Fueled by rum bought at the Edinburgh Night Market, Team Geek Native wonders if your RPG features goblin markets or floating markets while RPG news highlights include a massive Oldskull bundle, Musk’s Hasbro buyout threat boosting stock prices, a Chaosium signing event in London, and Lord of the Rings arriving on D&D Beyond.
Routinely Itemised: RPGs #278
We’re not in the USA so it seems out of place to sign or not sign except to say we hope the next President of the USA is strong against Russia, does not want to bomb Mexico and believes in climate change.
Free to Download: Monte Cook’s Tidal Blades RPG preview
Designed by Shanna Germain and in a world created by Mr. Cuddington, Tidal Blades is a Cypher System tabletop RPG set in a beautiful archipelago where peoples cooperate… but the Fold is failing. The monsters it once kept at bay are coming.
Monte Cook Games’ free online character builder opens
Cypher is a multi-genre system, and Monte Cook Games notes that the character builder supports a range of supplements and games. Several are mentioned:
Two bundles, one new for the Ninth World RPGs: Monte Cook Games brings Numenera to the Bundle of Holding
The Numenera RPG is about exploration, including the eight worlds that came before and uses the excellent Cypher System.
The Magnus Archives: Free to download and a million Dollar RPG
Monte Cook Games now has a Cypher System-powered version of The Magnus Archives on the way, running the crowdfunding project on BackerKit.
Routinely Itemised: RPGs #215
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Free to Download: Planar Character Options for the Cypher System
From a Warrior who Strikes With an Amethyst Fist, channelling power through a psionically resonant prosthetic, to a traveller character with a mysterious cosmic map imprinted on their skin, to a character with the Limbo Touched ability, who can change objects at will—characters with ties to the planes are just a bit different.
It’s a bundle deal! Arcana of the Ancients is Numenera for 5e
A successful Kickstarter in 2019 took the Numenera world and shaped it into the 5e-powered Arcana of the Ancients.
Monte Cook Games adds to the Cypher System Open License
The update includes new rules, character options, cypher and fantasy creatures. The RPG Godforsaken provides most of the new additions.
