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Independent Journalism 📜 14+ Year Archive

Drivethrurpg Reports

Continuing the archive of independent Drivethrurpg reporting (Archive Page 24).

New Year, New Game: 2300AD

January 6, 2015 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

As is tradition, DriveThruRPG has a brand new sale to mark the start of 2015. The “New Year, New Game” sale is a favourite of mine for two reasons; Over 200 RPGs that are 15% off A real push to persuade gamers to try a new game Gamers who are willing to try new games […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: 2300 ad, drivethrurpg, Mongoose Publishing, sales, sci-fi, science

Desborough’s #GamerGate card game banned by DriveThruRPG and SJ Games

December 11, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood 8 Comments

#GamerGate is a card game by James Desborough’s Postmortem Studios. It is named after the stormy and hotly contested row among computer gamers and games journalists. This is a row which has involved bomb hoaxes, death threats and doxxing. Postmortem Studios described the game as a joke, saying; Gamergate the Card Game commemorates THE defining […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: card games, drivethrurpg, James Desborough, onebookshelf, Steve Jackson Games, Steve Wieck

Lovecraft’s birthday summons Cthulhu sales!

August 20, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The 20th of August is HP Lovecraft’s birthday. Happy birthday you old racist git. You did, however, create a whole genre of horror and some of the most iconic terrors of all time. There’s sales on today that geeks should be aware of. You may well want to check out Think Geek’s new site too. […]

Filed Under: Books, Comics Tagged With: cthulhu, drivethrucomics, drivethrurpg, lovecraft, ThinkGeek

19,168 RPGs and accessories on sale for Christmas in July

July 21, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

It’s a bit of a weird tradition but Christmas in July is a DriveThruRPG tradition in which you can score up to 25% off titles. This year there’s nearly 20,000 titles in the range. The best deals that I’ve spotted? There are hundreds of dollars off Peregrine’s stock illustrations but here’s some RPG-centric titles. Whitewash […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: drivethrurpg, frog god games, Monte Cook, Necromancer Games, sales

DriveThru Comics in the 10th birthday special

June 13, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This week Geek Native reported on nearly $300 of RPG savings for just a $20 spend on DriveThru RPG. What’s going on? The site has turned 10 and is marking the occassion with a big sale. DriveThru Comics is a much younger site but it’s own sales page admits the following; DriveThruRPG is turning 10 […]

Filed Under: Comics Tagged With: drivethrucomics, drivethrurpg, sales, Sherlock Holmes

Spend $20 and save $300 at DriveThru RPG!

June 10, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Two new bundles have been uploaded to Drivethru RPG this morning. They caught my eye. Mega bucks of saving. DTRPG 10th Annivesary (RPG) Bundle is normally worth $150.42 but you can have it for $10 DTRPG 10th Anniversary (RPG 2) Bundle costs $168.16 outside the sale but is currently priced at only $10 This means […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: drivethrurpg, firefly, firefly rpg, Numenera, Primeval, sales, Shadowrun, Spycraft, wraith the oblivion

No Sleep ’til Finland – $130 of Pathfinder savings

June 1, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The co-owner of game company Asparagus Jumpsuit is moving from New Mexico to University of Jyväskylä this September to purse a Master’s degree. As a result Asparagus Jumpsuit is raising money and running a big sale on their 22 Character Workbooks, 12 Monster Hide supplements, 3 Instant NPC collections and both Rules Hacks supplements for […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: drivethrurpg, pathfinder, sales

Free games and International Tabletop Day rush slams DriveThru RPG’s servers

April 5, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Saturday April the 5th is International Tabletop Day. Names like Atlas Games, Stronghold Games, Asmodee, Days of Wonder, Mayfair, AEG, Ravensburger, Japanime Games, Looney Labs and Steve Jackson Games are teaming up with Geek & Sundry for the big event. Another name of note is DriveThru RPG who are holding a huge sale. This isn’t […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: 13th age, drivethrurpg, dungeon crawl classics, goodman games, Hero Forge Games, Hero Kids, International TableTop Day, Monte Cook Games, Numenera, Pelgrane Press, Pinnacle Entertainment, savage worlds, Solomon Kane

5 tips for GMs running Legend of the Five Rings – from L5R’s Lead Designer

March 5, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Yesterday was International GM’s Day. To celebrate the people who make your roleplaying enjoyment possible DriveThru RPG launched their biggest sale of the year. The good news? It lasts for two weeks. Want big discounts? Check out the sale. One of the publishers in the sale is Alderac Entertainment Group (AEG). You’ll find lots of […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Alderac Entertainment Group, drivethrurpg, international gm's day, Legend of the Five Rings, rpg ideas

International GM’s Day: DriveThru RPG’s biggest sale

March 4, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

March 4th is International GM’s Day. It began life as a forum post by “Spunkrat” on EN World, was championed by Mark Clover of Creative Mountains Game and is now a thing. DriveThru RPG/RPG Now are big supporters and today is the site’s biggest sale. The most expensive RPG ever made – Sanguine Productions’ April […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: columbia games, drivethrurpg, en world, international gm's day, Monte Cook, Necromancer Games

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