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It's the middle of April already, and time for another Roundup. Releases seem to come and go at different speeds, and for whatever reason I haven't managed to find many releases on itch. A reader last week asked about the best way to search for game jams. Unfortunately, while you can search the...

It's been something that would be a great addition, but I'm not sure if it will ever happen. Tabletop games have become more of a presence on itch in the past year or two, but there really hasn't been any response on itch's part to make it easier to find stuff.

If you go to the itch main page there's a button for Jams along the top. Game jams The problem is that the vast majority of stuff on itch is non-tabletop gaming, so it takes some searching. I mostly rely on folks posting announcements about the jams they're starting on various social media...

It's the second Monday in April and, the big news is obviously the eclipse that will be visible in the US. Hopefully the darkening of the sun will not release the eldritch beasts that have been restrained for the good of humanity. Pocket Quest is an annual Drivethru event that I always seem to...

Yes. Jenna is currently Kickstarting the Far Roofs, as noted above. She is very much a current and active game designer.

I agree that Nobilis is . . . challenging, yet beautiful; I've never actually played a game. Chuubo's is great, and was, I believe, the first to capture the sort of comforting, Studio Ghibli-style game. The thread is about influential designers, and I think Moran is definitely that.

I'm surprised no one has mentioned Jenna Moran, author of Nobilis, Chuubo's Marvelous Wish Granting Engine, and the currently Kickstarting The Far Roofs.

Welcome to the OSR Roundup for April 1st. March is over and saw a lot of in person gaming activity with GaryCon, PAX East, Adepticon, and a host of other conventions. I'd mentioned last week that Cairn 2e has launched on Kickstarter; I conducted a short interview with the author, Yochai Gal...

I don't know if I'd presume to answer for either of them, but while they are both Malaysian they see themselves as creating an alternate, mythical southeast Asia that draws from a lot of sources. I'm not sure how much they're influenced by Polynesia (at least, as I understand the term) instead...

Adrian Barber, who does art/cartography for the gaming stuff I write, just sent me a map he drew of Sabre.

Sabre Games is having a 25% off sale all of our in-stock used books: https://www.thirdkingdomgames.com/products?Category=Used

Yes, it was sad. I'm glad to see that they both seem to have landed on their feet and are moving forward with their own projects.

Welcome to the fourth and final OSR News Roundup of March. As I write this, on Sunday, I'm seeing reports trickle in from GaryCon of the wonderful time that everyone had there, and I'm super jealous. Maybe one of these years I'll be able to make the trip. In the meanwhile, I've been occupying...

It is the third Monday in March and we have begun the relentless "march" towards convention season. GaryCon starts at the end of this week, as does PAX East, and my social media feeds have been filled with people heading to a bunch of smaller local cons as well. Let's take a look and see if the...

Hex 24.26, the Temple of Bathrymrala, is on sale at Drivethrurpg for half-off through the month of March. It's got four mini-dungeons, new monsters, and rules for adding summoning circles to OSR-style games. DriveThruRPG #ttrpg #dnd #ose #hexcrawl