This week, an improved deck of many things for Dungeons & Dragons 2014 and an art and fact filled book of made up fantasy fungus are now available. Both can work as in game handouts. Troika! also gets plenty of support as does Vampire: The Masquerade and the Cypher System. Finally, there are sturdy metal mini dice available, well suited if you need a travel set and want to also be ready to roll.
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The Fablemaker's Deck of Many Things | The Fablemaker's Deck of Many Things - Holo by Hit Point Press
Fungi of the Far Realms (systemless) | Get It At Sutlers | Eye of the Aeons | Troika! Quick Start Rules by Melsonian Arts Council
Break!! Core Rules | Break!! Core Rules – Special Edition by Naldobean Games/Grey Wizard Press
In Memoriam by Renegade Game Studios
Wanted Hexed or Alive by Monte Cook Games
Dice, metal 10mm to 12mm (7) by Easy Roller Dice
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The Fablemaker's Deck of Many Things | The Fablemaker's Deck of Many Things - Holo by Hit Point Press
- SYSTEM: Dungeons & Dragons 2014
- PRODUCT TYPE: box of cards/box of holo cards
- RETAIL PRICE: $24.99/49.99
- DESCRIPTION: The Fablemaker's Deck of Many Things brings new power. Instead of 22 cards, it includes 46. Half are in color and half in monochrome, forming the colorful Overworld and the gloomy Underworld. Also includes an instruction booklet with both old and new rules including suggested keyword meanings and a guide to interpreting the symbolism. In The Fablemaker's Deck of Many Things - Holo version, the Overworld cards shine with rainbow brilliance, and the Underworld cards reflect the colors from the surrounding light. There is also a gold foiling design on the box.
Fungi of the Far Realms (systemless) | Get It At Sutlers | Eye of the Aeons | Troika! Quick Start Rules by Melsonian Arts Council
- SYSTEM: Troika!
- PRODUCT TYPE: hardcover book and flash cards/hardcover and softcover supplements
- RETAIL PRICE: $63/$36/$25/$2
- DESCRIPTION: Fungi of the Far Realms is a guide to over 200 magical and mundane mushrooms from the regal Agaric Rex to the sinister Woodsmans Baby, compatible with any RPG. The 200 fungi are depicted with traditionally made watercolor painting along with notes on habitat, appearance, flavor, and aroma. Can be used when creating adventures or hand it to players as an in-universe book to be found by their PCs. The included flash cards depict exactly what wild fungi the PCs see, all while hiding the details from them. For the first time ever, Get It At Sutlers provides a detailed look at the titular city of Troika, its citizens, its culture, its peculiarities, and its infuriating habits. Hundreds of encounters with its residents provide a feel for the city. The PCs can also get jobs in Sutlers, the chaotic and dangerous department store in the heart of the city. Once hired, they enter a sandbox of hundreds of micro-adventures, encounters, and NPCs. Includes a structured adventure to get the PCs hired and working on their first day. Once hired, they can decide to work at the store at any time. PCs can just roll up for a day at work, play out what happens, and get paid. If they survive their shift. Eye of the Aeons is the third installment in the 1:5 Troika! adventure series. The PCs can explore an ancient palace on the outskirts of Troika, join a faction, take terrible treasures, and change the course of cyclops history. The Queen of the Cyclopes, has been deposed leading to conflict. Loyalists, rebels, and revolutionary servant-beasts struggle over control of the Manse of Mirrors and the fate-defying treasure at its heart. The Troika! Quick Start Rules, free at conventions, but due to popular demand now available to order for not free. Still free at conventions wherever the Melsonian booth is found.
Break!! Core Rules | Break!! Core Rules – Special Edition by Naldobean Games/Grey Wizard Press
- SYSTEM: unique d20 driven
- PRODUCT TYPE: hardcover core rules/slipcase hardcover core rules
- RETAIL PRICE: $49.99/$59.99
- DESCRIPTION: PCs, from a nekomimi ninja to a mechanoid mage, explore a post-apocalyptic world inspired by classic anime and SNES era videogames, along with wistful fantasy novels and movies. The Outer World is broken with many struggling to survive, huddling together in the ruins of the past. Their leaders seek to shape the future. Forgotten knowledge and lost treasures are rumored to have the power to change the future. The PCs, along with influential villains and heroes, explore a fantasy setting full of derelict mega structures, shambling war machines, and nature warped by magical pollution. The Special Edition comes in a slipcase, has different cover art, and has foil printing and gilded edges. Both books come with a ribbon bookmark.
In Memoriam by Renegade Game Studios
- SYSTEM: Vampire: The Masquerade Fifth Edition
- PRODUCT TYPE: Rated R hardcover supplement
- RETAIL PRICE: $45
- DESCRIPTION: PCs can play really old vampires. PCs can take on the mantle of the noveaux elders, the ancillae who have seized power in the absence of the true elders, who’ve now fallen or been beckoned away. PCs may be Kindred of 100, 150, or even 200 years. Helps provide backstory including the formative trials and tribulations that forged the PC from human into monster who now commands the night with the power of centuries. Includes: Kindred history through flashback with expanded Memoriam rules, Ancilla Characters with rules designed for advanced play, consolidated and streamlined Memoriam Rules with new variations for deeper character development, new lore, resources, and plotlines surrounding 11 mortal eras and eight pivotal Kindred events, and six Loresheets that link PCs to significant historical moments.
Wanted Hexed or Alive by Monte Cook Games
- SYSTEM: Cypher System High Noon at Midnight
- PRODUCT TYPE: softcover zine
- RETAIL PRICE: $17.99
- DESCRIPTION: A collection of NPC miscreants, scoundrels, troublemakers, and hardened criminals of the Weird West. And a few folks, not necessarily innocent, but in the wrong place at the wrong time. All wanted hexed or alive. Each NPC outlaw has a wanted poster and character art along with a description and stats.
Dice, metal 10mm to 12mm (7) by Easy Roller Dice
- SYSTEM: any RPG that uses dice
- PRODUCT TYPE: mini metal dice set
- RETAIL PRICE: $19.95
- DESCRIPTION: If you need a sturdy travel set. Set includes seven mini metal dice: D4, D6, D8, D10, D00 percent, D12, and D20 forged from durable zinc alloy. Each die is cast in solid metal and measures approximately 10 mm to 12 mm in size.
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