Basic World Building uses the tools from 1981’s Basic Dungeons & Dragons and Expert D&D and reimagined in Old School Essentials to build a starting campaign setting. Even though it is based on Basic D&D, it could be used with other D&D rules or fantasy RPGs.
Free to Download: The Dark Eye RPG
In response to the Covid-19 crisis, Ulisses Spiele has made that English language version of The Dark Eye a Pay What You Want game at DriveThruRPG.
Unearthed Arcana brings magic tattoos to life for D&D
The latest round of Dungeons & Dragons playtesting from Wizards of the Coast is out. Unearthed Arcana dabbles in tattoos.
Routinely Itemised: RPGs #41
A week worth of RPG news bundled into a series of handy bullet-point lists.
Fading Suns returns with a Kickstarter for Pax Alexius
Fading Suns is a respected sci-fi space opera. Ancient jumpgates connect a medieval-style empire together, noble houses, guilds and religious sects.
BRP OGL: Call of Cthulhu can now power your RPG
Chaosium has released a systems reference document which sets out those rules you can include in your own game.
Free to Download: XenoShyft board game from CMON
XenoShyft has an aliens feel to it. It’s a deck-building game and a resource management game at the same time, and the challenge is to get the balance right so you can withstand nine waves of, increasingly challenging, alien assault.
Free to Download: Apocalypse Prevention, Inc (2e)
Characters in the game aren’t just humans trying to save the planet but monsters and demons too. After all, says the game, these creatures call Earth home as well.
Free to Download: Nine Worlds from Scythe designer Jamey Stegmaier
Rather nicely, this is a game you could play remotely with friends over Houseparty, Skype, Discord video, Google Hangouts, etc.
Tabletop Scotland reschedules to avoid Covid-19/UK Gaming Expo clash
Tabletop Scotland has revealed that their new dates will be 10th and 11th October 2020, at the Dewars Centre in Perth.
