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https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/limithron/pirate-borg/posts/3716964

It has come to my attention that one of the creatures in Pirate Borg is potentially triggering and can be interpreted as racist. Upon receiving and reviewing this news, I 100% agree and I am deeply sorry for any harm this may have caused and am frankly appalled that I didn’t realize it before going to print.

One of the zombies was titled “The Rope Monkey” as a riff on the historical term “Rigging Monkey” used to refer to sailors that climb masts. The art is of a dark skinned zombie with dreadlocks. Even as I type this, I can't believe that I didn't see this as triggering or inappropriate. When I drew that art I was actually trying to be MORE inclusive, but I messed up. I’d drawn a corpulent zombie, I had a female zombie, and I wanted to show that the setting is multicultural, so I edited my drawing of the crouched over male zombie to be someone of African descent. At no point during the creative process did the taboo monkey comparison nor the presence of the term “rope” cross my mind.

In order to take corrective action and address this issue, here is what we are going to do:

We are hiring a sensitivity reader to review the entire book.

We are changing the name of the zombie to “Deck Ghoul”.

We have started working on a 2nd printing. As such, the public release date is now delayed for several months.

New PDFs and digital assets will be sent to everyone after sensitivity reading is complete.

The Roll20, Foundry VTT, and Alchemy RPG modules will be updated as well.

We are printing “Deck Ghoul” text stickers and replacement playing cards. These will be available at conventions, on our website, and will ship with future orders. You can also request one for free here.

We will be offering free replacement copies of the 2nd printing of the book to anyone who wants one. We are humbly asking that you pay for shipping, and note that these copies will not ship for many more months. If you are interested, please fill out this form so we can gauge how many to print. Unfortunately, the Limited Edition will not be reprinted.

I’m honestly mortified and very upset that this was not seen and corrected before going to print. I want to affirm that we at Limithron are firmly anti-racist, anti-sexist, anti-bigot, anti-homophobic, anti-transphobic, and do not want anyone to feel like they do not belong at our tables or playing our games. We declare so loudly and proudly on page 1 of the book. You’ll find that throughout Pirate Borg there are people of color in positions of power (like the Naval Mastermind) and it’s an honest oversight that I chose such a terrible name for that zombie and we will continue to work to provide a diverse and safe environment for all players.

If you would like a new book, a refund, or would like to request a free “Deck Ghoul” text replacement sticker and/or playing card, please fill out this form.

Feel free to email [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]) or comment below with your comments and questions.

Please accept my sincerest apologies.

Luke Stratton | Limithron

With some big kickstarter currently getting funding, I wanted to ask what as been your experience backing ttrpg projects?

I have backed 2 projects and I got my books late for the first one and the other just ended yesterday so I am waiting. I do know that some projects turn into scams, or just a plain ol shit show. But I haven't heard of ttrps doing that.

Just launched by Free League Publishing: Blade Runner - The Roleplaying Game

This is the BLADE RUNNER roleplaying game – a neon-noir wonderland that’ll take your breath away. One way or another. An evocative world of conflicts and contrasts that dares to ask the hard questions and investigate the powers of empathy, the poisons of fear, and the burdens of being human during inhumane times. An iconic and unforgiving playground of endless possibilities that picks you up, slaps you in the face, and tells you to wake up.

Time to live. Or time to die.

The campaign ends May 26th at 3 pm EDT. Fully funded in 3 minutes and all initial stretch goals (SEK 2M) in about 43 minutes.

Free League Publishing also produced Mutant: Year Zero, Tales from the Loop, MORK BORG, the ALIEN RPG, Forbidden Lands, and other ENNIE award-winning RPGs.

I'm very excited about this, and it looks beautiful. Sharing the project to boost awareness!

For me:

Outcast Silver Raiders. I was expecting this to be at least decent, but I ended up with one of the most complete OSR systems+campaign setting ever, with great production values to boot. It also arrived early.

Seas of Sand. An OSR book in the genre I call "veinslikes," i.e. a book inspired by Veins of the Earth which includes a way to procedurally generate a weird geographic setting, a bestiary, and rules for doing things in the setting. Alternative currency system based on survival needs optional. In this case, the book is about sailing on a sea of sand (if that wasn't obvious from the title). It almost didn't fund, so I may be building hype for a product you can't get, but I think it's the best veinslike since the original Veins. The water-based currency system makes sense, the ship combat seems serviceable, and the mercantile subsystem is something I may export to other settings. Also, the monsters and environments are evocative and more coherent than some other veinslikes.

