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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Abstruse" data-source="post: 9721384" data-attributes="member: 6669048">Welcome to the Bundles, Freebies, and Sales News, the weekly column at EN World that helps make sure you don’t miss out on big tabletop RPG bundles, charity fundraisers, and sales from around the internet.[ATTACH=full]413309[/ATTACH]Freebies and Pay What You WantNote: While “Pay What You Want” downloads are available for free, please support the creators if you are able!The zombie survival RPG Outbreak: Undead is getting a third edition, and Hunter’s Entertainment has released <a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/531598/outbreak-undead-3e-early-access-beta?affiliate_id=36142" target="_blank">the Early Access Beta</a>. Try out the new system and give your feedback to help refine the rules as they get ready for a future Kickstarter.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Price: Free</li> </ul><a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/531029/the-red-band-s-lair?affiliate_id=36142" target="_blank">The Red Band’s Lair</a> from Badly Drawn Dungeons is a 4th-5th level 5ed adventure that sends the party to break up a group of bandits calling themselves the Red Band that have been menacing travellers and trade caravans on the roads for weeks.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Price: Free</li> </ul>This past June, around 30 people got together during a dungeon-making seminar for Shadowdark. The result was <a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/531080/a-fungal-problem-for-shadowdark-rpg?affiliate_id=36142" target="_blank">A Fungal Problem</a>, a nine-area low-level dungeon of mycelial dangers.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Price: Free</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The page also includes a link to a video about the seminar</li> </ul>Another game jam gives us <a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/531487/the-tombs-of-sorrowglass?affiliate_id=36142" target="_blank">The Tombs of Sorrowglass</a> from Ecstatic Entropy Games, an adventure for Old School Essentials. This four-page adventure gives you a nineteen room fully-keyed dungeon that is procedurally generated so it never plays the same way twice.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Price: Pay What You Want (Suggested: $2.00)</li> </ul>Joshua S. Vallejo’s <a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/531547/the-haunter?affiliate_id=36142" target="_blank">The Haunter</a> creates a trilogy out of classic starter scenarios for Call of Cthulhu with The Haunting and The Haunted. This adventure picks up with one twin saved but the other still under control of Walter Corbitt (though there are options to use this if your playthrough of the previous scenarios ended differently).<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Price: Pay What You Want (Suggested: $1.00)</li> </ul>Alessandro Colella released <a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/531053/the-toad-king-a-daggerheart-compatible-one-shot-adventure?affiliate_id=36142" target="_blank">The Toad King</a>, a one-shot adventure for Daggerheart where the players stumble across a village preparing a ritual to appease an ancient entity beneath the hills after they’re plagued by nightmares, failed crops, and vanishing children. Do the heroes allow the sacrifice to continue, or go after the horror slumbering in the darkness themselves?<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Price: Pay What You Want (Suggested: $1.01)</li> </ul>Judge’s Guide to Ascension by Paul McKenna is an adventure for Scion 2nd Edition where the Scions find themselves placed in the role of judge in what seems to be a simple case whose secrets may have them questioning what is justice.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Price: Pay What You Want (Suggested: $1.33)</li> </ul>The Lightning Round this week features player and GM/DM resources including maps, character options, magic items, optional rules, and more. All products are Free or pay what you want with the suggested price in parentheses:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/531195/the-sunken-fane-of-the-drowning-sisters-at-a-glance?affiliate_id=36142" target="_blank">The Sunken Fang of the Drowning Sisters</a> (5e/OSR location) from Raging Swan Press (Free)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/531100/rpg-character-token-pack-set-1-humans-heroes?affiliate_id=36142" target="_blank">RPG Character Token Pack Humans & Heroes</a>v from Hillside Games (Free)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/531500/print-paste-dungeon-textures-2d-expansion-set-1?affiliate_id=36142" target="_blank">Print & Paste Dungeon Textures 2D Expansion Set 1</a> (Fantasy terrain) from Crooked Staff Publishing ($1.33)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/531335/jigsaw-heroes-alternate-character-creation-system-5e-compatible?affiliate_id=36142" target="_blank">Jigsaw Heroes</a> (5e character creation alternative) from Enyol ($5.00)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/531220/thimbles?affiliate_id=36142" target="_blank">Thimbles</a> (System-neutral magical thimbles) from Triangle Towers ($1.00)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/529873/a-lurker-s-subclasses-mythic?affiliate_id=36142" target="_blank">A Lurker’s Subclass, Mythic</a> (Pathfinder Mythic subclasses) from Ronove72 ($3.50)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/529490/a-lurker-s-subclasses-vol-vi?affiliate_id=36142" target="_blank">A Lurker’s Subclasses Vol VI</a> (Pathfinder/Starfinder subclasses) from Ronove72 ($7.50)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/530259/a-lurker-s-ancestries-the-unseen?affiliate_id=36142" target="_blank">A