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Daily TTRPG Blog Posts – Wednesday, 1 May 2024

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Unboxing – Slay the Dragon!

The Alexandrian – Wed, 01 May, 04:24 AM

Slay the Dragon! is a Polish RPG which is now being translated into English by Hexy Studios. They wanted to give me a sneak peek at what the game offers, and when I saw the treasure trove they’d sent, I knew I wanted to open that treasure trove with you! Join the Kickstarter Subscribe Now! ... read more.

Retrospective: The Book of Wondrous Inventions

GROGNARDIA – Wed, 01 May, 04:00 AM

I have a complicated relationship with humor in roleplaying games. I unreservedly celebrate games like Paranoia and Toon that are explicitly humorous in tone and content, having had a lot of fun with them in the past. Likewise, I know very well that even the most "serious" RPG campaigns are likely t... read more.

Minis I Don't Need But Want - Evil Geniuses

Dungeon Fantastic – Wed, 01 May, 01:52 AM

I stumbled on these on Mark Copplestone's webpage. I have no need for these guys, but I want to play a game where I need them. That guy on the left looks like a non-green Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz or a Sontaran's skinny cousin. I can't place him, except as a vaguely Kruschevian type. Then we have ... read more.

D&D Beyond Marketplace Redesign: See What’s New Here!

D&D Beyond – Wed, 01 May, 12:17 AM

On April 30, we released a new version of the D&D Beyond marketplace. Here's what you'll find has changed.... read more.

Spy and Gossip to Catch a Killer in Solo RPG No-Tell Motel

Rascal News – Tue, 30 April, 10:00 PM

This is a community submitted press release. Last night, one guest of the Stellar Motel killed another. No one knows who did it, and no one seems much interested in finding out.No one except you.In No-Tell Motel, the new solo TTRPG from the designer of the ENNIE Award-winning VOID 1680 AM, you take ... read more.

Gunsmith to the Gangsters

Pelgrane Press Ltd – Tue, 30 April, 09:16 PM

by Travis Johnson When you’re heading down into the ghoul tunnels or about to mount that final, fateful raid on the vampire lord’s lair, you’re going to want a little more bang for your buck than you can find at your local sporting goods store. Sure, the judicious use of Preparedness and Network can... read more.

Fuck immersion: Stop trying to make me smell my game

Rascal News – Tue, 30 April, 08:45 PM

Immersion has always been a big part of tabletop gaming, for better or for worse. For a long time it was used to defend some exceptionally bigoted views, and simply having women in positions of strength and power would often be enough to break the immersion for weak-hearted men. While some arguments... read more.

Adventures in the Frontier Lands: Old School Adventure Needs Some Original Art

Rascal News – Tue, 30 April, 08:00 PM

This is a community submitted press release.Created for the Fill the Hex Jam on itch.io, The Adventures in the Frontier Lands is a setting and series of adventures for Basic Fantasy 4e. The goal of this Art funding campaign is to be able to hire an artist to make a cover piece and some interior piec... read more.

Get an Online Library for Your TTRPG

Rascal News – Tue, 30 April, 06:00 PM

This is a community submitted press release.Does your tabletop role-playing game have an active third-party community creating loads of content?Have you recently run a game jam for your game that produced a ton of new modules?Do you want to make it easy for your game masters to find new content for ... read more.

Glim is live!

Keith Baker’s Blog – Tue, 30 April, 04:25 PM

GLIM is live!  What, you may ask, is Glim? It’s the latest game designed by Keith Baker and Jennifer Ellis—a dice game that draws you into the intrigues of a fantasy world. In 2023 we made a strange discovery at … Continue reading →... read more.

Polyhedron: Issue #24

GROGNARDIA – Tue, 30 April, 04:10 PM

Issue #24 of Polyhedron (July 1985), with its cover illustration by Roger Raupp, is another one I remember very clearly from my youth – and the cover is a big part of the reason why. When I first saw this odd collection of characters, I honestly had no idea what I was looking at. Were they supposed ... read more.

Descend into PSYCHODUNGEON, on Kickstarter May 21st

Rascal News – Tue, 30 April, 04:00 PM

This is a community submitted press release.PSYCHODUNGEON, a fantasy workplace action drama, played with no dice and no masters, from the creator of Terminal and Transgender Deathmatch Legend launches on Kickstarter May 21st.Glyndain is a city in a world of mobile phones and magic spells, mass trans... read more.

d100 What are those wild people up to now?

Elfmaids & Octopi – Tue, 30 April, 03:44 PM

Chagrinspire pdf on Patreon nowHad my birthday and an interview to be on a live stream twitch gameWhen you live close to the frontier the neighbors can be a little wild and rambunctious. This could be applied to barbarians, humanoids and beast folk tribes also. It is also handy for frontier gossip a... read more.