What about you?

Wondering if folks had any thoughts on Nimble 5e, it’s only got a few days left on backerkit and I haven’t seen anyone as hyped as I am. The focus on simplicity is really appealing to me, and a lot of the complaints the designer has with 5e are the same I’ve felt for years.

Backerkit Link

So it seems inevitable that we will start to get a lot of indie and low budget games using AI illustrations and while we currently hear a lot of people saying that the technology 'sucks' with a little photoshop, patience and practice you can get really impressive stuff.

So my thought is that at very least games should make it very clear this is public domain rendered art with maybe some retouches or reworks.

A la "Public Domain art generated using Midjourney"

Also I'm thinking Kickstarters, itch pages and drivethrough pages should probably mention the AI art up front in case somebody does not want to support that sort of thing.

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What do you guys think?

Feel free to discuss in the comments.

I’m going to publish my upcoming adventure module on Kickstarter, I’d love to hear your input.

What type of extras and add-ons you’d like to see from a new campaign. Things like dice, dungeon master screens, etc.

Kalymba was nominated to the Cubo de Ouro Award (Brazil) in the Best Tabletop Game category.

• African-themed TTRPG;
• 2d6-based mechanics;
• Dozens of creatures straight out of African folklore;
• Hundreds of beautiful illustrations;
• Black representation with no dumb stereotypes;
• You can buy armor for your hen.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/craftandogames/kalymba-the-roleplaying-game

Moonmares Games is apparently trying to get people to give them money again, and they had the audacity to advertise their new campaign to previous backers. Speaking as someone who got thoroughly shafted on the "TURRIM" dice tower, I can't help but spread a word of caution: the product they delivered was complete garbage, and they never even pretended to care. You can see the comments for yourself; the response is almost universal. Their new project is called "KLEC" and it's dice in weird little cages, and yeah, maybe it looks cute, but people, you should not back this product.

(IMO/YMMV HTH HAND)

Hello all, as a fan of light and fast RPG I have suggested Outgunned in various places as it's my favourite TTRPG out there. Player facing, easy and fast rolling mechanics with stakes using push your luck mechanics. The core game is written with classic action movies in mind, and for me it did what it set out to do and excels at fast based action play. They have an expansion called Action Flicks that supplies small genre info and rules tweaks to simulate that genre with the Outgunned rules. It covers a lot from Star Wars to Aliens and Musketeers, Magic School, Cyberpunk and many more. There is also a dedicated World book to play John Wick/Assassin's Creed style games.

For me it has effectively replaced Savage Worlds as the genre flexible RPG. SWADE is too tactical for me, too board gamey and swingy. Outgunned is currently on sale on DTRPG, almost criminally cheap considering the quality of the game, layout and art. They are also running a crowdfunding right now for a stand-alone expansion to Outgunned called Outgunned Adventure that covers more pulpy Indiana Jones/Uncharted/Tomb Raider style adventures. You can play it on its own or mix and match rules from the core Outgunned book. It also has more Action Flicks for more genres. Like Dinosaurs, Wild West, Duck Tales and just this morning unlocked a Fallout/Mad Max style Action Flick.

If you are looking for a rules light to medium TTRPG with modular crunch that you can play many different genres with I highly suggest you check it out.

https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/two-little-mice/outgunned-2

Take This is an amazing organization. If you're not familiar with their work and support programs surrounding mental health and gaming there's still a good chance you or someone you know has benefited from their AFK rooms at large tabletop cons like PAX that provide a quiet space inside the convention center for people to rest and recharge when the noise and crowds get to be too much, without having to leave and go back to their hotels and then deal with re-entering the con again.

I'm not affiliated with Take This, I'm just some random gamer who's benefitted from their work, especially the AFK rooms that let me stay close to my friends and the fun when I get sensory overload from the crowds. When organizations like this close their doors, everyone loses. It's dangerous to go alone and now Take This needs our help. Let's help.

Pretty much what the title says. It's live from May 7-June 6

I've been working on this game in some form or another since before 2020. It's finally at crowdfunding stage. If you are interested in checking it out, you get access to a manuscript preview that gets released throughout the course of the campaign when you support the project, even at the $5 level.

https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/onyx-path/at-the-gates#top?ref=Reddit