Welcome to the Bundles, Freebies, and Sales News, the weekly column at EN World that helps make sure you don’t miss out on big tabletop RPG bundles, charity fundraisers, and sales from around the internet.
Freebies and Pay What You Want
Note: While “Pay What You Want” downloads are available for free, please support the creators if you are able!
The swashbuckling seafaring RPG 7th Sea has a new Quickstart with Long Live the Prince! which includes an all new introductory adventure, new pregenerated characters, and a guide on how to use the rules for the system.
- Price: Free
Modiphius has more from the wasteland with Fallout Miniatures: Invasion! Rules Pack for the roleplaying supplement for the Fallout Wasteland Warfare miniature wargame. Note: This is NOT for tie 2d20 System Fallout Roleplaying Game. This packet includes rules, AI cards, profiles, and faction cards for the Zetan aliens and the Unaligned Legends of Vault 76.
- Price: Free
Cult of the Lizard King has a new science fantasy OSR game with The Electrum Archive, a 26-page rulebook that places you on the world of Orn, a planet aliens called the Elders long ago abandoned but left behind magical ink that is used as currency and fuel for spells.
- Price: Free
With spooky season around the corner, it’s time to stock up on horror adventures. And where better to start than with the classic Call of Cthulhu with the adventure For Whom the Bells Toll No More from Borja Morrow. The rural town of San Maria de la Montaña recently refurbished its centuries-old monastery and uncovered a shocking secret in a long-forgotten crypt.
- Price: Pay What You Want (Suggested: $1.00)
Fox and Boar Games has a pretty high level adventure for Shadowdark with he 7th to 10th level The Crypt of Oblivion. This nine room dungeon is an homage to the classic “meatginder” tournament modules of the past featuring two new monsters and VTT-ready maps.
- Price: Pay What You Want (Suggested: $1.00)
Sam Mckay also has a Shadowdark adventure with The Ceaseless Tomb which has the 4th to 6th level adventurers encounter an ornate tomb on a carriage escorted by a procession of the undead that vanishes with the morning mists.
- Price: Pay What You Want (Suggested: $1.00)
If you like Shadowdark but want something a bit more heroic in feel, Herodark from Mythic Mountains RPG is an attempt to bring the same fast-paced old school feel to a more modern style heroic fantasy RPG.
- Price: Pay What You Want (Suggested: $1.00)
Notmuch_23 and ChoasAssassin released Starfinder Mission 2: Quite Eventful for 1st to 3rd level characters who are on Absalom Station for a large event that’s drawing many people, but a group seeks to disrupt it.
- Price: Pay What You Want (Suggested: $1.00)
Over on Dungeonmasters Guild, Thomas and Rachel Kolar are back with another Disney-inspired Domain of Dread with The Kingdom of Roses inspired by the 2023 film Wish.
- Price: Free
Maikel van Uden has a dungeon crawl adventure The Hungering Maze for a 5th to 7th level party to explore the labyrinth that lies beneath the silver-rich mining town Silberflut.
- Price: Pay What You Want (Suggested: $4.99)
On Storytellers Vault, Christos G. released Crimson Conflict, an alternate rules to streamline combat for Vampire: The Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition featuring revised maneuvers, actions, and a reworking of the Celerity Discipline to enhance (not replace) the combat system.
- Price: Pay What You Want (Suggested: $2.00)
There’s a new wine for the World of Darkness with Pooka G’s Dispatches from the Vault Issue 1 featuring articles covering Changeling: The Dreaming 20th Anniversary Edition, Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition, and Mage: The Awakening 2nd Edition.
- Price: Pay What You Want (Suggested: $1.00)
The first Lightning Round this week features gamemaster/DM resources like monsters, maps, random generators, one-page adventures, drop-in encounters, and more. All products are Free or pay what you want with the suggested price in parentheses.
The second Lightning Round features player resources like classes, subclasses, backgrounds, feats, races/species, and more. All products are Free or pay what you want with the suggested price in parentheses.
Bundles and Sales
Note: I have included end dates when listed for the following sales, but please be warned that those without published end dates may end suddenly so be sure to plan purchases accordingly.
