Huzzah! It’s the weekend, and only one Routinely Itemised to write up. Last week, after technical gremlins struck, it was a challenge with the team out in Scotland Loves Anime.
First, through the TTRPG summary of summaries.
- It’s Mausritter Month and Market month at BackerKit.
- Mainstream press is still interested in D&D and culture wars/Musk.
- Darrington Press will publish the first official expansion for Daggerheart.
- The official D&D VR system Battlemarked is out.
We also got the RPG Publisher Spotlight interview with Eric Bleney live.
We do sometimes post on TikTok, as our Zim Never Dies review shows, but it’s down on the social media page as ‘rarely’. Did you know we have Apple News in the often category? I mean, the best is RSS and your tech partner of choice, but BlueSky seems to be where most of the action has gone.
“Most of the action” is a weaker creature than it was 10 years ago, though. Google+ may have been the golden era with TTRPG circles of intelligent debate. Heck, even when Twitter was as common as a telephone number, it was at least possible to monitor your feed for topics that interested you. Today, it’s harder. If you do know of any TTRPG RSS we should follow, then please let us know.
And now, the Routinely Itemised TTRPG news.
Spotlight: Eric Bleney.
RPG news from Geek Native
- Geek Native reviewed the hardback of Zin Never Dies.
- Following a pivot to free-to-play, Fantasy Grounds has a host of bundle offers.
- We talk to the team behind Mausritter Month.
- DriveThruRPG will need to increase the price of print-on-demand cards early next month.
- Due to Kickstarter success, Two Little Mice’s Twilight Sword will get a solo mode.
- We write up the State of Mongoose.
- The official D&D VR game Battlemarked is out.
- At the Bundle of Holding, Two Little Mice has a deal on Outgunned. Ken Hite also has an About Stuff bundle.
- Monte Cook Games is putting Kickstarter-born rare/deluxe TTRPGs into the BackerKit Market.
- On Humble, Goodman Games has a Last Call for Lankhmar.
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RPG news from around the web
- Polygon writes Keith Baker and Monte Cook are teaching classes at Dungeon Master University.
- At the Daily Kos, Bill Berkowitz notes Elon Musk vs. Dungeons & Dragons: A New Front in the Culture Wars.
- Rush Mukherjee tells us about the TTRPG scene in India
- At EN World, Libertad writes D&D 5E (2024) Ed Greenwood to Publish 4 New Forgotten Realms Sourcebooks in 2026.
- Darrington Press will publish Daggerheart’s First Expansion: Hope & Fear for Players and GMs!.
- Collider claims Dungeons and Dragons Was Originally Not Supposed to be a Big Part of ‘Stranger Things,’ According to Creators.
- R. Talsorian Games has released the Cyberpunk RED November DLC.
- D&D Beyond explores the art of the Forgotten Realms with The Horrid Zlan and Regal Spirit Dragons and what’s new with Forge of the Artificer.
- What’s this? At the New York Stage Review, Bob Verini pens Initiative: Dungeons & Dragons And Sex, Oh My.
RPG reviews and interviews from around the web
- Signals from Delta Pavonis review the Traveller Second Survey Atlas of the Imperium.
- The Kind DM reviews Changed Stars.
- Throat Punch Games writes up From Gongfarming to Grave Digging: A Manual of Skills for DCC RPG.
- MJR RPG reviews The Sentinels.
- Grognardia blogs a retrospective on Kafer Sourcebook.
- The Indie Game Reading Club reviews Coriolis: The Great Dark in The Pretty Good Dark.
- Ill Met by Morrslieb runs Review: Dragonbane Core Set.
- The Playful Void reviewed Rakehell: The Rift of Mar-Milloir.
- LicenseGlobal interviewed Eric Brouillet about Dungeons & Dragons: The Immersive Quest.
RPG new releases
- It’s five stars for Free League Publishing’s Alien RPG Evolved Edition Starter Set.
- Free League also released their Roll20 version of Vaesen.
- Columbia Games Inc has published (PDF and hardback retail book) 40th anniversary edition of the HarnWorld Master Module.
- Selling like hotcakes, Onyx Path Publishing has released the Curseborne Core Rulebook.
- Dark Loch Studios has released the Threnody for Archaea Core rulebook.
- Pay What You Want for Troy Renaux’s rules-lite sci-fi Opera.
