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Abstruse
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News Digest for the Week of December 23
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What Licensed RPG Do You Wish Existed But Doesn't?
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Citizen Mane
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Aldarc
Stars/Worlds Without Number (General Thread)
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kenada
kenada
Snarf Zagyg
Thoughts on the Failure of Licensed IP in the Hobby: The Lack of Disney-fication is a Feature, not a Bug
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payn
payn
Morrus
Into the Mother Lands: A Sci-fi RPG by PoC Designers
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RivetGeekWil
RivetGeekWil
Egg Embry
RPG Crowdfunding News – Deep Magic 2, Pugmire, Vast Grimm, and more
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Whizbang Dustyboots
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Five Torches Deep: (first) session report
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Mannahnin
Mannahnin
Voadam
RPG Sales of 2023
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Jer
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Where to start...it's been a while [NewDM] [PDQ]
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Snarf Zagyg
Snarf Zagyg
GMMichael
Is It Magic?
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The Shadow
The Shadow
Charles Dunwoody
New Year, New Campaign: Strange Tales of Songling
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johnmarron
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Morrus
Marvel Multiverse RPG Brought Forward & New X-Men Expansion
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doctorbadwolf
Assumed Success for Things Other Than Physical and Magical Actions
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billd91
billd91
Morrus
Pathfinder, Cthulhu, Level Up: D&D Competitors Start To Sell Out
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overgeeked
Savage Worlds and Deadlands…
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Umbran
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Tell Me About Your Favorite Mechanics
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Bagpuss
Bagpuss
Voadam
Undead Origins
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Voadam
Voadam
Morrus
Traveller Open Content - New Programme on the Way
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aramis erak
aramis erak
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The importance to RPGing of *engaging* situations
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The Shadow
Adapting the Thomas Covenant setting
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Dannyalcatraz
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Charles Dunwoody
RPG Print News – Legendary Games, Cubicle 7, Mongoose, and More
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Whizbang Dustyboots
Whizbang Dustyboots
Lilcamper
Lets try some systems!
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Lilcamper
Lilcamper
Marc_C
Describe your last rpg session in 5 words
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Yora
I really don't think it should be called the "ORC license"
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Bedrockgames
Bedrockgames
Jd Smith1
Something odd I just became aware of (WoD)
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Ruin Explorer
Ruin Explorer
Glade Riven
What are your thoughts on system-less worldbuilding/setting books?
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aramis erak
aramis erak
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How do you pronunce "grognard"?
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The Shadow
The Shadow
Yora
What's Pendragon like and what is it suited for?
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aramis erak
aramis erak
talien
Fixing the Mess
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aramis erak
aramis erak
Morrus
Not DnD - Shadow of the Weird Wizard with Rob Schwalb
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CubicsRube
CubicsRube
Dungeonosophy
Worlds of the Polyverse (+thread): A Paizo-sponsored meta-verse of worlds created by former TSR/WOTC designers and artists + Appendix N worlds
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Voadam
Voadam
Bagpuss
Found the perfect description for my RPG games
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GMMichael
GMMichael
Egg Embry
Kobolds Ate My Baby: An Interview With Chris O’Neill (9th Level Games)
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Whizbang Dustyboots
Whizbang Dustyboots
Aldarc
Shadow of the Demon Lord: Starter Guide - Pay What You Want!
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Aldarc
Aldarc
Charles Dunwoody
RPG Print News – Goodman Games and More
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Charles Dunwoody
Charles Dunwoody
Texas in August Studio
Those improvisational moments…
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Texas in August Studio
Texas in August Studio
Abstruse
RPG Freebies, Bundles, and Sales News (January 29, 2023)
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Whizbang Dustyboots
I need a soundtrack for a dungeon-crawling adventure with the vibe of a cheesy 1980s fantasy movie
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Morrus
Cubicle 7 Also Announces A New 'C7d20' System
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Teo Twawki
Teo Twawki
not-so-newguy
[DCC] Sequel to Portal Under the Stars?
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Stonetop RPG - Session post-mortems
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Player Engagement Outside of Session Time
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jayoungr
Games On Demand Winter Games Online, Feburary 24-26
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jayoungr
Morrus
Here Comes THE WALKING DEAD TTRPG!
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Abstruse
News Digest for the Week of January 27
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Eyes of Nine
Eyes of Nine
Abstruse
Podcast #234: Our RPG Gaming Plans for 2023
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agrayday
agrayday
darjr
Commentary thread in that “Describe your game in five words” thread.
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pemerton
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Torchbearer 2e - actual play of this AWESOME system! (+)
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Abstruse
Podcast #233: Top 20 Favorite RPG Podcasts of 2022
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BigJackBrass
BigJackBrass
robowieland
Star Trek Adventures Discovery Campaign Guide Review
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darjr
MCDM starts work on its RPG Monday!
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Staffan
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robconley
DriveThruRPG numbers for 2022
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Jd Smith1
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If you were to play a card-based RPG, would you want it to also have dice?
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aramis erak
aramis erak
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Headlines From Hell, a mini-RPG tribute to the journalist response to the OGL crisis 😁
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Whizbang Dustyboots
Pirate Borg -- any of you scurvy dogs have it?
