In November 2021 we presented the Indie Cornucopia 9, our ninth annual collection (keyed to the American Thanksgiving holiday) of top-quality small-press RPGs. There were three titles in our Starter Collection (retail value $46.50) as DRM-free .PDF ebooks, including Ironsworn Delve by Shawn Tomkins (plus his free Ironsworn core rules); Adrian Thoen’s Apocalypse Engine starfaring game Impulse Drive; and, from Andrew Peregrine at Corone Design, Opera House, which is just what it sounds like.
Those who paid more than the threshold (average) price also got our entire Bonus Collection with five more titles worth an additional $79:
- Against the Darkmaster (Open Ended Games): Epic heavy-metal fantasy adventures against a resurgent Evil in the style of Tolkien, Wheel of Time, Labyrinth, and Dragonslayer.
- Ultraviolet Grasslands (WTF Studio): A system-light campaign setting of incomparable psychedelic weirdness in a vast mythic landscape.
- Electric Bastionland (Bastionland Press): Refugees from hundreds of failed careers seek treasure in the only city that matters. By Chris McDowall (Into the Odd).
- Two more ship playbooks for Impulse Drive: The Outpost and The Pioneer.
Ten percent of each payment (after gateway fees) went to this offer’s pandemic-related charity, Direct Relief. Direct Relief sends protective gear and critical care medications to health workers, with emergency deliveries to medical facilities across the US and to regional response agencies across the world.
