Cakebread & Walton’s Rolling Thunder #1 is Out Now!
Rolling Thunder is brand new magazine, by the fans, for the fans, of Cakebread & Walton’s role-playing games.
Issue #1 contains all new material for Abney Park’s Airship Pirates, Pirates & Dragons, Dark Streets, OneDice WW1, and OneDice Universal.
What’s more, the PDF is completely FREE to download!
There will be a POD version available soon – and the editor’s...
Mystical Throne Entertainment Licenses Dark Streets for Five Points New York Setting
SHAKOPEE, MN June 10, 2015 – Mystical Throne Entertainment is proud to announce the licensing of Cakebread & Walton’s Dark Streets, powered by the Renaissance system, to develop a setting guide for 1850s Five Points, New York.
Breaking away from Savage Worlds and the Entropic Gaming System, Mystical Throne Entertainment is taking the gritty, urban Lovecraftian horror of Dark Streets and placing...
Curious Creatures of the Dragon Isles is Out!
A collection of many monsters to add fearsome foes and forthright friends to your Pirates & Dragons campaign. Illustrated in colour, each creature is given a full write-up, with Renaissance D100 and retro-clone stats and encounter tables for the Dragon Isles’ varied habitats.
From giant scorpions to sage tortoises, death toucans to lurking horrors, anthropophagi to hupias, there are enough...
OneDice Cyberpunk from Cakebread & Walton is Now Available
The latest OneDice rulebook – Cyberpunk – is now available as a PDF, with the paperback edition coming soon…
OneDice Cyberpunk is a science fiction game set in the near future, where the world is run by multinational corporations and everyone either has an allegiance to a Corp or is considered an illegal. Information is power – and for those prepared to take the risks, a commodity...
The Latest OneDice RPG is Now Available as a PDF, with the Print Edition Coming Soon!
Quick and easy fantasy role-playing rules
OneDice Fantasy is a game set in a world of elves and dwarves, sorcerers and dragons. Whether you want to play in a setting of your own devising, or adventure in one of the three fantasy eras described within, all the rules you need are in this book – races and professions, five magic systems, an extensive bestiary and a short adventure to get your campaign...
OneDice Abney Park’s Airship Pirates!
The latest in our OneDice series – OneDice Abney Park’s Airship Pirates! Post-apocalyptic steampunk role-playing in the world of steampunk band Abney Park, this packed little rule-book comes with extensive and lavish artwork by MANDEM, Phantoms Siren and “Captain” Robert Brown himself. Get the PDF now, or wait a couple of weeks and get the standard colour paperback, or the lush...
Review: Cakebread & Walton – Pirates & Dragons (Renaissance)
Pirates & Dragons
Pirates & Dragons is a complete pirate epic fantasy role-playing game, written by Ken Walton and Peter Cakebread and published by Cakebread & Walton.
By Aaron T. Huss
Learn more about Pirates & Dragons here
Purchase Pirates & Dragons here
Find other Renaissance posts here
Pirates & Dragons is the latest incarnation of the Renaissance system from Cakebread...
Pirates & Dragons OneDice Edition Now Available
New from Cakebread & Walton – the OneDice edition of Pirates & Dragons! 130 full-colour pages of swashbuckling goodness, using the popular OneDice system, it’s available now, with a handy-pocket sized print edition coming soon! OneDice Pirates & Dragons uses a simplified version of the background from our Renaissance D100 Pirates & Dragons game, and contains a substantial...
Cakebread & Walton’s Pirates & Dragons Paperback Now Available
The standard paperback of the Pirates & Dragons core rulebook is now available! If you want a huge dollop of D100 fantasy pirate swashbuckling, this is the game for you! Forthcoming products for the line, now in production, include Curious Creatures of the Dragon Isles, a full-colour bestiary, and Tales of Tortuga, a gazetteer and two adventures involving double-crossing pirates, gruesome monsters,...
Cakebread & Walton’s First OneDice Genrebook – Steampunk
Hot on the heels of OneDice Universal comes Cakebread & Walton’s first OneDice genrebook – Steampunk!
Quick and easy steampunk role-playing rules.
[View our entry in the Roleplayers Chronicle Reference database here.]
OneDice Steampunk is a game of Victorian science fiction adventure in a world on the brink of war and revolution. Aerial steam carriages streak across the skies, steamtanks...
