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Another RPG Bundle - Critical Kit Solo / 2 player games

2026-05-04T18:08:37Z

This is a bundle of solo / one plaver plus GM RPGs, mostly with animals as the player characters. from British publisher Critical Kit Ltd., including Be Like a Cat, Be Like a Crow, and several supplements. Also a solo dungeon design game, D666.

https://bundleofholding.com/presents/KitSolos

These look like they can be fun, with some interesting ideas for rewards for failure and success; for example, one of the results in Be Like a Cat, following a failed roll for agility, is "roll 1d6, and on a result of 1, your failure becomes the subject of a viral internet video," and some of the character design choices in Be Like A Crow are somewhat quirky and include cybercrows, tool-using steampunk crows, gothic horror crows, ravens guarding the Tower of London, and so forth. The rules are reasonably simple and the bundle is cheap, I think it's well worth a look.

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Wednesday's Traveller Bundle - The Great Rift

2026-04-29T23:45:31Z

This is another repeat bundle, set in the huge largely unexplored rift that splits the Empire and can make travel very difficult. It's a repeat offer adding some new material - if you previously bought it you will receive the new parts automatically. Apologies that I've posted this so late - I've been a bit busy tonight and it slipped my mind.

TRAVELLER GREAT RIFT (Nov 2022)
https://bundleofholding.com/presents/2026GreatRift

Last time this was on offer (with another bundle containing the rules etc.) I said "OK - Traveller is probably the best-loved SF system out there, and the Mongoose version is VERY popular. You're getting a ton of stuff for your money. Need I say more? Unless you really dislike SF or the setting, or already have everything here, I'd recommend buying them." To which I might as well add that long-term exploration is something that earlier versions of Traveller didn't handle very well; you were mostly in a mapped and reasonably well-documented empire, and it was rare to encounter the complete unknown. This bundle, and others like it, have really changed that, and I really welcome the change.

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Map Generators?

2026-04-27T21:17:16Z

For gaming purposes I want a map of a 1930s-40s Welsh town with a population large enough to support a few factories, shops, two or three schools and several churches, a hospital, town hall, a power station and gasworks, railway station, etc., and if possible have them on the map. I'd like the map to be clear and if possible not based on any real location. Above all I'd like a license or permission to publish the maps as part of an RPG, preferably VERY cheaply since this probably won't make much money.

I've come across a few sites that will generate simple areas, such as this one which can do an area of a few streets:

https://www.rolegenerator.com/en/module/streets

but it doesn't feel like they integrate well as a coherent town, and the scale is pretty random. The same site has a generator for walled towns that looks OK, but doesn't have modern infrastructure etc.

Anyone know of something aimed more towards my needs that won't break the bank?

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Two Mongoose Traveller Bundles - three more to come!

2026-04-27T17:48:36Z

Two Mongoose Traveller bundles, with three more to come later in the week! One of these is a repeat, the other new: the revived December 2024 Mongoose Traveller Update Bundle, with the core rulebook and useful supplements, and a new bundle, Traveller Imperial Navy, with sourcebooks and adventures for the Third Imperium space fleet.

TRAVELLER UPDATE (from Dec 2024)
https://bundleofholding.com/presents/TravUpdateR1

TRAVELLER IMPERIAL NAVY (new)
https://bundleofholding.com/presents/ImperialNavy

This is apparently going to be Mongoose Traveller week, with 5 bundles coming in all - the reason being that May 1st is Traveller Day, because the 1977 edition had a "Mayday" message on the cover. In my opinion it's about the best version (Unless you're a GURPS fan or are waiting for the forthcoming D&D Traveller which is apparently going to be a thing, but I suspect not one that interests me)

Since they've chosen to release these bundles now because of the date, I'm wondering if there will be something in a galaxy far, far away for May 4th...

update - forgot to say that the naval bundle is pretty good, with some nice material on how navies work in this setting, ships, and adventures.

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Another RPG Bundle - Voidrunner

2026-04-22T19:08:55Z

This is a bundle of material in the "Voidrunner's Codex Special" featuring a spacefaring expansion for D&D 5E and Level Up from EN Publishing.

https://bundleofholding.com/presents/Voidrunners

The idea is to use the D&D or compatible rules for SF adventures; it's aimed primarily at SF-only campaigns, but designed so that combinations of SF and fantasy can be used.

This isn't actually something I need, since I already have plenty of SF games and settings including several I've written myself, but if you're mostly familiar with D&D or Level Up this may be a good route to running SF adventures. It's reasonably priced and you're getting more than a gigabyte of material (admittedly including a lot of deck plans etc.) and may be interesting to others who want to mine it for ideas, cool ship designs, etc.

