The Gaming Shelf Deals a New Deck of Cards

As the temperature drops, now turns into the right time to start out internet hosting extra recreation nights. Maybe begin up that new marketing campaign you’ve been interested by. Whether you’re a endlessly DM or have by no means DM’d earlier than, we’ve bought some nice video games which are certain to problem you and delight all your gamers.

Featured Game: Illimat

Trick-taking card recreation Illimat blends old fashioned tarot imagery with an occult edge; it’s based mostly on the music of the Decememberists and is illustrated by Carson Ellis. It launched 5 years in the past, and ever since I’ve by no means gone to any board recreation night time with out it tucked into my bag.

The second edition has simply launched, and apart from an up to date (and backwards-compatical) re-creation and a second version of the primary Illimat enlargement, the Crane Wife Set, Twogether Studios has additionally developed the False Baron’s Set, a brand new enlargement with six new Luminary playing cards, every of which provides new methods to the bottom recreation, and the Syzygy Coin, a bronze problem coin created by Shire Post Mint. Preorder the second version and the brand new set here.

New Releases: CY_BORG, Flabbergasted, Strike Out!, Swamp Troll Witch(es)

“CY_BORG is a game about climate collapse, out-of-control consumerism, the commodification of personal data, late-stage capitalism, transhumanism, and senseless violence. A fever-dream of tech, punk, and fury. Of fighting a failed future. A deck-hacking, brick-throwing upheaval of a game.”

“Flabbergasted is a rules-lite and narrative-driven tabletop RPG set within the roaring ‘20s! Comedic scenarios and light-hearted adventures are at the heart of Flabbergasted, drawing inspiration from the likes of Jeeves and Wooster and Fawlty Towers.”

“Strike Out! is a TTRPG about the Strikers, playing a non-specific sport in a high action sci-fi fantasy setting. It is the distant future. There is no war. There is no poverty or famine. There is only sports.”

“Swamp Troll Witch(es) is a gamemaster-less tabletop roleplaying game for solo journaling, epistolary play, or small group play based on the Motif framework. The game focuses on the daily lives of the troll witches, searching the swamp for potion ingredients, solving problems to collect those ingredients, brewing potions, and relaxing at the end of the day to recover from the work. At the end of the week, visit the strange night market to sell all of the potions from the week.”

Crowdfunding: A Brazen Crown, Troika!, Witch: Fated Souls

“A Brazen Crown is a lightning-fast battle card game with strong drafting options. This project has been in development for years—and we’re actually pleased with it. Games are extremely quick and brutal, with dramatic swings in fortune pushed by highly effective card results. Minions. Spells. Blood and silver. Straight into the motion!”

“TROIKA! is a science-fantasy role-playing game where you and your cosmopolitan group of fellow travellers explore the ends of the multiverse. You will fly on mystic barges, help dying gods, solve confounding crimes, plunder dead worlds, and meet strange and wonderful people.”

“Witch: Fated Souls Second Edition is a modern, dark fantasy game where you play a witch who sold their soul to a demon for power. Your soul might be lost, but there’s still hope for redemption if you can outwit your demon! The game draws its inspiration from TV shows like: The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Supernatural, and American Horror Story: Coven.”

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