This week’s TTRPG news summary covers Diamond’s shocking seizure of games, the 2025 ENnie nominees, Gary Con badge sales, and “new” DC roleplaying games.
The top selling products on DriveThruRPG published in 2024
This time, the top-selling products of the year are restricted to titles published this year.
RPG Publisher Spotlight: Schwalb Entertainment
Geek Native’s patrons voted Schwalb Entertainment into the spotlight for August, and we’ve been lucky enough to have time with Rob himself for an email Q&A.
Shadow of the Weird Wizard: The most anticipated TTRPG for 2024 is out and reviewing well
Drawing inspiration from the acclaimed Shadow of the Demon Lord system, Shadow of the Weird Wizard promises a gritty fantasy experience filled with challenging choices and thrilling exploration.
Demons are for adults, Wizards are for everyone: Shadow of the Weird Wizard x10s its Kickstarter goal
The core rules have about 325 pages, tips for running The Shadow of the Weird Wizard, traps, hazards, guidelines for making your own quests, a gazetteer, a bestiary and more than a dozen ancestries.
Shadows of the Demon Lord bundles for the Weird Wizard
Purchases of either bundle support the charity Robert J. Schwalb selected, the Wildlife Conservation Society.
Two times the grim RPG: Shadow of the Demon Lord deals
In the game, you’ll have to be quick, or you’re dead and clever, or you’re dead and lucky too. It’s grim heroism against cosmic horror, evil cults and oblivion.
When the Wolf Comes RPG: Viking doom never looked so Ragnarokking good
It is harsh across the Empire, whoredom rife —a gene age, a machine age —mankind is riven— a restless age, a deathless age— before the Nine Worlds go headlong. No longer is there mercy among what once were men.
When the Wolf Comes will use the Shadow of the Demon Lord to power Ian Sharpe’s Vikingverse
The 250-page When the Wolf Comes of the Norse End of Days will be a complete RPG, no third-party books needed, with GM tools, monsters and history on the Niu Heimar.
Routinely Itemised: RPGs #144
RPG news is routinely itemised in this weekly bullet point collection, complete with illustrations, graphs and a hidden adventure game.
