RPG news is routinely itemised in this weekly bullet point collection, complete with illustrations, graphs and a hidden adventure game.
Biohazard Games: Blue Planet RPG returns in a bundle deal
This is hard sci-fi. The science of this tabletop game tries to be as real as possible. It’s also the first and second edition of a series that has a new generation on the way, following a successful Kickstarter last year.
Biohazard Games: Jeff Barber on using RPGs as a lens for modern concerns
Blue Planet was often criticized for having an environmental agenda, and though I always felt that was only one aspect of setting, we are certainly leaning into that intent now as the threats to the Earth’s ecology have become existential.
Routinely Itemised: RPGs #96
Wizards of the Coast are taking back control of D&D in some countries after settling a legal row. Luke Crane’s The Burning Wheel is Roll20’s quickest growing system, and the inhospitable setting round table is coming. It’s an RPG news summary from Geek Native.
Round Table discussion: RPGs with inhospitable settings
Have you thought about setting an RPG in an inhospitable such as a frozen world, dark planet or even in the ocean?
Blue Planet 3e is an RPG set in humanity’s precarious future
Biohazard Games with Gallant Knight have taken the third edition of the acclaimed hard science Blue Planet RPG to Kickstarter, where it is on track to fund in hours.