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RPG Crowdfunding News 062 (5E Special Part 2): Mini-Dungeon Tome, World of Myrr, Aquilae: Bestiary o

Welcome back to our 5E Kickstarter 2-parter Special! Yesterday we looked at six campaigns looking to part you from your cash to help them come to life and today we look at another six! Yep, that’s a dozen 5th Edition campaigns currently running on Kickstarter that we’ve covered in two days! Todays selection includes a number of adventures – both multi-session and one-night affairs, an ambitious three volume bestiary and more…

News Digest: L5R Open Beta, Xanathar's Guide Teases, Voice Actor-Video Game Strike Ends, and more!

Hello everyone, Darryl here with a heaping help of gaming news! Legend of the Five Rings has an open beta next week, Star Wars: Legion more diverse than it first appears, voice actor video game strike ends, and more!

How Many Hacks Of The Black Hack Can Be Hacked? Looking At The Indie Hack

In the last four years, I've noticed an increased frequency in regards to Storyteller and narrative type games. It might be resurgence, or my imagination… But, what I've been excited about is the sheer variety of these games; specifically, the ways in which the fundamental idea of creating story, is still being reimagined for the purpose of a role playing game.
Crawford: Bard's College of Glamour is a Fabulous Pop Star!
WotC's Jeremy Crawford continues his series of videos for D&D Beyond. "So the College of Glamour was a subclass that in our brainstorming came up partly inspired by a bard that was in my previous D&D campaign. Michelle Carter, one of our editors, played a bard in my campaign whose father had been whisked away to the Feywild and was raised there and throughout the entire campaign we described her bard's magic as being suffused with the power of the fey. And so I thought what if we made a whole College about this, a College of of bardic magic that would not only be used by people in the mortal world but would also basically be the college that would be engaged in by bards in the Feywild and so thus the the College of Glamour was born."

Sean's Picks of the Week (0925-0929) - Satyros Phil Brucato Week!

The release of the long-awaited Powerchords inspired me to put the spotlight on my dear friend and valued colleague, Satyros AKA Phil Brucato. Most well-known for his craftsmanship on Storyteller-driven games, you can find his urban fantasy sensibilities flowing magically out into other spaces as well. I am greatly looking forward to what he does next...

RPG Crowdfunding News 061 (5E Special Part 1): Storyteller’s Arcana, Artifices of Quartztoil Tower,

Welcome back to our weekly look at tabletop roleplaying game, and accessories, crowdfunding roundup! There are a lot of campaigns running at present, and many of those are for 5E supplements and adventures. So many in fact that this week I’m doing a double column – the first of which is below – that’s looking at the 5E offerings currently on Kickstarter. So whether you like the old classic ‘orange hardbacks’, classic dungeon adventuring action, or handy reference cards, we hope you’ll find something of interest in the below campaigns…
Next Up: The Fey-Themed Circle of Dreams Druid from Xanathar's Guide
"We brainstormed all sorts of things and any time we brainstorm, it's funny, either class options or monsters, I will always look for an opportunity to insert something that has to do with the Feywild because in my home campaign I always have things from the Feywild or otherwise known as fairy, whether it's hags or beautiful fey creatures who will help you, or perilous beautiful ones who harm you. I love this kind of fey connection." said Crawford to D&D Beyond.

Free 160 page Esper Genesis Basic Rules + New Preview Art

Before Gen Con we had a preview on the forthcoming 5E powered Esper Genesis heroic sci-fi RPG from Alligator Alley Entertainment, you can read that article here. Alligator Alley recently released a free 160 page Esper Genesis Basic Rules which you can download from DriveThruRPG. These rules provide everything you need to begin an Esper Genesis campaign for characters levels 1 to 10, until the official release of the Esper Genesis Core Manual. In addition to news of the free Basic Rules, the Alligator crew have also supplied us some more preview artwork.
Jeremy Crawford Reveals All About The Cavalier From Xanathar's Guide
So the Cavalier appears in Xanathar's guide and it is a subclass inspired by a character class that goes all the way back to first edition D&D. The Cavalier in first edition D&D; appeared in the original book "Unearthed Arcana." So, in a way, when we were doing our "Unearthed Arcana" series of subclasses we thought "Well, of course, in a series named after the book, 'Unearthed Arcana' we should have the Cavalier in it." Although, we didn't end up including the acrobat which was another option in that book." says Crawford to D&D Beyond.
Jeremy Crawford Talks Xanathar's Horizon Walker
In this video for D&D Beyond, Crawford said "So the Horizon Walker is a ranger subclass that is all about drawing on the magic of the multiverse. So many other rangers are very much tied to beasts or hunting particular prey in the natural environment. The Horizon Walker in a way, the camera pans back and it's about the whole multiverse. This is a ranger whose natural environment is the whole cosmos, and they're drawing on its magic and in the process, they're able to teleport around, they're able to draw on that planar magic to deal more damage with their attacks."
Jeremy Crawford on Xanathar's Rogue Inquisitive Subclass
"The Inquisitive subclass in Xanathar's guide is in many ways all about playing essentially Sherlock Holmes, this character who is fantastic at finding clues, discerning when other people are being deceitful, and then using that fact against them because the Inquisitive's abilities having to do with sneak attack are much more psychological than our other rogue types", says Crawford in a video for D&D Beyond.

