This week, I look at RPGs that end between December 31st and January 5th, all closing out near New Years. Their are original systems, accessories, and more to check out. As always, I’m not covering all of the RPG options, just a selection, many of which are quickstarters, that end soon.
Salvage Union from Leyline Press
Webworld: A TTRPG guide to the spider Apocalypse from NeonRot
The City Attractions Package from Evil Pigeon Games
Slasher Zine: A Two-Volume Zine for MÖRK BORG from Michael Mars Gaming
Cora's Guide to Dinosaurs from Chamomile Has Adventures
Xanatos' Guide to Gambling for 5e from Xanatos Clark
Murder at Morley’s Workshop for D&D 5e RPG - £1 GBP from Dark Realm Roleplay
40+ Digital Fantasy Battle-Maps for 5th edition, Roll20 + from Map Alchemists
Lance from Inner City Games Designs
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Salvage Union from Leyline Press
- END DATE: Wed, January 5 2022 8:55 AM EST.
- SYSTEM(S): Powered by Quest RPG
- PROJECT TYPE: Core rulebook
- MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: £28 + S/H for the PDF and hardcover of the book
- ADDITIONAL COVERAGE: Morrus and Peter talk to Aled Lawlor and Panny Lines about this project on their podcast (here)
- WHY SPOTLIGHT THIS CAMPAIGN? A post-apocalyptic world of corporate controlled cities, dust bowl wastes for the masses, and you, the pilots and your mechs eking out an existence after the world ended. This core rulebook offers over 300 pages of options like 20+ mechs, modifications, 12 classes of pilots to play, bestiary, and NPCs. If you’re interested in mechs in the waste, check out the campaign page to get the free quickstart rules.
Webworld: A TTRPG guide to the spider Apocalypse from NeonRot
- END DATE: Sun, January 2 2022 4:47 PM EST.
- SYSTEM(S): An original system
- PROJECT TYPE: Core rulebook
- MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: £14 for the PDF and print versions of the book
- WHY SPOTLIGHT THIS CAMPAIGN? A rules lite, no combat RPG is a breath of fresh air in the world of combat centric RPGs. In this one, the apocalypse came and the culprits were spiders! Giant spiders roam the earth waiting to lure you into their webs. The last of humanity wear webs and hide from the giant spiders and their Hosts, humans filled with venom and spider eggs. Here’s where this gets interesting, if you look past the pulp sci-fi concepts, the RPG offers an interesting dynamic, you don’t fight the spiders, you sneak past them. That’s right, this is a stealth RPG. At 22 pages, there’s a lot to cover in that space, the world, the system, and the goals, but it’s an interesting concept worth checking out. If you want to play a rules lite stealth based RPG set in a setting out of a 1950s/1960s B-movie, Webworld awaits.
The City Attractions Package from Evil Pigeon Games
- END DATE: Sat, January 1 2022 11:02 AM EST.
- SYSTEM(S): Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition
- PROJECT TYPE: RPG zine
- MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: £7 for the PDF of the zine and printable handouts
- WHY SPOTLIGHT THIS CAMPAIGN? Need attractions to fill your city? Need NPCs to populate the streets and stores? Creatures for a zoo? Random urban details from random tables? Maps? Yeah, all cities need maps. This book fills in the gap when you reach a new city and you need to throw town against the wall to see what sticks. If you’re looking for easy fill-in cityscapes, this book has pregenerated elements and the tools to create more.
Slasher Zine: A Two-Volume Zine for MÖRK BORG from Michael Mars Gaming
- END DATE: Wed, January 5 2022 11:59 PM EST.
- SYSTEM(S): MÖRK BORG
- PROJECT TYPE: RPG zines
- MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: $35 + $7 S/H in the US for the PDFs and print versions of both zines
- WHY SPOTLIGHT THIS CAMPAIGN? Because it’s the holidays and you need some MÖRK BORG, naturally. Created as a Slasher Jam from which 20 entries were collected and shared here in two volumes. Volume one is 60 pages of crunch, classes, monsters, and more for MÖRK BORG. Volume two is 80 pages and contains the adventures. As a Jam-come-to-Kickstarter, the project pays each creator $10 per page plus another dollar a page for every grand past $2000 (so $12 per page as of this writing or $1,680 of the total raised with the rest going to printing, shipping, etc). If you’re looking for a MÖRK BORG with slashers from a collection of creators, this is worth a look.
