RPG Print News – Castles & Crusades, Adventures in the Household, and More

Plenty of unique options this week ranging from ancient fantasy to the post-apocalyptic 19th century. The world of Aihrde gets a setting supplement and Adventures in the Household receives adventure support. Supplements are available for Earthdawn covering magic and a marketplace and Pathfinder gets a dragon miniature. Finally, two new RPGs cover dystopian dieselpunk in a world drowned in acidic slime and Bronze Age fantasy based on the Tower of Babel.

Note: RPG Print News covers recent RPG releases and some classics, reprints, and sales and available from retailers. It does not cover products that are available directly to customers only through Kickstarter or as print on demand.

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Saline Watershed – Codex of Aihrde Expansion by Troll Lord Games

• SYSTEM: Castles & Crusades
• PRODUCT TYPE: softcover supplement
• RETAIL PRICE: $9.99
• DESCRIPTION: The vast Saline River Watershed stands as a primeval wilderness. The Watershed, fed by Lake Orion and countless rivers and streams, encompasses huge fertile plains, forests, and dells dotted with ponds and marshes. In the south is the sprawling coastal Kingdom of Maine, with its powerful nobility. Beyond Maine it is mostly wilderness, where small villages and yeoman farmers attempt to eke out a living. Beneath the eaves of the Gelderland the elven warrior princes dwell hidden in their storied towers and halls. Here lonely roads connect distant realms that are more like isolated islands in a raging sea of untamed savagery.

Adventures in the Household - Such Small Matters | Adventures in the Household - GM Screen and Map of the House | Adventures in the Household - Dice Set (7) by Two Little Mice

• SYSTEM: Dungeons & Dragons 2024 Edition Adventures in the Household
• PRODUCT TYPE: hardcover supplement/screen/dice
• RETAIL PRICE: $50/$15/$18
• DESCRIPTION: Littlings are little folks living grand-tiny adventures in a big abandoned House in a regency-like era. Such Small Matters features 24 premade Littlings complete with their backstories, six adventures, and more than 60 adventure hooks through the years of the Fragile Peace. The three-panel GM Screen includes a map of the house printed on the back of a giant candy wrapper. The dice set contains a d4, d6, d8, d10, d%, d12, and d20.

Let Us Build a Tower - A Mythic Bronze Age Adventure in Babel | Let Us Build a Tower - A Mythic Bronze Age Adventure in Babel (Deluxe Edition) by Sojourn RPG Publishing

• SYSTEM: OSR
• PRODUCT TYPE: hardcover core rulebook
• RETAIL PRICE: $45/$60
• DESCRIPTION: A dark fantasy megadungeon with all the rules needed to play along with compatible stats. A Mythic Bronze Age setting in the apocalyptic ruins of the City of Babel, inspired by the Biblical tale and ancient Mesopotamian legend. The Tower of Babel’s contents change every time PCs enter, with thousands of possible configurations. Tables generate countless artifacts, magic weapons, traps, NPCs, quests, and unique chamber features. PCs encounter, evade, bargain with, and battle more than 80 beasts of Babel from Angelic Ophanim to Fallen Gods, from the scorpionfolk guardians of the underworld to the legendary Behemoth and Leviathan. The Bronze Age world is revealed by map, wilderness travel and encounter tables, city entries, important characters, adventure seeds, and more. Also has four unique classes and a free-form magic system based on the power of language. No AI-generated images. The limited run Deluxe Edition is cloth-bound with gilded foil-debossed lettering with a cloth bookmark and dust jacket. Inside flaps of the dust jacket have quick reference tables. Pages bear gilded edges, and the book is foil-stamped with its unique sequel print number.

Ecryme - Player's Guide | Ecryme - Conductor's Manual | Ecryme - Quick Reference Booklet | Ecryme - Conductor's Screen by Open Sesame Games

• SYSTEM: unique 2d6 system
• PRODUCT TYPE: hardcover core rules/softcover booklet/screen
• RETAIL PRICE: $55/$45/$6/$23
• DESCRIPTION: The world is submerged in an ocean of ecryme, a corrosive substance. Humanity survives on small outcroppings and islands. They built a civilization based on steelwork and stonework, where cities are built vertically and connected by the traverses, gigantic bridges that cross the ecryme sea. For in the strange world of Ecryme, the emotions of humankind seem to hold a power of their own. Uses a simple 2d6 system that favors skill investment over luck to drive moody, investigative roleplay driven by characters’ ambitions. The Player's Guide explains the world of Ecryme, its nations, beliefs, limits, and technologies. It contains all the rules required to play along with character creation. The Conductor's Manual explains many of the secrets that rule the world of Ecryme. It also provides advice on how to handle Ecryme game sessions. The Quick Reference Booklet contains a summary of the rules and basics to play a PC. The Conductor's Screen is a three-panel GM screen.

Magic - Deeper Secrets | Grand Bazaar - Crown Jewel of Throal by Fasa

• SYSTEM: Earthdawn
• PRODUCT TYPE: hardcover supplements
• RETAIL PRICE: $49.99/$34.99
• DESCRIPTION: Magic - Deeper Secrets includes: 350 spells, High Circle spells, hundreds of new knacks for all Disciplines, new binding secrets featuring interesting spirits for PCs to interact with, improved spell knacks for all five spellcasting Disciplines and three types of enchanting: fetishes, Named spells, and wards. Grand Bazaar - Crown Jewel of Throal explores the largest marketplace in Barsaive including prominent vendors, sights to see, the particular culture, rumors, and adventure hooks. New items include blood charms, consumables, and common magic items. Also includes the politics behind the scenes, influences, and plots in the city.

Adamantine Dragon (Huge Adult) by WizKids

• SYSTEM: Pathfinder Second Edition
• PRODUCT TYPE: pre-painted 75mm miniature
• RETAIL PRICE: $79.99
• DESCRIPTION: From the cover of the new Pathfinder Monster Core book to miniature life on a tabletop. This Huge dragon has magic flowing through it that draws adamantine to it body like a magnet. This dragon burrows through solid stone, emerging to ambush its prey. It breathes by belching up huge boulders consumed while burrowing. I have to admit, I’ve never seen an attack quite like that before. If I played a dwarf in Pathfinder, I’d call these things boulder belchers.

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