It’s the Friday before Free RPG Day, so let’s take a look at all the news of the week and what you might find down at your friendly local gaming store.
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Asmodee’s Gamegenic partners with CMON for Massive Darkness: Hellscape
August 4th will see the launch of CMON’s Kickstarter for Massive Darkness 2: Hellscape with Gamegenic accessories.
Cubicle 7 post Wrath & Glory errata and Soulbound Q&A
In a blog post, Cubicle 7 explained that the majority of the issues they found in the book have been minor typos and layout errors.
Here’s the auction listing for the ultra-rare Pokemon card sold for $233,000
The previous record for a Pokemon card auction was $190,000 and was for another of the ultra-rare Pikachu Illustrator back in 2019. That’s a rise of $40,000 in value in a single year.
Chaosium to publish a Lords of the Middle Sea RPG
Lords of the Middle Sea is set in 2401 and the post-apocalyptic ruins of a flooded North America.
Saga Forge Scribe one-shot RPG contest has $765 DM screen as a prize
One-shot design competition has lined up an impressive list of prize sponsors.
Adventure Begins: D&D launches board game for 2-4 players, 10 and up
Dungeons & Dragons Adventure Begins is designed to be an entry point into D&D and is played with between 2 and 4 people, ages 10 and over.
Horror, humour and horny 1970s b-movies: They Came From Beyond the Grave
They Came from Beyond the Grave! takes the b-movie horror movie RPG to the 1970s. It’s described as dramatic, hammy and horrifying that encompasses the shock, terror, eroticism and humour of the genre.
Root RPG gets a new quickstart for Free RPG Day
The game is based on Powered by the Apocalypse, and this quickstart includes a look at the game’s core mechanics, pre-genned characters (you play as animals) and a new clearing filled with adventure.
An early look at The Umbrella Academy board game
Dark Horse and Studio71 are aiming to Kickstart a The Umbrella Academy board game.
