Welcome to the Bundles, Freebies, and Sales News, the weekly column at EN World that helps make sure you don’t miss out on big tabletop RPG bundles, charity fundraisers, and sales from around the internet.
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!
Green Ronin Publishing released the Fantasy Age Quickstart for the second edition of the fast-paced Adventure Game Engine RPG. The quickstart features a streamlined intro version of the AGE rules, pre-generated characters, and the adventure “Terror o the Ghost Ship”.
Downsized Press has the third issue of their Downsides Dungeons with The Ziggurat of the Lizard People. This fully-stated mini-dungeon is ready to run for Old-School Essentials with hand-drawn maps for the old-school feel.
Geek Rampage released Crystal City Chronicles, an anthology of six Sci-fi/Western adventures for Stars Without Number. Explore the lawless frontier mining planet Zephyrus-2 and meet the inhabitants of Crystal City as you stop off here for a one-shot or start a new campaign.
In an interesting OSR Retroclone, Dank Dungeons released Spectral Exterminators: A Hilariously Horrifying Roleplaying Game, a “legally distinct” version of the old 1980s West End Games Ghostbusters RPG. This has the full open license version of the game free of any licensed material for your paranormal investigation and elimination RPG news.
RPGuPolaka has a system-neutral sci-fi adventure These Aren’t the Alpacas You’re Looking For as part of the One Page Derelict Jam 2024. Investigate what happened to the ship of merchant Amir Al-Fayed and why this herd of a dozen alpacas ended in disaster for his ship.
If you want a more OSR take on the classic post-nuclear apocalypse setting, Bombland in Bad Decline from Operant Game Lab draws inspiration from Knave, The Red Hack, and the classic Fallout games.
Alexander Nachaj released The Mask of the Black Sun: A Taggart Agency Mystery, a 1920s module for Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition. The investigators are in the Canadian city of Salem Falls, New Brunswick, seeking out a stolen ancient mask and unraveling the mystery behind it and those who seek it out.
Over on Dungeonmasters Guild, Rashid Clark has a massive adventure for Level 1-3 characters, The Fade Lands. This over 180-page adventure includes new magic items, new playable species, new monsters, a new campaign setting, and a lot more.
Death Pits of Brightshire from Nathan Ashley is an adventure for 5th to 7th level characters where the adventurers are sent to track a lost Merchant’s Guild caravan and find themselves entangled in the diabolic secrets of the town of Brightshire.
So, you’re all in a tavern. The barbarian starts running their mouth about who is the strongest when a mysterious patron calls them out on their boasts. How do you determine who is the strongest without resorting to a barroom fight? Bas Klein has an answer with Armwrestling – A Game for In-Game Taverns with over the top rules for arm wrestling.
Over on Storytellers Vault, Sky Bradley and Henry Langdon have an update to a classic sourcebook with Clanbook: Gangrel 5th Edition. This 59-page book includes 7 new archetypes, 13 new Discipline powers, 4 new Loresheets, 4 new Gangrel Bloodlines, 5 new predator, types, and more.
Combat has always been downplayed in the various Storyteller games, but even then it’s an inevitability that physical conflict will happen between Kindred. Eric M. Souza wants to make running the combat easier with The Quick Combat Book, a new streamlined combat system for Vampire: The Masquerade and other World of Darkness titles including 1st, 2nd, Revised, and 20th Anniversary editions.
The first Lightning Round this week features gamemaster/DM resources like monsters, maps, random generators, one-page adventures, drop-in encounters, and more. All products are Free or pay-what-you-want.
The second Lightning Round features player resources like classes, subclasses, backgrounds, feats, races/species, and more. All products are Free or pay what you want with the suggested 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.
If you’re looking for maps for your VTT, this week’s sales are for you. Starting off, Tellest has the 50 Maps of Tellest Volume 1 bundle with over 50 battlemaps for a variety of environments including campsites, cliffsides, keeps, forests, bayous, savannas, taverns, sewers, and more
Next up for the sci-fi fans is the Maps In Space! Map Pack from Alpha Strike Games Limited with eight maps from spaceships to asteroid bases to colonies to orbital facilities and more.
