Routinely Itemised: RPG #356

Geek Native will be at Scotland’s oldest tabletop games convention this weekend (er, in a few hours, I had better go to bed). That’s Conpulsion.

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Let’s get going with the summary of the summaries!

• R. Talsorian Games’ new IP and RPG Shadow Scar is out.
• The Gygax family is writing WotC D&D again.
• Onyx Path and StartPlaying team up again for the Onyx Path Virtual Games Convention.
• Rascal has data showing the TTRPG landscape is wider than many believe

We’re not even halfway through the month, and our interview with Suzy and Matt Finch of OSRIC fame is up. It’s the RPG Publisher Spotlight.

Have you seen our new Routinely Itemised TTRPG news index? Hopefully, it’s a bit better than the regular WordPress tag page. We have a link to the latest week and then some stats, such as which tags are being used most in the column in recent weeks, to summarise at a glance. You can jump to any week and even filter by topics.

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On with the TTRPG news!

Spotlight: Mythmere Games.

RPG news from Geek Native

• Digging into D&D history, Geek Native put together The Gygax Controversies: A complicated legacy and the 2026 return to Greyhawk.
• We wrote up Mythomachus brings deadly Greek folklore and monster hunting to 5e.
• We also touched on some polite protesting with The Sartar bottleneck: Why Chaosium is splitting RuneQuest books into parts.
• Paizo continued being transmedia with Operation Hellmouth on Audible.
• Onyx Path returned to StartPlaying for the Virtual Game Convention.
• Need a lot of digital tokens quickly? RPG Token Maker launched.
• Grinning Portal Games is taking us to Serenity Springs, and The 1950s suburbs meet Dungeons & Dragons horror.
• Fari RPGs and Mythworks have teamed up for the Frightmare Edition of Breathless.
• The Horrible Guild and Claudio Pautorino will publish the not-a-console but a TTRPG MemoryCore.
• Pelgrane Press is funding the reality-warping Ballad Hunters.
• At the Bundle of Holding, there’s a deal on decades of Tunnels & Trolls and a dose of death with Runecarin.

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RPG news from around the web

• The BBC shared How a minister and a GP created the UK’s biggest tabletop gaming event.
• You can read about The TTRPG Space Is Wider Than You Think: Hard Data From The Looking-For-Group Trenches over on Rascal.
• Polygon takes a look at Our Brilliant Ruin TTRPG to get hardcover rulebook from Dark Horse.
• ICv2 spotlights ICv2: WizKids Unveils Two ‘D&D Icons of the Realms: Player’s Handbook’ Starter Sets.
• The folks at Polygon write about Backstage at The Book of Mormon, Elder Price is running an incredible D&D campaign.
• License Global wrote up the latest FanRoll deal with D&D for Fizban’s Fortune. (You can buy it now.)
• In another license deal, Toybook pens WolfPak and Wizards of the Coast Join Forces for D&D Collection.
• TechRaptor takes a look at Monte Cook Games’ Jewel in the Sky Brings Sci-Fi Fantasy Megadungeon to the Cypher System.
• Tabletop Sentinel pen Chaosium Announce Community Content Program for Age of Vikings!.
• Dungeons and Dragons Fanatics has published a piece on All Unearthed Arcana 2026 Playtests (An Updated List).
• Gab Hernandez, writing for Wargamer, takes a closer look at This diceless fantasy TTRPG takes you on a poetic adventure through a thousand moons.
• Rich Johnston, writing for Bleeding Cool, writes up Amy Chu And Ariela Kristantina’s Dungeons & Dragons: Ravenloft Comic.
• Perth is OK! writes up the Perth local launches new D&D platform connecting DMs with players.
• Malik Simon at the Indianapolis Recorder publishes Rolling the dice on inclusion: Inside Black representation in gaming with Wizards of the Coast creators.

RPG reviews and interviews from around the web

• Over at Seed of Worlds, the team reviews Kala Mandala Playbook.
• TechRaptor opines on Dwarven Forge Review – TTRPG Terrain To Enhance, But Not To Fully Replace.
• The Roleplayers Chronicle reviews Review: Haumea Games – Eternitium.
• GeekTyrant reviews The Ultimate Guide to RPG Villain Backstories.
• Reviews from R’lyeh has published a review of A Darkness at Runegate.
• The Kind DM looks at Villains & Lairs IV.
• CBR runs ‘One of the Major Features is a Starfighting System with Space Dogfights’: Avantris Entertainment Co-Founder Mikey Gilder Talks Neon Odyssey Taking 5e to the Stars.
• The Popverse takes a look at What’s next for TTRPG actual play, according to Critical Role stars Matt Mercer, Travis Willingham, & Sam Riegel.

