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Posted By: Argus RPG Monthly Releases 2022 - Wed 29/12/21 03:44 UTC
January

Green Ronin Publishing
Fantasy Age RPG: Game Master's Kit
Mutants & Masterminds: Hero High Sourcebook SC (Revised Edition)
Mutants & Masterminds: The Time Traveller's Codex HC

Paizo Publishing
Pathfinder Alchemy Deck
Pathfinder Flip-Mat: Enormous Forest
Starfinder RPG: Galactic Magic HC
Starfinder Flip-Mat: Casino
Starfinder Alien Archive 1 & 2 Battle Cards
Pathfinder Adventure Path: Quest for the Frozen Flame Part 1 - Broken Tusk Moon
Pathfinder Lost Omens: City of Lost Omens Poster Map Folio
Pathfinder Flip-Mat: Enormous Basic

Wizards of the Coast
D&D Rules Expansion Gift Set
Posted By: nem Re: RPG Monthly Releases 2022 - Thu 30/12/21 14:39 UTC
I am still wrapping my head around the D&D Rules Expansion Gift Set.

Three books, Xanathar’s Guide to Everything, Tasha's Caldron of Everything and Monsters of the Multiverse, in a slipcase. Makes sense so far.

Then, price tag 170 US dollars!! wth
Posted By: Saph Re: RPG Monthly Releases 2022 - Fri 31/12/21 13:37 UTC
I wouldn't be surprised if there are price hikes across the industry. I back a lot of RPG Kickstarters and I've been getting bombarded with messages about how fulfilment and pricing are being affected by a global paper and cardboard shortage, such that there might be rationing.

Odd to imagine a cardboard shortage given how much of the stuff Amazon sends me.
Posted By: MikeD Re: RPG Monthly Releases 2022 - Fri 31/12/21 15:50 UTC
I recycle a 'container' (mostly) full of cardboard every 2 weeks. The 'boss' gets a lot of 'mail order' stuff <sigh>

I find it ... 'worrisome' ... that these sorts of problems are starting to 'manifest' :-/
Posted By: Argus Re: RPG Monthly Releases 2022 - Thu 03/02/22 01:03 UTC
February

Mongoose Publishing
Secrets of the Ancients

Paizo Publishing
Pathfinder Flip-Tiles: Fortress Chambers Expansion
Pathfinder Adventure Path: Quest for the Frozen Flame Part 2 - Lost Mammoth Valley
Pathfinder Flip-Mat Classics: Keep

Renegade Game Studios
Power Rangers RPG: Core Rulebook HC
Power Rangers RPG: Glutton for Punishment Book & Gamemaster Screen
Power Rangers RPG: Dice Sets
Power Rangers RPG: Dice Bag
Posted By: MikeD Re: RPG Monthly Releases 2022 - Thu 03/02/22 13:15 UTC
Always fun to see what is new. Thanks Argus!
Posted By: nem Re: RPG Monthly Releases 2022 - Fri 04/02/22 09:20 UTC
Power Rangers RPG!?

I would love to have a flick through that! How do you convey Power Rangers combat in a tabletop RPG?

I miss having a local, well stocked FLGS. sad

Did anyone watch the 2017 Power Rangers movie? I was actually startled by how grown-up and well, good it was.
Posted By: Argus Re: RPG Monthly Releases 2022 - Sat 05/02/22 02:02 UTC
Originally Posted by nem
How do you convey Power Rangers combat in a tabletop RPG?
They have some play videos on YouTube:
Posted By: nem Re: RPG Monthly Releases 2022 - Mon 07/02/22 19:26 UTC
Thanks Argus! Huh, blank turns out it's a surprisingly generic system for a licenced Power Rangers RPG. You'd think it'd be more gimmicky, I guess.
Posted By: Argus Re: RPG Monthly Releases 2022 - Wed 23/02/22 12:17 UTC
March

Mongoose Publishing
Secrets of the Ancients
Core Adventure 1: Invasive Species
Core Adventure 2: Last Call at Eneri's Cantina

Paizo Publishing
Pathfinder Flip-Mat: Shattered Dungeon
Starfinder Adventure Path: Horizons of the Vast Part 5 - Allies Against the Eye
Starfinder Flip-Mat: Water World
Pathfinder Adventure Path: Quest for the Frozen Flame Part 3 - Burning Tundra
Warlock Lairs: Into the Wilds

