#DriveThru RPG

[dungeonofthedragon]

Voidwalkers: Free Copies

Community Copies are my favourite thing about Itch. DriveThru RPG doesn't have an equivalent, but I wanted to do something similar.

I have set up the below code to allow for 5 free copies of Voidwalkers to be redeemed. I will keep track and update this post accordingly when all copies have been claimed.

I'm allowing for 1 free copy per 2 sales (whether full price or using a non-free discount code.) So never fear if you miss out this time: there will be more of these posts with more free codes!

(feel free to share this around!)

#voidwalkers #community copies #drivethru rpg #pocketquest2024 #forged in the dark

[diet-poison]

Dunno who’s interested, but there’s an SCP tabletop RPG on Drivethru. Currently the Quickstart Rules are free here: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/426008/SCP-The-Tabletop-RPG-Quickstart-rules

The full game is also available through the publisher on DTRPG, but it’s $20

#SCP #ttrpg #SCP foundation #26 letter publishing #drivethru RPG #DTRPG

[soot-tales-of-tenebrous]

Exciting news! Soot: Tales of Tenebrous is now available in hardback & PDF exclusively from @DriveThruRPG !

Its a brand new system, perfect for roleplayers looking for stories of supernatural intrigue & noir investigation:

#indie ttrpg #noir tabletop game #rpg #soot #soot: tales of tenebrous #tabletop game #ttrpg #drivethru rpg

[fortheking16]

Gaming Sunday July 31, 2022

Gaming Sunday July 31, 2022

AS ALWAYS, CHECK PRICES BEFORE ORDERING as sales can end or prices change before I update them. Also, some sales only have so many items or keys available for purchase so the sale ends as soon as they run out of items or keys. None of the links below are affiliate links! Around 1,200 words long.  Gaming Sunday Week – will be linking to individual posts to keep this post as short as possible.…

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#Bundle of Holding #DriveThru RPG #Gaming #Gaming Sunday #Humble Bundle #Indiegogo #Kickstarter

[jennamoran]

it’s *really* not their fault---underlying print costs keep changing---but *dang* weird things happen to the costs of your print products on DriveThru if you go spend a few years monofocusing on writing.

*tweaks Chuubo’s prices somewhat, because having a product cost, what, $54.42? is just weird, plus the changes in print costs had made the PDF unfree when purchased with print copies*

The end result of the tweaks is that I’m making notably less on premium print + PDF than I am on just the PDF, but ... I don’t like print + PDF costing more than print, and I don’t like print costing more than $100 when the print cost is under $90, so there we have it! Eventually the print cost will rise past $90, it’s pretty close now, and I’ll jump the final cost to somewhere around backend cost + PDF margin.

#cmwge #indie rpg stuff #drivethru

[fireballandfailure]

Im also going through the 1991 version of Zanzer's Dungeon which also comes with a little rules book

And these things called Dragon Cards that explain the mechanics of the game to you, such as the standard classes.

There is a small problem regarding the card on armor class. But thats not on the Dragon Card, that's on me for not speaking french

#time to go get the rules cyclopedia off of rpg drivethru i guess #dnd #thank you mel if youre dad wants it back i will hand it over in a heart beat but first i might xerox everything

[neednothavehappenedtobetrue]

I want to spend money on more tablegames I'll never get to play, but I don't presently have the money to spend money on dumb shit.

but I want them.

#specifically I want masks #but it's $15 and I'm trying so hard not to spend money #listening to the Bluff City masks game now #when I go back to full time I'm going to treat myself to clearing out my DriveThru RPG wishlist

[theresattrpgforthat]

How do you know so many games to recommend? I feel like I’m always scrambling to find games on a certain topic, and itchio’s search function is tricky at best.

Hello friend! I have a few methods, and I think they all tie back to my pretty big obsession with games. Let's take a trip through my indie RPG journey, because this is kind of the result of approximately 5 years of interest.

DriveThru RPG

When I first got into TTRPGs, I didn't have a lot of money (let's be real, even right now I don't really have that much spending money) but I did have a little more time, so I combed the net for free tabletop games. I got acquainted with DriveThruRPG first, and I took everything I could that was free and put it into little folders on my computer. Since then I've realized that I can access my folders through the DriveThru App, so there's much less on my computer and more just waiting to be downloaded and perused.

