Routinely Itemised: RPGs #207

This is weird. It’s UK Games Expo, and your editor is there, not writing this post.

This week’s Routinely Itemised was penned on Wednesday night. Therefore, this is the same Routinely Itemised RPG news summary but truncated. It may get updates during the event.

It’s the news so far, and let’s see those summaries;

• Drow has (must be) dropped by Paizo for Pathfinder Remastered.
• The new Roll20 is out.
• The official Lara Croft Tomb Raider TTRPG is free.
• Jonathan Hicks announced A Dark Star to Sail By.

The Spotlight winner for this month is Lone Colossus Games.

Before rushing off to UKGE, there was just about time to tally the Patron votes for the July shortlist. Candidates are;

• Lost Spheres Publishing
• RPGGamer
• Starry Knight Press
• Grey Desert Studio
• The Grinning Frog

Patrons can vote at a private poll.

This year we’ve also shone the light of publicity on;

• High Level Games
• Of Gods and Gamemasters
• Random Rambling Press
• Catilus

Right, let’s see what the news looks like right now.

Support: Patron.

RPG news from Geek Native

• It’s free, official, but not canon, and it’s Lara Croft’s Tomb Raiders RPG.
• One Million Words and David Michael Williams permitted Geek Native to preview some magic from The Curse of Er’Mah’Gerd .
• Geek Native had an UK Games Expo preview of SBG Edition’s Cursed Empire 3e.
• We also had early UKGE news from Parable Games about their forthcoming Don’t Play This Game.
• We don’t normally put Kickstarters in here, but it’s not common for an author who had a fight with the religious Brigham Young University to be signed up for a Mork Borg-powered setting.
• In the Bundle of Holding, there are two, one old and one new, offers for DCC Lankhmar.

Spotlight: Lone Colossus Games

RPG news from around the web

• Dve at GameTalkNetwork got to the point with Pathfinder Remastered will drop Drow.
• Roll20 launched its redesigned virtual tabletop.
• Roleplayers Chronicle writes up that Open Beta Now LIVE for Demiplane’s Pathfinder NEXUS.
• Helpfully, Dawn Dalton compiled a thorough Paizo News: PaizoCon Online Wrap Up
• Writer Jonathan Hicks previewed the new A DARK STAR TO SAIL BY – A Roleplaying Game of Horrific Encounters in the Age of Sail.

RPG reviews and interviews from around the web

• Reviews from R’lyeh reviews Nightfall’s Terminator RPG.
• Throat Punch Games pen a Ring Side Report on Starfinder Society Intro: Year of Fortune’s Fall.
• In a round-up post, The Other Side compiled a The Doctor Who Sourcebooks review.
• Site with the ads, Bell of Lost Souls, opined ‘Critical Role’s ‘Candela Obscura’ Might Not Be Forged In The Dark But It Sure Feels That Way.
• Charles Dunwoody talked to JM about the Elemental RPG and Its Continual Free Support.
• On Gnome Stew, Matthew J. Neagley interviewed the professional GM Thor Goodman.

RPG new releases

• OddFish Games released an RPG design technique using large cards – The Luminous Campaign Engine.
• Pay What You Want for Nightfall’s purchased, revamped and 2nd edition Corporation quickstart.
• Name Your Own Price for the quick and dirty QuAD RPG.
• It’s a best seller already; Shane Ivey and Arc Dream release Delta Green: Presence – APU8165.
• White Witch Games’ Savage Worlds dark fantasy is out with Vermilium.

RPG bundle deals

• Save $21.89% (69%) with Skirmisher Publishing’s Mythic North bundle.
• Save $18.87% (68%) with Skirmisher Publishing’s Asian & Pacific Islander Heritage bundle.
• Save $8.55 (46%) with Elven Tower’s One-Shot Archive.
• Save $5.60 (25%) with Agencia Especial’s True Investigators bundle.

RPG ideas, tips and discoveries

• Geek Native interviewed UK Games Expo magazine designer Akha Hulzebos.
• The Alexandrian pens a post on Pacing for the Beginning GM.
• On Bleeding Cool, Gavin Sheehan shared A Slightly Deeper Dive Into The Dungeons & Dragons 2024 Rules.
• On Fatherly, James Grebey talked about how My Dad and I Never Played Dungeons & Dragons — But Next Year It Will Be Easier For Families Everywhere.

