The fan-made Book of Malkav (burn after reading) taught me the phrase, “If you’re falling, dive”.
So, here I am, at the risk of a fall, because I’m in a hotel room writing up UK Games Expo notes after a busy day and with Routinely Itemised tasks to do. Oh, let’s assume that Mozilla has announced the end of the read-it-later app Pocket, which I rely on, and pivot to Notion this very moment.
Now, let’s get into the RPG news summaries of summaries.
- Rebellion Unplugged is working on and will Kickstart Tunnels & Trolls: A New Age.
- Gary Con 2026 will run March 29-22.
- Kobold grows Tales of the Valiant with another Kickstarter (and there’s a free quickstart).
Is that all? That’s the big shapes.
It’s convention season in that UK Games Expo is on, but that’s not usually a convention heavy with TTRPG news, and the publishers may well be avoiding clashing with distracting news from the board game space.
However, it’s Friday night, and this feels like the most TTRPG-heavy UK Games Expo that I’ve been to in years. Or maybe I’m just getting better at asking the questions that lead to news stories.
As a reminder, there’s no podcast tomorrow, I can’t do that from my hotel room, but watch Geek Native on social media for the occasional reel and photograph from the busy Halls.
On with the news!
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RPG news from Geek Native
- Rebellion Unplugged has finally given us a glimpse of Tunnels & Trolls: A New Age.
- Vortex Verlag showcases some art from their 2026 5e project Shanarel.
- Three Sails Studios will publish Gallows Corner.
- Wrenegade Studio’s free prologue for Beyond the Veil is out.
- Beyond Cataclysm Games will publish the TTRPG Skies of Belief.
- The Bundle of Holding has a deal on the original Grim Hollow and one for Sine Nomine Corebooks.
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RPG news from around the web
- Gary Con 2026 has announced dates: March 29-22. Luke Gygax is at UKGE, and I’ll be surprised if there’s no joint news before next year.
- At EN World, Dawn Dalton has the PaizoCon 2025 Keynote Recap.
- Wargamer pens Hot new DnD rival Daggerheart drops free rules for everyone to play with.
- Wargamer notes that DnD casually drops the new Psion class, and it’s a body horror nightmare and EN World goes with D&D Debuts Playtest for Psion Class.
- IcV2 writes up ICv2: Kobold Press Launches ‘Tales of the Valiant: Player’s Guide 2’. You can get the preview for free.
- ICv2 also has retail news with “Dig Your Own Grave” in “Old Gods of Appalachia RPG”.
- Evil Hat launches Design Diaries for Rangers of a Broken World by the creator Leon Richardson.
- It’s math! Ars Technica notes that Your next gaming dice could be shaped like a dragon or armadillo.
- Backwards Tabletop sends Rascal their news that the free Mecha TTRPG newsletter is coming.
- It’s not strictly TTRPG but ScreenRant writes Horrified: Dungeons & Dragons Interview – How Everything Came Together With Hasbro.
- What’s on Stage has an exclusive about Dragons and Drop Ins with Dungeons and Dragons interactive show to play in the West End.
RPG reviews and interviews from around the web
- Rob Wieland looks at a Kickstarter with D&D and Star Wars Designer Rodney Thompson Turns His Hand To Cyberpunk in Neon City Outlaws.
- Benjamin Abbott from GamesRadar has high praise with I’ve been playing D&D for years, but I may switch to Daggerheart thanks to one simple yet brilliant mechanic.
- Bell of Lost Souls says Critical Role’s ‘Daggerheart’: A Crunchier Approach To Fiction First Fantasy.
- Reviews from R’lyeh get through Attack the Light: Issue 0, Silam No. 2: The Trials of Riao, Scout Magazine #III, Rotten at the Core and Bite Me!.
- Angels Citadel has a review of It’s Only Magic.
- Signals for Delta Pavonis has first impressions of the folk horror Solemn Vale.
- Halway Station has a review of The Midlands Low-Magic Sandbox Setting and Interstellar Rebels.
- The TTRPG Insider looks at a Kickstarter with Sin Eater: Journaling Through Rituals, Religion, and Redemption.
- The Roleplayers Chroncile reviews Magpie Games – Urban Shadows (Powered by the Apocalypse).
- The RPG Gazette has A Review of Vaesen – Call of Cthulhu meets The Witcher.
- Throat Punch Games reviews Pathfinder Society Scenario #6-07: A God Falls Where Magic Fails .
- GameRant has Interview: Dimension 20 Game Master Brennan Lee Mulligan Talks Family, Fame, and Filling Up Venues.
- There’s another from those two, as we also get Brennan Lee Mulligan Shares Experience of Being Part of the Dungeons and Dragons Renaissance.
RPG new releases
- Jokeattoli has published the English and Italian Kamon core rules.
