As a science-fantasy game, we have fantasy tropes like elves and goblins, but it’s wrapped up in a post-apocalyptic setting.
TTRPG news, reviews and interviews
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Superhero Week: A review of Metahumans Rising
A few rounds of editing and layout improvements, I suspect, will make a big difference.
D&D rules with a modern flare: The Spy Game
The Spy Game is an action and espionage RPG from Black Cats Gaming that uses D&D 5e rules in a contemporary setting to tell stories of spies, assassins, suave secret agents and diabolical masterminds. The Kickstarter is asking for £17,000 in funding, which is a non-trivial amount, but at the time of writing there are […]
Superhero Week: The Deluxe Super Villain Handbook
There’s actually a lot of reasons Golden Age characters make great material. The DSVH includes several golden age characters like the Black Terror and Stardust the Super-Wizard, and even older characters like Robur the Conqueror and Dracula, but most of the characters are brand new.
Free to Download: Rifts Bestiary volume 1
For a limited time, Palladium Books have made Rifts Bestiary volume 1 available as a free sneak preview on DriveThruRPG.
Rational Magic: A dystopian fantasy 5e RPG come to Kickstarter
What if a sword and sorcery setting evolved a little to a more ‘sophisticated’ era.
Routinely Itemised: RPGs #3
What happened in the RPG industry this week? ENnnie 2019 nominations, “Oops, sorry, our artwork was too similar” and superheroes.
Superhero Week: Getting to know the award-winning Hero Kids RPG and Super Kids!
Super Kids previews and a chat about Hero Kids and the new Guild.
Superhero Week: This introduction to CAPERS, supers is 1920s America, will get you 33% off the RPG
The 20s in America is the era of Prohibition, alcohol is illegal and organised crime is booming. In the RPG you get to pick which side you’re on.
Superhero Week: A review of Sigmata – This Signal Kills Fascists
Sigmata is a gold-seller at DriveThruRPG, a Judge’s award at the Bamfsies (Best Superhero RPGs) and now an ENnie nomination.