Renegade Game Studios
G.I. Joe RPG: Core Rulebook HC
G.I. Joe RPG: The Emerald Oubliette Adventure & Game Master Screen
G.I. Joe RPG: Dice Set

Steve Jackson Games
Deluxe Dice Bag: Skeletal Warrior

Wizards of the Coast
Critical Role: Call of the Netherdeep
Posted By: nem Re: RPG Monthly Releases 2022 - Mon 14/03/22 13:44 UTC
Wizards of the Coast are owned by Hasbro. Hasbro also owns GI Joe. But they licence out the GI Joe RPG to Renegade Studios, instead of getting Wizards to make it. Bit weird.

I hope the GI Joe RPG doesn't use the same system as Renegade's Power Rangers. That was remarkably generic, no unique flavour, which makes me suspect they'll use it for all their RPGs.
Posted By: MikeD Re: RPG Monthly Releases 2022 - Mon 14/03/22 14:31 UTC
I =suspect= that the problem is that Hasbro was working with Renegade before Hasbro purchased WOTC.
Posted By: nem Re: RPG Monthly Releases 2022 - Mon 14/03/22 15:18 UTC
A good theory, MikeD, so I looked into it. Turns out Wizards was bought by Hasbro in 1999, whereas Renegade was founded in 2014. So Wizards came first, as it were.

Maybe Hasbro just wanted Wizards to focus on its core properties, D&D and Magic the Gathering?
Posted By: MikeD Re: RPG Monthly Releases 2022 - Mon 14/03/22 15:43 UTC
WOW!! It was =THAT= long ago?? For some reason I was thinking it was a recent acquisition. But maybe that is more proof that my brain is going <sigh>

Oh and thanks for the info.




I might remember it for a day, maybe two <gd&r lmao>
Posted By: Vryx Re: RPG Monthly Releases 2022 - Mon 14/03/22 23:09 UTC
Man, I saw the thing that said Deluxe Dice Bag: Skeletal Warrior from Steve Jackson Games and I thought for a moment that it was akin to the old Lost Worlds Fantasy Combat books.

Good times... loved that Skeleton with Scimitar and Shield.

It's actually... just a dice bag with a picture on it.
Posted By: nem Re: RPG Monthly Releases 2022 - Wed 16/03/22 08:46 UTC
True. Though it is pretty sweet for a dice bag! Mine's really boring, navy blue. Only bought it recently too. Don't know what I was thinking. wha
Posted By: Pandemonium Re: RPG Monthly Releases 2022 - Sat 26/03/22 18:13 UTC
Years ago I bought a chain mail dice bag with my initial on it in copper links. While it was very cool it was a bit of weight to lug around and didn't hold a ton of dice. So says the reformed dice hoarder. blush
Posted By: MikeD Re: RPG Monthly Releases 2022 - Sat 26/03/22 18:30 UTC
I get the 'dice hording'. I bet I still have 100+ sets that 'looked good' in the dealers area <weg> But when I went 'to play' I seldom had more than 2 sets. Didn't want them thinking I didn't trust 'em <chuckle>
Posted By: nem Re: RPG Monthly Releases 2022 - Mon 28/03/22 15:26 UTC
I understand that. I have a relationship of complete trust and loyalty with my dice and they never let me down. grin
Posted By: Argus Re: RPG Monthly Releases 2022 - Fri 08/04/22 01:53 UTC
April

Mongoose Publishing
Traveller: Explorer's Edition
Traveller: Mercenary

Paizo Publishing
Pathfinder Book of the Dead
Pathfinder Book of the Dead Special Edition Hardcover
Pathfinder Guns Deck
Pathfinder Gears Deck
Pathfinder Adventure Path: Outlaws of Alkenstar Part 1 - Punks in a Powderkeg
Kobold Guide to Worldbuilding Volume 2 SC
Pathfinder Flip-Mat Classics: Pathfinder Lodge
Posted By: Argus Re: RPG Monthly Releases 2022 - Wed 27/04/22 04:26 UTC
May

Cubicle 7
Wrath & Glory: Forsaken System Player's Guide
Wrath & Glory: Litanies of the Lost
Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Soulbound Steam and Steel

