It’s Yule, and it looks like I’ve been sensible enough with gifts that come in bottles to get this TTRPG news summary live!
Let’s kick off with the summary of TTRPG summaries!
- Fantasy Grounds has shared top ten seller lists with Geek Native.
- Posthuman Studios are playtesting The Snarl.
- Penguin Random House will publish the Dungeon Master’s Workbook of Worldbuilding.
- There’s a new edition of Four Against Darkness.
We’re not going to get the Gear Games interview live this month. We don’t normally miss it, even on December, but we’ll push on in 2026!
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On with the TTRPG news!
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RPG news from Geek Native
- It’s the end of the year, and we’re delighted to have some official bestseller stats from Fantasy Ground. We’ve the top ten sellers and, nicely, the top ten minus D&D and dice.
- Posthuman Studios has opened playtesting for The Snarl.
- There’s a Vortex Verlag freebie with strip trousers for Serenissima Obscura.
- We reviewed Ghost Ape Games’ GAS.
- We also reviewed Mana Project Studio’s anime-inspired Runeway Quickstart.
- Last, but not least, we also reviewed the Snail Mail RPG.
- At the Bundle of Holding, there’s Magical Kitties Saving the Day, a Kobold Tales of the Valiant and a DIE RPG deal.
- For funnies, we tried to wrap Chaosium’s new store locator being a JavaScript seal.
Competition: Win Dune – Bene Gesserit Tarot Deck.
RPG news from around the web
- ICv2 scribes ICv2: ‘D&D Dungeon Master’s Workbook of Worldbuilding’ Incoming.
- Kaukauna Community News carries New documentary explores Dungeons and Dragons’ impact on table-top gaming history.
- At Bleeding Cool, Gavin Sheehan covers London’s RPG Taverns Has Launched Its Own D&D Module.
- Board Game Geek covers Asmodee to Acquire the Rest of Exploding Kittens’ Litter.
- CBR suggests that KPop Demon Hunters Dungeons & Dragons Game in Development
- GameRant suggests A Dungeons and Dragons Player Spent 5 Years Tracking Rolls, and Here Are the Results.
- Modiphius writes The Klingon Empire Core Rulebook, Revisited.
- Kobold’s state of play shows a conundrum for Midgard content.
RPG reviews and interviews from around the web
- Polygon covers The Mighty Nein has already surpassed Legend of Vox Machina as Critical Role’s best show.
- Tabletop Bookshelf reviews The Wildsea.
- Reviews from R’lyeh reviews Eat the Reich, the quick start for Planet of the Apes and Boot Hill
- The Other Side reviews Dragonbane.
- The Kind DM reviews Winter Yonderland.
- The RPG Gazette writes up A Review for Kids on Brooms: Harry Potter Without transphobia.
- Superjump Magazine’s Benjamin Macready notes I Tried Out the New Stranger Things D&D Module… Even Though I’ve Never Seen the Show.
- Roleplayers Chronicle’s Aaron T. Huss reviews Welcome to the Hellfire Club.
- At Noble Knight, Jules-Pierre Malartre shares an Adventures in Faerûn – A First Look.
- Ill Met by Morrslieb reviews Taverns of the Old World (WFRP 4e).
- Halfway Station pens a retrospective for Savage Worlds.
- Level 80 interviews Andrew Habers of Riftweaver with Indie Studio on Creating a Dungeons & Dragons-Inspired RPG.
- Business Insider runs an interview on How 2 men behind the Critical Role machine plan to turn the nerdworld royalty into a legacy brand.
RPG new releases
- Studio Hex has published their demonic Hellborn Descended.
- Ganesha Games has released the expanded edition of Four Against Darkness.
- Winged Lion Games has published the dark fantasy of Sol Tyrannus.
- Tall For A Hobbit Games has released the solo and coop sci-fi Veilrunners RPG.
- TLHP Games has given us their fast and simple Dominus Prime RPG.
- Fox and Boar Games has published the dark fantasy Western for Shadowdark called ShadowWest.
- Owlette Publications has released the potion-fueled one-shot Rats! 5th Edition.
- Moonlit Bard has published the gothic fantasy campaign frame for Daggerheart called Mourning Glory.
- Exotic World Designs has released the 2nd edition of Transdimensional Lite.
- Woad Bluegum has published the Vagrant Sun TTRPG.