Lurker’s Ancestries, The Unseen</a> (Starfinder ancestries) from Ronove72 ($3.50)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/531132/the-land-of-alam-quick-campaign-setting?affiliate_id=36142" target="_blank">The Land of Alam</a> (Fantasy campaign setting) from Old Empire Publishing ($1.00)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/531307/reed-stock-art-brute-02?affiliate_id=36142" target="_blank">Reed Stock Art Brute 02</a> (Commercial licensed stock art) from Philip Reed Games ($3.00)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/531018/hexploration-gm-s-prep-playaid?affiliate_id=36142" target="_blank">Hexploration</a> (System-neutral exploration rules) from The Black Lantern ($1.00)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/531268/big-book-of-little-dungeons-volume-i?affiliate_id=36142" target="_blank">Big Book of Little Dungeons</a> (System-neutral one-page adventure anthology) from MAD Creations ($5.00)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/530939/fantasy-portrait-tokens-10-headshot-tokens?affiliate_id=36142" target="_blank">Fantasy Portrait Tokens</a> from dimikdraws ($1.00)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/530795/mork-borg-monster-cattle-of-acanthob?affiliate_id=36142" target="_blank">Cattle of Acanthob</a> (Mork Borg monster) from RonenRPG ($1.00)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/531019/the-dungeon-that-never-ends-level-57?affiliate_id=36142" target="_blank">The Dungeon That Never Ends Level 57</a> (Fantasy map) from Le Paysagiste de l’Imaginaire ($1.00)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://www.dmsguild.com/product/531326/The-Leviathan-Codex--Free-Sample-1?affiliate_id=36142" target="_blank">Leviathan Codex</a> (5e Warforged subrace) from Iron Cog (Free)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://www.dmsguild.com/product/531472/Elentariel--Forgotten-Realms-Cities?affiliate_id=36142" target="_blank">Elentariel</a> (Forgotten Realms city map) from Mikael Mansen ($1.00)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://www.dmsguild.com/product/531056/Matiodesmos?affiliate_id=36142" target="_blank">Matiodesmos</a> (300+ page 5e setting book) from Matthew Melmon ($5.99)</li> </ul>[ATTACH=full]413308[/ATTACH]Bundles and SalesNote: I have included end dates when listed for the following sales, but please be warned that those without published end dates may end suddenly so be sure to plan purchases accordingly.Itch.io has a bundle of games from LGBTQ+ creators with <a href="https://itch.io/b/3062/queer-games-bundle-2025-with-10-option" target="_blank">the Queer Games Bundle 2025</a>. Over 600 products all for the price of a single AAA video game with titles ranging from TTRPGs, video games, albums, comics, novels, game design assets, art bundles, and more. All proceeds will be divided among the creators.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Price: $60 (there’s also a <a href="https://itch.io/b/3063/queer-games-bundle-2025-pay-what-you-can-edition" target="_blank">Pay What You Can bundle</a> starting at $10)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">End Date: September 20, 2025</li> </ul>It’s the 30th anniversary of the classic RPG inspired by Japanese history and folklore, <a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/browse?promo=1000569&src=l5r2025PHNX&affiliate_id=36142" target="_blank">Legend of the Five Rings</a>. To celebrate, DriveThruRPG has a massive sale on over sixty titles from the line including the Legend of the Five Rings Core Rulebook, Adventures in Rokugan 5e rules, and countless (well, almost 60) sourcebooks, rulebooks, adventures, expansions, fiction, and more.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Price: 30% off</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">End Date: August 29, 2025</li> </ul>Dungeonmasters Guild has a bonus if you pre-order <a href="https://www.dmsguild.com/product/531380/Forgotten-Realms-Guide-Bundle--Roll20-PreOrder-BUNDLE?affiliate_id=36142" target="_blank">the Forgotten Realms Guide Bundle</a>. You’ll not only get the Forgotten Realms: Heroes of Gaerun and Adventures in Faerun for Roll20, but you’ll also unlock not one, not two, but three bonus packs with staggered releases (August 5-Sept 1, Sept 2 – Oct 6, and Oct 7 – Nov 10) with the full release coming November 11.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Price: $69.98 (no discount but you get exclusive bonus content)</li> </ul>Tin Star Games expanded their bundle from last week with <a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/531104/the-complete-good-bad-and-savage-bundle?affiliate_id=36142" target="_blank">the Complete Good, Bad, and Savage Bundle</a>. This Savage Worlds wild west (no supernatural so not Deadlands) setting takes place in the untamed Dakota Territory with The Good, The Bad, and The Savage and Redemption, Dakota Territory, Custer County, and The Road to Redemption covering the campaign setting along with the adventure The Preacher and The Devil plus a collection of NPC cards.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Price: $6.00 (25% off)</li> </ul>Grab a pair of books for Vampire: The Dark Ages with <a href="https://www.storytellersvault.com/product/531477/The-Source-of-the-Nile-BUNDLE?affiliate_id=36142" target="_blank">the Source of the Nile bundle</a>. Get the location sourcebooks The Ethiopians and the The House of Set covering northern Africa and the Afro-Byzantine kingdom of Nubia.