Twas the night before Christmas and last-minute shoppers sought late presents that wouldn’t turn them to paupers. Darryl is here to help put you on the right trail of this week’s giveaways, fundraisers, bundles, and sales.
Freebies and Pay What You Want
Note: While “Pay What You Want” downloads are available for free, please support the creators if you are able!
Wizard Tower Games posted here on EN World to announce the sale for The Lost Adventures, a hardcover book for 1e and 5e by Tim Kask and adapted by Donald Semora with new classes, monsters, and more. Additionally, those who have already purchased the book will receive a refund for the difference so nobody gets left out just for being enthusiastic enough to buy early.
Modiphius released a new Quickstart for their Lovecraftian WWII game Achtung! Cthulhu using the 2d20 System. This is a bit more packed with material than most quickstarts with the basic rules, three introductory adventures, 15 pre-generated characters, reference sheets, and wallpaper images to set the tone. You can also get just the quick reference sheets without needing to download the entire set if you’re a player or if you already have Achtung! Cthulhu.
Grubintroll Games has more options for those nostalgic for retro superhero RPGs with Advanced FASERIP. An OSR update of the system behind TSR’s Marvel Super Heroes, this book acts as both a new edition for FASERIP and acts as an expansion for both that system and the original game from the 1980s.
If you want some gritty, hard sci-fi survival action, Murkdice has the quickstart for Void Above where players are spacers moving from gig to gig in a world where there’s no faster-than-light travel and resources like oxygen and water are critical.
Andrew Hollis released Deck of Talents for Free League’s Forbidden Lands, a deck of cards with all the talents from the core rulebook plus the two expansions Bloodmarch and Bitter Reach ready to be printed out on Tarot card size cardstock for easy reference.
Rocket Punch Press also has a reference for a Free League game with Dragonbane Rules Cheatsheet with one side a reference sheet for character creation and the other general rules references.
If the thought of combining Cthulhu Mythos with historical wars seems interesting but WWII isn’t quite what you want, Cthulhu Reborn has The White War, a setting for Cthulhu Eternal set in the Italian Alps during World War I in December 1916.
Nostromo’s Reliquary is still going strong with material for Candela Obscura with two new assignments, the first being Listening Post Echo about the hunt for lost children in a ruined bunker.
The second this week is the short assignment The Train Job where the party chases a stolen tome in a series of high-stakes heists.
Snowy’s Maps released the Pathfinder 2nd Edition one-shot Curse of the Werebeaver for a first-level party complete with VTT maps and a module for Foundry.
Coldlight Press released K6: The Great Mansion Heist, a 1st/2nd level one-shot for 5e, Old School Essentials, or Pathfinder as the party is encouraged to sneak into Merchant Lord Salmo’s mansion and liberate him from some of his unethically earned treasure.
The new issue of The Pauper’s Page is out with the zine’s holiday special issue for Old-School Essentials including new tables, items, stories, campaign settings, NPCs, and more.
Spending the holiday weekend with an RPG session? There are a lot of options this week starting with the 0-level OSR funnel adventure Red Tidings at Yule. Drawing from different Christmas lore and myths from across Europe, this adventure sends the party to Krampus’s dungeon to rescue the Christmas Gnome and Knecht Ruprecht.
The drop-in system-agnostic encounter from Jordan Sorcery, Dead King Wenceslas, has the party attacked by the undead army of the previously holy king who was cursed after getting his entire army killed. The description cites influences from Warhammer Fantasy and other classic wargame campaign bosses and suggests using this for Warhammer, Warmachine, Kings of War, or other fantasy wargaming systems.
For something a little more light, both in tone and rules, Dice the Halls from Squadeth Games is a low/no combat adventure for the d12GO System where a group of Christmas critters at the North Pole must find Santa before he misses his big delivery.
Dungeonmasters Guild releases continue with the holiday fun. Eddie Gioffre has a collection of magic items with a holiday theme with Happy Half-Dozen Holiday Magic Item Chapbook great for a fun seasonal one-shot while still being balanced for use in an ongoing campaign.
Livie79 published their debut adventure with the feel of Dr. Seuss with How Greench Stole Giftmas, a 5th-level adventure with mystery, investigation, combat, exploration, and more.
And Benjamin Xiaofang Hurley was thinking along similar lines with How the Gobs Stole Midwinter, a 5th-level adventure that pits the party against goblins, unruly toys, living cookie dough, and more.
