RPG Print News – Free League, Mongoose, and More

Moria, D&D5E, Old-School Essentials, MÖRK BORG. Paranoia, and BESM all have new products out this week.

Moria is here for table top RPG GMs. Also available for Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition. Old-School Essentials also gets a new setting and MÖRK BORG gets two connected supplements. Finally, Paranoia and BESM (Big Eyes, Small Mouth) get a collection of adventures and a world supplement and deck of cards respectively.

Note: RPG Print News covers recent RPG releases and some classics, reprints, and sales 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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The One Ring - Moria | The Lord Of The Rings Roleplaying - Moria by Free League Publishing
  • SYSTEM: The One Ring/The Lord of the Rings Roleplaying
  • PRODUCT TYPE: hardcover supplements with fold out map
  • RETAIL PRICE: $45.62 each
  • DESCRIPTION: 50 years of RPGs and GMs running D&D can finally take their PCs into Moria. Celebrate in style with two ribbons, sewn binding, and a fold out map of the mines for a great price. Set in the years before Balin’s doomed expedition, Moria – Through the Doors of Durin includes a collection of Patrons, Landmarks, foes, encounters and treasures that a GM can use to construct their own adventures in Moria from a single desperate journey in the dark to a grand campaign of multiple delves to recover precious treasure and unlock hidden lore and secrets. Long ago, the great city of the Dwarrowdelf was home to Dwarven kings, rich beyond measure in gold and Mithril. But a thousand years ago, Durin’s Bane was awakened and drove the Dwarves from their halls. The city fell and was seized by Orcs, Goblins, and worse. However, countless Orcs perished in the Battle of Five Armies and maybe the Halls of Durin can be traversed once more. Maybe there are piles of treasure there, perhaps even Mithril still glimmers in the mines under Caradhras. PCs cross the dread threshold and delve deep to uncover lost treasure and forgotten secrets.
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Seas of Sand - Book Only | Seas of Sand - Book + Map + Poster by Exalted Funeral
  • SYSTEM: Old-School Essentials
  • PRODUCT TYPE: hardcover setting/same hardcover setting with map and poster
  • RETAIL PRICE: $60/$80
  • DESCRIPTION: A toolbox setting guide for old-school RPGs about a vast desert-ocean of liquid sand. By day, the sand is liquid, and ships sail across them while people sink; by night, the sand is solid, and ships flounder while people walk free. Includes: procedures and content for building and populating a map of the Seas and its cities, details on each of the seven sands and how they behave (along with 1d100 encounter tables for each), easily-modified rules (sandships, trading, piracy, smuggling, and recruiting crew), 36 monsters, 20 plants, 20 weird stuff, dozens of tables (trade goods, ships, NPCs, messages-in-a-bottle, and more), 1d100 world-altering mystical truths triggered through visions and drugs, and the worm that rises from the sand to consume you. Included in the bundle is a two-sided map containing two possible versions of the Seas and a poster with art and apocrypha of the consuming worm.
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Kavlov's Sanctuary Revised Edition | Dwellers of the Bog by The Dungeon’s Key
  • SYSTEM: MÖRK BORG
  • PRODUCT TYPE: hardcover supplements
  • RETAIL PRICE: $33 each
  • DESCRIPTION: PCs explore the dread-filled halls of Kavlov's Sanctuary and uncover the ancient secrets and betrayals that could determine the fate of the world, as the ultimate battle between good and evil looms closer than ever before. What's Inside: seven classes like the blood baron and disgraced court alchemist, a village (filled with lore, NPCs, rumors, and all of the services needed to mourn the loss of a PC), 13 dungeons of increasing difficulty (filled with over 30 enemies, 10 bosses, and 20 magical items), landmarks and wilderness locations like the carnivorous keep and the deadwoods, 40 artifacts sold by a witch dealing in ogre’s heart and vampire’s ashes, and wandering monster tables. PCs explore the moss-laden corridors and waterways of Dwellers of the Bog where the secrets of an ancient civilization lie hidden in the ruins. Also doubles as an expansion for Kavlov's Sanctuary. Includes five waterlogged classes like the bog water apothecary and the lost moss prophet, a An exotic nomadic community (filled with lore, NPCs, 2d20 rumors, and all of the services required to barter and craft powerful wares), merchant caravans like the beast master and arms dealer, 11 dungeons (stocked with over 100 unique enemies, bosses, and disturbing magical artifacts, and a witch bartering 20 artifacts.
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Brave New Missions - Something Satiric This Way Comes by Mongoose Publishing
  • SYSTEM: Paranoia
  • PRODUCT TYPE: hardcover adventure collection
  • RETAIL PRICE: $49.99
  • DESCRIPTION: Includes five missions that torture present vibrant challenges and more catch-22s than you can shake a depleted laser pistol at so PCs can kill cooperate with each other’s Troubleshooters. Includes the following. Certifiable: The PC Troubleshooters likely didn’t take or pass the Troubleshooter Certification Exam, and they need to pass to be certifiable. In the Clouds: Virtual PC Troubleshooters go after decidedly not-virtual treason. Like Tron with a much higher body count. Meet ‘n’ Greet: The PCs force the public into liking them or else so people will not fear the Troubleshooters. Likely a solid plan. Stealth Train Redux: One of the best missions of all time is back. The PCs have to figure out how to protect a train that does not exist. Or maybe it does. Viva VEG Sector: Free Enterprise opens a casino with all the tropes and sarcasm expected, and an albino tiger may or may not be involved.
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BESM - Ikaris | BESM - Denizens of the Multiverse by Dyskami Publishing
  • SYSTEM: BESM (Big Eyes, Small Mouth)
  • PRODUCT TYPE: hardcover supplement/136 cards
  • RETAIL PRICE: $39.95/$29.95
  • DESCRIPTION: Ikaris is one of seven Prime Worlds of BESM’s Anime Multiverse setting. Covers the fantasy realm’s history and its many regions, peoples, alliances, monsters, heroes, and villains. Includes game stats for equipment, weapons, vehicles, magical artefacts, and NPCs as well as advice for running epic fantasy anime adventures. Denizens of the Multiverse features a deck of 136 characters and monsters from across the Anime Multiverse. Characters are illustrated on the front of each 4” x 6” card with their BESM game stats listed on the back.
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The first 87 pages are available on itch.io
And the PDF is pretty reasonable, I just picked it up in that format. Without doubt the most interesting new setting I've read in years. My only question is whether to use it for the dead sand kingdoms in my current campaign or to run a dedicated game in the setting. It's OSR-centric in terms of the stats but adapting it to Savage Worlds or Forbidden Lands would be a doddle. It has conversion notes for 5E supplied.

Going to grab the hardback now.
 


The mere mention of the Stealth Train in that article made me giggle. I'm going to have to dig out my old copy and read it again, but it's probably buried away in a box somewhere. (The version I have is in Crash Priority for Paranoia XP, not sure if it is a conversion of an earlier adventure.)
 

Ian Laws

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"50 years of RPGs and GMs can finally take their PCs into Moria."

Thankfully it only took 10 years as the first RPG supplement for Moria was published in 1984.

I'm sure this version will be very nice but c'mon.
I think the point being made is it’s the first time GMs RUNNING D&D can run Moria as the previous 5E Adventures in Middle Earth folded before Moria was released.
I have the MERP Moria Campaign module and loved it, now D&Ders have the opportunity
 

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