RPG Print News – RPGs I’ve Run Through The End of 2024

Merry Christmas! Holidays are here and no time for a weekly update.

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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Amazing Adventures Bundle by Troll Lord Games
  • SYSTEM: powered by the SIEGE Engine same as Castles & Crusades
  • PRODUCT TYPE: hardcover core rulebooks, GM screen, and adventure
  • RETAIL PRICE: $105
  • OTHER RPG NEWS: Amazing Adventures: An Interview with Jason Vey
  • DESCRIPTION: What I’m currently running. This one is great: powered by the SIEGE Engine but set in a world like ours but with a supernatural edge. The PCs are bigger than life heroes and have Fate Points to make a bigger impact in their world.
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The One Ring (Second Edition) by Free League Publishing
  • SYSTEM: unique d6 dice pool with one d12
  • PRODUCT TYPE: hardcover core rulebook
  • RETAIL PRICE: $55.50
  • DESCRIPTION: This second edition is amazing: steeped in the lore of Middle-earth (not the novels per se, but the setting), with rules to cover combat, journeys, and councils. I liked this one so much I bought the cloth map and ran a campaign for nearly a year. With Moria out now I am likely to make a return to Middle-earth.
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Troika! (Numinous Edition) by Melsonian Arts Council
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Strange Tales of Songling by Bedrock Games
  • SYSTEM: Network Rules: d10 dice pool
  • PRODUCT TYPE: softcover core rulebook
  • RETAIL PRICE: $24.99
  • OTHER RPG COVERAGE: New Year, New Campaign: Strange Tales of Songling
  • DESCRIPTION: A horror monster-of-the week style RPG inspired by Chinese ghost stories. My movie watching experience was enriched by watching A Chinese Ghost Story and reading an English translation of Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio by Pu Songling. This game is more dangerous than it might seem on the surface, but getting immersed in this supernatural China of long ago is well worth facing the danger of fox spirits, hopping vampires and ghosts. PCs confront the supernatural as demon hunters, scholars, wandering swords and dangerous ritual masters. The system is easy enough to run and the book comes with four complete adventures as well as monsters based on Chinese anomaly accounts, folklore, and horror movies.
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Zombicide Chronicles RPG | Zombicide Chronicles - Road to Haven Campaign Book by CMON
  • SYSTEM: unique d6 dice pool
  • PRODUCT TYPE: hardcover core rulebook/hardcover adventure book
  • RETAIL PRICE: $39.99/$24.99
  • DESCRIPTION: I ran this one at Charlie Con this year. It plays like the board game but with added tension when humans are found. Will these new people help or make things worse? What do they know that the PCs don’t? I used the board game to set up a massive rubble crawl with the PCs starting at one end, fighting through to the other, and rescuing an important NPC along the way. Great fun, fast, and with enough RPG details to make it feel bigger than a board game with roleplaying. The Road to Haven Campaign Book supports campaign play with an extended mission for PCs to complete along with interesting NPCs to meet and new rule options to unlock.
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Xcrawl Classics - The Complete Collection by Goodman Games
  • SYSTEM: same rules as Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG
  • PRODUCT TYPE: collection of hardcover core rulebook, adventures, and GM screen
  • RETAIL PRICE: $149.99
  • DESCRIPTION: I have run a lot of campaigns that use the rules from DCC RPG. This latest combo rules and setting using those rules is set in a dystopian USA with live dungeon crawling events as a blood sport. Like previous versions, the setting comes forth most strongly through the adventures which provide more monsters, NPCs, treasure, and setting lore. While I have kicked campaigns off with the 0-level funnel, for this setting I might start with first level PCs, still novice crawlers but not nearly defenseless. However, for a more Dungeon Crawler Carl feel, zero level makes a lot of sense.
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Forbidden Lands Core Boxed Set | Forbidden Lands The Bloodmarch by Free League Publishing
  • SYSTEM: Year Zero Engine
  • PRODUCT TYPE: boxed rules/hardcover setting
  • RETAIL PRICE: $59.93/$41.80
  • DESCRIPTION: The included adventure sites in The Bloodmarch open up after the events in the adventures included in Forbidden Lands. The Bloodmarch is a land of ash and magma. Worm monsters threaten all while the Rust Brothers attempt to rise in power. This setting seemed a bit more fantastical than the core setting, with blood red forests and worm invaders and fungus and fire. A nice change of pace. I am glad I ran this one as a second campaign after the more traditional one in the boxed set. It is a weird one, but the setting is fun to explore and the NPCs and monsters are a real challenge.
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Leagues of Gothic Horror | Leagues of Gothic Horror - Guide to Mordavia, Land of Horror by Triple Ace Games
  • SYSTEM: Leagues of Adventure
  • PRODUCT TYPE: softcover rule supplements
  • RETAIL PRICE: $29.99/$16.99
  • DESCRIPTION: Leagues of Gothic Horror is a supplement for horror replaying set in a gothic age. The PCs faced a range of monsters and explored the realm of Mordavia. The PCs helped a ghost find rest in a haunted asylum, faced murderous marionettes come to jittering life, and faced a mummy run amok in a museum. Many of the monsters have their own supplement with additional versions and added rules to assist the GM.
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Thank you for sharing your top games of 2024, Charles. Before anyone makes any purchasing decisions, I wish to remind them that Troll Lord Games posted with praise on the Elon Musk tweet for WotC to “burn in hell” for the critique of sexism in the early D&D materials. Just want everything to take that into account when you make your spending decisions.
 

