Invincible RPG starter set based on the comic and Prime Vido superhero series is out. Scalemail is a new fantasy RPG and World Wide Wrestling is now an RPG also. Supplements include Castles & Crusades, Barbarians of Lemuria, Troika!, Blades in the Dark, and Cohors Cthulhu. Advanced Dungeons & Dragons/Dungeons & Dragons 5.5 get special dice for rolling ability scores.
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 as print on demand.
Invincible - Superhero Roleplaying Starter Set by Free League Publishing
SYSTEM: Year Zero Engine
PRODUCT TYPE: box set
RETAIL PRICE: $29.99
DESCRIPTION: The groundbreaking comic book and animated series on Prime Video is now a TTRPG. Features: fast and brutal super-powered rules in which the PC superheroes can die, three-act introductory adventure, six pre-generated PCs including Atom Eve and Invincible himself, a large double-sided battle map 34 x 22 inches with one side depicting two key adventure locations and the other a wide city downtown area, illustrated cardboard tokens and standees for heroes and their adversaries, a deck of cards for drawing the initiative and to provide cues for social scenes, and ten engraved six-sided dice designed specifically for the RPG.
Scalemail Core Rulebook (softcover) by Cursed 20 Games
Scalemail Core Rulebook (hardcover)
SYSTEM: OSR
PRODUCT TYPE: softcover/hardcover core rulebook
RETAIL PRICE: $35/45
OTHER RPG NEWS: Scalemail RPG: An Interview with Mike Larrimore
DESCRIPTION: The foggy Murk brings despair and hopelessness to the southern lands. Powerful magic protects the Northern Kingdoms for now, but it isn’t a permanent solution. The PCs to seek out lost relics and ancient knowledge in the hope that something will be found to stem the Murk’s inexorable expansion. D20 roll high along another die based on an attribute. Players make all the rolls. Includes nine ancestries like elves along with unique choices like uplifted animals known as Wilder, three classes with seven paths, and traits. Also includes monsters and end bosses as well as solo rules.
Engineering Names by Troll Lord Games
SYSTEM: Castles & Crusades
PRODUCT TYPE: softcover supplement
RETAIL PRICE: $12.99
DESCRIPTION: Provides naming conventions for families, non-human races, monsters, regions, and linguistic patterns tables of names and syllabic clustering’s based on real world naming conventions. GMs will benefit when running the table, creating NPCs, developing characters, or creating a genealogy.
Lemurian Chronicles 2 - The Veiled God by Ludospherik
SYSTEM: Barbarians of Lemuria
PRODUCT TYPE: hardcover supplement
RETAIL PRICE: $53
DESCRIPTION: The PCs can explore Urceb and its catacombs to unearth ancient treasures or embark on a quest for the Veiled God to stop the insidious menace threatening the Jewel of Lemuria. Includes: the learned Astrologer career, three cities with adventure seeds, the cult of the Grey Druids, and an adventure in five acts.
Creatures Fantastic and Terrible by Metal Snail
SYSTEM: Troika!/ Cairn Second Edition/Old-School Essentials
PRODUCT TYPE: softcover supplement
RETAIL PRICE: $29
DESCRIPTION: 21 creatures designed to create weird, memorable adventures just by existing. Uncanny sword-wielding giant women, living clouds of acid infested with extraplanar coyotes, and a dragon with iron chains for skin instead of scales. PCs may hunt them for their meat, protect them from angry villagers, study them, talk to them, or simply take their stuff.
World Wide Wrestling by ndpdesign
SYSTEM: Powered by the Apocalypse
PRODUCT TYPE: hardcover core rulebook
RETAIL PRICE: $50.95
DESCRIPTION: PC professional wrestlers face feuds, championships, betrayal, and righteous victory in a clash of good versus evil on the grandest stage. It’s about whether have what it takes. And, in the end, it’s about what the audience thinks of their efforts. The rules contain:
15 archetypal Gimmicks representing a diverse roster of wrestling archetypes, support for in-ring storytelling from Match Stipulations to focused deep dives into wrestling psychology, Living Promotions include 12 examples pick-up-play settings from the bar-room to the international jet-set, over 60 wrestlers and staff, an optional ruleset for playing out scenes between arena shows, essays from game designers and wrestling aficionados about wrestling and roleplaying and combining the two, and more!