- Gabriel Mackey has published the Cavae Mundi core rules and the Cavae Mundi Bestiary.
- Green Ronin has released the Fantasy AGE 2e City of the Serpent Queen.
- Rutibex has published a superhero hexcrawl adventure called The Blackout Conspiracy.
- The Titan RPG now has a Hero’s Guide.
- Eren Chronicles has published EXORDIUM: Origins of Mythos.
- Cronicas Blasfemas has released the sci-fi horror 2D6 Belief Engine.
- Tales for Gamers has published the 5e-powered Medieval, Takes from Europe.
RPG bundle deals
- Save $27.17 (52%) in the DMsGuild’s Baldur’s Gate Game Jam bundle.
- Save $23.91 (44%) with Son of Oak Game Studio’s Grim Bundle.
- Save $11.45 (24%) in Versluft’s Order of Criminals bundle.
RPG ideas, tips and discoveries
- Bronwen’s found you a dice tower stocking filler.
- Sly Flourish explains When and How to Cheat when Running RPGs.
- Explorers Design calls for more indie TTRPG shares with Dare to Play it Straight.
- Dungeons and Dragons Fanatics writes up The New 2025 D&D Banneret Fighter (Subclass Deep Dive).
- Alphastream shares their New Initiative Tracking System for Draw Steel.
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:
- Maggot Machine – The MÖRK BORG edition from Nightfall Games is working on “Dave Allsop’s dystopian scavenger setting, but with MÖRK BORG rules.”
- ☢️⚔️RPG Maps – 365 Post-Apocalyptic Winter Maps🧟❄️ from Gergely Papp suggests “365 immersive, snow-covered map assets inspired by post-apocalyptic survival, frozen ruins, and icy wastelands for your RPG adventures.”
- Gone Huntin’ – DnD 5e Downtime One-Shot | Pay What You Want from Betta Games offers “Join the Hunt and the FEAST in this Cozy Downtime One-Shot for D&D5e! Compete to see who bags more birds & who slays the Turkey King!!!”
- Festival of Fates from Break Glass Games pitches “Festival of Fates: A dark tournament of fate-bound games where every roll leads to an ending that reshapes your world.”
- 410 Steampunk Battle Maps – Square Format for VTT from Agnieszka Polanowska pitches “410 Steampunk RPG Maps in Square Format – High-Detail Battle Maps for Virtual Tabletops, and Immersive VTT Campaigns”
- 5e D&D Snow Globe Adventure: Hack’s Ruby from Dark Eagle Games offers “Enter a snow globe world of whimsy and peril—face an undead minotaur pirate and a false dragon-god. A 3rd level 5e/24e one-shot.”
- Cyberpunk Dice Set – 3D Printable RPG STL Files from The 4th Quest Games crowdfunds “Exclusive Cyberpunk D&D Dice STL Files – 3D Printable RPG Accessories to Print, Play & Collect in Style”
- Mimic Dice Box from Black Cobra Miniatures offers “A monstrous box to keep your dice safe… or to punish the ones responsible for all those critical fails.”
- Christmas Heist: A Chillingly Cozy 5e Adventure from SeaBreeze Games introduces “Free Santa, outsmart the Warden, and save Christmas before the clock strikes twelve!”
- Umbra Morfes: The Sci-Fi Print & Play Adventure RPG/WARGAME from Oscar Becerra kickstarts “Sci-Fi PnP RPG Dungeon Crawler. Solo & Co-op Adventure. STL Minis, 3D Terrain, Custom Heroes, Unique Dice System! Card powers, Lasercut”
- Rat Milk: A Grimly Absurd Level 1 Adventure for Shadowdark from Hamilton Ward submits “An adventure that doesn’t take itself too seriously but is serious enough to be taken seriously when needed.”
- 🧭 RPG Maps – 420 Maps from the 1920s 🕵️🚬 from LFirefly is working on “Explore 420 detailed RPG maps inspired by the roaring 1920s – cities, clubs, crime, and mystery.”
- Mysterious Races and Ancestries for DnD 5E and Pathfinder from Roll For Combat is working on “Year of Mysteries releases a new super-sized ancestry every month throughout all of 2026! Add 13 new mysterious races to your game!”
- Vault 5e: Uncharted Dungeons from Cubicle 7 Games crowdfunds “Delve into forgotten ruins and treacherous caverns with this rules supplement for D&D 5e”
- THE DUST PLANET – A Text Based Scifi Mystery Game RPG from Josua is working on “A story about silence, memory, and what should have stayed buried.”
