Rule support this week for Old-School Essentials (classes, religions, and more), Soulbound (adventure locations), and Warhammer (orcs and goblins). There is a war-torn world for Troika! and plenty of support for d20 fantasy including Asian monsters and a wild new genre smash up setting. There is also an adventure, GM screen, and character sheets for d20 fantasy. There a zine covering the current state of independent TTRPG creators. Finally, there is a solo RPG set in the weird Wild West.
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.
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.
Carcass Crawler - The Official Old School Essentials Zine by Necrotic Gnome
- SYSTEM: Old-School Essentials
- PRODUCTTYPE: softcover zine
- RETAIL PRICE: $10
- DESCRIPTION: Packed with new game material. Includes: three new character classes like the arcane bard and the halfling reeve, four example religions of all alignments including new spells, eight new monsters of the deep places of the earth, a selection of arcane grimoires and more new spells, rules on potions (brewing, purchasing, sampling, and describing), and a short adventure set in the lair of a shadowmancer.
Soulbound: Ruins of the Past | Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay: Tribes and Tribulations by Cubicle 7
- SYSTEM: Soulbound/Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay
- PRODUCTTYPE: hardcover supplements
- RETAIL PRICE: $39.99/$34.99
- DESCRIPTION: The Mortal Realms are overflowing with Ruins of the Past. It is home to the Ossiarch tomb-city known as the Ashen Necropolis, the towering Stormvault of the Platinum Spire guarded by a trio of viscous Sphiranxes, and the ruined Idoneth enclave of Aighmar which is now a watery grave overrun by the Skaven and their terrifying carc-ship. Features nine adventurous detours and destinations that work as a one-shot divergence between adventures or the crucial final stop of a grand campaign. Also includes a bestiary with new allies and enemies to create encounters. Tribes and Tribulations provides details on creatures bound by a common ancestry and the unifying spirit of the Waaagh!: Goblins, Orcs, Black Orcs, Hobgoblins, and Snotlings, as well as sections on Ogres and Trolls. Each specific tribe receives its own chapter, such as The Black Mountain Boyz which are a vicious band of Orcs accomplished in the arts of Orc and Goblin including notorious Warlords, and monsters
Cannon Fodder - A Sphere for Troika! | Terror Target Gemini by Need Games
- SYSTEM: Troika!/OSR
- PRODUCTTYPE: hardcover supplements
- RETAIL PRICE: $29.99/$39.99
- DESCRIPTION: Stop the crazy Cannon in an adventure across the trenches for a party of three to five chosen PC soldiers. The Sphere is full of contradictions, science, occultism and, above all else, war. PCs can draw from 12 backgrounds and align themselves with the quirky Ochlocrats or the highly organized Die Lvmens. The PCs explore the Continent, discover the mysteries of this Sphere, and interact with its bizarre inhabitants. Terror Target Gemini is a hyperviolent and anachronistic western, a colorful and wacky fantasy, and an action-packed manga full of demonic gunslingers and martial arts witches. PCs play Runners, professional adventurers hired for dangerous tasks (deliveries, arrests, rescue missions, assassinations) in the savage lands called known as the Maju. In the Maju, life is shorter than a dynamite fuse.
Asian Monsters by Legendary Games
- SYSTEM: Black Flag
- PRODUCTTYPE: softcover supplement
- RETAIL PRICE: $29.99
- DESCRIPTION: Features over 90 creatures drawn from the myths and legends of and folklore of Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Tibet, and Vietnam, as well as nations of the western Pacific like Indonesia, Australia, and the Philippines. From minor menaces like the kappa to gargantuan sea monsters and kaiju, restless dead like the gaki and jiang-shi, fey kami and nats, celestial kirin and komainu, and fiendish asuras and oni.
Castles & Crusades: Character Sheets REFORGED | Gary Gygax’s The Hermit Castle Keepers Screen by Troll Lord Games
- SYSTEM: Castles & Crusades
- PRODUCTTYPE: character sheets/four-panel GM screen
- RETAIL PRICE: $5.99/$24.99
- DESCRIPTION: Castles & Crusades: Character Sheets REFORGED cover the four iconic classes of Fighter, Wizard, Rogue and Cleric as well as two bonus classes, the Druid and the Ranger. The Gary Gygax’s The Hermit Castle Keepers Screen is designed for Gary Gygax’s The Hermit adventure. The screen depicts the player maps on the front along with art, and the GM’s maps are on the interior along with encounter charts.
SPLAT 5: Golden by Summoning Circle Press
- SYSTEM: RPG recent developments
- PRODUCTTYPE: softcover zine
- RETAIL PRICE: $15
- DESCRIPTION: To celebrate 50 years of TTRPGs, seven designers from throughout the industry looked back in 2024 at some recent developments in tabletop roleplaying. Vincent Baker in conversation with Rae Nedjadi about Apocalypse World, the Powered by the Apocalypse school of design it launched, and how games like Apocalypse Keys are redefining that system. Filipino designers momatoes (ARC: Doom) and Waks Saavedra discuss the TTRPG industry and culture in Southeast Asia and the rise of #RPGSEA. Jay Dragon (Wanderhome) and Orion D Black discuss how independent creators fought for better pay and won, how they built new communities online, and where the scene will go from here.
Tarnation RPG | Unbidden Gifts of the Tyrian Vale by Space Penguin Ink
- SYSTEM: solo unique 3d6/OSR
- PRODUCTTYPE: softcover supplements
- RETAIL PRICE: $25/$15
- DESCRIPTION:Tarnation RPG is an episodic game of solo role-play, set in a weird west pocket of reality called Tarnation, a vast, uncanny wilderness ruled by a strange and intractable Law. Three six-sided dice are rolled to scope a situation, marshal resources into a dice pool, and then try to beat the bar to see how the plan shakes out. Encounter bizarre creatures and unexpected phenomena and use symbolic clocks and loose ends to craft compelling adventures. Comes with a hex map to fill, an introductory adventure , and two pamphlet adventures. Unbidden Gifts of the Tyrian Vale is set in a city and outskirts gone mad over a fever dream quest for a tainted grail. PCs may seek out to find the cup and succumb to their inner beasts. Or perhaps the PCs will scour the countryside and eliminate the bestial threat that has come knocking at their doors.