Blades '68 (Standard Edition) by Evil Hat Productions
Blades '68 (Limited Edition)
SYSTEM: Blades in the Dark
PRODUCT TYPE: hardcover supplement
RETAIL PRICE: $45/$65
DESCRIPTION: PCs live in a timeline 100 years after Blades in the Dark in the radical Swinging Sixties. Cover new playbooks, revolutionary crews, fresh factions, and a fully re-imagined Doskvol, ready to explore. PCs face subversive spy games, daring heists, and paranormal mindbenders. The limited edition has an alternate cover, custom endpapers, and two ribbon bookmarks.
Laurium Adventures by Modiphius Entertainment
SYSTEM: Cohors Cthulhu
PRODUCT TYPE: hardcover supplement
RETAIL PRICE: $47
DESCRIPTION: Provides information on running campaigns centering on the Roman-occupied town of Laurium. Includes detailed information and profiles on many of the most significant NPCs, a rules system for handling downtime activity between major adventures, and seven self-contained adventures covering threats from the Outer Gods, Deep Ones, and more.
Rapid Stat Dice (seven) by Deck & Dice Games
SYSTEM: Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, Dungeons & Dragons 5.5, other D&D editions
PRODUCT TYPE: seven specialized dice set
RETAIL PRICE: $19.95
DESCRIPTION: Determine all six standard attributes (Strength, Dexterity, Constitution, Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma) with one single roll, in seconds, with no math required. Mirrors 4d6 drop the lowest bell curve probability. The six custom 20-sided dice, one for each ability score, cover the most frequent results (7 to 17), while the specialized 12-sided die resolves the rarer high and low outcomes (3-6 and 18). Also includes an instruction guide with steps for instant character generation. Works well for one-shots, new players, or GMs who need to generate many NPCs quickly.
Charlie does not use AI in any of his writing. Find Charlie at joyfulgming.com. The first two stories by Charlie featuring the questing soldier Hart and his biomechanical partner Hollow now available for Kindle on Amazon. He is a participant in the Noble Knight Affiliate Program and the OneBookShelf Affiliate Programs that provide a means to earn money through advertisements and links. Charlie on Facebook. Posts by others on EN World by others do not reflect the views of Charlie Dunwoody. If you like these articles please consider supporting the EN World Patreon.
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 as print on demand.
Invincible - Superhero Roleplaying Starter Set by Free League Publishing
SYSTEM: Year Zero Engine
PRODUCT TYPE: box set
RETAIL PRICE: $29.99
DESCRIPTION: The groundbreaking comic book and animated series on Prime Video is now a TTRPG. Features: fast and brutal super-powered rules in which the PC superheroes can die, three-act introductory adventure, six pre-generated PCs including Atom Eve and Invincible himself, a large double-sided battle map 34 x 22 inches with one side depicting two key adventure locations and the other a wide city downtown area, illustrated cardboard tokens and standees for heroes and their adversaries, a deck of cards for drawing the initiative and to provide cues for social scenes, and ten engraved six-sided dice designed specifically for the RPG.
Scalemail Core Rulebook (softcover) by Cursed 20 Games
Scalemail Core Rulebook (hardcover)
SYSTEM: OSR
PRODUCT TYPE: softcover/hardcover core rulebook
RETAIL PRICE: $35/45
OTHER RPG NEWS: Scalemail RPG: An Interview with Mike Larrimore
DESCRIPTION: The foggy Murk brings despair and hopelessness to the southern lands. Powerful magic protects the Northern Kingdoms for now, but it isn’t a permanent solution. The PCs to seek out lost relics and ancient knowledge in the hope that something will be found to stem the Murk’s inexorable expansion. D20 roll high along another die based on an attribute. Players make all the rolls. Includes nine ancestries like elves along with unique choices like uplifted animals known as Wilder, three classes with seven paths, and traits. Also includes monsters and end bosses as well as solo rules.
Engineering Names by Troll Lord Games
SYSTEM: Castles & Crusades
PRODUCT TYPE: softcover supplement
RETAIL PRICE: $12.99
DESCRIPTION: Provides naming conventions for families, non-human races, monsters, regions, and linguistic patterns tables of names and syllabic clustering’s based on real world naming conventions. GMs will benefit when running the table, creating NPCs, developing characters, or creating a genealogy.
