Welcome to the Cannibal Halfling Weekend Update! Start your weekend with a chunk of RPG news from the past week. We have the week’s top sellers, industry news stories, something from the archives, and discussions from elsewhere online.

DriveThruRPG Top Sellers for 1/11/2025

1. ACKS II Revised Rulebook
2. Mystery Flesh Pit National Park: The RPG
3. Warhammer 40k Roleplay: Imperium Maledictum Inquisition GM’s Guide
4. Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay: Deft Steps Light Fingers
5. Triangle Agency

Top News Stories

ILA and USMX reach agreement on new master contract: We discussed back in October the dockworkers’ strike and its potential implications on many industries, including gaming. When the strike ended, there was a tentative agreement signed which would have expired this month, on January 15th to be specific. Luckily, the two sides were able to reach an agreement and there will not be an additional strike. Do keep in mind that there will still be supply chain disruptions on the horizon, ocean freight prices from Asia are already increasing as suppliers across multiple industries, including books and games, try to get product in before the incoming administration messes everything up with tariffs.

Macmillan Publishers to distribute Darrington Press RPG products: While product announcements aren’t news, publishing agreements are; mainline book publishers are not generally in the business of selling RPGs, and the most recent foray, made by Andrews McMeel for Dan Fox’s Grim and Perilous imprint, ended poorly. Darrington Press, of course, is a little higher profile than Grim and Perilous, and it appears that the first major product to go through the Macmillan channels will be Daggerheart. As noted in the announcement, Macmillan will be selling the Darrington back catalog as well, so expect to see Daggerheart, Candela Obscura, and others in mainline book stores and other retailers that Macmillan works with.

From the Archives

In an amusing twist, Monte Cook’s Invisible Sun, a game once famous for its eye-watering price tag, is now available from Humble Bundle for $18. Oh, how the mighty have fallen. Setting prices in economics is a matter of finding a price that buyers are willing to pay, and despite the anecdote about Invisible Sun, RPG prices are often on the side of too low to be sustainable. From the archives this week, we discuss The Trouble with RPG Prices.

Discussion of the Week

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