- Primitive Limited releases the encounter Whispers of the Wolf.
- Markusay has published The Dark Solstice: The Fall of Saint Nick.
- Elderlight Press has released Whispers from the Hollow: Player’s Guide to the Old Ways.
RPG bundle deals
- Save $30.77 (84%) in Kymerik Kreationz’s The Winterveil Bundle.
- Save $3.48 (50%) at the DMsGuild with Solo Starter.
- Save $1.01 (36%) with Marshal Games’ Ride into 2026 bundle.
- On Itch, save 25% with Slugblaster Boxing Month Blowout Bundle.
RPG ideas, tips and discoveries
- On Reddit, Seeonee offers A quick outsider’s perspective after playing the Cosmere RPG.
- At Wargamer, Mollie Russell explains D&D 5e entered its awkward teenage phase in 2025, but where do we go from here?
- Polygon explains The first year of D&D 2024 in review: A rocky beginning and identity struggles.
- The Domain of Many Things offers 9 Meta TTRPG Bitter Pills to Swallow.
- Save vs Total Party Kill pens Advice for Running a Hexcrawl, A Decade Too Late.
- Revivify Games suggests How to Run a Sandbox Adventure.
- Grinning Rat’s Nate Whittington pens Where In The World Is Your Dark Fantasy Game, Nate?.
- Dice Monkey shares How I Design Micro-RPGs.
- Sly Flourish explains Tips and Tools for Timing Sessions.
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:
- The Serpents Coil- A 5e one shot adventure! from Marc Bruce submits “An original one shot game for 5e play rules that focuses on an epic adventure to find the burial site of a once famous snake charmer!”
- Sword&Scribe: The Rise of Cordivis from Sword and Scribe pitches “Chapter One of a Living World.”
- D&D Adventure campaign the Concord of Adrea from strange arcade submits “a 5 part mini campaign about a large competition filled with mini games and side quests.”
- Shogunate of the Stars: War of the Nine Clans 5e D&D from Anthony David introduces “The war was… inevitable.”
- Fantasy Adventurer miniatures from tre manor suggests “A new series of 28mm metal fantasy adventurer miniatures.”
- Tides of Freedom Miniatures – STL Files for 3D Print from Liloo Studios LLC raises funds for “A pirate fantasy campaign with 40 high-detail miniatures—captains, crews, and sea horrors—crafted for epic tabletop adventures.”
- GM’s Quill: 200+ Workshop Descriptions (Vol. 2) from GM’s Quill suggests “Over 200 ready-to-play workshops for any GM: baker, herbalist, talisman maker and more — prep less, play more! Fun included!”
- Modern Battle Maps for TTRPGs from Alex1805Kings pitches “250+ Battle Maps for Any Tabletop or VTT – Grid & Gridless, Ready for Roll20, Foundry, and All Digital Tabletops”
- Tome of Endless Romance 3: Metal & Lace from Mobinet Games crowdfunds “A standalone cyberpunk RPG supplement focused on love, relationships & feelings. New lovers, pleasure cybernetics, and random tables.”
- Prestige dice set 3 from LunaDice raises funds for “Unique set of d6 dice for collectors, geeks, dnd, tabletop games and for all who love dice.”
- Wandering the Wistful Wilds from One-Eyed Werebear Gaming pitches “A cozy collection of whimsical, non-combat encounters for your tabletop adventures.”
- Arcana Moderna from Ember Winters nominates “A Modern Fantasy Conversion for 5e”
- Vynx: Luminara Flow Resin Dice from Vynx crowdfunds “Four Swirling Hues, One Unstoppable Spark (Crimson Blaze, Ruby Thistle, Emerald Mist, Violet Surge)”
- M.O.D.U.S.: Modular, Outcome-Driven, Universal System from Christopher Clemens submits “A modular, outcome-driven tabletop RPG system built to adapt to any genre, power level, or play style.”
- Voyagers III – 3D Printable Vessels for TTRPGs from 3D Printable Terrain crowdfunds “Highly detailed, 3D printable ships, airships, and boats for your RPG and tabletop adventures.”
- 100 Side Quests for D&D 5E Volume 2! from Jason DM introduces “Volume 2 of 100 pages of DnD 5E Side Quest content with Quests, NPCs, Challenges, and Hooks for your campaign!”
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