Another two RPG bundle offers - The Dark Eyes

Two bundles for The Dark Eye, Germany's mega-successful fantasy RPG, in English translation. One's a repeat, the other all new:

The Dark Eye (repeat offer)

https://bundleofholding.com/presents/2020DarkEye

Revived from January 2018, The Dark Eye Bundle features the English-language edition from Ulisses Spiele of the leading German RPG of heroic fantasy, The Dark Eye. In continuous publication for more than 30 years, The Dark Eye is Germany's premier FRPG. As a virtuous knight, elven ranger, or erudite mage, you'll rebuild the war-weary Middenrealm, marvel at the Lands of the Tulamydes, discover lost ruins in steaming jungle, or drive back the evil of the Shadowlands. Rescue innocent victims from cults of the Nameless One -- navigate labyrinthine intrigues at the Court of the Empress -- or defend border cities from the Orc Storm.

Ulisses funded English translations of much of the Dark Eye line in a spectacular May 2016 Kickstarter campaign. This revival once again presents the core rulebook and early supplements and adventures set in Aventuria, a rich and believable setting inspired by Europe's medieval lore, forbidding landscapes, and fairytale castles.

This revival has a new companion running in parallel: Dark Eye Kingdoms, that adds recent expansions and regional sourcebooks about the Warring Kingdoms.

(Note: No German-language editions are included in either of these offers.)

We provide each ebook complete in .PDF (Portable Document Format). Like all Bundle of Holding titles, these books have NO DRM (Digital Restrictions Management), and our customers are entitled to move them freely among all their devices.

Ten percent of each payment (after gateway fees) will be split evenly between these two Dark Eye offers' designated charities, Direct Relief and the National Police Accountability Project. Direct Relief gets protective gear and critical care medications to health workers, with emergency deliveries daily to medical facilities across the US and to regional response agencies across the world. The National Police Accountability Project is a project of the National Lawyers Guild, a nonprofit organization of lawyers, law students, and legal workers dedicated to ending law enforcement and detention officer abuse of authority.

The total retail value of the titles in this offer is US$108. Customers who pay just US$12.95 get all six titles in this offer's Player Collection (retail value $50.50) as DRM-free .PDF ebooks: the complete full-color 418-page The Dark Eye core rulebook (retail price $20) (and the free Quickstart Rules), plus the Aventuria Almanac (retail $10), the Aventuria Map Set (retail $10), Dark Eye Figure Flats (retail $4), and the Character Sheets Pack (retail $2.50).

For this revival we're adding The Dark Eye Deluxe Character Sheets to the Player Collection. All previous purchasers of the original January 2018 run also receive the new addition on their Wizard's Cabinet download page and in their DriveThruRPG Library.

Those who pay more than this offer's threshold (average) price, which is set at $24.95 to start, also get this offer's entire Game Master Collection with nine more titles worth an additional $47.50: the Aventurian Bestiary (retail $10.50), the full-length introductory adventure Revelations From Heaven (retail $10) and six short Heroic Works scenarios (total retail $27), and The Dark Eye Game Master Screen with its accompanying Inns & Taverns booklet (retail $10).

Dark Eye Kingdoms (New)

https://bundleofholding.com/presents/DarkEyeKingdoms

This Dark Eye Kingdoms Bundle is an all-new companion to our revived January 2018 The Dark Eye Bundle now in progress. If you're new to the game, start there. This Kingdoms offer presents recent supplements, scenarios, and even music set in the dangerous world of Aventuria, including many titles in the Warring Kingdoms series, a war-torn campaign setting Ulisses Spiele funded in a June 2017 Kickstarter campaign.

(Note: No German-language editions are included in these offers.)

We provide each ebook complete in .PDF (Portable Document Format) and each audio file in MP3 format. Like all Bundle of Holding titles, these books and audio tracks have NO DRM (Digital Restrictions Management), and our customers are entitled to move them freely among all their devices.

Ten percent of each payment (after gateway fees) will be split evenly between these two Dark Eye offers' designated charities, Direct Relief and the National Police Accountability Project. Direct Relief gets protective gear and critical care medications to health workers, with emergency deliveries daily to medical facilities across the US and to regional response agencies across the world. The National Police Accountability Project is a project of the National Lawyers Guild, a non-profit membership organization of lawyers, law students, and legal workers dedicated to ending law enforcement and detention officer abuse of authority.

The total retail value of the titles in this offer is US$122.50. Customers who pay just US$14.95 get all five titles in this offer's Starter Collection (retail value $54) as DRM-free .PDF ebooks, including the essential expansion Aventuria Compendium (retail price $25); the two-part campaign scenario "Theater Knights," consisting of The White Lake (retail $10) and The Blue Tome (retail $10); and two "Heroic Works" mini-scenarios: Legacy of the Dike (retail $4.50) and -- what greater prospect for adventure? -- Turnip Harvest (retail $4.50).

Those who pay more than this offer's threshold (average) price, which is set at $29.95 to start, also get this offer's entire Kingdoms Collection with six more titles worth an additional $68.50, including the massive Warring Kingdoms Sourcebook (retail $20), Armory of the Warring Kingdoms (retail $6.50), New Bonds and Ancient Quarrels (retail price $10), Warring Kingdoms Map Set (retail $10), the Warring Kingdoms Figure Flats (retail $2), and the audio collection of atmospheric ambient music, Sounds of the Spheres (retail $20).

In 2018 I said:

I'm not hugely into fantasy RPGs, I played way too many in the eighties and sort of lost the plot, but this looks pretty good, the art is excellent, and you get a huge amount for your money. And some things look like some actual thought has gone into them - for example, most of the depictions of women show them wearing sensible clothes for adventuring, with the balance of the sexes roughly even. The rules look comprehensible, though a little more complicated than I like, and (I repeat) you get a hell of a lot for your money. Recommended!

I wonder if there has ever been a German version of this offer - it might be interesting for linguists etc. or (of course) for German gamers, but since these bundles are organised by Americans I won't hold my breath waiting...

I don't see any reason to change any of this - it's not a system I particularly want to use, but it's very good value, and well worth a look if you're into fantasy RPGs.