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Get Your Copy Of OLD For Just $10!
O.L.D., the fantasy heroic roleplaying game, was sent to Kickstarter backers over the weekend. Now that they have their copies (if you haven't yet, check your email!), the 350-page full-colour book is available in PDF for $10 (the same price as the fully-compatible N.E.W. science fiction game, already available). The hardcover version will be available soon, but not until the books have finished shipping to Kickstarter backers around the world.

Robin Laws' Tribal Approach With The Hillfolk RPG

Despite being a run-away Kickstarter success back in 2012 that was delivered in a timely fashion, Hillfolk is a game that has made less of a splash than it probably deserves. The product of RPG industry titan, Robin Laws, this is a game that straddles the story game/trad RPG divide more successfully than most of its company in that niche.
THE CROWN COMMANDS - Carefully Designed Battle Scenes For 13th Age
Iconic set-piece battles have always been a staple of fantasy roleplaying games. Tactically interesting foes in carefully selected environments can make for the most memorable encounters in a gamers roleplaying career. I dare say we all have that one awesome encounter we all remember - mine was inside a giant clock as the cogs individually rotated. For 13th Age, Pelgrane Press has produces a book containing 40 carefully crafted "battle scenes", including maps, news monsters, story ideas, traps terrain, and scaling options. They've kindly sent along a preview of The Crown Commands - The Lich's King's Spire. Check it out below, find the book here.

Sean's Picks of the Week (0403-0407) - SUPERS WEEK!

For the first time in a while, I dove into a week with a theme in mind. Welcome to the results of Supers Week from the Pick of the Day site - a collection of superhero gaming Picks across the spectrum. We've got some Champions, some Savage Worlds Supers, Mutants & Masterminds, and more! So make your choice - Capes! No Capes!
Joe Manganelio is Writing the D&D Movie? And Is it DRAGONLANCE?
Actor Joe Manganelio (from True Blood, Magic Mike, and more) appeared on the Happy Sad Confused podcast this week, and reported that he is co-writing a movie script. While he doesn't namecheck D&D, his description sounds a lot like it, and he did recently meet up with WotC. "Last year with a playwright I went to Carnegie Mellon with, I actually made a draft of a film, and now we're talking to all the right parties. I had a two-day creative summit with the Wizards of the Coast...we had like a two-day summit about where the movie could go or TV series, products, synergy, the whole deal… Obviously, there's a spectacle. There's dragons breathing fire and lightning. But what makes a great superhero or fantasy movie is the human aspect. It's got to be about something. We root for those characters in Game of Thrones. Fellowship of the Ring was about friendship, this undying love for your friends. That's something everyone can identify with. When a movie is about something human and real emotionally people are going to want to see. Then you get some dragons breathing fire, and hey, I'm in." And to add fuel to the fire, he even tweets a photo of a DRAGONLANCE script! (thanks to darjr for the scoop)

(KS) Esper Genesis Heroic Sci-Fi RPG moves into it's final weekend...

The Esper Genesis Heroic Sci-Fi Role-playing Game moved into its final weekend of funding, adding new stretch goals and add-ons, including hardcovers for all three books (nearly reached as of this press release), custom dice, and ways for backers to personalize the setting and organized play campaign for themselves.

(KS) 5e Gamemaster Toolkit from Rogue Comet

Rogue Comet returns to Kickstarter with their latest range of tabletop game aids with the 5e Gaemaster Toolkit.
New RuneQuest is Named: "RUNEQUEST: ROLEPLAYING IN GLORANTHA"
Chaosium has just announced the name of the upcoming edition of RuneQuest, due for a Christmas 2017 release. This edition will not be called RuneQuest 4, or RuneQuest 7 (depending how you choose to count them), but will be called "RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha" (or RQG). This edition is descended from the 2nd Edition ruleset, and is compatible with the RuneQuest Classic reprints which Chaosium recently Kickstarted.
O.L.D. Is Here -- And Here's The Table of Contents!
For WOIN fans, the hardcover version of O.L.D. has been completed. It's going out to Kickstarter backers, and will be available later, once all the backers have their copies. The book came in at 350 pages, full-colour. Here's a quick peek at the Table of Contents. O.L.D. is, of course, fully compatible with N.E.W., its companion science-fiction game, so you can play a medieval fantasy game, a far future science-fiction game, or mix them to introduce magic to your sci-fi. O.L.D., like N.E.W., uses a life path system for character creation and a d6 dice pool system for task resolution.

News Digest: Controversy Abounds! New Vampire Edition Details, Green Ronin's Talent Search, 7th Sea

Hello everyone! Darryl here with this week’s gaming news! And this week is all about controversy. Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition release information (with a controversial hiring), Green Ronin is looking for female writers for Lost Citadel, International Tabletop Day may not be able to meet demand for promotional items, and more! Even this week’s Kickstarters are loaded with controversy!

