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Galaxies in Peril a superhero Forged in the Dark RPG

April 22, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The hardcover of Galaxies in Peril starts at CA$79 (about £46 or US$54). At that tier, you get the PDF as well as both physical and digital stretch goals.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: forged in the dark, kickstarters, samjoko publishing, superheroes

Free to Download: Overlight’s “Birthright of Khar-Ulan”

April 22, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The download contains some pre-generated characters complete with Chroma descriptions, but there’s the option to download blank character sheet if you prefer to make your own.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: free to download, overlight, Renegade Game Studios

This is what D&D’s best year looks like [infographic]

April 22, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood 5 Comments

Wizards of the Coast have released a press release for European media to say so and in it is a large infographic to celebrate their best year.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, infographics, stats, wizards of the coast

Deadlands: The crazy granddaddy of the weird west Kickstarts in 24 hours

April 22, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

The weird west mixes the supernatural, occult and horror with the harsh reality of the Western genre.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: deadlands, kickstarters, Pinnacle Entertainment Group, shane hensley, weird west

The Genre Police: The Complete Index of RPG Tips & Genre Emulation

April 21, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Search the complete Genre Police archives for RPG tips. A master index of genre emulation advice, GMing guides, and tabletop roleplaying resources

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: rpg tips

HeroQuest offers up QuestWorlds SRD

April 21, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The QuestWorlds SRD is an evolution of the 2000 Hero Wars game by Robin D Laws. Hero Wars was revised as HeroQuest in 2003, then republished in 2009 and then in 2015 the system was used in Greg Stafford’s world of Glorantha.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Chaosium, Greg Stafford, HeroQuest, robin d laws

Struggling to join a Roll20 group? Magpie Games will run Masks for you

April 21, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The customer service agreement also contains Magpie’s policies around acceptable behaviours. Deadnaming, misgendering and microaggressions are all prohibited. Rightly so.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: magpie games, masks, roll20

Official Star Trek RPG deals at the Bundle of Holding

April 21, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The “Player Collection” costs $19.95 and gets you the core rules and some bonus books, but if you pay more than the average/threshold as it stands when you visit the page you also get the “Gamemaster Collection” with a lot more books.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundle of holding, Modiphius Entertainment, sales, star trek, star trek adventures

Henry, you’re a wizard: Kids on Brooms RPG

April 21, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Imagine discovering you have the potential to be a great wizard or a great witch, but first, you have to navigate your way through a series of adventures at your magic school.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kids on bikes, kids on brooms, Renegade Game Studios

Soulbound RPG delays and Black Ark Corsair Archetype reveal

April 20, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

These Corsairs are monster hunters who sail on the currents of primordial magic.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cubicle 7, soulbound, warhammer, warhammer age of sigmar

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