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The latest RPG news summaries of the summaries from Edinburgh are;
- Son of Oak are having a moment with $2m via Launch Fest and a Hit Point Press partnership.
- Night City 2045 for Cyberpunk RED is out.
- Warhammer 40k 11e sold out in moments.
- There’s a new edition on the way, so the bundle deals are generous – including this free Scion offer.
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Speaking of which, on with the TTRPG news!
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RPG news from Geek Native
- Son of Oak are doing so well with Launch Fest that we explored their logistical challenge.
- Also, Hit Point Press and Son of Oak partner for Humblewood in the Mist.
- The TTRPG Alien is more evolved, more of a skirmish game and is adding Operation Leading Edge.
- On Demiplane and other platforms, Cyberpunk RED expands with Night City 20245.
- We reviewed the 5e setting, campaign and memorial The Last Dragon Ascendant.
- In crowdfunding stories we looked at Daggerheart’s The Last Round Table, Dungeons & Daddies and the noen synth of Blades of Power.
- In wargame news, Warhammer 40K 11e sold out in minutes.
- In bundles, at the BoH you can deal with Kobolds Ate My Baby!. In Humble, there’s this huge Roll Big or Go Home 2.
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RPG news from around the web
- Read more about Designers Support BackerKit’s Collab-Funding, Say There’s No Crowdfunding Fatigue at Rascal.
- Rascal recently posted Mork Borg Meets Mythic Greece In FORGOTTEN ODYSSEYS.
- Christian Hoffer brings us Dungeons & Dragons posts new Unearthed Arcana containing revised villainous subclasses, with one subclass shelved for now via EN World.
- Investors say that Hasbro remains a buy as Wizards of the Coast boosts recurring revenue and growth potential.
- Wargamer features Mollie Russell, who notes Vampire the Masquerade gets its own crossover D&D book, complete with full vampire class.
- Gayming wrote up How ‘Twenty Sided Tavern’ tech is revolutionizing Dungeons and Dragons.
- Wargamer’s Timothy Linward shares insights in This new post-apocalyptic TTRPG feels like every Godzilla style monster movie mutated into one.
- Over at Wargamer, you’ll find Mollie Russell discussing “Mistakes are beautiful”: New actual play festival champions novice D&D DMs.
- Vice’s Denny Connolly pens Dungeons and Dragons Just Released a Massive New Sourcebook for Players and DMs.
- In recent tabletop coverage, ICv2 opines on ICv2: ‘The Smurfs RPG: Starter Box’ Heads to Retail.
- At Bleeding Cool, Gavin Sheehan notes Rhys Darby Will Play Dungeons & Dragons at Gen Con 2026.
- Tovima has a story on How D&D Is Building a Community in Greece.
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RPG reviews and interviews from around the web
- Tech-Gaming has a review of the vRPG Demeo x Dungeons & Dragons.
- ScreenRant reviews Dungeons & Dragons – Ravenloft: The Horrors Within Review.
- You’ll find a detailed review of Baldur’s Bowl over on The Kind DM.
- Dice Monkey reviews Star Wars D20 (2000).
- Ill Met by Morrslieb drops a review of Thirst of Three.
- Goblin Zone has a review of Knave 2e.
- Reviews from R’lyeh pens a review of Quick Delve #1: Milk, the revised Shadowsun, and the anime TTRPG Obojima.
RPG new releases
- Lore Play Press has published the Thrall Hold of the Blood Bailiff DCC.
- We now have Lore Play Press’ Sickle & Torch – Rulebook DCC and the Shadowdark rulebook.
- Chain Assembly has hit publish on Lies By Omission Core Rulebook.
- We now have The Arcverse’s Nova City Heroes (FATE) Quickstart Guide.
- Legendary Games brings us Legendary Planet: Dead Vault Descent (PF2).
- GAolei expands their catalogue with Daeomoth: A System-Neutral Cthulhu Mythos Lore Bible.
- Gordy Higgins has released The Master Of Puppets.
- Velkmor has unveiled Shadow Star RPG.
- We now have Highmoon Press’ IOUN STAR: Heroic Magitech Adventures – Quickstart.
- Green Ronin Publishing has published the Mutants & Masterminds Basic Hero’s Handbook [Roll20 Compendium].
- You can now download Omerta – Roleplaying Game from Play The Pulp Productions.
- Trollish Delver Games has unveiled USR: 15th Anniversary Edition.