Japanime Games
BESM RPG: Tokyo Sidekick Supplement SC

Paizo Publishing
Pathfinder Deck of Endless NPCs
Pathfinder Flip-Mat: Shadows at Sundown
Pathfinder Flip-Tiles: Campsites
Starfinder Drift Crisis
Starfinder Adventure Path: Horizons of the Vast Part 6 - The Culling Shadow
Starfinder Flip-Mat: Drift Crisis
Pathfinder Adventure Path: Outlaws of Alkenstar Part 2 - Cradle of Quartz
Pathfinder Lost Omens: Knights of Lastwall
Pathfinder Adventure: Shadows at Sundown
Vault of Magic 5E Pocket Edition
Pathfinder Adventure Path: Abomination Vaults
Pathfinder Adventure Path: Abomination Vaults Special Edition Hardcover

Steve Jackson Games
Deluxe Dice Bag: Kitten Caster

Wizards of the Coast
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Posted By: nem Re: RPG Monthly Releases 2022 - Mon 02/05/22 06:54 UTC
I found a picture of the Kitter Caster dice bag for everyone who tries looking. jk (Like me!)

Kitter Caster Deluxe Dice Bag by SJG
Posted By: Argus Re: RPG Monthly Releases 2022 - Wed 25/05/22 03:26 UTC
June

Catalyst Game Labs
Shadowrun: Sixth World Companion
Shadowrun Mission 09.04: Neo-Tokyo Drift

Green Ronin Publishing
Blue Rose RPG: Envoys to the Mount HC
Blue Rose Adventurer's Guide: Fifth Edition Roleplaying in the World of Aldea HC

Mongoose Publishing
The Third Imperium
The Spinward Extents

Paizo Publishing
Pathfinder Flip-Mat: Enormous Dungeon
Starfinder Adventure Path: Drift Crashers Part 1 - The Perfect Storm
Starfinder Alien Archive 3 & 4 Battle Cards
Starfinder Spell Cards Supplemental
Pathfinder Adventure Path: Outlaws of Alkenstar Part 3 - The Smoking Gun
The Tome of Heroes HC (5E)
Starfinder Alien Archive Pocket Edition
Posted By: nem Re: RPG Monthly Releases 2022 - Wed 25/05/22 11:07 UTC
Whenever I see a new fantasy campaign setting I ask myself what its USP is, what sets it apart from the competition. So seeing Blue Rose, Green Ronin's campaign setting for D&D 5e, I delved deeper for all our sakes! jk

I found this handy primer on the setting.

https://greenronin.com/blog/2020/09/21/welcome-to-aldea/

And after reading it I can say I still don't know what Blue Rose's USP is. sad The primer makes it out to be an utterly generic, D&D fantasy world. Weird. Nice artwork though!
Posted By: Vryx Re: RPG Monthly Releases 2022 - Wed 25/05/22 14:39 UTC
I don't know, Nem. The races sound like a departure of more traditional D&D worlds and a bit more leading towards self-actualization kind of storytelling. A bit less tethered to Earth/human assumptions of reality. More like an Ursula K. Le Guin campaign vs a Glen Cook campaign.

I have a hard time picturing a group "all meeting in a tavern" and "going off to fight goblins." grin
Posted By: MikeD Re: RPG Monthly Releases 2022 - Wed 25/05/22 14:55 UTC
Quote
I have a hard time picturing a group "all meeting in a tavern" and "going off to fight goblins."

That is =EXACTLY= why I like FRP (and DL <g>). Anything I can imagine!! I get enough of 'real life' in 'real life'. I don't need that in my 'fun time' as well!!!

But it =does= 'take all kinds' <vbg> I mean ... look at how many categories we have for games here!
Posted By: nem Re: RPG Monthly Releases 2022 - Wed 25/05/22 17:48 UTC
Fair point, Vryx. smile Though tbh they're just some standard races rebadged imo. The Vata are elves, the Sea-folk are aquatic elves and the Night People are half-orcs.

[Linked Image from 1.bp.blogspot.com]

Being able to play a human-intelligence animal is pretty cool, though standard D&D druid class kind of allows that too.

I guess I'm just an old cynic! wink
Posted By: MikeD Re: RPG Monthly Releases 2022 - Wed 25/05/22 18:46 UTC
Well ... I will confirm the 'old' part <gd&r lmao>
Posted By: Vryx Re: RPG Monthly Releases 2022 - Thu 26/05/22 00:00 UTC
Nem, now that I've seen the art, I am more in agreement with your first assessment. Except for the animals, the imagery makes them seem even less varied.