- Kobold Press has released the free to download Player’s Guide 2 Preview.
- Acheron Games also has a freebie with PREVIEW for Brancalonia – Spaghetti Fantasy Bestiary.
- Treeshaker Books won’t be outdone on the free to download games either and offers Scalable Universal Dice System RPG – Detour Through Whitehall Scenario.
- CG Jordan offers something new with Heros of Nacho.
- Curtiss Bourner has us at the of times with Apocalypse Earth.
- Giovane do Monte takes us into a wild history with Stoneblade.
- Grimwood Games has released Ironbound: An Urban Fantasy RPG.
- Deep Light Games has published Frame // Core.
- In physical releases and pre-releases there’s Dungeons & Dragons: The Fallbacks: Dealing With Dragons (Hardcover).
RPG bundle deals
- Save $157.09 (89%) with The M.T. Black Collection.
RPG ideas, tips and discoveries
- Ben and the Genre Police talk Big Damn Heroes and A Sense of Place.
- The Spinoff gets into How to listen to Dungeons & Dragons. They also asked What’s so great about Dungeons & Dragons?.
- The New Stack opines If AI Can Play Dungeons & Dragons, It Can Run Your ERP – The New Stack.
- Roleplay Tips shares Your World Is An NPC
- Sly Flourish reminds is to Leave Blanks.
- TTRPG Insider opines D&D Rules Update: Third-Party Designers Hold Steady in 2025.
- America Online runs with Dungeons & Dragons – and Jesuits.
- Tribality writes up Dungeon Traps Done Right: A Guide to Smart, Interactive Trap Design.
RPG Crowdfunding
There’s more! You can catch up with Kickstarter campaigns we’ve written up in more detail at Kickstarter watch. Here are some noteworthy industry projects to mention:
- Selene Oscure | A Grim Dark Fantasy OSR moon falling setting from Maison Nébuleuse introduces “Travel across the shadow of the falling moon, climb on and slay whatever you find on it! An all new MÖRK BORG HACK!”
- City of the Black Rose: A 5E & Daggerheart Horror Setting from Roll & Play Press suggests “Enter a gothic noir metropolis where crime and corruption rule the streets! A campaign setting for DnD 5E, Daggerheart, and all RPGs.”
- Modular Lighthouse: 3D Printable Tabletop Terrain & 5E – STL from Sol Invictus kickstarts “High quality DnD scenery, fully modular terrain, cave, props, minis, 5E Adventure, 28/32mm for 3D printing; DnD, Cthulhu, RPG wargaming”
- Player’s Guide 2: New Power for 5E and TOV Players from Kobold Press raises funds for “Three new base classes including the Vanguard, dozens of subclasses, new lineages, hundreds of new spells, and more for TOV and 5E D&D.”
- The RPG Party Starter Only $20! from Nord Games proposes “Ignite collaborative storytelling with intriguing character bonds and adventure prompts, inspiring both GMs and players.”
- Dragon Classes: A set of D&D Character Sheets from Cosmic Goblin’s Chest pitches “A set of 13 Character Sheets for Dungeons & Dragons and tabletops! Make your characters more unique with the vibrant colors!”
- Fairies in Wonderland – TTRPG Battlemaps from That Dungeon Guy suggests “200 maps of Feyland/Wonderland and 50 Primal World tokens for D&D/PF/TTRPG (VTT). Every Backer add 1 map to the pack.”
- Serenissima Obscura – Printable STL Miniatures from Rafael Moreno Dominguez suggests “3D-Printable Miniatures for Dark, Enchanting Tabletop Adventures”
- Arcane Wonders: A Growing Compendium of Magic Items from Hidden Hoard suggests “An expanding book of unique magic items, from the common to the legendary, designed for use with D&D 5e.”
- Hundred Acre Hell for D&D 5E, Shadow of the Demon Lord, OSE from Mike Myler proposes “When Christopher Robin left the Hundred Acre Wood the magic he brought to it did not, and now fiends and worse have filled the void.”
- How Awful Goodness Is from Nate Southard nominates “Religious Horror for Mörk Borg”
- ZOOMIES! A tiny ttrpg about dogs from Michael Lorette suggests “You are rambunctious dogs on a big adventure, causing mischief along the way. Bark or Bite? Cute or Chaos? You decide!”
- Echoes of the Veil: Cinematic Cyberpunk RPG hack of CBR+PNK from Raffi Marhaba is working on “A cinematic cyberpunk TTRPG hack of CBR+PNK (Forged in the Dark) set in a world where Weird Magik never left—just got buried.”
- OSE Adventure Double-Feature from Jeffrey Jones raises funds for “A Gentle Meander, Secret of the Whispering God, and more for Old School Essentials!”
