by Rachel Carpenter

8 full playtests. The Break Time card is going away. There's a new Special Order card instead. Special Orders will be differentiated from regular Customer Orders- the difficulty level will have a green background vs the standard white. The game is still 20 tarot cards. They're actually over-size tarot cards at the moment, but that's fine. A LOT of the stats on the cards shifted today. The game was too easy. Full stop. It plays much better now. More consistent, less exceptions, and less extra rules. Unfortunately, this means I need to rejig the Print & Play file already... But better to fix things now. I'm aiming to have the new Print & Play file AND the rulebook AND the WIP thread ready by Friday. A TTS workshop would be great too... but that might have to wait a few more days.

All in all, after another 10-hour-ish day, I'm happy with where Mugs of Madness is at.

The New Hire took on Nergal... and won!

Happy Tuesday and happy playing!
-Rachel

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by Eric R.

Crystal Castles at home: (not that it's not good or anything, it's just very clear what they're trying to sound like)
Youtube Video

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Also had a great time at the con. I'll have a post about it on my regular gaming blog soon.

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by Bruce McG

From the August issue of Meeple Monthly... The following items have an October release date. Please remember, however, that everything is subject to change. MM represents a publisher's "best guess" from a few months ago. YMMV.

Adams Media
⭐ 5e Game System Product (D&D 5th Edition Compatible): Dungeonmeister NPC Generator Deck

Arc Dream Publishing
⭐ Delta Green: The Role-Playing Game: Wolves

Black Armada Games
⭐ Advent of Abomination
⭐ Advent of Adventure

Burning Wheel
⭐ Torchbearer (2nd Ed.): Middarmark

Critical Kit
⭐ Death Valley

Cubicle 7 Entertainment
⭐ Warhammer: The Old World Roleplaying Game: Gamemaster's Screen
⭐ Warhammer: The Old World Roleplaying Game: Warhammer: The Old World Roleplaying Game Starter Set

Dark Horse Books
⭐ Octopath Traveler TRPG Rulebook

Evil Genius Games, Inc.
⭐ Everyday Heroes: Adventure: The Final Hero

Evil Hat Productions
⭐ Designers & Dragons: Origins Boxed Set

Fanroll
⭐ Dungeons & Dragons: Advent Calendar: Red Robes & Winter Woes
⭐ Marvel Multiverse Role-Playing Game: 12 Days of Doom Dice Advent Calendar

Free League Publishing
⭐ 5e Game System Product (D&D 5th Edition Compatible): Lord of the Rings: Loremaster Screen
⭐ Outgunned: Action Flicks Vol. 3
⭐ Outgunned: Superheroes: Core Rulebook
⭐ Outgunned: Superheroes: Mission Dossier: King of Ashes
⭐ Outgunned: Superheroes: Super Screen
⭐ The One Ring (2nd Edition): Loremaster Screen & Compendium
⭐ Twilight Sword: Core Rulebook
⭐ Twilight Sword: Twilight Sword Starter Set
⭐ Twilight Sword: Lands of Radia
⭐ Twilight Sword: Card Chest

Gallant Knight Games
⭐ Tiny Cyberpunk: Corporate Edition

Goodman Games
⭐ Dungeon Crawl Classics Role Playing Game: DCC #068: The People of the Pit (Hardcover & Limited Edition Foil Hardcover)
⭐ Dungeon Crawl Classics Role Playing Game: Dungeon Crawl Classics Role Playing Game William McAusland Cover
⭐ Dungeon Crawl Classics Role Playing Game: DCC #112: Mother of Monsters
⭐ Dungeon Crawl Classics Role Playing Game: Tome of Adventure Volume 8: Dying Earth

LokeBattleMats
⭐ Generic / Universal: The Dastardly Deck

Marvel Entertainment
⭐ Marvel Multiverse Role-Playing Game: Spider-Man: Midtown Mayhem

Modiphius Entertainment
⭐ Star Trek Adventures Second Edition: Captain's Log Solo RPG: 2026 Ed

Mongoose Publishing
⭐ Traveller (Mongoose 2nd Edition): Vehicle Catalogue

Osprey Games
⭐ Midnight Heroes

Paizo Publishing
⭐ Pathfinder Roleplaying Game (2nd Edition): Flip-Mat: The Dead God's Hand Multi-Pack
⭐ Pathfinder Roleplaying Game (2nd Edition): Flip-Mat: Haunted Library
⭐ Pathfinder Roleplaying Game (2nd Edition): Lost Omens: Cheliax, Infernal Inheritance (Standard and Special Editions)
⭐ Pathfinder Roleplaying Game (2nd Edition): Adventure: The Dead God's Hand (Standard and Special Editions)
⭐ Starfinder Roleplaying Game (2nd Ed): Flip-Mat: Absalom Station Multi-Pack
⭐ Starfinder Roleplaying Game (2nd Ed): Tech Core (Standard, Retailer, and Special Editions)
⭐ Starfinder Roleplaying Game (2nd Ed): Secrets of the Swarm Adventure Path (Standard and Special Editions)

Random House, Inc.
⭐ Dungeons & Dragons Encyclopedia
⭐ Solo Play Rulebook: Alone on the Planet of the Apes

Renegade Game Studios
⭐ Exodus Roleplaying Game: Chronicles of Melayu
⭐ Exodus Roleplaying Game: GM Screen
⭐ Exodus Roleplaying Game: Dice Set
⭐ Werewolf: The Apocalypse (5th Edition): Tribes of Gaia

Saga Press
⭐ 5e Game System Product (D&D 5th Edition Compatible): Monsters Know What They're Doing Remonstered!

Severed Books
⭐ Sickest Witch: Spell Card Deck
⭐ Sickest Witch: Small Party Figurine Set: Crystal Fighters
⭐ Sickest Witch: Small Party Figurine Set: Skeleton Warriors

SoulMuppet Publishing
⭐ Doomspiral

Space Penguin Ink
⭐ Hellward Unto the Breach
⭐ Liminal Horror: Hotel Dracula

Stillfleet Studio
⭐ Danse Macabre QuickStart

Troll Lord Games
⭐ Worlds of Gary Gygax: Volume 1: Gary Gygax’s Canting Crew
⭐ Worlds of Gary Gygax: Volume 2: Gary Gygax’s Essential Facts & Things
⭐ Worlds of Gary Gygax: Volume 3: Gary Gygax’s Living Fantasy
⭐ Worlds of Gary Gygax: Volume 4: Gary Gygax’s Extraordinary Book of Names
⭐ Worlds of Gary Gygax: Volume 5: Gary Gygax’s Guide to Adventure Writing
⭐ Worlds of Gary Gygax: Volume 6: Gary Gygax’s Nation Builder
⭐ Worlds of Gary Gygax: Volume 7: Gary Gygax’s Cosmos Builder

Tuesday Knight Games
⭐ Fatherfog: Into the Fog