The Hallow Man was updated to 1.1. This is a horror scenario by Silvia Clemente for DARKER (easily adapted to Wretched Darkness or other OSR games). A few typos and character stats were corrected and AI illustrations replaced with stock photos. If you purchased it before, you can find 1.1 at our store’s downloads section. If you haven’t, check it out. It will soon be available in print-on-demand at Luludotcom. More updates to come!
As many of you already know, the Red Room will stop selling through its own online store at the end of this year. Since we are now about a month away from that change, it is time to explain what happens next.
From early 2026 onward, our catalogue will be available exclusively through Luludotcom in both digital and print formats. Some digital titles will also continue to be offered on itch.io. The Red Room website itself will remain as it is, so you can still browse our games there as usual and follow the links to Lulu or itch.io to complete your purchase.
You may also have noticed that we have been releasing fewer new titles recently. This does not mean the Red Room is closing when the shop does. The two things are unrelated. The slower release schedule comes from a simple, practical reason: sales have been down for months. Putting out new material when existing titles are not selling well is difficult to justify, and a smaller budget makes it harder to commission new cover and interior art. For that reason, we decided to reduce the pace of new releases.
Instead, we plan to review and update older books and re-release them. As usual, anyone who already owns the original digital version will receive the updated digital file for free. These new editions will also replace AI-generated illustrations with public-domain or commissioned art. This is not because we suddenly turned against AI as a tool, but because AI artwork has become a point of contention and has clearly hurt sales and visibility. At a time when numbers are already low, we cannot afford additional obstacles.
Our hope is that these revised editions will appeal both to long-time and new customers, in digital and print. We also hope that reviewers who have avoided covering books with AI art will now feel more comfortable giving Red Room titles a fair look.
Following the RPGPundit’s recent review of Shadows over Olisipo, we’ve updated the book: corrected typos, replaced AI illustrations with period public-domain art, and added bookmarks. The new digital edition (v1.2) is now available at the Red Room store; the print edition will be updated shortly. You can check out the review here.
Stays in Vegas, a heist RPG set in mid-20th-century Las Vegas, inspired by the original Ocean’s 11, is now available in digital format at the Red Room store (a paperback version will be coming soon) . Put a crew together, case the floor, and walk out richer—if the Heat doesn’t catch up first. Play sharp, play quick: this game uses the MicroRed streamlined version of the Red Role-playing Game mechanics to run slick capers, casino hustles, and crew-driven jobs. The focus is on crime, cons, nightlife, and the constant pressure of law enforcement, the mob and casino security.
If you missed last week’s Lulu promo, they got you covered with another – even better – Halloween discount: use GHOSTWRITER20 code at checkout for 20% off printed books. And remember to check out our Lulu store.
Also, a reminder that our own Halloween sale on digital titles is still on until the end of the month. Use promo code halloweensale at checkout for a 40% discount on all our products
The revised Red role-playing game is available now in digital at the Red Room store. This edition features a new cover by Jae Tanaka, updated art throughout, a cleaner layout, several rules clarifications, and a great many corrected typos. It remains a FREE download. A print edition from Luludotcom will follow shortly. If you purchased the original softcover, send us a message and we’ll arrange a replacement copy. While all Red games include full rules, this book is highly recommended, especially now.
In this MicroRed game player characters are elite ex-soldiers turned mercenaries. They take on dangerous jobs that demand guts and creativity, from storming cartel compounds to slipping through enemy lines to sabotage a weapons cache. The game draws from the spirit of 1980s action shows, especially The A-Team. Soldiers of Fortune uses a slightly modified version of the Grindhouse Red mechanics, so it can be used either as a standalone game or as a soucebook for our previous release.
August begins, and so does our yearly sale: Halloween in August. Get 35% off most items at the Red Room shop with promo code summersale. The deal covers nearly everything, except the Pundit Files and our most recent release, Final Frontier. This sale will be going on until the end of the month.
Final Frontier is a complete space adventures game that adapts the Wretched Space setting with the streamlined MicroRed system. With cover art by Kousakee and interior art by Kris Villarosa, Robert Pepper among others, this book provides everything you need to craft your own worlds, from huge starports to desolate backwater colonies. Create your character from a choice of archetypes, alien races, and lifepath events, then brave the lawless zones of the galaxy with grit and cunning. Explore forgotten colonies, forge alliances and fight for justice or profit. Strap into the cockpit, check your gear, and prepare to conquer the challenges of space! Now available at the The Red Room store and Luludotcom in digital format, it will be later available in hardcover and paperback. And remember, Final Frontier is a free download for those who purchased Wretched Space 2E at our store.
Grindhouse Red is the MicroRed version of Wretchploitation, one of our earliest Wretched titles. It plunges players into the gritty, blood-soaked underbelly of 1970s exploitation cinema, using MicroRed, a streamlined iteration of the Red rules, an OSR-compatible system by the Red Room. With a cover by Warghoul (Lore Hammer Forge), and interior art (mostly) from public domain, Grindhouse Red is a love letter to the sleazy, blood-soaked world of exploitation cinema—films that thrived on sex, violence, drugs, and every taboo from the 1960s to the 1980s. It’s FREE for those who purchased Wretchploitation from our store and… you can play a LITERAL NAZI! What’s not to love?
