Learn to play the classic fantasy roleplaying game Castles & Crusades with a new starter set, now available on DriveThruRPG.
Worldbuilding Amazing Adventures: Yog-Sothothery
The player characters in Amazing Adventures are heroes living at the end of the 1930s and facing off against the cultists and monsters of the Cthulhu Mythos with fists and guns.
Multiple Gary Gygax books debut on Humble: Lost Works of Gygax bundle
It’s unclear where these books have been or why they’ve not been published before, although an inspection of the fine print suggests these are digital debuts because some have been published before.
Castles & Crusades Reforged smashes through the crowdfunding portcullis
Castles & Crusades was first created in 2003/2004 and debuted in Christmas of that ’04. It was the first to use a simple attribute based system as its key mechanic. It predated and in many ways sparked the OSR publications that followed and heavily influenced D&D 5th edition.
Castle Zagyg Yggsburgh defies expectations and returns
A 2012 thread on Troll Lord Games’ site predicts we’ll never see Castle Zagyg in PDF.
Tomb of the Dundel Chief: Post-wedding Gary Gygax’s daughter returns to Kickstarter with more adventure
Heidi and Erik have experience with Kickstarter and a 100% (of 1) success with Till Death Do Us Part, which was a wedding gift of a D&D adventure. As a result, I see Tomb of the Dundel Chief as a post-wedding Kickstarter.
RPG Worlds: Grow your library and support Kobold Press and friends
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.
Bonanza: Nearly £500 worth of RPGs for less than £20 in this Black Friday deal
There’s nearly £500 worth of RPG downloads here for less than £20. Google tells me that’s about $660 for $26, but your mileage may vary.
Routinely Itemised: RPGs #110
Routinely Itemised is an RPG news summary, and this week there’s the latest from D&D, Cyberpunk Red, 13th Age, Call of Cthulhu, Critical Role and even of Chainmail, the game that became D&D.
Routinely Itemised: RPGs #74
In RPG news; it’s Friday the 13th, and there are quite a few big books about to be released; Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything and Cyberpunk Red to name two.