Henry Bardell released Fantastically Boring: A Small Town in Eberron’s Shadow Marches, a setting book with new backgrounds, a new cantrip, map of the region, names of the residents, and more.
With all the potential new players that the gift-giving season brings to the hobby, it’s nice to see products like First Time DM – Hamwell’s Top 30 Tips from Christopher Hamwell and Angela Spencer, which is what it says on the tin: Advice for first-time DMs.
And a helpful tool for helping new players ease their way into the game, whether it’s brand new players or friends/family joining in a one-shot, Ariel has Easy Guided 5e Character Sheet, a very streamlined character sheet organized with helpful notes of what precisely all the confusing numbers mean with headers like “Battle Start”, “When I’m Being Attacked”, “When I’m Attacking”, “What Else I Can Do”, and “I Want To Try…” making it easy to find critical information about your character.
Over on Storytellers Vault, Lex Noctis released Loresheet: Old Ghoul for ghoul characters who have been alive for a century or more or are serving a particularly powerful domitor.
The first Lightning Round this week features gamemaster/DM resources like monsters, maps, random generators, and more. All products are Free or pay-what-you-want with the price in parentheses.
The second Lightning Round this week features player resources like classes, subclasses, races/species, backgrounds, and more. All products are Free or pay-what-you-want with the price in parentheses.
Bundles and Sales
Note: I have included end dates when listed for the following sales, but please be warned that those without published end dates may end suddenly so be sure to plan purchases accordingly.
Starting on Itch.io, the Ind of the Year 2023 bundle is a tiered collection of a wide variety of RPGs from different genres including horror, sci-fi, cyberpunk, modern-day, cozycore, classical era historical, experimental, post-apocalyptic, and a lot more including the obligatory variant of Bladefish. The bundle starts at $10 for 10 games and, for every $10 more you spend, you get another 10 more games up to 50 total.
D&D Beyond marketplace is running its end-of year sale with discounts on a variety of Dungeons & Dragons books including Curse of Strahd, The Wild Beyond the Witchlight, Candlekeep Mysteries, and more.
If you’d prefer third-party D&D material, the Dungeonmasters Guild also has an end of year sale going with discounts on over 200 items ready for use on Roll20.
Paizo has the holiday sale for the Paizo Store running. Use the code holiday24 and you can take 10% off your entire order of Pathfinder or Starfinder products. This discount stacks with Paizo Advantage and other discounts. Not valid on subscriptions, preorders, backorders, Foundry VTT products, or non-Paizo downloads.
Itch.io has its Winter Sale 2023 that runs across the entire store including tabletop RPGs like CBR+PNK, Rune, Glitter Hearts, The Lighthouse at the End of the Universe, and over 1000 other titles.
Matt Colville’s MCDM Productions has two new bundles this week. The first is the MCDM Politics Pillar Bundle which offers a discount on Kingdoms & Warfare and Strongholds & Followers.
The second is the MCDM 5e Class Bundle featuring Beastheart and Monstrous Companions, The Illrigger Revised, and The Tallent and Psionics.
Charity Bundles and Sales
Over on Bundle of Holding, Monte Cook Games has a pair of bundles for Numenera. The Numenera Discovery Bundle includes the core rule book Numenera Discovery, the character book Priests of the Aeons, and for more character and setting books. The Destiny Collection adds on the second core rulebook Numenera Destiny plus six more adventure, setting, and character option books.
And once you have all the rulebooks, the Numenera Horizons Bundle is here to help you hit the ground running with sourcebooks Into the Outside, Into the Deep, Into the Night, and Beyond All Worlds plus the one-shot adventure collection Shards of the Looking Glass. The Bonus Collection adds on four more setting expansions Liminal Shore, Edge of the Sun, Vertices, and Break the Horizon.
Free League has a collection for those interested in their RPGs with several core books in one place with the Dragonbane and Year Zero bundle. The core bundle includes the Nordic horro fantasy game Vaesen, the fantasy open-world survival game Forbidden Lands, the science fiction game Coriolis, and the post-apocalyptic Mutant: Year Zero. The Bonus Collection adds on the classic Swedish fantasy RPG Dragonbane, the alternate history World War III game Twilight: 2000, and the setting books Vaesen: Mythic Britain & Ireland and Coriolis Atlas Compendium.
