Tag: RPG

Onward, Brave Mice! – Things That Go Squeak in the Night

Things That Go Squeak in the Night A Heroic Role-Playing Game of Cute Horror Author: Jim Davies Publisher: Gallant Knight Games Page Count: 154 Available Formats: PDF & Print PDF (DTRPG) – $9.99 Print/Digital Combo (DTRPG) – $20.99 I have never been able to nail down where my fascination with mice-centric roleplaying games comes from. Perhaps…

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Rolling Boxcars at GENCON

Rolling Boxcars will be GENCON in August. I (Keith) will be there for various reasons, but first and foremost, I will be there as part of the press pool providing event coverage. During the convention, look for tweets as I provide updates and images of the event from my perspective. After the convention, I will…

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Stardate 1978: A Look at the First Star Trek RPG

Star Trek: Adventure Gaming in the Final Frontier Author: Michael J. Scott Publisher: Heritage Models Available Formats: Very out of print Modiphius currently has the license to Star Trek RPGs. They’ve done quite a bit with it, including many sourcebooks, adventures, and a few versions of the core rules (main core rules, Klingon version, original series-focused)….

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Get Book, Read Book, Play Game — Parsely RPG

Parsely Author: Jared A. Sorensen Publisher: Momento Mori Theatricks Page Count: 272 Available as: Print with PDF Print – $30 In the era of spinach green displays and dot matrix printers, computer games were simple lines of scrolling text. Zork, the most famous interactive texed-based, was not the first but highly influential. Games like Penguin…

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Black Friday & Cyber Monday Tabletop Gaming Sales and Deals [Some Earlier]

Dear Readers, It’s that time of year again! Excellent sales and deals are abundant—allowing you to fill stockings and the void under the tree for yourself or your favorite gamer. Have a look below at some of the incredible publishers offering great deals this year. Don’t forget to check back often, as we’ll be updating…

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Safe Harbor In A Sea of Darkness – Planar Compass #1

Planar Compass #1 Author: D.M. Wilson, Sarah Brunt Publisher: Planar Compass Page Count: 60 Available Formats: PDF & Print PDF (DTRPG) – $6.99 Print/PDF Combo (Exalted Funeral) – $15.00 Planar Compass Issue One, published in Autumn 2020, is singularly focused on providing readers with new content for the Old-School Essentials roleplaying game. Issue One features…

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What’s in the Box? – A Look at the Tales From the Loop RPG Starter Set

Tales From the Loop RPG Starter Set Author: Simon Stålenhag, Nils Hintze, Tomas Härenstam Publisher: Free League Page Count: 48 Available Formats: PDF & Print PDF (DTRPG) – $4.99 Print – $30.00 Starter Sets harken back to the 1980s. They served as an inexpensive entry point and provided a simple, streamlined way for new players to…

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Little Orange Books – Hidden Hand of the Horla

T:1 Hidden Hand of the Horla Author: R.J. Thompson Publisher: Appendix N Entertainment Page Count: 24 Available Formats: PDF/Print PDF (DTRPG) – $5 Print (white cover; Exalted Funeral) – $10 Over the past few years, small publishers have embraced the “zine” format with the advent of campaigns like Kickstarter’s ZineQuest—there’s been a revival of this…

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Rediscovering the Past – Against the Darkmaster

Against the Darkmaster Author: Massimiliano Caracristi Publisher: Open Ended Games Page Count: 576 Available Formats: PDF & Print PDF (DTRPG) – $24.99 Print (Publisher Site) – $65.00 In the ’80s and ’90s, Middle-Earth Role Playing (MERP) was undoubtedly popular in some gaming circles—enough so to warrant two editions. Some enjoyed the Middle Earth setting and…

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