I also get notifications from DriveThru about deals of the day, and occasionally I just browse the storefront to see if anything catches my eye. DriveThru's navigation system is not great either, but one of my friends does some of his own sifting and has directed me to some real gems. I learned about Pandora London, Swords of the Serpentine, and Savage Worlds this way.

Podcasts

I love TTRPG podcasts but I didn't want to listen to D&D podcasts. I found Fandible first, when I was looking for a play through of Changeling: The Lost. I walk to work and I also like to listen to podcasts when I clean my house, so I usually get through one episode a day. I usually look for podcasts that play in multiple systems, although you'll see a number of podcasts here that focus on just one non-D&D system. Here's a few that I recommend:

Fandible: Just a group of friends who love playing games together. All of them are GMs, and they all GM different games. Jesus is the most adventurous, and is constantly bringing new games to the table. I found Slugblaster, Numenera, and Unhallowed Metropolis through them!

Character Creation Cast: I started listening to CCC last year, thanks to a recommendation from a friend, but I fell in love quick. The hosts focus only on the character creation aspect of games, and they also spend time talking to other gamers about the parts of play that each guest feels is important. I found out about Descent into Midnight, Nova, and Blue Planet this way.

The Gauntlet Podcast: This Podcast no longer releases episodes but I learned so much about safe game play through this podcast. Once a month the hosts would sit down with guests and highlight a game of the month for each of them. Often they would talk about games that they adored even before those games made it to publication. I found out about Brinkwood, Apocalypse Keys, and Poutine through this podcast. I miss it so very much.

I would also recommend My First Dungeon, Party of One Podcast, The Eternity Archives, One Shot, and +1 Forward for exposure to many indie games.

Itch.io

I didn't interact much with Itch.io at first - I thought it was mostly for indie video games and generators - but when the Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality came out I went feral. I sorted through each and every page of games in that bundle and put all of the TTRPGs into folders - which I am still refining to this day. As you can see, I get very excited whenever a big bundle comes out, as it gives me a lot of exposure to games that people have made.

I also sort through the most recent additions on Itch every one or two days. I usually categorize my folders via genre and rules system, but I'm currently in the process of curating folders for duet and epistolary games. If I think a tag will help me, I usually use https://itch.io/physical-games/tag-[tag] and then insert what I'm looking for in the [tag]. It doesn't get everything but it gets me started.

Often if a game was entered in a Game Jam, there's a tab that you can click to see other entries in that same Jam. So occasionally I'll browse Game Jams for other games that I might find interesting. And for games that I know that I'm personally passionate about, I have a Games that Intrigue Me folder to flip through for when I'm choosing which game to play, or if I want to spotlight a game that I've been itching to put on a rec post.

Other Avenues

I am actually subscribed to you on Youtube, along with a number of other great reviewers!

The Gaming Table is a wonderful Aussie creator who reviews copies of indie ttrpgs. She started a year ago and already has a truly delightful backlog. I recently listened to her review of Bluebeard's Bride and it was wonderful!

I found 11dragonkid when I was looking for Lancer content and was pleasantly surprised to find other ttrpg reviews for games such as ARC and Gubat Banwa.

I watch A.A. Voigt's and Talen Lee's (@talenlee) mini-essays about games and the pieces of those games that speak to them not just to learn about new games but also to learn about what makes those games matter. I found the videos on Capitalites and Girl By Moonlight very informative!

I also watch Dave Thaumvore for reviews for big-print games (Vaesen, Symbaroum), and Questing Beast for updates on what's happening in the OSR scene (Vaults of Vaarn, Mothership).

I'm also subscribed to a number of newsletters and RSS feeds! Bundle of Holding has a blog announcing new bundles, the Indie RPG Newsletter has some great indie rpg coverage in their monthly updates and associated links, and I have an RSS feed on Feedly for game musings on whatever blogs I can find.

In Conclusion...