Gabriel Pickard has the perfect bundle for an unsettling encounter with the Bio Builder Blistering Bundle with a collection of map elements to create a living landscape of flesh and body parts capable of creeping out even the most hardened space marine or stalwart fantasy adventurer. I’d throw in horror investigators, but they’re a nervous bunch already.
Over on Storytellers Vault, Ugo Leão released the adventure and setting pack Living and Burning Gods Bundle. The bundle includes the Vampire: Age of the Living Gods setting covering the Sumerian Empire in 2350 BCE along with the three-part adventure Burning Gods. Also available in Portuguese.
Charity Bundles and Sales
Goodman Games released Dungeon Crawl Classics #105: By Mitra’s Bones, Meet Thy Doom! This 2nd level adventure by Stephen Newton is a tribute to designer Jennell Jaquays and inspired by her Dark Tower adventure, playable either as a stand-alone adventure or as a prelude to more explorations of the Dark Tower.
Veteran game designer Owen K.C. Stephens has posted a GoFundMe to cover the costs of his medical treatment as he fights cancer. Owen’s list of credits is more of a list of popular RPGs as he has worked on Dungeons & Dragons, Pathfinder, Starfinder, d20 Modern, Star Wars, d20 Modern, Dragon Age, and that’s just the start.
For another way to help Owen, Echelon Game Design collected so, so many titles for the Owen KC Stephens is RAD! Bundle. This bundle includes titles for Pathfinder (both editions), Starfinder, Savage Worlds, Icons, Call of Cthulhu, Song of Ice and Fire, Thieves World, Wheel of Time, D20 Modern, Dragon Age, Gamma World, and a lot, lot, lot more.
Over on Bundle of Holding, Modphius has the John Carter of Mars bundle for the pulp sci-fi/adventure 2d20 System game. The Starter Collection includes the core rules, narrator screen and kit, and maps of both Barsoom and Korad, while the Bonus Collection adds on the Phantoms of Mars campaign, three sourcebooks, and two card decks.
Goodman Games is here in the charity section for the second time this week (and won’t be the last either) with the Goodman D20 Monster Guides bundle. This bundle of D20 system/3.x sourcebooks have rules for expanding several monstrous races and rules on how to play them as player characters as well. The Minor Threats collection includes the books for Doppelgangers, Dragonkin, T-Rex, Treants, Velociraptors, and Wererats while the Major Threats collection adds on Beholders, Drow, Fey, Liches, Rakshasas, Vampires, and Werewolves.
Over on Humble Bundle, the Pathfinder 2nd Edition Guns of Alkenstar bundle looks to throw you into the Outlaws of Alkenstar Adventure Path and other gunslinging adventures in Golarion. The base level includes the digital version of the Pathfinder 2nd Edition Beginner Box, the Outlaws of Alkenstar Player’s Guide, the first adventure in the adventure path Punks in a Powder Keg, and the one-shot Head Shot the Rat. The second tier adds on the Pathfinder 2nd Edition Core Rulebook and Bestiary (the original OGL versions and not the new updated versions), the Lost Omens World Guide and Character Guide, plus the second adventure path adventure Cradles of Quarts. The third tier adds the third and final adventure The Smoking Gun, the sourcebook Guns & Gears, the setting book Impossible Lands, and the rulebooks Advanced Players Guide and GameMastery Guide plus all three adventure path adventures in VTT format for Foundry. The top tier adds on top of all that a physical copy of the Pathfinder Guns & Gears equipment book (shipping & handling additional).
