Routinely Itemised: RPG #332

Bronwen is ill. I’m here alone in Geek Native towers and protected. Does that sound fair? Well, one of us has pizza, and I don’t!

Let’s kick off Friday with TTRPG news summary summaries!

• Cubicle 7 have confirmed they’re working on Warhammer 5e (not that 5e).
• Wizards of the Coast is killing their 3d VTT.
• Wayland Games, a large tabletop retailer, has teamed up with the British Museum for “Secret Maps”.
• Oh dear, we don’t know the backstory, but look at the name. Wayward Rogues Publishing is having a sudden divorce bundle sale.
• There is/was a D&D club in London charging £300 a month.

The interview with Dark Wizard Games is live; they’re the winner of this month’s RPG Publisher Spotlight.

In other news, our traditional 12 Masks of Halloween countdown is underway. This year, we’ve combined the coupon code GEEKNATIVE for 25% off Displate.

And now, the Routinely Itemised TTRPG news.

Spotlight: Dark Wizard Press.

RPG news from Geek Native

• There’s a D&D club in London that charges £300 a month for membership, and now it’s caught up in an unpleasant £150K legal battle.
• It’s official, Wizards of the Coast is deleting Sigil.
• A record-breaking Kickstarter is now out with The Crooked Moon.
• It looks like Dragonlance is coming back to D&D.
• Roll20 now has a $150 tier.
• Handiwork Games will release a supplement to FiveEvil called Netherworlds.
• Geek Native got an early look at Watch Well Games’ The Quintessential Curios.
• I was slow on the Bundle news, so Geek Native reviewed the Mystery Flesh Pit National Park: The RPG.
• We had a guest post from Tom Gilbert on Why the scariest D&D monsters only exist in your mind.
• It’s Monster of the Week evolved into an audio drama. I interview team Welcome to Hole.
• Tabletop retailer Wayland Games teams up with The British Library for Secret Maps.
• The Bundle of Holding has an offer on the second edition of the transhuman Eclipse Phase. There’s also one for the gothic-romance Ghastly Affair.
• There’s more, as the Bundle of Holding and Cthonstone Games have Nightmares Underneath.

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RPG news from around the web

• Wargamer’s Timothy Linward covers Exclusive: Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay announces new fifth edition.
• Dungeons and Dragons Fanatics opines Hasbro CEO Says D&D Going All in On Video Games and Digital.
• TTRPG Insider runs Q3 2025: Hasbro Doubling Down on D&D’s “Digital Games”.
• Bell of Lost Souls writes up D&D: Heroes of the Forgotten Realms Previews Eight New SubclassesD&D: Heroes of the Forgotten Realms Previews Eight New Subclasses.
• At EN World, Christian Hoffer details Free League Announces Dragonbane: Trudvang.
• Nervana notes Forgotten Realms sneak peek in The Tenebrous Stone D&D adventure.
• ComicBook.com notes D&D Is Giving Away a New Free Adventure With a Baldur’s Gate 3 Connection.
• Good, Good, Good news runs with Dungeons & Dragons provides real benefits to people with disabilities and the elderly.
• ICv2 runs ICv2: Gamehole Con Growing Up.
• The Dallas Observer tells the world We Tried the New Dungeons & Dragons Immersive Experience in Plano.
• Rascal runs Games Against Genocide Charity Bundle Is Now Accepting Submissions.

RPG reviews and interviews from around the web

• IGN writes up Cosmere RPG Review.
• The RPG Gazette publishes A Review of Troika! – Monty Python Meets Adventure Time… In space?.
• Temple of Geek runs D&D ‘Stranger Things: Welcome To The Hellfire Club’ First Look.
• Ill Met by Morrslieb reviews The Night Parade (WFRP 4e).
• Throat Punch Games has a Ring Side Report- RPG review of Pathfinder Society Scenario #7-02: Shipyard Sabotage.
• Reviews from R’lyeh reviews Atomic Shadows: Post-Apocalyptic Role Playing Game, the 1985 Conan Role-Playing Game.
• The Kind DM looks at Fatebenders RPG.
• Grognardia shares a retrospective on Fading Suns.
• At EN World, Charles Dunwoody has Scalemail RPG: An Interview with Mike Larrimore.
• On Popverse, they say Daredevil: Born Again star Deborah Ann Woll brings Dungeons & Dragons to reality TV fans with Tales from Woodcreek.
• At Wargamer, Timothy Linward scoops What to expect from Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 5th edition – Cubicle 7’s CEO and head of design spills his guts.