Juxtapozbliss said:
Thank you for sharing your top games of 2024, Charles. Before anyone makes any purchasing decisions, I wish to remind them that Troll Lord Games posted with praise on the Elon Musk tweet for WotC to “burn in hell” for the critique of sexism in the early D&D materials. Just want everything to take that into account when you make your spending decisions.
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With EN World being a news site, I have to call out your inaccuracy. Elon didn't make the comment due to the critique of sexism and Troll Lord Games didn't support his tweet because of that. Here are the two tweets and a link to both (edited out the swear word which isn't allowed on EN World). I did not include other responses to Elon's tweet, but the link connects to the source I'm quoting from. The tweets show why Elon was upset (he claims Gygax and other creators were trashed by WotC) and why Troll Lord Games supported his response (which they state is because they worked with Gygax for 8 years and still carry a torch for him).

link to Elon Twitter tweet

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Charles Dunwoody said:
With EN World being a news site, I have to call out your inaccuracy. Elon didn't make the comment due to the critique of sexism and Troll Lord Games didn't support his tweet because of that. Here are the two tweets and a link to both (edited out the swear word which isn't allowed on EN World). I did not include other responses to Elon's tweet, but the link connects to the source I'm quoting from. The tweets show why Elon was upset (he claims Gygax and other creators were trashed by WotC) and why Troll Lord Games supported his response (which they state is because they worked with Gygax for 8 years and still carry a torch for him).

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Thank you for sharing the specifics. Respectfully, as you know, the intro to that book didn’t trash Gygax. It indicated there was problematic material that is offensive and non-inclusive by today’s standards in the material. It was referencing the material that is sexist. Gygax himself admitted he was sexist in interviews and in writing. Yet this introduction said nothing at all about Gygax specifically and Musk and TLG both willfully ignored what the introduction actually says. I don’t think any more needs to be said about it here since there is already a 200 page thread about it on EN World that is now locked and members can go to it for more analysis, including comments by Morrus.
 

Juxtapozbliss said:
Thank you for sharing the specifics. Respectfully, as you know, the intro to that book didn’t trash Gygax. It indicated there was problematic material that is offensive and non-inclusive by today’s standards in the material. It was referencing the material that is sexist. Gygax himself admitted he was sexist in interviews and in writing. Yet this introduction said nothing at all about Gygax specifically and Musk and TLG both willfully ignored what the introduction actually says. I don’t think any more needs to be said about it here since there is already a 200 page thread about it on EN World that is now locked and members can go to it for more analysis, including comments by Morrus.
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You're welcome. I'm glad we can have a civil discussion. I really appreciate it.

You are assuming what I know and what you know are the same. What was written is factual, what anyone interprets from what was written is opinion. I do respect your right to hold an opinion just as I believe I should present facts about TTRPG companies.

I am not sharing my opinion on Elon Musk because I am totally against discussing real world modern problems on EN World. I come here to write about RPGs and talk about geek and nerd culture in a positive way and if needed occasionally address TTRPG specific problems (TTRPG related fraud, scams etc. as possible examples of TTRPG news that is not positive but is TTRPG newsworthy). I presented the actual quotes because you find them TTRPG newsworthy, and I wanted anyone joining the discussion to know our source and be able to form their own opinion if they so desire.

