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    RPG Evolution: Owlbear and Gnoll Terrain

    Ah Ah. I must have been wisdom that comes in those final four years. In my 41 years of GMing, it seems ToTM or grid really depends on the group at the table. Some have a harder time visualizing what is described, and need visual aides, while some GMs have a harder time communicating a combat...
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    RPG Evolution: Owlbear and Gnoll Terrain

    The castle intrigued me most. They are a separate product and a little more expensive but I'm thinking about it.
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    Dragonbane general thread

    I am about to wrap up the Dragon Emperor campaign for the second time. I've enjoyed both times. That is a fib. Instead of the Dragon Emperor, it has actually been a mash up of that game and the default campaign for Free Leagues YZE fantasy game, Forbidden Lands. So both campaigns have been a...
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    Company starting a second factory in USA

    It also appears that Troll Lord is expanding their print shop and building a second print shop. https://myemail.constantcontact.com/TLG-s-NEW-FACTORY---Tariff-News.html
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    Company starting a second factory in USA

    Saw these guys on a sponsored FB ad. I know nothing about them but figured I would pass on the news to those who would be better judges. https://herotime1.com/
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    RPG Archive: Star*Drive for D&D and Traveller

    I always admired Star*Drive goal of trying to create a setting that would do for sci-fi what vanilla fantasy settings do for fantasy. In fantasy, a lot gamers ask, "Which forest do the elves live? Great. Where do the dwarves dig? Fantastic, let's make a PC and go." In sci-fi, gamers seem to...
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    Do Tariffs Apply To RPG Books? Maybe, Maybe Not!

    I know that France has/used to have a program of some sort where ttrpg art is subsidized by the government. It's one of the reason Asmodee moved all of their ttrpg operations to Edge Studios. On a more serious note, though, it would be tough to move.
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    Mongoose Publishing Acquires Dark Conspiracy RPG

    Don't knock yourself too hard. Most ttrpg game companies start that way - and then end that way as well. It is all a learning experience if you keep going.
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    Do Tariffs Apply To RPG Books? Maybe, Maybe Not!

    Thank you again, Morrus, for you and your team keeping us up to date on this situation. I am willing to bet in early days of EN World, you never had "Tariffs journalism" on your bingo card.
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    Dragonbane general thread

    So beyond Path of Glory, has anyone adapted an OSR sandbox to DB?
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    RPG CROWDFUNDING NEWS – Riverbank, Woodlander, Ryecroft, and more

    If the designer's name for Riverbank, Kij Johnson, sounds familiar it is because she was TSR editor back in the day. She's won some fiction awards since then (the Hugo and Nebula) and now has come back to gaming.
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    Mongoose Publishing Acquires Dark Conspiracy RPG

    I never got around to playing this but of course I loved the cover. For those who did play it, what was it like? And what was it about?
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    Yo Ho, Yo Ho, A Review Of The Wildsea

    This one has been on my list for the art alone.
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    How Will The New Tariffs Affect TTRPG Prices?

    According to them, it's a big chunk of their own softbound titles.https://trolllord.com/made-in-usa/ Speaking of, I suddenly feel like I might walk into a game store in the near future and feel like I stepped back in time with softbound covers coming back. As an industry, we've been doing...
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    How Will The New Tariffs Affect TTRPG Prices?

    This is why I bit the bullet and had regular fulfillment for the original KS. I thought if I added any extra level of effort it would turn off too many people.
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    How Will The New Tariffs Affect TTRPG Prices?

    Yep. POD discount links are great for the little guys If I could go back in time, I would have stuck to that solution. Even sending out a POD book with shipping outside the US was a gamble. Some of my books saw $1 profit. In talking with a friend about their upcoming KS, they are now promoting...
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    How Will The New Tariffs Affect TTRPG Prices?

    I'm wrapping up the digital stretch goals for KS ($69,000). My chose DTRPGs POD option for those who wanted books. I was considering if I should follow up with an offset print run but I feel like I dodged a bullet. Until the clouds clear, I think I am sticking to POD. Seeing my book in a game...
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    How Will The New Tariffs Affect TTRPG Prices?

    Troll Lord Games partially prints their softbound stock in-house. It seems they also outsource mostly to US vendors but then again, who knows where their vendor get supplies. Back when they only did softcovers, the company said they built their own print shop because the couldn't get the...
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    Paksworld RPG Based On Elizabeth Moon's Novels

    While I knew authors were more open to ttrpg adaptations now, I am still surprised how many of them are full on ttrpg gamers and are now just as likely to write a rulebook themselves.
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    RPG Print News – Necrotic Gnome, Loke Battle Maps, and More

    It is spiral bound, I have a few of them as it is not a deal breaker for me. Especially the convenience of taking the mid-sized ones to conventions outweighs the immersion break. I have seen a few map books that have a binding instead, but unless you using the maps in the middle of the book...
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