Deep-Cut Studio and Lord Zsezse Works Team Up for some RPG Map Awesomeness
Today is a special day for us. We shook hands with Lord ZseZse Works and launched some really exciting RPG maps. Their newest Marble Sanctum map set as well as breath taking Harbour of Thieves map are available for preorder with a -10% discount as printed and ready to use mats. Ultimate beauty and detail level awaits those who choose to enhance their RPG or miniature games tables with these fine releases....
Under the Hood – Time Warp
Time Warp
By The Warden
PREVIOUSLY: If you missed out on last week’s post, you’ll definitely want to check that out. Over the next few months, I’m using this column to document the complete design process for a new system currently underway in my Lab. So far, I’ve established five objectives needed to fulfill my goals with this design: super-fast gameplay, rules-lite, easy...
Third Eye Games Writers Open Call
Third Eye Games posted an open call for new writers. Check it out:
It’s been a bit since we’ve had a good blog post and that’s because Eloy has been VERY busy working on a ton of different games and releases. He’s always one to try to tackle everything on his own, but now there’s just too much to handle… This is where you come in.
We are announcing an Open Call for Writers which will run...
Review: Modiphius Entertainment – Investigator’s Guide (Acthung! Cthulhu)
Investigator’s Guide
Investigator’s Guide is a core setting book for the WWII action horror Acthung! Cthulhu, for Call of Cthulhu and Savage Worlds, written by Chris Birch, Dave Blewer, Alex Bund, Adam Crossingham, Lynne Hardy, Sarah Newton, and Matthew Pook and published by Modiphius Entertainment.
By Aaron T. Huss
Learn more about Investigator’s Guide here
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The Chronicles of Future Earth RPG Setting Sourcebook
THE DESIGN MECHANISM AND MINDJAMMER PRESS ANNOUNCE “THE CHRONICLES OF FUTURE EARTH” FOR RUNEQUEST 6TH EDITION
“In the last centuries of the Fifth Cycliad, a great malaise began to descend on the lands of humankind. The great civilisations of Earth, which for aeons had seemed on the verge of slumber, now finally began to rot from within. From the edges of the world the ever-present...
Under the Hood – From the Ground Up
From the Ground Up
By The Warden
Artwork by Genzoman (DeviantArt)
Back in late January, I reached critical mass. Without going into too much detail on this forum (those of you who may be curious can read about it on my personal blog), things in my life became more than I could handle and I needed some time to get them sorted out for mine and my family’s sake. The reason why I mention this is because...
Bully Pulpit Games Announces Night Witches
Bully Pulpit Games Takes To The Air With “Night Witches”
New Tabletop RPG Shines Spotlight On Little-Known WW2 Story
Chapel Hill: Bully Pulpit Games is proud to announce their latest roleplaying game, Night Witches. The game focuses on female bomber pilots who flew for the Soviet Union during World War Two — the 588th Night Bomber Regiment, known to the Germans they harassed as “Night Witches”....
DramaScape Charity Bundle for Dragondaze UK Game Convention
Miniatures, maps, and adventure publisher DramaScape has announced a charity bundle to support the Barnardo’s Caerphilly & Newport Young Carers Service charity at this year’s Dragondaze gaming convention in Newport, Wales.
This charity bundle is in addition to the profits of Dragondaze being donated to the charity.
Dragondaze is all about having fun, its a one day convention celebrating...
A Word in Edgewise… with Alex Flagg of Crafty Games
with Alex Flagg of Crafty Games
By Aaron T. Huss
Welcome everyone to the latest Word in Edgewise with Roleplayers Chronicle. Today Editor-in-Chief Aaron T. Huss, depicted by the prefix RPC, is talking with Alex Flagg of Crafty Games, depicted by the prefix AF. The interview took place over Skype Messenger.
RPC: Alex, why don’t you go ahead and introduce yourself, giving us a look at your RPG...
Conflict Games Wants to Kickstart Better Combat with over 100 Combat Description Cards
Nanuet, NY, March 17, 2014 – Conflict Games has a new idea for spicing up the descriptions of combat in pen-and-paper role playing games and fantasy fiction writing. The idea is a simple concept – have a deck of cards on hand that contains a ready list of adjectives and thoughtful examples of their use. These adjectives, referred to as action words, are exciting, vivid, and descriptive, and they...