RPG new releases

• Philip Reed Games published Horizon, the Endless City by Philip Reed, and it’s already a Silver Best Seller.
• R. Talsorian Games Inc. has a system-agnostic solo RPG with Shadow Scar.
• Steve Jackson Games published Last Train to Bremen.
• Free League Publishing has a system-agnostic solo RPG with Vaesen – City of My Nightmares.
• Tentacles Press has published the Fighter Wizard Elf — My Rules for Bare Metal D20 Gaming.
• Nomadic Delirium Press has released Domain of the Dragons.
• Green Ronin Publishing has released Fantasy AGE Core Rulebook [Roll20 Edition].
• Dimwood Studios, via Itch, has released the Name Your Own Price In Death quickstart.
• Mongoose has published the Cluster Truck | Roll20 VTT.
• Tab Creations has released Shadows Over Sol 2e: Science Fiction Horror Roleplaying.
• Mulciber Games has released Regnum Solis – Core Rulebook.
• The Tomb of Lime released Dark Canals: Ampersand Fantasy.
• Charke Publishing has released Everything Burns.
• Elderlight Press has published Welcome to the Lumberwoods: A Game of American Folk Horror.
• We now have One Small Step’s Deadwake Role Playing Rules.
• We now have Nerdura Games’ Dieborne – Player’s Guide.
• In physical releases and pre-releases,
  • You can also get RTG’s Shadow Scar.
  • Brotherwise Games’ Cosmere: Mistborn Handbook.
  • MacMillian and Jeff Ashwood have pre-orders for The Game Master’s Book Of Magic & Mayhem For Kids.
  • Chaosium has opened Call of Cthulhu: Campfire Tales.

RPG bundle deals

• Save $16 (40%) with the Creative Conclave’s Lazy GM 5e bundle.
• Save $14.95 (30%) in MmpApps’ Complete Monsterfolk Collection bundle.
• Save $6.99 (45%) in the Miskatonic Repository’s Tainted Lives bundle.
• Save $5.98 (18%) with Matteo Bonvicino’s microCrime — Complete First Season Collection bundle.
• Save $2.50 (14%) with Ominous Anomaly’s 4-Trifold Set for Mothership.

RPG ideas, tips and discoveries

• Ben and the Genre Police are back with Dreams of the Outer Dark.
• Over at Polygon, the team opines on that Critical Role Campaign 4 makes me want to play Dwarf for the first time in D&D.
• The folks at The RPG Gazette deliver a breakdown of Lethality as Design Language: What Character Death Actually communicates.
• Dreamshrike writes up Playing Mausritter with my kids.
• Dungeons and Dragons Fanatics takes a look at Why D&D Is About to Bring Back the Book of Vile Darkness.
• The Angry GM has published a piece on The Angry GM.
• Michael Tresca, at EN World, explains RPG Evolution: Awesome Con 2026.
• Twisted Sifter’s Abby Jamison has He Joined A D&D Campaign For A Friend, But The Players Kicked Him Out For Being Aggressive.

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:

