A great range of RPGs this week from a variety of excellent companies. Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition gets boxed adventures including minis and another adventure (also available for Old-School Essentials and Castles & Crusades). Another setting book drops for HârnWorld, a 90s adventure is out for Delta Green The Conspiracy, and the Doctor Who RPG and the Wrath & Glory RPG receive supplements. Finally, Savage Worlds goes gladiatorial and My Little Pony RPG gets new adventures and rules for festivals and the seasons.
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The Sun Stone Ado (OSR) | The Sun Stone Ado, The (Castles and Crusades) | The Sun Stone Ado, The (D&D 5E) by Frog God Games
Epic Encounters - Palace of the Drow Queen | Epic Encounters - Lair of the Drider by Steamforged Games
Republic of Tharda by Columbia Games
Dead Letter by Arc Dream Publishing
A Stitch in Time | Redacted Records II by Cubicle 7
Savage Gladiators by Arion Games
Story of the Seasons Adventure & Sourcebook by Renegade Games Studios
Note: RPG Print News covers recent RPG releases and some classics, reprints, and sales available from retailers. It does not cover products that are available directly to customers only through Kickstarter or as print on demand.
The Sun Stone Ado (OSR) | The Sun Stone Ado, The (Castles and Crusades) | The Sun Stone Ado, The (D&D 5E) by Frog God Games
- SYSTEM: Old-School Essentials/Castles & Crusades/Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition
- PRODUCT TYPE: softcover adventures
- RETAIL PRICE: $24.99 each
- DESCRIPTION: The joyous revelry of the Solstice Masquerade has ended, and it’s time to put away the fantastical masks and greet the dawn. But this year, the sun didn’t rise and the night goes on and on. The PCs have many clues to follow and may find answers with the fae. They need to restore the sun to the sky.
Epic Encounters - Palace of the Drow Queen | Epic Encounters - Lair of the Drider by Steamforged Games
- SYSTEM: Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition
- PRODUCT TYPE: box sets with unpainted 18 miniatures/100 mm miniature
- RETAIL PRICE: $49.99/$54.95
- DESCRIPTION: Palace of the Drow Queen works as a standalone encounter or combines with a boss battle found in the Lair of the Drider. Both boxed sets also include a double-sided battle map, an adventure book, and all needed tokens. Wreaking devastation wherever they tread, the drow are driven by a seething hatred for the surface world and will stop at nothing to fulfill their queen's desires. The PCs must outlast the drow’s fury and deadly attacks to win the day. Concealed between worlds, the twisted and evil drider hides in the shadows, preying upon the unwary. Knowing a deadly monster with an insatiable appetite for adventurers lurks nearby, the PCs may still choose to enter its lair to try and claim its treasure.
Republic of Tharda by Columbia Games
- SYSTEM: HârnWorld
- PRODUCT TYPE: hardcover supplement
- RETAIL PRICE: $59.99
- OTHER RPG NEWS: HârnWorld Interview: Republic of Tharda
- DESCRIPTION: The Republic of Tharda in western Hârn is rich in natural resources and exports considerable amounts of high-quality stone and salt.. Unique among the Hârnic realms, it is a plutocratic state governed by a republican senate and overseen by bureaucracies of civil servants, and rival families vie for influence when new appointments are made. Adherents of many faiths coexist legally in society, although not always peacefully. Slaves fight as gladiators in the Pamesani Games or serve as household servants, but most toil on the estates of the ruling families. The Republic is bordered by the kingdoms of Kanday and Rethem, and relations are presently peaceful but tense. Two tribal nations on the frontier include the ruthless Tulwyn and the often violent Gozyda.
Dead Letter by Arc Dream Publishing
- SYSTEM: Delta Green The Conspiracy
- PRODUCT TYPE: softcover adventure
- RETAIL PRICE: $29.99
- OTHER RPG COVERAGE: Delta Green Agent’s Handbook review
- DESCRIPTION: The PC Agents must pursue horrors and vicious foes from Berkeley to rural Montana, and they must confront a hideous threat thought long dead. On September 5, 1998, the US Post Office intercepts a package that leaks strange chemicals and rustles as if something inside is moving. The moment the inspector opens that package, it becomes the PCs’ Delta Green op.
A Stitch in Time | Redacted Records II by Cubicle 7
- SYSTEM: Doctor Who RPG (Second Edition)/Warhammer 40K - Wrath & Glory RPG
- PRODUCT TYPE: hardcover supplements
- RETAIL PRICE: $34.99 each
- DESCRIPTION: A Stitch in Time provides a complete series of ten episodes from an alien incursion at a holiday camp in England to a secret after-hours sale at the galaxy’s largest department store. Each adventure builds to an epic finale that connects them all. Can be played in any order (except the explosive series finale), each offering potential sequels and continuations for an even more expansive campaign as the PCs strive to save the planet Nhein. Redacted Records II includes eight fervent new archetypes like the Adeptus Mechanicus and Adeptus Sororitas, powerful holy relics, hallowed locations, and a host of new Talents. Also has rules for generating unique ancient items of myriad forms and functions, a collection of sacred Shrines across the Gilead System each with a built-in adventure and a mysterious secret, Patrons for the Ecclesiarchy and Adeptus Mechanicus, Expanded Ascension Packages, and blessed Wargear.
Savage Gladiators by Arion Games
- SYSTEM: Savage Worlds
- PRODUCT TYPE: hardcover supplement
- RETAIL PRICE: $31
- DESCRIPTION: contains everything you need to run a campaign set against the backdrop of the Roman Empire and can be run as a historical or alt-historical setting. Can the PCs survive the arena? PC gladiators start from humble beginnings, survive the battles inside and outside the arena, build their legend, and strive to become the greatest gladiators in the Empire, Inside: Edges and Hindrances, gladiator creation, rules for arena battles, gladiator weapons and armor, ludus design and development, campaign rules, a Plot Point campaign, detailed setting information, and statistics for standard arena enemies.
Story of the Seasons Adventure & Sourcebook by Renegade Games Studios
- SYSTEM: My Little Pony RPG
- PRODUCT TYPE: hardcover supplement
- RETAIL PRICE: $45
- DESCRIPTION: A multitude of contests, parties, festivals, and fairs take place with the turn of each season. There are fun new adventures and exciting festivals to take part in for the PC Ponies of Ponyville. PCs not only attend but also run and organize events. Includes: four seasonal adventures set throughout the year in Ponyville that incorporate the passage of time, 12 additional seeds of further stories, the Griffon Origin, rules for downtime between adventures, details on all known festivals in Equestria, a gazetteer of Ponyville’s most exciting locations, and advice on creating Equestrian holidays and adapting personally meaningful holidays into the setting.