Magpie Games has an impressive bundle this week with the Best of Magpie Games Bundle. The base tier includes six games from Magpie Games plus the trio of Fate Codex Anthology titles, the second tier adds on four books for the superhero RPG Masks: A New Generation, the telenovela RPG Pasion de las Pasiones, and three other titles, while the top tier has the big ones: the dark fairy tale series Bluebeard’s Bride, the licensed RPG based on the board game of woodland critters at war Root, and the powerhouse licensed title Avatar Legends with the core rulebook, Wan Shi Tong’s Adventure Guide sourcebook, the adventure An Urgent Request set during the Roku Era, and the Avatar Legends Starter Set not just in digital format but also the physical boxed set (shipping not included)
Cubicle 7 has the Warhammer Fantasy Role Play Bundle. The base level includes the Warhammer Fantasyt Role Play Starter Set plus two adventures and a 20% off coupon to the Cubicle 7 store. The second tier adds on the core rulebook and six more adventures, while the top tier gets you eight more adventures with the full bundle having the entire Enemy Within campaign.
Goodman Games has the Dungeon Crawl Classics & Mutant Crawl Classics Megabundle 2. This bundle has four tiers with the first tier featuring the core rules for Dungeon Crawl Classics, two adventures, and a 20% off coupon for the Goodman Games store. The second tier adds on the core rules for Mutant Crawl Classics along with the DCC Reference booklet, two zines, and four more adventures. The third tier adds on so much more with a total of 79 products including sourcebooks, adventures, zines, genre expansions, and a whole lot more. The highest tier ads on a physical softcover of the Mutant Crawl Classics Core Rulebook (shipping and handling extra).
Modiphius has a bundle for Dune: Adventures in the Imperium ready to send you on adventures on Arrakis and beyond. The base level includes the Quickstart and Agents of Dune Deluxe Starter Set along with character sheets and a 50% off coupon for select physical Dune products. The second tier adds on the standard edition core rulebook, the Gamemaster’s Toolkit, the campaign book Masters of Dune, and the introductory adventure Desertfall Adventure. The top tier adds on enough for a full library of books for 18 total including setting books, campaigns, adventures, NPC collections, rules expansions, and more.
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!
Green Ronin Publishing released the Fantasy Age Quickstart for the second edition of the fast-paced Adventure Game Engine RPG. The quickstart features a streamlined intro version of the AGE rules, pre-generated characters, and the adventure “Terror o the Ghost Ship”.
- Price: Free
Downsized Press has the third issue of their Downsides Dungeons with The Ziggurat of the Lizard People. This fully-stated mini-dungeon is ready to run for Old-School Essentials with hand-drawn maps for the old-school feel.
- Price: Pay What You Want (Suggested: $1.99)
Geek Rampage released Crystal City Chronicles, an anthology of six Sci-fi/Western adventures for Stars Without Number. Explore the lawless frontier mining planet Zephyrus-2 and meet the inhabitants of Crystal City as you stop off here for a one-shot or start a new campaign.
- Price: Pay What You Want (Suggested: $2.00)
In an interesting OSR Retroclone, Dank Dungeons released Spectral Exterminators: A Hilariously Horrifying Roleplaying Game, a “legally distinct” version of the old 1980s West End Games Ghostbusters RPG. This has the full open license version of the game free of any licensed material for your paranormal investigation and elimination RPG news.
- Price: Pay What You Want (Suggested: $1.00)
RPGuPolaka has a system-neutral sci-fi adventure These Aren’t the Alpacas You’re Looking For as part of the One Page Derelict Jam 2024. Investigate what happened to the ship of merchant Amir Al-Fayed and why this herd of a dozen alpacas ended in disaster for his ship.
- Price: Pay What You Want (Suggested: $1.00)
If you want a more OSR take on the classic post-nuclear apocalypse setting, Bombland in Bad Decline from Operant Game Lab draws inspiration from Knave, The Red Hack, and the classic Fallout games.
- Price: Pay What You Want (Suggested: $5.00)
Alexander Nachaj released The Mask of the Black Sun: A Taggart Agency Mystery, a 1920s module for Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition. The investigators are in the Canadian city of Salem Falls, New Brunswick, seeking out a stolen ancient mask and unraveling the mystery behind it and those who seek it out.