MikeD, right. No problem with regular sword and sorcery from me. I was just imagining that this system is less straightforward conflict/resolution arc.
Posted By: Argus Re: RPG Monthly Releases 2022 - Thu 26/05/22 01:27 UTC
The Wikipedia article describes that setting as inspired by the writings of Mercedes Lackey and Diane Duane rather than Robert E. Howard.
Posted By: nem Re: RPG Monthly Releases 2022 - Thu 26/05/22 08:37 UTC
Thanks Argus. I think Vryx is right and they're distinguishing their setting very subtly. More of an artistic, stylistic preference if you will.
Posted By: Neptune Re: RPG Monthly Releases 2022 - Sat 28/05/22 14:23 UTC
Word on Monsters of the Multiverse for those of us who play D&D. The book makes MAJOR changes to monsters and races. It's almost D&D v5.5
Posted By: nem Re: RPG Monthly Releases 2022 - Thu 02/06/22 13:55 UTC
Well I guess Tasha's Cauldron already made playable races quite customisable. Maybe Wizards are having a mid-version shake-up.
Posted By: Argus Re: RPG Monthly Releases 2022 - Wed 29/06/22 02:40 UTC
July

Cubicle 7
Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Soulbound Bestiary
Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Soulbound - Shadows in the Mist
Warhammer Fantasy: Ubersreik Adventures II

Mongoose Publishing
Core Adventure 3: Errant Lightning
2300AD: Aerospace Engineer’s Handbook

Paizo Publishing
Pathfinder: Dark Archive HC
Starfinder Flip-Mat: Star Knight Starships
Pathfinder Adventure Path: Blood Lords Part 1 - Zombie Feast
Pathfinder: Age of Lost Omens World Guide Special Edition HC
Pathfinder Flip-Mat Classics: Theater
Starfinder RPG: The Pact Worlds Pocket Edition
Starfinder Adventure: Redshift Rally
Starfinder Adventure: Skitter Warp
Pathfinder Adventure: A Fistful of Flowers

Renegade Game Studios
Hunter the Reckoning RPG: Core Rulebook HC
Vampire the Masquerade RPG: Cults of the Blood Gods Sourcebook

Wizards of the Coast
Journeys Through the Radiant Citadel
Campaign Case: Creatures
Campaign Case: Terrain
Posted By: Vryx Re: RPG Monthly Releases 2022 - Wed 29/06/22 14:29 UTC
My son and I had a couple nice trips to stores on Free RPG day. Some fun-looking ideas for one-offs. The Pathfinder was playing a group of leshys: a gourd-headed druid, a dandelion-headed duelist, a snapdragon barbarian, and a mushroom rogue. Also among a bunch of short indie rules, a guide to playing an adventure with familiars. I'd done a one-off adventure once in a long campaign where all the animal companions had to work together to save the regular party. He got a anthropomorphic rabbit warrior (not Usagi Yojimbo) mini with a paint kit. I also got some more Warhammer 4E stuff on sale. They really make some quality stuff at Cubicle 7.

Anyone else make it out?
Posted By: Argus Re: RPG Monthly Releases 2022 - Thu 30/06/22 03:40 UTC
Originally Posted by Vryx
... where all the animal companions had to work together to save the regular party.
I've started to see TV commercials for an animated movie at the end of July with a plot like that (starring Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart).
Posted By: nem Re: RPG Monthly Releases 2022 - Sun 03/07/22 18:00 UTC
There are very few tabletop gaming shops left on UK high streets tbh, so I think Free RPG Day was more of an online event.

The nominees for 2022 ENNIE Awards can't be too far off. That usually gets me shopping around for new products.

Talking of new products, I am very surprised to see a new edition of Hunter the Reckoning. I'd have thought there was no market for that game any more, given how many great monster hunting games there are now. Monster of the Week and Gila's Slayers are two that I've looked at recently, and MotW especially does everything Hunter does but better imo.

