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!
Modiphius released another supplement for the Fallout Wasteland Warfare roleplaying game supplement (not the 2d20 System rules but the campaign RPG mode of the miniature skirmish wargame). Wilds of Appalachia: Hungry Hills rules packet includes unit info and faction cards with all the rules for the new items, weapons, armor, and more.
Fancy Crab Games has Weird Tales from the Shadowdark: The Raven based on the Edgar Allen Poe poem. Bring some classic gothic horror to your Shadowdark games with this entry in the Weird Tales Jam.
Philip Reed Games released vs. Outlaws, Wild West Roleplaying Game, a two-page Wild West pamphlet RPG designed to fit on a single double-sided printout.
Reyn LeBeau released Escape from Chorbo’s, a Fantasy AGE adventure where the party must escape their servitude in the titular diner where they are forced to work in the putrid kitchens to feed shambling monsters.
From Total Quest, Do No Harm is a Candela Obscura assignment where physician Dr. Johnny Parker has been found dead in his office, his body riddled with half-healed wounds. Can you figure out what’s going on?
Over on Dungeonmasters Guild, Thomas and Rachel Kolar have yet another Disney-inspired Domain of Death with The Haunted Manor.
Over on Storyteller’s Vault, DM Hubbard has The Headless Horseman, a supplement for Changeling: The Dreaming 2nd Edition that brings the terrifying spectre into the World of Darkness.
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 with the suggested price in parentheses
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.
The DriveThruRPG Halloween Sale is going on right now with discounts on over 15,000 titles including World of Darkness, Vaesen, Call of Cthulhu, Fallout: Ther Roleplaying Game (the actual 2d20 System version), the mash-up Call of CthulWHO (Cthulhu mythos mixed with Doctor Who), Delta Green, Savage Worlds, and a whole lot more.
The Halloween 2024 bundle from ndvmaps features a five-volume collection of VTT-ready battlemaps for contemporary horror adventures.
Wayward Rogues Publishing put together almost 100 titles in the Complete Catalog Halloween Bundle. This bundle not only includes 5e options for horror games, but also sci-fi, contemporary, and many other alternate campaign options.
Mentioned on this week’s Morrus’ Unofficial Tabletop RPG Talk Podcast, the Wyrd Science Bundle features the fist six issues of the zine at a huge mark-down. Get tips, tricks, and other useful resources for OSR, sci-fi, dark fantasy, mystery, and a lot more.
Charity Bundles and Sales
On Bundle of Holding, the Unknown Armies 3rd Edition Bundle has everything you need to get started with the RPG of postmodern occult intrigue and action. The Starter Collection includes Unknown Armies 3E Book 1: Play, Maria in Three Parts, Upsetting Anomalies, Unnatural Artistry, and Uncanny Acuity while the Complete Collection adds on Book 2: Run, Book 3: Reveal, Book 4: Expose, Book 5: Mine, Bring me the Head, and seven campaign kits.
Over on Humble Bundle, Chaosium has the Call of Cthulhu Encore Bundle with a full library for the classic Lovecraftian horror game. The base level gets you the Call of Cthulhu Starter Set, the monster book Petersen’s Guide to Lovecraftian Horrors, the adventure Doors to Darkness, and just for fun Call of Cthulhu the Coloring Book. The second tier adds on the more adventure and setting books plus the Call of Cthulhu Keeper Rulebook for gamemasters. The top tier features a total of 26 titles including the Call of Cthulhu Investigator Handbook for players plus setting books like Cthulhu Dark Ages and Pulp Cthulhu, and a lot more.
3D printer owners will want to check out the Futuristic Forge Sci-Fi 3D Printable Models Bundle. This bundle features a wide variety of alien monsters, heroic soldiers, sci-fi/fantasy mash-ups, post-apocalypse. space opera terrain, and a lot more with the top tier offering a total of 116 sets of STL files for 3D printers (with some sets having as many as a dozen models included).
