Augusta Universalis is a sci-fi RPG that takes a fantastical look at what would’ve happened if the Roman Empire hadn’t just not fallen, but actually thrived and became super advanced in science and technology, reaching out into the stars and colonizing other worlds the way it did with land around the Mediterranean. But not everything …
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You’re just hanging out with your buddies at work. You’ve got things going well. When some group of murder-hobos come in and start stabbing everyone! How rude! Sure, you might be a minion of an evil entity, but still, that’s just mean. Best to create a good defense. That’s what you’ll be doing in For …
Your favorite adventurers from Penny Arcade’s Acquisitions Incorporated will soon be incorporated into your D&D games. Wizards of the Coast has announced that they’re creating a sourcebook based on the popular adventuring company. From the announcement: No, it’s not a joke. Dungeons & Dragons is publishing a book made in partnership with Penny Arcade that …
I remember when the Altered Carbon show came out on Netflix. It seemed to get rather universal praise from my friends. So, I know they’re thrilled with the announcement that they’ll soon be able to dive headlong into that universe, as Hunters Entertainment has announced a licensing agreement with Skydance Media to create the Altered …
When you’re the GM, you’ve gotta come up with everything else in the world that doesn’t consist of the party memebers. That’s tough. There’s guides out there that can help you with NPCs in the world. But they give you, what? 20? 30? Maybe 100 characters? That’s nothing. The Ultimate Character Compendium gives you over …
Fantasy Flight is coming at you with a new, free adventure for you to try out. Those that have picked up Shadow of the Beanstalk, their latest cyberpunk book set in the Android universe, can grab yourself Night on the Town. And, I mean, who doesn’t love a night on the town, anyway? From the …
The latest set for Pathfinder Battles, Ruins of Lastwall, is now available. Whenever I’m playing an RPG, I like to have the right figures out there to represent what I’m playing/fighting. And there’s always having multiple versions so you can keep them separate. So it’s nice to have another set of figs to choose from. …
Giant robot alert! We have giant robot alert! <whoop! whoop! whoop!> Lancer is a new sci-fi rpg coming to Kickstarter next month where players take on the role of mech pilots in the future, having to deal with all the various things that come with that (usually pretty war-based things, being mechs and all). There’s …
Coming up with a world as a GM is really tough. There’s about a million things to try and figure out, and it can all get very complex very fast. It’s much easier to leave that to someone else and then bask in their creativity as you take your adventurers around. Welcome to Tikor is …
Monte Cook Games is looking to bring some giant robots to your fantasy RPG games, and I’m 100% ok with that. They’re running a Kickstarter for Arcana of the Ancients, a science-fantasy book in the style of Numenera, over to 5th Edition. From the campaign: In the misty recesses of time, before the kingdoms and …