I think the fan base of The One Ring probably expects us to do something, since we launched the second edition of that… and that expectation doesn’t strike me as unreasonable.
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Have you ever invented a drink for an RPG?
Here’s a quick fantasy drink table that’ll let your bartenders offer adventurous heroes strange and exotic (or perhaps mundane and everyday place to them!) drinks.
Routinely Itemised: RPGs #100
In a big release, Demiplane the gamer-find-game site, made profiles optionally public.
Kobold Lab’s Gothic Temporal gamer dice set is the castle luxury option
The dice are selling out, with two sets remaining, but they’re absolutely at the high end of the market and cost more than $75 before shipping.
Free to Download: Inspirisles – the all-ages RPG that teaches sign-language
Experiencing visions of a mythical land throughout childhood, you are guided to a kingdom ruled by the fae. Responsible for a pact made long ago by your ancestors, Arthur & Guinevere Pendragon, you must now earn Belief and the respect of their gods to secure your ticket back home.
Roll20 expands into virtual board games with MonsDRAWsity
MonsDRAWsity, a game about memory and monsters, is available on Roll20. It’s the virtual tabletop’s first officially supported board game.
The refreshing touch of change and death: A review of The Elephant and Macaw Banner
I learned more about Brazilian mythology and related stories from this RPG than I had read in years.
The next season of the Broken Compass RPG is on Kickstarter and running wild
In Broken Compass you play as an Adventurer in search of great Treasures, a man or woman of action, ready to risk it all every day, just so they can get to the finish line before their bitter Rival!
Critical Role confirms international release for Darrington Press’ Uk’otoa board game
The first game from Critical Role’s Darrington Press is a battle of life and death on the high Lucidian seas called Uk’otoa.
A Lugubrious Lullaby is an RPG about innocence lost
A Lugubrious Lullaby prints onto a single sheet of paper, and when folded up, becomes a zine RPG about innocence lost.
