We’re pretty much out of time for the internet to deliver any festive gifts. We’ll have to hit the high street or distract ourselves with RPG news.
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Free to download: Arrhenius quickstart guide
The bulk of the 70-page Arrhenius quickstart is the Dream Factory introductory adventure. It lets players and the Dungeonteller experience the world and rules.
On the nose: Stranger Things Risk board game
Given that recent seasons of Stranger Things have both alien invasions from supernatural realms and the tension of the Cold War the official Stranger Things Risk board game feels on the nose!
Philip Reed re-releases shocking horror RPG The Whispering Vault
The Whispering Vault was first published by Nike Nystul in 1993, then moved to Chris Pramas’ Ronin Publishing and then in 2003 to Ronin Arts.
D&D: Renaming dragons with more interesting themes
Sinew Dragon was such a good name and far more imaginative than D&D’s chromatic and metallic dragons that I was inspired to try to rename the TTRPG titular creatures with more interesting themes.
D&D: The Lost Episode “resurfaces” in Brazilian ad campaign
Ad agency Ogilvy Brasil partnered with Hasbro to do a nostalgic campaign for D&D’s 50th anniversary.
Free to download: Batman Gotham City Chronicles RPG quickstart
As we reported back in 2020, French board game company Monolith landed the Batman RPG license.
Routinely Itemised: RPGs #287
Warhammer 40K hits the screen! Amazon nabs TV rights. Plus: Firing drama at Wyrmwood, Itch.io battles Funko bots, and Pendragon’s GM Handbook arrives!
Learning to play 4,000 board games (and AIs are learning from those too!)
The paper also describes the ancient game as “really old version of backgammon”.
Who’s helping Glasgow Children’s Hospital Charity? Definitely Not Goblins
The Definitely Not Goblins: Christmas Special is taking place in Blackfriars’ Basement, Glasgow, on Sunday the 15th December at 6pm (doors 5:30), and tickets are available.