• Small Adventures: A Complete Beginner Fantasy RPG in a Box is a project by Chris Brewer that is “Choose a hero, explore the land of Numori, battle corruption, and restore ancient shrines in this beginner-friendly tabletop adventure.”
• Planet 28 – final edition from Nic – Mammoth Miniatures is crowdfunding “A new print run of planet 28 2nd edition alongside a host of new expansion content.”
• These Dice are Cheesy: Set of 7 RPG Dice for Cheese Lovers by Sir GameAlot is currently raising funds for “Express your Cheesy side with these great cheese-themed RPG dice! Cheddar, Mozzarella, Blue Cheese and Metal (?!?) available.”
• RUN:MURDER.EXE for the CY_BORG RPG by Philip Reed by Philip Reed is touted as “This 24-page zine includes new city events, cybertech, weapons, and foes for use with the CY_BORG roleplaying game.”
• Zodiac Dice by Scatter Games is touted as “Pick your birth sign dice”
• The Haematurge – A New Class for D&D 5th Edition from Classhollow is launching “A complete half-caster, half-warrior class that turns your own vitality into the most dangerous thing on the battlefield for DnD 5E”
• Maze of Da-Dao 2.0 is a project by Tulpa Workshop that is described as “A great addition to your tabletop game or D&D in the form of hundreds of STL files”
• Old School RPG Heroes & Enemies from Dopa Minne proposes “A Complete Collection of Classic Heroes and Mythical Monsters: The Ultimate Old School RPG Experience is Now Live on Kickstarter!”
• Maise Designs Dice: Astral Depths is a project by Maise Designs that features “Roll your way into the Astral Depths with these vibrant resin dice designed to bring the fantasy to your table!”
• World 20 is a project by Nipper1er that features “A 3D RPG suite to bring your tabletop adventures to life”
• The Archdruid’s Field Guide: 30 Unorthodox Wild Shapes (5e) by Owlette Publications is offering “Halt ships. Vomit acid. 30 historically bizarre beasts that turn 5e Wild Shape into a tactical toolkit. Let’s get weird!”
• Oppai Sluggerz Returnz: The Apocalypse Never Looked So Good from NeonRot is crowdfunding “A TTRPG about being a bloody magical girl in the zombie/martian apocalypse! Featuring Dante from Devil May Cry (style mechanics.)”
• Mörk States [3rd Misery] from Christian Eichhorn seeks funding for “A US Zine Print for Sinners, Monochrome, and Bergen Chrypt!”
• Vibrissa: Anagen Masters and the Island of Hirsute for 5E from Restless Entropy Games is pitching “Play as a Vibrissa, master the new Anagen class, & uncover the secrets of their hidden island homeland.”
• RED SHIFT: a Gothic horror one-shot for Mothership 1E from Signal Interruption brings us “Earth’s first extrasolar colony ship has been found after three centuries lost in space. What ancient and bloody horrors lurk onboard?”
• Indigo Valley: A Wild, Weird, and Western Setting for 5e from Elizabeth Schellenberg offers “A new supplement for D&D 5e full of mechanics, player options, items, and creatures, written and illustrated by real people.”
• GOTH GIRL VAMPIRE HUNTERS from Crooked Lines Comics offers “A Role-Playing Game. Multi-Player or Optional Single Player. Gothic. Paranormal. D6 System. Goth Game”
• Dark Ether Chronicles from Tentoga shares “THE Dark Fantasy TTRPG”
• Pay What You Want, Medieval RPG Town Set 21 is a project by 3DP4U that promises “3D Printable STL Files, Terrain for Tabletop, Role Playing Games, Wargames and RPG. Medieval RPG Town Houses – Set 21”
• Capes & Capers by Dave & Max is an upcoming supplement for “Superhero Tabletop RPG”
• Hags, Horrors, & Hellmouths: A Dark 5E Campaign Setting is a project by One-Eyed Werebear Gaming that features “200+ pages for 5E—subclasses, cursed magic, and hag bargains where every choice has consequences”
• A Whole New World by James D’Amato is a new roleplaying games project for “A TTRPG webseries capturing the chaos of game design from concept to gameplay.”
• Paragons RPG Starter Kit by Broken Door Entertainment is touted as “A boxed set with everything you need to learn and play Paragons: The Roleplaying Game.”
• Desolatio D6 Maze: Dark Fantasy Die Pendant from Eternalverse proposes “A cursed d6 forged for a cruel witch. Roll it, fidget it, or wear it. A striking piece of jewelry. pun intended“
• Overworld – The Tabletop Roleplaying Game by Eric Bloat is now live, described as “Inspire by Retro Video Games”
• Maps for TTRPGs – Dwarven & Elven Civilizations from RealmCrafters is pitching “300+ Dwarven & Elven Battlemaps for Every Tabletop and VTT System (e.g., DnD, Pathfinder), Plus Commercial Use Included!”
• Neon Bastardz RPG from Brian Shutter seeks funding for “Getting Radical in the End Times! A cassette-apocalypse tabletop game. Compatible with Mork Borg!”
• Blood Magic for Shadowdark RPG (Expanded & Printed) is a project by Molten Blast that looks at “The Print on Demand version of Blood Magic for Shadowdark with new Classes, Spells, Monsters and More.”
