Kickstarter - Diapers & Daycares: Parents Handbook, A Parody RPG Your Basic RPG Parody Vol. II

If the contents are half as amazing as the above cover is, we'll have a true parody winner.

Now, if you ask me if I would actually run Diapers & Daycares, the answer is no - except maybe as a one-shot at a gaming convention. In that role, it has potential. Instead, it's something that will likely sit on a table, waiting for a fellow gamer to make a remark about it.

Diapers & Daycares: Parents Handbook, A Parody RPG Your Basic RPG Parody Vol. II is 8 bucks in PDF and 12 bucks (plus 9 bucks shipping in the US) for Print plus PDF. I don't normally comment on shipping prices, but this seems a bit steep. I don't expect they are adding pencils or dice to the package, so media mail would likely suffice, and it's priced at the moment at $3.49. Heck, I'm in for the print myself but thought this should be mentioned so no one is surprised.

Prepare for the role-playing game of a lifetime: PARENTHOOD.

YOU WILL use all of your wits and abilities to survive.

YOU WILL be pushed to the limits of your endurance, and beyond.

YOU WILL see, hear, and smell things beyond your wildest imagination.

Welcome to the world of Diapers and Daycares™, the ultimate in non-stop, ear-splitting, headache-inducing action. 

What kind of parent will you be? The Multi-tasker, the Coach, or the Time-Traveler? How about the Druid or the Cyborg? Choose from these and other exciting character classes, each with its own unique traits and special abilities.

Show your courage as you face impossible obstacles, from the baby-sitter who calls in sick to the insurance company customer-service rep. After all, how much is your out-of-pocket maximum for families? Roll a Knowledge Arcana check, add your Intelligence modifier, and hope for the best.

Oh--and please hold.

Diapers and Daycares™ is a fully playable d20 parody for parents and role-players alike, or for role-playing parents. Or the people who love them.

Or for people without children who just want a good laugh…and a sigh of relief.

All in 36+ black and white illustrated pages, with full-color cover!

(9 bucks to ship? Why?)

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Humble Bundle - Virtual Maps: Caves, Camps, and Crypts

Maps can be amazing, and if you game using a Virtual Table Top, they can be invaluable. A Humble Bundle offering maps and tokens for VTT gaming? Not what I would have expected but a very pleasant surprise.

Virtual Paps: Caves, Camps, and Crypts offer 64 items for 18 bucks, including Borderland Providences, a setting book in the Lost Lands for 5e. 

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Kickstarter - Bizarre Blades and Torches, for Use With Fantasy RPGs (Phil Reed)

For those that don't already know, Phil Reed is the master of offering high-value Kickstarters at bargain prices. Bizarre Blades and Torches, for Use With Fantasy RPGs is no exception to the rule, it simply reinforces it.

As I experiment with formats, I find my attention turning to tiny booklets. I've created some smaller books in the past -- Gregor's Guide to Gates and Curic's Cursed Chapbook -- but I've never fully embraced the almost A6-sized page . . . until now! 

With your support, I'll produce at least two -- and possibly as many as four! -- different (approximately) A6-sized booklets. The titles in question are:

•  Bizarre Blades - 16 pages. A d66 selection of magic swords and daggers. 
•  Bizarre Torches - 12 pages. d66 magical and unusual torches.
•  Bizarre Tomes - 16 pages. A selection of d66 odd books, including some magic items. $5,000 stretch goal. Unlocked. 
•  Bizarre Goos - 16 pages. Do you need more slimes and oozes? This d66 collection is for you! $7,500 stretch goal. Unlocked.  

Unlocked stretch goals impact all reward levels. If you select the $1 PDF reward, you will receive the unlocked stretch goals in PDF. If you have chosen the $13 or higher print reward levels (United States addresses only), then any unlocked stretch goals will be included in your rewards in both PDF and print. If the $7,500 stretch goal is unlocked, all print rewards receive all four printed booklets! (note - all stretch goals have been reached)

One buck gets you all the above in PDF. There is no reason for ANYONE not to back for a buck.

$13 plus shipping gets you all the above in Print and PDF.

Do eet! You know you want to!

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Bundle of Holding - Cthulhu Confidential (ONE GM and ONE lone player)

Head-to-head Mythos roleplaying for ONE GM and ONE lone player.

