We’ve weathered a dramatic lightning storm here in Edinburgh. It’s pub tomorrow, but today we have the TTRPG news!
The latest RPG news summaries of the summaries from Edinburgh are;
- The UK’s regulators crack down on some game marketplace practices.
- Land of Eem wins Origins Award for best Indie RPG.
- There’s a big indie charity bundle for Accessibility in TTRPGS!
- Saturday is Free RPG Day – go support your friendly local game store.
As it’s Free RPG Day, I’m going to visit two local stores on Saturday. First, coffee and games at Ancient Robot Games in Leith and then up to the West End for the opening of Thistle Tavern. The latter now has Scotland’s biggest gaming space.
We’ve interviewed Jack at Dice Average, our RPG Spotlight honouree for this month.
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On with the TTRPG news!
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RPG news from Geek Native
- Recent legal rulings against computer platforms which cost money and then sell you things for more money here in the UK made me speculate that VTT and marketplaces might take notice.
- The Forgotten Realms evolves as R. A. Salvatore (signed copies available) publishes the daughter of Drizzt.
- The Land of Eem, which is puppets and Lord of the Rings plus some indie jazz, won the Origins Award for best indie RPG.
- BackerKit and DriveThruRPG are working together, and it means faster games for backers.
- We wrote up Ravaged by Storms, the first long-term sandbox for Pirate Borg.
- I took a look at the grim Candlelight Inquisition.
- On the TTRPG calendar, it’s nearly KiwiRPG Week.
- There’s a 5e adventure in the Bundle of Holding’s Top Cow comics deal.
- The Bundle of Holding also has a deal on Chivalry and Sorcery.
- On Humble, there’s a huge DCC Essentials deal.
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RPG news from around the web
- For Vice, Denny Connolly delivers a breakdown of All UpComing D&D Reference Card Sets and Prices.
- Polygon recently posted D&D confirms cast and release date for official show’s second season.
- Over at Bleeding Cool, Gavin Sheehan provides an update with Beadle & Grimm’s Drops Special Edition D&D’s New Ravenloft Title.
- Gizmodo’s Jen Lennon notes ‘Vampire: The Masquerade’ ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ Kindred Class Includes 6 Clans.
- TTRPG Insider recently posted A Preview of Free RPG Day’s Upcoming Releases.
- Dungeons and Dragons Fanatics gives us New D&D Encyclopedia Coming from Penguin Random House.
- Over at EN World, Christian Hoffer provides an update with 2026 Origins Award winners announced.
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RPG reviews and interviews from around the web
- Mythlands offers a lazy review of Operation Unfathomable.
- Reviews from R’lyeh gets into Idylls of the Rat King and the cyberpunk The Gaia Complex.
- False Machine reviews Forgotten Realms’ Underdark.
- Shadomain has a preview of the Rise of the Lazy Gamemaster.
- The Kind DM drops a review of The Game Master’s Deck of Fantastic Familiars & Animal Companions.
- Stargazer interviews Axel6748 a Shadowdark content designer.
- Polygon shares the latest on D&D designer explains why they went back to Ravenloft yet again.
RPG new releases
- Dead Doornail Games published Dickensia: The Charles Dickens Roleplaying Game – Quickstart Guide.
- Chaosium has hit publish on Pendragon: Noble’s Handbook.
- 9th Level Games published Return to Dark Tower RPG: Plague of the Green Lady.
- Available now is Earl of Fife Games’ Scalemail RPG Core Rulebook.
- ND Hobbies has hit publish on Black Jam, A Post-Apocalyptic Old-school Adventure.
- Will Power Games published Synthicide 2E: Early Edition.
- RPG Soundboard has published the Medieval Fantasy Soundboard – Starter Pack for free.
- Mike TaylorLyfe Chaotic Chronicles has published the Tales From The Winter Veil.
- Hex Ferrum published Hex Ferrum Quickstart – The Black Wedding.
- We now have Wandering Monster’s Tales of the Blade.
- Cubicle 7 Entertainment Ltd. brings us Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Talagaad Adventures.
- In physical releases and pre-orders what about Wizards of the Coast’s alternative cover to D&D: Ravenloft – The Horrors Within.
RPG bundle deals
- Save $111 (%100) with Indie charity bundle for Accessibility in TTRPGS! (DOTS RPG). (Don’t though. Offer some money, please!)
- Save $4.50 (15%) $3.75 (15%) in Plant Witch Press’ The Cozy Origins and The Complete Curious Creatures bundles.
RPG ideas, tips and discoveries
- Charles Dunwoody looked at worldbuilding Coriolis: The Great Dark.
- Monte Cook explores Rules as Written.
- The team at Ill Met by Morrslieb writes about Hopes for WFRP 5th Edition.
- Kickstarter reflects on success with Community Is Everything: The Story Behind the Most Funded Tabletop Role Playing Game in Crowdfunding History.
- Mollie Russell, writing for Wargamer, covers How to play evil D&D characters without destroying friendships.
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:
- Daring & Dread Tabletop Roleplaying Game by Darrin Drader is touted as “A new 5E Based fantasy Tabletop Roleplaying Game”
- Fairy Tale Hexcrawl & One Shot Quests by Ty Hulse is touted as “An authentic folklore driven sandbox & one shot quests drawn from real folklore, history, & the lives of the folk who told these tales.”
- 500+ Tabletop Fantasy RPG Walls & Doors — 3D Printable STLs by Black Hills Studios is offering “Modular fantasy walls, doors & pillars across 3 epic themes; Dungeon Stone, Ruined and Egyptian with OpenLock and Magnetic Lock system.”