Mongoose Publishing has a pair of bundles for the classic science fiction RPG of space exploration, Traveller. The first bundle is for players new to the system and comes with the Mongoose Traveller 2e Starter Set, the rules expansion Mongoose Traveller Companion, and the equipment book Central Supply Catalogue Update 2023. The Referee Collection adds on the ship creation/modification rulebook High Guard Update 2023, the Traveller Vehicle Handbook 2e, the Traveller 2e Referee’s Screen, and six short referee briefings.
The second Traveller bundle is the Mercenaries Bundle with the Mercenary Second Edition Boxed Set with rules for creating and maintaining a mercenary company along with the expansion books Mercenaries of Charted Space and Traveller Field Catalogue. The Referee Collection adds on the sourcebook Traveller Specialist Forces, the setting book Solomani Front, and three mercenary adventures.
There’s a new Blades in the Dark bundle with the core rulebook and five resource decks to help quickly create heists, settings, and more. The Forced Collection add-on increase four Forged in the Dark adventures including the fantasy-Renaissance Court of Blades, the Dwarf Fortress-inspired Mountain Home, the solo RPG A Torch in the Dark, and dinosaurs in space Kosmosaurs.
Steve Jackson Games has the Dungeon Fantasy Starter Collection for their GURPS-powered fantasy RPG. The bundle includes the Dungeon Fantasy core rulebook, Dungeon Fantasy Companion, Dungeon Planner, and GM Screen. The Bonus Collection adds on volumes 2 and 3 of Dungeon Fantasy Companion, two volumes of Dungeon Fantasy Magic Items, and Dungeon Fantasy Monsters 2.
I’m so sorry for the length, but there’s another Shadowrun bundle so you know I’ve got a lot to say. The Shadowrun Third Edition MegaBundle lives up to its name featuring the Shadowrun Third Edition Core Rulebook along with the “core sourcebooks” (technically rules expansions but considered by most players essential) of the Shadowrun Companion, Man & Machine (cyberware), Cannon Companion (guns and combat), Magic in the Shadows (magic), Matrix (decking), and Rigger 3 (vehicles and drones) plus the world update State of the Art: 2063 and 2064, the GM screen and Critters supplement, and the introductory adventure collection First Run. And that’s just the core collection as the setting collection adds on fifteen more supplements including the setting introduction book Sprawl Survival Guide (sure there’s rules in it but its strength is bringing the Sixth World to life), the setting books Shadows of North America, Shadows of Asia, and New Seattle, the adventure hook filled event books Renraku Arcology Shutdown, Year of the Comet, and System Failure, the NPC collection Mr. Johnson’s Little Black Book, the adventures Brainscan and Corporate Punishment, and because somebody’s mistake is your gain, the 2nd Edition books Aztlan, Corporate Shadowfiles (which is an incredible guide on the sort of shenanigans megacorporations can get up to), and the just fun to read Paranormal Animals of Europe. Oh and if you want to play Shadowrun Sixth World Edition, a lot of these books are still useful as background lore and worldbuilding.
Evil Genius Games and Humble Bundle released the 2023 Cinematic Adventure RPGs featuring rules and setting books for Everyday Heroes, the 5e update to D20 Modern with a shocking library of licensed settings. The base level gets you the core rulebook Everyday Heroes for contemporary action along with the setting for John Carpenter’s Escape from New York. The second tier adds on setting books for The Crow and Kong: Skull Island while the top tier adds Universal Soldier, Rambo, Total Recall, Highlander, and Pacific Rim.
Humble and Paizo have extended the Pathfinder 2nd Edition Legacy Bundle from Paizo. Thsi bundle features a full library of Pathfinder 2e books in their original, non-remaster format with all the OGL content still in. The base level gets you the Beginner Box while the second tier adds in the Core Rulebook and Bestiary 1 & 2 and the top tier gets you Bestiary 3, Advanced Player's Guide, and GameMastery Guide plus a lot more for a total of 25 books. Also spread throughout the tiers is the complete Age of Ashes adventure path plus several stand-alone adventures, map packs, and Lost Omens setting guides and player option books.
That’s all for this week! If you know of any bundles or sales starting soon, please contact me on the EN World Discord, tag me on Mastodon, or send me a message here on EN World. Discount percentages have been rounded to the nearest whole number and are based on the standard retail price provided by the site. Note: Links to Amazon, Humble Store, Humble Bundle, Fantasy Grounds, and/or DriveThruRPG may contain affiliate links with the proceeds going to the author of this column.
