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Routinely Itemised: RPGs #71

October 23, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Routinely Itemised is Geek Native’s weekly RPG news summary, complete with a roundup of new releases, freebies, interviews and reviews.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: 9th level games, adventure system, Arion Games, astate, beadle & grimm's, Bruce Cordell, bundle of holding, Chaosium, Corpus Malicious, cortex prime, critical role, cubicle 7, cyberpunk red, dnd beyond, Dragonlance, Dream Realm Storytellers, Elder Scrolls, en publishing, fat dragon games, Free League Publishing, gama, halloween, handiwork games, idyll creations, Inkwell Ideas, king arthur pendragon, kobold press, Loke BattleMats, lynne hardy, Modiphius Entertainment, Monte Cook Games, mork borg, Nightfall Games, osprey games, Paizo Publishing, R. Talsorian Games, rhianna pratchett, Rivers of London, roll20con, routinely itemised, savage worlds, Shadow of the Demon Lord, soulbound, stargrave, terminator, the grinning frog, the wildsea, vaesen, warhammer, wizards of the coast

Free to Download: a|state Nicely, Done

October 17, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A|State is a gothic sci-fi RPG with characters stuck in The City which they cannot leave. It deals with themes suitable for Mature Readers.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: astate, forged in the dark, free to download, handiwork games

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #49

May 22, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Cancellations strike the big conventions, but there’s more happening online, and such an event might introduce a new campaign setting for Dungeons & Dragons.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: astate, bundle of holding, chris spivey, cubicle 7, cyberpunk red, d&d live, dnd beyond, ENnies, essen game fair, fate of the norns, gail simone, gen con, gen con online, Harlem Unbound, humblewood, kobold press, lord of the rings, Mike Mearls, Nightfall Games, Paizo Publishing, paizocon, Palladium Books, pathfinder, realmwarp media, Renegade Game Studios, roll20, routinely itemised, soulbound, stargate, storybrewers, tab creations, the expanse rpg, the fantasy trip, The One Ring, World Anvil, zweihander

Cult success A|State ready for version 2 playtesters

May 19, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A|State was first published in 2004 by Contested Ground Studios. I think “cult hit” is a fair way to describe the game. The setting is an ostensibly eternal city with vast inequality between the rich and the poor.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: astate, Contested Ground Studios, handiwork games

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #27

December 20, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Weekly RPG news for busy people. A bullet tour through the most popular character sheets and RPGs of the year, silver dice and toy eating Christmas trees.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: astate, CRISPR Monkey Studios, cubicle 7, drivethrurpg, Dungeon & Dragons, en publishing, genefunk 2090, handiwork games, Iron Crown Enterprises, mage hand press, patrick rothfuss, routinely itemised, tabletops & tentacles, the adventure zone, The One Ring, the sixth gun, watchmen, wizards of the coast, woin

The adult A|State RPG about is about to return

December 19, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A|State is a gothic horror of a sci-fi. The game is set in The City, and you cannot leave. It’s a game that came with “For Mature Readers” warning on it.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: astate, Contested Ground Studios, handiwork games, Jon Hodgson

A|State

August 22, 2009 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The atmosphere, style and flavour of the game are self-fulfilling. I feel that as the GM I can sit back and concentrate on my plot.

Filed Under: Wyrd Reviews Tagged With: astate, reviews, rpg

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