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This is an offer of a new (2024) edition of the humorous fantasy RPG Kobolds Ate My Baby with a lot of support material. It uses a rules set based on the polymoph system, unfortunately I last saw the old set some time around the year 2000 (it was published in 1999), and while I'm pretty sure I have a copy somewhere I now have no idea where that somewhere might be, and can't do a direct comparison - basically, the new version is quick and simple with a lot of gratuitously horrible things happening to the player characters, and looks to be a lot of fun to play. Think of it as Paranoia with baby-eating monsters the whole world wants to destroy as the player characters and you won't go far wrong...

https://bundleofholding.com/presents/KAMB2026

  

As mentioned above, it's been a long while since I looked at this game. The new edition is prettier than the old one, with better layout and a lot of new art (all of the art is by John Kovalik), and there are a lot of adventures and add-ons in the bundle, offering kobolds new and exciting ways to die. It's VERY silly, but sometimes silly is fun, and you can learn it VERY quickly. Enjoy!

This is an offer of the Undying Corruption 5E Bundle, featuring the Undying Corruption D&D Fifth Edition campaign from Nine Heavens Press based on Korean myth and folklore. It's only available for ONE WEEK, not the usual sort of period.

   https://bundleofholding.com/presents/UndyingCorruption


  

This one probably isn't on my bucket list - I know very little about Korean mythology etc. and I'm not a fan of D&D or fantasy RPGs in general. But it's cheap and it looks like you get a fair bit for the price

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

This is an offer of material for the RPG The Burning Wheel by Luke Crane. It's described as "the landmark indie RPG of dynamic characters and searing choice-driven stories."

https://bundleofholding.com/presents/BurningWheel

  

While I have no problems with indie rules systems, I'm not very keen on games that ask all of the players and referee to be familiar with the rules and avoid using "house rules" or simplifying things. I'm not playing pure fantasy games any more, so haven't gone into this one in any detail, but the general consensus I have on it from friends who have played it is that it's rules heavy and fairly complex, which really isn't my style of play. The price seems reasonable for the amount of material you get, more than 1000 pages, beyond that I recommend looking at reviews before making a decision about this one. There's a reasonable video review here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wj30rzCgO5o

This is a new bundle of a single game, The Far Roofs, by Jenna Moran. It's what generally gets called a "wainscot fantasy" setting, based on a modified version of the Nobilis rules, in which intelligent rats (and occasional humans, the player characters) have adventures in a world of strange lands and monsters formed around the rooftops of human homes.

https://bundleofholding.com/presents/FarRoofs



It's an interesting idea and very nicely presented, and the rules are in ePub as well as the usual PDF format which is quite useful if you want to read them on the go. It's also cheap, and if you want to play with something different from the usual fantasy tropes I think it's well worth a look.

This is the  Broken Tales Bundle featuring the "FRPG of grim upside-down fairy tales where villains seek redemption" and unfortunately the good guys aren't necessarily good...

https://bundleofholding.com/presents/BrokenTales

  

I'll be honest, I think that this is one of those ideas that only works well as a one-off scenario or an occasional break from a more normal style of play. Expecting every evil stepmother to be misunderstood and every downtrodden orphan to be a psychopathic killer gets old fast. But it's cheap and should give a few hours of fun if you want to give it a try.