Spencer Campbell is known for adapting ideas and vibes from computer games to tabletop RPGs. It’s been a rocky road at times, but Gila RPG now has a proven track record and many fans.
Threadcutters: A TTRPG of Occult Assassins locked in a conspiracy
Chris Longhurst of Pigsmoke is back on Kickstarter with a tabletop RPG based around tarot cards and the Lumen system.
A look at QuickQuest – Solo Roleplaying Made Easy (PWYW)
QuickQuest is system agnostic and begins by saying why you should check it out.
Grenade stuff: A review of Nova RPG
The fast-paced action of first-person shooters like the computer game Destiny is precisely what Nova (and LUMEN) try to recreate. They succeed.
Roar to Heaven: An actual play of the LUMEN RPG Blazing Hymn you can learn from
Imagine a cast of forever GMs getting to play? And in an actual play! We could learn something.
Free to Download: The NOVA Creator Kit (ahead of the NOVA jam)
The Sparks are ridiculously powerful, and that is intentional. NOVA’s gameplay loop is about going out on missions, destroying the enemies in the Dusk that stand in your way, and looking badass while doing it.
Cyberrats: Become a genetically engineered rat in this Lumen-powered RPG
Alex Rinehart uses the fashionable indie Lumen to power a tabletop RPG in which characters are genetically engineered rats addicted to green gloop and trying to fight aliens.
Routinely Itemised: RPGs #108
A busy week of RPG news summarised and segmented into bullet-point lists. TSR Games are gone, conventions are here, but without masks.
NOVA looks great on Kickstarter; two fingers up to haters
Spencer Campbell is back on Kickstarter, with a success that not even misguided toxic energy from computer game fans can stop.
LUMEN gets an SRD and a RPG jam, returning after toxic fan backlash
LUMEN is a system reference document (SRD) based on the RPG Light from Gila RPGs.