Some TTRPG companies make strongly worded modern world opinion statements on their company websites and a few directly command TTRPG gamers not to buy their products if they disagree with that opinion statement. But somehow those comments seem less TTRPG newsworthy than something Elon posted on X and Troll Lord Games responded to on X. I don't recall seeing many if any of those company website posts being discussed as TTRPG news here on EN World.

If it was up to me, we would stick to game discussion only here on EN World and not talk about Elon Musk (unless he's directly involved with a TTRPG). That is the only opinion I want to share and only because it came up as a response to something I wrote here on EN World. But I'm a freelancer and this site is not mine, so I'll respond when directly involved as needed.
 

Charles Dunwoody said:
You're welcome. I'm glad we can have a civil discussion. I really appreciate it.

You are assuming what I know and what you know are the same. What was written is factual, what anyone interprets from what was written is opinion. I do respect your right to hold an opinion just as I believe I should present facts about TTRPG companies.

I am not sharing my opinion on Elon Musk because I am totally against discussing real world modern problems on EN World. I come here to write about RPGs and talk about geek and nerd culture in a positive way and if needed occasionally address TTRPG specific problems (TTRPG related fraud, scams etc. as possible examples of TTRPG news that is not positive but is TTRPG newsworthy). I presented the actual quotes because you find them TTRPG newsworthy, and I wanted anyone joining the discussion to know our source and be able to form their own opinion if they so desire.

Some TTRPG companies make strongly worded modern world opinion statements on their company websites and a few directly command TTRPG gamers not to buy their products if they disagree with that opinion statement. But somehow those comments seem less TTRPG newsworthy than something Elon posted on X and Troll Lord Games responded to on X. I don't recall seeing many if any of those company website posts being discussed as TTRPG news here on EN World.

If it was up to me, we would stick to game discussion only here on EN World and not talk about Elon Musk (unless he's directly involved with a TTRPG). That is the only opinion I want to share and only because it came up as a response to something I wrote here on EN World. But I'm a freelancer and this site is not mine, so I'll respond when directly involved as needed.
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i do owe you an apology assuming that you were familiar with the topic. Morrus discussed it on the EN World Unofficial Tabletop RPG Talk podcast on November 22, Episode 696. And this is the huge thread about the topic that garnered much conversation: Elon Musk Calls for Wizards of the Coast to "Burn in Hell" Over Making of Original D&D Passages There are quite a few people that find it newsworthy that the richest man in the world threatened WotC because he didn't like sexism being evaluated in the history of D&D.

I would strongly be in favor of TTRPG companies being discussed for their "strongly worded modern world opinion statements on their company websites." I'm unaware of those statements, but I would be happy for them to be brought to the surface. Musk also asked "how much" WotC would cost and considering he bought Twitter triggered by a similar offhand comment, it's no idle threat. He might not act on it, but I would say it's something that can effect the hobby, which makes it newsworthy.

Even for those who don't want politics brought up in TTRPG discussions, the sexism brought up in the intro to the history of D&D is actually stuff from the rules. It's literal game content. So even by conservative standards, I think it's relevant to evaluate where the hobby started and where it is today. Here is an interesting article on Rascal News about the "No politics" view of TTRPG: “No Politics” is always a red flag, even when defending your tabletop business
 

Juxtapozbliss said:
Thank you for sharing the specifics. Respectfully, as you know, the intro to that book didn’t trash Gygax. It indicated there was problematic material that is offensive and non-inclusive by today’s standards in the material. It was referencing the material that is sexist. Gygax himself admitted he was sexist in interviews and in writing. Yet this introduction said nothing at all about Gygax specifically and Musk and TLG both willfully ignored what the introduction actually says. I don’t think any more needs to be said about it here since there is already a 200 page thread about it on EN World that is now locked and members can go to it for more analysis, including comments by Morrus.
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Yet you felt it necessary to bring it up.
 



Ghost2020 said:
Sure, TLG took advantage of EGG name being bandied about to throw out an advert.

Thanks for being on point though.
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If posting endorsement on a bigot's feed is nothing more than advertising then all the more reason to let prospective rpgers know that the company likes to get publicity by endorsing bigots. And then rpgers can decide whether that matters to them or not. It matters to me, and I believe there are many players of TTRPGs who care about such things. For those who don't care, then so be it, they can make up their own minds.
 

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