A busy week of RPG news summarised and segmented into bullet-point lists. TSR Games have TSR Games over a barrel.
World’s oldest tabletop RPG company, Flying Buffalo, to be sold
Flying Buffalo is being sold to an undisclosed backer. The news was revealed in a post on Trollbridge by current owner Steve Crompton.
Add the world’s second-oldest RPG to your collection on the cheap via the Bundle of Holding
Created by Ken St Andre, Tunnels & Trolls was inspired by D&D and came out shortly afterwards. It’s still going, and Ken is still active.
Trollish Delver cuts ties with Tunnels & Trolls in Ken St Andre protest
We must all stand against racism in all its forms and that involves being hostile to racists.
Routinely Itemised: RPGs #98
Dicey Kickstarter surges past $1m in funds, Doctor Who RPG renewed, and Jasper’s Game Day kicks off with a huge charity bundle. It’s this week’s RPG news!
The Trollgod Father: An interview with Ken St Andre
An interview with Ken St Andre, designer of the world’ second oldest RPG, founder of Trollhalla and a very busy man.
RPG Publisher Spotlight: Trollhalla Press
Trollhalla Press’ founder, Ken St Andre, wrote the second traditional tabletop RPG. Tunnels & Trolls came out a year after D&D.
Routinely Itemised: RPGs #54
RPG news summary featuring Wizards of the Coast news about D&D, Paizo on Pathfinder and Starfinder, R. Talsorian Games on Cyberpunk Red and The Witcher, with lots more.
Tunnels & Trolls in the Bundle of Holding
Do you have any copies of the world’s second-oldest RPG? Tunnels & Trolls, published in 1975, just after D&D, has a healthy Bundle of Holding deal.
The Toughest Dungeon in the World
The original Toughest Dungeon was published back in 1980, not by Flying Buffalo, but by the (original) Judges Guild. The new version has been released by Trollhalla Press and is 48 pages long.