RPG Crowdfunding

You can see those Kickstarters and other crowdfunding campaigns that caught Geek Native’s attention over at Kickstarter watch. Here are some industry projects worth a mention;

• SPACE ‘N’ MONSTERS: A Table Top RPG and Comic from Zam Sunshine kickstarts “A New Psychedelic TTRPG for Weirdos and Psychonauts!”
• Akeroth – TTRPG Campaign Setting & Worldbuilding Guide from Crossed Paths is working on “A comprehensive TTRPG guide to the mystical realms of Akeroth. 250+ Story Hooks, Over 100 Statblocks & Items and 100 new locations”
• Create AI Adventures in no time, click and be amazed! from Fredrik Rosado kickstarts “Create adventures, backstories, NPC’s, monsters, spells, and much more for +30 TTRPG Game rules in +20 languages.”
• Freshwater Foes: New Monsters for 5E from Ndeboy submits “A $2 micro-bestiary for a freshwater estuary.”
• Maximum Mayhem Dungeons #0: Village on the Borderlands from Mark Taormino kickstarts “A 64 page SOFTCOVER + PDF RPG Module for Levels 1-3 AD&D 1E / 5E, OSRIC or OSR role-playing games and it is READY TO PRINT & SHIP!”
• €1 One Shot: The Road Less Travelled from Ardann Creative raises funds for “A 5e Compatible Adventure”
• DIRECT Effect (Range & Direction) plus Called Shot from Tree Bee Games pitches “Enhance your 5E & RPG with DIRECTION options. Templates, Custom d10, Card Effects and NEW 2d6 Called Shot dice. I call head shot!”
• Broken Tales: Lost Stories from The World Anvil Publishing raises funds for “The dark TTRPG of upside-down fairytales returns, complete with a brand-new expansion, accessories, and the entire back catalog!”
• A night of sacrifice: One shot adventure (D&D 5e) from Maciontherrocks pitches “A investigation one shot adventure suitable for new and experienced players! based on D&D 5E .”
• Darragon Chronicles – Campaign Adventures for 5e DnD from Ready to Play suggests “A collection of six adventures in two adventure paths for the 5th edition of Dungeons & Dragons”
• Horrors of the Deep: The Campaign Setting for 5th Edition from Ert’s Treehouse proposes “A Dark Fantasy Campaign Setting themed all around Nautical Horror and Ocean Exploration for Tabletop Roleplaying.”
• Neo City – A Cyberpunk Location Guide for RPGs from The Grinning Frog submits “Complete with history, locations, organisations, NPCs, creatures, cyber threats and more! System-neutral.”
• Ancient Realms – Hollow Adventures from XploringMap pitches “A system-neutral supplement for any RPG. Hand-drawn B&W fantasy art and tabletop maps. Random adventure tables. Homebrew items. NPCs.”
• Unlimited Online Tabletop RPG from Damian D Willis introduces “Creating a dual experience tabletop game for a new generation.”
• Roll For Your Life from Dakota Sandoval crowdfunds “An illustrated activity book that helps you create heroes, monsters, worlds, and weapons with the roll of a die.”
• Cthulhu Parlour: Sounds of Madness Vol 6 & Hotel Lovecraft from Oliver McNeil proposes “OVER 8 HOURS of 20 New Lovecraft-inspired & horror soundscapes for roleplaying & board games. Plus, “Hotel Lovecraft” audio RPG PDF.”
• Errudia – New Pen and Paper Universe with RPG from HotSpot nominates “A new pen and paper universe consisting of a starter set, expansions, app, RPG”
• Tinker 5E class – 2€ from Nerdura Games suggests “Unleash the power of ingenuity in your campaigns!”
• UnderLand Part 1 for S&W DCC MCC D&D from Skeeter Green offers “A new series of ‘zines exploring setting-mashing. Each book expands on the idea!”
• Hell Train – A Weird Frontiers Adventure from John F. Watson raises funds for “A 1st-level DCC-compatible adventure for Weird Frontiers Roleplaying Game.”
• Explorer’s Guide to Poisons from Diego Pisa Artworks kickstarts “A natural fantasy foraging guide on poisons. For use with Fantasy RPGs such as DnD 5E, Pathfinder and OSR.”
• Quantum State: Light Edition from J.C. Kohl raises funds for “An immersive tabletop roleplaying experience in a technomagickal world inspired by Westerns, Cyberpunk, and Dark Fantasy.”
• SLAV BORG – A Post-Soviet Semi-Fantasy RPG from Slavdom Studio nominates “Rev the engines with your goblin crew, steal some sweet new orc wheels and put the brakes on the Eastern Bloc’s slimiest necromancer.”
• Book of Conflict: Brutal Races -Orcs & Goblinoids for D&D 5e from RPCraft Publishing crowdfunds “A sourcebook for orcs & goblinoids. 400+ pages of races, subraces, classes, subclasses, feats, monsters, magic items and lore! (DnD 5e)”
• Blueprint Studio from Tabletop Workshops is working on “Draw the blueprint for the ideal house in this Roll & write game. Fast and easy to print at home.”
• A Strange House: A Surreal and Whimsical Adventure for OSE from Crumbling Keep crowdfunds “An Old School Essentials adventure full of whimsey with art by Evlyn Moreau”
• THE ULTIMATE ACCESSORY Vol.II from Brain Conceptual Entertainment introduces “A UV-printed themed wooden Dice Box | Dice Tray along with metal unit coins, a personal tray and so many more in your pack!!”
• The Mystery of the Cursed Statuette (5e) from Midnight Tower kickstarts “A Detective Mystery Adventure Inspired by Sherlock Holmes for Fifth Edition (DnD/Fantasy RPG)”

Do you know of an RPG news source that we don’t? Let us know, or leave a comment below.