Month: June 2020

Idle Red Hands 056: Game of Thrones Play D&D, Indomitus 40k 9E Box, Magic Cards Banned, Legend of Vox Machina Delayed and KFConsole

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Cast members from the HBO A Game of Thrones series play Dungeons and Dragons for charity. The new boxed set for 9th edition Warhammer 40k, Indomitus, revealed. It is not a starter set but does include the new 9E core rulebook. Wizards of the Coast bans Magic the Gathering cards and not for gameplay or balance reasons. Legends of Vox Machina Series delayed due to pandemic and localization reasons with no new release date announced. Kentucky Fried Chicken announces the “release” of their KFConsole, opportunistically timed to take advantage of the Sony Playstation 5 and new Microsoft Xbox announcements.

Indomitus Boxed Set:
https://www.warhammer-community.com/2020/06/13/warhammer-40000-preview-whats-in-the-boxgw-homepage-post-1/

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Episode 227: How To Play Star Wars

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If you played Star Wars as a kid on the playground or with the almost endless number of Kenner toys, you probably wanted to try it on the tabletop as a role-playing game. What is the best way to do it? What system would you use? Of the licensed game out there from West End Games or Fantasy Flight Games and also the fan homebrews, which system would you choose? Are there better systems that have never been adapted? We try to cover the topic including what makes a game feel like Star Wars and how you explore the universe without the rules getting in the way. This discussion could equally apply to all games based on popular intellectual properties and how to make a successful translation to the tabletop. Session zero and understanding player expectations as well as what are the limitations of the setting are also covered.

So sharpen those lightsabers and swaddle those HVTs as we dive deep into playing Star Wars as a roleplaying game from three different perspectives.
#starwars #westendgames #pbta #fantasyflightgames

 

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Unboxing the ‘I Want It All Box’ for The Fantasy Trip by Steve Jackson Games

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We open up the “I Want It All” box from the 2019 Kickstarter of Fantasy Trip RPG by Steve Jackson Games @SJGames . Full of Old School fantasy roleplaying goodness. The game is best described as “one of the lost gems from the dawn of roleplaying”. This is the first reprint since it first appeared in 1980. #thefantasytrip #sjgames #osr #oldschool

If you missed out on the Kickstarter, take look at what you get and then head over to Warehouse23 to order your copy:
The Fantasy Trip: I Want It All Box

An excellent place to start is the FREE PDF for The Fantasy Trip Melee on DTRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/306835/The-Fantasy-Trip-Melee?affiliate_id=2081746

Idle Red Hands Weekly 055: Single Artist RPGs, Warhammer Inclusion, DC Comics Leaves Diamond, Swords and Wizardry, The Dark Eye Second Bundle and Wretched Game Jam Date Extended

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A great article with interviews on d20 Radio about the rise of single-artist TTRPGs by Egg Embry. Warhammer posts an inclusion statement. It shows a new social awareness at the company and also how you need to present yourself when you are worth more than a billion dollars. DC Comics leaves Diamond Distributors after 25 years, showing us a glimpse of the post-pandemic world. Swords and Wizardry is a streamlined version of White Box Dungeons and Dragons by Frog God Games. The Dark Eye has a second Bundle of Holding for the English language version. Wretched and Alone Game Jam deadline extended until the end of June. Itch.io raised over $5 million with its Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality.

#thedarkeye #wretchedjam #swordsandwizardry

Swords and Wizardry Complete Rulebook FREE on DrivThruRPG:
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/86546/Swords-and-Wizardry-Complete-Rulebook?affiliate_id=2081746

Wretched and Alone Game Jam on Itch.io:
https://itch.io/jam/wretched-jam

The Dark Eye Second Bundle of Holding:
https://bundleofholding.com/presents/2020DarkEye

Chris on Itch.io:
https://hyvemynd.itch.io/

Abusecartoons Weekly Cartoons:
http://www.abusecartoons.com/
https://www.twitch.tv/abusecartoons
https://twitter.com/abusecartoons

Chris on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/hyvemynd
https://twitter.com/ConanSalaryman

Idle Red Hands on Patreon:
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Idle Red Hands Weekly 054: Free RPG Day Details, Warhammer Crime, Tales From The Loop Starter Set, Bristol 1350, Kingdoms of Amalur Remaster, Alice is Missing and Wretched and Alone Game Jam and The Plague

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We have the details about what is shipping to your local friendly game store for Free RPG Day 2020. Black Library continues its Warhammer Crime series. Free League has released the physical copies of the Tales From The Loop Starter Set. Facade Games releases the fourth entry in their Dark Cities series, Bristol 1350. Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, an action PCRPG by the infamously doomed 38 Studios, is getting a remastered version. Alice is Missing, the silent TTRPG, is on Kickstarter. Wretched and Alone Game Jam continues with great entries including Bluebeard’s Castle. Finally, we seek solace during these uncertain times in Albert Camus’ The Plague.

#wretchedjam #bristol1350 #AliceIsMissing #warhammercrime

Wretched & Alone Game Jam:
https://itch.io/jam/wretched-jam

Bluebeard’s Castle:
https://klawzie.itch.io/bluebeards-castle

Bristol 1350 by Facade Games on Kickstarter:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/travishancock/bristol-1350-race-against-the-black-death/description

Alice is Missing RPG by @Hunters_Ent on Kickstarter:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/huntersbooks/alice-is-missing-a-silent-role-playing-game

Chris on Itch.io:
https://hyvemynd.itch.io/

Abusecartoons Weekly Cartoons:
http://www.abusecartoons.com/
https://www.twitch.tv/abusecartoons
https://twitter.com/abusecartoons

Chris on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/hyvemynd
https://twitter.com/ConanSalaryman

Idle Red Hands on Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/idleredhands

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Idle Red Hands 053: Twilight 2000 Confirmed, CMON Graphic Novels, Never Going Home Arriving Soon, New Edition of Warhammer 40k, Xas Irkalla, Nemesis Lockdown and Wretched & Alone Game Jam

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Free League will be Kickstarting the new edition of Twilight 2000 later this year. CMON will now be publishing graphic novels based on their game properties, starting with Zombicide and Cthulhu: Death May Die. Never Going Home by WetiInk print on demand arriving soon. A new edition of Warhammer 40,000 is coming this year. We talk at length about it and its happy, not at all grimdark spot illustrations on the Games Workshop website. Xas Irkalla is a black metal hell with interesting mechanics and intense artwork. Nemesis Lockdown is a stand-alone expansion to Nemesis, the survival horror boardgame inspired by the Alien movies. The Wretched & Alone Game Jam gives you a chance to try survival horror mechanics, also inspired by Alien, with the setting of your choice.

#new40k #twilight2000 #xasirkalla #wretchedjam

Wretched & Alone Game Jam:
https://itch.io/jam/wretched-jam

Nemesis Lockdown on Kickstarter:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/awakenrealms/nemesis-lockdown

Xas Irkalla on DriveThruRPG (affiliate link):
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/237322/Xas-Irkalla?affiliate_id=2081746

Twilight 2000 New Edition:
https://frialigan.se/en/games/twilight-2000/

Chris on Itch.io:
https://hyvemynd.itch.io/

Abusecartoons Weekly Cartoons:
http://www.abusecartoons.com/
https://www.twitch.tv/abusecartoons
https://twitter.com/abusecartoons

Chris on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/hyvemynd
https://twitter.com/ConanSalaryman

Idle Red Hands on Patreon:
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