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I. Foreward
Swirls of darkness and deep color consumed their thoughts. A deep feeling came over each of a never-ending fall, with visions of watchers around a table staring into them. The mysterious silouetes cackled, argued, and cheered as if their very lives had been like a grand play for some divine entertainment.
A thunderous boom of something massive striking the ground, as if tumbling into their souls; they could feel the direction of their fate becoming dictated by the toss of these strange elder gods.
The moment the sounds of the tumbling ceased, eyes sprung open!
In the dark cavern, washed up upon the shores of a subterranean lake, debris of stone, wood, and destroyed books lying about them, the thief, paladin, and sage looked about. ... Someone was perched upon a rock looking down upon them, with a wide toothy grin.
Hello, friends.
This past week has been an absolute rush, and a joy to experience Gen Con 2025! Being one of the world's most enigmatic hobby gaming conventions, a vast wonderland of games, publishers, goodies, panels, shows, and hobby gaming celebration, I have returned to bring you some of the biggest developments over this past week!
First, I want to thank my fellow compatriots who volunteered with me through Envoy/Double Exposure; a troupe on a mission of game mastering and improv performance, to bring the fires of inspiration and epic scenery to the table. I also want to thank those who I've had the pleasure to meet at Darrington Press during our marathons of 45-minute demos of Daggerheart RPG’s quickstart adventure. I've made quite a number of friends this year, and hope we continue to cross paths in the future!
20 demos, 20 hours, 20 sessions of Daggerheart, and about 100 players at each table!
You'd think I'd be completely over it by now, but I'm already looking at hosting games of Daggerheart at upcoming conventions in the Twin Cities area (2D Con is incoming!). The fact is, I might have fallen in love with this system. .... just a little bit. It is truly a culmination of great ideas and mechanics pulled together to create something unique.
There are too many things to cover in one issue, so I’ll sum what I can, and may issue a 0.5 issue in a few days if I dont cover everything! … Lets dive in!!
II. Markings on the Wall
Latest rumors, discoveries, and puzzling finds in the RPG world and beyond!
TTRPG News and Finds - Gen Con 2025 Edition!!
Wow! The moment it was announced, it was everywhere! Brendan Lee Mulligan is tapped to be the next game master of Critical Role for Campaign 4 - Polygon reports.
In the Daggerheart side of things, plenty of developments to report:
Chris Perkins and Jeremy Crawford reveal a new Kickstarter for Daggerheart Class Packs, so YOU can pick the cards relevant to your character!
It was expected, but now speculated that Daggerheart may be getting its own version of the Blood Hunter, Matt Mercers past DnD creation!
The 2025 ENnie Award Winners have been announced!
Triangle Agency, Mythic Bastionland (), Grimwild, The One Ring: Moria, Mothership, Cthulhu Ireland, Monty Python RPG amongst the list of winners!
The Cypher System has gotten a glow-up for this year! Monte Cook announces the new Evolved Edition for the popular setting-agnostic RPG system!
Zelda, Final Fantasy, and Studio Ghibli-inspired games are enjoying a wave of interest this year! - Wargamer reports:
Free League throws their own into the ring and reveals Twilight Sword! (also with giant buff penguins!)
Speaking of swords and animated vibes, one of Japans most popular RPGs - Sword World RPG by GroupSNE - (which crushed DnD over there) is finally coming to the westward!
With Kickstarter launching late 2025, Glass Cannon Unplugged has licensed with Blizzard to bring us one of the most popular PC gaming franchises brought to tabletop, the Diablo TTRPG!
In the opposite direction, Paizo’s space opera game Starfinder is getting its own videogame: Starfinder: Afterlight!
Itch.io, having been hit with sanctions by payment processors due to an Australian “Anti-P**n” groups campaign, has re-indexed many of the free games, but has not established a payment processor which condones the sale of NSFW or graphic materials.
Creators behind Vampire: the Masquerade, Werewolf, Mage, and others,… White Wolf … has denied the use of generative AI in its materials, RascalNews reports
Today, I highlight an RPG.net forum post that caught my interest. The subject: Is there a such thing as dead RPGs?
»»»MORE news, GM advice, and resources coming in the 31.5 issue this week!«««
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IV. Looting the Room
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