A Traveller adventure for special war fighters arrives along with adventures for Mothership, Vast Grimm (alongside a solo rules supplement), Dungeons & Dragons, and Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG. Two new animal RPGs with very different takes include Garbage & Glory and RiverBank. D&D also gets a supplement supporting druids and rangers as well as an African monsters book.
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The Riverland by Mongoose Publishing
SYSTEM: Traveller
PRODUCT TYPE: hardcover supplement
RETAIL PRICE: $49.99
DESCRIPTION: The PC Travellers are Zhodani special war fighters tasked with fostering rebellion and mayhem on the Spinward Main. The PCs embark on a covert mission of sabotage and propaganda which takes them from the wreckage of the Jewell Naval Base to Tureded where they join forces with insurgents. The Imperial Navy has been driven from the Jewell system, opening the way for the PC team of Zhodani-aligned intelligence to advance all across the Riverland Front.
Garbage & Glory by Wet Ink Games
Garbage & Glory – Card Decks
Garbage & Glory – Dice Set (10)
SYSTEM: +One
PRODUCT TYPE: softcover core rulebook/two card decks/10 dice
RETAIL PRICE: $35/$25/$15
DESCRIPTION: Armored in tin can armor and armed with a rubber band bow, the PC racoons explore the overlooked corners of the Land the Garbage they need and to earn the Glory they long for in Garbage & Glory. The PCs negotiate with other creatures, search dark and lonely places, and negotiate the ever-looming threat of discovery by the huge Ogres, who jealously guard all the best junk. Rules use standard six-sided dice and two decks of playing cards. PCs choose from eight callings like the Junk Composer and Trash Smasher. Includes 25 Threats such as the Rat Bandit and Goose Dragon along with three adventures. Garbage & Glory – Card Decks comes with two decks of playing cards packed that can be used with the Garbage & Glory RPG or used as standard playing cards. Also has two +One system reference cards. The Garbage & Glory – Dice Set includes 10 engraved 16mm racoon dice, that can also be used as standard six-sided dice as well.
OMENDROME by Alewood Games
SYSTEM: Mothership using ARKYVR
PRODUCT TYPE: softcover adventure
RETAIL PRICE: $18
DESCRIPTION: OMENDROME is a pirate shock-TV station that broadcasts the worst the universe has to offer and their audience is growing. Operating in secret and outside of the law, they need freelance filmmakers like the PCs who are willing to risk health and sanity to capture the best worst footage of humanity’s decaying existence. The PCs follow their target and capture their awful exploits for a chance at grand viewership. Whether they manipulate the circumstances and become a real monster is up to them. Either way, the PCs take control of the narrative with a camera and shape the story any way they want. Includes: 14 mini-adventures, simplified ARKYVR rules, 100 Television Programs, and a TV station map.
Jaws of Madness by Creation Curation
Grimm Solitude
SYSTEM: Vast Grimm
PRODUCT TYPE: softcovers
RETAIL PRICE: $14.95 each
DESCRIPTION: In Jaws of Madness the PCs, part of the Legion, dive into the chaos of the cosmos. The Legion races to upgrade their starship, but the ruthless Cybersharks Space Raider faction is on their tail. The PCs must fight to protect their cargo, and if they survive they may uncover a crucial fragment of the mysterious Gate of Infinite Stars. Grimm Solitude is a rules supplement that introduces the LASER Solo Gameplay Loop to enable solo play. Solo mechanics include: abbreviated combat, space travel, and space combat. The solo player can play through a guided character creator or use the dice-drop setting and campaign generator to create adventures. Also includes eight enemies, two NPCs, and a d20 items table.
RiverBank by Kobold Press
SYSTEM: unique
PRODUCT TYPE: hardcover core rulebook
DESCRIPTION: PCs are reputable (or otherwise!) Animal friends residing in an idyllic English countryside setting filled with social adventures, escalating situations, and impending disaster with more than a few unexpected twists. PCs celebrate festivals, attend literary salons (for the hors d’oeuvres, if nothing else), and nurture (occasionally sabotage) relationships with one another and a cast of NPCs.
African Monsters by Legendary Games
SYSTEM: Dungeons & Dragons 2024 Edition
PRODUCT TYPE: softcover monster supplement
RETAIL PRICE: $29.99
DESCRIPTION: An array of monsters rarely from across African myth and legend. PCs can deal with minor menaces like the accursed irimu and the bizarre basket-headed isitwalangcengce and face titanic terrors like the sphinx colossus and earthquake-inducing isiququmadevu and the blood-hungry tyerkow. Includes undead, fiends, elementals, giants, monstrosities, and more supplemented by an entire appendix of beasts from familiar jackals and giraffes to the murderous songòmb, and deadly tsetse fly swarm. Creators include African authors, artists, and creative consultants.
Under Goblin Heist by Weird Works
SYSTEM: Dungeons & Dragons 2024 Edition and Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG
PRODUCT TYPE: hardcover adventure
RETAIL PRICE: $29
DESCRIPTION: An open sandbox adventure that rewards clever planning and careful actions. The PCs join the Grotty Jacknives, a group of expert sneak-gobs. Boss Soot tasks the PCs with stealing three magical artifacts from the horrible top-sider cabbage goblins. Includes six pre-generated PCs, magical items, stat blocks for every creature in the adventure, a d100 goblin trinket table for funky goblin junk, and two goblin meal recipes. For Dungeons & Dragons 2024 Edition there is a new species and background. For DCC options include a new class, a new spell called Pest Shape, and a unique goblin Critical Hits table.
Wardens of the Wild by Legendary Games
SYSTEM: Dungeons & Dragons 2024 Edition
PRODUCT TYPE: softcover supplement
RETAIL PRICE: $24.99
DESCRIPTION: Material for expanding the druid and ranger: 60 subclasses, druid circles, and feats. Alternate class features for the ranger include the Bonewalker, Unicorn Charger, and Hex Hunter specializing in Adaptive Tactics and Predator’s Precision. Druidic Circles include Dust, Winter, Crawling, and Savagery alongside feats like Bear Hug, Natural Magnetism, and Tree of Knowledge. Covers nearly 200 new spells, magic items, backgrounds, wilderness gear, and more to equip PCs of any class to survive and thrive as a Forest Outlaw, Bounty Hunter, or Desert Nomad. Magic items include the staff of amber, map of the trailblazer, great bear sledge, and redflame trollblade and other magic includes primal magics like fog of war, camouflage cloak, fey crossroads, and avatar of the wild. Also covers evil druids, with roleplaying advice, villainous plots, and cruel cultic options like Circle of Rot and Primal Terror.
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