I've been wracking my brain to find a way to introduce Rach to the Cthulhu Mythos while running one on one gaming sessions. Well, I think I've found the solution as well as the system.

Investigator! Once again you fight alone against monstrous adversaries in this revived April 2020 Cthulhu Confidential Bundle featuring the GUMSHOE One-2-One tabletop roleplaying games from Pelgrane Press. Guided by a Game Moderator (GM), you become the sole protagonist in suspenseful investigative adventures -- noir nightscapes right out of the Cthulhu Mythos and superspy espionage. Can you solve the case with your hide -- and sanity -- intact?

This revival once again gives you most of the One-2-One line for a bargain price. For just US$12.95 you get all four titles in this revived offer's Starter Collection (retail value $46) as DRM-free .PDF ebooks, including the complete standalone 328-page Cthulhu Confidential rulebook and three investigations: The Howling Fog, The House Up in the Hills, One For the Money.

And if you pay more than the threshold price of $25.11, you'll level up and also get this revival's entire Bonus Collection with five more titles worth an additional $53, including the complete standalone Night's Black Agents: Solo Ops rulebook by Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan based on Kenneth Hite's Night's Black Agents; the Solo Ops adventure The Best of Intentions; and three more Cthulhoid investigations: High Voltage Kill, Ex Astoria, and The Shadow Over Washington.

I'm in for the Bonus Collection.

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When is it Too Early to Plan for a Con (213 Days until NTRPG)?

Today a buddy of mine who is coming to NTRPG '23 reached out for advice on travelling to the convention. Unfortunately I'm working on far too little sleep so I was just like, "Dude, just check out the scheduling website and plan accordingly."

Not my finest moment, especially with a friend, but he did actually have a valid point. Sure....the schedule is...well the schedule, but there's a LOT that you don't see in the simple black & white listing of times:

Wed, May 31 2023, 6:00pm - 12:00am

Thu, Jun 1 2023, 12:00am - 8:00am

Thu, Jun 1 2023, 8:00am - 12:00pm

Thu, Jun 1 2023, 12:00pm - 6:00pm

Thu, Jun 1 2023, 6:00pm - 12:00am

Fri, Jun 2 2023, 12:00am - 8:00am

Fri, Jun 2 2023, 8:00am - 12:00pm

Fri, Jun 2 2023, 12:00pm - 6:00pm

Fri, Jun 2 2023, 6:00pm - 12:00am

Sat, Jun 3 2023, 12:00am - 8:00am

Sat, Jun 3 2023, 8:00am - 12:00pm

Sat, Jun 3 2023, 12:00pm - 6:00pm

Sat, Jun 3 2023, 6:00pm - 12:00am

Sun, Jun 4 2023, 12:00am - 8:00am

Sun, Jun 4 2023, 8:00am - 12:00pm

Sun, Jun 4 2023, 12:00pm - 5:00pm

So....if you were having to fly in to the con, when would you want to get there? Well my answer is either Tuesday night or 1st thing Wednesday morning. Sure....technically the con doesn't kick off until 6PM, and realistically not until Thursday morning...BUT and this is a huge BUT....even with Dallas being an American Airlines hub, you want....no, YOU NEED to make sure you get there at a decent hour. My advice is usually to take the 1st flight out of the day so if there are any eff-ups (last year American had about a bazillion of them at the beginning of the con....) you have all day to get there.

That's just one aspect of trying to come to the con "on time". On paper the con starts Wednesday at 6PM, but many cons have an informal/soft start time. I remember at the Origins Game Fair I was regularly able to get my badges and last-minute registrations on Wednesday evening when they had a soft-start to field test any changes before things got hairy on Thursday. Being there on Wednesday not only made sure I got my Thursday gaming in, but it saved a metric butt-load of time and frustration.

Knowing the unofficial schedule helps not only on the front-end, but the back end. A lot of cons have plenty of events scheduled on the last day, but often at least that last time block is near empty or prone to last-minute cancellations. Normally you'll be lucky to get in a quick morning session, but things are winding down fast, and folks tend to be conventioned-out.

So while the actual game schedule for NTRPG isn't out yet (why would it be?), it really isn't too late to be looking at travel options, even though we're only 213 days away....

....Long Con is only two weeks away. if you haven't bought plane tickets to that one (assuming you'd need to), prices are going up now.....they tend to have a price jump about two weeks out (among a few others).