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Message: <blockquote data-quote="thirdkingdom" data-source="post: 9554046" data-attributes="member: 78442">Welcome to the second OSR News Roundup for the new year. For the next month or so I will be annoying probably about half of y'all with ZineMonth updates, and I've got a couple quick ones to go over right now.<ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Luke, of AetherCorp Games, has taken over the mantle of maintaining a community ZineMonth site, which you can find<a href="https://iwanttoplay.games/" target="_blank"> here</a>. If you're planning on participating in ZineMonth this is a great resource for you, both to share news about your project and to connect with others.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">I wrote a blog post a few years back on how to price your zine project with an eye towards retail sales. You can check it out <a href="https://www.thirdkingdomgames.com/post/zinemonth-tips-for-retail" target="_blank">here</a>. If you're interested in trying to get your zine into retail stores I'd be happy to talk to you about stocking it at Sabre.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Finally, if you'll be participating and want some free publicity please reach out to me and I'll send you some short and sweet questions to answer about your project.</li> </ol>Okay, with that out of the way for this week let's jump into new releases.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I've been tinkering with an alchemy system for OSE for years now, never really having the time to tackle it, but Valluch has just released a <a href="https://valluch.itch.io/alchemy-for-all" target="_blank">generic alchemical pamphlet </a>for use at the table, one that produces random results from monster parts the adventurers manage to drag back to civilization. It's in a nice, tri-fold format.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">New to me, Infinite Fractal has released <a href="https://infinite-fractal.itch.io/embark" target="_blank">Embark</a>, a hackable OSR system, that uses d12s for resolutions.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://apesofwrath.itch.io/the-caves-of-emerald-cove" target="_blank">The Caves of Emerald Cove</a> is a Goonies-inspired dungeon crawl written for Gloom & Doom but easily converted for use with other systems.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I've mentioned before that I've bounced hard off the various Borgs (except for Pirate Borg, for some reason!), but the newly released<a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/508493/fe-borg?src=newest_recent&affiliate_id=253473" target="_blank"> Fe Borg</a> seems to be right up my alley. It's set in a dying Fairyworld desparate to stay alive by feasting on mortals.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Inspired by the various Odd hacks and derivatives, <a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/508155/the-outer-dark?src=newest_recent&affiliate_id=253473" target="_blank">The Outer Dark</a> is a post-war game that is written to be played solo, cooperatively, or with a referee, and is a neat little classless, Lovecraftian horror system.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/508079/the-divorced-mage?src=newest_recent&affiliate_id=253473" target="_blank">The Divorced Mage</a> is written for DURF but can be easily adapted to other systems. It's a charming adventure for low-level characters, exploring the lair of a mage beset by the regrets of their life-choices.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/507860/suneater?src=newest_recent&affiliate_id=253473" target="_blank">SunEater</a> is a short adventure for a variety of Borgs that centers around the adventurers being press-ganged into solving a mystery that threatens a city. It mostly jumped out at me for the cover art, which is very evocative.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Jesse Lee released <a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/507251/better-off-undead?src=newest_recent&affiliate_id=253473" target="_blank">Better off Undead</a> last Monday, too late for inclusion in last week's Roundup, so I wanted to be sure to include it today. It's written for BX/OSE and has some pretty great, old-school-style hexmaps.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I'm running a Kickstarter for <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thirdkingdom/populated-hexes-monthly-issue-42" target="_blank">Issue 42 of Populated Hexes Monthly</a>. This is the demon issue, and includes a handful of demons converted to OSE/BX-style monsters, as well as rules and random tables for generating your own demonic creations.</li> </ul></blockquote>

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