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Perfectly balanced noir under the wing of the dragon emperor: A review of Shotguns and Sorcery RPG

September 2, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A dark pact was made to save a corner, a single city, from the apocalypse and in Shotguns and Sorcery, the PCs live in the literal shadow of it.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cypher system, Matt Forbeck, Outland Entertainment, reviews, Robert J. Schwalb, Shotguns & Sorcery

Sword Chronicle launches as the Game of Thrones RPG system evolves

August 18, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

You’re no adventurer. You may have shaken blood off your sword after plunging it into an unholy beast, but the real monsters stalk the world’s thrones. You may have studied the unspeakable secrets of magic, but affairs of state have secrets that are no less horrifying, for they can turn a nation into a million-limbed juggernaut of war.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: chronicle system, Green Ronin Publishing, Malcolm Sheppard, Robert J. Schwalb, Steve Kenson, sword chronicle

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #61

August 14, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

It has been another busy week of RPG news. Are you keeping up with the free to download material, new releases and headlines?

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Absolute Tabletop, Chaosium, chronicle system, cubicle 7, Cyberpunk, dead channel studios, exalted funeral, fandom tabletop, goodman games, Green Ronin Publishing, hellboy, itch.io, kobold press, Legendary Games, liminal, limitless adventures, loresmyth, mage hand press, mantic games, Modiphius Entertainment, Monte Cook Games, mork borg, old-school essentials, onyx path publishing, petersen games, Renegade Game Studios, Rivers of London, Robert J. Schwalb, routinely itemised, savage worlds, shadow of the weird wizard, Skirmisher Publishing, soulbound, studio agate, the after, the merciless merchants, the wildsea, They Came from Beneath the Sea!, those dark places, XII: Inner Demons

Shadow of the Weird Wizard introduced

August 13, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The world has fallen twice before, at least.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Robert J. Schwalb, Shadow of the Demon Lord, shadow of the weird wizard

The Game of Thrones RPG gets a blood relative and spiritual successor

June 18, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

The Chronicle System, used to power A Song of Ice and Fire by Green Ronin, has a new feudal fantasy RPG of its own.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: chronicle system, Green Ronin Publishing, Joseph Carriker, Malcolm Sheppard, Robert J. Schwalb, Steve Kenson, sword chronicle

The Book of Fiends includes CR 31 foes: Green Ronin turns to Game On Tabletop

May 19, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

D&D 5e design team member Robert J. Schwalb is responsible for the stats and rules in the book. He’s joined by industry vets like Aaron Loeb (Book of the Righteous), Erik Mona (Paizo Publishing), and Chris Pramas (AD&D Guide to Hell).

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Chris Pramas, Erik Mona, Game On Tabletop, Green Ronin Publishing, kickstarters, Robert J. Schwalb

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #38

March 6, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A round-up of the weekly RPG news with new games, starter sets, exclusive art reveals and Covid-19 wrecking some shows.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Autarch, ben milton, cubicle 7, dune, Dungeons & Dragons, fantasy age, Free League Publishing, free rpg day, Green Ronin Publishing, grim & perilous studios, Labyrinth, limitless adventures, Modiphius Entertainment, mythic odysseys of theros, Necromancer Games, Paizo Publishing, pathfinder, Punkapocalyptic, R. Talsorian Games, Renegade Game Studios, river horse, Robert J. Schwalb, routinely itemised, soulbound, starfinder, stargate, tales from the loop, the witcher, wizards of the coast, wizkids

D&D designer Robert J. Schwalb’s PunkApocalyptic: The RPG hits the shelves

March 6, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

In the RPG, you create mercenary PCs and sometimes fight for people who need your help and other times for scum with money to pay for your skills.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Punkapocalyptic, Robert J. Schwalb

Free to Download: Elder Evils for D&D 5e

January 12, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Elder Evils is an official D&D 3.5 supplement from Robert J. Schwalb.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, free to download, Robert J. Schwalb

RPG Rules that affect the use of fictional violence

December 4, 2019 by Charles Dunwoody Leave a Comment

A variety of RPGs provide mechanical effects that affect the use of violence in a game.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Arc Dream Publishing, Delta Green, Dungeons & Dragons, fantasy flight games, forbidden lands, Free League Publishing, Robert J. Schwalb, rpg ideas, Shadow of the Demon Lord, star wars

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