- In physical TTRPG releases and pre-releases, we have;
- Renegade’s Dungeon Crawler Carl RPG core rules.
- The collector’s edition of the 2nd edition of The Laundry: Operative’s Handbook.
- The Laundry: Operative’s Handbook.
- The Laundry: Supervisor’s Guide.
- DK’s Dungeons & Dragons Encyclopedia.
- Castle Clark’s Dark Forest: Campaign Setting.
- Dark Forest: Fallen Tower Of Drakuur.
- Chaosium’s Pendragon: Noble’s Handbook.
- ElfQuest.
- Darrington Press’ Daggerheart: Hope & Fear.
RPG bundle deals
- Available now is Onyx Path Publishing’s
- Save $9.87 (50%) in the DMsGuild’s Luskan Full Package – Summer26 Bundle.
- Save $1.95 (13%) with Aaron A. Reed’s Two Storygames bundle.
RPG ideas, tips and discoveries
- Bravely, PC Gamer’s Jody Macgregor argues There’s no such thing as the Matt Mercer Effect.
- Shadows of NyOrlandhotep write up Running One Ring: Tales from the Lone-Lands.
- Lord Gwydion explores Jeff Dee’s thoughts on RPG designs in Foundational.
- Missives from Mooncastle pen All Things Random – NPCs to Remember.
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 Withering War from Peter LaCara proposes “An epic war story adventure for Draw Steel!”
- The Codex of Shifting Powers & The Nine Guild Concord is a project by Ilker Ozturk that features “Nine guilds. Competing agendas. A world that changes every session. The living-faction worldbook your campaigns have been waiting for.”
- Eventures – D100 Events: On the Water from The Moonlit Mill brings us “An exciting & unique collection of 100 Events to drop into your adventure – For D&D 5e and other Tabletop Roleplaying Games.”
- SALVAGE from Mitchell Tierney is developing “A Solo Gamebook where you take on the role of several crew members in a Salvage team. Role-Playing. Choose your own team. Sci-Fi. RPG.”
- The Netherwood & The Verdant Vault by John Mitchell is currently raising funds for “A Forest Hexcrawl and Dungeon Adventure for Shadowdark RPG”
- Horus/Khonsu Class-ified – 2 D&D Original Classes! from DiceQuest offers “Two DnD 5e Classes Inspired by the Gods of Egyptian Mythology: Horus and Khonsu.”
- The Sphnix’s Wager, A dark fantasy adventure for D&D 5e is a project by Matthew David that looks at “The antagonist is a god in the central rotunda, and it cannot be reasoned with the way mortals reason — only riddled with.”
- Cyberrats in Space by Alex Rinehart is offering “Rats. Mechs. Revenge.”
- BoneWilds: Rise of the Bone Lords is a project by Paul that is “Undead Beasts, Legendary Bosses & Epic Encounters for 5E and Fantasy RPGs”
- Westwild D6 by Allstar is an upcoming supplement for “Fast Frontier Tabletop That Starts In Minutes Built-in VTT, rollers, loot, and ready-to-run campaigns”
- ChaosWood RPG: Forsaken Tombs is a project by XploringMap that features “A dark fantasy tabletop role-playing game. Don’t let chaos consume you.”
- Sanctum of the Whispering God DCC from Jeffrey Jones has introduced “A sword–and–sorcery adventure for low-level characters in Dungeon Crawl Classics!”
- Bestiary Dice Collection – Monster & Jumbo Sets from Foulebo is working on “Creature-filled handmade dice are back! A new artisan edition for monstrously epic rolls”
- TTRPG Bookmarks | A Mini-Solo Game Collection is a project by Nightbird Games that is described as “Solo | Print‑and‑Play | Physical Editions Exclusive to Backers | 5 Games Included + Any Unlocked Stretch Goals”
- Vampires: Blood, Fang, & Eternal Darkness TTRPG zine for 5e is a project by Bloat Zines that invites players to explore “A monster manual TTRPG zine packed full of unique vampiric enemies for 5e, plus 3 more zines!”
- 🌿 RPG Maps — 433 Celtic Legend Maps ⚔️ from Benjámin Weisz brings us “Discover the ancient ways! 🌿 433 maps of sacred megaliths, druidic sanctuaries & hillforts. Lead your clan to victory. 🪨⚔️✨”
- Outer Gods Dice Collection: Part Two by High Roller is an upcoming supplement for “New magnificent Lovecraftian entities cast into dice sets. Follow now for the early bird special offer!”
