#itch sale

[psychhound]

hey yall!!! new bundle :D

this is my 14 for 14 ttrpg bundle to pay off some of the debt from my top surgery!! you get 14 games and homebrew for 14 bucks, which is gonna run until june 14th (my birthday!!)

my top surgery was absolutely life changing and has made me so much more comfortable, confident, and happy. i dont regret it in the least. i also got hit with some surprise bills afterward that have me pretty heftily in debt because of it

some very kind souls have donated their games to help me pay some of this off, which was just so incredibly generous. which means its not just my games in here!! lots and lots of cool stuff, please check it out!!

in the bundle:

ttrpgs:

[BXLLET> : a game about systems of violence and power in the weird west apocalypse

disparateum: a dream-like reality-bending game where you hop worlds and tell strange stories

little celestial fieldwork guide: a city exploration photography game where you divine hidden spirits and take photos of them

beach day!: a system agnostic party bonding minigame where characters swap gifts and secrets

what they once feared: a solo journaling game where you play a folkloric monster forced to choose your path

the narrator paradox: a one page solo game where you play a storybook narrator whos protagonist has gained agency and is trying to change the story

the fool who got married (extended): a duet epistolary game of female hardship and connection in 1848

explorers of the forever city: a rules-light, fantasy role-playing game about ordinary people making extraordinary discoveries

homebrew:

riders: a pact for moth-light by justin ford, a fitd game. tame, bond with, and ride the terrifying predator moths

witch: a class for d&d 5e. be a con-based half-caster with curses, familiars, and a whole new way of doing spell slots

harmony with the wind: a ghibli-inspired d&d 5e pack with 5 feats, 4 backgrounds, 4 races, 6 monsters, and 3 subclasses

fairytale/feywild: a pack for d&d 5e with 1 background, 2 races, 1 subclass, and unique timekeeping mechanics for the feywild

burger wizard: a d&d 5e compatible narrative rpg about working as magical kitchen staff in a fantasy restaurant

argyth's arcane companion: 4 wizard subclasses, 3 feats, and 17 new spells for d&d 5e

you can get all of this for 14 bucks until june 14th!! it would really mean a lot to me for yall to check it out and also spread the word :D

check it out on itch!!

[sabrinahawthorne]

CLASH! Crowdfunding is Live!

It's finally here - the campaign has launched, and there's some stuff I didn't tell you about! There are eight versions of the top tier pledge, Otaku - one for each Fighter playbook. When you pledge at one of those tiers, you pay for a special mini-manga featuring a little story, starring the Fighter you picked.

The campaign runs from now until the end of August, so there's plenty of time to check it out and pledge.

If you're looking to support me but want something sooner than the launch of the game, I'm also running a sale on every game in my library! Any individual title is 30% off, and you can get a bundle of every one of my games for 50% off the total price. This sale runs until the end of June.

In the spirit of the occasion, I've also set up my ko-fi! If you like, you can toss me a tip or become a monthly member. I'm not selling anything there - this is just for anyone who wants to buy me a coffee.

[gipki]

chapter 2 is officially on itch!

[efangamez]

The Help Me Exist Again TTRPG Sale 2, HAS STARTED ! <3

This fund will go towards, in order: rent, groceries, new computer, gender affirming care. When you buy a bundle, you're helping me escape the grips of capitalism, and you're helping a queer and disabled trans person live a better life.

Below are some goals that go along with the sale!

$500: This will pay for about two months of groceries.

Goal: I'll hold a Pride in Fall game jam!

$1,000: This will pay for debts, groceries, and some cushion.

Goal: Previous goals, AND will reinstate 50 community copies of each of my games!

$1,200: This will pay for debts, groceries, cushion, and computer payments.

Goal: Previous goals, AND will give away 10 Patreon memberships!

$1,500: This will pay for debts, groceries, cushion, computer payments, and gender affirming care.

Goal: Previous goals, AND will release GRIM: Eldritch Arsenal weapon pack for GRIM in October!

$2,000: This will pay for debts, groceries, cushion, computer payments, gender affirming care, and mental health appointments.

Goal: Previous goals, AND will release another one-page PWYW game!

$3,000: This will pay for debts, groceries, cushion, computer payments, gender affirming care, and mental health appointment, and will help SUSTAIN these things that are paid for.

Previous goals, AND will host game jams every month for the rest of the year!

$3000+: ???

Please REBLOG and spread the word! Also, if you already have my games, my venmo is below and I'll incorporate that into the goal on itch!

[heartfragment]

Heart Fragment Book Two: Belief Fragments is still 50% off for 3 more days!

