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I. A Glimpse from the Editor
Greetings, Dungeon Delvers!
Tis the month of May; a majestic time of springtime frolic, and sunlit scenery. And boy how I’ve been getting my fill. Garage sales, friendly outings, and even the May Day parade! … Time to open the windows and clear out the stale air. The ad-hoc tales of the thief, sage, and paladin also take a walk in the breeze today.
Speaking of May Day parade, I’m delighted to show you this video of the Minneapolis May Day Parade from just a couple days ago!
Here is a quick world-building prompt, my friends:
“What kind of parades, celebrations, or festivals take place in your world? What manner of cultures come together to celebrate? How are they clothed? What kind of colorful costumes? What contraptions, vehicles, floats, or other large structures make up this celebration?"
Also, a fun tidbit:
I will be working for Envoy as a demo game master for Darrington Press’s “Daggerheart” at GenCon 2025!
If you’re attending Gen Con this year, there’s a chance you can catch me running games. Of course, they wont have me listed on the site, but if you’re interested in a demo from one of the esteemed GMs, you can sign up here.
Onward to the newsletter!
III. Looting The Room
RPG Sales and Deals
A new bundle had dropped from Paizo! The Pathfinder 2E: Asian Fantasy Bundle, a collection 43 items filled with adventure and magic, raising funds to help Stop AAPI Hate!
$691$50Beware of whats lurking in the dark! 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$32.98Bundle of Holding is hosting a bunch of Traveller TTRPG products for a great deal if you’re seeking high space, high crunch!
Expiring soon:
[2 DAY LEFT] Granted a one week extension! Map Making MEGA Bundle is a huge collection at a massive discount. Perfect for YOUR map-making needs! Grab it quick!
$1,373$35[3 DAYS LEFT] Over on Warehouse32, a series of Steve Jackson Games are discounted in celebration of Space Day! … Munchkins, GURPS, and more.
Free Stuff:
There’s a funky free game called Drawing Monsters by Moth Herald where you draw monstrous creatures on index cards with rolled drawing restrictions, and then trade them!
IV. Markings on the Wall
Latest rumors, discoveries, and puzzling finds in the RPG world and beyond!
NEW Game Jam is Open!
Build a Better World TTRPG Jam - In a time of bleak tidings, the world could use more powerful ideas! Organized by The Lost Bay Studio discord server, the game jam is open for all systems and kinds of games, and last through the summer solstice! … Also, subscribe to for updates on the game jam!
NEW Crowdfunding Projects
Slay to Win - NerdBurger Games presents a fantasy monster-fighting roleplaying card game that is fast paced, competitive, easy to learn, and highly replayable. Become the greatest monster hunter in the kingdom!
Knock! magazine #5 - The OSR RPG bric-a-brac started crowdfunding their long awaited fifth issue, 200+ pages of tabletop resource and mastery goodness!
TTRPG News and Finds
Its only part-way through the year, but the writers over at Polygon has put out a list of the best new TTRPG books of 2025 thus far. Lots of great games on this list!!
Interested in the haunted fantasy setting of Symbaroum, but anxious about leaving 5e? Free League Publishing has partnered with DnD Beyond to bring us Ruins of Symbaroum: Setting Handbook.
For our virtual RPGers, back in 2024, Roll20 acquired the Demiplane virtual tabletop platform. The new Roll20 Demiplane integration beta is now live! Enjoy cross-platform sync, subscription sharing, character integration, and much more!
Two Little Mice won big at the ENNIEs last year with the action movie RPG, Outgunned. This month, they’re offering Outgunned Adventure, their Indiana Jones style genre book, for pre-order. Release is May 29th.
R. Talsorian Games gave the Bell of Lost Souls a sneak peak at a supplement for Cyberpunk RED that will introduce 23 new martial art styles in ‘Interface RED Vol 4.’ .
Theory and Design Advice
Trying to design a mystery, but need help? Consider the Literary Mercenary’s advice about starting from the middle of the onion.
Doors! They take us places. From chamber to chamber. gives us a TTRPG analysis on doors along with a d100 table for… you guessed it… doors!
Over on , the word is dynamic sandboxes, and how to plan a world with key series of events that continue on their journey through time even if the party isn’t present. Your world has to live on its own, y’know!
A Maniacs Insight (Where I quote an adjacent Substack blog)
I have told a lot of this anecdote before when I was explaining why resource management makes players interact with the game world more. But today I am broaching a different topic - the very nature of AD&D and, arguably, old school games.
I am far from the first to point out this fact, but old school RPGs are resource management games. Indeed, they are much more resource management games than they are war games.
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