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Privateer Press’ Warcaster: Neo-Mechnika rockets past 1,500 backers
Privateer Press is on Kickstarter with a miniatures game that recycles troops, so the skirmish never becomes a dreary battle of attrition and which uses portals to plonk your heroes down into the thick of the action.
Thousands of American game stores affected by Asmodee USA distribution changes
Thousands of games stores in America can now order games directly from Asmodee, even if they’re not an Asmodee game.
Star Wars RPG, Genesys and Legend of the Five Rings RPG have been rescued
A Spanish publisher called Edge Entertainment, also owned by Asmodee, will take the games.
Gorgeous Norse Grimoire for 5th Edition & Journey to Ragnarok wows Kickstarter
Norse Grimoire is a 5e supplement with a focus on Galdrastafir (Icelandic magical staves) and Elder Futhark (Runes of Knowledge).
Sci-fi RPGs outnumber fantasy 3:2 in the latest RPG sales chart
One of the sci-fi triumvirate is the Star Wars RPG, which has been in the top five for the previous 9 years.
Fantastic Books Publishing launches a gaming division for The Gorgon’s Loch
The game can be played with or without a dungeon master and can even be played solo.
Fantasy Flight Games have a new KeyForge RPG supplement called Mutant Invasion!
Despite Secrets of the Crucible’s uncertain fate, I imagine some KeyForge players will be keen to have the supplement. It may be the only one the RPG gets which will make it rare.
Pelgrane Press release Book of the Underworld
There are the Four Kingdoms of the Mechanical Sun that war to keep a golem-hauled solar artefact in their territory.
The Lord of the Rings RPG, The One Ring, moves to Free League Publishing
Free League Publishing, the company behind Tales from the Loop, Mutant: Year Zero, Forbidden Lands and Alien will be publishing a new edition of The One RIng.
