Because we’re all certainly not tired of reading Elon Musk’s name in the news, now he’s a discourse subject in tabletop RPGs! In this week’s TTRPG news, a Musk joke about buying Hasbro affects stocks, WotC gives us Exodus to go with our Exodus, Evil Dead 2 joins the 5E marketplace, and Free League offers an outstanding Humble Bundle.
Elon Musk Jokes About Buying Hasbro, Causes Stock Price To Go Up
The world’s least favorite billionaire might be using Dungeons & Dragons as his next tool in the culture wars. Elon Musk went on a Twitter tirade about the book The Making of Original Dungeons & Dragons 1970-1977, ridiculing a passage in the introduction that addresses the outdated views of Gary Gygax. After being egged on by other right wing talking heads, Musk went on to jokingly ask “How much is Hasbro?”
As Twitter itself shows, however, Musk’s stunts are not always the joke they seem to be. While he’s made no public moves to acquire Hasbro since the November 28 comment, the internet exploded with speculation and memes about how fast D&D would change or if people would finally jump ship to other games. For Hasbro’s part, EN World reported that the company’s stock price went up 2% seemingly in response to the idea of a Musk takeover.
Wizards of The Coast Exodus Gets TTRPG To Go With Video Game
There’s going to be an Exodus TTRPG to go with the upcoming Exodus video game from WotC, and followers of the brand will be able to get an early copy on December 11. All one has to do is go to the Exodus website, become a Follower, and then you’ll get early access to purchase the TTRPG book.
Both the TTRPG’s Exodus Traveler’s Handbook and the Exodus IP were created by James Ohlen. One of Ohlen’s most beloved previous works is Odyssey of the Dragonlords, a DnD 5E supplement that many say is better than official WotC hardcover campaigns. One of the main elements of Exodus is a time dilation system where player decisions directly impact the futures of NPCs and civilization itself.
Evil Dead 2 5E Rules Add Blood, Gore, And PvP
Evil Dead 2 is joining the growing list of franchises with a 5E conversion. The Kickstarter campaign for Evil Dead 2 5E RPG is already fully funded and set to release mid-2025. The book promises to bring the blood, guts, corruption and modern setting of Evil Dead into the familiar class system of 5E. There’s new subclasses for each class as well as mechanics for creating a bloodbath in battle. In a more novel twist for these IP-based 5E products, Evil Dead 2 boasts a PvP system where players get possessed by deadites and must expose each other in a social deduction game.
Free League Brings Out The Hits For Holiday Humble Bundle
RPG master publisher Free League is offering a buffet of its best systems in an $18 Humble Bundle. The offer ends within two weeks of this writing, creating a chance to snag a great holiday gift for your favorite Game Master or player group. The bundle comes with PDFs for Mutant Year Zero, Dragonbane, Tales from the Loop, Symbaroum, Forbidden Lands, and more Free League systems plus several bestiaries and expansion books. It’s 29 items in total, which is an absolute steal for the price.
With that, the news is done for the week! Thanks for reading, and may your dice be kind.