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Whizbang Dustyboots
Whizbang Dustyboots
Egg Embry
Vast Grimm Expansions: An Interview With Brian Colin (Infinite Black)
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Egg Embry
Egg Embry
Mongoose_Matt
(Traveller) Journal of the Travellers' Aid Society Volumes 7 & 8
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Mongoose_Matt
Mongoose_Matt
RangerWickett
Campaigns in a nutshell. Adventures in a sentence.
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Dannyalcatraz
Dannyalcatraz
Abstruse
RPG Freebies, Bundles, and Sales News (January 22, 2023)
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Longspeak
Longspeak
Egg Embry
RPG Crowdfunding News – Cloud Empress, Elfland, Curse of Camelot, and more
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Atlatl Jones
Atlatl Jones
Snarf Zagyg
Review: Jon Peterson's The Elusive Shift
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Reynard
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Morrus
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Vote For Your Favourite TTRPG Podcasts (TALK Category)
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Alphastream
Alphastream
le Redoutable
the six stats , with the six worlds from Buddhism
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le Redoutable
le Redoutable
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RPG Design: How do you build a new world?
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Whizbang Dustyboots
Whizbang Dustyboots
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Sector 23 for Alternity Gamemaster Guide
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Sirikus
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DarkCrisis
Castles and Crusades Classic Style Box Set
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Whizbang Dustyboots
Whizbang Dustyboots
Egg Embry
2022: The Year’s Cyberpunk Tabletop RPG Downloads Part Three – Corpo News
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Egg Embry
Egg Embry
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RPG Kickstarter with the most backers?
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SaltheartRPG
SaltheartRPG
robowieland
Blade Runner Starter Set Review
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Whizbang Dustyboots
Whizbang Dustyboots
Aberzanzorax
What if we start calling it the "Fellowship License"
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MNblockhead
MNblockhead
gweinel
Free League Develops Two New Open Game Licenses
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Nikosandros
Nikosandros
Scruffy nerf herder
Your baby: your own setting
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gamerprinter
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other literary RPGs?
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Autumnal
Autumnal
Whizbang Dustyboots
What's the problem with five room dungeons?
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Sacrosanct
Open Gaming predictions one year from now
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Longspeak
Longspeak
MNblockhead
Stop telling me to boycott WotC. If you support open gaming, tell who to support. (+ thread)
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Jd Smith1
Jd Smith1
Shades of Eternity
Ultramodern 5 vs everyday heroes
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Shades of Eternity
Shades of Eternity
Sacrosanct
Izegrim Creations Open License.
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Baron Opal II
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robowieland
A Review of Blade Runner
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Reynard
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qstor
Old timers?
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Doc_Klueless
Doc_Klueless
Knightfall
The Ultimate d20 Gamma World Thread
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Knightfall
Knightfall
not-so-newguy
Tell me about using Dungeon Crawl Classics to run "A Hole in the Oak"
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Whizbang Dustyboots
Whizbang Dustyboots
CleverNickName
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Are you a publisher/creator? Tell us about it!
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CleverNickName
CleverNickName
MNblockhead
What do you NOT want to use tech for in you TTRPG?
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Bedrockgames
Bedrockgames
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Looking For Research Recommendations In Tabletop RPG Crowdfunding
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aramis erak
aramis erak
Abstruse
News Digest for the Week of January 20
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Abstruse
Abstruse
Sacrosanct
Bugbears & Borderlands OPEN early access
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aramis erak
aramis erak
payn
Payn;s Ponderings@ Battletech General Discussions
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payn
payn
Morrus
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarter Club
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Grendel_Khan
Grendel_Khan
Endroren
<Cool Name Goes Here>: Community Input, Pro Designed
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Endroren
Endroren
Michael O'Brien
[Chaosium] Remembering Lynn Willis, ten years after his passing
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Michael O'Brien
Michael O'Brien
Egg Embry
RPG Crowdfunding News – Nightfell, Mechanical Monsters, A5E Gate Pass Gazette Annual, and more
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Charles Dunwoody
RPG Print News – Free League, Modiphius, and More
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Grendel_Khan
Grendel_Khan
Egg Embry
2022: The Year’s Cyberpunk Tabletop RPG Downloads Part Two – Traditional Releases
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Random Task
Random Task
WillPhillips
I just released the next public playtest of Hexingtide, my RPG of Minimalist Monstrous Roleplaying!
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WillPhillips
WillPhillips
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Treasure Hunter Adventures for the Savage Worlds RPG
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NMC
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Any word on when new Fantasy Age Core Book is to be released?
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Aldarc
Aldarc
overgeeked
[+] Rules light RPGs
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John R Davis
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Egg Embry
RPG Crowdfunding News – Sands of Doom, Black Sword Hack, Epic Levels, and more
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Dannyalcatraz
Dannyalcatraz
BOZ
Ken Frank (D&D illustrator)
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Baron Opal II
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darjr
Free RPG Day Announced!
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Teo Twawki
Teo Twawki

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