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Cats! The Conspurracy TTRPG: We’ve got bonus art and discovered the arch-rival to catkind!
Today, Black Book Editions launched Cats! The Conspurracy. There’s an early bird bonus of free PDF books for those who pledge enough in the first 72 hours (until Friday morning).
Mad As Hell: Fight the literal demons of capitalism
In Mad As Hell, an RPG written by Evie Moriarty with illustrations by Per Norden, Scrap Princess and Alex Eckman-Lawn, characters fight demons.
Malediction: Tracy Hickman penned lore, freebies and the first 3D printable miniatures card game
While one big aspect of Malediction is that you can use 3d printing for the minis, you don’t need to. The box contains standees.
Turn many of your favourite TTRPGs into a solo system with this deal
There’s an all-new Parts Per Million deal on the Bundle of Holding. It’s live until February 4th.
Genre Police: Looking Back, Over My Shoulder
While I’ve been recently writing about the dark in games, my newest campaign has been, in fact, running a far more whimsical experience.
Worldbuilding Amazing Adventures: Yog-Sothothery
The player characters in Amazing Adventures are heroes living at the end of the 1930s and facing off against the cultists and monsters of the Cthulhu Mythos with fists and guns.
Routinely Itemised: RPGs #291
In a year marked by climate catastrophe and industry shifts, the TTRPG world saw Critical Role cancel streaming despite a new distribution deal for Darrington Press, Chaosium celebrate 50 years, and researchers leverage D&D expertise for AI development.
Chthonstone Essential Enemies bundle: Weird monsters for Old-School Essentials
A porcine faerie of the darkest kind. Her hut drags itself along like a slug. The centipede-bodied Grumblewyrm shares her taste for the flesh of dwarves.
Top selling titles on the Storytellers Vault in 2024
So, there are new game options for 2025, but what did well in 2024? The team has been kind enough to share their top 10 sellers.
