It’s Halloween. Who might knock on your door?
But first, let’s squeeze in TTRPG news summary summaries!
- D&D Beyond’s T&Cs changed.
- Pelgress Press have released a new digital product called Lumen for face-to-face GMs.
- Halloween is a time for bundles, and this Halloween Special is the biggest I could find.
- Necrotic Gnome has written about the future of Old-School Essentials.
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RPG news from Geek Native
- Annoying some folk, D&D Beyond’s terms and conditions have changed and include a class action waiver.
- Geek Native reviewed No Mercy For Monsters.
- At the TAGS festival, people got a look at the print edition of Carved in Stone.
- Alien: The Roleplaying Game has its evolved edition ready for pre-order.
- Free League also offered up a Halloween update for their horror game Vaesen.
- John Kovalic’s dragon hoard joke triggered some feedback.
- I curated some stupendous character blunders.
- We interviewed celeb Anjali Bhimani about Puppy Roll 2.
- We also interviewed Shades of Vengeance about Crueltide.
- Once again, Modiphius has released some free horror content for Halloween.
- At the Bundle of Holding, there’s a deal on Cthulhu Reborn.
- In Humble, there’s a Critical Role comic book deal.
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RPG news from around the web
- Pelgrane announce Lumen, an in-person digital GM screen.
- Necrotic Gnome tells us about Old-School Essentials – 2026 and Beyond.
- Chase Carter details how Tariffs Are Killing “Uncommon” RPGs.
- Paizo notes how subscriptions on their new store will work.
- Wrenegade Studio’s has released a free download for Beyond the Weil with Silent Nightmare.
- Dark Horse announces Stranger Things and Dungeons & Dragons Library Edition.
- At Bleeding Cool, Gavin Sheehan explains Dungeons & Dragons Releases Forgotten Realms: The Tenebrous Stone.
- Dungeons and Dragons Fanatics writes up New Official D&D Xanathar Device Holder & Dice Tower Unveiled.
- Guitar.com covers “We’re going on a pedal quest!”: This YouTuber has created a Dungeons & Dragons inspired pedalboard game – and we wanna play…
RPG reviews and interviews from around the web
- Christian Hoffer, at EN World, shares Forgotten Realms: Heroes of Faerun – First Impressions.
- Geek Dad looks inside Starter Set: Heroes of the Borderlands.#
- The Yawning Portal reviews Daggerheart with Hope, Fear, and the Future of Fantasy Role-Playing.
- The Roleplayers Chronicle reviews Moria, Through the Doors of Durin.
- Tabletop Bookshelf reviews Whispers in the Walls.
- Wayspell reviews Kingdomites: A Brutal Frontier.
- At EN World, Andrew Peregrine shares a Once Upon a F&%$ing Time Review.
- Imbricated Interests of a Ludic Ghoul reviews Hammers RPG.
- Reviews from R’lyeh reviews Lovecraftesque.
- EN World’s Libertad reviews D&D 5E (2014) Dungeons of Drakkenheim: a dark fantasy sandbox in a ruined city.
- The Kind DM looks at Mini Dungeons 1: Caves.
- Ill Met by Morrslieb reviews Review: Castle Drachenfels (WFRP 1e).
- Wargamer’s Ben Macready reports We uncover a treasure trove of D&D history with TTRPG researcher Shannon Appelcline.
RPG new releases
- Bloat Games has a slackers and supernatural RPG set in the 1990s with Askew.
- The Wanderer’s Tome has an expansion for the award-winning Flabbergasted with Mystified!.
- Renegade Game Studios has released Hunter: The Reckoning 5th Edition Roleplaying Game Incognito Report Sourcebook
- Top Notch International has a free-to-download (for now) English edition of Gates of Krystalia TTJRPG – Core Rulebook Demo.
- Startrial RPG has released a pay-what-you-want quickstarter.
- House of Harrison has published a 2d10-powered Powers that Be RPG Player’s Guide.
- Whistling Wombat Games has a GM-less cozy post-apocalypse Bunkers.
- Ghost Ape Games has published their Bullets & Bootleggers: Players Guide.
- Greg Hanks has released a Daggerheart Adventures in Valeria: Roleplay, Collaborate, Save Valeria, and Feel Good Doing It.
- In physical releases, gaming stores like Forbidden Planet are taking pre-orders on Media Lab Books’ The Game Master’s Box Of Worldbuilding (Hardcover Box Set).
RPG bundle deals
- Save $256 (90%) in the Demons & Dungeoneers Gamebooks Halloween Special bundle.
- Save $13.61 (31%) with Studio M’s Halloween Horrors bundle.
- Save 8.45 (20%) in Free League Publishing’s Vaesen – Nordic Horror Roleplaying | Roll20 VTT + PDF bundle.
- Save $8.40 (20%) in Free League Publishing’s Vaesen – Mythic Carpathia | Roll20 VTT + PDF bundle.
