Tabletop Roleplaying Games

ASTRA: Knights of Veda - New Story-Rich 2D RPG (youtu.be)

0:00 Introduction1:00 Gameplay Review2:31 Combat and Dungeon4:40 VerdictJoin me as I delve into the hauntingly beautiful world of ‘Astra: Knights of Veda,’ a...

"Twisted Gods" - few concepts for an inspiration

In RPG and fantasy, we are often faced with a situation where the existence of gods is an empirically confirmed fact, rather than a matter of belief. Two extremes can be distinguished in the representation of these entities (note – I do not claim that all creation adopts one of these two extreme points of view). On the one...

The Oldest TTRPG Forum on the Net (gmkeros.wordpress.com)

Did you know there is an online forum for tabletop role-playing games that has been around since the early 80s, and which still is active and operating? Admittedly in a much diminished state than a…

Creative Card Chaos is the No 1 (and 2) card based TTRPG on DTRPG! Thank you so much! (preview.drivethrurpg.com) German

Just a reminder that you can still access the Starfinder Playtest | Paizo (paizo.com)

Announcements for chat roleplaying?

Can this magazine be used to look for roleplayers for games that happen in chat-environments?

10 TTRPG Podcasts (that are not Critical Role) (gmkeros.wordpress.com)

Oh Gods, am I going all Buzzfeed? I’m not sure myself. But I wanted to share some tabletop roleplaying podcasts I enjoy listening to, and ten makes such a nice round number. And there definit…

You can save on some of Modiphius’ best RPGs, including Star Trek’s Lower Decks and a new Dune RPG (www.polygon.com)

Free PD Token Collection (170+ tokens for fantasy games) (gmkeros.wordpress.com)

The last few weeks I started getting interested in using VTTs for my next few games. I seem to have slept through the rise of those for the last few years, mostly because my kids were not at an age…

Zireael07's Awesome List of free and/or open source tabletop RPGs - Github (github.com)

cross-posted from: kbin.social/m/13thFloor/t/371761...

Magic Items in TTRPGs (youtu.be)

Short little video on a different approach to handling Magic Items to increase the chance of them being used and going to the right character.

OC Designing Sandbox Adventures for Publication - Descriptive, Not Prescriptive (archstonepress.com)

A short post about how to write good sandbox adventures that other people might use, in terms of descriptiveness vs. prescriptiveness.

Roleplaying on Lemmy

Has anyone tried it? Are there any LFG threads or places to discuss?

OC Running Your First Sandbox (archstonepress.com)

Some high-level tips for running your first sandbox!

Runequest - Roleplaying In Glorantha - Feddit UK (feddit.uk)

I’ve just created a new community dedicated to Runequest / Glorantha....

Creative Card Chaos - Core Rulebook - Dozenbeer | DriveThruRPG.com (www.drivethrurpg.com)

Hey guys, I just released my own TTRPG. Its a fun rules-light system, that uses only a standard deck of cards.....and nothing else. Check out the store page for more information. Enjoy a 25% discount in celebration of the release!

Reject models, return to C R A B (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

OC Why Run a Sandbox? (archstonepress.com)

What GMs Want (cannibalhalflinggaming.com)

Starting last year and continuing into this one, there have been stories about a “dungeon master shortage” in the TTRPG hobby, specifically meaning D&D Fifth Edition.

The History of D&D, Part VII: Third Edition (2000) (piped.kavin.rocks)

Favourite Game System (thegeekflagblog.wordpress.com)

This was kind of a hard question if I thought too long about it. There are many games I am fond of. But ultimately it comes down to the Vortex System over all. I find the system to be quite elegant…