- Price: Pay What You Want (Suggested: $4.99)
Over on Dungeonmasters Guild, Rashid Clark has a massive adventure for Level 1-3 characters, The Fade Lands. This over 180-page adventure includes new magic items, new playable species, new monsters, a new campaign setting, and a lot more.
- Price: Pay What You Want (Suggested: $0.00)
Death Pits of Brightshire from Nathan Ashley is an adventure for 5th to 7th level characters where the adventurers are sent to track a lost Merchant’s Guild caravan and find themselves entangled in the diabolic secrets of the town of Brightshire.
- Price: Pay What You Want (Suggested: $1.00)
So, you’re all in a tavern. The barbarian starts running their mouth about who is the strongest when a mysterious patron calls them out on their boasts. How do you determine who is the strongest without resorting to a barroom fight? Bas Klein has an answer with Armwrestling – A Game for In-Game Taverns with over the top rules for arm wrestling.
- Price: Pay What You Want (Suggested: $1.09)
Over on Storytellers Vault, Sky Bradley and Henry Langdon have an update to a classic sourcebook with Clanbook: Gangrel 5th Edition. This 59-page book includes 7 new archetypes, 13 new Discipline powers, 4 new Loresheets, 4 new Gangrel Bloodlines, 5 new predator, types, and more.
- Price: Pay What You Want (Suggested: $0.00)
Combat has always been downplayed in the various Storyteller games, but even then it’s an inevitability that physical conflict will happen between Kindred. Eric M. Souza wants to make running the combat easier with The Quick Combat Book, a new streamlined combat system for Vampire: The Masquerade and other World of Darkness titles including 1st, 2nd, Revised, and 20th Anniversary editions.
- Price: Pay What You Want (Suggested: $0.99)
The first Lightning Round this week features gamemaster/DM resources like monsters, maps, random generators, one-page adventures, drop-in encounters, and more. All products are Free or pay-what-you-want.
- TTRPG Game Master’s Safety Cards (Printable and VTT-friendly X, N, and O safety cards) from Rebecca Farrar ($1.00)
- Condition Cards (printable cards for Dragonbane combat conditions) from Mattias Svendsen (Free)
- 100 Ancient Clans (system-neutral random tables for groups/organizations) from Totem ($2.00)
- 28mm Small Bunker with Removable Roof (3D printer STL file) from Gallant Knight Enterprises ($3.00)
- 15mm Small Bunker with Removable Roof (3D printer STL file) from Gallant Knight Enterprises ($2.00)
- 6mm (1:285 scale) Small Bunker (3D printer STL file) from Gallant Knight Enterprises ($1.00)
- Dungeon Décor – Pack 30 (VTT accessories and terrain) from ForgottenAdventures ($4.99)
- Dungeon Décor – Pack 31 (VTT accessories and terrain) from ForgottenAdventures ($4.99)
- Five Simple One-Page Battle Maps (Fantasy VTT maps) from Excalibur Penn (Free)
- Goblin Camp (Fantasy VTT map) from Azarneth Tessitore di Storie (Free)
- Campside Map (Fantasy VTT map) from Tera Jade ($0.50)
- Leviathan of Frozen Seas (5e CR 24 monster) from RidgeBlueFluss ($0.50)
The second Lightning Round features player resources like classes, subclasses, backgrounds, feats, races/species, and more. All products are Free or pay what you want with the suggested price in parentheses.
- Frontier Ranger (5e Ranger subclass for Western settings) from lewinston ($1.00)
- Haunt Hunter (5e Artificer subclass for Western settings) from lewinston ($1.00)
- Curseguard Specialist (5e Artificer subclass for Western settings) from lewinston ($1.00)
- Character Traits (system-neutral random tables) from Heretical Hedgehog ($3.01)
- Enforcer (5e background) from Quest Weaver Media (Free)
- Werewolf: Life, Death, and Between (Werewolf: The Apocalypse Tribes and Gifts) from Arbor Shaw ($0.00)
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.