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Another Fantasy Bundle - Land of Eem

2026-04-20T18:37:40Z

This is a bundle for the RPG Land of Eem, the "whimsical tabletop fantasy roleplaying game of colorful characters exploring the Mucklands from Star & Flame Games and Exalted Funeral." The elevator pitch is "Lord of the Rings meets The Muppets as whimsical adventurers young and old make perilous journeys across the Mucklands"

https://bundleofholding.com/presents/LandOfEem

The rules emphasise role playing and negotiation, while still allowing for combat where necessary, and the most dangerous monsters of the game are tycoons who dominate and exploit everyone else. Any resemblance to modern life is, of course, purely coincidental.

I'm not convinced it's one I want to play, but there are some fun ideas and it's fairly cheap, and if you like whimsical settings it's probably worth a look.

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Another repeat Bundle - Fellowship

2026-04-15T17:41:46Z

This is the a repeat offer of the Fellowship Bundle which presents (for a third time!) the Liberi Gothica Games FRPG of heroism against world-shattering odds, Fellowship.

https://bundleofholding.com/presents/Fellow2026

The first time this was offered I said: "I have to be honest here - I've been "off" fantasy RPGs for a long time, and am not a huge fan of the Apocalypse Engine rules set. And the subject matter doesn't really appeal much, in my experience the most epic thing about most epic quests is how badly they get screwed up once the players are in the mix. Having looked at some of this material, I don't feel that it is especially well presented - the overwhelming impression I got from some of it was clutter, too much crammed into too small a space. Admittedly one of my recent reviews complained about another bundle where it seemed that there was not enough content per page, but there needs to be a balance, and I'm not sure it's been achieved here. This isn't really something I want. But if you've been thinking of running a huge epic quest campaign it's possible that this is exactly what you need, so don't let me stop you!

Unfortunately my opinion hasn't changed much. More books were added when this was last offered in 2023 (if you previously bought the first version of the full bundle you should have got the new books free) which extends the possibilities of this series, but I'm still not very interested.

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Another SF Bundle - Perilous Void

2026-04-13T17:55:31Z

This is a bundle of "system-neutral" material for SF RPGs, consisting mostly of percentage tables for generating planets, alien races, etc. etc., by Jason Lutes and published by Lampblack & Brimstone. There's also an adventure with setting etc. designed using the tables

https://bundleofholding.com/presents/PerilousVoid

This is cheap and has a lot of useful ideas if you want to create an adventure background in a hurry. Like most random generation systems the results will probably need some tweaking, and adaption for the rules in use, but it's cheap and ought to be useful. And it's time I posted my occasional reminder that I get to look at this stuff free - if you have to pay for it your mileage may vary.

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Another Fantasy Bundle - Runecairn

2026-04-07T17:29:03Z

This is a bundle of material for Runecairn from By Odin's Beard, a one player / one GM game system based on Norse legend, plus We Deal in Lead, a weird west gunfighter RPG based on the same rules-set, and a quickstart primer for their new game of serial killer investigation, Midnight of the Century.

https://bundleofholding.com/presents/Runecairn

Due to travelling over the weekend and losing all my passwords and email access (thanks, Apple and Google), I have to apologise for the delay in posting this one. I've still got 80+ emails to deal with and lots of other things to sort out so I haven't really looked at this in any detail. It looks pretty cheap and is probably worth a look if you like one on one play.

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Two Revived Fantasy Bundle - Tunnels and Trolls

2026-03-31T19:01:43Z

Another two fantasy bundles, this time the venerable Tunnels and Trolls, the second fantasy RPG. These offers are being repeated now to publicise a kickstarter for a new version of the game - Tunnels & Trolls A New Age. I'm slightly sceptical about the need for a new version, which allegedly isn't going to be very compatible with the old rules, but what do I know...

TUNNELS & TROLLS BUNDLE (originally published September 2018)
https://bundleofholding.com/presents/Tunnels2026

T&T ADVENTURES (originally published June 2021, formerly titled "Tunnels & Trolls 2"
https://bundleofholding.com/presents/TunnelsAdventures

When these were first on offer I said (of the game)

I only played T&T a couple of times, since everyone I knew was using D&D, but it does have a lot going for it if you want a fantasy system with an emphasis on dungeon-bashing and don't mind its sense of humour. It works reasonably well, it's a fairly streamlined system that can be picked up fairly easily, and it only uses six-sided dice, always a hit with those who don't like endless confusing polyhedra. It isn't really my preferred style of gaming any more, but for those who do like this sort of thing there's a lot for your money, and some good stuff in the bundle and available on line for the system.

and of the adventures

...it's a little dated by modern standards. Having said that, it's still a fun and easy to use system, and if you want a game where you can get a character created and start playing quickly it's still a good choice.

