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Atomic Age is Darklight Interactive’s post-apocalyptic “Powers That Be” TTRPG

May 7, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The RPG uses a d20 system, is focused on the continental United States, and cites the 13th Age as an influence.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: apocalyptic, d20, Darklight Interactive, kickstarters

The Mosidian Temple: 40 years in making for Darklight’s OSRIC/1e adventure

May 18, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Here at Geek Native, we’re used to Kickstarters claiming their game has been X years in the making. Rarely is X as high as 40. That’s what David Flor can claim for The Mosidian Temple.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Darklight Interactive, Dungeons & Dragons, kickstarters, osric

The Heart of Fire faces a tricky conversion from D&D 4e to 5e

May 7, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The original approach to the dungeon was specially designed with 4e in mind, and each room was its own self-contained encounter. D&D 5e has a very different style.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Darklight Interactive, dragons, Dungeons & Dragons, kickstarters

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #141

February 25, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A cluster of RPG news furnished at bullet point speed on a week of debate-sparking 5e RPG, a new boss for Roll20, the evil Red Wizards and a Daredevil star in a new show.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Ad Infinitum Adventures, Arcadia, cyberpunk red, Darklight Interactive, Deborah Ann Woll, doctor who, Dungeons & Dragons, earthdawn, ed greenwood, exalted funeral, fandom tabletop, fasa, godbound, goodman games, haunted west, ico partners, kevin crawford, laidback dungeon master, Legendary Games, Modiphius Entertainment, nightpath publishing, old-school essentials, Paizo Publishing, paizocon, R. Talsorian Games, roll20, routinely itemised, Shackleton Expanse Campaign Guide, Steve Jackson Games, tabletops & tentacles, tales of xadia, They Came From Beyond the Grave, Vampire: The Masquerade, wizards of the coast, wrath & glory

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #137

January 28, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Do you think the deadly Dark Souls computer game would work as a 5e RPG on the tabletop? Steamforged will try, and they’re going to do the same with RuneQuest. Paizo make a critical hire, Monte Cook Games make a free preview available and more this week.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: alien rpg, Babies and Broadswords, cubicle 7, Dark Souls, Darklight Interactive, doctor who, dog might games, drivethrurpg, Dungeons & Dragons, ed greenwood, edge, fasa, Free League Publishing, gale force 9, goodman games, lancer, legends of avallen, midnight, Modiphius Entertainment, Mordenkainen Presents Monsters of the Multiverse, mork borg, Paizo Publishing, parts per million, pathfinder, Pinnacle Entertainment Group, ravenloft: mist hunters, rick and morty, root, routinely itemised, rowan rook and decard, runescape, Shackleton Expanse Campaign Guide, sideshow collectibles, star trek into darkness, Steamforged Games, the oracle, warehouse 23

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #128

November 26, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

It’s a calmer week in RPG Kickstarter land as we roll into Black Cyber weekend but loads of bundles, deals and RPG news.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: adventure system, Amanda Hamon, Arcadia, black lantern productions, Darklight Interactive, dms guild, drivethrurpg, Dungeons & Dragons, ed greenwood, Far Future Enterprises, Fighting Fantasy, idyll creations, Imaginary Empire, Iron Crown Enterprises, James Wyatt, laidback dungeon master, leyline press, liminal, mcdm, Mongoose Publishing, mothership, Necromancer Games, petersen games, Point of Insanity Game Studio, riotminds, routinely itemised, runequest starter set, salvage union, Shadow of the Demon Lord, shield maidens, Skirmisher Publishing, soulmist, strixhaven, the merciless merchants, the oracle, Trudvang Adventures, wizards of the coast, wizkids

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #64

September 4, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Yeet!

A glance at some noteworthy RPG releases this week along with yet another busy RPG news section. Kickstarter seems to get more alive with each passing day, recovering strongly from the lockdown slump.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Arion Games, astral tabletop, beam saber, Call of Cthulhu, cubicle 7, Darklight Interactive, diego pisa artworks, drivethrurpg, Dungeons & Dragons, Eloy Lasanta, en publishing, Explorer's Guide to Wildemount, Fighting Fantasy, forbidden lands, gallant knight games, lex arcana, Matt Forbeck, mythic odysseys of theros, Newt Newport, Paizo Publishing, pathfinder, Pelgrane Press, quality games, rime of the frostmaiden, Robert J. Schwalb, routinely itemised, savage worlds, savage worlds adventurer's guild, Shotguns & Sorcery, starfinder, tasha's cauldron of everything, the grinning frog, the wagadu chronicles, wizards of the coast, wrath & glory

ENnie nominated ‘Best Free Product’ Kickstarts for life under 5e

January 3, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Darklight Interactive are after just £551 to Kickstart “A Night in Seyvoth Manor” for Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition. [Back this Campaign] In 2013 A Night in Seyvoth Manor was free and available for Dungeons & Dragons 4th edition. It’s a challenge adventure, suitable for something like a Halloween one off, that uses throwaway and […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Darklight Interactive, Dungeon & Dragons, ENnies, horror, kickstarters

Who’s leading the Ennies 2013 pack?

July 16, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

The nominations for the 2013 ENnies are out. These are a big set of awards in the roleplaying publishing world. Counting by hand, I reach 57 publishers nominated and that’s up from just shy of 40 from 2012. Paizo Publishing and Pelgrane Press lead the pack with 7 nominations each, with Cubicle 7 in third […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: 0one Games, Aetheric Dreams, Arc Dream Publishing, Battlefield Press, Catalyst Game Labs, Chaosium, Chronicle City, cubicle 7, Darklight Interactive, DramaScape, Engine Publishing, ENnies, fantasy flight games, green ronin, Hero Forge Games, Hero Games, Imaginary Empire, kobold press, lamentations of the flame princess, neca, North Wind Adventures, Paizo Publishing, Pelgrane Press, Pinnacle Entertainment, posthuman studios, Privateer Press, Studio 2 Publishing, The Orr Group, third eye games, wizards of the coast

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