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TTRPG news, reviews and interviews
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Genre Police: Dragon’s End
This last fortnight, I finished two massive campaigns. Both of the games have been running since 2020 and so together represent about eight years of effective play. This meant a level of pressure – a story is often only as good as its ending.
Routinely Itemised: RPGs #304
It’s been another busy week, so let’s distract ourselves with TTRPG news.
The Kingdom of Keshanar: Ancient Egypt shows there’s new life in old favourites
“The Kingdom of Keshanar” is a D&D 5e campaign setting that presents a fantastical take on ancient Egypt.
D&D’s Game Director departs; Jeremy Crawford to leave Wizards of the Coast
Following the surprise news that Chris Perkins is retiring at the age 57, leaving Wizards of the Coast, D&D’s Games Director, Jeremy Crawford, is also leaving.
Bundle of Holding: Green Ronin’s 3rd era bundle of d20 RPGs
During the rise of the d20 System from 2000 to 2008, Green Ronin leveraged the Open Game License to publish a wide array of popular sourcebooks, settings, and adventures compatible with Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition and 3.5.
Rust Never Sleeps is a grunge mecha solo RPG, and it is free for a little while
Asa Donald wrote Rust Never Sleeps and offers scaffolded journaling, which avoids players needing to write from scratch, using prompts instead, and promises no number crunching. While there’s no grid, there is tactical storytelling.
A lust for vengeance: The Cunning Folk TTRPG
The designer’s Kickstarter, The Cunning Folk, is a rules-lite of mischief. Players are trickster spirits. The campaign has hit its funding target, and it runs until April 30th. You can follow the project online.
New Judge Dredd RPG from Warlord Games?
The video host steers Jason back to clarifying that Warlord Games has the skirmish game Judge Dredd, but it is true to say that Judge Dredd’s TTRPG license is no longer with EN Publishing.
Mongoose Publishing snaps up all the rights to Dark Conspiracy RPG
When an ancient, brooding evil is released from its dimensional prison, humankind’s worst nightmares come to life.