The World of Darkness library is back with a full collection of Vampire: The Masquerade, Hunter: The Reckoning, and Werewolf: The Apocalypse. The base level gets you a trio of adventures for Vampire, the fiction story Love Bites, and extra content for all three games. The second tier adds on two adventures for Hunter, one for Werewolf, six for Vampire, and another story The Primogen’s Gambit. The third tier is your buy-in if you’re new to the 5th edition of World of Darkness (which is the 5th Edition of the Storyteller System rules, not an adaptation to the d20 5e system) as it includes the core rulebooks Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition, Hunter: The Reckoning 5th Edition, and Werewolf: The Apocalypse 5th Edition plus the sourcebooks Camarilla, Anarch, Sabbat, Second Inquisition, Cults of the Blood Gods, Chicago by Night, Fall of London, and more. The top tier adds on the card game Vampire: The Masquerade Rivals plus the two expansions Heart of Europe and Shadows & Shrouds (shipping and handling extra).
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!
Modiphius released another supplement for the Fallout Wasteland Warfare roleplaying game supplement (not the 2d20 System rules but the campaign RPG mode of the miniature skirmish wargame). Wilds of Appalachia: Hungry Hills rules packet includes unit info and faction cards with all the rules for the new items, weapons, armor, and more.
- Price: Free
Fancy Crab Games has Weird Tales from the Shadowdark: The Raven based on the Edgar Allen Poe poem. Bring some classic gothic horror to your Shadowdark games with this entry in the Weird Tales Jam.
- Price: Free
Philip Reed Games released vs. Outlaws, Wild West Roleplaying Game, a two-page Wild West pamphlet RPG designed to fit on a single double-sided printout.
- Price: Pay What You Want (Suggested: $1.00)
Reyn LeBeau released Escape from Chorbo’s, a Fantasy AGE adventure where the party must escape their servitude in the titular diner where they are forced to work in the putrid kitchens to feed shambling monsters.
- Price: What What You Want (Suggested: $2.00)
From Total Quest, Do No Harm is a Candela Obscura assignment where physician Dr. Johnny Parker has been found dead in his office, his body riddled with half-healed wounds. Can you figure out what’s going on?
- Price: Pay What You Want (Suggested: $2.99)
Over on Dungeonmasters Guild, Thomas and Rachel Kolar have yet another Disney-inspired Domain of Death with The Haunted Manor.
- Price: Free
Over on Storyteller’s Vault, DM Hubbard has The Headless Horseman, a supplement for Changeling: The Dreaming 2nd Edition that brings the terrifying spectre into the World of Darkness.
- 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 with the suggested price in parentheses
- Sol’Kesh Bestiary (5e CR3 monster plus tokens and printable STL file) frm Terry Miranda (Free)
- The Cracked Bell Congregation (5e monster and coloring book) from Stick Gun Gaming ($4.99)
- Expanded Luck and Bad Luck (5e luck alternate rules) from Tabletop Journeys LLC ($1.00)
- Prefabs Pack 9 (VTT furniture and terrain) from ForgottenAdventures ($4.99)
- Creepy Cabin One-Page Battle Maps (VTT battlemap) from Excalibur Penn (Free)
- A Forgotten Realms Gazetteer: Luiren Vol 2 (overworld maps) from Heleen Durston and Andrew Durston ($3.00)
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.
- Battle Chef (Shadowdark character class) from Kajiki23 ($1.00)
- Improved Character Backgrounds (5e character backgrounds) from David Dudhill, Leon Dudhjill, Phoenix Dudhill ($1.00)
- Untold Lineages (5e species feats) from Keith Hiscox ($0.50)
- Vampire Thrall (5e playable species) from Lucas Asher ($0.50)
- Werehawk (5e playable species) from Hal Smith ($0.50)
- 2024 Druid Subclass Expansion (5e Druid options) frm WixzalfTTRPG ($1.00)
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.
The DriveThruRPG Halloween Sale is going on right now with discounts on over 15,000 titles including World of Darkness, Vaesen, Call of Cthulhu, Fallout: Ther Roleplaying Game (the actual 2d20 System version), the mash-up Call of CthulWHO (Cthulhu mythos mixed with Doctor Who), Delta Green, Savage Worlds, and a whole lot more.