If you don't own Heart Fragment Book Two: Belief Fragments yet, it is still on sale until January 4, 2024 on both Steam and Itch!

Please consider supporting through Itch if possible. More profits go to the creators there, and it comes with a Steam key as well. As mentioned before, any support you give will help with finishing up the creation of Book Three!

Happy New Year, everyone! Have a fantastic 2024!

[dungeonofthedragon]

Itch Summer Sale: TTRPG Deals

Day 3! Back with more games I love, at a better price than ever before.

Macarons, Milkshakes and Magic by Starshine Scribbles

$2.80 (60% off)

A game about magical girls, centered around a magical girl themed cafe!

Mountain Home by Karl Scheer

$20.00 (20% off)

A FitD game where you play as dwarves setting out to build a new home.

Tangled Blessings by Cassi Mothwin

$13.48 (29% off)

A solo or duet horror game set at a cursed magical academy.

[s-che]

its my birthday. did you get me anything?

im 25 today and my annual bday itch sale is live: get $150ish worth of games for $25 or any individual game for 25% off. ranges from full and complete games like queer piracy ttrpg beneath pirate flags and surreal dude generator three dudes go bowling to major works in progress like my manifesto-game queen of the moon and my (otherwise patreon only) sprawling edith-finch-esque-interactive fiction book leafs house to small & silly games and jam projects like bruce springsteen all american full moon werewolf brawl and lesbians built this farm. also supplements for wanderhome, yazebas bed & breakfast, galactic 2e, longsword.

i've written a lot of shit in the last two years. help me celebrate a quarter of a century on the globe.

[mayarab]

Some of my games are in this bundle!!! It is one way to support me, a neurodivergent queer dev from the global south ^^

(yes, your dollars make a TON of difference for the global south)

We're proud 🌈 to present the 4th Queer Games Bundle, with 500 games, TTRPGs, comics, and more from LGBTQ+ creators around the world.

For the price of one AAA game, you can directly support queer artists today. Buy it here for $60 (or $10+):

https://itch.io/b/2506/

[theresattrpgforthat]

How To Find Cool Games: On DriveThruRPG!

So disclaimer upfront: I don’t use the DriveThruRPG website nearly as much as Itch.io. Some of those reasons are practical (there’s no tagging system, the catalogue is rather D&D saturated,), while others are more… well, shallow (the website isn’t as pretty).

However, DriveThruRPG is a very good tool to have in your toolbox when it comes to finding cool ttrpgs, for a number of reasons, the primary one being that it’s for TTRPGS and only TTRPGs! Let’s get started.

The Search Bar / Categories.

You can start by doing a basic search for a game that you already know about, or by searching for a keyword, like “pirates” or “zombies”. You’ll get titles sorted by “relevance”, so things that have the keyword in the name will show up first. One of the biggest downsides of this strategy is that everything kind of gets lumped in here: supplements, maps, expansions, adventures, character sheets… the list goes on. However, you can narrow down what you’re looking for by using the toggles at the top of the website. I personally usually narrow down search results by selecting “Product Type” and then “Core Rulebooks”.

One nice thing DriveThru has compared to Itch.io is that you can combine categories, so if I wanted to brows say, Gothic Horror Core Rulebooks priced under $20, well I can do that! My favourite categories are for genre, but another set of categories that you may find very useful once you’ve familiarized yourself with some games is the Rule System category. There are categories for systems like the Year Zero Engine, Forged in the Dark, BRP (Basic Roleplaying), OSR, and so much more. There’s also “other systems” and “any system” categories if you want to find something that’s unique or that can be used across games.

DriveThru also has a lot of games published in different languages, and you can narrow your results to see what’s been offered in your language. I think there are more options on this website than there are on Itch, although you might benefit by finding one or two publishers in your language on DriveThru, and then check the publisher’s website from there.

The Homepage

Another reason to check out DriveThru regularly is the sales and promotions. The top banner of the homepage will typically advertise a few things: the Deal of the Day, current themed sales, and special offers that DriveThru RPG wants you to know about. Their homepage also has Bestselling Titles, Most Popular Games Under $5, Newest Games, Featured Titles, and, if you scroll down enough, Personalized suggestions. Unlike Itch.io, DriveThru does a lot of work to show you what’s new, what’s hot, and what’s a really good deal right now, which can all be really helpful things!

