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RPG Publisher Spotlight: Legendary Games
A chat with Jason Nelson of Legendary Games about how the company got started, what 2020 has been like and the plans for the future.
Clever spellcasting: A review of Tattered Magicks
Tattered Magicks is an urban fantasy tabletop RPG from Brian Fitzpatrick, Moebius Adventures and Gallant Knight Games.
Space fantasy Blackstorm Realms for D&D 5e launches
Gods and goddesses of multiple realms are at war, not among themselves but with a mutual enemy and an ancient threat.
Free to Download: Ex-Lumine quickstart
Equipped with special lanterns, Soul Binders can absorb and consume the souls of the dead. They do this to battle corrupted creatures which are known as Tenebris.
A Beginner’s Guide to Character Creation in Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition
If you’re new to DnD 5e or playing with someone who is, making a character can seem overwhelming.
52 free and stunning battle maps from Cze and Peku
The first 52 maps are now on Imgur and reposted below. You’ll see these aren’t just places where the PCs will be expecting a fight, some are tranquil and relaxed, others are out of this world.
Early bird deal alert: Broken Compass the adventure RPG
Inspired by the likes of Indiana Jones, Uncharted and the Mummy and boosted by success in Italy, Broken Compass is a new RPG that comes not in a glossy hardback that you might find in a library but as a rugged notebook that might be stashed away in a backpack.
Free to Download: Fading Embers Setting Primer
It was a midsummer day when winter ambushed the world. Lakes turned to ice, and even the sun grew more distant. Crops failed, and wars over resources erupted. Temples were overrun by the hungry, but the gods were silent.
Genre Police: Elsa Was Right
The heart of most RPG is a collaborative effort dictated by a conversation. The programming loop of most games is ‘player dictates own narrative, makes check, GM describes narrative until they are prepared to give it up, then they hand narrative back to players’, and it can seem jarring to deviate from that.