EN Publishing has a couple of bundles on Bundle of Holding for Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition. These aren’t for charity, they’re just deep discounts on A5e titles starting with the Level Up! Bundle featuring all three core rulebooks – Adventurer’s Guide, Trials & Treasures, and Monstrous Menagerie – plus the introductory adventure Memories of Holdenshire and the Narrator’s Screen.
- Price: $24.95 (74% off)
- End Date: October 1, 2024
The second bundle is the Level Up Adventures Bundle featuring the Level Up Advanced 5th Edition Starter Box and Gate Pass Gazette Annuals 2022-2023 at the base level with the Bonus Collection adding on the Dungeon Delver’s Guide, Adventures in Zeitgeist, and the adventure path To Save a Kingdom.
- Price: $12.95 (75% off) with variable-cost Level Up option (heh)
- End Date: October 1, 2024
Chaosium has added the RuneQuest Starter Set to their Warehouse Sale going on right now. This sale also includes other titles from the RuneQuest line plus several adventures and sourcebooks for Call of Cthulhu including the Dark Ages 3rd Edition and Regency Cthulhu setting books and the classic Horror on the Orient Express two-volume adventure set.
- Price: 33% to 44% off
It’s Week 2 of the DriveThruRPG Setting Sale and this week is all about maps. Fantasy, contemporary, post-apocalyptic, science fiction, cyberpunk, and everything in between including some classic setting books like the original Forgotten Realms Campaign setting book, Cyberpunk RED Data Pack, Atlas of the Dragonlance World, and over 800 more titles on discount.
- Price: 25% off
If you’re looking for a good reference sheet for your Dungeons & Dragons games, the Combat Cheat Sheets Bundle for each of the different classes. More than just a character sheet, these spreadsheets are made specifically for quick reference and auto-calculates bonuses and other math-derived stats so you don’t have to.
- Price: $12.60 (40% off)
Charity Bundles and Sales
We have good news to report: After a long, hard-fought treatment, game designer Owen K.C. Stephens has confirmed HE IS CANCER-FREE! As you may recall, we’ve featured several charity bundles over the past months helping Owen with his medical bills, and this week is no different with The Beacons Are Lit Bundle from Echelon Game Design featuring over 150 products worth over $1200 with all the proceeds going to help Owen’s medical expenses.
- Price $29.99 (98% off)
- Charity: Owen K.C. Stephens Medical Expenses (all proceeds)
Itch.io has a huge bundle with the TTRPGs for Accessible Gaming Charity Bundle hosted by jesthehuman. This bundle features over $900 worth of TTRPG products and over 300 titles from 135 creators including Glitter Hearts, Five Year Mission, The Mystery Business, and so many other titles covering pretty much anything you could want in a TTRPG product.
- Price: $10.00 (98% off)
- Charity: DOTS RPG Project (all proceeds)
- End Date: October 20, 2024
The Hot Mutant Summer Bundle from the TTRPG Collective features 25 different RPG products including new D&D classes, full indie RPGs, adventures, and more all themed around radiation and mutations.
- Price: $5 minimum
- Charity: Rainbow Violence Prevention Network (83%)
- End Date: September 21, 2024
Over on Bundle of Holding, the Root Collection has everything you need to roleplay in the world of woodland warfare based on the popular board game. The bundle includes Root: The Roleplaying Game core rules, the sourcebook Travelers & Outsiders, the setting expansion Clearing Booklet, and four quickstart sets.
- Price: $14.95 (73% off)
- Charity: Direct Relief (10%
- End Date: September 26, 2024
Over on Humble Bundle, The Black Library is back with more Warhammer 40,000 novels just in time for the highly anticipated release of the video game Space Marines 2. This bundle features three levels up to a total of 24 titles with tales from all across the Imperium including Deathwatch by Steve Parker, Blood of Asaheim by Chris Wraight, the compilation Ultramarines, and many others.