The PAIZO NEWS ROUNDUP For 9-27-2017

It’s a time on earth with exciting news about your favorite role-playing games, which means you lucky dogs are in the middle of another PAIZO NEWS ROUNDUP! Here’s a surprise for you: now that Starfinder is out and in the wild, we’ve managed to find some love for Pathfinder! Hold on to your hats, this one is going to be jam-packed.
Dungeons & Dragons  OSR  Pathfinder  Savage Worlds 
Frank Mentzer reveals more details on Worlds of Empyrea
Frank Mentzer, in a video interview about his years in game design and upcoming Kickstarter, notes that Worlds of Empyrea will not just include multi-system support, but that each game system will have an Empyrea boxed set tailor made to fit the play style for that particular game system, which he hopes to release for Gen Con 2018 following the upcoming Kickstarter next month.

(KS) Monster Dice: The Exquisite Collection Metal Crafts

There have been some great looking dice designs on Kickstarter over the years and The Jacks have joined the fray with their very cool looking Monster Dice sets. The dice are elaborately crafted metal dice and are available in a full polyhedral series from d4 to d20. Check out the designs below…
EN Publishing: EN5ider, TRAILseeker, & WOIN Updates!
These week from the global publishing offices of EN Publishing (hey, technically, that's true) come a remote mountainside monastery for your 5th Edition game, an unrepentantly deadly survival-horror 17-page adventure for Pathfinder players, guidelines on runnings chase scenes in WOIN, and the latest episodes of Turn Order: Warped!

(KS) OSR Gets Apocalyptic in Gamma Turquoise: Santa Fe Starport

For his thirteenth Kickstarter campaign Venger Satanis takes his first trip into the post-apocalyptic wastelands of our future in Gamma Turquoise: Santa Fe Starport. This 12-14 page setting and scenario is compatible with traditional d20 OSR systems as well as his own d6 dice pool system.

This Week in TTRPG

Reviews

Other Games  Reviews 
Parsley Turns Classic Adventure Games Into Fun For Everyone
A new spin on a retro form of text adventure games.
Cypher System  Reviews 
Use This Ghost To Show Off The World Of Old Gods
A one-shot adventure which evokes the generational horror of Stephen King.
Other Games  Reviews 
Welcome…To Jurassic Murderworld
A beginner adventure written by comics writer Jim Zub.
Reviews  Warhammer 
The Wrath And Glory Starter Set Lets You Purge A Little Heresy, As A Treat
An excellent introduction to the 40K universe.

Dungeons & Dragons

Critical Role  Dungeons & Dragons  Miniatures 
WizKids Announced Unpainted Minis for D&D, Critical Role
New individual-packed unpainted minis available for pre-order
Dungeons & Dragons 
Vecna: Eve of Ruin's Table of Contents Leaked (Spoilers!)
The full table of contents leaked by YouTuber 'Gamemasters'.
Dungeons & Dragons 
Field Guide to Floral Dragons Joins Million Dollar Kickstarter Club
One of only two TTRPG creators with four separate million dollar Kickstarters!
Dungeons & Dragons 
D&D Beyond: No More À La Carte Purchases But US Customers Can Buy Physical Books
Plus UI changes and more product information in listings.
Dungeons & Dragons  Video Games 
Hasbro Has Invested $1B In Video Games, Including A New D&D Game
There's "something like" Baldur's Gate 3 coming.
Dungeons & Dragons 
Vecna: Eve of Ruin Player Advice from WotC's Amanda Hamon
Senior designer Amanda Hamon offers advice for players playing through the upcoming Vecna: Eve of Ruin.

Industry News

Dungeons & Dragons  Industry 
The Dungeon Dudes Notch Up Another Million Dollar Kickstarter
Passes the million dollar mark with just a day to go.
Industry 
Hasbro's Tabletop Is On The Up Again
After a disappointing 2023, latest earnings call from Hasbro shows tabletop games starting to recover.
Industry 
Asmodee Owner To Split Into 3 Companies
Publisher of video games, Star Wars TTRPG, and owner of Middle Earth Enterprises restructures after turbulent year.
Industry 
D&D AI Fail
Twitter thinks there's a new WotC president who will give you a baby dragon.
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