There’s money flowing in all sorts of directions in this week’s RPG news and shop fronts stepping away from NFTs. All the acronyms, huh? Oh, and Dark Souls news.
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Clockpunk RPG: Gran Meccanismo brings spies and robots knights to the world of da Vinici
Gran Meccanismo is a roleplaying game of swashbuckling swordplay where Florence’s winding alleys swarm with sinister Venetian spies and Milanese mercenaries, as an army of robot knights marches past on their way to the Vatican.
Free to Download: Wild Frontiers 1D10 RPG
GG Games, George Gorgievski’s publishing vehicle, has released a free edition of Wild Frontiers.
Wayfarers inspires the solo RPG “For Small Creatures Such As We”
In “For Small Creatures Such As We”, an RPG that can be played alone or cooperatively, you travel the galaxy and create and connect with aliens. It’s inspired by Becky Chambers’ Wayfarers series.
d20 Modern 20th anniversary: Evil Genius works with original design teammates for new 5e mash-up RPG
It’s exciting to revisit the d20 system I helped design 20 years ago. How we think about game design has evolved significantly so this is a great opportunity to bring concepts of the ‘d20 Modern’ game into the fifth edition era for today’s players.
The characters are going to do it anyway: Barkeep on the Borderlands is a pubcrawl RPG adventure
If you use the book like this, the Barkeep on the Borderlands adventure is no longer on the borderlands, and the Keep has become a centre of culture and business.
The End-All, Be-All of universal RPGs bundle goes live
One of the ways EABA differed from the abstraction of D&D was to lean towards more of a simulationist approach, getting into details and doing it as often as possible.
Izegrim Creations announce $1,000 prize for an Indie Publisher
Izegrim Creations, the publisher of Chromatic Dungeons, the OSR-vibe with modern sensitivities, has announced a $1,000 prize. The announcement from Rod Waibel states that the contest is open to small time indie publishers, people who are a US citizen and at least 18 years old. “Small time” indie publisher isn’t defined, but the entry method […]
Dead Air: Seasons and the Monad Echo SRD announced
Dead Air: Seasons is an RPG about the consequences of human greed, the failed attempts to remedy our mistakes, and the unleashing of an ecological catastrophe called the Blight.
Warlord Games announce Sláine Miniatures skirmish game
The Sláine Miniatures Game, penned by Andy Chambers, Roger Gerrish & Gav Thorpe, is the third of Warlord Games’ 2000 AD offerings.
