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Archives for January 2023

N.K. Jemisn’s Hugo-winning Fifth Season gets a TTRPG

January 25, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Green Ronin tells me that not only is N.K. Jemisim signing a few bookplates in a special tier but has been involved throughout the RPGs design.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: fantasy age, free to download, Green Ronin Publishing, Joseph Carriker, tanya depass

I’m just done: James Mishler Games will delete all products and go on hiatus due to the OGL drama

January 25, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

I have no desire to publish new products for game lines that might be forced to disappear overnight.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, labyrinth lord, shadowdark

Fat Goblin Games release a TTRPG content rating system

January 24, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The download has several images for the proposed ratings and a two-page explainer. It suggests games could be rated on violence, language, sexual content, drug and alcohol use, horror and mature themes.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Fat Goblin Games, free to download, Rick Hershey

Heroes Inc due to release D&D character building fashion

January 24, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The burning dice design has a large white d20 with the D&D ampersand in the centre. It’s flanked by 19 and 74, as Dungeons & Dragons will turn 50 this year.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, fashion, shopping, t-shirts

Mongoose is in talks with Cepheus Engine publishers over Traveller license concerns

January 24, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

There’s concerns Cepheus Engine publishers have a bleak future as and when Wizards of the Coast deauthorises the OGL.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Cepheus Engine, Independence Games, Mongoose Publishing, traveller

The Oracle Character Generator: Over 1 billion character combos and free download

January 24, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

There are different categories of characters represented in the cards, as well as their Roles, Personality, Motivations, Flaws and Intrigues. The combinations quickly add up and layer together to create all these variations.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: generators, kickstarters, nord games

Advanced Adventures Mega bundle: Old school TTRPG scenarios from Expeditious Retreat

January 23, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The core rules are in OSRIC, and that’s usually free, available here to be handy and with $70 worth of downloads.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundle of holding, bundles, Expeditious Retreat Press, Old School Renaissance, osric

Bronze Age: Collapse merges Lovecraft with Homer in an RPG and open sources the rules

January 23, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Join Achilles and actual gods in the siege of Troy, and confront the sorcerers of Babylon as they attempt to conclude a devastating ritual and become legendary monster slayers.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: history, kickstarters, lovecraft

See the fight that got Record of Ragnarok dropped

January 23, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Record of Ragnarok isn’t streaming in all countries it could be airing in because the anime has gods fighting humans to decide whether humanity is ending.

Filed Under: Anime Tagged With: netflix, record of ragnarok, trailers

RPG Worlds: Grow your library and support Kobold Press and friends

January 22, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Right now, presumably months (or more) that game engine is ready to look at, you can boost your library for current systems and support the publisher and allied third parties by investigating the Humble RPG Worlds bundle.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundles, castles & crusades, Dungeons & Dragons, humble bundle, kobold press, southlands

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