OneDice from Cakebread & Walton is Out Now!
Cakebread & Walton, award-winning RPG designers of Abney Park’s Airship Pirates, Clockwork & Chivalry, Renaissance, Dark Streets and Pirates & Dragons, are proud to announce a new product line for 2014 – the OneDice system.
[View our entry in the Roleplayers Chronicle Reference database here.]
There are times when you’ve got a really cool idea for a role-playing session, but can’t...
New 65-page PDF Adventure for Dark Streets Now Available
There is a new 65 page PDF adventure for Dark Streets available. Published by Cakebread & Walton, written by Adrian Gawain Jones and Peter Cakebread. [View our entry in the Roleplayers Chronicle Reference database here.]
When a professor goes missing from a prestigious college, the Bow Street Runners are called to York to investigate. It soon becomes apparent that he’s not the only person...
Review: Cakebread & Walton – Dark Streets (Renaissance)
Dark Streets
Dark Streets is a historical investigative horror RPG, powered by Renaissance, set in the Georgian era, written by Peter Cakebread and Ken Walton and published by Cakebread & Walton.
By Aaron T. Huss
Learn more about Dark Streets here
Purchase Dark Streets here
Find other Dark Streets posts here
Dark Streets is a setting guide for the Renaissance system, set in Georgian London with...
Cakebread & Walton Pirates & Dragons RPG Available Now!
Pirates like gold.
Dragons like gold.
When the terrors of the sea meet the terrors of the sky, there’s bound to be trouble!
They came from Albion, from Gaule and Esbania and Batavia, in search of the treasures of the New World. They found a menace older than mankind – dragons!
In their mountain lairs on the Dragon Isles, giant beasts – old and wise and malevolent – sit on their piles of gold,...
Cakebread & Walton February Sale
All our games, both PDF and print editions, are on sale at 15% off from now until the 28th February! Go get ‘em!
Also, our 32 page military historical adventure, “Depths of Winter”, is now available as a “pay what you want” product, with all proceeds going to the Wounded Warrior Project.
http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/browse.php?manufacturers_id=4595
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The Making of Pirates & Dragons, The RPG
The making of Pirates & Dragons, the RPG
By Ken Walton & Peter Cakebread
Back the Kickstarter here.
In The Beginning
We’ve always liked pirates. And dragons. When the idea popped into our heads to make a role-playing game called Pirates & Dragons, we were amazed no-one had beaten us to it. After all, since both are very fond of gold, the conflict inherent in the situation is obvious,...
Featured Product: Clockwork & Chivalry – Final Verdict (Part 5)
Clockwork & Chivalry Part 5: Final Verdict
By Aaron T. Huss
Welcome to the finale part 5 of the Featured Product series for Clockwork & Chivalry, published by Cakebread & Walton. Part 5, Final Verdict, is a wrap-up of the series and final thoughts on the system, setting, and publication.
There are many different aspects of any tabletop role-playing game that one could love, hate, or something...
Featured Product: Clockwork & Chivalry – Game Balance (Part 4)
Clockwork & Chivalry Part 4: Game Balance
By Aaron T. Huss
Learn more about the Kingdom & Commonwealth campaign here
Welcome to part 4 of the Featured Product series for Clockwork & Chivalry, published by Cakebread & Walton. Part 4, Game Balance, takes a look at actual game play and how the mechanics and setting are designed and balanced.
GAME MECHANICS
All tabletop role-playing...
Featured Product: Clockwork & Chivalry – Character Creation (Part 3)
Clockwork & Chivalry Part 3: Character Creation
By Aaron T. Huss
Learn more about Renaissance Deluxe here
Welcome to part 3 of the Featured Product series for Clockwork & Chivalry, published by Cakebread & Walton. Part 3, Character Creation, takes a look at the ins and outs of creating actual characters and how they’re designed.
You can learn a lot about a new system or setting...
Featured Product: Clockwork & Chivalry – A Look Inside (Part 2)
Clockwork & Chivalry Part 2: A Look Inside
By Aaron T. Huss
Learn more about Clockwork & Cthulhu here
Welcome to part 2 of the Featured Product series for Clockwork & Chivalry, published by Cakebread & Walton. Part 2, A Look Inside, delves into the workings of the various books featured in this Featured Product series and how they’re constructed from an actual-use standpoint.
PUBLICATION
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