Welcome to the third news roundup in September. I don't usually promote works that have been released in the past, but would like to make an exception. Davide Quatrini reached out to me a few weeks ago (sorry this is late), asking me to mention their work. They've released a half-dozen titles with a varied range, covering Roundup-favorite systems like Troika!, Into the Odd, Basic Roleplaying, CY-Borg, and more. Speaking of Troika!, there are two weeks left on the Troika! 2024 Bundle of Holding offering. It's a fantastic deal on a bunch of great products.
I experienced my first failed Kickstarter with the recently launched Hexcrawl Daily Calendar. It was apparent after a week that it wasn't going to hit funding, so I canceled it and retooled it to remove the tear-away calendar (which was driving the vast majority of the cost) and only publish the Daily Hex Workbook. My plan is to work next year on the calendar and try to get more wholesale orders before launch, so I can lower the amount needed (I need to print 1,000 calendars to get reasonably priced custom options). I hope you'll support the reworked project. I'm going to launch it today.
The Tome of Adventure Design, by Matt Finch, is probably one of the most used resources at my table, and I was excited to hear that Mythmere is raising funds for another two books in the same vein, with one focused on world-building and the other being devoted purely to name generation. This project goes live Tuesday.
I've mentioned before about how PirateBorg is my favorite of all the Borg family; the publishers are running a Kickstarter campaign for Pirate Borg: Down Among the Dead, a collection of supplements for PB. There's a ton of cool stuff in here, including a naval playmat, ship tokens, and more.
While not really OSR, Root the RPG is a title we are constantly selling out of at Sabre, and I'm excited to see a new supplement being funded right now. Ruins & Rolls offers rules for adding dungeon-crawling to Root as well as some custom Root Dice.
While scrolling social media I see a suprising number of questions about running a heist or crime-themed OSR game. The recently released (and free!) Blades in the Odd system by Murkdice combines the well-regarded Blades in the Dark with Into the Odd, to create a system that allows for gritty, grimy fantasy heist or gang-style games.
The Line, by boryan, is a submission to the Vaults of Vaarn summer jam. It's a point-crawl based around a fallen space elevator, and looks really nicely done.
R Rook Studios is one of my favorite indie publishers (you can find an interview I did with them here) and they've just released The Haunting of Cliff Cove, a Scooby-Doo inspired zine that was funded as part of ZIMO24. In addition to being a fantastic author, Richard's releases have amazing art and layout that really just make the projects some of the best all-around books I've seen. At the same time Richard has also released Lunaris, for Liminal Horror, and Mysteries of Rose Island, Vol. 1, a collection of adventures for the fantastic Moonlight on Roseville Beach.
Something Sinister at Candlewax Cabin is an OSE adventure available on both Drivethru and itch. It's designed as a sidequest or one-shot, and is horror-themed just in time for Halloween.
A Baker's Dozen of d66 Lists grabbed my attention. A collection of, as it says on the tin, thirteen d66 lists, there's a bunch of stuff in here to spark the imagination and run with.
I'm not familiar with Cloud Press, but they've released a PWYW adventure for Knave 2e entitled Turn it Off. It makes great use of public domain art, which is something I always like to see, and the layout is clean and easy to follow.
I'd mentioned Mythmere Games upcoming Kickstarter, but Matt's been busy with other stuff, as well, having released The Big Book of NPCs, a collection of NPCs for each class featured in SW Expanded, up to at least 9th level, plus some collections of NPCs like caravans. I love products like this.
The Vault of the Emerald Key is a Shadowdark adventure designed for characters of levels 2-4. The premise definitely reminds me of an adventure from Dungeon magazine, and I totally mean this as a compliment!
I've mentioned Hugh Lashbrooke's releases in the past; they've been putting out a series of quaint and delightful adventures for Mausritter. The Rending of the Sun is written for both Mausritter and Knave 2e; I'm curious to see how this translates across systems, which have different aims and assumptions behind them. I've been really impressed with the author's Mausritter products, so if anyone can do it I think they can.
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