When you land on a game, you’ll be able to see whether or not DriveThru sells physical copies, some basic information like book size, rule system, publisher & author, and a blurb describing the setting and other general information about the game. DriveThru has a side panel with “Customers also Bought”, which is great for showing you things that you might like, either because they surround the same theme, they work for the same game, or they are in a similar genre. (Another thing that Itch isn’t quite as good at.)

You’ll also be able to see (and leave) reviews for game, including the ratings left by other people who have picked it up. Occasionally I’ll find really useful information in the reviews, as reviewers might talk about mechanics they love or loathe, or recommend styles of play that they feel the game matches.

Finally, like Itch, DriveThru will let you know if you’ve already bought the game, and provide you with a download shortcut.

Publishing House Pages

Larger publishing houses typically have their ttrpg content sorted very nicely for you on their publisher pages, to help you find the things that you want. Modiphius is a great example, sorting Star Trek, Dune, Fallout, and their 2d20 games all in special categories.

Many publishers also have a Community Content section, which is great if you’re looking for assets, new adventures, hacks of a game system and some very reasonably priced (or even cheap) game additions. Similar to Itch, DriveThru has a Pay-What-You-Want feature for many games, although, unlike Itch, most PWYW titles require that you pay a non-zero amount.

Newsletters

When you create an account on DriveThruRPG, you can sign up for various different kinds of newsletters. Some come directly from DriveThru itself: this includes the Follow Your Favourites and Deal of the Day options, as well as weekly/monthly newsletters carrying information about new releases, special promotions, and (often) a free ttrpg product of the month.

However, on top of that, when you purchase a game or follow publishing pages, you can also get emails about new releases specific to those creators, as well as updates if a new version of a game you bought has been added. Often if it’s a game you already bought, this means you own the new version too - something that DriveThru has in common with Itch!

The Follow Your Favourites announcements will line up with whatever you’ve chosen to follow on the website. I’ve asked for updates about new Core Rulebooks, and I also get updates from the Onyx Path and a few other places where I found games I really liked. I also check the Deal of the Day offers fairly regularly; sometimes there are really really good deals offered and if it’s a game you know or like, then you don’t want to miss out on a sale!

Wishlists

DriveThru allows you to add games to wishlists to look at later, and even gives you the ability to sort your wishlists, although the process feels harder to look through than Itch does; I think it might be a UI issue.

However, because it acts like a wishlist, you can move games from the wishlist into your cart and vice versa, as well as move the games to another list. One really nice thing about the wishlist section is that DriveThru will alway show you when something you want is on sale, and how much it is normally - Itch does this too, but in this case, DriveThru is much easier to read!

I mostly sort my wishlists into Core Rulebooks and Supplements, because I don’t have nearly as many games bookmarked on DriveThru. If it exists on Itch, I store it on Itch - but there are plenty of other, “someday’ games, that I want to be able to find again in the future.

Your Library

DriveThruRPG has an app that you can download onto your computer or your phone, and it basically acts as a library that you can look through. In both the webpage and the app, you can sort your purchases alphabetically, from new to old, by publisher, by whether or not they were updated, and using similar categories as the search bar on the store front.

Free things can definitely be found here, even if they’re harder to look for. On DriveThru, most free products are things like character sheets, playtest games, or Quickstarts. However, some publishers do put up their stuff for free. Whenever I can get a Quickstart of something interesting, or if I find something being offered for free, I add it to my library. Free games are how I got started in ttrpgs, and QuickStarts are wonderful introductions to a system that usually give you a good idea of what the game is going to feel like.

Conclusion

Overall, DriveThruRPG is great for folks who like certain big publishing houses, and folks who like a good deal. I personally usually end up on the site because something in my emails caught my eye, which is the opposite of how I navigate Itch. DriveThru was my home base before I discovered Itch.io, so I still have a little fondness for the website, even if looking through it is a little bit of a slog.

One thing that might be a bit of an annoyance is that if you own something from a certain company, they might be able to send you a lot of emails for every sale and new product. If this becomes too much, you can choose to opt out from those publishers.

If you don’t want to have to actively engage with the website as much as say, Itch, DriveThru’s email system is also a big help. You can customize your subscriptions to match what you’re interested in, and then just check your emails once in a while to see what’s on offer. After a while you’ll also learn about yearly events, like the Summer Sale, which often provides big discounts on a lot of different games.

DriveThru is also a great place to start if you’re looking for print versions of games: I don’t know what shipping is like to places outside Canada, but I definitely appreciate that it’s an option, and sometimes all you need to do is find a game or publisher - once you know that it exists, you can google that publisher, check out their website, and figure out the best place to order from there.