Interesting that Renegade Studios didn't follow up Vampire the Masquerade with a new ed of Werewolf the Apocalypse, opting instead for Hunter.
Posted By: Argus Re: RPG Monthly Releases 2022 - Thu 28/07/22 00:56 UTC
August

Paizo Publishing
Pathfinder Book of the Dead Battle Cards
Pathfinder Flip-Tiles: Villain Lairs Set
Starfinder Adventure Path: Drift Crashers Part 2 - Nightmare Scenario
Pathfinder Adventure Path: Blood Lords Part 2 - Graveclaw
Pathfinder Lost Omens: Character Guide Special Edition
Pathfinder Lost Omens: Travel Guide
Book of Ebon Tides (5e)
Book of Ebon Tides 7-dice set
Tales from the Shadows (5e)
Starfinder RPG: Armory Pocket Edition

Wizards of the Coast
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
Dragons of Stormwreck Isle Starter Set
Posted By: nem Re: RPG Monthly Releases 2022 - Sun 31/07/22 08:28 UTC
A new starter set for D&D and curiously the pre-gen characters are from the Eighties cartoon series. huh Not sure where they're heading with that.

And whilst Hasbro are kindling nostalgia with the new starter set, they're also starting anew with their new film franchise; trailer just released:

Posted By: Gypsy Re: RPG Monthly Releases 2022 - Sun 31/07/22 09:14 UTC
Nice! I'll be watching it at some point! grin
Posted By: Argus Re: RPG Monthly Releases 2022 - Thu 25/08/22 05:15 UTC
September

Imagining Games
Infected! Zombie RPG HC
Rest in Pieces RPG

Japanime Games
Anime 5E RPG Core Rulebook

Paizo Publishing
Pathfinder Flip-Mat: Planar Tavern
Starfinder Flip-Mat: Space Station Promenade
Pathfinder Adventure Path: Blood Lords Part 3 - Field of Maidens
Pathfinder Lost Omens: Gods & Magic Special Edition
Starfinder Alien Archive 2 Pocket Edition
Posted By: nem Re: RPG Monthly Releases 2022 - Thu 25/08/22 08:09 UTC
Gawd, Anime RPG, that's an awfully wide scope for a game! That's like saying TV Programme RPG: an RPG about TV programmes.

But on closer inspection Anime RPG is a conventional fantasy RPG with manga-style artwork, so I guess it's just a bad title.

Me and pchan were talking about this recently, a Spanish RPG that the publisher named Faith. Try using that as a search word! You won't find a far future, space opera RPG about galactic societies influenced by living gods. Alas, the publisher has folded. sad (Maybe use a better title next time, guys.)
Posted By: Mina Re: RPG Monthly Releases 2022 - Fri 26/08/22 19:35 UTC
OOOh Infected sounds fun! Just from the title, but... Zombies!
Posted By: nem Re: RPG Monthly Releases 2022 - Sun 28/08/22 11:54 UTC
Hmm. I have play experience of three few zombie apocalypse RPGs. I can rank them actually.

  1. Shotgun Diaries (John Wick Presents). Better suited a more seriously themed zombie apocalypse, this is my favourite. A rules ultra-lite game that makes keeping a diary a key mechanic; it's clever and gives the group a way of enjoying their campaign out of session too. PDF available to buy.
    ^
  2. Dread (The Impossible Dream). Horror, not specifically zombies and also designed for one-offs where most of the group will die but there will be survivors (so not as depressing as Ten Candles, say). I used this game for the initial stages of the zombie outbreak itself, then switched to the next entry below for the rest of the apocalypse. The jenga tower mechanic is such genius with combined with the threat of being bitten and infected. weg PDF available to buy.
    ^
  3. End of the World: Zombie Apocalypse (FFG). This is probably the best blend of powerful, lite rules and diverse range of zombie scenarios. By default you play yourself, starting around the game table, which is fun. Out of print though.
    ^
  4. All Flesh Must be Eaten (Eden Studios). Lovingly written but bogged down by the Unisystem, which is a fine system for more complex supernatural scenarios with magic and a menagerie of monsters but feels massive overkill for zombies. I mean, it most scenarios you don't have "combat encounters" with a horde of zombies because it'd be suicide. PDF available to buy.


And having written all that I realise that they're all defunct games. huh

What current, good zombie apocalypse games are still in print idk but I can tell you that Infected RPG is more of a post-post-zombie apocalypse game. The outbreak is over and the country is trying to rebuild from its feudal state. You can still find zombies locked in rooms/trapped in places but the infection can't reach a critical mass.
Posted By: nem Re: RPG Monthly Releases 2022 - Sat 03/09/22 08:02 UTC
I know the nominations weren't very compelling this year but for anyone who's been following them, the 2022 ENNIE Award Winners have been announced.

https://ennie-awards.com/2022-results/

Czepeku Maps gets a gold for best maps... well, they're floorplans really, but if you play with a virtual tabletop you should check them out. Quite lovely.

https://www.czepeku.com/

I was disappointed in the best game winner. Thirsty Sword Lesbians. According to its web page "Thirsty Sword Lesbians is a roleplaying game for telling queer stories with friends. If you love angsty disaster lesbians with swords, you have come to the right place."