FASA Games Delays 1879 Roleplaying Game to November 2014
FASA Games’ newest project, 1879, has been delayed from its original release date at Gen Con this year to November.
We had originally planned to release the 1879 Players Guide and GM’s Guide at GenCon this year. However, we’ve run into two concerns that have caused us to push back the release date to late November, with the target being November 25th, the American Thanksgiving holiday.
First,...
Kickstarter Launched for Rebuilding the Realms of Twilight for Pathfinder
NEWBURGH, IN MARCH 15, 2014 – Silver Crescent Publishing is pleased to announce the launch of our Kickstarter entitled Rebuilding the Realms of Twilight. The original Realms of Twilight Campaign Setting hardcover book was released in the fall of 2010 for the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game rule set. This 256 page work spanned five continents, and more than 40 notable locations. The bards would...
Monster Kart Mayhem Kickstarter is Undead
Accessible Games is excited to announce the Kickstarter for the upcoming release of Monster Kart Mayhem, a Fudge-compatible, GM-less, kart-racing RPG.
Monster Kart Mayhem lets you choose or create your own racer and pit them against up to 5 friends and family in a speed race and battle royale of monstrous proportions. You’ll zip through 1,000 km of Transylvania’s harshest terrain, grab Power-Ups...
Zed or Alive: Zombie Miniatures Kickstarter Launches March 15th
March 13, 2013—Rust Devil Games’ first release, Zed or Alive: The Zombie Miniatures Game for Savage Worlds: Showdown! is finished and ready to be distributed via digital download. The next step in its release is a Kickstarter to raise funds for the initial run of the printed book.
Zed or Alive: The Zombie Miniatures Game is the first self-published title from Rust Devil Games, the team behind Pinnacle...
Novel Review: R.A. Salvatore – Night of the Hunter (Forgotten Realms)
Night of the Hunter
Night of the Hunter is the latest epic fantasy novel, placed in the Forgotten Realms, written by R.A. Salvatore and published by Wizards of the Coast.
By Cape Rust
Everyone’s favorite Dark Elf is back. Drizzt Do’Urden has reunited with his once dead, now living, but not undead friends to rescue Bruenor’s old friend Thibbledorf Pwent. Thibbledorf is located in the once glorious...
Epic Fantasy Web Series Launched Kickstarter Campaign March 8
“The Rangers,” a new fantasy web series from the award-winning producers of “The Rise of the Fellowship” and one of the major creative forces behind the award-winning documentary “Darkon,” launched a Kickstarter campaign on March 8. They’re calling all fantasy fans to join their team of successful filmmakers, creative minds and talented craftsmen and actors to make this quality, fan-supported...
Super-powered FATE in the Daring Comics RPG Kickstarter
Daring Entertainment has launched a Kickstarter campaign for their all-new Daring Comics RPG, powered by FATE.
Back the Kickstarter here.
The Daring Comics Role-Playing Game Kickstarter is now live!
Heroes battle villains through the streets and skies. From megalomaniacs who dream of ruling the world, to dictators who wish to shape the future course of humanity, only the heroes stand in their way.
Heroes...
Mutant Chronicles Gets Savage Worlds Conversion & Modiphius gets a Wayne Reynolds Cover!
In a flurry of broken Stretch Goals Modiphius confirmed British artist Wayne Reynolds as the cover artist for the core book AND unveiled a surprise £100k stretch goal.
In last night’s update Modiphius announced a Savage Worlds conversion of the Mutant Chronicles core book. So this means that Savage fans now have no excuse to sign up! Even better it’s being written by no less than Dave...
Review: Warning Label – Cast of Cards (Savage Worlds)
Cast of Cards
Cast of Cards is a line of playing card accessories for Savage Worlds, published by Warning Label.
By Aaron T. Huss
Learn more about Cast of Cards here
Purchase Cast of Cards here
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Cast of Cards is a collection of (currently fantasy) playing cards used as a quick-play character accessory for Savage Worlds. Each card describes a single NPC, creature,...
Entry Guidelines and Competition Timetable Now Available for the 2014 Windhammer Prize
Arborell.com is pleased to announce that the competition guidelines and timetable for the 2014 Windhammer Prize for Short Gamebook Fiction are now available.
This contest is proudly sponsored by arborell.com and continues in its seventh year as a means to promote the gamebook genre, and to provide exposure within a competitive environment for aspiring gamebook authors. In particular this prize values...
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