RPG new releases

• 9th Level Games has a new Polymorph RPG with Thunder Road Vendetta RPG.
• The Rogue Trader has released the Shadowdark Danse Macabre.
• Renegade Game Studios has released the Werewolf: The Apocalypse 5th Edition, The Moonlit Path Sourcebook.
• Moon-Magister at the DMsGuild has published the Dungeon Master’s Secret Grimoire.
• Matt Archibald has published the homebrew Hexallia.
• Underground Oracle Publishing has released the Cypher System-powered Harrow: The Blighted Plane Corebook.
• Eccentric Normality has published the high-tech old-school Iron Dragoon Core Rules.
• In merch, Nemsis Now has a Beholder Sand Timer.

RPG bundle deals

• Save $167.29 (94%) with Wayward Rogues Publishing’s Sudden Divorce bundle.
• Save $15.86 (48%) in the Miskatonic Repository’s Halloween 2025 Collection part 1. Also save $14.14 (45%) in with the part 2 bundle.
• Save $12.74 (25%) with Mythic Portal Games’ Mythic Music-Alessandro Clemente bundle.
• Save $10 (10%) with GooeyCube’s Genzacon Adventure Bundle.
• Save $9.94 (32%) with the Companions of Arthur Companions of Arthur First Birthday Celebration bundle. (Pendragon).

RPG ideas, tips and discoveries

• EN World’s Michael Tresca opines RPG Evolution: Inspiration from Pikes Peak.
• Gnome Stew notes Small Groups vs. Large Groups.
• At the Yawning Portal, Thorsteinn Mar writes up the history of Vampire: The Masquerade.
• DungeonSolvers details How I Award Experience in D&D: A Modern Approach to Player Progression.
• At EN World, Jacob Lewis writes The Many Faces of Roleplaying: How ‘RPG’ Became Everything and Nothing.
• At EN World, Jacob Lewis writes The Many Faces of Roleplaying: How ‘RPG’ Became Everything and Nothing.
• The RPG Gazette shares Dragons Without Dungeons: When D&d Forgot Its Own name.

RPG Crowdfunding

There’s more! You can catch up with the Kickstarter campaign we’ve written up in more detail at Kickstarter watch. Here are some noteworthy industry projects to mention:

• SPACE SLAVE: A Solo TTRPG from B.P. Laverock submits “Debt, danger, and destiny collide! Journey from captivity to freedom and triumph in the Cosmic Unknown!”
• Dice Rolling Tray and Travel Storage Box | D&D RPG from James submits “We are two friends and RPG enthusiasts that designed an RPG dice rolling travel box together. We hope you like it as much as we do!”
• My Best Friend, in print: Custom Pet Figures from Juan Lerma kickstarts “Celebrate your love for pets with personalized 3D figures made from your photos. stl files boardgame companion minis tabletop , dnd”
• Blackstone Blocks: Magnetic Modular Terrain for TTRPGs from Band of Idiots offers “Magnetic pre-textured terrain blocks that build fast and hold strong. Travel ready and great for improv encounters or vast TTRPG worlds”
• Square RPG Puzzle Tiles – FANTASY INTERIORS from Hermann Hillmann crowdfunds “Complete sets of RPG tiles, optimized for quick and hassle-free printing on FDM 3D printers.”
• Veilords! from Thomas Coronha Hübscher nominates “A RPG game about chaos, change and new beginnings. Investigate mysteries in this urban fantasy dystopia!”
• 🧬 Starblight: 100 Adventures of Cosmic Mutation for 5e from Robert James proposes “Modular One-Shots in a World Warped by Starblight and Spreading Mutation.”
• 5e | 50 Lairs and Dungeons Compendium: “Lairs of Doom” from Elven Foundry raises funds for “A compendium of dark domains and deadly bosses — richly detailed lairs filled with story, strategy, and unforgettable encounters.”
• dJam | A die for all dices! from Astridamia introduces “A die you can use to roll all the most common role-play dices or either store them inside.”
• Choose Cthulhu Solo Adventure Gamebooks from Steve Jackson Games kickstarts “Delve into a world of eldritch horror and mystery. Choose from fourteen different solo adventure books and take control of the story!”
• Halloween Haunted Pumpkin Mansion D&D Dice Tower 3D STL File from Slope3D proposes “Exclusive Halloween release: Haunted Pumpkin Mansion Dice Tower STL for D&D and tabletop RPG enthusiasts.”
• Beacon Island for Savage Worlds from Peter Saloom raises funds for “Sci-fi fun on a nostalgic 1990’s summer vacation!”
• 🎯HEYtrace Battle Mat — Traceable Reusable Curl-Free D&D Mat from HEYii offers “⏱ Trace in seconds • ♾ Reusable & Smudge-Proof • 🧩 Curl-Free & Foldable • ✏️ Includes Pen & Cloth • Ideal for DnD & Tabletop RPGs”
• DEATH CITY from Polyhedra Games pitches “a chaotic and action-packed dark occult goth punk urban fantasy tabletop RPG.”
• Raven – A Gothic Campaign and New Cursed Adventures from Shadowlands Games crowdfunds “Expand the unique Raven gameplay with a new gothic campaign and a new book of ready-to-play scenarios”
• P.T. Lamark’s Cryptid Codex: A Bestiary for 5e from Dice Dungeons kickstarts “Bring cryptids into your D&D 5e campaign, from iconic myths to local state legends, with lairs, story hooks, and field notes.”
• 100 Strangers: misfits & outcasts for sci-fi rpgs from Adam STATION offers “Spice up your games with utterly unique characters, usable as PCs or NPCs.”
• Shadows of the Ironheart’s Rift from Gi&Gi pitches ““From the heart of the mountain rise metallic whispers and forgotten secrets. An adventure that takes characters from level 1 to 4.””
• Grim Dark Dilemmas: The Hollowed Grove from Gerrit offers “A grimdark horror one-shot for 5e where vanishing children, fae bargains, and moral ruin await your table.”
• Odyssey of the Dragonlords: Remastered Edition from Arcanum Worlds suggests “An epic Greek-inspired 5E campaign updated for the 2024 rules. Challenge gods, titans, and fate itself.”
• Titan Dice from John Wrot! nominates “Massive 105mm Dice Sets & Singles for RPG Gaming, Display Pieces, and Home Décor.”
• Bastions & Guildhalls: A Modular Map Maker from Czepeku pitches “Design buildings your party will love, loot, or accidentally burn down—with gorgeous hand-drawn map tiles by Czepeku!”
• RPG Maps – 310 Gothic Maps for Your RPG Adventures from LFirefly suggests “High-quality Gothic maps with haunting locations for vampire hunters, cultists, and dark adventurers.”
• The Monolith Collection: Modular RPG Dice Jewelry from Yaniir crowdfunds “A collection of modular RPG dice jewelry featuring swappable dice pendants and allergy-friendly materials.”
• John Company & Molly House Reprint from Cole Wehrle introduces “Two of the most evocative historical board games are back for a new print run.”
• Savage Hunter: Monster Hunting in Savage Worlds from BPB Games proposes “Track and slay monsters, harvest them for parts, and turn them into gear to hunt larger foes in this new paleopunk setting!”
• Shadow over Romaro 2: Midnight Monastery from Imp Inc Games offers “5E-compatible PDF adventure with 3D printable STL miniatures. AI-free campaign!”
