When you find yourself with a group of players, an evening of gaming, but nothing planned – a short, open-plotted adventure can provide an essential lifeline. In The Miller’s Tale, you have just that – a dark mystery and some interesting personalities – presented in a compact PDF adventure format suitable for any fantasy, or […]
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Frog God Games’ The Lost Lands: Sword of Air is booming
It’s odd to see a Kickstarter without a video pitch these days – especially for one asking for $75,000. Frog God Games have raised more than they need, though, as I write there’s more than $77,000 in the bank, with 23 days on the clock and nearly 350 backers. You can back the campaign here […]
Murderworld (TSR Marvel Super Heroes)
The first published adventure I ran my Marvel group through was Murderworld, one of the many adventures written for the Marvel Super Heroes role playing game. This adventure was written specifically for the Fantastic Four so right off the bat one of the limitations for Murderworld is that it is best suited for a party […]
“Unwritten” Myst tabletop RPG going strong on Kickstarter
[Back this Campaign] Confession; I’ve never played the Myst computer game. I’ve never played it despite many friends being incredibly positive about it. Perhaps this Kickstarter will be a solution? InkWork Productions now have nearly $20,000 in the bank (asking for only $5,000) to fund a RPG called Unwritten: Adventures in the Ages of Myst […]
The art of Fae Nightmares
These two wonderful illustrations are a sneak peak into Dark Smile Games’ Fae Nightmare. This is a urban fantasy with a blend of Native American and European legends and lore on the fae and supernatural set in a contemporary world. The Savage Worlds game has players in the role of humans who have become caught […]
Wizards without Coats: Surprise!
Not the expected surprise. < PreviousWizards without CoatsNext > Well, the wizard said this would aid us in a surprise attack. Oh, those wizards. Imagine arming the group’s fighters with some party bags along with instructions to leap out from behind the bush. “Surprise!” It’s the wrong sort of party surprise.
Monte Cook & Bruce Cordell team up for The Strange RPG Kickstarter
[Back this Campaign] Monte Cook and Bruce Cordell are both professional developers, both have had success on Kickstarter and are long time friends. Amazingly, they’ve never worked on a full RPG together. This Kickstarter for a game they’re working on called The Strange is likely to change that. The Strange makes use of multiple words […]
TradeCraft Bonus: Five impressive dice bags
Etsy is full of gamer geeks making fantastic stuff for other gamer geeks. This is good but not without catch. There’s something frustrating about finding a really good custom dice bag, something that’ll suit the theme of your game really well and impress others, only to discover the seller won’t ship to your country. The […]
Onyx Path partners with Nocturnal Media to buy Scarred Lands
I rather enjoyed Sword and Sorcery Studio’s d20 setting “Scarred Lands“. It was a grim (ish) world in which gods and titans battled for control and envolved the mortal races they had made. Humans, elves, dwarves and the other “Divine Races” fought against the spawn of the titans. The setting picked up 150 years after […]
Tianxia: Blood, Silk & Jade for Fate Core rocks Kickstarter
[Back this Campaign] It takes a remarkable video to get attention as an RPG Kickstarter pitch these days. That’s why you should watch Vigliance Press’ video above. Check out the art by Denise Jones. This Kickstarter has been a while coming. Geek Native first covered Vigliance’s plans in January. This is a Wuxia RPG. In […]
