#ttrpg zine

[lifeseries-ttrpg]

Today's the day!

Ladies, gentleman and all the blorbos, it's the day you've all been waiting for - the contributor applications for the 3rd Life TTRPG project open today!

(announcement graphic courtesy of Mod Mich)

As mentioned previously, this form will be opened until February 22nd, so you have exactly two weeks to put in your application.

We don't know the exact date when we'll reach out to you, it will mostly depend on how many application we'll receive. We're estimating that to be around the beginning of March - we'll make an announcement post when the time comes.

Good luck to you all! Can't wait to see your amazing applications and meet so many wonderful people!

@mcytblrsource @zinetown @open-zines

[junkfoodgames]

Necromancer Heretic is out now!

This is a solo card and journaling game. You are a sorcerer who wishes to bring your lover back from the dead. Complete the resurrection ritual and escape before you are killed by the king’s guard! Using just a deck of cards and blackjack mechanics, you’ll need some skill and bit of luck to survive!

Check it out on itch now! Please share!

[the-ampersand]

Today in Unhinged TTRPG Stuff we have: an A6 zine of randomly generated numbers made from a guy who actually rolled a bunch of dice and noted all the results down.

Behold, truly random d12 numbers:

"It took a while." says Thriftomancer, the dedicated author of the zine.

Imagine strolling to a convention game and some player pulls this out instead of a set of dice, crossing the numbers they have already "rolled". It would be both maddening and hilarious and I love it.

Anyway, it is sold at Spearwitch for the low low price of $13.

[unlawfulgames]

We are a week away from Sooty Saturday!

What is Sooty Beards?

A setting zine about a fantasy dwarf-hold crossed with a decaying American coal town. People are leaving and things are falling apart. If something doesn’t change–if things can’t change–it’ll become a ghost town soon.

Sooty Beards Features:

8 Run-down urban and wilderness areas complete with “What Used To Be Here?” And “What’s Here Now?” tables to bring out the weight of ages.

8 Strange, Dual-Statted Creatures to populate your dying coal town with, whether your game uses d6 or d20.

Dozens of quirky, narrative items to discover, from screaming lanterns to steampowered ballistic sportballs.

A “Why Did You Even Come Here?” table to give your characters quick, easy, and miserable motivations for visiting the crumbling city of Vesallberg.

More than 20 evocative pieces of art and a beautiful map of Vesallberg by Charles Ferguson-Avery.

CREEPING DEPRESSION

Instant talking canaries! Just add booze!

A glossary of useful terms to get you speaking like a native ‘Berger in no time.

A supplemental bonus book with d66 backgrounds for Vesallberg locals, compatible with TROIKA!

What People Are Saying

“An evocative portrait of community decay in the form of a TTRPG setting -- the troubles of these dwarves in their failing mine resonate strongly with the concerns of the modern day. Bleak in the best way. One gets the sense that this text is just the tip of the Vesallberg, as it were; hints lurk throughout that there is much more going on beneath the surface. (What is up with those *cats*?)”

- Dr. Mac Boyle of The Maniculum Podcast and Marginal Worlds TTRPG

The Creators of Bridgetown have done it again. They’re created a grim, nay whimsical–nay grimsical – setting that makes me wish I could grow a beard.

– Asa Donald of Backwards Tabletop

Ah, Vesallberg, miserable rock, “titanic triumph and miscreation”, a dying city stripped of resources, but full of beards (and the ecosystems within them). A wonderfully horrid place to visit, from the Slag Hills to the Deep Delvings. Come for strange misadventures among the Koljar Dwarves, Big Folk, and Scrawny folk. Stay for the deep, dark, hilarious writing; the whip-smart Politics(™); and the amazing illustration. Once you arrive you may never be able want to leave.

—Adam STATION, An Infinity of Ships, Make 100 Bastards

"How do you communicate background and lore in an RPG without it becoming a slog through a textbook? Quotes, cool tables, beautiful maps, and evocative art. This book makes it easy to picture the dwarf-hold of Vesallberg!”

-Joshua McCrowell of His Majesty The Worm

“This is like Veins of the Earth but with more life and less crunch. I really dig it!”

-David Schiduan of Technical Grimoire

“Welcome to Vesallberg, the Phoenix of the Wetlands™! … How’d that sound? Too corny? It’s too corny, isn’t it. Oh, that’ll send ‘em running away even faster. Stupid, stupid…!”

-Dent Pigiron, Newest Head of the Visitor Center

From the Team

From Furtive Goblin

Like most of my projects, what would eventually become Sooty Beards started as a half-joking mashup of X and Y shared with my friend John. In this case the “X” and “Y” were “Khazad-dûm” and “a dying coal town”, which turned out to be the magic words. For the next year he and I threw ideas back and forth and built the doc up, but soon I found myself in my first ever leading role with final say on what our team did. A fun idea became my first test as a game designer. And if you find yourself interested in picking up a copy of your own then hey, thanks for helping me pass.

