Deal of the Day - Metamorphosis BX

I'm always a fan of Gamma World-esque hacks. Metamorphosis BX had escaped my attention before today, but I noticed it as today's Deal of the Day. Until tomorrow morning, Metamorphosis BX is priced at $3, 50% off its regular price.

Metamorphosis BX is a post-apocalyptic MiniBX hack in which you'll roleplay a hybrid survivor in an ever-changing world in which a cataclysm has fragmented time and space. It is light both in mechanics and tone, aiming to be fun above all.

With the release of version 1.0, the game is complete with many character origins (like alien-insect, primal-animal, nano-machine, etc.), mutations (benign and malign), powers (hacking and psychic), artifacts (ancient, alien, and planar), creatures (from Alien Artificial Intelligences to Radioactive Zombies), and a setting, called Atropicalypse (inspired by Brazil), with its regions and factions.

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Mörk Borg Sale @ DTRPG - 30% Off

All the cool kids are playing Mörk Borg. Or at least, that's what they tell me. I have the rules and a number of their third supplements, and it is as much about style as it is about substance. For most folks I know, it seems to be a very polarizing game to be exposed to - they either love it or hate it. I'm one of the few impressed by what it is, but not fawning over it to the point I trip over my own feet. I will say this much, for me to get a fuller appreciation of the rules as I read them, I've found playing a little Ramones (a live album, of course), or the Sex Pistols, and maybe mix the Dead Kennedys into the playlist, puts me more into the mood to appreciate Mörk Borg for what it is - an old school gaming vibe with the soul of classic punk. YMMV - the authors claim a Doom Metal Vibe, but classic punk is a better match for me. Showing my age, I guess - Tenkar ;)

Until May 15th, DTRPG is having a Mörk Borg sale - 30% off pretty much all of the Mörk Borg releases on the site in PDF.

Here's the pitch for Mörk Borg from the core rules sales page:

A doom metal album of a game. A spiked flail to the face. Light on rules, heavy everything else.

MÖRK BORG is a pitch-black apocalyptic fantasy RPG about lost souls and fools seeking redemption, forgiveness or the last remaining riches in a bleak and dying world. Who are you? The tomb-robber with silver glittering between cracked fingernails? The mystic who would bend the world’s heart away from it’s inevitable end? Confront power-draining necromancers, skulking skeletal warriors and backstabbing wickheads. Wander the Valley of the Unfortunate Undead, the catacombs beneath the Bergen Chrypt or the bedevilled Sarkash forest. But leave hope behind - the world’s cruel fate is sealed, and all your vain heroic efforts are destined to end in death and dismay. Or are they?

MÖRK BORG is a complete game in the OSR genre, that can be played as is or be picked apart for use in your own homebrew. The rules are easily made compatible with most of the editions of the world’s largest role-playing game. Within the book you’ll find:

• A brief look at this dying world. From The Two-Headed Basilisks’ gothic cathedral in Galgenbeck and Blood-countess Anthelia’s limestone palace, to the fields of death in Graven-Tosk and the barren wastes of Kergüs.
• The Calendar of Nechrubel, that decides the speed of the world’s demise. 
• 20 occult Powers that let you bend reality, and just as many magical catastrophes for when you disastrously fail. 
• Optional rules which brings more depth to the game. Omens let you turn bad luck into a slightly better one. Classes with unique traits and quirks, and tables that will bring life into your character. 
• 12 creatures to be murdered by.  
• Game master tools such as tables for corpse plundering, occult treasure, adventure sparks, dungeon generating and other devilry. 
• The introductory dungeon crawl scenario Rotblack Sludge, where you investigate a forgotten part of the Shadow King’s enormous ruin palace. Cannibal warlocks, poison peddlers from beyond the void and hungry gutworms await. 

MÖRK BORG is constructed by Pelle Nilsson (Ockult Örtmästare Games) and Johan Nohr (Stockholm Kartell). The game is published by Free League Publishing and is available in Swedish and English - the English text is edited and cursed by Patrick Stuart (Veins of the Earth, Silent Titans).

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Free OSR - Blood & Treasure Complete

One of the second round of D&D clones, Blood & Treasure Complete, falls somewhere between BX and AD&D 1e in complexity and flavor. As a resource for both, and other OSR games, from spells to domain play, Blood & Treasure Complete is priceless. Or rather, Blood and Treasure Complete is Free :)

Blood & Treasure is the fantasy role-playing game for people who want to spend less time arguing over rules and more time playing! Compatible with most old school games but not shy to dip into the new school, it keeps the rules simple and the play quick. Includes easy to learn rules of play, including mass combat and naval combat rules - All the information you need to create fantasy characters from one of seven fantasy races and one of thirteen fantasy classes - Over 600 magic spells - Rules for building strongholds and running a domain - helpful guides to creating dungeons, wilderness, cities and other dimensions for your adventures - over 400 monsters and scads of magic items. Desert the edition wars and play a game with Blood & Treasure!

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