Honestly reads like puerile nonsense to me. Since when do you need a game designed around lesbians to play lesbians?? And how do you even design a game around lesbianism!? Have the writers forgotten what lesbianism is? It's purely a sexual preference. So are there rules for scissoring? What about cunnilingus? And if so, how is female-female cunnilingus any different from male-female cunnilingus? What if one of the player characters gets into this situation with a male NPC, do the rules break down? blank

It's great that a sex-orientated game exists, plenty of people want to play through sex scenes, especially online, but winning the ENNIE for Best Game? urgh Who knows, maybe the competition really was that uninspiring or maybe Thirsty Sword Lesbians really is that ingenius. I'd have to read it to sure.
Posted By: Gypsy Re: RPG Monthly Releases 2022 - Sat 03/09/22 09:36 UTC
Agreed!

Checked out the maps. Pretty but generally small and not very detailed. Like the idea of choosing your season. wink
Posted By: Argus Re: RPG Monthly Releases 2022 - Thu 22/09/22 04:44 UTC
October

Paizo Publishing
Pathfinder Flip-Mat: Crown of the Kobold King
Starfinder Adventure Path: Drift Crashers Part 3 - Masters of Time and Space
Pathfinder Adventure Path: Blood Lords Part 4 - The Ghouls Hunger
Pathfinder Lost Omens: Legends Special Edition
Pathfinder Adventure: Crown of the Kobold King
Tome of Heroes Pocket Edition (5E)
Pathfinder Flip-Mat Classics: Pirate Island
Starfinder Adventure Path: Dead Suns
Starfinder Adventure Path: Dead Suns Special Edition
Pathfinder Adventure: Crown of the Kobold King Special Edition

Wizards of the Coast
D&D Starter Set
Posted By: nem Re: RPG Monthly Releases 2022 - Tue 04/10/22 17:13 UTC
Oooh, a new D&D 5e Starter Set, featuring a new adventure called Dragons of Stormwreck Isle. I wonder how this one is different from Lost Mines of Phandelver?

Well, if I listed Phandelver's flaws as an adventure they'd probably be:

  • Dense, too verbose layout. Adventures need to have their crucial info accessible to the DM at a glance.
  • A hub with side quests. Although providing ample opportunity for adventure, this format gives no compelling in-world reason for the PCs to undertake side quests. Levelling up and gaining loot makes sense in a CRPG, but TTRPGs are more immersive and need more plot.
  • A bit humdrum. So you bravely decide to try D&D, a fantasy role-playing game of high adventure, but the first adventure only has one memorable set-piece (vs the green dragon) and it's not critical to the plot so the PCs could miss it entirely.
  • Pregens. Did Phandelver have any? I used to own the set but can't remember any pregens. I created my own for the group I DM'ed.


If anyone's read a decent review of this new starter set, do share. smile
Posted By: nem Re: RPG Monthly Releases 2022 - Fri 07/10/22 12:55 UTC


According to this video review, most of my above criticisms are addressed in the new starter set so well done WotC, from me. smile Apparently the original starter set did have pregens btw, but the character sheets were terrible for newbies, which is probably why I created my own when I ran Phandelver.
Posted By: Neptune Re: RPG Monthly Releases 2022 - Mon 10/10/22 20:20 UTC
Phandelver was excellent. I'll take your word that this improves on it.
Posted By: nem Re: RPG Monthly Releases 2022 - Tue 11/10/22 07:26 UTC
Phandelver was an excellent adventure, I definitely agree, Nep. (I think it'll go down as one of the all-time classics along with The Keep on the Borderlands and Night's Dark Terror.) Wasn't without its flaws though. I think they could've just revised Phandelver, tightened it up in some areas and it would've been sufficient, but it looks like starting anew also worked out.

