Will next week see a convergence of powers? Update: Called it! D&D has big discounts, sometimes more than 50%, this Prime Day. July 16th and 17th is Prime Day. This year, we’re getting new editions of D&D with D&D 2024, which means the old Dungeons & Dragons 5e books become much less attractive. Could this […]
Helluva Town – A Cuphead-esq cartoon gangster RPG
Acheron International asked for €10K to fund Helluva Town, and with a week on the clock, they have more than €100K in pledges. On offer is a wacky and rules-light that gives me Cuphead-vibes. You can see progress on this Italian and English project on Kickstarter. [Back this Campaign] The promise is that you can […]
Interview with Vortex Verlag: Serenissima Obscura, Shanarel and life after The Straight Way Lost
Vortex Verlag sent 5e characters to Hell and from a fantasy version of Renaissance Italy.
Where do you go from there?
SAKE (Sorcerers, Adventures, Kings, and Economics) blends RPG with strategy game
SAKE is just about how brave you are in raiding dungeons but also how smart you are with that loot. Can you save up for a mercenary company of your own, an army? Can you balance the books?
Peckers: Scottish school class trying to crowdfund this creepy-cute RPG
The gameplay has one person, the Pecker, who is trying to catch and scratch the other players. These players, known as Survivors, have to stay in the game until the timer runs out to win.
Routinely Itemised: RPGs #264
Here’s the TTRPG summary of summaries with new releases, interviews and reviews.
Superhero Week: The core rules for Transdimensional Adventures are free to download
The original rules came out in 2021 and have been revised since then and cover dimensional travel across worlds.
You have to be quick to catch a Cocaine Owlbear: An interview with Mike Lafferty
Until someone approaches us for a video game version, this is the last roar of the Cocaine Owlbear. Fainting Goat will continue to focus on indie and Savage Worlds games supplements.
Strangelight Workshop TTRPG: Steamforged move swiftly with Iron Kingdoms
Set in the Iron Kingdoms, supported by Privateer Press and with the original lead designer Matt Goetz will attached, Strangelight Workshop is a standalone game of otherworld and occult investigation.
Dark Age of Theer: Todd Stashwick and David Nett Progcore aims to hack your RPG style
Todd Stashwick and David Nett are actors and writers with a combined 85 years of tabletop RPG experience. They founded ProgCore Fantasy LLC to focus on progressive, collaborative creative endeavours in RPGs and other media.