DriveThruRPG is offering a bundled deal (AU Charity – Modern & Urban Horror) with some really cool roleplaying games to help support the relief efforts in Austalia. From DTRPG “Terrible fires have been ravaging Australia since July of 2019, and matters are only getting worse. All proceeds from your purchase of this product will be…
Starship – A Non-stop Trip to Inspiration
Starship (Original Title: Non-stop) Author: Brian Aldiss Publisher: Avon Books Reprinted: 1969 Page Count: 224 Purchase on Amazon: Price Varies Starship or by its first published title Non-stop (1958) is about a group of humans living on a generation ship after dozens upon dozens of generations have gone by. In the story, the inhabitants no longer…
Tube Screamer Dungeon- Part Three: Moving On Up
Tube Screamer Dungeon Part Three: Moving On Up Welcome back to part three of my exploration into using the electrical schematics of Ibanez’s TS-808 Tube Screamer guitar effects pedal as the base for a dungeon map. As I discovered in Part One: Proof of Concept, an electrical schematic will work as the basis for a…
My Guardian Monster – Nothing Ever Happens When There’s a Detour
My Guardian Monster Author: Danial Carroll Publisher: Miskatonic Repository Page Count: 32 Available Formats: PDF PDF (DTRPG) – $2.99 My Guardian Monster is a modern-day story that is designed to be a one-shot or it can easily serve as an interlude between scenarios in an existing on-going campaign with minimal modification. The story takes place…
Dune as an Example of World-building
One of my first “grown-up” science fiction novels I read was Frank Herbert’s Dune, in my sophomore year of college. Over the next several months I found myself inhaling the rest of the classic Dune novels (this was long before the later prequels – which to be honest I did not particularly care for). The science fiction…
A Dark Little Secret – A Review of The Shadow Over Providence
The Shadow Over Providence Authors: Jon Hook & Matt Ryan Publisher: Chaosium Page Count: 38 Available Formats: PDF and print PDF (DTRPG) – $3.99 Print – Not Currently Available in Print The Shadow Over Providence is a traditional Call of Cthulhu scenario for Keepers of all skill levels. It made its debut at Necronomicon Providence…
A Look at Grim & Perilous Random Dice Tables
Grim & Perilous Random Dice Tables Author: Peter Rudin-Burgess Publisher: PPM Games Page Count: 25 Available Formats: PDF PDF (DTRPG) – $2.50 One of the benefits of being a Rolling Boxcar Patreon supporter is requesting a review of products that align with your interests. One of our longtime Patreon supporters asked us to take a…
Rolling Boxcar’s Best of 2019
This year has been amazing for us. So much has happened this past year. We welcomed contributor Daniel Stack, established an “influencer” relationship with Modiphius, witnessed the death of Google+ and the rise of MeWe, and publishing more content than in years past. As a tribute to all our contributors’ hard work, we take a…
News Desk: Modiphius Unveils Vampire: The Masquerade – Fall of London Release Date
Our friends over at Modiphius just dropped us a note to let us know about his upcoming release. We thought you’d be interested in this press release as well. So, if you’re a fan of Vampire, this is going to be a “must have”. I was skimming a copy of the PDF and this is…
Should We Fear The Ice Cream Man?
Ice Cream Man Author: Dr. Michael C. LaBossiere Publisher: The Miskatonic Repository Page Count: 9 Available Formats: PDF Only PDF (DTRPG) – Pay What You Want Recently, I have been scouring various social media sites and the Miskatonic Repository for interesting looking Call of Cthulhu scenarios and supplements. I recently stumbled on the Ice Cream…