From John Gregory

Just like Bridgetown, Furtive Goblin came up to me and said “Hey, I’ve got an idea!” And I responded, “I shall assemble The Team.” And, well, once again some of the Very Vilest Viziers have come together to give you something weird and bleak, a mix of dark humor, social commentary and dwarves being dwarves. Pulling from somewhere between my Appalachian coal-town ancestors and Furtive’s literal experience living under a rock, I’d like to think we’ve made something that will speak to that yet burning coal in your soul.

From Tony

I had 2 people message me asking if I could help Furtive get a zine published. I was already interested and then… they mentioned beards. At one point they tried to give me a “developer credit” but really Furt, John & Charlie did all the work and it’s beautiful, grimm & whimsical all at the same time. Each level of design layering on the next, to create something more than the individual parts. At the end of the day, unlike Vesallberg, I think people will flock to this project because of the earnest love that the creators have for what they have made, and each other. It’s great to be the 1st fan of a project, but it’s just as good to be the 3rd fan.

Follow Up

If you have additional questions, would like to schedule an interview, set up a time to play with us, or have any other questions please feel free to reach out via email to Tony@PlusOneExp.com

[sabrinahawthorne]

One of the first games I ever played was Mage: The Awakening. To this day, I think about the design of World of Darkness games a lot. A goodly amount of the 90's trad-game design philosophy has always been too fluffy for my taste. It feels like playing a frayed blanket; there are bits that dangle out of the edge of the whole, not connecting back to the rest. But the core of the thing is nuanced, elegant, and very fun to play.

Needless to say, I was destined to take my own shot at an urban-fantasy wizard game at some point. The end result of that particular effort was...

Broke Wizards

... which is one of my proudest creations. It's a fun, silly game about making magic - and minimum wage - at the same time. It was my first go at dice pools, and to this day it's the biggest game I've written.

I really love this game, and it's a work I'd love for more people to see too.

[rowansender]

Lawrence Lake Incident

I POSTED MY FIRST TTRPG ZINE!

It is a recap of a missing persons case in the style of a paranormal article or podcast. It’s meant to be diegetic so the idea is that your players would be listening or reading this on their way to investigate this area. You could even hand this directly to them and have them keep it for evidence. I image it would work best for a modern Monster of the Week or similar setting. It was made for the Tiny Worlds TTRPG Jam.

I'm very proud of it and so excited to finally have something real released. I'd be so grateful if you could take a minute to check it out! I'm going to make some edits to the printable zine to make the text just a bit bigger, but I have a few other projects to work on before I can get to that.

[izelthewashbear]

*dangles the keys in front of your face* Haiii... Look, an application form for a cool traffic project... You wanna sign up, don't you? We're looking for a few more artists and writers, especially writers...

[oddityroadshow]

INSIDE OUT is an independently-produced 44-page TTRPG resource zine! ✨

Funded on Kickstarter, it features work from Stephen Dewey (Ten Candles), Trevor Henderson (Siren Head), Xalavier Nelson Jr. (Hypnospace Outlaw), Tess Stone (Not Drunk Enough), and a bunch of other awesome authors and artists! Nick Tofani drew the cover!

Inside Out includes several game-agnostic body horror modules and tables, gorgeous horror art, maps for two adventures, body horror-specific content warnings and safety tools, and an introduction to body horror as a genre.

Extras for the physical edition include maps, stickers, and physical copies of safety tools!

Digital copies are only $5 and physical copies are only $10!!

PHYSICAL EDITION AVAILABLE HERE 📕🩸 DIGITAL EDITION AVAILABLE HERE 🔪💻 PATREON FOR MORE EXTRAS AND FUTURE VOLUMES HERE 🔮

[bardic-aspirations]

How to Write a Killer One-Shot

View my free zine How to Write a Killer One-Shot here, or enjoy reading it below:

[katnaxel]

Meet Nanilae "Nana" Broga, an elder with the gift of premonition seeking to protect her people at whatever cost.

Follow @galaptia to learn more about Nana and the other citizens of Asyndra Isle, along with the mysterious troubles they face.

Coming October 21st! Read more HERE as well!

[jimmyjamjemz]

Type Specialists for Battle Beasts.

Some of my favourite character designs that I've done!

[lifeseries-ttrpg]

Reminder that our applications are opened until February 22nd!

Tomorrow, we'll release a post summarizing the first week of our application period and answer a few questions that were sent our way.

If you have any extra questions, you can either comment them here, write them in our question box, or leave them with your application form :3

[junkfoodgames]

Hey! Two of our games, Necromancer Heretic and Death Cap Sauté, are available now over at Knave of Cups! Go check out the other amazing games they just dropped too! Sharing is greatly appreciated!

[azurpineapples]

Infernal Heritage

My preview for the @losthavenguild 's Infernal Heritage zine launching in just a couple of weeks on Kickstarter!

Tiefling lovers of all kinds I'd recommend you give it a look. This is my wonderful tiefling soon to be Nephilim Shift, who is built in the pathfinder2e system!

[unlawfulgames]

Any ttrpg pals with podcasts/youtubes willing/interested in giving our upcoming zine Sooty Beards a shout?

[freakflaggames]

ive illustrated enough mäw øf hëck manual pages to make a character creation booklet! download or print the pdf and make your own fleshwalker!