RPG Print News – Melsonia Arts Council, Cubicle 7, Mongoose, and More

Troika!, D&D, Traveller , and fantasy RPGs get new RPG support available from both game stores and directly from the publishers covering: a sinister interdimensional warehouse adventure, details on a space navy, D&D Dr. Who, and fantasy monster locations. There is also a d100 horror adventure and an RPG for the younger crowd.

Note: RPG Print News covers recent RPG releases and some classics, reprints, and sales available from retailers. It does not cover products that are only available directly to customers only through Kickstarter or as print on demand.

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Whalgravaak’s Warehouse | Troika! Intro Bundle by Melsonia Arts Council

• SYSTEM: Troika!
• PRODUCT TYPE: hardcover adventure/two hardcover books: core rules and adventure
• RETAIL PRICE: $22.83/$41.88
• OTHER RPG NEWS: Troika!: An Interview with Daniel Sell and a review
• DESCRIPTION: The interdimensional warehouse of the cruel wizard, Whalgravaak, towers over the bad part of the city of Troika. Abandoned long ago, its vast store rooms of possible treasure are watched over by dangerous interlopers and sinister hangers-on. This first book in a new series of “1:5 Troika! Adventures” oozes with adventure, is soaked in danger, and marks a return to the rotten roots of British fantasy gaming. Includes: a traditional dungeon crawl (interconnected levels, nonlinear exploration, and resource management), over a dozen new enemies, many surreal encounters, and all of it depicting a horrible tale of logistics gone wrong. The Troika Intro Bundle is not a brand new product but instead a recent product designed to introduce gamers to Troika! with a small discount for buying from the publisher (ships from the UK). PCs experience a rich and vibrant world of adventure through a complete yet wildly open role-playing game using just six-sided dice. PCs fly through mystic space, get lost in infinite cities of the gods, and meet weird and wonderful people. In Slate & Chalcedony, the PCs investigate twinned and twisted wizard towers of hidden secrets in almost 70 weird and worrisome rooms. The PCs strive to save the world from a slow and choking death. Includes new and unpleasant spells.

The Imperial Navy by Mongoose Publishing

• SYSTEM: Traveller
• PRODUCT TYPE: hardcover supplement
• RETAIL PRICE: $49.99
• DESCRIPTION: Without The Imperial Navy, the Third Imperium would not exist. The navy is entwined in the politics and economics of the Imperium, a training ground for the great nobility, and a route to social advancement for the general populace. Ranging from the great fleets down to a band of new recruits, the book explains how sector and subsector fleets are organized, commanded, and provided with warships including how major ships and their escorts interact. It also covers how the Imperium would fight and win an interstellar war and how a starship crew is organized.

Doctors and Daleks: Player's Guide | Doctors and Daleks: Alien Archive | Doctors and Daleks: Keys of Scaravore | Doctors and Daleks: Collector's Edition by Cubicle 7

• SYSTEM: Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition
• PRODUCT TYPE: hardcover core rulebook and supplements
• RETAIL PRICE: $59.99/$44.99/$34.99/$149.99
• DESCRIPTION: The wild adventures of everyone's favorite Time Lord come to D&D in the Doctors and Daleks: Player's Guide. PCs head into the TARDIS and travel: meet Leonardo da Vinci, see what life is like in the year 3,000, or visit another planet entirely. Includes streamlined character creation to create a new Companion, build another Time Lord, or create a Time Agent. Rules cover fast-paced, combat-light sci-fi adventures using non-lethal weapons, manoeuvres, gadgets, the power of emotional and logical arguments, and running away and tech like sonic screwdrivers, psychic paper, and time machines as well as how to use and customize the TARDIS. Rounded out with many of the aliens and creatures the Doctor has encountered: Daleks, Cybermen, and Weeping Angels. Alien Archive provides over 60 monsters and aliens from Axos to Zygons, providing stats each species’ motivations and tactics, and how to incorporate them into adventures. Also includes multiple variations for the Doctor’s most iconic enemies, from Dalek Drones to Davros and every mark imaginable of Cyberman. Keys of Scaravore includes four connected adventures for levels one to five, that lead PCs to the Wild West and distant worlds, encountering Draconians, Silurians, Zygons, and more, before finally facing the terrifying Scaravore itself. Last of a long dead species, Scaravore was imprisoned for its crimes and it slumbered, sending its influence out into the stars. Now it seeks to rise again, to extend its evil dominion over the galaxy. The Doctors and Daleks: Collector's Edition contains the books above and a GM screen.

Dungeons & Lairs #3 - Cursed Locations | Dungeons & Lairs #4 - Desert of Dread by DMDave

• SYSTEM: fantasy RPGs
• PRODUCT TYPE: softcover supplements
• RETAIL PRICE: $21/$22
• DESCRIPTION: Dungeons & Lairs are all scalable campaign settings that include detailed settlements, a regional exploration map, weather and travel mechanics, and random encounter tables. Cursed Locations allows PCs to go from first to tenth level. Includes: 12 horror monsters and five horror-themed adventures such as facing the claws of zombies in the Zombie Farmhouse and overcoming the dangers of the Werewolf Village. Desert of Dread offers PCs the chance to go from level five to level 16. Includes: desert monsters and five adventures: PCs explore the mysteries of the Efreeti Palace and go head-to-head with vile hyena-headed demons in the Gnoll Wastes.

Sprinkles is Missing by M. Allen Hall

• SYSTEM: unique
• PRODUCT TYPE: softcover core rulebook
• RETAIL PRICE: $25
• DESCRIPTION: An all-ages RPG of creative magic and cooperative problem solving. The GM (the Principal) guides up to five players (the Students) on an adventure through The Forest as they search for their school's missing mascot, Sprinkles the unicorn. Includes minimal prep for the GM and quick character creation with PCs having a favorite class and a spell. The game is played as a procedurally-generated point crawl pointing to specific scenes. The game always ends with finding Sprinkles, who was never in quite as much danger as the Students might have thought.

Fright Night Classic - The Blood Countess by Yeti Spaghetti & Friends

• SYSTEM: d100 horror RPGs
• PRODUCT TYPE: softcover adventure
• RETAIL PRICE: $15
• DESCRIPTION: Countess Elizabeth Bathory, a deadly serial killer who kills to continue to live, prowls the streets of the city preying upon the young and beautiful. Includes character cards, handouts, maps, and rules-light, follow-along instructions to play the adventure without the need for additional rulebooks.

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