Freebies and Pay What You Want
Note: While “Pay What You Want” downloads are available for free, please support the creators if you are able!
Wizard Tower Games posted here on EN World to announce the sale for The Lost Adventures, a hardcover book for 1e and 5e by Tim Kask and adapted by Donald Semora with new classes, monsters, and more. Additionally, those who have already purchased the book will receive a refund for the difference so nobody gets left out just for being enthusiastic enough to buy early.
- Price: $25.00 (74% off)
- End Date: December 31, 2023 or until all 300 limited edition copies are sold out
Modiphius released a new Quickstart for their Lovecraftian WWII game Achtung! Cthulhu using the 2d20 System. This is a bit more packed with material than most quickstarts with the basic rules, three introductory adventures, 15 pre-generated characters, reference sheets, and wallpaper images to set the tone. You can also get just the quick reference sheets without needing to download the entire set if you’re a player or if you already have Achtung! Cthulhu.
- Price: Free
Grubintroll Games has more options for those nostalgic for retro superhero RPGs with Advanced FASERIP. An OSR update of the system behind TSR’s Marvel Super Heroes, this book acts as both a new edition for FASERIP and acts as an expansion for both that system and the original game from the 1980s.
- Price: Free
- Note: Print-on-Demand Hardcover available for $25.00
If you want some gritty, hard sci-fi survival action, Murkdice has the quickstart for Void Above where players are spacers moving from gig to gig in a world where there’s no faster-than-light travel and resources like oxygen and water are critical.
- Price: Free
Andrew Hollis released Deck of Talents for Free League’s Forbidden Lands, a deck of cards with all the talents from the core rulebook plus the two expansions Bloodmarch and Bitter Reach ready to be printed out on Tarot card size cardstock for easy reference.
- Price: Pay What You Want (Suggested: $1.00)
Rocket Punch Press also has a reference for a Free League game with Dragonbane Rules Cheatsheet with one side a reference sheet for character creation and the other general rules references.
- Price: Pay What You Want (Suggested: $1.00)
If the thought of combining Cthulhu Mythos with historical wars seems interesting but WWII isn’t quite what you want, Cthulhu Reborn has The White War, a setting for Cthulhu Eternal set in the Italian Alps during World War I in December 1916.
- Price: Pay What You Want (Suggested: $1.00)
Nostromo’s Reliquary is still going strong with material for Candela Obscura with two new assignments, the first being Listening Post Echo about the hunt for lost children in a ruined bunker.
- Price: Pay What You Want (Suggested: $5.00)
The second this week is the short assignment The Train Job where the party chases a stolen tome in a series of high-stakes heists.
- Price: Pay What You Want (Suggested: $5.00)
Snowy’s Maps released the Pathfinder 2nd Edition one-shot Curse of the Werebeaver for a first-level party complete with VTT maps and a module for Foundry.
- Price: Pay What You Want (Suggested: $3.00)
Coldlight Press released K6: The Great Mansion Heist, a 1st/2nd level one-shot for 5e, Old School Essentials, or Pathfinder as the party is encouraged to sneak into Merchant Lord Salmo’s mansion and liberate him from some of his unethically earned treasure.
- Price: Pay What You Want (Suggested: $2.00)
The new issue of The Pauper’s Page is out with the zine’s holiday special issue for Old-School Essentials including new tables, items, stories, campaign settings, NPCs, and more.
- Price: Pay What You Want (Suggested: $1.00)
Spending the holiday weekend with an RPG session? There are a lot of options this week starting with the 0-level OSR funnel adventure Red Tidings at Yule. Drawing from different Christmas lore and myths from across Europe, this adventure sends the party to Krampus’s dungeon to rescue the Christmas Gnome and Knecht Ruprecht.
- Price: Pay What You Want (Suggested: $1.50)
The drop-in system-agnostic encounter from Jordan Sorcery, Dead King Wenceslas, has the party attacked by the undead army of the previously holy king who was cursed after getting his entire army killed. The description cites influences from Warhammer Fantasy and other classic wargame campaign bosses and suggests using this for Warhammer, Warmachine, Kings of War, or other fantasy wargaming systems.
- Price: Pay What You Want (Suggested: $2.00)
For something a little more light, both in tone and rules, Dice the Halls from Squadeth Games is a low/no combat adventure for the d12GO System where a group of Christmas critters at the North Pole must find Santa before he misses his big delivery.
