The Gaming Shelf Embraces the Violence of Gubat Banwa
Yes, we’re all recovering from some con or anotther, but don’t let your guard down yet, dice warrior. Essen Speil awarded Dorfromantik: The Board Game (adapted from the video game of the same name) game of the year. We’ve also got Candela Obscura (from Critical Role) coming out in November, and even more games to look forward to.
I’d also like to highlight Gubat Banwa, a tactics-heavy game that derives inspiration from Southeast Asian folklore and history. You play as Kadungganan—warriors who are “larger than life itself” as you fight through enemies, heartbreak, and fate. It’s a genuinely incredible game that is unlike any other TTRPG out there.
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Recently Released: Dolly, We Bought a Dream House, Detect or Die, hook, line, & cyber, What’s Popping Fellow Kids, Constellation, We the Shambling Ones, The Lost Hammer of Stonefront, Fearsome Wildnerness, The Lost Bay, Elements of Procedure, VKiller, Cloud Empress, Mutants in the Next, Death Sentence
You are a group of Dollys in a pinktastic plastic world who bought a Dolly Dream House to move in there together... Dolly, We Bought a Dream House is a GM-less one-shot story game for 2-6 players. It needs zero prep and is perfect for one-shots and great for adults and kids alike. Just gather some dice, get something to write/draw, open the zine/PDF and start playing!
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Death Sentence is a horror TTRPG for tense one-shots in the vein of the best slasher movies. In it, roleplay and *rollplay* are seamlessly integrated for cinematic pacing and heart-pounding action! The action resolution system is simple: roll a bunch of d6s and count your successes.
Currently Crowdfunding: Gubat Banwa, Lovecraftesque, Outsiders, Modern Fantasy, Backwards, Fablemaker’s Deck of Many Things, Doomsong, Strike Force Omega, Dungeon Date Delves, The Crooked Moon, Cocaine Owlbear
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Seriously, Let’s Play - the community-building actual play where Artists, Creators, Actors, and Fans come together for the love of the hobby! This year, we’re coming back bigger and better than ever, meaning we’re focusing on some fresh indie games, and, we are going to be doing our IGDN Charity Stream that last year raised over 1-thousand dollars for marginalized creators in the TTRPG space.
Saturdays at 2pm for the next two-three months.
A D&D 5e campaign focused on combining classic dungeon crawls with cosmic horror. Several story lines intertwine as a party explores the dungeons of Tales From the Yawning Portal while unspeakable horrors claw their way in from outside.
The Tales of Initiative Twitch channel, every Monday at 4pm Eastern Time.
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The VOD is on Youtube right now!
A Pathfinder 1E podcast adapting the classic Savage Tide AP from D&D 3.5. Gritty and realistic, the party is hunting down demon servants of Demogorgon who is intent on corrupting the world.
Every podcast platform; Spotify, Apple Podcast, Google, etc.
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