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TTRPG news, reviews and interviews
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Peckers: Scottish school class trying to crowdfund this creepy-cute RPG
The gameplay has one person, the Pecker, who is trying to catch and scratch the other players. These players, known as Survivors, have to stay in the game until the timer runs out to win.
Routinely Itemised: RPGs #264
Here’s the TTRPG summary of summaries with new releases, interviews and reviews.
Superhero Week: The core rules for Transdimensional Adventures are free to download
The original rules came out in 2021 and have been revised since then and cover dimensional travel across worlds.
You have to be quick to catch a Cocaine Owlbear: An interview with Mike Lafferty
Until someone approaches us for a video game version, this is the last roar of the Cocaine Owlbear. Fainting Goat will continue to focus on indie and Savage Worlds games supplements.
Strangelight Workshop TTRPG: Steamforged move swiftly with Iron Kingdoms
Set in the Iron Kingdoms, supported by Privateer Press and with the original lead designer Matt Goetz will attached, Strangelight Workshop is a standalone game of otherworld and occult investigation.
Dark Age of Theer: Todd Stashwick and David Nett Progcore aims to hack your RPG style
Todd Stashwick and David Nett are actors and writers with a combined 85 years of tabletop RPG experience. They founded ProgCore Fantasy LLC to focus on progressive, collaborative creative endeavours in RPGs and other media.
Genre Police: The Adventure Is Butchered
I’ve watched those long-form adventures slowly destroy their desire to use written adventures of playing D&D ever again.
Nightbound: A TTRPG where you embrace the darkness to survive the night
The line between good and bad is blurred in this Hellblazer-inspired personal hell. The Kickstarter community has backed it, and with a week to go, the game is well over funding targets.
Routinely Itemised: RPGs #263
Andrea Sfiligoi from Ganesha Games has safely left Ukraine, WotC is facing accusations of using Hillary Clinton as a model for D&D, D&D’s new VP Jess Lanzillo is doing interviews with AdWeek, Kobold Press’ CEO provided a company update, and I’ve finally had my broadband restored.