Cora's Guide to Dinosaurs from Chamomile Has Adventures
- END DATE: Fri, December 31 2021 8:00 PM EST.
- SYSTEM(S): Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition
- PROJECT TYPE: RPG zine
- MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: $12 + $5 S/H in the US for the PDF and print versions of the zine
- WHY SPOTLIGHT THIS CAMPAIGN? An RPG zine with dinosaurs, barbarians, and four new barbarian subclasses. If you’re looking for humanity meets pre-history with lost civilizations and 5e options, check this campaign out. But the real reason I’m excited about this project is that this is Chamomile Has Adventures’ 11th RPG zine Kickstarter since February 2021. That’s a massive number of zines in such a short period of time. If you’re interested in seeing nearly a year of zines month after month, check out their page to see all that they’ve done.
Xanatos' Guide to Gambling for 5e from Xanatos Clark
- END DATE: Sat, January 1 2022 5:03 PM EST.
- SYSTEM(S): Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition
- PROJECT TYPE: Sourcebook
- MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: $15 for the PDF of the book
- WHY SPOTLIGHT THIS CAMPAIGN? Because it fills a gap in 5e: Games of chance. Need to gamble in your adventures? This bolt-on system offers ten different dice based game options, with rules for cheating. Yes, cheating! Every good game needs rules for bilking the other players and NPCs out of their hard won earnings! Obviously! If you want to add a game within your game so your players have the chance to play as rules lawyers instead of being rules lawyers, this supplement may provide both a challenge and a good time for everyone at the table.
Murder at Morley’s Workshop for D&D 5e RPG - £1 GBP from Dark Realm Roleplay
- END DATE: Tue, January 4 2022 5:00 PM EST.
- SYSTEM(S): Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition
- PROJECT TYPE: Adventure module
- MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: £1 for the PDF of the one-shot
- WHY SPOTLIGHT THIS CAMPAIGN? A one-shot adventure that runs from 2 to 4 hours depending on the group’s size, this mystery involves a murder and the appearance of fey and other monsters. In a family dispute, a man kills his cousin releasing a fey and more. The adventurers are called in to assist. If you’re looking for an economically priced adventure with monsters, maps, and menace, this may be right for you.
40+ Digital Fantasy Battle-Maps for 5th edition, Roll20 + from Map Alchemists
- END DATE: Tue, January 4 2022 11:59 PM EST.
- PROJECT TYPE: RPG maps
- MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: CA$ 32 for 40 digital maps, 20 digital tokens, and 20 digital NPC cards
- WHY SPOTLIGHT THIS CAMPAIGN? Need digitally rendered maps and 3D views of the areas you’re traveling through? This project gives you digital maps with and without grid lines, many of the locations come in two styles. The first shows the birds eye view while the second offers a more cinematic shot for the players to get an idea of what the location looks like from the ground. Beyond that, you get tokens to use for combat and NPC cards. If you’re looking for fantasy mapping options, this may be the right campaign to check out.
Lance from Inner City Games Designs
- END DATE: Wed, January 5 2022 12:59 AM EST.
- SYSTEM(S): An original system
- PROJECT TYPE: Core rulebook
- MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: $25 + S/H for the PDF and softcover of the book
- WHY SPOTLIGHT THIS CAMPAIGN? Looking for a deadly, gritty sci-fi RPG that draws more danger from reality than sci-fi fantasy? This skill based RPG exists in a world where life is fragile and death may come from a leak, a micro-asteroid, or the geopolitical state of the galaxy. This world is based on hard science fiction which makes space deadly and vast beyond imagining. If you want an original sci-fi RPG where death awaits you at any time, check out Lance’s campaign page.
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