Against the Gods Themselves will take place in the same setting as Achtung! Cthulhu and will not only be an RPG but a transmedia project with other tabletop games planned.
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The cheap way to start Dungeon Crawl Classics
You’re on Kickstarter, the adventure looks good, and it’s for Dungeon Crawl Classics. This bundle can help you out.
Free to Download: Wicked Ones lets you play as the dungeon baddies
The free to download Wicked Ones comes in at 325 pages and, therefore, incredible value.
$100,000 earned by Auroboros: Coils of the Serpent in the 5e setting’s opening minutes
This first book in the series is over 100 pages long, has 5 new races, 4 new subclasses, new spells and introduces the gritty fantasy setting.
The Scooby-Doo star selling luxury copies of D&D for hundreds of dollars
The Silver Edition of Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft, as adapted by Beadle & Grimm’s, has just been announced.
Chaos League, creators of First They Came, the blindfolded RPG hint at other blindfolded games
We are transmedial storytellers, we like to tell stories through first person experiences in which body, mind and heart of the participants are involved at the same time.
Can you help prevent suicide by playing TTRPGs?
Tabletop Roleplaying Games (TTRPGs) and mental health go hand-in-hand in today’s world. TTRPGs have become a common form of escapism, a way to forget about the problems of everyday life and get into a world of fantastical lands and people.
Biohazard Games: Jeff Barber on using RPGs as a lens for modern concerns
Blue Planet was often criticized for having an environmental agenda, and though I always felt that was only one aspect of setting, we are certainly leaning into that intent now as the threats to the Earth’s ecology have become existential.
400 grimdark monsters for 5e’s Grim Hollow
With Grim Hollow: The Monster Grimoire, the Australian publishers are leaning into their strengths and focusing on grimdark monsters and art. They’ve already scooped a “Project We Love” label and smashed their US$20,000 goal with US$130,000 pledged in hours.
Become a living weapon in Gimmick Zero the free anime-inspired RPG (quick start)
Gimmick Zero is designed to be different each time, with tables to roll (or modify and then roll) to see what happened to your world.