Crafting Barbed Wire for Army Men and Wargaming

Azukail Games – Tue, 30 April, 03:06 PM

This video looks at how to make some barbed wire to use as terrain for Neal Litherland’s Army Men, using cardboard, cocktail sticks, paint and wire. The post Crafting Barbed Wire for Army Men and Wargaming first appeared on Azukail Games.... read more.

ToV Tuesday! Monk excerpt from the Tales of the Valiant Player’s Guide

Kobold Press – Tue, 30 April, 02:43 PM

Books are at the printer. We’re here at the Warrens putting together the rest of the first act after the Tales of the Valiant Player’s Guide and Monster Vault. Over on the Kobold Press Discord server, the fans have spoken! They want to see what we did with the monk class! The two pages here give ... read more.

RPG Flags: Wants vs. Warnings

The Alexandrian – Tue, 30 April, 02:32 PM

There are plenty of RPG tips that look great on paper, but not at all when you bring them to the table. The really tricky ones, though, will work just fine… and then suddenly explode in a fiery ball of chaos and destruction. The problem, of course, is that players, groups, and games are all unique.... read more.

Severed Toys unveils new action figures from award-winning RPG MÖRK BORG

Rascal News – Tue, 30 April, 02:00 PM

This is a community submitted press release.Severed Toys and Stockholm Kartell are teaming up to bring their multi-award winning Mörk Borg roleplaying game to life with four brand new, seven-inch, fully articulated action figures. In 2020, Mörk Borg swept Gen Con’s Ennie Awards, picking up the top g... read more.

Graxworm – Map 5 – The Council Chambers

Dyson's Dodecahedron – Tue, 30 April, 01:03 PM

The Graxworm is a massive dead dragon of mythic scale, fully miles long and large enough to contain a town in the mouth. Creatures have set up here to “mine” the massive corpse for its valuable materials – leather, scales, ichor, tendons, and more. Practically every bit has some value to someone, an... read more.

RPG Print News – Free League, Ghostfire Games, Legendary Games, and More

EN World: Tabletop RPG News & Reviews – Tue, 30 April, 12:30 PM

Ruins of Symbaroum, D&D5E, Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG Dying Earth, Fallout, Star Trek Adventures, and G.I. JOE all have print products out this week.... read more.

DELVE is live on KICKSTARTER!

Eventyr Games – Tue, 30 April, 12:22 PM

No adventure is complete without a DELVE into a dungeon filled with devious traps, monstrous challenges, and sweet, sweet loot!DELVE is a complete guide to building and surviving deadly dungeons with 200+ pages of dungeon-building tools and plug-and-play dungeons – and more monsters, treasure... read more.

Eye of the Serpent: An Expert Adventure for Weird Wizard

Schwalb Entertainment – Tue, 30 April, 11:25 AM

Eye of the SerpentA Shadow of the Weird Wizard Adventure for Expert Characters Unmask the secrets of a sinister cult and thwart their plot In Eyes of the Serpent, the Followers of the Silver Road, a seemingly harmless cult, has been corrupted by disguised naga shapeshifters. This cult has become ... read more.

Wednesday Comics: DC, July 1983 (week 4)

From the Sorcerer's Skull – Tue, 30 April, 11:00 AM

I'm reading DC Comics' output from January 1980 (cover date) to Crisis! This week, I look at the comics hitting the newsstand on April 28, 1983.Arion Lord of Atlantis #9: Nice cover by Duursema. The conflict Moench foreshadowed last issue comes to pass as General Balar returns to Atlantis with an ar... read more.

Vecna: Eve of Ruin Player Advice from WotC's Amanda Hamon

EN World: Tabletop RPG News & Reviews – Tue, 30 April, 09:08 AM

Senior designer Amanda Hamon offers advice for players playing through the upcoming Vecna: Eve of Ruin.... read more.

Beyond Hirelings, Sub-questors for Pyramid Questing

Seed of Worlds – Tue, 30 April, 07:24 AM

My Ducal House table had an idea that, since the number of things on the parties to-do list had grown so collossal they would never get to them, they would parcel off some quests as things that could be run at my Friday open table games. Become quest-givers, in otherwords. On the face of it I love ... read more.

From Parchment to Potions: d12 DIY Prop Ideas

Roleplaying Tips – Tue, 30 April, 03:50 AM

Physical, tangible, visceral props surprise and delight our players, and never fail to engage them. Here’s a fantastic example from Wizard of Adventure Carol: One of the coolest props ever was in a game my daughter is running. She gave my wizard a spell book that was locked with a code. Then she gav... read more.

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