[Newsletter] Crux Australi: The RPG Review Cooperative Newsletter (October 2024)

[Lev Lafayette]

Numero Kvindek unu
==================

Another glorious issue of Crux Australia from the RPG Review
Cooperative, Inc.

Contents include:

* Conquest Market Day
* RPG Review 56 & 57
* Publications
* Discounts at RPG Reliquary
* Membership Services 

Conquest Market Day
===================

A second Conquest occurred this year! A a market day held on Saturday
the 31st of August.

The RPG Review Cooperative again had a stall with several boxes
member's games for sale, including Hero System, Pendragon, Call of
Cthulhu, RuneQuest, Wraith. Mage, Cyberpunk, Rolemaster, D20 Fantasy,
Traveller, Deadlands, Buffy, Fragged Empire and, of course, Papers &
Paychecks.

Thanks again to Andrew & Charmaine Daborn, Edward Jones, Tim Rice, Liz
Bowman, Karl Brown who helped on the stall.

RPG Review 56
=============

The fifty-sixth issue of RPG Review has been released. Download the PDF
or read online.

http://rpgreview.net/files/rpgreview_56.pdf
http://rpgreview.net/files/rpgreview_56.html

The fifty-fifth issue of RPG Review has been released. It's about
Freedom. This includes a Wild and Rebellious PCs for several different
game systems, a review of AD&D "Freedom" adventure for Dark Sun, rules
modifications for Blades in the Dark, an experimental poem-essay based
on Europa, a follow-up Eclipse Phase scenario "The Europa Sanctuary", a
campaign log in prose form, and horror movie reviews for 2023.

Next issue is a double, celebrating 50 years of Dungeons & Dragons.
Please consider contributing reviews, characters, scenarios, etc. And
forward this to any who may be interested!


Publications
============

Don't forget Karl's new publication!

* "Rodents & Swarms". This book contains six new playable rodent
species, a new  the Swarm Leader class, and  seven new monsters.

The playable rodent species are rat folk which will be acceptable to
most DM’s, the tiny awakened mice and rats, awakened giant rats, and
fairy tale rats and mice who have proper hands instead of grasping
paws.

https://www.dmsguild.com/product/464481/Rodents--Swarms

Don't forget our classics!

* "Papers & Paychecks". A complete RPG in a book, inspired by the
classic cartoon by Will McLean in the first edition of the Advanced
Dungeons & Dragons Dungeon Masters Guide (TM), where things - the worst
'monsters' of all - are against us.
Available at DriveThru RPG
http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/227291/Papers--Paychecks

* "Cow-Orkers in the Scary Devil Monastery". The first supplement for
*Papers & Paychecks*, with new professions, settings, and scenarios. 
Available at DriveThru RPG:
http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/227291/Papers--Paychecks

Physical copies of Papers & Paycheck and Cow-Orkers are all available
on request. Remember all proceeds from "Papers & Paychecks" goes to the
Cooperative.

* "Half-ogre & Ogre PC Races". This booklet provides five new player
character race options: the ogre-blood, half ogre, ogrillion, wild
ogre, and civil ogre.  Available on DMs Guild:
https://www.dmsguild.com/product/382510/Halfogre--Ogre-PC-Races

* "Jermlaine. A tiny PC race for tier two and above". The classic D&D
vermin-folk from Mordenkainen’s Fiendish Folio Volume 1 as a PC race.
Includes rules for Tiny PCs, a new feat, and a new monster the
Jermlaine Swarm.
https://www.dmsguild.com/product/349363/Jermlaine-A-tiny-PC-race-for-tier-two-and-above

* "The Tinker's Toolkit". An analysis of 5th edition D&D’s underlying
mathematics and system for referees to create new races and feats for
their campaign settings.
http://www.dmsguild.com/product/232813/The-Tinkers-Toolkit

Remember, members of the RPG Review Cooperative receive discounted
ISBNs for their publications - another advantage of membership.

RPG Reliquary Discount
=======================

In a very generous offer RPG Reliquary offers at 15% discount for RPG
Review members! wowsers! Do the math! Membership is worth it!

https://rpgreliquary.com/

Membership Services
===================

Apart from being a confederation of gaming groups and their sessions
and taking on the publication of the ISSN registered RPG Review
webzine, the cooperative also offers some membership services. These
include from the outset:

* An RPG Library now with around 900 items and growing. Did you notice
if that if you borrow just one or two items per annum you've
made the value a life membership fee? 

The list of library items is at the following URL:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1NXHi1mKQJvfSysXiX3nFz3Oeousiwub9bOM_p7FkZ_c/edit?usp=sharing

* Facebook groups, including Papers & Paychecks
(https://www.facebook.com/groups/359658984821324/), Gulliver's Trading
Company (https://www.facebook.com/groups/208222386790880/), and the
amazing (thank you Edward Jones), Australian RPG & Dice Buy, Sell or
Showoff https://www.facebook.com/groups/OzRPGDice/

* Discounted ISBNs for publications by memberships and playtesting. Six
publications have already been assigned!

* Our github account for a verison control system of products in
development (https://github.com/rpgreview)

Membership
==========

Thank you all and sundry for paying your memberships (especially those
who have taken out life membership).

If you're not a member of the association please consider joining up.
For a mere $10 per annum you get to participate in this amazing
cooperative venture, vote on its activities, and make use of its
services. For $100 you get to be a member for life (and this
organisation has proven itself to be ongoing!)

Otherwise you just get this newsletter telling you all the great things
we're doing!

We have a link on our website to pay electronically by Paypal (it's a
'donate' button, please add in the description that it is for
membership).

Join us!

Please forward this newsletter to those who you think would be
interested!

http://rpgreview.net