Against the Darkmaster adapts old-school percentile systems, notably Middle-Earth Role-Playing (MERP). Characters have six Stats, a Kin, Culture, and Vocation, with a level cap of 10.
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Wizards of the Coast offer $120 in Eberron Forge of the Artificer pre-order bonuses
Eberron: Forge of the Artificer serves as a supplementary guide to Eberron: Rising from the Last War, offering fresh character options, lore, and adventure hooks within the DnD 2024 ruleset.
Free to Download: Holmes & Co TTRPG quickstart
Nevola Lab is a relatively new Italian tabletop RPG publisher with little to say on its home page. However, the Kickstarter alert page for Holmes & Co is now live.
Think you know The Return of the Living Dead? TTRPG interview with Nick Lowe
The Return of the Living Dead, was a dramatic creative shift. There’s a tabletop Kickstarter in the works to bring us a TTRPG, and Geek Native’s been lucky enough to interview lead writer Nick Lowe.
Paizo has a 43-item Asian fantasy-themed Pathfinder 2e bundle live
This bundle provides resources for adventures on the continent of Tian Xia, allowing players to explore new campaigns and create characters for the setting.
Anti-Capitalist Demonhunting: Mad As Hell TTRPG
SoulMuppet Publishing is risking unlucky 13 on Kickstarter with Mad As Hell.
Rowan, Rook and Decard won’t attend GenCon 2025 as the US is not safe
We’re not bringing any staff from the UK to GenCon 2025. Crossing the border into the US simply isn’t safe for us at the moment, and it doesn’t appear to be getting safer.
Block Mass: Wangle demons in the Soviet era
Tremor Mezes describes themselves as a vagrant listener, and perhaps that’s why Bloc Mass isn’t getting the attention it might warrant.
New bundle offers deep dive into history of sci-fi RPG classic ‘Traveller’
This is Free Trader Beowulf, which explores the stories behind Traveller’s key publishers and numerous licensees, delves into its challenging “Long Night” period, and celebrates its eventual resurgence.
Genre Police: Vampire’s End
Each of those endings taught me something about GMing that I think we can look at when we are ending the game.
