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Dungeons & Dragons  GURPS  Savage Worlds  Traveller 
RPG Crowdfunding News – Rewards & Rarities, Traveller, Reach of the Roach God, and more
This week I look at RPG and RPG-related crowdfunding projects that run from December 5th through the 13th. Many of these are quickstarters that run two weeks, so I’m looking at campaigns that are closer to their end date than I normally do. This is part of the holiday season as companies continue to run new campaigns, but tighten up the amount of time they’re up. As always, this is not an...
Dungeons & Dragons  Miniatures  Traveller 
RPG Print News – Kobold Press, EN Publishing, and More
Ptolus is back and it is still huge. Many more D&D products are also out for monsters, monster building advice, new spells, dragons, the world of Midgard, and conditions tracked by rings used with miniatures. Battlelords has new adventures and for fans of Star Trek, Boldly Go! offers a new RPG to allow exploring the galaxy. And a Traveller adventure is available again.
Call of Cthulhu  Dungeons & Dragons  OSR  Traveller 
RPG Print News – Chaosium, Cubicle 7, Necrotic Gnome and More
This week there is a new referee screen for Old-School Essentials and a horror module for Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG. Chaosium has a two book set of monsters and gods along with a deck of cards for the monsters. Launch into space with new material for Traveller and an adventure for Coriolis. Put up a screen for your Warhammer Soulbound game, explore ancient and magical Egypt, or roleplay as a...
Dungeons & Dragons  OSR  Traveller 
RPG Crowdfunding News – What Once Went Wrong, Crypt of the Devil Lich, and more
This week, I look at more RPG projects that end between March 5th and 25th. As Morrus shared last week, there are two million-dollar RPG Kickstarters running right now. In addition to that milestone, which is massive on its own, it’s worth noting that there are an additional seven RPG and RPG platform Kickstarters in the six figure club as well as another 3 to 5 that are likely to cross that...
Dungeons & Dragons  OSR  Traveller 
RPG Crowdfunding News – Twisted Taverns, Traveller, Everway, and more
This week, I review some of the RPG crowdfunding projects and quickstarters that end in February and March. As of this writing, I am tracking over 230 RPG crowdfunding projects, but space is limited so I can only cover a fraction of those. Here are a sampling of the ones that spoke to me.
Dungeons & Dragons  Traveller 
RPG Crowdfunding News – Tome of Mystical Tattoos, Monsters Are Our Heroes, Bespoken RPG, and more
With 2021 in place, let’s look at a number of RPG crowdfunding projects and quickstarters ending during the last half of January. This week’s article ranges from D&D content, as well as other RPG engines, to translations and campaigns to support brick and mortar gaming stores. Without further preamble, let’s look at some RPG Kickstarters.
Call of Cthulhu  Dungeons & Dragons  Traveller 
D30 Overland Travel Mishaps
Adventurers walking from one location to another with gear on their backs face several challenges. Whether backpacking in Traveller or Call of Cthulhu or journeying in Dungeons & Dragons or Ryuutama, here are d30 mishaps an explorer might encounter on the trail.
Film & TV  Traveller 
Was Firefly Inspired by a RPG?
Joss Whedon is an American producer, director, screenwriter, comic book writer, and composer. He's had a hand in bringing to life a wide variety of geek-friendly franchises, from Buffy the Vampire Slayer to Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., from Toy Story to the Avengers. But in gaming circles Whedon is known for one of his smaller television series, Firefly, because rumor has it he was influenced by a...
Reviews  Traveller 
Explore Far Distant Worlds in the Traveller Core Rulebook
A band of rugged spacefarers gather from far flung backgrounds, some with careers ending in retirement and others with a lifetime’s work ending in disaster. Together they explore unknown planets and brave the vacuum and mysteries of space traveling together into a new life of adventure in Traveller. Traveller has a decades long history as an RPG. This review covers just the Traveller Core...
Dungeons & Dragons  OSR  Pathfinder  Traveller 
Crowdfunding News – The Islands of Sina Una, TORG Cyberpapacy, and more
The 22 RPG crowdfunding projects covered in this article end between Black Friday and December 5th, 2019. This is a sizeable field (with the addition of an RPG quickstarter) end during some of the busiest shopping days in the US, and I’ll be interested to see if that event impacts their results.
Traveller 
Starter Traveller (Classic circa 1980's) is free at DTRPG
Classic "Starter Traveller" is currently free at DriveThruRPG. This is an introductory version of the original "die in chargen" Traveller. Tech is as noted "1970's" style -- creator Marc Miller mentioned in conversation that imagining future technology was one of the harder things to do. Traveller is fairly gritty sci-fi like from the movies Alien or Outland.

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The Monster Overhaul Is More Than A Mere Manual
A great monster book on its own but also useful as a supplemental guide to pre-existing fantasy worlds.
Other Games  Reviews 
Eat The Reich Is Here For A Bloody Good Time, Not For A Long Time
Play a vampire and kill nazis in WW2!
Other Games  Reviews 
Play To Lose Yourself In The Zone
You won't survive this tragedy of doomed heroes!
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Parsley Turns Classic Adventure Games Into Fun For Everyone
A new spin on a retro form of text adventure games.

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Dungeons & Dragons 
New D&D Edition's Player’s Handbook Alternate Art Cover Reveal
Alternate Player's Handbook cover art by Wylie Beckert.
Dungeons & Dragons 
Something Terrible Is Happening With Bags Of Cheese
Get in, nerds—we’re going to Curdello.
Dungeons & Dragons 
More D&D 2024 Tidbits: Aasimar, Goliaths, Town-Eating Gelatinous Cubes
Here are a few more tidbits from Game Informer's magazine coverage of the new edition's rulebooks.
Dungeons & Dragons 
The D&D Cartoon Heroes In The 2024 PHB
Art by Dmitry Burmak.
Dungeons & Dragons 
How Does Greyhawk Fit In To The New Edition?
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Dungeons & Dragons 
New D&D Edition's Player’s Handbook Cover Reveal
Game Informer has revealed the cover to the 2024 Player’s Handbook.

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Industry 
5E-Powered Adventure Time Joins Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarter Club
D&D-powered cartoon fun from Cryptozoic Entertainment.
Dungeons & Dragons  Industry 
Kobold Press' Black Flag System Reference Document Released
Developer tool released under Open RPG Creator (ORC) License.
Dungeons & Dragons  Industry 
2024 D&D Core Rules Will Be Added To SRD In 2025
SRD 5.2 will be released under Creative Commons next year.
Dungeons & Dragons  Industry 
Field Guide to Floral Dragons Joins Million Dollar Kickstarter Club
One of only two TTRPG creators with four separate million dollar Kickstarters!
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