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by Patrick McElfresh

I made it! There and back and through a work conference! I had the privilege of running some RPGs on vacation, and had a great time trying the Twilight Sword WIP Core Rulebook. That took a bit of reframing - I'm not use to videogame style logic of magical monsters without much reason for being except being bad!

So, let's catch up on the bundlerooskies!

As a reminder, I cover bundles from Monday last week to this last Sunday so I can draft the post in advance. I'll cover yesterday's bundle's next week.

Bundle of Holding
:kF::ki::kr::ks::kt:<< these are the links Runs from 4/27/2026 to 5/18/2026

It's May again, and that means it's time for more Traveller bundles! I'm going to cover the new one, and link to the other re-offers at the bottom, since I was away and am catching up.

This new bundle features books to source material from regarding the Third Imperium's Imperial Navy. This single tier bundle is priced at $15 USD, and includes The Imperial Navy sourcebook, Element Class Cruisers book, along with blueprints and the Naval Campaign sourcebook; and four naval adventures.


Also available (these I've covered before):
Traveller Update Bundle
Traveller Mercenaries Bundle
Traveller Great Rift Bundle
Journal of the Travellers' Aid Society Bundle


:kS::ke::kc::ko::kn::kd: Runs from 5/4/2026 to 5/20/2026
Next up is the Critical Kit Solos bundle collecting 1- and 2-player games by Tim Roberts at Critical Kit Ltd. These popular solo games only require the book, pen and paper, and 2d6!

This single tier collection costs $13 for Be Like a Cat, Be Like a Crow, five Crow expansions - Crowthulhu, Feathers of Fjorgyn, A Fistful of Feathers, Korvus, and Tales from the Crow's Nest; as well as d666, a solo dungeon building RPG.


Humble Bundle
:kF::ki::kr::ks::kt: Runs from ❓ to 5/23/2026
Humble dropped a 5e focused bundle while I was away, featuring a bunch of good stuff from Kobold Press. There's a lot of adventures here, and also some setting stuff and Creature Codex, a nice monster book I have in print!

I'm a fan of Kobold Press's monster books, and I've had my eye out for a few other titles here, so you can bet I'll be picking this one up. I don't think tiers 1 and 2 are all that great, so my advice is probably skip those and either get the full bundle or pass for now.

Be aware, if this matters to you, that redemption is through DriveThruRPG. This is welcome for me, but I know others might have preferences for one store or another. I don't recall KP items from Humble going through DtRPG before, so I wanted to call it out.

Tier 1 - 4 total items - $3
Warlock: Fey Courts
Warlock: Elves
Warlock Lair 9: Returner's Tower
Warlock Lair 23: Wrath of the Bramble King

Tier 2 - 5 total items - $10
Warlock Lair 25: Shadow's Envy
Warlock Lair 24 : Pride of the Mushroom Queen
Warlock: Dark Aerie
Warlock: Halflings
Warlock: Baba Yaga

Tier 3 - 27 total items - $20
Creature Codex 5E
Book of Ebon Tides
Tales from the Shadows
Courts of the Shadow Fey
Tales of the Old Margreve 5E
Warlock Lairs: Into the Wilds
Old Margreve Player's Guide
Wrath of the River King
Tales from the Shadows Map Pack
Ratatosk
Marauders of the Margreve
Book of Blades Expanding the Ranger
Shadows of the Dusk Queen
Warlock: Druids
Kobold Quarterly 20: Magic Arrows
Ley Lines for 5th Edition
Deep Magic: Elven High Magic
Warlock: Bestiary

by Rachel Carpenter

The new boxes for Eight Elephants and Pumpkin Spice & Everything Nice officially have the "Made in the USA" graphic. Whew. I want to be ordering proof copies by mid-June at the latest so I can make these available...

The box for Fireworks for the 4th has been updated too. Whew again. No need to re-order proof copy as it's just a minor change.

And Last Leaves has been transformed from a too-complex-to-prototype-or-sell-on-my-own beast into a cute and cozy Game Crafter-appropriate adaptation/evolution of Eighteen Eggs. The art is 80% done after just 1 day (thanks in large part to Last Leaves' original concept). The rules are 95% done. I managed to get them on 1 double-sided sheet. I'd rather more pictures, but a real rulebook for such a small game (48 square cards + hook box) just doesn't work pricing-wise. Hence the rules sheet. I can make a photo playthrough and/or video available online as well, but it is a simple game and can function with just a rules sheet. Sooooo yeah. That's where Last Leaves is at for now. Also, the box needs work, shocking, I know. The tuck box for Elements will be my next task. Boxes are hard. And this one needs to be a tuck box because of the 4 dice... Also, on a side note, the game's name is staying. Normally, I do avoid useing names that have already been used... but in this case... the name works and it'll be in good company with the 10+ Element/Elements games on BGG. At least I won't have to worry about trademark/copyright infringement since there's already so many Element/Elements games out there 😜.

Happy Monday and happy playing!
-Rachel

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