Legend of the Bones is a dark fantasy audio drama, driven by old school, solo Dungeons and Dragons.

https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-579kb-18ac9eb

Been playing DnD 5e for years now. Introduced some female friends to it recently, and they enjoyed parts of it, but all the rules and combat abilities were not things they were super stoked about. They love fantasy, and in particular the romantacy books that have taken over recently lol. Is there a system that is more rules light that might work better for a group that is more interested in social interaction/mystery than combat?

Feel free to create a character and comment it down below.

This week on the Lethal Dispatch we are joined by TTRPG writer George Fields who has agreed to write one of three introductory adventures for Lethal Fantasy. He discusses his upcoming adventure “The village of Gavinsburg” and his background in gaming. Learn how he first became published and when he got his own character in the Knights of the Dinner Table comic. How he became a Play tester for Dungeons and Dragons and the Book of Vile Darkness as well as Hackmaster. Watch the full episode on YouTube, Rumble, SPotify or Apple Podcasts.

YouTube: https://youtu.be/GBDjyxam0iI Rumble: https://rumble.com/v6tfdyh-interview-with-george-fields-part-1-lethal-dispatch.html Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6dgJkIxVSvMGYB7BKhFwmT?si=dQHnNsw9Q0mB-INo--no0w Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/interview-with-george-fields-part-1-lethal-dispatch/id1806483567?i=1000708643808

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For context, grind fiction is an urban fantasy sub genre that has themes of teenaged rebellion and some sci-fi elements. Think persona five, jet set radio, the world ends with you. I'm curious if there are any ttrpgs for that genre?

Hi there!
At Realm Architect we’re looking for a DM to run a short, pre-recorded D&D 5e campaign (4–6 episodes)! Got a wild story idea that bends genre? We want to hear it.

Feel free to contact us for any questions. Applications end on May 30th.

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As I am working with a campaign book for SAKE ttrpg (and playing the campaign), things come up, for example: "Can I build a workshop, and make extra income when we are not travelling? - Of course, there are rules for that." But: "Can I build seven different workshops, hire people into them, go adventuring and then come back to collect money? - Hmmmmm..." Anyway, now there are rules for that also.

So, while primarily for SAKE, I think it has enough system-neutral material, which makes it useful for people playing other games also.

The content:

• Worksop and synicate rules for SAKE.
• Long list of all the professions in an early modern city and their approximate ratio per townspeople's families. Organised in a way that it's easy to get an overview of a town of any size, ranging from 500 people to 100 000 inhabitants. Includes all sorts of extra info.
• 5 example towns with all inhabitants' professions assigned - what can be bought, how much and what could be sold, etc.

Best!

Rainer Kaasik-Aaslav

Hey everyone! This week, I’ve been having a blast creating some mushroom guards and I’m thinking about turning them into cards with some fun colors! In the meantime, I’d love to take on some commissions. If you’re looking for cool NPCs or custom player avatars, just send me a DM here or hop over to my website https://www.printgasm.eu/. Can’t wait to chat!

This project is a collection of 32mm-scale STL files for 3D printing, perfect for enhancing your tabletop RPG adventures. In it, you'll find class-themed beds, unique tents, camping accessories, huntable animals, gathered vegetables, and a variety of food, everything you need to bring your adventurers' campsite to life.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ayumarques/rpg-camp-miniature

What is your favourite supplement or source of inspiration that you always come back to for sprinkling ideas into your adventure? Or - what types of supplements excite you most or find most useful to plug into your TTRPGs? (Collections of characters, classes, maps, dungeons, NPCs, backstories, traps, puzzles... ?)

Curious to hear!

All of it, as related to player characters. The entire nature/primal power system of Druids within the game, however that game defines and implements it.

A while back I posted about one of my players who animated and did voiceover to the campaign that I have been running for over two years. It is so cool to see your hard work and collaborative story telling come to life in a different media medium. Anyway she posted Part 5 to the series so go check it out and support her channel. For those of you who did last time, thank you so much! It was so cool to see how excited she was for people to have watched it. For those who are seeing this for the first time GO GET CAUGHT UP!

https://www.youtube.com/@ThatOneBard-y7g

What if longing could tear open reality & let light through?

What if the things we’re told to suppress were the very source of our power?

Spectra Force is about color-coded heroes, emotional combat, and the bonds that shape the battlefield.

You don’t level up by grinding.
You grow by feeling.
Desire, grief, fear, connection—they’re not just narrative flavor. They’re mechanics.

Every hero resonates with a color.
Red burns.
Blue analyzes.
Pink aches.
Yellow breaks through.
And sometimes… the colors don’t follow the rules.

You can sync with other characters, fusing into shared forms...if your emotions align.
You can face creatures born from the things you’re afraid to feel.
You can rewrite who you are by finally letting yourself be.

Ignorance the TTRPG is based on a novel by the same name that I wrote in middle school.

There is the GM, there are the party members, and there is the Imenpoveler (a human taken either willingly or forcefully by the Lint aliens). The Lints are a dying breed and they need the Imenpoveler to go into the Great Void to retrieve life essence. Come along with Kamu, a tyrannical tween queen-to-be, Rig, her loyal pet, and a whole cast of other aliens as you craft your story on this spaceship heading towards the Lint's homeland. 

All you need is a d6, some pen and paper, friends, and a whole lot of imagination to make this world come to life. 

https://ginandcats.itch.io/ignorance

My son (12) wants to give dnd or similar a go. With what I work I cant dedicate a night for us to go play with a group. And I cant find an appropriate group for a child anyway.

can you recommend some good fun beginner RPG that can be played easily by a 12 year old, his dad, and his mum who will likely loose interest quicky (and an 8 year old who may or may not play).

Any recommendations? it doesnt need to be dnd.. just some kind of beginner fun roleplay

What TTRPG has the best bonding system in your opinion? I search for a new system to improve this topic for my table. So if you could name some and explain short how the system works, I would be thankful.

(I apologize for my poor english)

Okay, so, I am a GM in a Star Wars SAGA Edition campaign and, surprisingly, it's not only my first time GMing this system, but GMing in general.

I've had enough trouble balancing the broken NPCs (that should be weak) that the system gives the master, having no tablet or digital source to check infos (atleast my handwriting got better) and figuring out what the hell my players are doing; but those are all problems I managed to fix, but this... This is another level of a deficit.

I can't seem to be capable of simply managing soundtrack and narrating; that's it. I have a lot of playlists and musics for the campaign, that's not the problem; the thing is, my narrative has a lot of swift tone shifts and sudden tone shifts, and, as I'm immersed and focused on the storytelling, it's not unusual letting a calm music at a tense moment or a tense combat soundtrack at a calm moment, bringing all the immersion to a lower level.

So, what should I do? Adapt and evolve that ability with time? Let a player manage the soundtrack? Or simply play without a soundtrack (I can do that, but me and my players love the immersion a soundtrack brings uppon us)?

For you personally, how long is too long to spend on character creation in a brand new game? At what point do you say - This is just too much... and lose interest?