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<blockquote data-quote="thirdkingdom" data-source="post: 9574659" data-attributes="member: 78442"><p>Welcome to the first news Roundup in February as well as the first Roundup for ZineMonth2025. I don't usually share links to blogs, podcasts, or other such releases, but I was asked nicely, so I wanted to plug <a href="https://youtu.be/g8l42UWbizQ?si=ytB3j6dQP8joWZSX" target="_blank"><strong><u>The Jeweler's Sanctum</u></strong></a>, a neat little solo play game on YouTube.</p><p></p><p>Also, in observance of ZineMonth, Sabre Games has all of our <a href="https://www.sabregamesandcards.com/?Category=Zines" target="_blank"><strong><u>in-stock zines on sale for this month</u></strong></a>.</p><p></p><p>You're going to find this month's Roundups focusing primarily on projects being released or funded as part of ZineMonth; if I missed your new release or crowdfunding project because it is not ZiMo related please let me know. Let's jump right in, shall we.</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Tanya Floaker is one of my favorite indy game designers. One of the things I really admire about their work is the versatility. Whether it's a tactical minis game of skeletons fighting against capitalism, or a game of an alien visitor trying to explore and understand Earth, they consistently produce interesting and thoughtful games. Tanya is currently raising funds for <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/floaker/mum-chums" target="_blank"><strong><u>Mum Chums</u></strong></a>, a slice of life rpg about the people who care for children.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Paul Wolfe is raising funds for <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mysticbull/witch-lords-of-skull-mountain" target="_blank"><strong><u>Witch-Lords of Skull Mountain</u></strong></a>, a mini-setting/zine written for DCC, OSE, and Shadowdark designed as a teaching tool for creating one's own hexcrawls.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/maurolongo/mill-of-the-twelve-dead" target="_blank"><strong><u>Mill of the Twelve Dead</u></strong></a> is a project I've been looking forward to (I've got an interview with the creator coming up soon); it's an adventure written for OSE, designed for low-level parties.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">DedZeppelin has released <a href="https://dedzeppelin.itch.io/under-the-keep-at-ernost" target="_blank"><strong><u>Under the Keep at Ernost</u></strong></a>. It's written for <a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/509508/wilderlands?src=newest_recent&affiliate_id=253473" target="_blank"><strong><u>Wilderlands</u></strong></a>, a Cairn hack designed to emulate Tolkien-esque style adventures, but can obviously be used with Cairn, Into the Odd, or any similar OSR-style games.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">We recently got in Lola Johnson's <a href="https://www.sabregamesandcards.com/product-page/the-tower" target="_blank"><strong><u>The Tower</u></strong></a> in stock, and I now see that they're kickstarting another project for <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/johnsonofair/universe-at-your-door-the-traveller" target="_blank"><strong><u>ZiMo: Universe at Your Door: The Traveller</u></strong></a> is a solo journaling game where you play a voyager venturing into the depths of space, documenting what they find on their mission.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tomahawkbunny/sometimes-we-were-infinite-a-troika-zine" target="_blank"><strong><u>Sometimes, We Were Infinite</u></strong></a> is an interesting looking project for ZiMo. It's written for Troika! and is a game set at the end of the universe, with art by Perplexing Ruins.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">In a News Roundup Exclusive (not really), the folks behind the Dragon Warriors Fanzine Casket of Fays have begun adding a POD option to the fanzine. <a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/510875/casket-of-fays-14-a-dragon-warriors-rpg-fanzine-pdf?src=newest_recent&affiliate_id=253473" target="_blank"><strong><u>Issue 14 is out in pdf</u></strong></a>, as <a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse.php?discount=9b1be8dc6a" target="_blank"><strong><u>well as in POD</u></strong></a>.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Idle Catulary gets promoted here fairly frequently, and I see they've got a ZiMo project. <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dielcartulary/sharky" target="_blank"><strong><u>Sharky</u></strong></a> is an underwater adventure written for Old School Essentials and is designed for readability and ease of play.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://jellyfishlines.itch.io/enter-him-love-him" target="_blank"><strong><u>Enter Him/\Love Him</u></strong></a> is itchfunding as an entry into the Tiny Worlds jam. It's an adventure about exploring another adventure, but is also about exploring a human body? There's a lot going on, but it looks promising.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A great looking collaborative story-telling game is <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/blackfiskforlag/knight-forlorn" target="_blank"><strong><u>Knight Forlorn</u></strong></a>, in which the players control a lone wanderer on a futile quest. The art is evocative and gloomy, and fits the premise to a "T".</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Meldar16 Games is raising funds on Backerkit for their ZiMo project; <a href="https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/meldar16-games/vapid-venus-ventures-a-journaling-rpg" target="_blank"><strong><u>Vapid Venus Ventures</u></strong></a> is a solo-journaling rpg all about terraforming Venus.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Solo games seem to be really big this year, and another one that caught my eye is <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/waufl/realms-etria" target="_blank"><strong><u>Realms: Etria</u></strong></a>, a collaborative story-telling game set in a pastoral, mysterious world.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/andrewbeauman/out-of-orbit-a-troupe-survival-ttrpg" target="_blank"><strong><u>Out of Orbit</u></strong></a> is a fascinating, troupe-style collaborative game where the players take control of a group of survivors from a crashed starship, off course and alone, trying to get off-planet or make a home for yourselves where you are.