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It's the last Monday in July, and the week is rolling right into the biggest week in gaming: GenCon. I hope everyone lucky enough to be going has a great time. The big news from last week, as I'm sure many of you have heard, is that due to pressure from payment processors, themselves under...

I've got a bunch of free stuff for OSE, including a number of hexes with mini-dungeons and encounter locations. https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher/7216/third-kingdom-games

Also, I'm not sure if you're on Discord or not, but Tony Vasinda of Plus One Exp is involved with this one, and they're always really good about helping out and providing guidance.

Um, shoot, let me see what I can dig up. I'm 99% sure I saw someone posting that very thing on Bluesky. EDIT: Actually, that's where I saw it. At the bottom of the Jam page there's a list of resources.

We're more than halfway through July, and GenCon is next weekend. I hope everyone who is going has a safe, fun trip, and gets plenty of gaming in. Additionally, Drivethrurpg is having their annual Christmas in July sale, with a bunch of titles on sale, including most of those by yours truly...

I find this really interested. I've interviewed Matt a couple of times, and one of the things he's stressed both times is how he's attempted to remain faithful to the original rules.

The pdf of Mind Over Matter is now available on Drivethrurpg and Sabre Games, in two flavors: A no-art free version, found on Drivethru or Sabre. You can download the full book, sans art, for free. The full art version, again on Drivethru or Sabre. It's got two versions of psionics, one based...

My apologies for missing last week's Roundup; we had SabreCon going on that weekend, and I was wiped out. I'd like to thank Lyme, author of Dawn of the Orcs (Ennie-nominated!) for showing up for all three days and helping us out, as well as Josh McCrowell, author of His Majesty the Worm (also...

Here's my first attempt at a "mission statement" for the game, to describe the specific playstyle I'm shooting for. It's a very rough draft, jotting down ideas in support of the mechanics that I'm integrating.

I don't know what to say. I'm a middle-aged, not-hip white dude, and we stock at least half, if not more, of the titles that made it onto the Ennies list this year in my flgs.

I'm really pleased at the dominance of small press and indie titles this year. There's a lot of good stuff that's been nominated, and I'm having a hard time picking my favorite. We had a mini convention at our store over the weekend to celebrate our two-year anniversary, and we had two of the...

I'm curious what games people think have good quickstart rules. Best examples? What should QS rules include?

Welcome to the last Roundup for June. We're also halfway through the year, and less than a month out from GenCon, which is usually a slow time for releases as publishers work on getting their ducks in a row for the biggest convention of the year. I will likely not be publishing a Roundup next...

How have you been navigating increased production costs, especially with the box set?

I've done and written a lot using OSE since it was published, and I gotta say that while I really appreciate it for what it does -- acting as a comprehensive, organized reference document -- the sparse bullet-point approach as begun to feel really cold and sterile. I've been moderating the main...

And we've got Lucid in stock! https://www.sabregamesandcards.com/product-page/lucid-sea-of-dreams

This is, of course, why it is an unholy mashup. For advancement, I'm using four central pillars, in descending order of importance: Treasure = XP. Encourages getting in, getting out, with as little combat as possible. Exploration. My preferred mode of play is the sandbox hexcrawl, and I'd like...

After saying for years that I'm not going to publish a retro-clone, I've found myself starting to work on one. I'm going with a working title of Bree-YARC (Yet Another Retro-Clone) for the time being. The plan is to bring this to crowdfunding winter of 2026, and I've got the following goals in...