Denizens of the Blood Sands

 

     This is a fairly recent Kickstarter I backed, by Jeffrey Jones (he also does the Gary's Appendix books). I just got the final? PDF for it yesterday and I have to say I am blown away! It reminds me of the OLD Planet Algol blog, in a great way, I want to run/play this now. This is exactly what I have been looking for!  It uses Old School Essentials for its chassis (one of my FAVORITE OSR editions), had the art, all done by the same artist (NO AI), it fantastic!  I love Post Apocalyptic stuff AND Fantasy! Original Gamma World was my jam! And this delivers in gold!  This is the first product in what is supposed to be more.  Its a bestiary, and what a cool bestiary it is! Not just stat blocks but stuff a DM can use to inspire creative encounters. My only complaint is I want MORE NOW!! LOL

     I just ended a 5E campaign, which will be my last 5E campaign, at least for the immediate future. I also backed Kevin Crawford's Ashes Without Number, its more gritty, less fantasy than this, but I can see using the monsters from Blood Sands in Ashes or using the tables in Ashes to supplement this, at least until more content for Blood Sands is released.  

     If you like Expedition to the Barrier Peaks, mixed Gamma World with AD&D back in the day, and love Science Fantasy! You need to pick this up when it is available to the general public!  

Good Gaming -B.B. 

Untamed Worlds-Anthropomorphic Science Fiction Roleplaying

 

"The core idea for Untamed Worlds could probably best be pitched as 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles meets The Dirty Dozen… in space!'. The game combines action-oriented war stories, anthropomorphic animal heroes, and character-driven cinematic science fiction. Using a cinematic effect-based system, this game is designed to emulate my favorite type of sci-fi: some social commentary; lots of fantastic adventure."
- Jack Norris

An action-packed roleplaying game of animals uplifted to serve as humanity’s agents among the stars.

Welcome to space, the last great wilderness. While humanity has reached the stars, most humans live on Earth and other developed worlds, relying on the brave – or desperate – few to tame this dangerous new frontier. After disastrous experiments with human and AI operatives, the collected nations and mega-corporations of Earth turned to the animal kingdom, genetically modifying and enhancing various species to protect their off-world interests. As humanity extends its reach into Untamed Space, the elite, if expendable, animals of the United Expeditionary Force are the tip of the spear.

Untamed Worlds is a military science fiction roleplaying game of anthropomorphic action in which dog-faced soldiers, gorilla commandos, chameleon snipers, octopus gunslingers, and other uplifted animals fight to defend a humanity that looks down on them. The 2D6-based system is simple but dynamic, with success and failure constantly generating new tactical options for players to exploit and challenges to which they must adapt. Whether pacifying alien threats and rebel factions, hunting down rogue AIs, or exploring the unknown, it’s never a dull day in the UEF!

September 2025.

This sounds right up my alley. Reminds me of the old Justifiers RPG that I never got to play, but still have all of the books for... I'm definitely looking forward to checking this one out. "TMNT meets The Dirty Dozen...In Space!" Cool! Now to start working on minis to use for this!  I don't think I have any RPG's from Osprey Games? Anyone know of any?  

Survive This!! War for the Wasteland

 

Survive This!! War for the Wasteland by Bloat Games, has just launched on Kickstarter.  I picked up the earlier Ashcan version and have been looking forward to the final product for some time. It very much reminds me of Rifts (in a good way!). I first posted about this back in 2023. It is directly compatible with all the other Survive This!! products, which is cool! As an OSR product it is easy to pull in stuff from my gaming library!  Needless to say I backed the kickstarter!  

More to come!

Atomic Punk 2240 Deal of the Day!

 

Anyone that follows this blog should know that I love P.A. RPG's!  What you may not know is that while I don't really play video games, I have enjoyed several of the Fallout video games, my wife is an even bigger fan of Fallout than I am.

     I just have to share that Atomic Punk 2240 is the DEAL OF THE DAY! over on DrivethruRPG

     This is a Non-OGL game, but the system is still very recognizable for anyone that has played OSR games. It is heavily inspired by Fallout, but is it's own thing.  I couldn't resist the discounted price and just grabbed it.  More to come!!!!