Indie RPG News Roundup, January 22
Just when you thought it was safe to visit Rampant Games again... here comes the Return of the Indie RPG News Roundups! I try to keep my ear to the ground, which at this particular moment in my neck of the woods is covered with a foot of snow - so it's a very cold, miserable job. But my pain is your gain! Here's what I've heard:


Depths of Peril
Not an HOUR after posting last week's update, Soldak sent me an email with more news about their award-winning action-RPG-with-depth (my label, not theirs), Depths of Peril. First of all, the 1.007 (that's right, double-oh-seven) is now official, and you can pick it up at the DoP Patch Page. Secondly, they have two new monster profiles up - for the Brute and the Wisp, which you can read about on the DoP Monster Profile Page.


The Adventures of Cendah
Swedish Indie Carl Karlsson of KingDiz Entertainment continues his retro-RPG efforts with a new indie RPG entitled, "The Adventures of Cendah." According to Carl, "The Demon Within was a project that went well, but the true purpose of it was to learn! I got a lot of feedback from it and since the engine I created wasn't even used to its limits. I decided to start a new project using that engine, but improved it according to the feedback I thought was useful. Some people were so impressed with the work I had started that they decided to help me out with some custom graphics and music!"

This may very well be the first "new" indie RPG release of 2008. The Adventures of Cendah includes three different towns with a unique quest for each, new spells and abilities, new items, new monsters, and new graphics. The demo is now available, and you can check it out at the KingDiz Website:

The Adventures of Cendah Playable Demo


Dungeon Crawl Tile Version
This is a graphical roguelike inspired by Linley's Dungeon Crawl. If you are familiar with roguelikes, you know what to expect. This game includes an insane number of races and classes, but I keep dying at an early level, so I can't really tell you the difference between them all with any kind of authority.

Download Dungeon Crawl Tile Version (Windows, and Linux)

(Source: JayIsGames)


Ultima VI Remake - The U6 Project
I normally do not cover game mods, but I'll make an exception this time. Fear and tremble, as it probably won't be the last time, either. RPGWatch has an interview with Jesse 'Zephyr' Strachman, who is heading up the U6 Project, a Dungeon Siege mod to re-create the classic Ultima VI. Maybe they'll fix it so that the pirate map segment of the game isn't so dang boring and annoying (I'm allowed to say that and still be considered an Ultima fan, right?). Those who are familiar with Ultima V Lazarus will be familiar with what they are trying to do.

Read the U6 Project Interview at RPGWatch


The Griffon Legend
"500 years after the Griffon-Dragon war, the Dragons have returned to reclaim their emipre. Cities are falling, everyone is dieing, and the lone Griffon Knight Fayne is caught up in the middle of it all."

The Griffon Legend is the first RPG completed using FreeBasic.

You can check out this indie Action-RPG here:
Download The Griffon Legend

(Source: JayIsGames)


Caverns of Underkeep
This is a free browser-based roguelike game currently in alpha - but playable and "mostly" complete, according to the developer, Joshua Smyth. Right now, it consists of only seven dungeon levels, but development is continuing on the project.

Play Caverns of Underkeep


UPDATE: Minions of Mirth - The Undead Wars Expansion Pack
A new expansion to the indie "hardcore" Massively Multiplayer RPG, Minions of Mirth (boasting 70,000 registered players... including yours truly), is due out in April. Titled "The Undead Wars," it is planned to include new monsters, zones, quests, items, and new / improved skills for mid-to-high level archetypes. More details will, I'm sure, be forthcoming. As always with Minions of Mirth, community members are very involved in the development of the expansion. Thanks, Prairie Games, for the reminder!

The Undead Wars Backstory

The Undead Wars Expansion Details


Aaaand - that's all I've got for now, folks. If you have tips on new indie computer RPGs (CRPGs) in late development, or recently released, gimme a holler either via email (jayb -- at, you know, rampantgames.com), or post it in this forum thread. Or you can post in the thread just to talk about these games, too - that's cool, too.


(Vaguely) related recent indie RPG news and foibles:
* Indie RPG News, January 16th
* Indie RPG News, December 26th
* Indie RPG News, December 12th
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