Our friends at DriveThruRPG have launched their annual GM Week, which runs through the early part of March (actually through 3/12). Of course, you don’t have to be a GM to take advantage of hundreds of RPG items on sale. In fact, if you want to take the helm of running great roleplaying games this is the time to get over and score some amazing products while keeping plenty of ... Read More »
Columbia Games has two new releases available for the Harn roleplaying system. In Keserin Mine players and GMs will explore the hidden mine complex run by the obliviously evil and violent Order of the Red Shadows of Herpa. With Harden Castle players will visit the centuries old fortress and well as the surrounding area which may be in a state of decline due to a curse. Keserin Mine can be ... Read More »
As Catalyst Game Labs continues the “Year of Shadowrun” they’ve announced they will be releasing an introductory starter box set to make jumping on board the upcoming fifth edition of the ever popular RPG as easy as possible. The Shadowrun Introductory Box Set (not a very original title there is it?) is going to include a quick start rule book, pre-generated characters as well as gear and spell cards; Oh ... Read More »
Hot on the heels of the announcement of a Firefly board game from Gale Force 9, Margaret Weis Productions has revealed their plans to bring Firefly into the realm of RPGs. The Firefly Roleplaying Game will be built upon the popular Cortex rule system and give players the opportunity to step into the shoes of the crew of the starship Serenity. We could see the first of the firefly releases ... Read More »
If you’re looking for an all new setting to challenge your Call of Cthulhu investigators you’ll certainly want to get your hands on the latest supplement from Chaosium! Atomic Age Cthulhu bridges the gap between the classic CofC set in the 1920s and the ever growing popularity of the modern Mythos scenarios. Now your players can battle Deep Ones while rocking out to Buddy Holly or ogle Miskatonic co-eds in ... Read More »
For those of us introduced to Dungeons & Dragons long before the property became a gaming juggernaut, many first learned about D&D through the original small boxed, 1974 three book edition. Before anyone starts adding more years to my actual age, I had my first experience with D&D through the 1978 AD&D books… Yet, one of our local (and now long gone) Chicago FLGSs still carried the original box set ... Read More »
Name: Deadlands Noir Publisher: Pinnacle Entertainment Group Writer: John Goff Year: 2012 Players: Two or more Ages: 12+ Playing Time: Indefinite Pages: 144 pages Genre: Pulp horror RPG supplement Retail Price: $19.99 PDF Deadlands Noir started out as a Kickstarter project submitted by Shane Hensley in May 2012. Shane’s fundraising goal was $8,000 and he met that goal in two and a half hours while eventually ending up with over $117,000 around ... Read More »
The latest releases for Modiphius Entertainment and the Achtung! Cthulhu series are now up for crowd funding on Kickstarter. Now’s your chance to bring both the Investigator’s Guide to the Secret War and the Keeper’s Guide to the Secret War to the public. It looks as if there’s no question these two books will hit publication as the project is already over 70% funded in it’s first day. The funding ... Read More »
One of the main critiques I had of the otherwise fine Doctor Who: Adventures in Time and Space RPG from Cubicle 7 Entertainment was the lack of much material based on previous incarnations of the Doctor, his companions, or many of their foes. Now Cubicle 7 has announced the launch of a series of hard cover supplements for each Doctor which will run 160 pages. The first two books (as ... Read More »
After a short period of downtime, Cubicle 7 Entertainment announced their online store is up and ready for orders once again. There’s lots going on with the company as a slew of recent releases have hit over the past month or so. As, usual, there’s lots of excitement on the horizon as well! From Cubicle 7: We are delighted to let everyone know that our web store is back up, ... Read More »
Game Name: Apocalypse Prevention, Inc (Savage Worlds Edition) Publisher: Third Eye Games Designer: Eloy Lasanta Year: 2012 for the Savage Worlds Edition Players: Two or more Ages: 12+ Playing Time: It’s an RPG so it could be indefinite! Pages: 184 Genre: Humorous SF RPG Retail Price: $17.99 book; $8.99 PDF From Third Eye Games – Join the fight to protect earth – Now using the Savage Worlds ruleset! Monsters and ... Read More »
If you play the Ars Magica 4th Edition of the Atlas Games RPG you might be interested in a bundle package they’re offering on their website through the month of February. You can get nearly $300 worth of supplements for $55, including free media mail shipping. It could be a more appealing package for those new, or looking to check out the system, if the core rules were included but ... Read More »
Longtime visitors know I’m a fan of Fantasy Craft from Crafty Games and that the title is one of the best RPGs out there based on the Open Gaming License. Now a new PDF bundle is available bringing three new character achetypes into the system: The Crusader, The Inquisitor, and The Avatar. These three classes are packaged together and can be purchased exclusively from DriveThruRPG. The current pricing on the ... Read More »
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