• 📜 RPG Maps — 400+ Ancient Egypt Maps 🏺⚖️ is a project by Benjámin Weisz that looks at “Unearth 400+ Egypt maps! 🏺 From royal tombs to hidden oases, rule the Nile. Your epic desert odyssey begins here. 🏜️✨”
• Simulacrum is a project by The Yellow Hand that is described as “Evocative storytelling in the dark future filled with the fragmented remnants of a man-made cyberpunk reality.”
• Cyber DND dice set by LunaDice is a new roleplaying games project for “Cyber DND dice set inspired by the film Tron and Tron Legacy”
• The Bell of Ashen Hollow, A Gothic 5e Module from Laurie offers “When the bell tolls at midnight, someone disappears—and no one remembers they existed.”
• Nostos is a project by Erica Bridges that features “a tabletop roleplaying game about sailing home and saying goodbye.”
• Lairs & Legends 3: The Definitive 5e Game Master Collection from The DM Lair proposes “3 Books | 34 Adventures | 38 Encounters | 50 Magic Items | 70 Obstacles | 100 Monsters | 8 Rule Sets | 7 Creature Enhancement Systems”
• Voidspan Genesis: A Massive Sci-Fantasy Expansion [5e] is a project by Belazan Games that invites players to explore “A complete sci-fantasy 5e expansion with fresh player options, new futuristic gear, mechanics and a whole galaxy setting.”
• ShopCraft: Create your own shops for DnD 5E from Legendary Scribes has introduced “Build your item stores for D&D | Including homebrew creation guide, item randomization, and unique system toolkit.”
• Historica Arcanum: The Coven of Salem from Metis Creative is nominating “The Witching Hour is Upon Thee! 3 Vast Sourcebooks & 600+ Pages of Folk Horror for 5E, set in the Definitive Historical TTRPG Setting!”
• Ehr’fen: The book of Elves by Featherpass is an upcoming supplement for “Discover the Elven cultures and customs, their lyrical Gods, and the enchanted places of Ryon.”
• Threshold II – ANOTHER Zine to Ignite Adventure and Lore is a project by Lloyd Metcalf that invites players to explore “The continuation of the Threshold Zine. Adding more lore, adventure, and background to your worlds.”
• On the River – 5e Story Encounters is a project by Dark Eagle Games that is “A toolkit that replace random encounters with 2-page layered stories introducing new creatures, items, and complex situations”
• Two-Minute Caves is a project by Adventure Squared that is described as “A book of random tables designed to help Games Masters and solo TTRPG players create unique and exciting caves for their RPG campaigns.”
• Battlestations: Sevens! from Jeff Siadek is nominating “Expansion to the smash RPG Battlestations, spotlighting the Xeloxians, that provides new abilities, campaign book and miniatures.”
• Twelve Realms RPG by Adam Hancock is offering “Original TTRPG featuring simultaneous dice rolls, item-based progression, and accruing followers in a worlds-spanning fantasy setting.”
• Book of Big Bad Evils: 5E Guidebook to Villainy by Astral Archives is a new roleplaying games project for “Craft compelling antagonists, unleash powerful pre-made BBEGs & play as the villain”
• Witchcraft Through History for 5E Vol I: Hekate’s Crossroads by The RPG Mythologist is now live, described as “Explore ancient Greek witchcraft for D&D 5E with Hekate’s Crossroads, bringing real spells, lore, and mythic power to your table.”
• Realms of the Endless Table: The Great Cartographer Campaign is a project by TitanForge 3D that features “Where realms collide in a modular fantasy tabletop experience with custom dice and customizable figurines inspired by D&D.”
• Duality TTRPG from Matt from MimicsNMisfits is working on “A genre-crossing system designed for one shots and long form campaigns, Duality is a 2d6 tabletop role-playing system”
• AD&D Northern Blood / Il Sangue del Nord from DiegoZap is working on “A five-adventure introductory fanmade unofficial Viking campaign for Advanced D&D and all Old-School systems for 1st-lvl characters”
• Sector AL-IX / Deadly Horizon expansion pack – Tactical RPG is a project by Bishok that is described as “Season 2 Expansion: 3D-print a modular leviathan cargo, customize every deck, then pirate the biggest targets in the skies of AL-IX”
• Fey Realm Odyssey — Battle Maps for TTRPGs is a project by Alex1805Kings that promises “300 Fey RPG Maps for Tabletop and VTT – Enchanted Fantasy Battle Maps for D&D, Pathfinder & Other TTRPGs | High-Quality Feywild Maps”
• Pets & Summons: Level 1 to 20 Companions for D&D 5E from ChrisTheDM offers “Befriend magical companions that you grow with you from Level 1 to Level 20!”
• Treasury of Magic Items for 5th Edition by TPK Compass is touted as “A collection of unique D&D 5e magic items, each with a hand-drawn illustration. Expand your options and enrich your rewards!”
• VAPORIA – The Depths of the Machine Tomb is a project by Professor Dudley Proose that is “The Final Chapter of the Vaporia Trilogy. A Dieselpunk Adventure for D&D 5E for DnD players of levels 9 to 12.”

[What’s this chart? We use Kickstarter Heat to measure how busy the crowdfunding season is.]

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