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/landoftheblind/the-rook-and-the-crook" target="_blank"><strong><u>The Rook and The Crook</u></strong></a> is a really neat looking, system-neutral, mind-bending dungeon adventure with some nice art and an interesting concept.</li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="thirdkingdom, post: 9574659, member: 78442"] Welcome to the first news Roundup in February as well as the first Roundup for ZineMonth2025. I don't usually share links to blogs, podcasts, or other such releases, but I was asked nicely, so I wanted to plug [URL='https://youtu.be/g8l42UWbizQ?si=ytB3j6dQP8joWZSX'][B][U]The Jeweler's Sanctum[/U][/B][/URL], a neat little solo play game on YouTube. Also, in observance of ZineMonth, Sabre Games has all of our [URL='https://www.sabregamesandcards.com/?Category=Zines'][B][U]in-stock zines on sale for this month[/U][/B][/URL]. You're going to find this month's Roundups focusing primarily on projects being released or funded as part of ZineMonth; if I missed your new release or crowdfunding project because it is not ZiMo related please let me know. Let's jump right in, shall we. [LIST] [*]Tanya Floaker is one of my favorite indy game designers. One of the things I really admire about their work is the versatility. Whether it's a tactical minis game of skeletons fighting against capitalism, or a game of an alien visitor trying to explore and understand Earth, they consistently produce interesting and thoughtful games. Tanya is currently raising funds for [URL='https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/floaker/mum-chums'][B][U]Mum Chums[/U][/B][/URL], a slice of life rpg about the people who care for children. [*]Paul Wolfe is raising funds for [URL='https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mysticbull/witch-lords-of-skull-mountain'][B][U]Witch-Lords of Skull Mountain[/U][/B][/URL], a mini-setting/zine written for DCC, OSE, and Shadowdark designed as a teaching tool for creating one's own hexcrawls. [*][URL='https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/maurolongo/mill-of-the-twelve-dead'][B][U]Mill of the Twelve Dead[/U][/B][/URL] is a project I've been looking forward to (I've got an interview with the creator coming up soon); it's an adventure written for OSE, designed for low-level parties. [*]DedZeppelin has released [URL='https://dedzeppelin.itch.io/under-the-keep-at-ernost'][B][U]Under the Keep at Ernost[/U][/B][/URL]. It's written for [URL='https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/509508/wilderlands?src=newest_recent&affiliate_id=253473'][B][U]Wilderlands[/U][/B][/URL], a Cairn hack designed to emulate Tolkien-esque style adventures, but can obviously be used with Cairn, Into the Odd, or any similar OSR-style games. [*]We recently got in Lola Johnson's [URL='https://www.sabregamesandcards.com/product-page/the-tower'][B][U]The Tower[/U][/B][/URL] in stock, and I now see that they're kickstarting another project for [URL='https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/johnsonofair/universe-at-your-door-the-traveller'][B][U]ZiMo: Universe at Your Door: The Traveller[/U][/B][/URL] is a solo journaling game where you play a voyager venturing into the depths of space, documenting what they find on their mission. [*][URL='https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tomahawkbunny/sometimes-we-were-infinite-a-troika-zine'][B][U]Sometimes, We Were Infinite[/U][/B][/URL] is an interesting looking project for ZiMo. It's written for Troika! and is a game set at the end of the universe, with art by Perplexing Ruins. [*]In a News Roundup Exclusive (not really), the folks behind the Dragon Warriors Fanzine Casket of Fays have begun adding a POD option to the fanzine. [URL='https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/510875/casket-of-fays-14-a-dragon-warriors-rpg-fanzine-pdf?src=newest_recent&affiliate_id=253473'][B][U]Issue 14 is out in pdf[/U][/B][/URL], as [URL='https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse.php?discount=9b1be8dc6a'][B][U]well as in POD[/U][/B][/URL]. [*]Idle Catulary gets promoted here fairly frequently, and I see they've got a ZiMo project. [URL='https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dielcartulary/sharky'][B][U]Sharky[/U][/B][/URL] is an underwater adventure written for Old School Essentials and is designed for readability and ease of play. [*][URL='https://jellyfishlines.itch.io/enter-him-love-him'][B][U]Enter Him/\Love Him[/U][/B][/URL] is itchfunding as an entry into the Tiny Worlds jam. It's an adventure about exploring another adventure, but is also about exploring a human body? There's a lot going on, but it looks promising. [*]A great looking collaborative story-telling game is [URL='https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/blackfiskforlag/knight-forlorn'][B][U]Knight Forlorn[/U][/B][/URL], in which the players control a lone wanderer on a futile quest. The art is evocative and gloomy, and fits the premise to a "T". [*]Meldar16 Games is raising funds on Backerkit for their ZiMo project; [URL='https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/meldar16-games/vapid-venus-ventures-a-journaling-rpg'][B][U]Vapid Venus Ventures[/U][/B][/URL] is a solo-journaling rpg all about terraforming Venus. [*]Solo games seem to be really big this year, and another one that caught my eye is [URL='https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/waufl/realms-etria'][B][U]Realms: Etria[/U][/B][/URL], a collaborative story-telling game set in a pastoral, mysterious world. [*][URL='https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/andrewbeauman/out-of-orbit-a-troupe-survival-ttrpg'][B][U]Out of Orbit[/U][/B][/URL] is a fascinating, troupe-style collaborative game where the players take control of a group of survivors from a crashed starship, off course and alone, trying to get off-planet or make a home for yourselves where you are. [*][URL='https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/landoftheblind/the-rook-and-the-crook'][B][U]The Rook and The Crook[/U][/B][/URL] is a really neat looking, system-neutral, mind-bending dungeon adventure with some nice art and an interesting concept. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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