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    RPG Print News – Chaosium, Space Penguin Ink, and More

    There's a premium on the Leatherette versions. Regular covers are notably less.
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    How to Make a Fantasy Sandbox vs. Sandbox Generator

    I enjoyed reading some of @robertsconley blog posts and I'm pretty tempted to pick up the book! Most recently I have considered running the "underdark" style hexcrawls in AA#23 Down the Shadowvein and it's sequel AA#24 The Mouth of the Shadowvein because of the somewhat linear river and...
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    Ways of players getting Ability Scores - I require some help!

    @_HERETIC_ Looks like you are new here on ENworld, so if you have read and played dozens of very different RPGs . . . then what follows doesn't apply. My best advice to someone who is looking to design a system is combine things you like from multiple (at least two) different games that you...
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    Ways of players getting Ability Scores - I require some help!

    You need to specify your DnD edition ;) Your description I take to mean 3ed + versions. If you only ever use ability attribute modifiers and never use the actual scores for anything, then you do not need the scores. Many games use just modifiers that are actually used in rolls and these are...
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    Ways of players getting Ability Scores - I require some help!

    Hot take: Unless you plan to have your system uses ability checks where you roll under their value (i.e. make a dex check -- Frank the Fighters dex is 12 -- he roles 3d6 or a d20 and hopes to get 12 or under) don't have attributes like this. Have a -2 to +3. Got six stats? Give them 6 points...
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    What makes an TTRPG a "Narrative Game" (Daggerheart Discussion)

    The first "writer's room" game I encountered (played it at an event) was Universalis (first release in 2002, very Forge Era). I pretty much described it that way before I heard the term (it feels like you are a bunch of writers brainstorming a movie or TV series.) Most systems I've played along...
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    My Comic & Game store got broken into and burgled.

    Looks like your store is in BC, Canada? If you'd like I'd be happy to send a little package of Canadian RPGs from ComposeDreamGames.com your way as a "that sucks and here's a small way we can help." You are welcome to send me a PM to talk further.
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    Your TTRPG Design Principles?

    There's a lot I could say on this topic and I intend to respond to some specifics of others thoughts. Here's some of mine: A1: Each of my game designs should have its own set of design principles/goals. (Otherwise why make a new game? The "A"s below are other apriori items.) A2: Mechanics and...
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    D&D (2024) Scaling monsters in the Monster Manual?

    I don't feel like scaling at all levels is useful. I do like how Pendelhaven Publishing scaled both their Creatures of Fairy-tale and Myth 5e and Creatures of Fairy-tale and Myth for Fate of the Norns: Ragnarok. Both have configurations for all 50 or so monsters at 5 different tiers. Those...
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    OSR The Monster Overhaul

    Ah . . . thanks for letting me know. Corrected!
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    OSR The Monster Overhaul

    Skerples has already started work on "The Treasure Overhaul" which seems pretty sweet. His two most recent blog posts on Coins and Scrolls cover it and provide a couple downloads. My own recent big project was launching an indie RPG distributor in the UK to match the one I run in Canada ;) So...
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    OSR The Monster Overhaul

    Alright, so I am pretty much saying it here first: There are 84 copies of the The Monster Overhaul that have just landed in the UK (actually 90 but 6 are already claimed). We expect to have them in our hands mid-week. You can order from The Monster Overhaul This is also the best place to order...
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    March Fourth for GM's Day!!

    I spent the some of the day setting up a reward program for the RPG Marketplace I run. So people can earn points on any PDF purchase and then redeem those points towards other titles. You also earn reward points for sending someone else a e-gift card like say your GM buddies. Details...
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    Dagger in the Heart: A Campaign Book for Heart: The City Beneath

    Nice. We (Compose Dream Games) carries Spire and Heart here in Canada and will probably be doing the Canadian fulfillment for Dagger in the Heart. There shipping graphic (at the bottom of the backerkit page) doesn't include Canada at the moment but would probably be more in line with Aus+NZ...
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    February Canadian Crowdfunding Roundup: Solo, Diceless, Map Drawing, Egypt, Martial Arts

    4 Ontario and Quebec based publishers have crowdfunders which started in February 2024. If you know other Canadian projects funding sound off. Solo Martial Blues (Radio James Games, James Kerr) Orillia, ON -- Ends March 3rd https://crowdfundr.com/solo-martial-blues This one breaks the mold by...
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    Sale Compose Dream Games RPG Marketplace - Canada and Beyond

    Rowan, Rook and Decard have joined the marketplace with their award winning Spire: This City Must Fall and Heart: The City Beneath, as well as Rhapsody of Blood and Goblin Quest! I had come across "Sean Bean Quest" somewhere online a few years ago. You all play a series of Sean Beans who...
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    OSR The Monster Overhaul

    I read that section on Divine recently as well and found it really solid. I also like how pretty much all the giants you could want are compressed into two entries (Giant and Giant, Noble -- on facing pages no less!) Does something similar with the Orge entry, where Bugbears, Lesser Ettins...
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    Which RPGs did you play in 2023?

    Oh man, The 13th Fleet, that's been so tempting but I haven't got to it yet. Glad to hear you had a great time with it. I should check if they are going to be making it out to Game-Itoba at the end of January. Let's see what did I play? Ran a couple games of WILD: Wake Initiated Lucid Dreaming...
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    BitD Fantasy or best FitD game to play fantasy? Tell me about it!

    The one I am aware of is "Sig: City of Blades." This is a planescape like setting "where eternal planes and infinite primes meet." You pick one of the 5 major factions and help them increase their power and influence. You are "clever spies, renegade sorcerers and reckless smugglers." You can...
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    Gary Gygax's The Hermit kickstarter is almost over!

    I have it sitting on the shelf behind me, but I never played or ran it. It's right next to 1e Temple of Elemental Evil, got The Hermit from my local FLGS. It suffered from the July 2002 release date a little (edition change) and apparently my copy was printed here in Canada. I think it's one of...
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