- 20 Cruel Curses – For D&D and Pathfinder from Matthew J. Hanson raises funds for “Twenty curses for people, places, and treasure, plus optional rules for breaking curses. Each curse is adventure hook.”
- War of the Dwarves, a 5e adventure from Matthew David is working on “A cinematic 5e campaign for levels 3–5 — where your party decides the fate of dwarvenkind in a war against the primordial gods.”
- Creature Capture Cards! from Daria Rose LeFevre proposes “A GM-less Monster Catching Tabletop RPG that uses Tarot Cards as dice! Play solo or collaboratiely with up to 4 players.”
- Dragon Roast Coffee – Coffee For Adventurers from Dragon Roast Coffee crowdfunds “Level up your game sessions with Dragon Roast Coffee, your new favorite gaming accessory! And yes, its actual coffee.”
- Archeology vol. 1 from Cibola Designs crowdfunds “A DnD 5E (2014-2024) supplement to find and unearth ruins and preserve buried relics in any campaign. Become an archeologist 🗿🏜️”
- Hinterlight from Tyler Lamb proposes “A Gothic Worldbuilding Ritual & TTRPG. Sow the seeds of future adventure as you tell the tale of your demise!”
- Gary’s Appendix: Issue 9 from Jeffrey Jones is working on “An ogre of a zine, filled with insightful articles & creature ecologies for Old School Essentials and the OSR!”
- The Bad Elves: A Christmas-themed TTRPG from Martin Welbourne crowdfunds “A Christmas-themed, all-ages, self-contained, one-shot TTRPG with hand-drawn art you can colour”
- Manuale versione 5e “Olympians” from Mattia submits “Questo manuale è un immersione nella mitologia greca con classi, armi, nemici, ambientazioni e tutto ciò che comprende questa realtà!”
- Ashes to Ashes from Frog God Games pitches “From Dust You Come and to Dust You Shall Return! Lost Lore from the Lost Lands-Book 2”
- GRAVEBORN GRIMOIR – The DJDM Monster Book from DJDM raises funds for “75 Handcrafted Monsters, 5 Boss Monsters, 10 Plug and play Encounters, & 2 Adventure Ideas all built into one book.”
- Temple of the Lightbringers from M.T. Black is working on “Light and shadow battle beneath a ruined shrine in this epic 5E dungeon adventure.”
- Hate Stain from Postworldgames Jim Pinto is working on “Hate Stain is an unofficial hate expansion for Mork Borg, adding Hateful Cults that spread their hateful virulence. Say hate again.”
- Pay What You Want: Christmas Special (Vol. 2) from Golt Velis introduces “Enjoy holidays with this second volume of Christmas STLs models for RPG & Tabletop Wargames. FMD & Resin printers compatible. PWYW!”
- Familiars & Companions for D&D 5e – Dragons & Hybrids from Adventurica kickstarts “A DnD 5E Selection of Draconic Lineage Companions—Each with Unique Ways to Summon, Bond, and Befriend.”
- Dark Christmas adventure, D&D 5e from Ana the halfling offers “Journey into the Underworld to Rescue Santa and Reclaim Christmas! D&D 5e adventure , TTRPG”
- The Zenith TTRPG from Mysti-Z’RPG crowdfunds “A brand new D20/D12 TTRPG System, designed to enable limitless campaigns through expansive roleplay & character growth options!”
- Life After Everything: Astro Oceans 🌊 Tarot Tabletop RPG from Gifted Ocean is working on “a universe of tools for tarot lovers and roleplayers who are ready to explore the worlds we build after the old ones fall away.”
- Unearthed Spoils Special Edition – Wicked Be Damned from Grim Press nominates “A D&D 5e supplement delving into the hidden faiths and forbidden rituals that shape worlds from the shadows.”
- Dungeon Trader: Live D&D Trading & Character App from Felix S suggests “The companion for real-time trading, merchant interactions & character management”
- Order of Merchants: The Ultimate D&D 5e Merchant Guild Guide from Black Cube Games crowdfunds “Discover 10 detailed merchant guilds for DnD and elevate your campaign with human‑crafted lore, quests, NPCs, items, and secrets!”
Do you know of any RPG news sources we might not know? If so, please let us know or leave a comment below.
