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2015: The Bundle of Holding year in review
Allen Varney here, operator of the Bundle of Holding. In 2015, its third year of operation, the Bundle site launched 53 time-limited offers of tabletop roleplaying game ebooks, down from 62 in 2014. Though the reduced number brought a revenue
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Promoting your bundle – by Monte Cook
Adventure Gaming Hall of Fame designer Monte Cook (designer of Numenera and a principal designer of Dungeons & Dragons 3.0) founded Monte Cook Games. Monte and MCG have contributed several spectacular Bundle of Holding offers, including Numenera (April 2014), Ptolus
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Crowdfunding campaigns by Bundle contributors – March 2015
Just three days left to pledge to the Kickstarter for Don’t Turn Your Back, “a worker placement/deck-builder board game set in a city of Nightmares,” from Evil Hat Productions. You’ll recognize the setting of Don’t Turn Your Back from the
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2014: The Bundle of Holding year in review
In our second year of operation, the Bundle of Holding presented 62 time-limited offers of tabletop roleplaying game and RPG-related ebooks, more than twice our 2013 total of 25. Our revenue more than doubled over 2013, and we raised $79,851
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SORCERER: a landmark in tabletop roleplaying history
Sorcerer by Ron Edwards, one of the standout bonus games in the Bundle of Holding’s resurrected Indie Initiative offer that ends this Thursday, is a watershed game in roleplaying history. Historians of indie games point to the design influence of
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Torchbearer: Dungeon crawling for the iron-willed
From Burning Wheel, makers of Mouse Guard and the Burning Wheel system, Thor Olavsrud and Luke (Burning Wheel) Crane bring you Torchbearer, a potent combo of old-school dungeon crawling, indie gameplay, and bracing rigor. For just a few more hours,
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Chuubo’s Marvelous Wish-Granting Engine
Chuubo’s Marvelous Wish-Granting Engine is an enchanting and heartfelt roleplaying game from Jenna Moran, creator of Nobilis. If your favorite parts of any RPG are the down times between missions; if you could easily spend an entire game session just talking to
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The Fate RPG Sails into Freeport
Freeport, the City of Adventure, is one of the world’s greatest trade hubs — and one of the seediest. But for savvy sellswords looking to make quick coin, there’s always a job, if you don’t mind running afoul of the
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Tianxia – Kung Fu Fate Roleplaying on Overdrive
Did you love Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, or are Bruce Lee movies more your speed? Either way, Jack Norris’s Tianxia will win you over. Until November 27th, Tianxia: Blood, Silk & Jade is a bonus title in the Bundle of Holding’s
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Scarlet Heroes Brings Old School Adventuring Into 1P
Old school games are great, but also brutal. Going into one with a party at less than full size can be so difficult, it takes the fun out of the game. So if you want to play an OSR with
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