RPG Crowdfunding News 044: Talislanta: The Savage Land, DCC Lankhmar, Fear Agent, The Goon, Dhovaine

Welcome back to our weekly look at tabletop roleplaying game, and accessories, crowdfunding roundup! Each week we’ll be looking at a few campaigns currently running that have caught our eye as well as occasionally speaking to some of the creators about their campaigns, or looking at some of the ‘behind the scenes’ business aspects of putting together, launching, operating and then delivering a crowdfunded project. If you have anything you’d like us to cover, or questions about anything we talk about, please don’t hesitate to leave a comment or contact me directly.

New Releases In Stores This Week : 3rd April 2017

A rundown of the New Releases that should be hitting games stores this coming week! Board games, card games, RPGs, Wargames and collectible games... hopefully something for everyone! For more information about any of the products please contact your local games store.
ZEITGEIST Adventure Path Player's Guide: Part 3 (Flint & the RHC)
The third part of the ZEITGEIST Player's Guide for 5th Edition introduces the city of Flint, and the Royal Homeland Constabulary. Complete with full-colour maps, this guide describes the various districts of Flint, along with the hierarchy of the RHC, details about its headquarters, and information on trailing and interrogating suspects. Find it over on EN5ider!

Don't Call It A Comeback: Mars Attacks And Discworld For GURPS 4E

During the Nineties I played a lot of GURPS. For a long time, it was my go-to system for just about everything from horror to conspiracy to science fiction gaming. If there wasn't a GURPS 3E supplement for a genre or setting idea, I might not have played it. Yes, GURPS was everything that people who aren't fans of the system leveled at it: it required a lot of work, it could be complex and players could face paralysis when faced with so many options during character creation. Despite all of that, for me and the people that I gamed with at the time, it was a familiar and comfortable kind of complex. It suited us, and it suited my play style at the time.

(KS) Gametee presents… Handcrafted Leather Notebooks for Gamers

Gametee: Our Finest Leather Notebooks for Gamers are inspired by a lifetime’s experience of tabletop gaming and roleplaying systems. Designed to complement your imagination, our notebooks pay loving tribute to the finest genres of high fantasy. Functional, elegant, and long-lasting, they are artisanal items designed to accompany you on travels through universes both real and fictive.

(KS) Devil’s Run – A Post-Apocalyptic game of Motor Mayhem!

This kickstarter will fund the production of a printed edition of the Devil's Run Roleplaying Game core book: a lavish 280 page softcover rulebook that will empower both GMs and players alike with the ability to explore this post-apocalyptic setting in more detail than ever before. The Devil's Run RPG core book will introduce our own innovative TriCore ruleset - a lightweight system that seeks to seamlessly integrate story and action whilst keeping the game focussed on the players.

This Week in TTRPG

Reviews

Dungeons & Dragons  Reviews 
A Preview of The Making of Original Dungeons & Dragons: 1970-1977
With The Making of Original Dungeons & Dragons: 1970-1977, Wizards is going back to the roots of the game, presenting material other histories have not.
2d20  Reviews 
Witness The Fall Of Dune’s Imperium First Hand
Put the players within spitting distance of the fall of House Atreides and the rise of Muad’Dib.
Dungeons & Dragons  Reviews 
Wizards Goes Big with Vecna: Eve of Ruin
For its first book of D&D's 50th anniversary year, Wizards is going big with a multiverse-spanning, multiverse-threatening adventure where players will face off against one of the game’s most legendary villains.
Reviews 
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.

Dungeons & Dragons

Dungeons & Dragons 
New Monster Manual Cover
The 2025 Monster Manual cover has been unveiled!
Dungeons & Dragons  Film & TV 
Paramount+ Will Not Proceed with Dungeons & Dragons Live-Action TV Show
Hasbro will update the project and pitch to other networks and streamers
Dungeons & Dragons  Reviews 
A Preview of The Making of Original Dungeons & Dragons: 1970-1977
With The Making of Original Dungeons & Dragons: 1970-1977, Wizards is going back to the roots of the game, presenting material other histories have not.
Dungeons & Dragons 
New Dungeon Master's Guide Cover Features Venger (From the D&D Cartoons)
The 2024 DMG cover has been revealed by the UK's Mirror newspaper.
Dungeons & Dragons 
Kick Off Your Boots, Don't Mind The Monster
For the small price of accepting a bit of healing from its quirky host you too can stay in this aged and storied temple.
Dungeons & Dragons 
Check Out D&D's New Gold Dragon Redesign
Gold dragons no longer have wings--just like they used to be!

Industry News

Apps & Tools  Industry 
Roll20 Purchases Demiplane
More industry consolidation as VTT combines with tools platform!
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.

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