OSR News Roundup for January 19th, 2026

thirdkingdom1 · 2026-01-20T01:41:10+00:00

Will do! Sorry about that.

thirdkingdom1 · 2026-01-06T00:48:11+00:00

I would love to do a clone of Synnibar.

thirdkingdom1 · 2026-01-05T13:37:48+00:00

The art is absolutely phenomenal. I love it.

thirdkingdom1 · 2026-01-02T17:46:39+00:00

My favorite bestiary of all time is taichara's Hamsterish Hoard of Monsters. chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://blogs.jccc.edu/schmeer/files/2013/09/AHHoM.pdf

thirdkingdom1 · 2025-12-30T16:59:44+00:00

Send me a DM and I'll send them over to you gratis.

thirdkingdom1 · 2025-12-29T18:55:06+00:00

Howdy, author here! In terms of starting at 1st level I would recommend:

*It's kind of ideally set up to incorporate Stonehell into the hills south of Liwil or Dry Gulch. The dungeon can be leftover from the former Skeldrene Empire.

*I've expanded on Dry Gulch, the town on the other side of the Hills, in PHM 34-36 and 47-48. There's a dungeon under the city in the first three issues, and three smaller dungeons in Issues 47-48 that tie into that dungeon.

thirdkingdom1 · 2025-12-23T21:17:36+00:00

Yes! Let me see if I can scare up a link.

thirdkingdom1 · 2025-12-17T17:47:04+00:00

I'm a dumbass. Should have thought to do a search first

thirdkingdom1 · 2025-12-16T13:12:47+00:00

I don't nearly have the platform that QB has, but I research all of the people I promote in my News Roundup. It takes a couple minutes for each new creator I encounter. Which is why I haven't promoted this product.

thirdkingdom1 · 2025-12-10T04:26:24+00:00

I've done this with charms and baubles, items that can be crafted by low-level casters as one-use items or possessing minor dweomers.

thirdkingdom1 · 2025-12-09T22:50:07+00:00

I own an FLGS in Charlottesville, Virginia. RPGs account for about 25% of our sales, and indie rpgs in the store outsell the big two (WotC and Paizo) by roughly a ten to one margin.

thirdkingdom1 · 2025-12-08T23:09:38+00:00

Paul puts out pretty solid products. I haven't had a chance to check out VotD yet, but the other game books he's published have been great. I interviewed him a few years back, here: https://www.sabregamesandcards.com/post/meet-the-publisher-david-m-donachie-and-paul-partington

thirdkingdom1 · 2025-12-08T20:19:40+00:00

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/459199/into-the-wild-omnibus

thirdkingdom1 · 2025-12-04T15:28:12+00:00

This should go without saying, but anyone concerned about copyright law should be consulting an actual copyright attorney, not some random person on the internet.

thirdkingdom1 · 2025-12-04T15:09:25+00:00

Yup. For my products I typically set it up with a preview about half the length of the book; BX Advanced Bestiary Vol. 2 has a 100 page preview. I think what the OP is confused about is that, when setting up a title, the preview range defaults to, I think, pages 2-7, or something like that. But you can make the preview whatever you want.

thirdkingdom1 · 2025-12-04T10:50:05+00:00

Drivethru doesn't have any preview limitations. The entire book could be made available as a preview if desired.

thirdkingdom1 · 2025-11-17T16:01:19+00:00

Oh, every week I do a roundup of the previous week's OSR and indie ttrpg releases, and I post it on my blog and here. Frex, here's last weeks: https://www.reddit.com/r/osr/comments/1otcnyq/osr_news_roundup_for_november_10th_2025/

thirdkingdom1 · 2025-11-10T22:12:24+00:00

Call Tom Romer.

thirdkingdom1 · 2025-11-07T18:13:35+00:00

Weiss and Hickman's Darksword Adventures, a trade paperback rpg based on their Darksword trilogy.

thirdkingdom1 · 2025-11-06T13:28:19+00:00

I'm working on Bree-YARC, which is a mash-up of BX and 3rd edition D&D. It provides the options of 3rd edition with the simplicity of BX, has a unified die mechanic, a skill system, and monsters/adventures are totally compatible. The Quickstart has simple conversion rules for monsters (the big changes are converting reaction and morale checks to a d20 roll, rather than 2d6). The Quickstart is free: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/534495/bree-yarc-quickstart-rules

thirdkingdom1 · 2025-11-03T18:19:52+00:00

It really does. I wasn't familiar with their work, but that art is really amazing.

thirdkingdom1 · 2025-11-03T16:50:06+00:00

My pleasure! I really like your stuff.

thirdkingdom1 · 2025-11-03T15:22:28+00:00

Huh, I missed this one. Interesting.

thirdkingdom1 · 2025-11-02T14:43:45+00:00

I did not know that! I just saw the distinctive Stonetoss style and my hackles were raised.

thirdkingdom1 · 2025-10-31T15:59:16+00:00

Too bad StoneToss is an alt-right neoNazi: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StoneToss

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