Still annoyed that my favourite T&T adventure, Rat on a Stick, has never made it to these offers, but it was an independent production from Judges Guild and appears to be unavailable. The only dungeon-delving adventure where the first choice is whether to kill the inhabitants or start a fast-food franchise and sell "ratsonastick! They're luvverly" to the monsters... but I digress. If you're interested in the slightly jokey "everything is a trap or a monster" style of play and don't already own a lot of this stuff it's probably something worth considering, if you don't already own it all. And if you're a T&T player it's worth checking to see if these offers can fill gaps in your collection.

Since all of this material has been available as PDFS for several years now I'd better add that if you already own a lot of it you way want to think about just buying the bits you don't have before going for the bundles - cherry picking may be the cheaper option.

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Another RPG Bundle - Magpie Apocalypse

2026-03-30T18:15:48Z

This is a big bundle of games and supplements for the Apocalypse Engine system from Magpie Games, some of which have been in previous bundles, but including new material such the Kickstarter record breaker "Avatar Legends: The Roleplaying Game."

https://bundleofholding.com/presents/MagpieMega

I'm not going to try and track down what I've said about these games in the past, it gets a bit complicated, but I think there's a lot of new stuff that ought to appeal, especially for Avatar fans. But as usual check what you have and what you want, cherry picking can be cheaper if you already have a lot of it.

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Another RPG bundle - Scion 2E

2026-03-23T19:52:30Z

This is a bundle of material for Scion 2E from Onyx Path Publishing, an RPG about people becoming gods which seems thematically somewhat like the Percy Jackson background. I don't think it has been in one of these bundles before.

https://bundleofholding.com/presents/ScionOrigin

This isn't a genre I particularly want to play with at present, but it looks like you get quite a lot for your money. Layout and design seem good, and the art avoids some common cliches although some of it does veer towards one uncanny valley or another.

Later - I'm reliably informed that the Storypath system itself uses mechanics similar to World of Darkness 1e, which I'd somehow missed.

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Another Bundle - Deadball

2026-03-18T17:41:50Z

This is a bundle offer of Deadball from Akers Games, a baseball simulation dice game.

https://bundleofholding.com/presents/Deadball

I am (a) British and (b) not a sports fan, and have no interest whatever in baseball statistics. I am obviously not this game's target audience. If you are, have fun.

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Another RPG bundle - Age of Ambition

2026-03-09T18:57:36Z

This is a bundle of material for Age of Ambition, an RPG about a fantasy world trying to modernize and adapt to technology and rapid social and political changes following an alien invasion:

https://bundleofholding.com/presents/Ambition

I'm not familiar with the rules system, but it looks reasonably playable and layout is good. If you get the complete bundle you're getting a lot for your money including numerous worldbooks and adventures, and the setting is novel enough that players ought to find it interesting.

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Another RPG bundle - Campaign Starters

2026-03-02T19:45:20Z

0one Campaign Starters presents interactive .PDF maps and floorplans for ready-made tabletop roleplaying campaigns from 0one Games.

https://bundleofholding.com/presents/CampaignStarters

This isn't really something I need - I don't really do fantasy, and I prefer to make my own maps as I need them, and keep them as minimal as possible. But if it's something you need it could be a good deal.

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Another Fantasy Bundle - Mists of Akuna

2026-02-23T20:58:03Z

This is a bundle of material for Mists of Akuna, a "campaign setting of Eastern fantasy noir steampunk from Storm Bunny Studios for Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition." Basically, slightly apocalyptic fantasy steampunk with Ninjas and oriental monsters and magic.

https://bundleofholding.com/presents/MistsOfAkuma

This is another setting that doesn't interest me much - I'm not a fan of 5E and I've never really got into the oriental background much, and piling so many elements together would probably be a steep learning curve if I tried to pick it all up now. Presentation is good, with a lot of the illustrations having an anime look, and it looks like you get a lot for your money.

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Another Fantasy Bundle - Wolves Upon the Coast

2026-02-18T18:52:07Z

This is another fantasy bundle described as an "old-school hexcrawl campaign," in which the characters are given a ship and a dead master, and have to make the best of things: "You were thralls. Now your master lies dead in the bottom of a raiding vessel, equipped for adventure. You are free."

https://bundleofholding.com/presents/WolvesCoast

This probably isn't for me - I've more or less given up on fantasy games completely, and if I was to come back to them I'd probably be looking for something more exotic. I'm also trying very hard not to laugh at one of the three islands that are the heart of the campaign, which for some reason is named Ruislip - for those outside the UK, ours is a suburb of London just to the north of Heathrow airport...

Having said that, this looks playable if you like this sort of thing, it's just not my cup of tea.

