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LOOT: West Marshes play meets loot shooter in Spencer Campbell’s latest TTRPG

September 26, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Spencer Campbell is known for adapting ideas and vibes from computer games to tabletop RPGs. It’s been a rocky road at times, but Gila RPG now has a proven track record and many fans.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: gila, kickstarters, lumen, spencer campbell

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #183

December 16, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A weekly summary of RPGs from Geek Native and around the web complete with RPG reviews, tips, new releases and bundle deals.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: blade runner, blade runner rpg, Dungeons & Dragons, Free League Publishing, gila, IDW publishing, routinely itemised, spencer campbell

Storytelling meets tactical combat: Rune is a tabletop RPG inspired by soulslike games

August 20, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Spencer Campbell of Gila is back on Kickstarter with a concise run for a solo RPG called Rune.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: gila, kickstarters, solo rpgs, spencer campbell

RUNE: Gila announces a solo tabletop RPG inspired by Dark Souls

April 12, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

Spencer Campbell’s Gila RPG is the publisher behind games NOVA and Slayers, plus the SRD Lumen, a popular system for indie creators.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: gila, playtest, spencer campbell

Grenade stuff: A review of Nova RPG

January 2, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The fast-paced action of first-person shooters like the computer game Destiny is precisely what Nova (and LUMEN) try to recreate. They succeed.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: gila, lumen, Nova, reviews, spencer campbell

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #129

December 3, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

RPG news summarised from the week that’s just gone with reviews, interviews, bundle deals, competitions and crowdfunding projects.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: 9th level games, a couple of drakes, Achtung! Cthulhu, bandit camp, brindlewood bay, broken shield, carbon 2185, Chaosium, city of mist, Claim the Sky, cortex, cubicle 7, cyberpunk red, dc comics, defiant, dms guild, dndbeyond, Dune: Adventures in the Imperium, Dungeons & Dragons, edge, Elizabeth Chaipraditkul, en publishing, fairy trails, fandom tabletop, Fizban's Treasury of Dragons, Free League Publishing, game machinery, ghost hunters, gila, goodman games, Gunnar Roxen, haunted west, Into The Odd, Iron Crown Enterprises, just crunch games, Legendary Games, legends of avallen, magpie games, Mana Project Studio, marvel, Marvel Multiverse Tabletop Role-Playing Game, Modiphius Entertainment, Mongoose Publishing, Monte Cook Games, mork borg, Nova, paranoia, pathfinder, R. Talsorian Games, roll20, root, routinely itemised, runequest starter set, Steffie de Vaan, storm crow, strixhaven, the dee sanction, The Gauntlet Gaming Community, The Matrix, The One Ring, traveller, truffle shuffle, Tuesday Knight Games, twilight imperium, Victoriana, World Anvil, xploringmap

Free to Download: The NOVA Creator Kit (ahead of the NOVA jam)

November 29, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Sparks are ridiculously powerful, and that is intentional. NOVA’s gameplay loop is about going out on missions, destroying the enemies in the Dusk that stand in your way, and looking badass while doing it.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: gila, itch.io, lumen, Nova, spencer campbell

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #124

October 29, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

RPG news from the week that’s just been! Wizards win at court, Discworld hits DriveThruRPG, and there’s a bunch of bundle deals.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: alan bahr, Arion Games, black monk, blade runner rpg, Call of Cthulhu, demiplane, Dune: Adventures in the Imperium, Dungeons & Dragons, Eclipse Phase, edge, fading embers, Fizban's Treasury of Dragons, Free League Publishing, game wizards, gila, Helmgast, horror, Legend of the Five Rings, Modiphius Entertainment, moonmares games, neverending, Nova, osprey games, Paizo Publishing, posthuman studios, R. Talsorian Games, relic, Renegade Game Studios, roll20, roll20con, routinely itemised, sandy pug games, Shotguns & Sorcery, spencer campbell, the troubleshooters, valiant fox gaming, Vampire: The Masquerade, wizards of the coast, zweihander

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