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Message: <blockquote data-quote="thirdkingdom" data-source="post: 9411265" data-attributes="member: 78442">Welcome everyone to the fourth news roundup for July. I will be on vacation the next week, so there will be no Roundup then. I hope everyone has a great couple of weeks, and I'll catch everyone for August 5th's review. As I'm writing this I realized I'd like to make a clarification about how I decide to include games; as I'm sure most readers are aware, I've made the decision to not include any products with AI assets in the Roundup. I've seen a number of games recently, primarily on Drivethru, that don't mention use of AI assets but also don't include any artists' names in the description, even stock art. If an artist/s are not given in the description, even if it is just properly crediting stock artists, I will not be pluggin that product. I think it is important to credit artists who have contributed to a product -- stock or not -- and given my policy on AI assets I would rather play it safe. So please, if you're a publisher and your work includes the artwork of others, include their names in your products!I would be remiss if I didn't mention that Drivethrurpg is currently holding their Christmas in July sale, and you can purchase a whole slew of titles for drastically reduced prices for the next week or so.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I've plugged Nuked! by Mac Makes Games, and now I see they're <a href="https://itch.io/jam/devils-highway-nuked" target="_blank">hosting a game jam</a> on itch for Nuked! It has a deadline of August 31st, and is themed around "The Devil's Highway", a stretch of cursed and forsaken highway with unknown origins.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Lonely Adventurer has released <a href="https://lonely-adventurer.itch.io/cult-of-the-morach" target="_blank">Cult of the Morach</a>, an homage to the classic Against the Cult of the Reptile God. Although certain aspects are statted for GLAIVE, it's largely designed to be system agnostic to be run with any OSR/NSR-style game.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Hilander is one of the indie publishers that I am always happy to give a shout out to. They're currently itchfunding <a href="https://shadowandfae.itch.io/goons" target="_blank">Goons</a>, a mobster rpg inspired by America in the 1920s, but not set in America. It looks like a fun little system for roleplaying mobsters.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Knight Owl Publishing has released <a href="https://knightowlpub.itch.io/janky-goblins" target="_blank">Janky Goblins</a>, a short adventure for Cairn designed to be run as a one-shot or an introductory game. Plus, it has art by Amanda Lee Franck, one of my favorite artists.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Josh Burnett consistently publishes some excellent OSR content, and I see they've just released<a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/481572/fantastical-classes-blobs-vs-blades?affiliate_id=253473" target="_blank"> Blobs vs Blades</a>, a collection of six new and weird classes of OSR-style game. As something pursuant to my interests, they also break down the math behind figuring out the XP requirements for each class.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">M Allen Hall has released <a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/488541/foul" target="_blank">Foul</a>, a funnel adventure compatible with Mork Borg and other OSR-style games. The adventure includes rules for DCC-style 0 level characters in Mork Borg.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Tabletop Engineer has released <a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/488444/delver-magazine-issue-15-osr-ose-resource?affiliate_id=253473" target="_blank">Issue 15 of Delver</a> and<a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/488445/runes-4-fantasy-rpg-zine-for-shadowdark?affiliate_id=253473" target="_blank"> Issue 4 of Runes</a>. Delver is primarily OSE-adjacent, while Runes is specifically focused on Shadowdark.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/488322/chrono-delve" target="_blank">Chrono-delve </a>is an interesting new PWYW ruleset available on Drivethru that seems to incorporate some neat twists on OSR-gaming; roll to cast, procedural dungeon generation, and more. The publisher will be using proceeds from sales to comission more art for the project.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Orbital Blues is a space western/opera game we have a hard time keeping in stock, and there's a <a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/488394/orbital-blues-tales-from-the-outlaw-galaxy-bundle?affiliate_id=253473" target="_blank">new bundle of three OB adventures </a>now on Drivethru.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/488015/beyond-the-twisted-portal-issue-01?affiliate_id=253473" target="_blank">Beyond the Twisted Portal #1</a> is a new OSR zine by Tristan Radu that includes a little bit of everything; an adventure, some optional rules, a new class, and more.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Rise up Comus has released the hotly anticipated -- and apparently currently impossible to find in print, as it sold out of its first printing in hours -- NSR megadungeon <a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/488062/his-majesty-the-worm-digital-edition?affiliate_id=253473" target="_blank">His Majesty the Worm</a>, which is luckily still available in pdf.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I'm intrigued by <a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/487832/the-fortunist-ose?affiliate_id=253473" target="_blank">The Fortunist</a>, a new class for OSE based on wild west gambler themes, and using a deck of cards to judge their abilities.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/488145/in-the-steal-of-the-night-a-cat-burglary-mystery-for-old-school-rpgs?affiliate_id=253473" target="_blank">In the Steal of the Night</a> is a cat burglar mystery adventure written for OSE. It looks to be a cute intro or side-quest adventure for when the players are in a city.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">It's not really OSR, but Coyote and Crow is a current game that I'm a big fan of, and the publishers are currently raising funds for <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/coyoteandcrow/ahu-tiiko-a-coyote-and-crow-expansion" target="_blank">Ahu Tiiko</a>, an expansion to the system that brings themes of mystery and horror to the game.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Perils and Princesses is another game we're having a hard time keeping in stock, and there's currently the first official campaign setting being Kickstarted now: <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/outridercreative/sweet-revenge" target="_blank">Sweet Revenge</a> is heavily influenced by Grimm's Fairytales.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Today's the last day for my Kickstarter for <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thirdkingdom/populated-hexes-monthly-issue-36" target="_blank">issue 36 of Populated Hexes Monthly</a>, finishing off three years of the zine with a bang and the second level of a dungeon under the town of Dry Gulch. Since it is part three of the series, you can pledge to get Issues 34 and 35 if you don't already have them.</li> </ul></blockquote>

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