What's new in tabletop gaming for August, 2023

[garethb2]

Originally published at: What's new in tabletop gaming for August, 2023 | Boing Boing

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[Steve_L]

Seeing “The Game Master’s Book of Astonishing Random Tables” reminded me that there’s a Humble Bundle going on for tabletop RPG resources. It currently has 19 days to go.

[anon52120741]

I got my Kickstarted copy of the Old Gods of Appalachia tabletop RPG in the mail last week. It looks fantastic, and I will almost certainly love reading it and never actually play it. Which is fine

[VeronicaConnor]

I was ready to be mad about this Blade Runner game, since Cyberpunk is the One True Cyberpunk RPG. But…

@garethb2

the cases you’re investigating are actually not the point (i.e. this ain’t no Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective). The deeper themes of confronting what it means to be human (or replicant) and the moral dilemmas of your job as a Blade Runner are the point (as your character balances Promotion and Humanity Points).

…that sounds really cool. I like that they have a fresh angle on gameplay, and it’s not just another cyberpunk setting for players to run around in with mechanical arms, spiky hair, and microwave guns.

[spetrovits]

So either there are no new board games this month, or this article should be titled, “What’s new in tabletop RPGs” since that’s all that’s in here.

[chromecow]

I am only rarely a Kickstarter guy, but the Dolmenwood TTRPG piqued my interest. It’s a dark fairytale RPG that lists as it’s influences:

Books
The Charwoman’s Shadow—
Lord Dunsany
The Fellowship of the Ring (Book 1)—J.R.R Tolkien
Goblin Market—Christina Rossetti
Gormenghast—Mervyn Peake
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell—Susanna Clarke
The King of Elfland’s Daughter—Lord Dunsany
Krabat—Ottfried Preußler
The Ladies of Grace Adieu—Susanna Clarke
Lud-in-the-Mist—Hope Mirrlees
Lyonesse trilogy—Jack Vance
Mio My Son—Astrid Lindgren
On Fairy-Stories—J.R.R Tolkien
Smith of Wootton Major—J.R.R. Tolkien
Stardust—Neil Gaiman
The White People—Arthur Machen
Films
The Green Knight—David Lowery
Labyrinth—Jim Henson
Legend—Ridley Scott
Princess Mononoke—Hayao Miyazaki
Spirited Away—Hayao Miyazaki
The Wicker Man—Robin Hardy
Television Series
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell—BBC series
Over the Garden Wall—Patrick McHale
Twin Peaks—Mark Frost and David Lynch

[garethb2]

Yeah, I’ve been eyeing that, too.

[VeronicaConnor]

Why be like that? Gareth wrote a nice article that the rest of us enjoyed.

[spetrovits]

My response could have been better worded; the article was fine, it was the title that rubbed me the wrong way. I’ve had too many people in the tabletop RPG world look down on board gamers, I get salty when “tabletop games” is assumed to only be RPGs. Sorry.

[garethb2]

Thank you.

And it’s not all RPGs. There’s a miniature skirmish game, a solo mini game, and a newsletter that covers all types of gaming.