Blood Sword is a 5e campaign setting that’s funded on Kickstarter and will close in days. Blood Sword was also a grimdark choose-your-own-adventure gamebook from the 80s, and that’s what the 5e setting is based on.
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Gygax family members battle against TSR Games
TSR Games (the 3rd) has accused Luke Gygax of making stuff up, noting that he was never part of TSR.
Izegrim Creations’ Chromatic Dungeons plans the old school feel but for the modern community
Chromatic Dungeons TTRPG. Bringing the old school feel of TSR era gaming into the modern community. That is, an OSR clone, with the feel of old school gaming, but with modern sensibilities of game design applied, and to be presented to be welcoming and representative of just how diverse our gaming community has become since the 80s.
Routinely Itemised: RPGs #106
A busy week of RPG news summarised and segmented into bullet-point lists. TSR Games have TSR Games over a barrel.
Manage Hope and Doom: Tide Breaker RPG the cinematic system funds on Kickstarter
In Tide Breaker, there’s always the option to roleplay your way around problems with anyone using your masterful diplomacy and persuasion skills, if cinematographic combat is not your style.
The ultimate guide to buying and selling magic items in 5E D&D
Magic items play a huge role in 5e D&D – and I love handing them out to my players. But answering even simple questions such as what an item costs in 5e, where and from whom it can be bought, and how to haggle for a better price, is no easy task for the DM due to the lack of official rules and guidelines for doing so.
The new TSR Games clarify position as key names appeared to distance themselves
E. Gary Gygax confirms Gygax-family feud is a legal battle, that he’s taken control of a TSR Games trademark while also allowing another company to use it.
Floria: The Verdant Way – Journeying into a mystic wood with this Japanese indie RPG
In the mystical forest, there are plants with roots that reach down into the Fount of Magic. These plants, known as Herbs, are eaten by the human dwellers of this world.
Good Strong Hands: Face the corrupting Void as a fantastic creature or human ally
Geek Native was fortunate enough to quickly catch up with Craig Campbell, the founder of NerdBurger Games and designer of the RPG Good Strong Hands.
Free to Download: Star Trek Adventures – Anomalies
The third offering in the Briefs series is designed by Al Spader and is all about the weird and wonderful Anomalies that those brave explorers on the final frontier might come across.
