Basic World Building uses the tools from 1981’s Basic and Expert D&D and reimaged in Old School Essentials to build a starting campaign setting. Even though it is based on Basic D&D, it could be used with other D&D rules or fantasy RPGs. While world design starts with the dungeon in Basic D&D, I’m going […]
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Chaosium lightens their production plans; hands Kadimah RPG to Darker Hue
Less than two years after announcing the sci-fi RPG Kadimah, Chaosium is stopping work on the project.
Dr Seuss meets D&D: The Little Game Master – Of Bards and Bullies
The Little Game Master: Of Bards and Bullies is a way to use RPGs to teach kids about good and useful things in life and, of course, roleplay with them.
Genre Police: Filling in your blank canvas
Tips from GM Ben and the genre police on how to best use and get inspiration from art in your tabletop RPGs.
Adventures in Dugatai: The Mystic East 5e adventure shuttered at birth
The news of a ‘Mystic East’ 5e setting was not well received with many people worrying that the setting riffed entirely off Asian stereotypes and fetishized the culture.
The Magitech Chronicles are hoping to launch an RPG
Chris Fox, the publisher of The Magitech Chronicles, is on Kickstarter to fund an RPG for his science-fantasy series. It’s going well, with over $15,000 funded at the time of writing versus an asking goal of just $6,000.
Hunters Entertainment add more to Free Content Friday
On DriveThruRPG, Hunters Entertainment has a $0.00 offering called “Hunters Entertainment – Free Content Friday!” and on the first Friday of the month, it gets bigger.
Critical Role getting their own Munchkin card game
In this version of Munchkin, fans will compete to grab magic and kill monsters specific to Critical Role, such as Lorenzo and Avantika.
Routinely Itemised: RPGs #38
A round-up of the weekly RPG news with new games, starter sets, exclusive art reveals and Covid-19 wrecking some shows.
D&D designer Robert J. Schwalb’s PunkApocalyptic: The RPG hits the shelves
In the RPG, you create mercenary PCs and sometimes fight for people who need your help and other times for scum with money to pay for your skills.