- Price: Pay What You Want (Suggested: $1.00)
- Note: The d12GO core rules are also available as PWYW with a suggested price of $1.00
Dungeonmasters Guild releases continue with the holiday fun. Eddie Gioffre has a collection of magic items with a holiday theme with Happy Half-Dozen Holiday Magic Item Chapbook great for a fun seasonal one-shot while still being balanced for use in an ongoing campaign.
- Price: Pay What You Want (Suggested: $0.50)
Livie79 published their debut adventure with the feel of Dr. Seuss with How Greench Stole Giftmas, a 5th-level adventure with mystery, investigation, combat, exploration, and more.
- Price: Pay What You Want (Suggested: $3.49)
And Benjamin Xiaofang Hurley was thinking along similar lines with How the Gobs Stole Midwinter, a 5th-level adventure that pits the party against goblins, unruly toys, living cookie dough, and more.
- Price: Pay What You Want (Suggested: $3.00)
Henry Bardell released Fantastically Boring: A Small Town in Eberron’s Shadow Marches, a setting book with new backgrounds, a new cantrip, map of the region, names of the residents, and more.
- Price: Free
With all the potential new players that the gift-giving season brings to the hobby, it’s nice to see products like First Time DM – Hamwell’s Top 30 Tips from Christopher Hamwell and Angela Spencer, which is what it says on the tin: Advice for first-time DMs.
- Price: Pay What You Want (Suggested: $2.00)
And a helpful tool for helping new players ease their way into the game, whether it’s brand new players or friends/family joining in a one-shot, Ariel has Easy Guided 5e Character Sheet, a very streamlined character sheet organized with helpful notes of what precisely all the confusing numbers mean with headers like “Battle Start”, “When I’m Being Attacked”, “When I’m Attacking”, “What Else I Can Do”, and “I Want To Try…” making it easy to find critical information about your character.
- Price: Pay What You Want (Suggested: $2.00)
Over on Storytellers Vault, Lex Noctis released Loresheet: Old Ghoul for ghoul characters who have been alive for a century or more or are serving a particularly powerful domitor.
- Price: Pay What You Want (Suggested: $1.10)
The first Lightning Round this week features gamemaster/DM resources like monsters, maps, random generators, and more. All products are Free or pay-what-you-want with the price in parentheses.
- Stony Forest Lane (Map) from Loke BattlleMats (Free)
- Champions of the Goblin Market Map (Map) from Witch Pleas Publishing (Free)
- The Cave of Screams (Map) from La Paysagiste de L’Imagineaire ($2.00)
- Glorantha Scenes (Map) from Mikaels Maps ($1.00)
- Print n Play BattleMaps (Maps) from Piranha Squirrel Productions ($2.00)
- Print n Play BattleMaps 2 (Maps) from Piranha Squirrel Productions ($2.00)
- Krampus, the Lost Archdevil (OSR Monster for B/X, 1e, 2e) from Appendix N Entertainment ($1.00)
- Fantasy Places: Heart of Glass (Maps) from Xapur_RPG ($1.00)
- Rusalka (5e Monster CR10) from Gryphon Games (Free)
The second Lightning Round this week features player resources like classes, subclasses, races/species, backgrounds, and more. All products are Free or pay-what-you-want with the price in parentheses.
- Plague Doctor Profession (Dragonbane Profession) from Rocket Punch Press ($1.00)
- Oath of Christmas Spirit (5e Subclass) from Gamingbrew ($1.00)
- Runaway (5e Background) from Quest Weaver Media (Free)
- Outcast (5e Background) from Quest Weaver Media (Free)
- Fur Trapper (5e Background) from Quest Weaver Media (Free)
- Shadar-kai Dual Origin (5e Species) from Chronicles of Lost Tomes ($0.00)
- Wild Shape Templates (5e Druid options) from Therin a’Ghaleon (Free)
- Mage Martial (5e Fighter Subclass) from IamSposta ($1.00)
- Snow Elves (5e Species) from Joshua Ohmer ($0.50)
Bundles and Sales
Note: I have included end dates when listed for the following sales, but please be warned that those without published end dates may end suddenly so be sure to plan purchases accordingly.