- Price: up to 40% off
- End Date: Not listed, likely October 31, 2024
The Halloween 2024 bundle from ndvmaps features a five-volume collection of VTT-ready battlemaps for contemporary horror adventures.
- Price $1.00 (80% off)
Wayward Rogues Publishing put together almost 100 titles in the Complete Catalog Halloween Bundle. This bundle not only includes 5e options for horror games, but also sci-fi, contemporary, and many other alternate campaign options.
- Price: $10.07 (93% off)
Mentioned on this week’s Morrus’ Unofficial Tabletop RPG Talk Podcast, the Wyrd Science Bundle features the fist six issues of the zine at a huge mark-down. Get tips, tricks, and other useful resources for OSR, sci-fi, dark fantasy, mystery, and a lot more.
- Price: $7.35 (65% off)
Charity Bundles and Sales
On Bundle of Holding, the Unknown Armies 3rd Edition Bundle has everything you need to get started with the RPG of postmodern occult intrigue and action. The Starter Collection includes Unknown Armies 3E Book 1: Play, Maria in Three Parts, Upsetting Anomalies, Unnatural Artistry, and Uncanny Acuity while the Complete Collection adds on Book 2: Run, Book 3: Reveal, Book 4: Expose, Book 5: Mine, Bring me the Head, and seven campaign kits.
- Price: $7.95 (77% off) with variable-cost Level Up option
- Charity: American Red Cross (10%)
- End Date: October 29, 2024
Over on Humble Bundle, Chaosium has the Call of Cthulhu Encore Bundle with a full library for the classic Lovecraftian horror game. The base level gets you the Call of Cthulhu Starter Set, the monster book Petersen’s Guide to Lovecraftian Horrors, the adventure Doors to Darkness, and just for fun Call of Cthulhu the Coloring Book. The second tier adds on the more adventure and setting books plus the Call of Cthulhu Keeper Rulebook for gamemasters. The top tier features a total of 26 titles including the Call of Cthulhu Investigator Handbook for players plus setting books like Cthulhu Dark Ages and Pulp Cthulhu, and a lot more.
- Price: $5/$15/$25 (94% off at top tier)
- Charity: World Wildlife Foundation (User-defined, default 5%)
- End Date: November 2, 2024
3D printer owners will want to check out the Futuristic Forge Sci-Fi 3D Printable Models Bundle. This bundle features a wide variety of alien monsters, heroic soldiers, sci-fi/fantasy mash-ups, post-apocalypse. space opera terrain, and a lot more with the top tier offering a total of 116 sets of STL files for 3D printers (with some sets having as many as a dozen models included).
- Price: $1/$20/$25
- Charity: Make-A-Wish (User-defined, default 5%)
- End Date: October 31, 2024
The World of Darkness library is back with a full collection of Vampire: The Masquerade, Hunter: The Reckoning, and Werewolf: The Apocalypse. The base level gets you a trio of adventures for Vampire, the fiction story Love Bites, and extra content for all three games. The second tier adds on two adventures for Hunter, one for Werewolf, six for Vampire, and another story The Primogen’s Gambit. The third tier is your buy-in if you’re new to the 5th edition of World of Darkness (which is the 5th Edition of the Storyteller System rules, not an adaptation to the d20 5e system) as it includes the core rulebooks Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition, Hunter: The Reckoning 5th Edition, and Werewolf: The Apocalypse 5th Edition plus the sourcebooks Camarilla, Anarch, Sabbat, Second Inquisition, Cults of the Blood Gods, Chicago by Night, Fall of London, and more. The top tier adds on the card game Vampire: The Masquerade Rivals plus the two expansions Heart of Europe and Shadows & Shrouds (shipping and handling extra).
- Price: $1/$10/$18/$40 (93% off at top tier)
- Charity: Your default choice (user-defined, default 5%)
- End Date: November 1, 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.