Much of my TTRPG knowledge comes from constant osmosis. I talk to friends about games, spend a lot of time on Itch.io, and I'm also finding new games here on Tumblr. I have an RPG server where me and a bunch of my friends play pretty regularly, and I'm constantly introducing them to new games. We finished up our Monster Squad Arc a month or two ago, and we're currently getting geared up for a Galaxy Games arc - this time with games that other players are bringing to the table!

I started sorting games for my own enjoyment - I love having all of my little boxes that I can go back to when I am hankering for my own game. I started this blog because I found there were too many games that I was excited about and I was never going to get through all of them just gaming with my friends.

#asks #mint speaks #thanks for asking this question! #I love talking about my immersion in tabletop games #I also love recommending things

[probablybadrpgideas]

Chymus, our first ever full RPG, is live on itch! It'll be on drivethru RPG in a few days!

Industrial revolution! Humoral magic!

If you play it, tell us what you think!

It's also on drivethru rpg

#chymus

[canadian-witch]

Isometric fey tokens now available on roll20 and drivethru rpg! Pictured here on maps from my tower builder, dungeon encounter, road travel and tavern map packs!

If you have any of my map or token packs and use them in a game, I'd love to see or hear about how you use them!

#dungeons and dragons #dnd #d&d #isometric maps #isometric art #dnd tokens #d&d tokens #isometric dungeon #isometric tokens #dnd art #d&d art #fey #feywild #feywilds #fey character #fae #faerie #fey folk #fae folk

[indierpgnewsletter]

And Now For Some Data From DriveThru RPG

If you’re not aware, DriveThru allocates medals to products based on the number of sales. Their highest medal, Adamantine, is given to products that have sold more than 5000 copies. Only 180 products have crossed this threshold. Mithril is the second highest medal you can win. A product at the Mithril level has sold more than 2000 copies (but less than 5000 because otherwise it would be Adamantine). There are 451 products with Mithril status according to DTRPG. That is a shockingly small number in the grand scheme of things.

(I'm not sure how the charts look on Tumblr. If they're not clear, you can see them clearly on the original post at the Indie RPG Newsletter - Part One and Part Two)

I thought it might be cool to classify these products into categories and see what that tells us. Please note that sometimes I’ve put a product in two categories, like Against the Cult of the Reptile God is classified as both “D&D” and “Adventure”.

Here’s a chart showing which categories have the most products with Mithril and Adamantine status. The “D&D” category is first-party products like handbooks, older adventures and settings (Dark Sun) as well as third-party products. “Trad” is a fuzzy category (like all the categories) but it consists of all games that essentially keep the same player-GM relationship as D&D. It includes all the World of Darkness games, Shadowrun, Call of Cthulhu, and so on.

If you’re wondering why there are so many more Trad products than the others, I think the answer is basically Storyteller / Onyx Path Publishing. They are easily the biggest label in the Trad category with so many different games as well as a whole bunch of splatbooks. Also, a lot of D&D products aren’t on DTRPG and are on DM’s Guild so it makes the category seem smaller than it is.

The OSR and the storygame folks have similar numbers. The Misc category is very big because it includes products which are system-agnostic advice and products which are just random tables (d100 treasures, etc).

And since pricing is the only other hard data point I have, here are three charts on pricing. The first one is just the average price of every item in the category and the other two try to identify which are the most common price points for four different categories.

Seems like for most categories, the most common price point (for the PDF, I believe) is 20$. A lot of Trad games seem to be at 25$ and the OSR sells a lot at 10$. IP is the biggest just because it has very few products in it (around 5).

I have some experience with data journalism. I did all of this stuff in excel but if I had more time, I would’ve done it programmatically using R and made something shiny and interactive. Anyway, here’s the data if you want to do something with it.

If you like this kind of stuff, let me know.

#indie rpg #ttrpg #ttrpg community #ttrpg design #ttrpgsolidarity

[dungeonofthedragon]

Illambria Countdown: Two Days to Go

Adventure in a new fantasy Ice Age setting for 5th edition. ❄️

Encounter new creatures including bog mummies and the Tar Witch. 🧙🏽‍♀️

Explore new subclasses for the bard, sorcerer, warlock and wizard. ✨

Play as one of four unique races. 🐊 🧙🏽‍♂️🦣🐅

...and further customise your character by choosing additional features at different levels! ⚔️🪄👻

Sounds like your thing? Keep an eye on this blog for updates or track the #pleistocene fantasy hashtag.

