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You can now grab the Jewel-Delvers of Nagor Kadir 128-page Playtest version over on DriveThruRPG. It’s in two formats: PWYW Digital PDF and Premium Colour Hardcover. Get it NOW at DTRPG! We’ve got a couple of videos up on YouTube that will help explain the game and some play exmaples: Get it NOW at DTRPG!

Hi all, I’m super happy to be contributing to the Dungeonrunner Fantasy Solitaire Kickstarter campaign with some add-ons! Thanks so much to James Eishart at Powercell Games. We’d really appreciate your support or a share! Stand-Alone printable PDF decks for the Dungeonrunner Fantasy Solitaire card game!You DO NOT need previous PDF decks to play! Dungeonrunner is a solitaire card game inspired…

The Lichseed Trilogy is a connected series of high-stakes 5e adventures steeped in horror, mystery, and cosmic dread. On this project, I worked with the excellent Yoav Niv at NiStar Entertainment handling both layout and cartography duties! Layout evoking the early 80s with 5E rules! Old and new harmonise! There are two ways of backing the project: Kickstarter or Backerkit! Choose your…

Monolith has just launched their latest RPG, Mythic Battles: The Roleplaying Game, following on from the great success of their Conan: The Hyborean Age RPG. It’s sitting over on Gamefound. https://gamefound.com/en/projects/monolith-board-games-sarl/mythic-battles—the-roleplaying-game I had the pleasure of working with Chris ‘Shep’ Shepperson on the cartography for the project (not the…

I’m incredibly pleased to announce that since its original planned release date back in 2022, and the help and assistance of Morgan Lean at Epiphany Entertainment, that Lost Shrine of the Necrophidian is officially released for Beyond the Black Sea (A Darkstars Universe product) The high priest of a major temple explains that he is seeking to find the location of an ancient burial site of…

I’ve had the very great pleasure to work with Alchemical Press and its owner Paul Hoeffer on the layout of a number of their products. In particular, the Mice of Legend line which includes the Perils of Portal Lake campaign setting and adventures, in both OSRIC/1E/OSR and Shadowdark variants. Over on DriveThruRPG they also have OSE & 5E connversion guides. From the Alchemical Press…

Areas of Knowledge are the skill system for Jewel-Delvers of Nagor Kadir and the Scimitar System. The beauty is that anything that can be applied to a test, can be an area of knowledge. Here are some examples of areas of knowledge: Every time a test is required, and the player can use the area of knowledge, they get a reroll of 1 dice. If you gain the exact same named area of knowledge, it…

One of the objectives of the Scimiar System is for multi-genre play— Whilst Jewel-Delvers of Nagor Kadir focuses on technology based in a medieval fantasy world, it introduces Ghostgates allowing travel between worlds and time. We wanted the Scimitar System to support play across multiple genres where characters from a lower technology medieval fantasy world can pass into a high technology alien…

Ancestries There are 10 ancestries to play, each bringing its own strengths and weaknesses: Clan Raggad Dwarf These short and stocky humanoids are considered tall at 4-1/2 feet. They favour plaited beards and facial markings to distinguish their clan allegiances. They are usually dour and short tempered, but their demeanour changes when discussing mining, gold, ale, and stonework. Dwarves have…

+ + + PRESS RELEASE + + + MonkeyBlood Design & Publishing are pleased to announce that Hansor Publishing’s amazing cyberpunk/sci-fi RPG, The Gaia Complex, as well as its supporting products, are now available on the MonkeyBlood webstore! What Is The Gaia Complex? The Gaia Complex is a cyberpunk RPG set on earth in 2119. At the end of the 21st century, the third world war, known as the Resource…

Hello Everyone, We hope you are all doing well. The Ryecroft Kickstarter is into the last few days of the campaign and it’s not too late to pledge. We are already funded and have pulled out all the stops to get this product printed and out to backers as soon as humanly possible. For our loyal US customers: We don’t produce books in China, so you don’t need to worry about getting stung on high…

We are having a HUGE 25% OFF sale on loads of physical titles on the webstore!Sale ends when the Ryecroft Kickstarter ends (26th April 2025) Use code: ryecroft25mania A Selection of Must Have Webstore Products… We have got some great products in the webstore worthy of your attention. Recommended products MASSIVE Webstore 25% Off April 2024 Sale 1 2 3 … 29 Next Page