Skip to main content

Happy International Tabletop Day!


Today, April 5th, has been proclaimed an international tabletop day. This project, started by Geek and Sundry, is now in its' second year. It's one of the major tabletop RPG days where you could get free stuff.

Besides game days (check the website for today's tabletop game days - in Croatia, you'll find them in Zagreb, Rijeka and Lovran), there are several seriously awesome promotions that are being currently run by DriveThruRPG - if you're into buying tabletop games, they could save you some serious bucks.

First and foremost, there's a free bundle with over $70 of books offered for free. The gem of this offer is certainly World of Darkness core book - while it describes the new World of Darkness (a slightly different setting and ruleset than the old WoD we typically play in in Croatia - see here for the rules we use for Vampire larps), it's a whole system in itself - and should you ever want to run a nWoD larp, nWoD larp rules are almost identical to tabletop ones. It requires supplements for playing other creatures, but rules for humans are available in the core book.

Regarding other interesting content in the bundle, larp-wise you'll find the Obsidian larp quickstart rules - with a post-apocalyptic hellish setting. I'm not really a fan of those rules - besides a huge list of everything, explanations are fairly minimal and they remind me of the 90's Mind's Eye Theatre rules. Besides the larp and larp-related stuff, the bundle contains some cool (and typically paid-for) stuff including Dragons of Faerûn, Progenitor and Scarred Lands Campaign Setting: Termana. Seriously, get that bundle now. While you'd probably not buy all these books yourselves, getting all of this for free is a no-brainer if you're a role-player. There's plenty of quality gaming materials (or at least inspirational if you're not running any of it) in there.

Besides that free bundle of books, there's some top of the line material on sale (Dungeon Crawl Classics, 13th Age, Numenera, Hero Kids Fantasy RPG and Solomon Kane), costing a fraction of its' regular price.

This deal lasts for only a few days so get it while it's hot - DriveThruRPG had some difficulties lately due to high load, but as long as you order it it will remain in your library for later downloads.
Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

The 15 rules of larp

The following 15 rules (warning: strong language) were written some years ago in Great Britain, and have been pretty much generally accepted on the British larp scene. Especially popular is rule 7 - widely known by its number and commonly considered to be the most imortant rule of all (and I agree). Even the biggest British larp forum has taken Rule7 as its name. The rules have been originally created by the Drunken Monkeys and edited by Rick Wynne who added some extra stuff in the explanations to make them more understandable to international audience (it still contains some British larp lingo though), more work-safe and to throw in his two cents. (copy of the original wording is available here ) 1. Don’t play a mighty warrior; play a warrior and be mighty. Don’t label your character. As soon as you say that you are the best swordsman in the land someone will come along and kick your ass. Just get into the mindset of the person and role-play it out. 2. No one cares about you...
6 comments
Read more

LARPs: The Series interview

One of the most expected new projects in the English-speaking larp world has been the recently announced webseries, called simply "LARPs: The Series". It's not hard to understand why - the "Episode 0" they released has shown a pretty good portrayal of several fantasy larping elements. If you're wondering at the release date of the series, the answer is... today! Episodes 1 and 2 have been released a couple of hours ago, and you'll find them below in the article (and also on the project's website and youtube channel  - the entire first season will be released in the next couple of weeks). However, I had the opportunity to interview several cast and crew members of LARPs: The Series about their project - Jon Verrall, the series writer (who also plays Evan, the GM in the series), and the actors Scott Humphrey (Will), Elizabeth Neale (Shane), Jonathan Silver (Arthur) and Charlotte Rogers (Brittany). This is their story, of how this series came to b...
Post a Comment
Read more

Interview with Michael A Ventrella, Alliance larp

I've covered non-Croatian stuff on this blog before. Drachenfest, Mythodea, news from the regional larp scene (Serbia, Hungary, Slovenia), Nordic larp theories, Petra's interview with Claus Raasted, etc. Today we're having an interview with Michael A Ventrella, who's one of the people who basically invented American larp (which is not SCA or a battlegame group). Personally, I'm fascinated by just hearing all the different viewpoints and experiences. Anyways, there are really few people who've either been into larp as long as Michael or worked as hard making larp happen. An experienced role-player and GM and one of the founders of NERO, Michael is the owner of Alliance larp (formerly NERO Alliance), probably the largest group which split from NERO and one of the most significant USA larps. He's got lots of information and tips to share, so here it goes. 1. Thank you for your time! Could you tell us a bit about yourself and Alliance larp? I was one ...
1 comment
Read more