- Save $5 (33%) with Dungeon Matters’ R’lyeh Rising Halloween Bundle.
- Save $4.95 (49%) in Terra RPG’s The Occult Empire of Bordomir bundle.
- Save $3.73 (25%) with Sebastian Baar’s Senshi Emperor Edition bundle.
RPG ideas, tips and discoveries
- The Genre Police looked at System Expectations and runnning the same game Many Times.
- Charles Dunwoody penned Worldbuilding The One Ring.
- Dangerous Minds’ Will Howard articles Saving Throws: How Dungeons and Dragons survived the Satanic Panic.
- Jimmi explores What’s in a core dice mechanic?
- Halloween, pah, Book Riot ignores the season and writes up Romance Books for D&D fans.
- GameRant notes Dungeons & Dragons’ New Subclasses Set Up a Target and Still Missed It.
- Timothy Linward, at Wargamer, details Opinion – The collapse of D&D’s Project Sigil is the last domino to fall from the OGL debacle.
- DungeonSolvers gets into D&D Point Buy Guide: Why It’s Better Than Rolling Stats for Character Creation.
- The Angry GM shares Passive Knowledge and Other Examples of Passive Play.
- Roleplaying Tips pens Bake In The Pokey Bits: Design For Interaction.
- At the Yawning Portal, Thosteinn writes up a History of Call of Cthulhu.
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:
- CYBERDARK RPG from Lightfish Games introduces “neon-rewired OSR gaming”
- Combat & Quest: Dice Chucking Gritty Grindy Dungeon Crawler from Flying Monster Games proposes “Experience the software-enhanced dungeon crawler that plays fast and is a blast with friends! Be thee Adventurers of Combat & Quest!”
- Secret Garden Adventure Club A D&D One-Shot from His Name Was Dusk nominates “A creepy whimsical D&D one-shot inspired by Over the Garden Wall. Print & Digital Zine with art by amazing artists!”
- Spicy Dicey – Your Spice Rack in a Dice Set from Legendary Items kickstarts “Spicey Dicey are sharp-edged resin dice made with real, dried Birds Eye Chili Peppers.”
- Dungeon Bell Halloween Dungeons from Dungeon Tower Games is working on “Explore 15 Unique New Mini Adventures and Other Halloween Treats!”
- The Alchemist’s Faulty Centrifuge: DnD Dice Roller from Jason Kim introduces “A novel dice set and roller fusing alchemical mysticism with mechanical ingenuity.”
- Kid-Venturers! from Dragonsfire Publishing proposes “From Epic Quests to Family Adventures!”
- Paths of Power: d44 Classic Classes for Mörk Borg from Dungeon Pop raises funds for “Expand your Mörk Borg campaign with 16 new, expansive classes inspired by classic fantasy RPGs.”
- Fae Realms: Twinhaven + Book of Natural Magic Zine 08 DnD 5e from Dan Sprietzer proposes “Where Fae and Mortals Trade in Secrets and Power.”
- Fox’s Leap – A 5e D&D One-shot Adventure from Dark Eagle Games introduces “A forbidden shrine, zealot patrols, and a leap of faith—standalone one-shot or third installment in the Pilgrim’s Quest series”
- Unfinished Hunters: A 5e Adventure Beyond Death from Ivy Publication submits “Die, rise, and train among the undead to finish the business life left behind in this darkly whimsical 5e campaign.”
- The Legacy of Maldethgon Vol.1 from ChronicleMaker kickstarts “A compendium of new races and subclasses for 5e/5.5e, forged by Maldethgon’s hand to expand your worlds and adventures.”
- It Comes From the Deep! | Pirate Borg from Steve Gibbs proposes “A rum-soaked one-shot and a full-length, sandbox adventure. Two terrifying tales. One Dark Caribbean. Endless ways to die.”
- Beacon: Prismaxia – Printing from Tim Gonzalez kickstarts “The first official supplement for the Beacon TTRPG, now in physical form!”
- Gunz ‘n’ Ammo – Vast Grimm Compatible Supplement & Adventure from Ashley Hemsath pitches “Let your campaign players shop! A supplement for high end weapons, and an adventure for regular or raider classes to meet Dexter.”
- Whispers of the Bayou, A Southern Gothic D&D 5e Adventure from Laurie nominates “The swamp remembers every sin—and it’s calling your name.”
- Legendary storage tubes D&D from Vovrzulll offers “Containers for dnd paper that can be printed on a 3D printer in STL format — with a unique style and simple printing!”
- The Goblins of Kester’duhl from Dragon Scale Games suggests “A 5e-compatible campaign with all new creatures, locations, and more!”
- The Hut of Baba Yaga from Side Quest is working on “Welcome to the “Dancing Hut of Baba Yaga”…The classic 90’s D&D module re-imagined for 5E and OSR! Are you ready to step inside?”
