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Will Murai

Illustrator and concept artist

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[gamenewsclub]

Official Bard character art from Sunderfolk, by Secret Door and Dreamhaven.

[thegeekiary]

Sunderfolk is a video game that aims to promote DnD-like group play in a digital realm. In my opinion, the game gets a whole lot right to encourage going on an adventure with your friends.

READ MORE: DnD Inspired RPG “Sunderfolk” Promotes Team Play – Game Review

[kesstc]

Really happy to see this game finally getting to see the light of day. I had the honor of doing the level design for a significant number of the spaces in this game. I truly adore this game and really hope as many people get to play it and enjoy it as much as I did. Sal is the best character to play as, end of story, thank you so much for coming to my ted talk :P Congratulations to all the talented people I got to work on this game with <3

[vintagerpg]

The folks behind the Planar Compass deserve some big applause. This is the first issue (and its player companion), from 2020. It cunningly marries aspects of Spelljammer with Planescape to create something new and exciting and purple hued for Old-School Essentials, and it did it all two years before Wizards of the Coast thought to do something similar for 5E. Bully for them.

Beyond providing an indie-vibed alternative for corporate products, Planar Compass is pretty great on its own merits. This volume details the strange island of Dreamhaven in the Astral Sea, a place noted, of course, for its tavern. There are lots of NPCs, a handful of small adventures and explorations to take part in, and one central mystery that can potential change the island’s entire paradigm. It’s a well-populated sandbox.

It seems rather friendly, too. There’s danger, sure, that just comes naturally with D&Dish material, but there’s also a coziness. I find this to be true of all the Planar Compass material I’ve read. I tend to be a bit skeptical of pairing D&D with sentiments outside of mercenary murderhoboing, but Dreamhaven almost immediately conveys a home-iness that demands to be preserved. Characters are going to like it there, and they’re going to want to visit it again. There’s something about it (similar vibe to Orbital, actually, which I posted about back in April). Of course, that makes the stakes ultra-high, if, say, there were a way to accidentally blow up the whole island.

The zine also provides a lot of new mechanical material for OSE, new races, new classes and a whole psionic system, which I believe is a first. Subsequent volumes have significantly expanded on this, making Planar Compass one of the more substantial OSE settings.

[bluedelliquanti]

Minneapolis peeps! I'm doing a signing at DreamHaven Books today from 2 to 4 pm!

[s-n-arly]

The Return of Running a Small Press

Catherine Lundoff, award-winning author, and editor of Queen of Swords Press, is doing an Facebook live presentation on the Queen of Swords Press page this evening, June 17, 2020, starting at 6:30pm central time. Her focus will be on running a small press, things she’s learned in the last year and what's next! 

If you're interested in small press publishing, this is a must see (I’ll be there and I’ve attended her other talks on this). 

There'll be an opportunity to ask questions and some resources that Catherine has found to be handy. 

Catherine will be streaming from DreamHaven Books and Comics, an amazing Minneapolis independent bookstore focused on science fiction and fantasy. The store took some damage during the rioting earlier this month but it is taking online book orders. 

https://www.facebook.com/events/232488147878622

[gamenewsclub]

🧛🏻‍♂️🦇 Bard puts on their best Dracula Vampire costume for Halloween frights! 🦇🧛🏻‍♂️

📑 Image sourced form the official  @sunderfolk account on X