Acclaimed for its non-colonial sci-fi vision, the RPG Coyote & Crow (funded by a million-dollar Kickstarter in March 2021 and winner of the 2023 Origins Award for RPG Core Rules)
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The Gods are back. And they’re wired – Cairo:Otherscape races to a quarter of a million is pledges
Two books are being crowdfunded: Cario:Otherscape and Neuro:Otherscape and if you’re new to the cyberpunk TTRPG :Otherscape, you can pick up a copy in the campaign too.
Wayland Games partners with Army Painter for UK Games Expo 2025
For 2025, Europe’s giant retailer has partnered with The Army Painter, which means guests can sit at the “Paint & Take” table.
Seven ways to make space scary
Graham Walmsley is a London-based author known for Cthulhu Dark and the forthcoming Cosmic Dark, both of which leverage minimalist mechanics for horror gameplay.
Routinely Itemised: RPGs #306
D&D released SRD 5.2 with new free rules and commercial terms, Paizo is launching Starfinder Society 2.0, Goodman Games is preparing for Dungeon Con, Philip Reed is creating an RPG-themed soda, and Marvel has announced an Avengers expansion.
Trump’s tariffs cost more jobs as CMON stops games development
The news follows the closure of Greater Than Games for the same reason: millions of dollars of games stuck in China, and Stonemaier Games trying to take legal action against the tariffs.
A look inside: WFRP’s Lords of Stone and Steel
Lords of Stone and Steel provides GMs with numerous ideas for crafting adventures centred around the Dwarfs, their strongholds, and their enemies.
Did Wizards of the Coast refresh their Deck of Many Things trademark before releasing D&D’s SRD 5.2?
It’s good news. Wizards of the Coast has released the Systems Reference Document 5.2 for D&D.
Sigil Stone puts a double OSR deal into the Bundle of Holding
The bundle features the 5e-compatible OSR adaptation “Five Torches Deep” and the PbtA-driven OSR title “Vagabonds of Dyfed.”
Defy the Gods: A messy and queer romance of swords and sorcery heads to Kickstarter
Chris Sellers, the designer of Racoon Sky Pirates, will bring Defy the Gods to Kickstarter later this month.