- Price: $1/$10/$18 (94% off at top tier)
- Charity: EveryLibrary Institute (user-defined, default 5%)
- End Date: October 5, 2024
Renegade Game Studio and Humble have created the Transformers More than Meets the Eye Roleplaying Game Bundle which is a rare physical item bundle! The base tier features the introductory adventure A Beacon of Hope and a collection of bonus content, while the second tier adds on From Yesterday to Today, Catch a Falling Starscream, and Winner’s Cup adventures. The third tier is for you digital-only gamers who want to dive in as it has the Transforms RPG Core Rulebook, Field Guide to Action and Adventure sourcebook, and the adventures Deception Directive, Enigma of Combination, and The Time is Now. The top tier is where we get the physical rewards with the Decepticon dice set and dice bag, another official dice set, the Character Journal hardcover, and the Beacon of Hope GM screen. Note that shipping is not included and physical items can only be shipped to US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.
- Price: $1/$10/$18/$40
- Charity: Woldbuilders Inc (user-defined, default 5%)
- End Date: September 28, 2024
The Star Trek Adventures 1st Edition Collection from Modiphius has been extended! This megabundle features almost every published book for the first edition of the Star Trek RPG, all cross-compatible with the recently released Star Trek Adventures 2nd Edition. The first tier is a tease of the Starter Set and the introductory Lower Decks adventure Lurkers, but the second tier adds on both the standard and the Klingon Empire Core Rulebook, all three Division Supplements (Command, Sciences, and Operation), the Player’s Guide, both the Alpha Quadrant and Beta Quadrant sourcebooks and more. The top tier, however, includes every single book published for Star Trek Adventures so far including the Federation-Klingon War Tactical Campaign, Utopia Planitia Starfleet Sourcebook, crew packs and campaign guides for The Original Series, The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, The Animated Series, Enterprise, Discovery, Strange New Worlds, and Lower Decks, map tile sets, the Gamma Quadrant and Delta Quadrant sourcebooks, and the TTRPG exclusive campaign setting Shackleton Expanse.
- Price: $1/$15/$25 (94% off at top tier)
- Charity: Girls Who Code (user-defined, default 5%)
- End Date: September 21, 2024
The Lost Worlds of Gygax Bundle features a bunch of products from Troll Lord Games, Frog God Games, Necromancer Games, and more featuring the works of Gary Gygax, original co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons for a wide variety of systems including Castles & Crusades, D&D 3.5, 5e, and more. Some of these are by Gary himself, while others draw on his worlds, creators, and characters in one tribute to one of RPG’s biggest icons.
- Price: $5/$15/$25 (98% off at top tier)
- Charity: Navy Marine Corps Relief Society (user-defined, default 5%)
- End Date: September 19, 2024
While technically not RPG bundles, there’s a duo of fantasy novel bundles that may be of interest to fans of fantasy roleplay. The first is the Shannara series from Terry Brooks, highly reguarded as a classic of fantasy literature and this bundle features the entire series plus the spinoff Legends of Shannara and the guidebook The World of Shannara. And if you want to get caught up before the recently-announced Kickstarter for the RPG comes, we have a bundle from the master of satirical fantasy himself, Sir Terry Pratchett and Discworld. The bundle features 39 of the 41 books of the series giving you the only major issue of deciding where to start.
Note: Both of these bundles require redeeming the books via a Kobo account, which some have reported issues with the DRM on some ereaders. Also, the Discworld bundle is only available in the United States. No other country. No, VPNs won’t work. Trust me, people have tried.
- $1/$10/$18 Each
- Charity (Shannara): First Book (user-defined, default 5%)
- Charity (Discworld): Room to Read (user-defined, default 5%)
- End Date: September 19, 2024 (Shannara), September 20, 2024 (Discworld)
That’s all for this week! If you know of any bundles or sales starting soon, please contact me on the EN World Discord, tag me on Mastodon, or send me a message here on EN World. Discount percentages have been rounded to the nearest whole number and are based on the standard retail price provided by the site. Note: Links to Amazon, Humble Store, Humble Bundle, Fantasy Grounds, and/or DriveThruRPG may contain affiliate links with the proceeds going to the author of this column.
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