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Routinely Itemised: RPGs #198
It’s nearly the end of the month and I’ve not yet seen D&D: Honour Among Thieves (spelt with a U in the UK, officially). Why haven’t I? It’s only just come out.
Swords & Wizardry: A tabletop RPG using D&D’s original 1978 rules crushes its crowdfunding
The tabletop game uses the original rules from D&D, and the pitch promises easy-to-learn rules
Bundle: Independence Games explores the Clement Sector with this Cepheus Engine deal
The Cepheus Engine, a popular OSR sci-fi, is based on the first edition of Mongoose Publishing’s Traveller tabletop RPG.
Free to Download: Planar Character Options for the Cypher System
From a Warrior who Strikes With an Amethyst Fist, channelling power through a psionically resonant prosthetic, to a traveller character with a mysterious cosmic map imprinted on their skin, to a character with the Limbo Touched ability, who can change objects at will—characters with ties to the planes are just a bit different.
Heroic Maps: Space stations and starships in a bundle
Full-colour battle maps for virtual tabletops (or printing) sci-fi RPGs aplenty and lost in space.
Funded! Nightfall expand their Terminator license and launch their Judgement Day Kickstarter
Andrew E.C. Gaska and the entire writing team are back, as are Dave Allsop’s art team. We have got a lot more cool to add…not least of all, playable T-800s and the ultimate ‘cool’ T-1000.
Superhero RPG awards: BAMFSIES 2022 announced
The 2022 BAMFSIES are on a new website that looks to be still in development, so we’ve spotted these candidates quickly.
Free to Download: Fearsome Wilderness a Year Zero Engine RPG (updated)
The night is at its darkest, and you can hear every leaf that crunches under your hastily mended boots.
D&D Direct recap: Minecraft, Menzoberranzan and the official D&D VTT
We’re incredibly excited to partner with Wizards of the Coast, to introduce a brand new, story-driven Dungeons & Dragons DLC to Minecraft!
