Deal of the Day - Modus Operandi (OSR Espionage Ruleset)

I remember playing Top Secret during the weekly Physics lab in my senior year of High School. Those cheap as d10s quickly cracked being rolled on those granite lab tables. I've always had a soft spot for espionage rulesets.

Modus Operandi is today's Deal of the Day, an espionage ruleset built from the OSE SRD. Normally, it is 9.99 in PDF, but until tomorrow it is on sale for 5.99.

Modus Operandi is a roleplaying game of super spies and secret agents set against the backdrop of the Cold War of the 1980s.

Go back to basics and become an expert.

Modus Operandi is an espionage role-playing game in which you play an agent employed by a secret organisation working to stop those who would destroy or dominate the world. The default setting for Modus Operandi is the 1980s but your games can be set in any decade.

Modus Operandi is inspired by old school espionage games but, using the Old School Essentials SRD as its core, brings a fresh take to the genre. Included in Modus Operandi are all new character classes (called specialities), weapons, equipment, communications gear, gadgets and rules for contacts.

 

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Cosmic Horror & Cthulhu Mythos Bundles 50% Off at DTRTPG

Halloween is just over two months away, and it is that time of the year - the time for Cosmic Horror & Cthulhu Mythos Bundles at 50% Off at DTRPG. 

Pictures say a thousand words and these pictures show a nice assortment of horror games.

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Kickstarter - Maps For Fantasy RPGs Old School Workbooks 3 & 4

Workbooks with hand-drawn, old-school maps! Write notes & stock YOUR dungeons, on YOUR shelf! DnD 5e, OSR, OSE, D&D, Pathfinder, & Runequest.

Sometimes, small Kickstarters are the best option. The Maps For Fantasy RPGs Old School Workbooks 3 & 4 Kickstarter looks like one that I want to back.

I hand draw and digitally color LOTS of maps. I sell many of them in royalty-free digital packages so people can use them in their commercial projects. I always wanted a book of maps to put on my shelf, and thought: “Why not make the maps into a workbook that DMs/GMs can write in to stock each dungeon? That way the book becomes a living document they can keep on their bookshelf and re-use for new game groups, saving them time and effort!” 

MAPS For FANTASY RPGs Workbook 3 & 4  are 150-page & 138-page softcover books/PDFs with 36 (Workbook 3) & 33 (Workbook 4) black & white old school grid and grid-less maps from the MAPS FOR FANTASY RPGs 1 & 4 Digital Maps Packages and include spaces provided to name maps, stock dungeons and/or add notes as you run players through your adventures! 

These DM's/GM's Workbooks are ideal for anyone who wants to keep their dungeon/adventure notes organized and in one place - on your bookshelf, in beautiful books with gorgeous hand drawn, old school maps!

 

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Sale - ALIEN RPG Starter Set - 50% Off

DTRPG currently has a Cosmic Horror Sale going on. Most of the sale prices are 25% off the regular price, but many titles in the ALIEN RPG collection are 50% off, including the ALIEN RPG Starter Set.

Additional Cosmic Horror Bundles HERE!

I played in a few sessions of the ALIEN RPG, and it was a blast and a half. I'll be buying a copy of the Starter Set for my own collection.

This set contains everything you need to start playing:

• A 104-page rulebook with a fast and effective ruleset designed specifically to support the core themes of ALIEN: horror and action in the cold darkness of space.
• The 48-page complete scenario Chariot of the Gods by sci-fi novelist Andrew E.C. Gaska, taking you on a thrilling, terror-filled ride into deep space where no one can hear you scream. Chariot of the Gods is designed for 3–5 players plus the GM.
• Five pre-generated characters to play.
• A huge full-color, double-sided map, with one side depicting chartered space in the year 2183 and the other floor plans for the Chariot of the Gods scenario.
• 84 game markers for keeping track of characters, motion tracker pings, and more.
• 56 custom cards for weapons, personal agendas, and initiative in combat

 

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Bundle of Holding - DCC Dying Earth

The setting material / boxed sets for the DCC RPG are simply stunning in the quality and quantity of the contents.  DCC RPG Dying Earth is no exception, and it holds a prominent place on my gaming shelves. Alas, it will likely never get played, as my gaming group isn't a fan of the DCC RPG, but the books are sweet and a pleasant read.

