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It was announced months ago that the FASERIP retroclone remix Astonishing Super Heroes was not going to be receiving the planned second book, Spectacular Origins, but the future was not bleak! We can finally announce the official news explaining what's up! HEROIC The Role-Playing Game by Zenith...

Cortex Con is a fan-made event coming Nov 3-5 online with tons of open game sessions and even a few "how-to" and other discussion-style events folks can join. Don't hesitate to sign up or help spread the word to get people who are new or experienced with Cortex to get involved! More info...

Powered by the OGL, inspired by the OSR Ever run a 5th Edition game and wonder where an important GM-facing rule is? Ever design a dungeon-crawl and grimace when all the PCs can see in the dark unaided? What are torches for in this edition, anyway? Throw out your game master guide* and use this...

All episodes of Enter The Nerdom‘s foray into the old-school goodness of Dungeons & Dragons are out now! Follow along as hosts Stan Moroncini, Chad Cook, and Watson Bradshaw join special guest Dan Mason, and delve into the depths of the Puzzle Dungeon: The Seers Sanctum by Directsun Games! We...

The amazing and hilarious hosts of Enter The Nerdom invited me to run an OSR game for them and special guest Dan Mason (also amazing and hilarious!). We used Knave (with a couple tweaks) to run Directsun Games' Puzzle Dungeon: The Seers Sanctum, and had an absolute blast! Listen to part 1 here...

I had the honor of chatting with the hosts of Enter The Nerdom about the history, editions, movies, and more surrounding Dungeons & Dragons (and TTRPGs, in general) recently. By the end of the convo, we decided we're going to do an actual play episode (or two, depending on how long the adventure...

If “OGL 1.1” isn’t something that’s crossed your social media feed over the past couple weeks then you are likely having a better January than most publishers in the TTRPG industry! And for those in the know, well…you know what a dumpster fire* current events have become, and you deserve to...

Astonishing Super Heroes Book 1: Basic Rulebook has launched! The FASERIP game system* has remained a popular roleplaying game with a highly active community of fans, players, game masters, and content creators since 1984. Brought into the world of open gaming thanks to Gurbintroll Games in...

What are some great supplements that feature fleshed out villages, towns, and cities without a significant reliance on a larger campaign setting's trappings? I'm building my own world and have loads of adventure sites like this, but having trouble sourcing settlements that aren't either so...

The DeScriptors RPG is a diceless, word play tabletop role-playing game driven by transformative character arcs. Your player characters will undergo a journey in which they never end a game session with the same traits they started with! Available in ever-growing forms since 2015, the...

Coming Tuesday 3/23 to DriveThruRPG and itch.io is a brand new house-of-horrors style adventure for OSR games in the vein of OD&D and AD&D 1st edition. DD-02 The Darkness Beneath Brightwell Manor The long-awaited sequel to DD-01 is a standalone adventure in which the manor house of a noble...

My co-conspirator Leon and I are recruiting Game Masters (a.k.a. GMs or ‘Judges’) for a Marvel Super Heroes campaign inspired by the characters and events in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Using the MCU as our foundation, the players will make decisions and suffer the turns of fate that their...

Folk of Dalentown Volume 1 for 5th Edition is out now on itch.io and DriveThruRPG, and we couldn't be more proud of this release! It is easily one of our most ambitious, featuring three fully developed new ancestries ("races" in 5th Edition lingo). "Fully developed" means there's a detailed...

A couple weeks back we launched the Tales from Dalentown series of campaign setting and adventure supplements with a free gazetteer for 5th Edition. Now it’s out for OSR games by way of Necrotic Gnome‘s amazing Old School Essentials retroclone of BX D&D. It’s fully compatible with a host of...

Today we launched a spin-off of our popular Dalentown series, expanding the world and adding new opportunities for adventure. Say hello to Tales from Dalentown! This series boasts new adventures, adventure sites, and lots of material to help a GM get up and running quickly. In fact, it’s geared...

It’s my birthday, and we’re celebrating all month long by putting all of our DriveThruRPG and itch.io titles 33% off! Looking to start a new adventure for the world’s most popular roleplaying game? Check out DD-01 The Darkness Beneath Dalentown for OSR systems and 5E. Pair it with Adventures in...

DeScriptors: Realms Volume 1 presents the diceless DeScriptors RPG in three all-new settings from Matthew Bannock! This guide begins with a one-page version of the DeScriptors RPG rules, including the latest errata and updates for clarity. Then, three settings are presented, each one complete...

Fans and fellow creators: Domille’s Wondrous Character Sheet has just launched on Dungeon Masters Guild! This simple and effective character sheet is optimized for one-page, everything-at-a-glance use, and best of all, it comes with a limited license for DMsGuild and other 5th Edition content...

Originally released for Swords & Wizardry with a primitive layout and some hastily put together maps, The Darkness Beneath Dalentown is now re-born with fully revised text bringing it in line with both BX and 1st edition compatibility, gorgeous full color maps by Elven Tower, and new artwork by...

Come to Dalentown! Establish a headquarters for your adventures as you explore bizarre wilderness sites and ancient dwarven tombs, or pass through and get embroiled in local intrigue! Adventures in Dalentown for 5th edition is now available on DriveThruRPG! It features loads of encounters, new...