“Die” goes back far enough, that we aren’t completely sure of the deepest roots. At least that gives us a clear indication of how long mankind might have been obsessed with odds and gaming.
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Dragonslayer RPG captures the D&D 0.75e feel
The Dragonslayer TTRPG will be 300-pages long, and Jeff Easley, a well-known ex-TSR art, will do the front cover art.
Tabletop Scotland quits Perth and moves to Edinburgh
Tabletop Scotland 2024 will move to Edinburgh and the Royal Highland Centre. Despite the name, the Royal Highland Centre is further south than Perth and just outside Edinburgh.
Community building OSR bundle: The Nightmares Underneath
Johnstone Metzger’s innovative RPG has one further twist in that it is centred around community. The PCs invest Loot from the dungeon into her home village, making it more robust so that the PCs can buy better gear and return to the nightmare bubble.
Sanction RPG engine: A first look at the settings and goals
Sanction is a simple system for challenge-driven games, with player characters who are usually anything but heroes.
Love Mutants and the Idylls of the Rat King: Goodman Games brings DCC back to Humble
A $25 spend will get you $1,047 in DCC value and a 20% coupon. We have until August 23rd to bag the deal.
Beyond Cataclysm Games bought every d13 in the world for a solo RPG
First, said Dave, they bought up all the d13s in Europe and then had to go further afield to acquire enough dice. Beyond Cataclysm Games got to the point where they believed they had bought every spare d13 in the world.
Routinely Itemised: RPGs #219
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Handiwork Games hit by thieves and respond with Free to Download: King Beowulf – Of Kingdoms and Ring-Givers
US law enforcement are investigating theft of £25K worth of 5e RPGs from Scottish indie publisher
Free to Download: Mazes Zero Prep Introduction to Fantasy Roleplaying
Mazes uses the Polymorph system, which does away with any form of maths. Each Polymorph game player only uses a single polyhedral die: a d4, a d6, a d8, or a d10.
