by It feels like the last month of gaming news has lasted an entire decade. Remember the OGL 1.1? It happened less than three weeks ago! For those of you who don’t be careful of Dungeons & Dragons (teach me your ways), you can consult our explanation here. Otherwise, here are some amazing games as we prepare for Zine Month – 28 whole days of Indie RPG crowdfunding that will surely drive me crazy and empty my wallet.
Latest releases: Apocalypse Frame, Wayfarer’s Deck, A Pinch of Magic, The Fear Bundle
“APOCALYPSE FRAME uses the LUMEN game engine, developing this formula to create a tactical mecha role-playing game heavily influenced by Armored Core, Xenoblade Chronicles X, Battletech, and XCOM. In a ruined and terraformed world where most of humanity is under the yoke of a brutal regime, the former workers of a once isolated factory…now known as tcollective-stood up to create a future free from oppression.
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“neon nights is a system-independent, cyberpunk-themed game of racer hangouts, shady bars, gang turfs, and evil. Lit street corners ready to use in your tabletop RPG of choice. On the other side 50 tarot-sized illustrated cardsthereYou’ll find suspicious dealers, undercover cops, well-guarded soup kitchens, and more.
“A pinch of magic is a collection of one-page RPGs based on light-hearted prompts about many wizarding things. It can be played by 1 to 4 players. This anthology series contains the ground rules to get you started as well as 10 one-page witch-centric RPGs that you create.
“The Fear Bundle is a collection of indie tabletop RPG supplements from some of the most creative indie RPG designers, both veteran and newbie authors. We are talking about 11 supplements, packaged in a beautiful black pouch. The modular structure of the bundle allows you to create your own gaming experience and play for weeks, both in groups and solo: survive in a city ravaged by Kaijus, run for your life in a zombie-infested world, fight your way out of corporate horror, through a suburban nightmare, fight, and far more gruesome adventures.
Crowdfunding: The fifth season, Lichoma, The search for the lost species, Kobolds ate my baby, Vast Grimm
“The Fifth Season RPG is designed to allow you to re-enact adventures and stories set in the world depicted in NK Jemisin’s Broken Earth trilogy of novels, a world where constant and unstable tectonic and volcanic activity threatens all life; a world whose people have learned to adapt in order to survive. It’s a world where everyone learns that Father Earth hates his children and always tries to kill them, where metal rusts and even stone crumbles, and the best you can do is prepare for the next one. disaster. In the world of Broken Earth, community – communication – is everything, because in community there is support and a chance to persevere.
“lichome is a political and dystopian RPG defined by ecological collapse, social conflict, and body-based economics and technology. Character concepts and abilities are based on their cards but are otherwise free-form and interpretive, not hard-and-fast bound by classes or mechanics. This creative aspect is complemented by an intuitive and simplified system. The basic rules fit on a single map and include quick procedures for non-combat challenges and violent conflicts. Optional additional rules allow groups to add more depth and nuance to suit their preferred style of play.
“The search for lost species resumes the deductive gameplay of Search Planet X to a more earthly plane, delving into remote areas of Indonesia and Papua New Guinea in search of animals many believed to be extinct. Renegade has partnered with Re:wilda real organization that actively searches for lost species in our world. »
“The cult classic The kobolds ate my baby returns with a new edition powered by polymorph. He’is faster, easier and more fun than ever! I salute you all, King Torg!”
“Vast Grimm is a standalone, art-filled, punk-fueled OSR role-playing game about the few remaining humans in a universe consumed by growing parasitic würms. It’s a game about survival, no matter how awful things get, humanity must survive.
In other news
- MÖRK BORG has opened pre-orders for Ikhona heretical OSR mod based on the original game.
- Join the partyit is third campaign, The rising tide, presented by Multitude and DM by Eric Silver, will take place on Tuesdays from January 31 until February 21; story episodes begin Tuesday, February 28.
- Alone but not alonea TTRPG charity set, is back with all funds going to Jasper’s Game Day, a TTRPG-based suicide prevention charity.
- Acheron Games, Studio Agate and Uhrwerk Verlag have announced the creation of the European Union of RPG Studios.
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