If you’re looking for maps for your VTT, this week’s sales are for you. Starting off, Tellest has the 50 Maps of Tellest Volume 1 bundle with over 50 battlemaps for a variety of environments including campsites, cliffsides, keeps, forests, bayous, savannas, taverns, sewers, and more
- Price: $29.91 (83% off)
Next up for the sci-fi fans is the Maps In Space! Map Pack from Alpha Strike Games Limited with eight maps from spaceships to asteroid bases to colonies to orbital facilities and more.
- Price: $4.99 (50% off)
Gabriel Pickard has the perfect bundle for an unsettling encounter with the Bio Builder Blistering Bundle with a collection of map elements to create a living landscape of flesh and body parts capable of creeping out even the most hardened space marine or stalwart fantasy adventurer. I’d throw in horror investigators, but they’re a nervous bunch already.
- Price: $11.98 (20% off)
Over on Storytellers Vault, Ugo Leão released the adventure and setting pack Living and Burning Gods Bundle. The bundle includes the Vampire: Age of the Living Gods setting covering the Sumerian Empire in 2350 BCE along with the three-part adventure Burning Gods. Also available in Portuguese.
- Price: $24.99 (29% off) in English
- $14.99 (25% off) in Portuguese
Charity Bundles and Sales
Goodman Games released Dungeon Crawl Classics #105: By Mitra’s Bones, Meet Thy Doom! This 2nd level adventure by Stephen Newton is a tribute to designer Jennell Jaquays and inspired by her Dark Tower adventure, playable either as a stand-alone adventure or as a prelude to more explorations of the Dark Tower.
- Price: $19.99
- Charity: Jennell Jaquays medical expenses (50%)
Veteran game designer Owen K.C. Stephens has posted a GoFundMe to cover the costs of his medical treatment as he fights cancer. Owen’s list of credits is more of a list of popular RPGs as he has worked on Dungeons & Dragons, Pathfinder, Starfinder, d20 Modern, Star Wars, d20 Modern, Dragon Age, and that’s just the start.
- Charity: Owen K.C. Stephens Medical Expenses (all proceeds)
For another way to help Owen, Echelon Game Design collected so, so many titles for the Owen KC Stephens is RAD! Bundle. This bundle includes titles for Pathfinder (both editions), Starfinder, Savage Worlds, Icons, Call of Cthulhu, Song of Ice and Fire, Thieves World, Wheel of Time, D20 Modern, Dragon Age, Gamma World, and a lot, lot, lot more.
- Price: $29.99 (97% off, total value of the bundle is over $1000)
- Charity: Owen K.C. Stephens Medical Expenses (90% of sale price)
Over on Bundle of Holding, Modphius has the John Carter of Mars bundle for the pulp sci-fi/adventure 2d20 System game. The Starter Collection includes the core rules, narrator screen and kit, and maps of both Barsoom and Korad, while the Bonus Collection adds on the Phantoms of Mars campaign, three sourcebooks, and two card decks.
- Price: $7.95 (78% off) with variable-cost Level Up option
- Charity: RollVsEvil (10%)
- End Date: April 1, 2024
Goodman Games is here in the charity section for the second time this week (and won’t be the last either) with the Goodman D20 Monster Guides bundle. This bundle of D20 system/3.x sourcebooks have rules for expanding several monstrous races and rules on how to play them as player characters as well. The Minor Threats collection includes the books for Doppelgangers, Dragonkin, T-Rex, Treants, Velociraptors, and Wererats while the Major Threats collection adds on Beholders, Drow, Fey, Liches, Rakshasas, Vampires, and Werewolves.