#pleistocene fantasy #illambria #the frigid world of illambria #5e homebrew #fifth edition fantasy #dnd homebrew #dnd 5e #roleplaying #ttrpg #ice age #homebrew subclass #homebrew race #homebrew species #drivethru rpg #small creator #dnd setting #tabletop #dungeons and dragons

[ivanovaisalwaysright]

A quick how to play Daggerheart video.

And a how to make a character video with Trevor making Bertrand Bell

Download the open beta playtest at the daggerfall website

Or download from drivethru rpg

Or view online with demiplane

And there's a Daggerheart one-shot with the cast of critical role happening an hour from now!

🗡️♥️

#Daggerheart #Daggerheart rpg #ttrpg #critical role #bertrand bell #gaming #Youtube

[jstevensonart]

Grimnir poster

This is the main map for the Raiders of the Serpent Sea campign, a viking based adventure. I did a poster sized version, as well as a 2 page spread version. The campaign is available of drivethru rpg. I previously posted some other maps from Raiders, including the 2 page book version of this map, as well as the Feasthall and Drifthall maps.

#sirinkman #john stevenson #cartography #adventure #rpg #fantasy map #environment #gaming #viking #campaign #ragnarok #fantasy

[fortheking16]

Gaming Sunday July 24, 2022

Gaming Sunday July 24, 2022

AS ALWAYS, CHECK PRICES BEFORE ORDERING as sales can end or prices change before I update them. Also, some sales only have so many items or keys available for purchase so the sale ends as soon as they run out of items or keys. None of the links below are affiliate links! Around 1,200 words long.  Gaming Sunday Week – will be linking to individual posts to keep this post as short as possible.…

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#Bundle of Holding #DriveThru RPG #Gaming #Gaming Sunday #Humble Bundle #Indiegogo #Kickstarter

[parallel-2-anywhere]

World of Wyldrvir A Wholesome TTRPG

Hey! Have you wanted a Tabletop Roleplaying Game about a magical roadtrip through a wild and everchanging landscape with you and your best friends, without the worries of fighting or combat impeding your journey? If so consider checking out World of Wyldrvir! An indie TTRPG made over the quarantine! Wyldrvir is a totally free TTRPG that has been working in a combat free and wholesome Saturday morning cartoon style of world with adorable art and simple roleplay focused storytelling!

Wyldrvir is made with the express purpose of fun, lighthearted escapism into a world where magic is new, everything is ready and ripe to be discovered, and people seek only the best interests of one another. Conflicts will arise, of course, but Worldsoul willing, everything will always work out for the better in the end. In this world where magic is directly linked to nature, and everyone works together to keep the natural world clean and bright. Your characters only goal is to explore!

The game is super simple with only a few basic roles to remember, and a massive ability for customization. You can make your own skills and make them as strange and wonderful as you would like.

At the moment the core book exists both on Itchio and Drivethru RPG. (The Drive Thru version has the chance to purchase the book physically as well!) prices for all versions are all under 20 dollars so you can pick it up painlessly! There is also a pirate themed expansion out as well for more nautical adventures! There are plans for a lot more expansions coming out as well! We have an active Discord server for the project so you can organize one-shots, and a mini podcast so you can hear a group playing it as well! You can check it all out on our Youtube channel!

There is also 2 custom made music tracks for the world! You can listen to those here! There is so much more we can talk about but I am going to point you to the reviews we have received from all these wonderful TTRPG creators!

We hope our paths cross out on the road fellow travelers!

#indie ttrpg #new tabletop rpg #ttrpg family #wholesome #family friendly #tabletop game #indie tabletop #TTRPG #indiedev #custom art #custom music #World of Wyldrvir #Made by Young Adults #Project release #indie project #reviews #Magical Roadtrip #Roadtrip TTRPG #Pokemon Vibes #TTRPG Game With Wholesome vibes #Travel with your friends #Wyldrvir TTRPG #Hehu