As studios like Handiwork look to decouple from 5e and investigate their alternatives, we might see more of this; quick bundles of ‘days before’ content put up on offer.
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RPG Essentials: Acrylic Creature Tokens for TTRPGs raise thousands
Where are you with virtual tabletops versus meat space and battle maps? Coping with a growing miniatures collection alongside the dice?
Playtest Zero bundle: Showcase of indie games from Thomas Manuel
Designers arisia, Caro Asercion, goobernuts, KTPie, Takuma Okada, and Zuhayri Mohamed have all contributed DRM free material to the deal which offers $24 worth of indie content for $15.
Free League double whammies with two new OGL alternatives
It’s clear that it is high time for Free League to have an OGL that is fully our own
Free to Download: Denizen! The Magonian Edition
The RPG is a 282-page full-featured core set. It’s about dungeon crawls and heroics with the usual set of six stats but different rules for character generation and skill testing.
Genre Police: Evolve Or Die
I am sitting in the afterglow of a summer full of blockbuster moments in campaigns, at least one epic ‘Empire Strikes Back’ style campaign ending, and there are few players who are leaving for other things or shuffling which nights they play on.
Realms Of Elghrune: Art-rich sci-fi RPG from Super Bloodmoon
There are no skill points, only dice checks. Do you want to scale the slippery wall? Roll for it. Do you want to convince the jailor they have the wrong man? Roll for it. Instead of taking all the time to roll stats out for your character, you will just roll a check based on how difficult the task would be for your character!
Wizards of the Coast silently edit their latest OGL update
A D&D nerd on Twitter, @Maatlock noticed that Wizards of the Coast had edited their Update on the Open Game License post of Friday the 13th.
Modiphius launch 2d20 World Builders third-party publisher program
The 2d20 World Builders community content program from Modiphius and DriveThruRPG provides rules and a platform for third-party publishers to create and sell content.
Gorilla My Dreams: The Marvel Multiverse RPG gets a third-party setting
Gorilla My Dreams is a webcomic about a depressed gorilla called Knockaound-Guy who sees himself as a superhero, and it’s now on Kickstarter to become an RPG.
