1776 and when agents of the occult entreat both the Rebel and Loyalist forces.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Andrews McMeel, daniel d. fox, flames of freedom, horror, kickstarters, zweihander

Arcana Games brings Zargoth’s Tome of Familiars for 5e on Kickstarter

October 5, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Today, they’re back on Kickstarter with a new project in the dangerous and cute shape of Zargoth’s Tome of Familiars. This 5e supplement offers up 200 new familiars, pets and little monsters.

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

Under Hill, By Water: An OSR game about turnip contests

October 5, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The idea of Hobbits deciding to raid a dungeon and face death just to collect some gold coins is pretty farfetched.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: itch.io, Old School Renaissance

Suzerain Legends Kickstarter takes the meta-setting to the next level

October 5, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Suzerain Legends is a wrapper setting; with a focus on several worlds but the potential to include whichever environment you want to take the players too (or bring baddies in from).

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters, savage worlds

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