The group I ran Phandelver for said they'd like to try this new set too, and maybe that's what WotC were aiming for. The same group probably wouldn't play Phandelver twice, even if it was revised, simply because it'd be the same adventure.
Posted By: Neptune Re: RPG Monthly Releases 2022 - Thu 13/10/22 20:20 UTC
Phandelver was simple and could have been richer and tighter, but the purpose was simplicity for the DM. It's not surprising that they released Storm Wreck Island as they began the D&D One playtest.
Posted By: Argus Re: RPG Monthly Releases 2022 - Mon 21/11/22 03:04 UTC
Whoops, I thought I'd posted this a month ago.

November

Green Ronin Publishing
Danger Zones: A Mutants & Masterminds Sourcebook SC
Six of Cups: A Blue Rose RPG Adventure Anthology SC
The Expanse: Beyond the Ring

Japanime Games
Demonicity Roleplaying Adventure Game
Pixies Roleplaying Adventure Game
Wyrms Roleplaying Adventure Game

Mongoose Publishing
2300AD: Ships of the Frontier

Paizo Publishing
Pathfinder: Kingmaker Adventure Path HC
Pathfinder: Kingmaker Bestiary
Pathfinder: Kingmaker Companion Guide HC
Pathfinder: Kingmaker Management Screen
Pathfinder: Kingmaker Management Tracker
Pathfinder: Kingmaker Pawn Box
Pathfinder: Kingmaker Poster Map Folio
Pathfinder Flip-Mat: Kingmaker Adventure Path - Campsite Multi-Pack
Pathfinder Flip-Mat: Kingmaker Adventure Path - Noble Manor Multi-Pack
Pathfinder Flip-Mat: Kingmaker Adventure Path - River Kingdom Ruins Multi-Pack
Pathfinder RPG: Relics Deck
Pathfinder Flip-Mat: Deadly Mines Multi-Pack
Pathfinder Flip-Mat: Monster Lairs
Starfinder RPG: Interstellar Species HC
Starfinder Flip-Mat: Metropolis
Starfinder Adventure: To Defy the Dragon
Pathfinder Adventure Path: Blood Lords Part 5 - A Taste of Ashes
Pathfinder Lost Omens: Impossible Lands HC

Renegade Game Studios
Transformers RPG: Character Journal HC
Transformers RPG: Core Rulebook HC
Transformers RPG: Dice Bag

Wizards of the Coast
Dragonlance
Posted By: Argus Re: RPG Monthly Releases 2022 - Mon 21/11/22 03:37 UTC
December

Cubicle 7
Doctor Who: The Roleplaying Game Second Edition
Doctor Who: The Roleplaying Game Second Edition Starter Set
Wrath & Glory: Church of Steel
Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound Artefacts of Power
Enemy Within Campaign – Volume 5: The Empire in Ruins
Enemy Within Campaign – Volume 5: The Empire in Ruins Companion

Japanime Games
BESM RPG 4th Edition Gamemaster Screen

Mongoose Publishing
Sector Construction Guide

Paizo Publishing
Pathfinder Abomination Vaults Battle Cards
Pathfinder Flip-Mat: Swamp Ruins
Starfinder Adventure Path: Drift Hackers Part 1 - A Light in the Dark
Pathfinder Adventure Path: Blood Lords Part 6 - Ghost King's Rage
Pathfinder Lost Omens: Society Guide Special Edition
Tome of Beasts III HC
Tome of Beasts III: Lairs HC
Tome of Beasts III Pawns
Tome of Beasts III 7-Dice Set

Renegade Game Studios
G.I. Joe RPG: Operation Cold Iron Adventure Book HC
G.I. Joe RPG: Character Journal HC
Hunter the Reckoning RPG: Character Journal HC
Hunter the Reckoning RPG: Dice Set
Power Rangers RPG: Adventures in Angel Grove HC
Power Rangers RPG: Character Journal HC
Vampire the Masquerade RPG: Character Journal HC
G.I. Joe RPG: Hero Miniatures Set 1
Power Rangers RPG: A Glutton for Punishment Accessory Pack
Power Rangers RPG: Hero Miniatures Set 1

Wizards of the Coast
D&D Dragonlance: Shadows of the Dragon Queen
Posted By: nem Re: RPG Monthly Releases 2022 - Mon 21/11/22 12:11 UTC
Thanks Argus. I can't believe Big Eyes Small Mouth is still going! (I don't actually recall it being a very good system, but then same could be said of a lot of systems from the Nineties. Tended towards clunkiness.)
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