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Limitless Encounters v2 You’re a bear: Free RPG Honey Heist ProJared: YouTube celeb vanishes from D&D’s The Descent amidst wife cheating and underage sleaze allegations This D&D 5e supplement helps you ride an ostrich into battle Ryuutama: Best selling anime RPG gets its first licensed supplement

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Indie RPG developer, Limitless Adventures, offers to give away games to fans who cannot afford them

May 13, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Limitless Encounters v2

Small publisher offers to give their games to people who cannot afford them so that those fans do not have to turn to pirate sites.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: limitless adventures, pirates

You’re a bear: Free RPG Honey Heist

May 13, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

You’re playing a criminal bear and have two stats. The first stat you have is BEAR and the second stat you have is CRIMINAL.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: free to download, grant howitt, Honey Heist

ProJared: YouTube celeb vanishes from D&D’s The Descent amidst wife cheating and underage sleaze allegations

May 12, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Jared “ProJared” Knabenbauer has been accused of abusive behaviour to his wife, Heidi O’Ferrall, a popular and talented cosplayer.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs

This D&D 5e supplement helps you ride an ostrich into battle

May 12, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

How many halflings, for example, could ride a giant boar before it becomes too encumbered to be a practical mount?

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: dms guild, Dungeons & Dragons

Ryuutama: Best selling anime RPG gets its first licensed supplement

May 12, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

In Ryuutama: Neko Goblin Field Notes gamers get access to 6 new classes and 3 new types.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Ryuutama

Paizo crowdfunds Kingmaker 10th anniversary edition; providing D&D 5e options too

May 12, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

In Kingmaker, the PCs are involved in power struggles and discovery that not only gives them a chance for adventure but to determine the fate of kingdoms.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters, kingmaker, Paizo Publishing, pathfinder

The RPG that spawned a pin-up girl collection and adventure hybrid

May 9, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

At least half the illustrators, at launch, are women but none of the pin-ups are men.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters

Six supplements for Shadowrun 6th edition announced

May 9, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The core rule book is out in August and will cost around $49.99, while the Limited Edition will cost $99.99 and the Executive Edition will come in at a staggering $199.99.

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

One million square feet of original RPG battle maps free to use

May 8, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Each one is a grid of 50×50 one inch squares. One inch of gaming battle map is equivalent to 5-feet in the world of the dungeon.

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

GM-less RPG: Facing the Titan

May 8, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

In Facing the Titan, the players will win. The game is a storytelling one based on MonkeyDome (PDF) which you can download for free.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters

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