Starting on Itch.io, the Ind of the Year 2023 bundle is a tiered collection of a wide variety of RPGs from different genres including horror, sci-fi, cyberpunk, modern-day, cozycore, classical era historical, experimental, post-apocalyptic, and a lot more including the obligatory variant of Bladefish. The bundle starts at $10 for 10 games and, for every $10 more you spend, you get another 10 more games up to 50 total.
- Price: $10 (86% off)
- $20 (85% off)
- $30 (84% off)
- $40 (84% off)
- $50 (85% of)
- End Date: January 2, 2023
D&D Beyond marketplace is running its end-of year sale with discounts on a variety of Dungeons & Dragons books including Curse of Strahd, The Wild Beyond the Witchlight, Candlekeep Mysteries, and more.
- Price: Up to 40% off
- End Date: January 4, 2024
If you’d prefer third-party D&D material, the Dungeonmasters Guild also has an end of year sale going with discounts on over 200 items ready for use on Roll20.
- Price:: Up to 40% off
- End Date: January 4, 2024
Paizo has the holiday sale for the Paizo Store running. Use the code holiday24 and you can take 10% off your entire order of Pathfinder or Starfinder products. This discount stacks with Paizo Advantage and other discounts. Not valid on subscriptions, preorders, backorders, Foundry VTT products, or non-Paizo downloads.
- Price: 10% off your full order with the code holiday24
- End Date: January 15, 2024
Itch.io has its Winter Sale 2023 that runs across the entire store including tabletop RPGs like CBR+PNK, Rune, Glitter Hearts, The Lighthouse at the End of the Universe, and over 1000 other titles.
- Price: Up to 100% off (yes, some games are totally free)
- End Date: January 5, 2024
Matt Colville’s MCDM Productions has two new bundles this week. The first is the MCDM Politics Pillar Bundle which offers a discount on Kingdoms & Warfare and Strongholds & Followers.
- Price: $44.99 (25% off)
The second is the MCDM 5e Class Bundle featuring Beastheart and Monstrous Companions, The Illrigger Revised, and The Tallent and Psionics.
- Price: $29.99 (23% off)
Charity Bundles and Sales
Over on Bundle of Holding, Monte Cook Games has a pair of bundles for Numenera. The Numenera Discovery Bundle includes the core rule book Numenera Discovery, the character book Priests of the Aeons, and for more character and setting books. The Destiny Collection adds on the second core rulebook Numenera Destiny plus six more adventure, setting, and character option books.
- Price: $19.95 (79% off) with variable-cost Level Up option
- Charity: Direct Relief (10%)
- End Date: January 9, 2024
And once you have all the rulebooks, the Numenera Horizons Bundle is here to help you hit the ground running with sourcebooks Into the Outside, Into the Deep, Into the Night, and Beyond All Worlds plus the one-shot adventure collection Shards of the Looking Glass. The Bonus Collection adds on four more setting expansions Liminal Shore, Edge of the Sun, Vertices, and Break the Horizon.
- Price: $14.95 (78% off) with variable-cost Level Up option
- Charity: Direct Relief (10%)
- End Date: January 9, 2024
Free League has a collection for those interested in their RPGs with several core books in one place with the Dragonbane and Year Zero bundle. The core bundle includes the Nordic horro fantasy game Vaesen, the fantasy open-world survival game Forbidden Lands, the science fiction game Coriolis, and the post-apocalyptic Mutant: Year Zero. The Bonus Collection adds on the classic Swedish fantasy RPG Dragonbane, the alternate history World War III game Twilight: 2000, and the setting books Vaesen: Mythic Britain & Ireland and Coriolis Atlas Compendium.
- Price: $19.95 (77% off) with variable-cost Level Up option
- Charity: Direct Relief (10%)
- End Date: January 4, 2024
Mongoose Publishing has a pair of bundles for the classic science fiction RPG of space exploration, Traveller. The first bundle is for players new to the system and comes with the Mongoose Traveller 2e Starter Set, the rules expansion Mongoose Traveller Companion, and the equipment book Central Supply Catalogue Update 2023. The Referee Collection adds on the ship creation/modification rulebook High Guard Update 2023, the Traveller Vehicle Handbook 2e, the Traveller 2e Referee’s Screen, and six short referee briefings.
- Price: $17.95 (82% off) with variable-cost Level Up option
- Charity: Direct Relief (10%)
- End Date: January 9, 2024
The second Traveller bundle is the Mercenaries Bundle with the Mercenary Second Edition Boxed Set with rules for creating and maintaining a mercenary company along with the expansion books Mercenaries of Charted Space and Traveller Field Catalogue. The Referee Collection adds on the sourcebook Traveller Specialist Forces, the setting book Solomani Front, and three mercenary adventures.
