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Has a computer game had more innovative influence on the tabletop RPG scene than Dark Souls?

Set in a biopunk world, Between Clouds is a roleplaying game utilising the Year Zero rules system.

This month continues building a 1930s world of player characters armed with guns and fist facing off against vampires. In Transylvania. To claim the Necronomicon.

Phase 1 of the Outgunned Superheros is the free-to-download Quickstart. That 71-page download is now out.

This last fortnight, I finished two massive campaigns. Both of the games have been running since 2020 and so together represent about eight years of effective play. This meant a level of pressure - a story is often only as good as its ending.

It's been another busy week, so let's distract ourselves with TTRPG news.

"The Kingdom of Keshanar" is a D&D 5e campaign setting that presents a fantastical take on ancient Egypt.

Following the surprise news that Chris Perkins is retiring at the age 57, leaving Wizards of the Coast, D&D's Games Director, Jeremy Crawford, is also leaving.

During the rise of the d20 System from 2000 to 2008, Green Ronin leveraged the Open Game License to publish a wide array of popular sourcebooks, settings, and adventures compatible with Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition and 3.5.

Asa Donald wrote Rust Never Sleeps and offers scaffolded journaling, which avoids players needing to write from scratch, using prompts instead, and promises no number crunching. While there's no grid, there is tactical storytelling.