Lemurian Chronicles 2 - The Veiled God by Ludospherik
SYSTEM: Barbarians of Lemuria
PRODUCT TYPE: hardcover supplement
RETAIL PRICE: $53
DESCRIPTION: The PCs can explore Urceb and its catacombs to unearth ancient treasures or embark on a quest for the Veiled God to stop the insidious menace threatening the Jewel of Lemuria. Includes: the learned Astrologer career, three cities with adventure seeds, the cult of the Grey Druids, and an adventure in five acts.
Creatures Fantastic and Terrible by Metal Snail
SYSTEM: Troika!/ Cairn Second Edition/Old-School Essentials
PRODUCT TYPE: softcover supplement
RETAIL PRICE: $29
DESCRIPTION: 21 creatures designed to create weird, memorable adventures just by existing. Uncanny sword-wielding giant women, living clouds of acid infested with extraplanar coyotes, and a dragon with iron chains for skin instead of scales. PCs may hunt them for their meat, protect them from angry villagers, study them, talk to them, or simply take their stuff.
World Wide Wrestling by ndpdesign
SYSTEM: Powered by the Apocalypse
PRODUCT TYPE: hardcover core rulebook
RETAIL PRICE: $50.95
DESCRIPTION: PC professional wrestlers face feuds, championships, betrayal, and righteous victory in a clash of good versus evil on the grandest stage. It’s about whether have what it takes. And, in the end, it’s about what the audience thinks of their efforts. The rules contain:
15 archetypal Gimmicks representing a diverse roster of wrestling archetypes, support for in-ring storytelling from Match Stipulations to focused deep dives into wrestling psychology, Living Promotions include 12 examples pick-up-play settings from the bar-room to the international jet-set, over 60 wrestlers and staff, an optional ruleset for playing out scenes between arena shows, essays from game designers and wrestling aficionados about wrestling and roleplaying and combining the two, and more!
Blades '68 (Standard Edition) by Evil Hat Productions
Blades '68 (Limited Edition)
SYSTEM: Blades in the Dark
PRODUCT TYPE: hardcover supplement
RETAIL PRICE: $45/$65
DESCRIPTION: PCs live in a timeline 100 years after Blades in the Dark in the radical Swinging Sixties. Cover new playbooks, revolutionary crews, fresh factions, and a fully re-imagined Doskvol, ready to explore. PCs face subversive spy games, daring heists, and paranormal mindbenders. The limited edition has an alternate cover, custom endpapers, and two ribbon bookmarks.
Laurium Adventures by Modiphius Entertainment
SYSTEM: Cohors Cthulhu
PRODUCT TYPE: hardcover supplement
RETAIL PRICE: $47
DESCRIPTION: Provides information on running campaigns centering on the Roman-occupied town of Laurium. Includes detailed information and profiles on many of the most significant NPCs, a rules system for handling downtime activity between major adventures, and seven self-contained adventures covering threats from the Outer Gods, Deep Ones, and more.
Rapid Stat Dice (seven) by Deck & Dice Games
SYSTEM: Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, Dungeons & Dragons 5.5, other D&D editions
PRODUCT TYPE: seven specialized dice set
RETAIL PRICE: $19.95
DESCRIPTION: Determine all six standard attributes (Strength, Dexterity, Constitution, Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma) with one single roll, in seconds, with no math required. Mirrors 4d6 drop the lowest bell curve probability. The six custom 20-sided dice, one for each ability score, cover the most frequent results (7 to 17), while the specialized 12-sided die resolves the rarer high and low outcomes (3-6 and 18). Also includes an instruction guide with steps for instant character generation. Works well for one-shots, new players, or GMs who need to generate many NPCs quickly.
Charlie does not use AI in any of his writing. Find Charlie at joyfulgming.com. The first two stories by Charlie featuring the questing soldier Hart and his biomechanical partner Hollow now available for Kindle on Amazon. He is a participant in the Noble Knight Affiliate Program and the OneBookShelf Affiliate Programs that provide a means to earn money through advertisements and links. Charlie on Facebook. Posts by others on EN World by others do not reflect the views of Charlie Dunwoody. If you like these articles please consider supporting the EN World Patreon.