The Starter Collection for the DCC Dying Earth Set is 17.95, and you can grab the complete Bonus Collection for about 36 bucks.

Adventurer! This all-new DCC Dying Earth Bundle presents the 2022 Goodman Games tabletop roleplaying game adaptation for the Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG of the world-famous Dying Earth stories by legendary fantasist Jack Vance.

Funded in a June 2021 Kickstarter campaign, DCC Dying Earth is the newest licensed RPG version of Vance's setting. DCC Dying Earth is both a sourcebook that expands the DCC RPG core rules and a campaign setting that evokes Vance's singular setting: the distant twilight of Earth as a dim red sun sheds its last life. The world is filled with the whimsical and the curious, the evil and monstrous. DCC Dying Earth is 100% compatible with DCC RPG. Parties can jump from Aereth to the Purple Planet to the dim twilight of the 21st Aeon, where magic and science are one and the same – even back through time to the sorcerous age of Grand Motholam or doomed Ampridatvir. The four new classes (magician, wayfarer, witch, and vat-thing), dozens of new spells, new monsters, and more – all can fit any era and expand any judge's setting.

Note: This licensed DCC RPG adaptation of the Dying Earth stories is different from an earlier version published by Pelgrane Press. These adventures all require the Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG rulebook, which is not included in this offer – but check our DCC Essentials Starter Pack in the Bundle Store!

Dungeon Crawl Classics module 5 Penumbra of the Polar ApeThis all-new offer has everything you need to begin adventuring in the 21st Aeon. For just US$17.95 you get all four titles in our Starter Collection (retail value $61) as DRM-free ebooks, including the complete DCC Dying Earth core set and the first three modules: Dying Earth #0: The Black Obelisk, #1 Laughing Idol of Lar-Shann, and #2 Sorcerer's Tower of Sanguine Slant.

Dying Earth campaignAnd if you pay more than the threshold price of $35.39, you'll level up and also get our entire Bonus Collection with seven more titles worth an additional $67. The centerpiece of this Bonus Collection, debuting exclusively in this offer, is the Casebook of Arcane Apocrypha, a collection of stretch goals from the DCC Dying Earth Kickstarter campaign. And this Bonus Collection also adds DCC Dying Earth modules #3-8: #3 Magnific Machinations at the Grand Exposition, #4 Mind Weft of the Moonstone Palace, #5 Penumbra of the Polar Ape, #6 The Great Visp Hunt, #7 Phantoms of the Ectoplasmic Cotillion, and #8 The House on the Island.

The Casebook of Arcane Apocrypha debuts exclusively in this offer and is not yet available on DriveThruRPG. Download the Casebook from your Wizard's Cabinet on this site.

 

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Humble Bundle - Star Trek Adventures RPG 1e from Modiphius

Here's a bundle that will likely be on the list of many to snag - Star Trek Adventures RPG 1e Bundle from Modiphius. Even if you simply snag it for the Star Trek lore (it even has a book on the classic Star Trek TOS Cartoon) you'll likely get your money's worth. Still not sure about the bundle? A single buck gets you the Star Trek Adventures Starter Set AND an adventure. 36 PDFs for $25!

Assemble your Starfleet crew for this Star Trek bundle of tabletop role-playing books from Modiphius! This TTRPG explorer’s kit contains new character templates, expansions, and campaign guides for the original series, The Next Generation, Discovery, and more. Get everything you need to embark on an epic space journey with your friends while supporting Girls Who Code. Get the bundle and take your Star Trek Adventures experience to the next level!

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