Friday’s are a good day for a recap of the news of the week. In Mr Root, we’ll take a look at news from Geek Native and around the web.
Death on the Cards: Modiphius Entertainment collaborates with Agatha Christie Limited
Every character is guilty of something, but only one of them is the murderer!
Modiphius summon up official Vampire: The Masquerade Leather dice bags
The bags cost £19.99 and are handmade by the Spanish studio Artesano Del Ray.
Competition: Win John Carter of Mars core rules
Thanks to Modiphius, Geek Native has a PDF copy of the slipcase core rules for John Carter of Mars RPG. It currently retails for $19.99 at DriveThruRPG.
Ripped bodies and adventures in leather: A review of the John Carter of Mars RPG
I’m glad I made time for John Carter of Mars. Barsoom is a fantastic setting, and the Modiphius writing team have done it justice. The adaptation of 2d20 feels spot on too.
Odyssey of the Dragonlords: Ex-Bioware designers’ 5e setting hits Kickstarter
James Ohlen, Jesse Sky and Drew Karpyshyn are three Bioware veterans, and their D&D 5e campaign setting inspired by ancient Greece is called Thylea.
Two official Fallout RPGs are on the way
By 2020 there will be two official Fallout RPGs, and both are by Modiphius.
New Year, New Game: Star Trek Adventures RPG interview
One of the big titles in DriveThruRPG’s bundle deal is the official Star Trek Adventures RPG from Modiphius Entertainment.
The best selling pulp RPGs of 2018
To make this list an RPG has to be in the top ten sellers (Jan 1st to Dec 11th) of all the games the publishers have added the ‘pulp’ genre tag too. This means we’ve games that are solidly in the pulp genre, systems which could but don’t have to be used for pulp RPGs and even games you might not consider pulp at all.
The best selling superhero RPGs of 2018
The average price of a best selling superhero RPG is only $24.98.
