RPG Print News – Yeti Spaghetti & Friends, Troll Lord Games, and More

A new adventure arrives for Amazing Adventures and five adventures drop for d100 horror RPGs. Mothership and MÖRK BORG also both have adventures and City of Mist gets a large expansion to the City setting. Finally, there are dice that double as gelatinous cubes and dice for various price ranges with various levels of craftsmanship.

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 Ruins of Ends Meet by Troll Lord Games

• SYSTEM: Amazing Adventures
• PRODUCT TYPE: softcover adventure
• RETAIL PRICE: $9.99
• DESCRIPTION: An adventure for PCs of any levels who visit an old town seeking the man in green. In the fantasy world of Aihrde, the town of Ends Meet is well-documented and well-adventured (see the C Series line of adventure modules). But there's more to Ends Meet than meets the eye. It's a place that echoes itself across dimensions and is forever tied to worlds beyond. Nestled beneath the comforting branches of a fold of dark oaks, elms, and locust trees, this town has few people living there anymore. Buried and forgotten, a portal the PCs find leads below the town to a seemingly infinite network of tunnels that lead beyond the world the PCs know.

Golem | High Seas Terror | Lair of the Blue Mara | Tricks and Treats | Vengeance of Bathory by Yeti Spaghetti & Friends

• SYSTEM: Frightshow Classics (rules light or d100 horror RPGs)
• PRODUCT TYPE: softcover adventures
• RETAIL PRICE: $15 each
• DESCRIPTION: Frightshow Classics adventures are compatible with percentile horror roleplaying game systems of yesterday and today. Or use the included rules-light, follow-along instructions without the need for additional rulebooks. Each one includes maps and handouts. In Golem, two strange homicides surrounding a Queens, New York synagogue draw together the PC investigators. Someone, or something, is murdering the passengers of the cruise ship Star Princess in a case of High Seas Terror. The PCs are Baby Boomer retiree who dare to try to overcome the horror unfolding on the open ocean. Also inside are eight character cards. Buffet not included. An eccentric billionaire sets off with a team of PC experts to uncover the secret to ultimate enlightenment and instead finds the Lair of the Blue Mara. The PCs must overcome an evil that threatens to envelop them in darkness. Tricks and Treats is a multi-player and solo adventure scenario set in gothic suburbia. Includes eight character cards. PCs in Simons Township, Pennsylvania face a darkness that has crept into town that must be defeated at all costs. Do the PCs dare to enter the secret dungeon of the infamous Blood Countess and face the Vengeance of Bathory? Only those who imagine themselves worthy of defeating her once and for all have braved its unspeakable horrors and so far none have returned. A sequel adventure to The Blood Countess which can be played either on its own or as part of a continuing campaign. Character cards and dungeon tables are included.

The Heart of Tiberius by Earl of Fife

• SYSTEM: Mothership
• PRODUCT TYPE: softcover supplement
• RETAIL PRICE: $25
• DESCRIPTION: The PCs’ corporate overlords have sent them to a mining facility infested with alien parasites. The PCs must unveil the sinister mystery hidden by corporate and government overlords as they explore the Tiberius Mining Station, facing monstrous aliens, corrupted crew, and perilous decisions. Includes five potential new threats, from robots to the infected.

Ungodz by Exalted Funeral

• SYSTEM: MÖRK BORG
• PRODUCT TYPE: softcover adventure
• RETAIL PRICE: $24
• DESCRIPTION: A grotesque adventure inspired by Virgil's Aeneid, based on the same-titled short story by Marco Taddei. The PCs had ships, but they had become sinister to them, as if spirits had taken possession of them. Now, the PCs find themselves in a sort of silent hell among the black sands of an endless desert. The PCs realize that all they have left is the dangerous exploration of a bitter land.

Local Legends by Son of Oak

• SYSTEM: City of Mist
• PRODUCT TYPE: hardcover supplement
• RETAIL PRICE: $44.95
• DESCRIPTION: New districts and one-shots for PCs who are ordinary people with legendary powers to explore and adventure through. Includes nine City districts each with its own Case including the long-awaited Chinatown and the cult-infested Campus district. Four Small-Time Villain operations range from a murderous puppet master to a vindictive supermodel turned gang leader. And more.

D6 Gelatinous Cube Bundle - Glow in the Dark with Red | D6 Gelatinous Cube Bundle - Blood with Red | d6 Gelatinous Cube Bundle - Blood with Black by Severed Books

• SYSTEM: RPGs with gelatinous cubes
• PRODUCT TYPE: set of two dice: a two inch die that doubles as a mini gelatinous cube and one six-sided die
• RETAIL PRICE: $24 each
• DESCRIPTION: Lurking through dark corridors, this oversized die that is also a mini have blood (not real) swirled inside. Use them as gelatinous cubes that tower over the other minis or use them as massive dice. The skulls are the pips (dots) on each face, one skull is the side for the one, two skulls is the side for the two, et cetera.

Dungeons & Dragons Liquid Core Dice Set by FanRoll/Metallic Dice Games

• SYSTEM: Dungeons & Dragons
• PRODUCT TYPE: set of seven Liquid Core dice
• RETAIL PRICE: $79.99
• DESCRIPTION: For gamers in a higher tax bracket than me. Liquid Core dice are hand crafted and infused with glittery liquid cores that swirl when rolled. Each set is hand polished to keep their sharp edges.

Space Fields Dice by Easy Roller Dice

• SYSTEM: RPGs
• PRODUCT TYPE: set of seven dice
• RETAIL PRICE: $9.95
• DESCRIPTION: For gamers in the same tax bracket as me. Features shimmering colors of green, brown, and amber. Includes one D20, D12, D10, D8, D6, D4, and D00.

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[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I backed the original gelatinous cube dice from Severed Books on Kickstarter. The biggest ones are indeed spectacular, but are almost certainly a larger d6 than you'll ever want to roll. (And if someone gets cute and chucks it across the room, I wouldn't bet on it surviving.) A great mini or decor item, though.

 

[Charles Dunwoody]

I ran the adventure of Ends Meet last night. It is more a framework than a proper adventure with the GM needing to fill in monster details. I'll likely write up how it went over on Geek Native. The group seemed to enjoy the little town despite the monsters.

 

[Wofano Wotanto]

I ran the adventure of Ends Meet last night. It is more a framework than a proper adventure with the GM needing to fill in monster details. I'll likely write up how it went over on Geek Native. The group seemed to enjoy the little town despite the monsters.

A minor quibble but I can't stop looking at the cover and asking myself why you'd build a gate at the bottom of a steeply inclined bridge like that. It's just begging to be breached by someone rolling a wagon full of something heavy (like rocks and dirt) into it.

Also, is there a reason all the Frightshow stuff is pussyfooting around using the word Chill when they're imitating the old Pacesetter cover style so closely? I know they can be used with CoC or BRP in theory, but surely the main market for this stuff is nostalgic Chillophiles, right?