Vortex Verlag releases “The Trouser Club,” a free 6-page setlet for the Serenissima Obscura RPG featuring Venetian rivalries. Available until Dec 31.
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Routinely Itemised: RPG #340
Critical Role heads to London Comic Con, Steve Jackson Games brings back Toon and there are major staff changes at Wizards of the Coast.
Cubicle 7 releases Starter Set and GM Screen for Warhammer: The Old World
Cubicle 7 has launched the Starter Set and GM Screen for Warhammer: The Old World Roleplaying Game. Explore the river port of Talagaad and the age of the Three Emperors.
Silent Læke: Twin Peaks meets tabletop in new card-based RPG
Newborn Games announces Silent Læke, a Twin Peaks-inspired TTRPG using cards instead of dice to solve a 1992 murder mystery.
Son of Oak’s Winter Sale: 40% off pre-orders and a charity vote on every purchase
Son of Oak’s Winter Sale is live: Save up to 40% on Legend in the Mist pre-orders and direct 15% of your purchase to a charity of your choice.
The Bodhana Group and Onyx Path release therapeutic RPG Branch Riders
The Bodhana Group and Onyx Path Publishing have released Branch Riders, a new TTRPG that blends dimension-hopping adventure with therapeutic gaming tools.
Roll with History: New dice collection embeds 15th-century chainmail and T-Rex fragments
FanRoll Dice partners with Mini Museum for “Roll with History”, a new collection embedding real dinosaur fossils, chainmail, and meteorites into RPG dice.
Rob Heinsoo and Jonathan Tweet’s 13th Age gets a definitive second edition
From revised Fighter mechanics to clearer Icon rules, 13th Age 2E is officially out. Here is what has changed in the 350-page core book.
CHEW, mecha pilots, and heists feature in Forged in the Dark 3 bundle
Bundle of Holding has a new deal collecting seven “Forged in the Dark” RPGs, including the original Blades in the Dark, CHEW, and DISASTER/WING.
Routinely Itemised: RPG #339
Australian legislation blocks teens from D&D on Twitch, though VTTs remain accessible. Meanwhile, Jason Carl departs World of Darkness, Justice Arman becomes D&D’s new design director, and a new Google feature allows you to prioritise Geek Native as your news source.
