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Shotguns & Sorcery brings the dragon emperor and fantasy noir to 5e

November 1, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Shotguns & Sorcery is a mix of high fantasy and hardboiled noir. It’s filled with wizards and freelancers who skulk through dungeons and creep through glowglobe-lit streets.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Atlas Games, Dungeons & Dragons, kickstarters, Matt Forbeck, Shotguns & Sorcery

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #124

October 29, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

RPG news from the week that’s just been! Wizards win at court, Discworld hits DriveThruRPG, and there’s a bunch of bundle deals.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: alan bahr, Arion Games, black monk, blade runner rpg, Call of Cthulhu, demiplane, Dune: Adventures in the Imperium, Dungeons & Dragons, Eclipse Phase, edge, fading embers, Fizban's Treasury of Dragons, Free League Publishing, game wizards, gila, Helmgast, horror, Legend of the Five Rings, Modiphius Entertainment, moonmares games, neverending, Nova, osprey games, Paizo Publishing, posthuman studios, R. Talsorian Games, relic, Renegade Game Studios, roll20, roll20con, routinely itemised, sandy pug games, Shotguns & Sorcery, spencer campbell, the troubleshooters, valiant fox gaming, Vampire: The Masquerade, wizards of the coast, zweihander

Grab the complete Shotguns and Sorcery for the Cypher System for $18

October 26, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Matt Forbeck and the Bundle of Holding launched a single-tier Shotguns and Sorcery offer.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundle of holding, bundles, cypher system, Matt Forbeck, Shotguns & Sorcery, zombies

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #120

October 1, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

We’re getting 50th-anniversary games, and that’s new paper to buy, but we’re not yet sure whether we will get more D&D 5.0, 5.5 or even 6.0.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Achtung! Cthulhu, Arcadia, blackbirds, bloat games, bounty hunter, cmon, cubicle 7, cyberpunk red, Diana Jones Award, everway, HARP, Into The Odd, Iron Crown Enterprises, iron kingdoms, jackals, Modiphius Entertainment, Mordenkainen Presents Monsters of the Multiverse, osprey games, Privateer Press, R. Talsorian Games, rackham vale, routinely itemised, rowan rook and decard, Shackleton Expanse Campaign Guide, Shotguns & Sorcery, Son of Oak Game Studio, Steve Jackson Games, the gaia complex, the oracle, The Wild Beyond the Witchlight: A Feywild Adventure, Tiamat, Torment: Tides of Numenera, two little mice, Victoriana, wizards of the coast

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #118

September 17, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A newly announced D&D event, new directors at GAMA, controversy and a whole tonne of new RPGs.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: a couple of drakes, animal adventures, apotheosis, brindlewood bay, Call of Cthulhu, Cepheus Deluxe, chamomile has adventures, cubicle 7, demiplane, Diana Jones Award, Dune: Adventures in the Imperium, Dwarven Forge, edge, fat dragon games, Freddie Taylor-Bell, gama, game wizards, gencon, goodman games, Gun Metal Games, heroic maps, iron kingdoms, James Maliszewski, Jon Peterson, limitless adventures, Matt Forbeck, Meguey Baker, Modiphius Entertainment, mork borg, Mutants & Masterminds, onyx path publishing, Paizo Publishing, pathfinder infinite, Privateer Press, Ravenloft, routinely itemised, Shackleton Expanse Campaign Guide, Shotguns & Sorcery, Skirmisher Publishing, SLA Industries, star trek adventures, starfinder infinite, talespire, tanya floaker, the dee sanction, The Wild Beyond the Witchlight: A Feywild Adventure, Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft, vincent baker, wizards of the coast

Marvel Multiverse RPG designer announces next RPG project

September 16, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Shotguns and Sorcery is heading to 5e, as Matt Forbeck brings the first wave of fulfilment to a close.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, Marvel Multiverse Tabletop Role-Playing Game, Matt Forbeck, Outland Entertainment, Robert J. Schwalb, Shotguns & Sorcery

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #64

September 4, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Yeet!

A glance at some noteworthy RPG releases this week along with yet another busy RPG news section. Kickstarter seems to get more alive with each passing day, recovering strongly from the lockdown slump.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Arion Games, astral tabletop, beam saber, Call of Cthulhu, cubicle 7, Darklight Interactive, diego pisa artworks, drivethrurpg, Dungeons & Dragons, Eloy Lasanta, en publishing, Explorer's Guide to Wildemount, Fighting Fantasy, forbidden lands, gallant knight games, lex arcana, Matt Forbeck, mythic odysseys of theros, Newt Newport, Paizo Publishing, pathfinder, Pelgrane Press, quality games, rime of the frostmaiden, Robert J. Schwalb, routinely itemised, savage worlds, savage worlds adventurer's guild, Shotguns & Sorcery, starfinder, tasha's cauldron of everything, the grinning frog, the wagadu chronicles, wizards of the coast, wrath & glory

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

Matt Forbeck and what’s next for Shotguns & Sorcery

December 2, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Shotguns & Sorcery is a book series from Matt Forbeck in which a fantasy noir campaign city is surrounded by legions of zombies. Outland Entertainment is running a Kickstarter to use the series as the basis for an RPG. Right now there’s already $30,000+ in the campaign fund, nearly 550 backers and still 30 days […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: fantasy, kickstarters, Matt Forbeck, Outland Entertainment, Shotguns & Sorcery, zombies

Forbeck’s Shotguns & Sorcery novels kickstarts

February 26, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Matt Forbeck is a well established RPG author. He co-founed Pinnacle Entertainment Group, worked for Human Head Studios and now successfully freelances full-time. Game and author credits include the designer on Brave New World: The Roleplaying Game, Designer on Marvel Heroes Battle Dice, Co-Designer on Genestealer and on Mutant Chronicles: Second Edition RPG and he’s […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: kickstarters, lord of the rings, Matt Forbeck, Pinnacle Entertainment, Shotguns & Sorcery

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