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Erotic Critical Role alternative presses on as sex-positive sci-fi Thanatos gets a trailer

August 18, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

It will feature the seedy underbelly of the Creator City of Tachion and is due to start August 20th.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: sci-fi

Not on DriveThruRPG: Final hours for two Ars Magica Bundle of holding deals

August 18, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Ars Magica was one of the very first roleplaying games to use a Troupe system.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: ars magica, bundle of holding, jonathan tweet, mark rein-hagen

RPG Publisher Spotlight: Raging Swan Press

August 17, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Are you a busy GM? You should be interested in Raging Swan Press, an indie which is the focus of this month’s RPG Publisher Spotlight.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: pathfinder, raging swan press, spotlight

Kings of War RPG quickstart now available for free

August 16, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Kings of War is a popular tabletop wargame from Mantic Games. It’s been going since 2009, and a third edition is due out in October. There’s also an RPG version of the game company and Mantic as appointed Red Scar Publishing for the task. It’s been a busy time for the British studio as they’ve […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: free to download, kings of war, red scar publishing

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #9

August 16, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This week we’ve seen Shadowrun 6e edge closer to release, more material for Vampire 5e, new rules for The Witcher and Wizards of the Coast open a small scale playtest for D&D as it introduces new subclassses for Monk and Barbarian.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: age of sigmar, Chaosium, cubicle 7, Cults of the Blood Gods, dark heresy, Dungeons & Dragons, en world, fateforge, lord of the rings, Mike Pondsmith, onyx path publishing, pathfinder, R. Talsorian Games, routinely itemised, Shadowrun, soulbound, The One Ring, the witcher, triple ace games, warhammer 40k, wizards of the coast

FlowScape – the tool GMs didn’t know they needed – is now on Steam

August 16, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

Now it’s easy to design your own village or stunning fantasy landscape.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cartography, Steam

Cults of the Blood Gods are coming to Vampire 5e

August 16, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Vampire 5e

Onyx Path Publishing will Kickstart a new type of sourcebook for Vampire 5e, one that introduces “the pernicious horror of twisted beliefs”.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Cults of the Blood Gods, matthew dawkins, onyx path publishing, Vampire: The Masquerade, world of darkness

Do premade adventures save time?

August 16, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

There are three situations when a premade scenario will likely save the GM on prep time, but outside those, I argue, any real saving is unlikely.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs

Nearly 300% funded in 24 hours: Numenera – Liminal Shores

August 16, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Kickstarter asked for $60,000. Sound like a lot? It’s less than 24 hours after launch, and there’s already more than $175,000 pledged.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters, Monte Cook Games, Numenera

Free to Download: New subclasses playtested by D&D – Monk and Barbarian

August 15, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Playtest for free two new Monk and Barbarian subclasses with Wizards of the Coast

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

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