Palladium Books has published Robotech games for 30 years but the license has now expired and it will not be renewed. This is especially bad news for the already problem haunted Robotech RPG Tactics (RPT) Kickstarter which took US$1.44 million in 2013. The second wave of backer rewards will not be coming but Palladium founder […]
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Awesome (Revised): Far Away Land RPG returns to Kickstarter
It hardly feels like four years since Geek Native covered the first Far Away Land RPG on Kickstarter. That campaign was a success and now, back five times as strong, the updated version is smashing funding goals. You can follow the progress on the Campaign page. [Back this Campaign] At the time of writing Far […]
25 strange weather effects for your fantasy RPG
As a GM you might be populating a world full of magic, gods might battle in the skies and demons stalk the night. Despite all this magic, despite the strange elements and powers… the weather remains pretty much boring. In fact, it rarely rains and only when you remember! This post contains a bucket of […]
International GM’s Day 2018
March 4th is International GM’s Day (and the anniversary of Gary Gygax’s death). Every year the RPG publisher community rallies around to support GM’s Day in the form of sales. It can be a bit busy and a bit hard to keep track of. The purpose of this page is to keep tabs on the […]
Tomb Of Horrors: Inside D&D’s most deadly, divisive and downright famous dungeon
It’s 2006. Our party are trapped on a frozen island on a forgotten continent, miles from Faerun. Unable to leave due to a binding spell placed on us by our enemies, we have searched the island for a way out. Finding evidence of ruins beneath us, we start to dig our way in. After the […]
35 ideas for a non-musical bard
Bards are an important character class. They can make the difference between party success and party failure… but do they need to have some skinny character prancing around with a lute? No, they don’t. Here’s some ideas for a non-musical bard! Orators Your bard could be a storyteller, diplomat, motivational speaker, poet, philosopher, puppeteer, political […]
Dress up your dungeon with just a roll of the die
Dungeon Dressing Dice are a Kickstarter from Incognito Solutions. The idea is simple but effective; rather than using tables to conjure up descriptions for your dungeon why not read straight off the die themselves? This Kickstarter has funded, at the time of writing there are 22 days still go and the campaign is racing towards […]
Genre Police: Gothpunk: The Learnering
When we suffix -punk to a word and create a genre, often it’s about a scientific development and it’s effect on the individual or the status quo. ‘Cyber’, ‘Steam’ or ‘Diesel’ punk have easily identifiable technologies and timeframes that divide them. But when we a cultural ideal instead we have a difficult job in working […]
22 ideas for a spellbook that isn’t a book
Many tabletop RPGs have a spellbook as a necessary in-game item for wizards and spellcasters. The spellbook is generally used as a mechanical means to both limit and explain the spells the character has access to. However, some GMs might allow characters to use an item that has the same mechanical effect while giving off […]
EN Publishing tease The Possessed – For We Are Many
EN Publishing’s ‘WOIN Studios’ is working on new content for What’s OLD is NEW. The toolkit-orientated tabletop from Russ Morrissey. In particular the imprint is producing supplements showcasing the best of a parallel universe of film and TV. These are shows and movies that might feel familiar but never actually broadcast. In ‘The Possessed – […]
