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I. Prologue of the Sage
Hours to days, days to weeks. A scholars tunnel-vision, scavenging countless papers, old manuscripts, fragile parchment, and horribly transcribed scrolls.
The resting place of the ancient King of Fools had been considered lost. The sage believed different, and now... knows different.
The final evidence of the tombs whereabouts in hand, a moment of youth surge through the sage, a dance followed by a painful pulling of back muscles. Crouching over the desk, the souvenir tankard from the Lazy Flea Tavern catches their vision. Taking a deep breath, they straighten, a series of loud cracks from their spine.
The next challenge arrives; convincing their friends, the paladin and the thief. During this time of disorder, the sage would need to entice them with promises of treasure. Even if it is mostly a lie...
Its another Tuesday, and another Dungeon Delve, my friends! … And I have some new content of my own to show off today:
II. NEW ChaoticanWriter Content
By Matthew A Olson on Apr 26, 2025
A fantasy TTRPG encounter table perfect for city-based environments and situations! Also, a downloadable PDF version is available! … The post d100 City Encounters and Urban Sidequests appeared first on Chaotican Writer.
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III. Looting The Room
RPG Sales and Deals
Stay one step ahead of the xenomorph! ALIEN: The Roleplaying Game cross-platform bundle is on sale for less than half the price. Everything you need to play in-person or online!
$84.97$32.98Looking for cyberpunk or modern maps for your game? Wendigo Workshop has a discounted bundle of Neon City Maps!
$14.75$12.54This setting creation guide is still hot! Mythmere Games’s Tome of Worldbuilding is system-neutral, and perfect for any fantasy tabletop game.
$25$19.99
Expiring soon:
[2 DAY LEFT] The Map Making MEGA Bundle is a huge collection at a massive discount. Perfect for YOUR map-making needs!
$1,373$35[3 DAYS LEFT] The TTRPGs for Trans Rights Bundle is a collection of 450+ games to support the fight against anti-trans legislation in Ohio. $5
Free Stuff:
We mentioned this last week, but we’re big fans of Heroes of Might and Magic! Modiphius is releasing a TTRPG on this beloved video game series, and has dropped a free quickstart guide!
Random generators are always a blast! This classic dungeon generator by Nocturnal Peacock called Roll 4 Ruin is a free PDF for building out TTRPG dungeons for your campaign!
IV. Markings on the Wall
Latest rumors, discoveries, and puzzling finds in the RPG world and beyond!
NEW Crowdfunding Projects
Start the Fire: A Digital TTRPG Anthology - QuasiReal Publishing presents a rockstar cast of pissed off creators and a compilation of digital-only adventures, TTRPGs, playbooks, weird systems, and more!
Defy the Gods - HecticElectron presents a queer sword and sorcery RPG with tyrant gods and defiant mortals in a fantasy ancient Mesopotamia. Win people’s hearts, give your own, and stand defiantly against the world’s powers.
TTRPG News and Finds
The latest from Rascal News reports that Hasbro’s “cautious” approach to tariffs depends on more licensed Magic: The Gathering and potential layoffs. Less TTRPG, more Final Fantasy MTG.
The makers of Nimble, a fast and tactical TTRPG, has opened up the door for creators and has offered up a Creators Kit and a third-party license!
A ton of buzz around the new co-op fantasy tactical video game, SunderFolk, where your phone is the controller! Its just been released, and is available on Steam.
Another report about the recent tariffs, this one from TechRaptor: TTRPG Books Potentially Exempt From Tariffs.
What happens when you combine Mork Borg with Warhammer Fantasy? You get Black Powder and Brimstone, a grim-dark fantasy world of swashbuckling adventure and Gothic folk horror. From Free League Publishing.
Stay tuned. May is a new month, and a new wave of Itch.io jams is coming!
Theory and Design Advice
The RPG Gazette reflects on the history of oral storytelling in TTRPGs as Folk Art: Oral Storytelling in a Digital Age.
Are you a parent? Unable to get sleep? You and Prismatic Wasteland both. Imagine your young offspring in the depths. Imagine Babies in Dungeons.
If you have a set of dominoes, you can generate interesting dungeons! Onslaught Six presents Dominoes Dungeons.
Old School Renaissance (OSR) has a storied history. Traverse Fantasy has compiled Keystones, a list of essential blog posts from 2006 to today that assisted in the development of the OSR.
A Maniacs Insight (Where I quote an adjacent Substack blog) x2
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you probably have heard multiple times about the so-called “reciprocal tariffs” imposed by the current Trump administration on imports of almost every product, from all over the world, into the US. I could start a political rant, but I will try to restrain myself and keep the focus on facts and their expected impact on all “stakeholders” of the gaming industry – publishers, distributors, retailers and gamers.
The argument isn’t that systems are pointless, but rather that their importance can be significantly eclipsed by the human factors driving the game: the story being told, the people telling it, the bonds between them, and the very reason they gathered to play in the first place.
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