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Price: $20.00 (22% off)</li> </ul> [ATTACH=full]413307[/ATTACH]Charity Bundles and SalesLibrarians & Leviathans has a bundle of Pathfinder and Starfinder titles on DriveThruRPG raising money with<a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/531035/librarians-and-leviathans-everything-palestine-relief-bundle-bundle?affiliate_id=36142" target="_blank"> the Everything Palestine Relief Bundle</a>. Get 19 third-party titles for POathfinder and Starfinder that gets you new classes, new monsters, new adventures, new optional rules, and more.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Price: $10.00 (89% off)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Charity: Sameer Project (all profits)</li> </ul>Wazza pulled together a bundle of titles from a variety of creators with <a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/529120/texas-flood-relief-feeding-america-bundle?affiliate_id=36142" target="_blank">the Texas Flood Relief Bundle</a>. Grab the rules-lite core game Shadowrun Anarchy, the Dork Tower book The Tao of Igor, the time travel comic Future Proof #1, the 5e one shot Cult of the Sheep, the Ponyfinder campaign setting and Everglow Bestiary sourcebook, and a whole lot more.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Price: $20.00 (91% off)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Charity: Feeding America Network (all proceeds)</li> </ul>There’s a week left in the charity megabundle from Itch.io is <a href="https://itch.io/b/3110/no-ice-in-california" target="_blank">the No ICE in California Bundle</a>. This includes 560 items from 268 creators featuring video games, sound tracks, assets, and a lot more plus of course a large majority of tabletop RPGs including Glitter Hearts, Going Rogue 2nd Edition, Dream Askew, Transgender Deathmatch Legend II, The Mystery Business, FIST, Bump in the Dark Revised Edition, and over 400 more.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Price: $10.00 (over 99% off)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Charity: Immigrant Defenders Law Center and RAICES (all proceeds)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">End Date: August 11, 2025</li> </ul>Over on Humble Bundle, The ENNIE Awards are celebrating nominees and winners past and present with <a href="https://humblebundleinc.sjv.io/aOzBWZ" target="_blank">the Award-Winning & Nominated Tabletop RPGs bundle</a>. The base level gets you Forbidden Lands, Ashen Stars, Death in Freeport, Petersen Field Guide to Lovecraftian Horrors, The Strange Bestiary, Delta Gree: A Night at the Operate, Epyllion, and the Dungeon Crawl Classics adventure Iron Crypt of the Heratics. The second tier adds on nine mote titles including Pasion de las Pasiones, Timewatch, The One Ring Core Rules, Mutants & Masterminds Heroe’s Handbook, and more. The top tier gets you a total of 27 titles including Pathfinder 2nd Edition Player Core, Vampire: The Masquerade Auld Sanguine, Dragon Age Core Rules, Blade Runner Role Playing Game, The Fall of Delta Green, The Strange Corebook, Bluebeard’s Bride, Cults of Cthulhu, and more!<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Price: $5/$15/$25 (95% off at top tier)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Charity: Extra Life (user-defined, default 5%)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">End Date: August 21, 2025</li> </ul>While it’s more geared for video game makers, <a href="https://humblebundleinc.sjv.io/095kdV" target="_blank">the Ultimate Fantasy 2D & Audio Bundle</a> might be of interest to tabletop RPG gamers. The bundle includes character portraits, sound effects, icons, musical scores, maps, and other assets designed for use in developing 2D video games but also perfect for use in online games, VTTs, live streams, podcasts, and more since they all come complete with a commercial use license (please be sure to read the license before use).<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Price: $5/$15/$30 (97% off at top tier)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Charity: Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (user-defined, default 5%)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">End Date: August 21, 2025</li> </ul>The classic <a href="https://humblebundleinc.sjv.io/QjXjXo" target="_blank">Gold and Silver Box Dungeons & Dragons video games</a> are back. Originally published by Strategic Simulations from 1988-1992 and configured for modern systems by SNEG Games for Steam, this collection gives you the classic games Forgotten Realms Collection Three, Al-Qadim: The Genie’s Curse, Stronghold: Kingdom Simulator, DragonStrike, and DeathKeep at the base and at the top tier adds on Forgotten Realms Collection One, Forgotten Realms Collection Two, Silver Box Classics, Krynn Series, Dark Sun Series, Ravenloft Series, Fantasy Empires, and Spelljammer: Pirates of Realmspace.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Price: $5/$13 (88% off at top tier)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Charity: Covenant House (user-defined, default 5%)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">End Date: August 7, 2025</li> </ul>That’s all for this week! If you know of any bundles or sales starting soon, please <a href="https://discord.gg/VAuxX8M" target="_blank">contact me on the EN World Discord</a>, <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/gamerstavernshow.com" target="_blank">tag me on Bluesky </a>, or <a href="https://www.enworld.org/conversations/add?to=Abstruse" target="_blank">send me a message here on EN World</a>. Discount percentages have been rounded to the nearest whole number and are based on the standard retail price provided by the site. Note: Links to Amazon, Humble Store, Humble Bundle, Miniature Marketplace, Fantasy Grounds, and/or DriveThruRPG may contain affiliate links with the proceeds going to the author of this column.</blockquote>

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