- Chronicles of Aerthe Savage Worlds Edition from Broken Rat Games is working on “A High Fantasy Setting for Savage Worlds – A World of Airships, Dragon Hunting, Eldritch Gods, and travelling to new realities”
- Dread GM Toolbox: Adversaries, Environments, and More from John WS Marvin (Dread Unicorn Games) crowdfunds “Compatible with Daggerheart”
- JourneyMon: Monster Trainer Roleplaying from Imogen Gingell kickstarts “A narrative, collaborative world-building tabletop roleplaying game about friendship and monster battles.”
- Run From the Dark: A Folk Horror Roleplay Game from Will RD is working on “A Folk Horror Roleplay game about death, light, hope and things that go bump in the Dark”
- Duality of Life & Death: A D&D 5e Magic Item Deck from Paper Quest submits “A beautifully crafted 54-card deck of original, homebrewed D&D 5e magic items split between Life and Death themes.”
- Tiny Tome 3 from Long Tail Games (Ash) crowdfunds “We’re back with 50 single-page RPGs from 50 different creators.”
- Skittering Through the Stars from Jennifer Brazas pitches “Size and gender-inclusive apparel and accessories pulled from the worlds of Paizo Inc’s Starfinder, designed by Savagesparrow Studios”
- Chains of Truth, Whispers of Lies: A dark D&D 5E Adventure from Ravenora nominates “A Dungeons and Dragons 5E Adventure in a City Where No One Can Lie! (Completely hand-painted and with Halloween Early Bird)”
- Verewolves of Vaudeville from Amylin Dreadful introduces “A Horror TTRPG with a lot of Delicious Heart.”
- Dice Smiths Holiday Mystery Dice from Dice Smiths introduces “Dice Smiths— an experimental brand of dice projects by D&D creatives re-imagining what dice could be.”
- Amun/Ptah Class-ified – 2 D&D Original Classes! from DiceQuest kickstarts “Two DnD 5e Classes Inspired by the Gods of Egyptian Mythology: Amun and Ptah.”
- RPG Party Questions from Lindorm Dice is working on “A cozy conversation game for ttrpg players where you share experiences and collect points from your in game adventures.”
- Era: Crueltide – A Yule TTRPG of Magic, Mayhem & Merriment! from Shades of Vengeance introduces “Santa’s been kidnapped! Join the rescuers in this light, festive Tabletop RPG where joy, chaos and awful puns go hand in hand.”
- It’s A Rainy Day And You’re A Witch from anna nominates “a short solo RPG for cosy witches who love rainy days”
- Astracordis, a Sci-fi TTRPG of exploration and science + VTT from Neldor Collective offers “Space-themed TTRPG focused on research, exploration and diplomacy featuring a virtual terminal with all the tools needed to play”
- The Pioneer RPG: Explore the Solar System from Mongoose Publishing offers “Pioneer – a new RPG set 10–20 years into the future as humanity explores the Solar System, based on the popular Traveller rules.”
- The Mycelist: A New Class of Decay and Rebirth for D&D 5e from Dark Settlement offers “Beneath the soil, something ancient stirs… Wield the power of decay itself in this original 5e class of fungal horror.”
- Maps for TTRPGs – Realms of the Jarls from RealmCrafters suggests “300+ Viking/Winter Battle Maps for Any TTRPG (such as D&D or Pathfinder) — War, Myth, and Wild Northlands (Grid & Gridless)”
- The Hand That Hired You for D&D 5e from Hidden Hoard introduces “Uncover secrets, confront divine echoes, and face betrayal in this one-shot fully compatible with D&D 5e.”
- Vox Mortalis: 100 Lost Names for D&D 5e from James is working on “Vox Mortalis (The Voice of the Dead). A modular horror anthology where spoken names warp reality, and birth eldritch terror.”
- Children of the Elder Sign from Lester Smith nominates “You are a demigod, child of a Lovecraftian deity, and everyone wants you dead.”
- Impfested! — A Chaotic Goblin Skirmish Mini-Expansion from Tom Balmont proposes “A Pay What You Want goblin scenario pack for King of the Hill (The awesome free skirmish game)”
- 1000+ Fantasy Battle maps for TTRPG and VTTRPG from Agnieszka Polanowska suggests “1000+ High-Quality Fantasy RPG Battle Maps — Digital Maps for Tabletop Adventures, Ready for Commercial Use”
- Path of the Hedgewitch from Thirteenth Moon Games kickstarts “A cozy solo-play roleplaying game of magic.”
- Elven from Andy Atkinson suggests “”Fight Dragons, Make Stuff, Learn Computer Science.” A modern VTT for 5e and more.”
- Rapid D6 Dungeon Delve 2 from Adventure Squared pitches “A new version of the fast dungeon creator and adventure generator for GMs or Solo players”
- Stellar Revenant: A Pocket Scifi Tale from Ali introduces “Reincarnated in a cyborg body, you travel the stars, avenging your untimely death. Solo engine-builder RPG”
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