Greg Stafford

Greg Stafford passed away.  This saddens me.  I have never met or interacted with the man or played Runequest or any of the other games derived from it.  However, he holds a special place in my gaming heart.  The first RPG I played with my now 18 year old son was Prince Valiant, written by Stafford.  I tracked down a used copy about 12 years ago because I had heard it was a good introductory game for kids.  Mr. Stafford, through his game, created special memories for my son and me and for that I thank him.

Call of Cthulhu Starter Set

Chaosium is coming out with a Call of Cthulhu Starter Set!  Apparently, this news has been out for a couple of months but as usual I missed it.  I've always had a passing interest in CoC but have never dived in.  I've read the quick starts and such but never went beyond that.  Particularly now that the core rules are split into two expensive hardback books.  So, this might actually be the product to get me started.  It looks like it's going to be a boxed set for around $25.  You can find more news here.  If you actually scroll down into the comments a representative from Chaosium confirms the contents of the box.  Also, it appears to be available for pre-order on Amazon and other sites.

Update:  11/29/18 The site I linked above is no longer publicly accessible.  You will need to register with the site in order to read the thread or view any of the content on the site.

The Fantasy Trip Kickstart Over

Steve Jackson Games is bringing back The Fantasy Trip.  The Kickstarter to finance it just wrapped up.  It's goal was $20,000.  It hit this goal and surpassed it significantly.  It actually reached $311,821.and reached all of its stretch goals.

What's really exciting to me is that they've commissioned five writers to create adventures that they are going to release through their store even before the game ships.  I'm hoping for a couple of solo adventures.  You can read about it here.  I'm still very excited.

Everywhen

Everywhen, the universal game based on Barbarians of Lemuria has been released in PDF!  POD coming at a later time.  I'm thrilled about this!  You can get it here.  

The Fantasy Trip Kickstarter

 
The Fantasy Trip Kickstarter went live today.  I had to wait until I got home to pledge.  I was back 889 and put them over $69,000.  The goal was $20,000.  I guess I'm not the only one excited about this.

TFT Kickstarter

New information about the upcoming TFT Kickstarter.

http://www.sjgames.com/ill/archive/June_13_2018/The_Fantasy_Trip_Kickstarter_Launches_Soon

More on the New Fantasy Trip

News, news, news on The Fantasy Trip front!

• Steve Jackson is going to be running demonstrations of the new Melee at Origins this coming weekend.
• There will be a small Melee box and a small Wizard box each for $15.
• There will be a Kickstarter for a big box recreating the original The Fantasy Trip.  It will contain both small boxes.
• Liz Danforth, one of the original artists, has submitted artwork for the new edition counters.
• And there's cover art for the new Wizard box. 
• I'm so freakin' excited!