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The Cthulhu Solo Adventure Generator by Kent-Ove Lindström has won the gold at the Fenix Awards as Best Solo Adventure of 2026 at GothCon XLIX in Gothenburg, Sweden.

The Fenix ​​Awards is a gala where we celebrate Swedish role-playing games and role-playing game creators. It is organized by the gaming magazine Fenix, whose readers vote for the winners.

Gothcon is an annual gaming convention in Gothenburg, Sweden, with focus on role-playing games, board games, live action role-playing games, miniature wargaming, wargames and collectible card games. The convention has been held on the long weekend of Easter since 1977.

As the writer of the game I am honored and touched by the award. A big thank you to everyone.

Keep soloing!

Kent-Ove Lindström

It seems like 5e has a culture of running DMs into the ground. Is it just me or do you never really hear this kind of thing in other games? Is it just the matt mercer effect taking its toll?

I don't run 5e myself currently, and when I did I still couldn't wrap my head around what other DMs were doing that was causing them to lose sleep over this game. I'm not being snarky, I really do not get it.

Hey all,

What are the best pre-written campaign settings and what do you like about them?

Ant setting will do.

More of a fun theoretical question than anything, but here goes: what are some games that, by virtue of their premise or mechanics or both, are especially difficult to deliver a satisfying experience in just one sitting, in contrast to all the great oneshot-friendly or even oneshot-specific games out there, like CBR+PNK or Grant Howwitt's one-page games?

I remember there were possibly some alien races on the ship as well. Maybe a class system? The big thing I remember is the mystery around the ship and how massive it was. Whole levels of the ship lost to memory and ripe for exploring. The natives living on the ship don't remember anything about the ships history or purpose.

So, your sword II gives you +2 to roll on melee combat, your swordsman I skill adds another one, but enemy actually also has swordsman I, so it adds 1 to target number. So kind of a tag system (if abilities are not numbers its ok, but they all should matter if applicable to situation)

I look for something that can replace RISUS with more influence factors, technically. My current experience is only GMing (one each) L&F and RISUS one-shots for couple of people so I am not sure it will be easy to jump into D&D, but I want to get similar experience where you use freedom of TTRPG combined with some system restrictions, to generate interesting situations

Okay, so I want to find a generic horror system for my games. I started with CoC 7e, but wanted something leaner and meaner so I got Mothership, which does that, but is limited by being very focused in its sci-fi setting.

On the other hand I've heard people talk about Liminal Horror and Cthulhu 2d6 as alternatives for games with simplers rulesets and with more modularity.

However, I still like Mothership's CoC adjacent system.

Does anyone here have experience with these and can help me out in comparing the games?

I mean like an encounter that is like: 20 zombies, 30 skeletons, 100 guards, etc. I'm talking a system that is specificlly designed and built around this idea, not just a house rule or DMG option.

I'm looking for a system like D&D, Pathfinder, etc., where you have a list of "spells" you can use that, while not universal for all classes or playstyles, remains consistent and is only altered from class to class (more or less like a sorcerer can cast a spell but a druid can't because it's not in their spell list). I want to know if there's a system where martial arts have this under the names "Moves," "Abilities," or something similar.

In Brazil, Saint George is informally celebrated as the patron saint of tabletop roleplaying games. Unlike an official religious designation, this is a creative and affectionate tradition born from the gaming community. The connection is purely symbolic: just as the saint is a warrior on horseback who defeats a dragon, RPG players see him as the ultimate archetype of the heroic adventurer facing monsters and challenges.

https://www.rederpg.com.br/2011/04/23/salve-sao-jorge-padroeiro-do-rpg-brasileiro/

https://mundotentacular.blogspot.com/2011/04/salve-sao-jorge-padroeiro-dos-jogadores.html

Was something simple like Abe Lincoln lived? Did magic take the place of tech? Or did the space race come later?