A summary of RPGs news from the week with freebies from WotC and others, indie news, tips and reviews.
Swords, sorcery and weird science-fantasy: Hyberorea marches its way to 3e on Kickstarter
North Wind Adventures set a goal of $20,000 to bring a third edition of the swords, sorcery and weird science-fantasy RPG Hyperborea to life on Kickstarter.
OSR classic Astonishing Swordmen & Sorcerers of Hyperborea in Bundle of Holding
Designer Jeffrey Talanian worked with Gary Gygax on a game called Castle Zagyg and then started North Wind Adventures to push his own modules.
OSR fantasy RPG Humble Bundle
The discount site Humble Bundle has $624 worth of OSR RPG goodies in a bundle. It’s a $1 to get a slice of the action.
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.
20% off for the August 20th birthday: Lovecraft turns 128
August 20th is H. P. Lovecraft’s 128th birthday. Despite the writer’s racist views, strong even for his time, he has become a major influence on modern horror. The OneBookShelf family are offering 20% off on a wide range of Cthulhu, Great Old One and Lovecraft flavoured items for the next few days. Let’s take a […]
Who’s leading the Ennies 2013 pack?
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 […]