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Another Repeat SF Bundle - Neon City Overdrive

2026-02-11T18:48:52Z

This is a repeat offer of the cyberpunk RPG Neon City Overdrive from Peril Planet, last offered in May 2022

https://bundleofholding.com/presents/2026NeonCity

Last time I said "Since I received this at about midnight and it only runs for a week I haven't had much time to take a detailed look. It's a system that looks reasonably playable, it's drawing on all the usual cyberpunk sources, and it's pretty cheap. I'm not sure I actually NEED another cyberpunk game, given how many I already own, but if you just want to dip your toes in the water I think it's worth a look. The usual caveat - I get to see this stuff without having to pay for it, if you don't your mileage may differ."

Since then I've taken a more detailed look - artwork is good (and credited to humans, not AI), and mostly avoids the tropes of the genre. Layout is a bit flashy but readable, and there is an emphasis on story-telling rather than rules. I think it's definitely a good one for a quick look at the genre.

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Another RPG Bundle - Bundle For Two 4

2026-02-09T19:07:15Z

This is a bundle of two-player RPGs for Valentine's day, the fourth such offer from Bundle of Holding. They come from a variety of authors and publishers, genres range from Georgian romance to far future exploration and horror

https://bundleofholding.com/presents/ForTwo4

This isn't really my preferred style of play - I prefer a larger pool of players - but if you like a more intimate approach to gaming the bundle is pretty cheap and may be worth a look. My personal favourite from these is probably Retired: The Ordinary Life of a Former Supervillain, which looks like it could be a lot of fun, and might be expanded to a larger group of characters, but several others look entertaining.

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Another Fantasy Bundle - Human Gorilla Heists

2026-02-04T19:37:30Z

A bundle of "system neutral" material for fantasy thieves from Human Gorilla Creations

https://bundleofholding.com/presents/HumanGorilla

This isn't something I particularly need but it's relatively cheap, nicely presented (with most art apart from maps etc.) from antique sources, and seems to have a sense of fun, as witnessed by the titles of some of the books. If you're running this sort of adventure it's worth a look.

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And Another Fantasy Bundle - Forbidden Psalm

2026-02-02T20:12:18Z

This is the Forbidden Psalm Bundle featuring the OptimisticNL 28mm miniatures games compatible with the Mörk Borg RPG, an old-school fantasy system:

https://bundleofholding.com/presents/Forbidden

This is the first set of miniatures rules I've seen in these offers in a fair while, but the Mörk Borg connection unfortunately means that these rules share that system's somewhat idiosyncratic ideas of layout and typography, which in my case usually gives me a headache. If that's not going to put you off, and you want miniature rules, it may be worth a look.

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Another fantasy bundle - Shadowdark Compatible

2026-01-26T19:42:33Z

This is an offer of material from multiple publishers compatible with the RPG Shadowdark, a modernized "old school" game of dungeons, monsters, etc.

https://bundleofholding.com/presents/ShadowCompat

This doesn't include the Shadowdark rules, but you can get a free Shadowdark Quickstart Set from Drivethru RPG.

I'm not really into dungeon-bashing games any more, but Shadowdark is apparently state of the art for the genre, and this bundle adds a lot of adventures at a reasonable price. If you're into the system it's probably worth a look.

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Another Horror Bundle - Dead Air

2026-01-21T19:05:54Z

This is a bundle of material for Dead Air, a zombie apocalypse RPG from Italian designers The World Anvil Publishing - all books are English language.

https://bundleofholding.com/presents/DeadAir

It's inspired by material such as the recent series The Last of Us, and it's fairly clear from the outset that a campaign in this setting will probably not have a happy ending. The aim seems to be to make the best of things before the inevitable doom. Not really my preferred style of play, but if you like things apocalyptic it's a cheap bundle and nicely presented.

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Another Horror Bundle - Sleepy Horror

2026-01-19T19:31:25Z

This is an offer of the Sleepy Hollow RPG from Kids in the Attic, an early 19th-Century folk horror system based on the Year Zero rules for Tales of the Loop etc. The source for it is Washington Irving's original novel, not the Tim Burton film or the TV series.

https://bundleofholding.com/presents/SleepyHollow

Unlike Call of Cthulhu this system limits itself to a relatively small area and era, which may add more depth to games - characters will be protecting their home town, friends, and families, not the entire future of the universe. I'm probably not going to be taking on another horror system, but it looks like an interesting game and isn't incredibly expensive, if it's the sort of thing you might like it's probably worth a look.

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Another Repeat Fantasy Bundle - Arden Vul

2026-01-14T21:07:16Z

A repeat of the Arden Vul Bundle, featuring "the vast megadungeon from Expeditious Retreat Press", last offered in 2022.

https://bundleofholding.com/presents/2026Arden

Last time around I said "Really not my cup of tea, but if you like this stuff there seems to be an awful lot of it!" - I don't see any reason to change that.

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