- The Ruin 2nd edition is a project by Broken Rat Games that features “A dark and gritty post apocalyptic RPG about survival in a fallen world”
- So You Died. A 5e Undead Player’s Handbook is a project by The RPG Professor that invites players to explore “Death isn’t the end. Play skeletons, vampires, liches & more with full undead ancestries, subclasses, backgrounds & feats for 5e.”
- Shadow in the Stars: A Solo Tabletop Roleplaying Game is a project by Paul Vincent that is “Battle the enemy and the limits of your own mind.”
- The Adventure Guide: Secrets of Enduril from Magen Elizabeth Dean Bain is pitching “Your Family’s First D&D Adventure—The Ultimate Learn-As-You-Play Experience”
- The Cliffhanger : a Shadowdark (and OSR) compatible zine from Lucas Ciquier / Onelung is crowdfunding “A nail-biting horror-fantasy adventure lovingly designed for Shadowdark RPG. Compatible with most OSR games.”
- NINJA BORG: FIRST EXPANSION is a project by Walton Wood that looks at “NINJA BORG: FIRST EXPANSION: Really Excellent, Totally Outstanding Rules, Yippee! (FERETORY for short).”
- The Forgotten Arts: Four New Classes for D&D 5th Edition from Classhollow is nominating “Four complete classes, four forbidden disciplines of the self: Cogitor, Caustarch, Cinerist, Lethean For DnD 5E.”
- Compendium of Wonders & Curiosities: 3,000 Items for 5e is a project by Trinkwick that invites players to explore “A 398-page tome of 3,000 weapons, armours, objects and artefacts for 5e. Six rarities, 14 item sets, 20 materials. Instant PDF.”
- DarkCon, an in person convention for Dark Sun fans! is a project by Dark House Rules Games LLC that promises “60 games of smash mouth TTRPG, a record braking game of Dark Sun, Shadow Sun creator Greg Christopher, and much more!”
- Mongo’s Marvelous Mid-city Market from Glen Watkins is developing “A 5e compatible market resource with 30 stores, 250+ magic items, 3 one shots, 1 subclass; everything you need for a shopping session!”
- Low Poly GM Toolkit from That Dungeon Guy 3D offers “Numbered tokens, areas of effecs, coasters and everything you need to run your session with ease. Fast-printing STL files for FDM print”
- Elvish Culinary Traditions: A 5E Culinary Guide! by Tales & Tastes is touted as “A fusion of D&D flavor and practical cooking, showcasing Elven cuisine alongside a wealth of 5E‑ready material!”
- Sciorinare Ninja is a project by El4Nix that is “A fun supplement of secret rules to regulate illogical reasoning to make the impossible possible. “Dirty linen is washed at home.””
- The Forest Dice from Taras seeks funding for “Handmade epoxy dice set with a red forest moss”
- Maps for TTRPGs – Orc & Goblin Territories from RealmCrafters presents “300+ Orc & Goblin Battlemaps for Every Tabletop and VTT System (e.g., DnD, Pathfinder), Plus Commercial Use Included!”
- Ereb Altor – a setting for Dragonbane is a project by Helmgast that promises “Journey into Ereb Altor, the original setting for Dragonbane (Drakar och Demoner), and one of Sweden’s most beloved fantasy worlds.”
- Lorescape: Into Space – Sci-Fi Modular Tabletop Terrain from Lorefoundry presents “The hit modular tabletop terrain returns for Sci-Fi RPGs/wargames! Prepare your spaceships and mechs. Take your adventures into space!”
- Fae Realms: Player’s Companion for D&D 5e & 5.5e is a project by MCUP Publishing that is described as “300+ Pages of Classes, Subclasses, Species, Feats & Backgrounds for D&D 5e and 5.5e, the Complete Fae Realms Character Compendium”
- Weird Armies Reign (W.A.R)- Weird 19 by Studio Historia is offering “They Shall Not Grow Old British Alternative World War I”
- Kingdom Forge: Neon City – Cyberpunk Terrain & Miniatures ST from KindomForge is working on “Build your own cyberpunk city with 35 terrain models, miniatures, and epic stretch goals.”
[What’s this chart? We use Kickstarter Heat to measure how busy the crowdfunding season is.]
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