• Furhaven Adventures from Kim Bourrie crowdfunds “324 Pages of Interwoven 5E Quests • 5 New Classes • Minis, Dice & More”
• The Streets of Port Noir: A 5e Solo Adventure Investigation from Obvious Mimic suggests “Navigate the criminal underworld of Port Noir in a fantasy noir single-player adventure.”
• Legion of the Necromancer from Hammerforge Chronicles offers “A classic Fighting Fantasy-style gamebook that immerses the player in a world of monsters, code and difficult choices. Join the quest!”
• DROW BORG: MÖRK BORG Compatible OSR RPG from AAW Games submits “Punk rock OSR RPG of venom, rebellion, and doomed drow in the depths of a corrupted Underworld. Burn bright, die loud.”
• Gravedigger’s Harvest from Lone Colossus Games kickstarts “A dark fantasy mystery adventure for D&D 5e”
• Deezy’s Deadly Hexes: 5E Goblin GF & Sorcerer Subclass! from Quill’s Tiny Quests raises funds for “Your new romanceable goblin companion NPC & sorcery subclass, plus encounters, items, spells and much more!💚”
• Minimal Roleplay The Virtual Tabletop from Minimal Roleplay crowdfunds “From virtual tabletops to solo adventures, character sheets, and scenarios, an all-in-one ecosystem for role-players.”
• SEVEN: the Modern Horror Tabletop Roleplaying Game from Arno Vandenberg nominates “SEVEN is a modern horror RPG, centered on using the seven Deadly Sins and Heavenly Virtues to fight fallen Angels and risen Demons.”
• HEXA — The Titanium Dice Pen from Luras suggests “HEXA is a precision-machined titanium pen with a perfectly balanced dice cap and tungsten glass-breaker — built to last a lifetime.”
• Bug Busters TTRPG from Dieku Games kickstarts “Play scrappy working class exterminators protecting the planet from a secret alien invasion! Back it now!”
• Tron 3 from LunaDice submits “Unique set of d6 dice for collectors, geeks, dnd, tabletop games and for all who love dice.”
• A Tome of Evolving Magic Items for D&D from CraftRiot raises funds for “A tome of magical items that evolve with their wielder, shaping and shaped by your journey. Fully compatible with DnD 5e!”
• Populated Hexes Monthly Year Four from Todd submits “A compilation of Issues 37-48 of Populated Hexes Monthly.”
• Shops & Merchants for 5e from Elowen Frost kickstarts “A DnD 5e supplement brimming with fantastical shops, magic items, unique NPCs, and thrilling adventure hooks.”
• Ephemeris: Omens of the Blood Comet from Studio Zosimos LLC nominates “A retrofuturist gothic horror TTRPG of vampire hunting, cosmic secrets, and bloody fates, brought to glorious undeath with risograph”
• Deathwish5e™: Halloween Special 2025 from Bryan Hardenberger proposes “A brand new Tier 1 adventure and 20 new cards for play in Deathwish5e™, the unofficial trading card organized play for D&D 5e (2024)!”
• Top-Down Asset Pack – 210 Halloween Assets from Gergely Papp raises funds for “210 Halloween assets. For creating TTRPG maps, board games, and video games. 100% human-made.”
• 101 Allies and Enemies from Evil Pigeon Games is working on “A whole collection of friends and foes for any fantasy TTRPG!”
• Arcane Circle • An All-In-One TTRPG Hub for Players and GMs from Arcane Circle raises funds for “Arcane Circle is an all-in-one platform for TTRPGs, designed to make games flow smoothly for players and GMs alike.”
• The Central Nexus: Social VTT Platform from Rocky kickstarts “A free platform connecting D&D players through 3D sessions, matchmaking & community.”
• The Deck of Old-School Wilderness Encounters from Philip Reed nominates “Whether you’re into 5E, OSR or any other variant of the classic ampersand RPG, this 50-card deck will keep your session moving.”
• Invasion of Kaldora from Jack Kountouris proposes “Second Edition of Invasion with the all-new Heroes of Kaldora fantasy expansion!”
• Reality Weavers: An AI-Enhanced Fantasy RPG from Francesca Ghezzo introduces “Shape worlds, forge impossible magic, and rewrite destiny in a cinematic, player-driven RPG.”
• Halloween themed dice: Ten Trickster Dice from BearDice raises funds for “10 designs to choose from | 10 colorways | Rounded edges | Weird magic style”
• Hunting Grounds: A Stalker Horror TTRPG from Charlie Blakelock introduces “A horror TTRPG where the players are hunted relentlessly by the Stalker, akin to Clock Tower (1995) and Halloween (1978)”
• Voyagers II – 3D Printable Vessels for TTRPGs from 3D Printable Terrain raises funds for “Highly detailed, 3D printable ships, airships, and boats for your RPG and tabletop adventures.”
• Epic Adventures: 600+ Rpg Maps for Every Campaign from Alex1805Kings offers “Epic Adventures: 600+ Square Battle Maps for Every Campaign, VTT-Ready for Roll20, Foundry & All Digital Tabletops”

Do you know of any RPG news sources we might not know? If so, please let us know or leave a comment below.