[ostrichmonkey-games]

Itch.io Summer Sale

Time for the itch summer sale! I've put a selection of games and games-things on sale from now until July 13th. Check out the whole sale over here, and here's a few highlights as a little appetizer;

Vibe Check

Inspired by The World Ends With You. Survive the Watcher's Game in an action and fashion fueled bid at a second chance. Build and tailor your character by mixing and matching different brands, looks, and super-powered tokens. Checkout the quickstart-demo for a taste of what to expect!

Paktbound

A lean, action powered game inspired by Dishonored. Take on the role of the Paktbound, poor wretches who have pledged themselves to the service of the Stranger, as they tackle heists and hits in the rotten city of light and mirrors.

A Stroll Through the Patchwork Kingdom

A whimsical and surreal setting suffused with melancholy and dream-logic. Visit the ever-twilight town of Spindlecliff, the Court of the Weasel Throne, the Upside-Down Observatory, and more.

Anomalous Carbon Sludge

A system agnostic sci-fi adventure. Uncover the mystery of the catastrophic events that occurred at Deadrock Station, if you can survive the creeping alien, silicon-fungal network.

[psychhound]

howdy all!!!

i'm doing a quick solo sale from today until October 4th (my little sisters birthday <33) in order to get me to her graduation!! :D it's in december and oh boy can that hotel and plane ticket cost cost so ... sale!! i really want to be able to be there for his graduation so please check out the bundle!!

includes:

the narrator paradox: narrate the protagonist of your story as they attempt to defy you and escape the game

dead man's hand: play as a collector of tales, using poker hands to divine paranormal stories in the wild west

little shepherd, little spy: use your bookshelf to pass along messages in the fairy war

osteotzee: use a yahtzee scorecard to augur the deaths of mythical beasts

little celestial fieldwork guide: grab your camera and explore your city looking for hidden spirits and little gods

the graveyard game: write an ethnography of a magical, haunted graveyard

with breath & sword: use therapeutic grounding methods to fight or tame monsters

you are thinking about silver: an autofiction lyric game about being 14 in a family of werewolves

if any of those sound appealing please check out the bundle!! :D

[sabrinahawthorne]

In addition to the crowdfunding campaign, I'm also holding a sale on my entire library of games! Titles like Bring the Stars Home to Me, Fantasy Heartbreaker, and The Tale of Yon: A Tyrant's Throne are all 30% off. Or, if you'd like to buy every game I've ever released, you can get them all in a bundle for half price. That's six games for $32, and you'll be supporting CLASH!.

[beedokwrites]

Pride Month Bundle-palooza!

I'm in two different pride month bundles on itch this year, and I want to show off what good sales they are to everyone, so...

Bundle #1

Buy 62 items for $29Regularly $297.65 Save 90%!

Including two novels and two novellas by yours truly:

Bundle #2

Buy up to 38 items starting at $15 Save 72% at $15 ($54.41 value) · Save 82% at $20 ($113.40 value)

Including a short story and a novella from me at 15$:

And adding two novels and a novella at the full $20:

Plus, both bundles let you support a whole bunch of other trans authors. o(*°▽°*)o

[efangamez]

EfanGamez Summer Sale (For My PC)!! <3

I recently made a purchase on a PC, and the funds from this sale would really, really help! Each individual game is on sale for 25% off, and if you're just that cool, you can snag the bundle too!

Much love, and thank you for your purchase! <3

[heartfragment]

Only one more day to get Heart Fragment for 50% off! 🌊🌊🌊

If you don't own Heart Fragment Book Two: Belief Fragments yet, there's only one more day to get it on sale on Steam and Itch!

Please consider supporting through Itch if possible. More profits go to the creators there, and it comes with a Steam key as well. As mentioned before, any support you give will help with finishing up the creation of Book Three!

[dungeonofthedragon]

Itch Summer Sale: TTRPG Highlights

Finally have some spare time to sink into this! Over the next week or so, I'll be highlighting a few of my favourite ttrpg deals from the Itch Summer Sale. Without further ado: let's get started!

Fist by Claymore

$10 (50% off!)

Paranormal mercenaries take on the challenges nobody else can. Fight for your life during a historical fantasy version of the Cold War.

Shepherds by AirkSeablade

$5 (50% off!)

A PbtA game inspired by "hopeful fantasy" jrpgs. My favourite detail is that in place of playbooks, you have stories: character archetypes that define where your character is from and how they got here.

Songs for the Dusk by Kavita Poduri

$20 (20% off!)

Science fantasy Forged in the Dark. Build a community you love as you strive for a brighter future, with people who love you in turn.