A glance at some noteworthy RPG releases this week along with yet another busy RPG news section. Kickstarter seems to get more alive with each passing day, recovering strongly from the lockdown slump.
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D&D Celebration 2020 to address recent controversies
We know from one of the speakers that these panels will not shy away from some of the hot button issues that emerged this year.
The future of the hex crawl? 50+ Free and procedurally generated battle maps
A glance at what the near future of virtual tabletop cartograph could look like (or for people with lots of colour ink!)
Light Strikers: Transmedia RPG project launches
In Light Strikers, you play as a superhero champion, fighting to protect the world from a harmful invader and exploring the world through adventuring.
Free to Download: The Wagadu Chronicles’ Afropunk D&D
Twin Drums describe their concept for The Wagadu Chronicles as fantasy based in African myth, rather than European.
Pandemonium Noir: Weird Tales Magazine, where Cthulhu and Conan were born, now has an RPG
The nearly 100-year-old magazine that first published Call of Cthulhu and dozens of other weird stories is making the first RPG from Dead Jack and with Ravendesk. It’s Pandemonium Noir.
Perfectly balanced noir under the wing of the dragon emperor: A review of Shotguns and Sorcery RPG
A dark pact was made to save a corner, a single city, from the apocalypse and in Shotguns and Sorcery, the PCs live in the literal shadow of it.
$644 OSR RPG collection up on Humble Bundle
Frog God Games has an extensive collection of Old School Revival RPGs up at Humble Bundle.
Adept Icarus’ Arium RPG building RPG is going strong on Kickstarter
Arium is an RPG which also contains rules for your gaming group to build their own campaign setting.
Lost Tomb of the Bitchin’ Chimera: Punk Band Dead Milkmen to release D&D module
There’s even already an official character sheet with a suggested price of $0.99.