- The Wretched, A Decaying TTRPG of Desperate Survival from Micro Dungeons kickstarts “A grim standalone or fully 5e-compatible tabletop RPG about survival in crumbling worlds.”
- Mouldy Lettuce in a Business Suit from Liz – Strike Studio introduces “A distinctly British roleplaying game of political satire and vegetables”
- Pay What You Want, Medieval RPG Town Set 15 from 3DP4U nominates “3D Printable STL Files, Terrain for Tabletop, Role Playing Games, Wargames and RPG. Medieval RPG Town Houses – Set 15”
- Ratatombouille: A 5E Culinary Adventure! from Tales & Tastes is working on “A 5E Culinary One-Shot! Rescue a kidnapped rat chef from a rival restaurateur in this flavorful, fast-paced D&D adventure!”
- Four-A-Fact RPG Game from Adams Collins submits “A new story unfolds each time you play.”
- Just Roll With It from ParadoxPort nominates “A role-playing approach to behavior change and becoming the hero of your story”
- Sin Eater from Hunters Books proposes “A journaling game about the absolute power to absolve or condemn”
- Doomskull Dice Tower from Bartosz Wozny proposes “Highly detailed Fantasy Dice Tower STL and Physical Print. Ideal for tabletop and RPG gaming sessions.”
- Grag & Kragg mimic Still’s from Darren Johnson pitches “A duo of gloriously horrible creatures that will eat your dice and nibble your fingers! Only the brave dare to approach!”
- Secret Passages #2: An Old School RPG and Oldhammer Magazine from James Hoare pitches “Packed with interviews and illustrations, this is the second of a new quarterly zine exploring the RPGs and wargames that raised us.”
- Mage Potion Dice: Handcrafted liquid Core RPG dice from Bear Dice proposes “Liquid Core Enchantment: Handcrafted Luxury Dice Sets for Discerning Gamers & Collectors””
- Storms & Sorcery – A D&D 5e Aquatic Supplement! from Adventure Ripples kickstarts “A rich DnD 5e guide filled with fresh mechanics, setting options, and character material!”
- Strongholds & Sanctuaries: A 5E Building Guide from Narrative Blueprinting offers “Player and DM Tools for Base Building, Crafting Fortresses, Camps, and Headquarters”
- Neteru Dice-Dice Throne-Dice Altar from CNMZTRPG raises funds for “Dice Codex: These Aren’t just Dice,They’re a Divine Covenant Unleash Divine Power to Level Up Your Tabletop Game Epicness”
- Folio #31 The Dungeon of Death from Scott Taylor introduces “The epic conclusion (Part 6) of The Virgin Mine in Classic AD&D and 5E Mechanics!”
- Mythiras: A Grimdark Setting & Adventure for 5e from Cabal of Enchantment kickstarts “Delve into the dark world of Myhtiras, where you must overcome the curse in this grim TTRPG for 5e+!”
- Chronika – A Timeless Year from Abhishek Patel nominates “A tarot-driven story game of novice enterpreneurs, time loops and urban exploration for solo & shared-world play.”
- Populated Hexes Monthly Issue 47 from Todd crowdfunds “The Brigands’ Watch”
- The World of Arcanus: Land of Elemental Fury from Eli Moreno crowdfunds “A D&D 5e and 2024 Rules compatible world setting based in a world controlled and created from Elemental Chaos.”
- Battle Maps: Castles, Ruins and Adventure Grounds from Agnieszka Polanowska pitches “RPG Battle Maps: From Castles to Ruins & Wild Adventure Grounds”
- Oath Hammer TTRPG from Broken Blade Publishing introduces “A new D6 TTRPG with a focus on intuitive combat, hexcrawling, and domain-level play.”
- Lewd Dungeon Adventures: Converted to 5e and Re-Illustrated from Phoenix Grey nominates “Epic relaunch! Get all our adults-only adventures in 5e, including 5 beautifully re-illustrated editions.”
- When Life Gives You Legends: Fantasy Trilogy, TTRPG Campaign from Luna Ryder introduces “Three fast-paced fantasy books featuring neurodivergent heroes, LGBTQ+ rep, family-friendly chaos… and a bonus D&D campaign!”
- Timeless Reamls 2: Fantasy Houses for RPG Tabletop Terrain from MakerMan3D raises funds for “Fantasy houses for supportless 3d printing for RPG tabletop terrain and diorama.”
- Bite-sized Adventures Ready For Any Fantasy TTRPG (5e, Pathfinder, OSR, ect.) from Mellow Golem Games offers “Bite-sized Adventures Ready For Any Fantasy TTRPG (5e, Pathfinder, OSR, ect.)”
Do you know of any RPG news sources we might not know? If so,” please let us know or leave a comment below.
