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Humble Bundle has 29 books from the Dying Earth RPG for 18$ and 20 books from the Battletech RPG for $18.
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Dolmenwood Adventure Collection Bundle (33% off). Emelda’s Song, The Fungus That Came To Blackswell, The Ruined Abbey of St Clewyd, and the classic Winter’s Daughter.
More Borg Special Combo Bundle (40% off). Tephrotic Nightmares, Portents of a Dying God, and Portents of a Degloved Hand.
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This Month at Questing Beast
I reviewed the new Mothership mega-supplement Wages of Sin! Also, I’m doing a giveaway of the deluxe version of the book plus the Megadamage zine to one lucky subscriber to this newsletter at the end of the month.
I reviewed A Familiar Tower, which has one of the best puzzle dungeon premises I’ve ever seen.
Finally, I gave a demonstration of how I am building an action-packed city adventure for the Deathbringer RPG.
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Reviews
Ten Foot Pole gives the best to three new adventures, The Mouth of Mentius, Barrow of the Five Kings, and The Master of Puppets. From the Mouth of Mentius review:
There is so much here to negotiate your way through, literally and figuratively. Sure, you can talk to some people. Other attack first and may take captives. In other areas we get to the figurative, with obstacles and scenes to pick your way through and find solutions, or those pseudo set-pieces, like the entrance octopus. Venus is trapped under the net of Hephaestus. Wanna talk with Jupiter and do something for him? Underwater sections. Circe. The Kraken. And man it all fits in well and doesn’t come across as just being tossed in out of nowhere.
If you can handle the techno influence of the space pirates then this one is a no f****** brainer.
Adventure Knights does an in depth look at my game Knave 2e.
Knave is probably the best game I’ve read in terms of just getting out of your way with the rules so that you can have more fun playing it right away, and yet it also doesn’t feel like it’s lacking anything . . . If you’re a new Dungeon Master and you’re looking for a game to run with new players, I 100% recommend Knave.
Valeria Loves: Why Didn’t Silent Titans Change the World?
I Cast Light!: SUN ROT: Inq28 And OD&D Kiss? and FINAL FOLK HORRORS: More Fun With Skirmish Gaming
Familiar Waves: Thoughts on Ultraviolet Grasslands
Playful Void: The Doom of the Dark
News and Gaming Culture
Some copies of The Dark Crystal RPG, which was out of print everywhere, have appeared on Amazon. From what I hear, it’s probably not going to be reprinted. I made a review of it here.
Save Vs Total Party Kill: Ramanan Sivaranjan Awards for Excellence in Gaming 2026
Whose Measure God Could Not Take: (Do Not Distribute) RPG discourse terms 2027-2032
DNR: “Do not review”. Initially an instruction by some game publishers that only certain kinds of people are “allowed” to publicly discuss the game, in analogy to DNI lists on social media sites like tumblr. Later a term adopted by those who polemically believe it’s impossible to critically review an RPG rulebook or adventure “even if you’ve run it many times.”
Luke Crane announces that Burning Wheel has gone out of print, due to the company running out of money.
Dungeon Masterpiece: Publishing Your Homebrew Is Easier Than You Think
Wargamer: $10 million stranded Pathfinder books may soon come home, as legal battle nears resolution
Sean McCoy announces that Mothership Month 2026 will not involve any crowdfunding, and will focus on play.
Every official Pathfinder book is now available on DriveThruRPG.
Wolfshield Games has a three part interview with Pete Fenlon, the founder of Iron Crown Enterprises, about the rise and fall of the company.
Theory and Advice
Mystic Arts: The Problem with the OSR
I Cast Light: THE OSR IS DEADLY: But Not Deadly Enough To Kill Long-term Play
OSR Rocks: Stuck in the Sandbox - And How to Break Free
Murkmail: Link, Leverage, Language and Abstraction in Adventure Design
Among Cats and Books: It ain’t blorb
Worldbuilding
The Nothic’s Eye: Crystal Castle, Part 2 (Firmament) and The Little Island That Iru Made
Rise Up Comus: B.U.R.G.L.A.R.s Part 2: Dungeon Zones and B.U.R.G.L.A.R.s Part 3: 10 Traps and B.U.R.G.L.A.R.s Part 4: Treasures
Throne of Salt: What do people know about the Mythos? Part 3
A Bestiary and Complete World Atlas: i have been trying to write some cities
Whose Measure God Could Not Take: d12 Yet Yet More Magic Items
Luke Gearing: Wizards
Goblin’s Henchman: D100 Medieval surnames that are now extinct or critically endangered for your (N)PC
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