The official name for the next book is currently Dungeons & Dragons March Release Book (Title announced January 9th), and that’s what has appeared in Amazon’s catalogue.
Archives for January 2020
Casting the Runes uses GUMSHOE for M.R. James ghost stories
The Design Mechanism is now working with the designer and author Paul StJohn Mackintosh as well as art director Sophia Conner to bring Casting the Runes to live via the supernatural power of a Kickstarter.
Genre Police: Out of the Box Thinking
There’s a whole host of ideas buried in the structure of various games that can be adapted.
Random potion generator for D&D and other TTRPGs
Generate a colourfully named random potion with positive and tempory cosmetic side effects with a click of a button.
Chaosium use the RuneQuest Glorantha Bestiary to support Australian fire-fighting
Chaosium asks that if you take advantage of the new price rules for RuneQuest Glorantha Bestiary that you make a donation to fire-fighting and recovery instead.
A d20 forged from 14k gold
Gamers chipped in to say they would gladly pay $500 for it.
Destiny Aurora will get it’s own Starfinder powered RPG
The novel has a series of misfits hunting an assassin which seems like a perfect set up for an RPG.
One book contains 33 half-races for Dungeons & Dragons
The download costs less than $4, was uploaded just at the start of the year and contains nearly 30 pages. In it, you’ll find 33 races (and that’s not counting the subraces mentioned).
The cycle of life: Mad Max meets Tom & Jerry – A review of Solo
So, yeah, although every single reviewer is going to do it – I’m going to use the phrase “Tom & Jerry meets Mad Max” to summarise Solo!
Audio EXP: #25 – The most successful RPGs of the decade
RPG news from Geek Native’s highlights show. We kick off 2020 by discussing the sales data behind the most successful RPGs of the decade and then go on to talk RPG advice and the many freebies that came out this week.