- Price: $12.95 (87%) with variable-cost Level Up option
- Charity: Direct Relief (10%)
- End Date: January 9, 2024
There’s a new Blades in the Dark bundle with the core rulebook and five resource decks to help quickly create heists, settings, and more. The Forced Collection add-on increase four Forged in the Dark adventures including the fantasy-Renaissance Court of Blades, the Dwarf Fortress-inspired Mountain Home, the solo RPG A Torch in the Dark, and dinosaurs in space Kosmosaurs.
- Price: $14.95 (79% off) with variable-cost Level Up option
- Charity: Diana Jones Emerging Designer Program (10%)
- End Date: January 3, 2024
Steve Jackson Games has the Dungeon Fantasy Starter Collection for their GURPS-powered fantasy RPG. The bundle includes the Dungeon Fantasy core rulebook, Dungeon Fantasy Companion, Dungeon Planner, and GM Screen. The Bonus Collection adds on volumes 2 and 3 of Dungeon Fantasy Companion, two volumes of Dungeon Fantasy Magic Items, and Dungeon Fantasy Monsters 2.
- Price: $17.95 (75% off) with variable-cost Level Up option
- Charity: Direct Relief (10%)
- End Date: January 4, 2024
I’m so sorry for the length, but there’s another Shadowrun bundle so you know I’ve got a lot to say. The Shadowrun Third Edition MegaBundle lives up to its name featuring the Shadowrun Third Edition Core Rulebook along with the “core sourcebooks” (technically rules expansions but considered by most players essential) of the Shadowrun Companion, Man & Machine (cyberware), Cannon Companion (guns and combat), Magic in the Shadows (magic), Matrix (decking), and Rigger 3 (vehicles and drones) plus the world update State of the Art: 2063 and 2064, the GM screen and Critters supplement, and the introductory adventure collection First Run. And that’s just the core collection as the setting collection adds on fifteen more supplements including the setting introduction book Sprawl Survival Guide (sure there’s rules in it but its strength is bringing the Sixth World to life), the setting books Shadows of North America, Shadows of Asia, and New Seattle, the adventure hook filled event books Renraku Arcology Shutdown, Year of the Comet, and System Failure, the NPC collection Mr. Johnson’s Little Black Book, the adventures Brainscan and Corporate Punishment, and because somebody’s mistake is your gain, the 2nd Edition books Aztlan, Corporate Shadowfiles (which is an incredible guide on the sort of shenanigans megacorporations can get up to), and the just fun to read Paranormal Animals of Europe. Oh and if you want to play Shadowrun Sixth World Edition, a lot of these books are still useful as background lore and worldbuilding.
- Price: $24.95 (73% off) with variable-cost Level Up option
- Charity: Electronic Frontier Foundation (10%)
- End Date: December 27, 2023
Evil Genius Games and Humble Bundle released the 2023 Cinematic Adventure RPGs featuring rules and setting books for Everyday Heroes, the 5e update to D20 Modern with a shocking library of licensed settings. The base level gets you the core rulebook Everyday Heroes for contemporary action along with the setting for John Carpenter’s Escape from New York. The second tier adds on setting books for The Crow and Kong: Skull Island while the top tier adds Universal Soldier, Rambo, Total Recall, Highlander, and Pacific Rim.
- Price: $1/$10/$18 (90% off at top tier)
- Charity: Gameheads (user-defined, default 5%)
- End Date: January 13, 2024
Humble and Paizo have extended the Pathfinder 2nd Edition Legacy Bundle from Paizo. Thsi bundle features a full library of Pathfinder 2e books in their original, non-remaster format with all the OGL content still in. The base level gets you the Beginner Box while the second tier adds in the Core Rulebook and Bestiary 1 & 2 and the top tier gets you Bestiary 3, Advanced Player's Guide, and GameMastery Guide plus a lot more for a total of 25 books. Also spread throughout the tiers is the complete Age of Ashes adventure path plus several stand-alone adventures, map packs, and Lost Omens setting guides and player option books.
- Price: $5/$15/$25 (95% off at top tier)
- Charity: Comic Books for Kids! (user-defined, default 5%)
- End Date: January 6, 2024
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