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Free to Download: Level 1 2021 – 15 RPGs from diverse and unique creators

December 21, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

9th Level Games, the company behind titles like the anti-fascist Rebel Scum, this week published the 166-page Level 1 2021. It’s free and is an anthology composed of over a dozen RPGs.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: 9th level games, free to download

Itch discounts some great RPGs and twins with a bundle deal

December 21, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Itch has launched the Holiday Tabletop Selects Bundle and two things are going on as it over laps with a sale.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: blackbirds, bundles, itch.io, sales

The Bundle of Holding’s Hero 5E shows us the money of a megabundle

December 21, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The total value here is $339, and that’s split between $176.50 in the Hero 5E Core Collection and $162.50 in the Bonus Collection.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundle of holding, bundles, Hero System

Free to Download: Official D&D “Dragon of Icespire Peak”

December 20, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The following download contains a special preview version of material presented in the D&D Essentials Kit, and is meant as a new group’s first Dungeons & Dragons experience.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, free to download, wizards of the coast

The best selling “miscellaneous” RPGs of 2021

December 20, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

We’re nearly at the end of the list. What’s left? Those products tagged with “Miscellaneous “. It’s worth noting that the tags aren’t exclusive to each other; RPGs can be both family and miscellaneous if they want.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: acheron books, amazing heroes, amazing tales, brancalonia, Chaosium, cubicle 7, drivethrurpg, Dyskami, evil beagle games, Evil Hat Productions, forsaken system player's guide, gallant knight games, gavriel quiroga, greater than games, hard wired island, journey, Monte Cook Games, onyx path publishing, Prowlers & Paragons, Sentinel comics, stats, Thirsty Sword Lesbians, trinity continuum, wanderhome, wrath & glory

Free to Download: Random Insult Generator

December 20, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

You Lethargic Weed, you Flaccid Politician, you Vain Trash-heap and you Greasy Houseplant!

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: free to download, generators

Book of Magical Crystals offers up a free preview and Kickstarter for 120+ more of the 5e goodies

December 19, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The book is designed for D&D’s 5e players, with crystals designed to help DMs out by being both interesting and suitable for as many campaign settings as possible.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, kickstarters, previews

The best selling sci-fi RPGs of 2021

December 19, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The league table below shows the best selling RPG products made available on DriveThruRPG this year and which the designers have tagged sci-fi.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: 2300 ad, 26 letter publishing, alien rpg, aliens: colonial marines Operations Manual, Alligator Alley Entertainment, battletech, Cepheus Deluxe, cubicle 7, drivethrurpg, Dune: Adventures in the Imperium, Esper Genesis, evil beagle games, fallout, Free League Publishing, hard wired island, Modiphius Entertainment, osprey games, Prowlers & Paragons, sci-fi, scp, Shackleton Expanse Campaign Guide, Shadowrun, star trek adventures, stargrave, stats, stellagama publishing, the between, The Gauntlet Gaming Community, traveller, wrath & glory

Genre Police: Zero To Hero

December 19, 2021 by Ben Jackson-Ellery Leave a Comment

What’s session zero? The GM gathers a group and informs them about the game; you discuss expectations and characters. Where did it come from?

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: genre police, history, rpg tips

A small town, with one big secret: Ghost Club RPG

December 19, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

Ghost Club is set in a small town of 102,000 or so (living) people and uses its own game system. It suits 2 to 5 players, one of which is the GM, which means Dowell considers it okay to run as a duet game.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters

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