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The Wounded Earth: The dual system Eldritch Century Kickstarts $9,000 and counting: Rare original  D&D woodgrain box set on ebay The behemoth awakes: The JRPG Tabletop Adventure Game Shadowrun: Sixth World finally takes pre-orders The Princess Bride game “I Hate to Kill You” finally makes it to retail

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The Wounded Earth: The dual system Eldritch Century Kickstarts

August 29, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A pledge of $5 gets you the Eldritch Century World PRimer, $20 gets you the PDF core rules and $60 the core rules in hardcover. There are plenty of other pledge tiers to opt-in and out of goodies.

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

$9,000 and counting: Rare original D&D woodgrain box set on ebay

August 29, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The auction for a rare woodgrain box set of original D&D is heating up on eBay. It contains first and second print runs of the game.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, eBay

The behemoth awakes: The JRPG Tabletop Adventure Game

August 28, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

All tiers are limited in number. The fastest-selling tier is the only worldwide tier.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: board games, kickstarters

Shadowrun: Sixth World finally takes pre-orders

August 27, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Pay between $49.99 or $199.99 for this RPG and secure your pre-order from the Gen Con print run.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Catalyst Game Labs, Shadowrun

The Princess Bride game “I Hate to Kill You” finally makes it to retail

August 27, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Players take on the roles of key characters from the iconic film; the Man in Black, Inigo Montoya, Count Rugen or Prince Humperdinck.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: the princess bride

Kings of War march their RPG to Kickstarter

August 27, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The surviving god-like beings from that war are decided into two; the good Shining Ones and the evil Wicked Ones.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters, kings of war, mantic games, red scar publishing

Do you have to be a frustrated incel to download a sex RPG?

August 25, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood 16 Comments

Alpha Blue was briefly banned at DriveThruRPG for its adult content, and now it’s a best seller.

Filed Under: Interviews, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Kort'thalis Publishing

Discount coupons and demos: Pelgrane Press show us The Black Book online character tool

August 24, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Pelgrane Press has put new elements of their online character sheet tool and game assistant into beta. Free upgrades for players who take part and provide helpful suggestions. Discounts for everyone else who acts swiftly enough.

Filed Under: Sites, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Pelgrane Press

Genre Police: It’s A Disaster

August 24, 2019 by Ben Jackson-Ellery Leave a Comment

The Genre Police take a look at disaster movies and what we as roleplayers can learn from them.

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

Never Knows Best: An RPG inspired by FLCL impresses Kickstarter

August 24, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A digest-sized RPG inspired by the cult anime Fooly Cooly, Powered by the Apocalypse and Blades in the Dark.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters

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