Fractured is a post-apocalyptic tabletop RPG without zombies, or mutants, or lasers and magic.
An expert touch: A review of The One Ring RPG 2nd edition
Bringing The One Ring to life and making it feel like adventures in Middle-earth also needs an expert touch. The Loremaster, the game’s version of GM, needs to be good.
Maps, Meteorology & Magic: Don’t begin your next quest without a weather check
When you sojourned through your last RPG session, did mountains help or hamper you? What about a freak snowstorm? Were a river’s rapids gentle and shallow or Class 5 widow-makers?
Planebreaker opens up D&D’s Planes to even low-level characters
Planebreaker is a way to get more out of D&D’s Planes earlier in your campaign. Even low-level heroes can get involved.
Collection catchup: 2 core rule books and 6 supplements for the Numenera RPG for less than a quid
Numenera from Monte Cook Games is an RPG set so far into the future it’s fantasy again. It’s the Ninth World and a multiple award-winning RPG.
GLOOM: The RPG played by burning candles
If you’re looking for a cost-effective storytelling game to download for Halloween, have the tea lights (with an hour burn time), the Tarot handy, and you and friends can adlib up a story, then I think GLOOM is an excellent idea.
Solo RPGing gets a boost with Traveler’s Ironsworn: Deluxe Edition
The Traveler’s Ironsworn: Deluxe Edition campaign enhances the PDF edition with a mobile version and produces physical colour-coded reference cards.
Soul Cages: Paizo drops religious “phylacteries” from Pathfinder
The use of the word “phylactery” as the item in which a lich stores their soul is both inaccurate and inappropriate given the evil nature of liches and the word’s connotation with real‑world religious practices.
Routinely Itemised: RPGs #124
RPG news from the week that’s just been! Wizards win at court, Discworld hits DriveThruRPG, and there’s a bunch of bundle deals.
Relic is a titan encountering RPG from the makers of Wicked Ones
Relic launched on Kickstarter this week, has met goals, and you can join in on the pitch page.