- Price: $9.95 (78% off) with variable-cost Level Up option
- Charity: San Francisco-Marin Food Bank (10%)
- End Date: April 7, 2024
Over on Humble Bundle, the Pathfinder 2nd Edition Guns of Alkenstar bundle looks to throw you into the Outlaws of Alkenstar Adventure Path and other gunslinging adventures in Golarion. The base level includes the digital version of the Pathfinder 2nd Edition Beginner Box, the Outlaws of Alkenstar Player’s Guide, the first adventure in the adventure path Punks in a Powder Keg, and the one-shot Head Shot the Rat. The second tier adds on the Pathfinder 2nd Edition Core Rulebook and Bestiary (the original OGL versions and not the new updated versions), the Lost Omens World Guide and Character Guide, plus the second adventure path adventure Cradles of Quarts. The third tier adds the third and final adventure The Smoking Gun, the sourcebook Guns & Gears, the setting book Impossible Lands, and the rulebooks Advanced Players Guide and GameMastery Guide plus all three adventure path adventures in VTT format for Foundry. The top tier adds on top of all that a physical copy of the Pathfinder Guns & Gears equipment book (shipping & handling additional).
- Price: $5/$15/$30/$40 (90% off at top tier)
- Charity: Worldbuilders Inc. (user-defined, default 5%)
- End Date: April 11, 2024
Magpie Games has an impressive bundle this week with the Best of Magpie Games Bundle. The base tier includes six games from Magpie Games plus the trio of Fate Codex Anthology titles, the second tier adds on four books for the superhero RPG Masks: A New Generation, the telenovela RPG Pasion de las Pasiones, and three other titles, while the top tier has the big ones: the dark fairy tale series Bluebeard’s Bride, the licensed RPG based on the board game of woodland critters at war Root, and the powerhouse licensed title Avatar Legends with the core rulebook, Wan Shi Tong’s Adventure Guide sourcebook, the adventure An Urgent Request set during the Roku Era, and the Avatar Legends Starter Set not just in digital format but also the physical boxed set (shipping not included)
- Price: $5/$15/$25 (94% off at top tier)
- Charity: Child’s Play (user-defined, default 5%)
- End Date: April 13, 2024
Cubicle 7 has the Warhammer Fantasy Role Play Bundle. The base level includes the Warhammer Fantasyt Role Play Starter Set plus two adventures and a 20% off coupon to the Cubicle 7 store. The second tier adds on the core rulebook and six more adventures, while the top tier gets you eight more adventures with the full bundle having the entire Enemy Within campaign.
- Price: $1/$15/$25 (91% off at top tier)
- Charity: Children’s Health Ireland
- End Date: April 4, 2024
Goodman Games has the Dungeon Crawl Classics & Mutant Crawl Classics Megabundle 2. This bundle has four tiers with the first tier featuring the core rules for Dungeon Crawl Classics, two adventures, and a 20% off coupon for the Goodman Games store. The second tier adds on the core rules for Mutant Crawl Classics along with the DCC Reference booklet, two zines, and four more adventures. The third tier adds on so much more with a total of 79 products including sourcebooks, adventures, zines, genre expansions, and a whole lot more. The highest tier ads on a physical softcover of the Mutant Crawl Classics Core Rulebook (shipping and handling extra).
- Price: $1/$15/$25/$40 (95% off at top tier)
- Charity: No Kid Hungry (user-defined, default 5%)
- End Date: March 28, 2024
Modiphius has a bundle for Dune: Adventures in the Imperium ready to send you on adventures on Arrakis and beyond. The base level includes the Quickstart and Agents of Dune Deluxe Starter Set along with character sheets and a 50% off coupon for select physical Dune products. The second tier adds on the standard edition core rulebook, the Gamemaster’s Toolkit, the campaign book Masters of Dune, and the introductory adventure Desertfall Adventure. The top tier adds on enough for a full library of books for 18 total including setting books, campaigns, adventures, NPC collections, rules expansions, and more.
- Price: $1/$10/$18 (91% off at top tier)
- Charity: charity:water (user-defined, default 5%)
- End Date: March 21, 2024
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.