- Spellcaster is a project by Cedric Ennis that features “An Arcane Roleplaying Game”
- The Forbidden Summoning Circle from ToyBoy Creative is working on “Modular Eldritch Cult Ruins STL Terrain for RPGs, Wargames & Miniature Painting”
- OSR: Expert Adventures vol.1 / Avventure Expert vol.1 from DiegoZap is nominating “A 60 A4 pages adventures collection module for all the Old School systems (D&D, AD&D, OSE etc), for expert level groups (3-5)”
- Native Legends: Subclasses & Monsters for DnD 5e / 5.5e by Fool’s Hand Studio is a new roleplaying games project for “Two spirit-guided subclasses and five creatures inspired by Native American legends, ancestral spirits and the vast untamed wilderness.”
- tome of pagan rites DnD 5e is a project by nannan zhang that features “”400+ pages of sacrificial rites, monstrous summons, forbidden pacts, cursed magic items, and blood-soaked subclasses. Unleash the dark”
- Licenced RuneQuest Miniatures from Rune Marked Miniatures is developing “Official RuneQuest miniatures to bring Glorantha to life on your tabletop!”
- Power Ring | The RPG D20 Ring by Runemark is offering “A wearable D20 ring designed for tabletop adventurers, collectors, and game nights.”
- How’s My Driving RPG by Marco Serrano is touted as “A road trip gone wrong for 2-6 players, and acclaimed Daggerheart horror hack.”
- Nightmare Unleashed: Ultimate Horror Investigation Sandbox by Aenarion’s Coven is an upcoming supplement for “Survive an open-ended horror investigation sandbox filled with occult mysteries, forgotten rituals, and living nightmares.”
- FORGOTTEN ODYSSEYS from BadEye is working on “A sword and sandals, rules light, art heavy RPG based on Mörk Borg about surviving the trip home from the Trojan War in mythic Greece.”
- Dice and Dies: Solo Card Game / J-RPG campaign is a project by Rija that is described as “A complete card-based RPG experience. Level up, get new skills and build decks as you delve into this J-RPG inspired story.”
- Sickest Wretch for Sickest Witch – New Non-Witch Class Book is a project by Severed Books that invites players to explore “The first supplement for Sickest Witch RPG includes six new non-Witch classes + one shots and adventure hooks”
- D&D EN5ider Annual–adventures and rules for D&D 5.5E! by Morrus is a new roleplaying games project for “A massive 360-page hardcover with 20 adventures, a whole new class, and a ton of new options!”
- MazeTales: Destiny’s Threshold is a project by Kliben Games that is described as “A solo dungeon-crawling gamebook where the book becomes the dungeon.”
- Treatise of the Nature Fey – For DnD 5.5, 5e, & Black Flag is a project by Foul Fox that features “The new Shaman Class & Fey-inspired player options for D&D 5.5, 5e & Tales of the Valiant. Join our discord for a sneak peek!”
- Malediction: Curses, Omens & Dark Fate for 5E is a project by Yellowbyte Workshop that is “A complete dark fantasy 5e toolkit for curses, hexes, omens, wards, exorcism, afflicted relics and doomed adventures.”
- Luciens Unrest- D&D 5e Dark Fantasy adventure +optional STLs by Secrets of Alexandria Retrogrind is a new roleplaying games project for “A Dungeons and Dragons (DnD) 5e compatible RPG adventure incl. VTT tokens, maps & images and 3d printable OpenLOCK terrain & miniatures”
- Epic Props: Forbidden Apothecary is a project by Mojibake that is “Mystical 3D-printable potion storage props for tabletop RPGs, display and Cosplay. High fantasy themes. Endless magic at your table.”
- The Summoner’s Codex for 5E & 5.5E by DreaMers and Players is an upcoming supplement for “The true, full Summoning class has arrived for 5E: Command a permanent soul-linked companion, summon monsters, and master planar magic.”
- Star Marshal: The Paper Trails is a project by The Grinning Frog that features “Card based solo-play game. The arbiter of Justice or the disciple of Chaos, which will you decide to be?”
- Complete Town 9: Village Chronicles, 25 D&D Villages & Tribe is a project by James Kay that invites players to explore “Zero-prep DnD settlements with NPCs, lore, and maps. Drop these 25 villages and tribes into any tabletop RPG campaign instantly.”
- Pirate Borg: Something Buried, Something Due is a project by Christian Hyde Smith that promises “Don Pedro must die. But getting to him might be difficult with the Spanish on the lookout. Act One of a bigger campaign.”
- PsiRun Second Edition by Meguey Baker is a new roleplaying games project for “Whoever was holding you captive, you’re free, for now. You have superpowers & amnesia. You know they’re after you. What could go wrong?”
- Il Fantasma del Giallo: The Phantom of the Yellow is a project by Hardy Roach Games that invites players to explore “Become disgraced actors trapped in a sequence of brutal Neo-Noir murder-mysteries in this cinematic, reality-bending TTRPG.”
- Bree-YARC Core Rules from Todd brings us “A careful blend of new and old tabletop role-playing, mashing together B/X and 3.x editions.”
- SagaBorn Dice: a 20 Sided D100 in Red from Michael Bielaczyc is pitching “Making a d100 roll as well as a d20, now in red!”
- The Owlbear Cave | TTRPG from Arland Games is crowdfunding “The Owlbear Cave is a sword-and-sorcery D&D 5e adventure for 4 to 6 players of 3rd to 5th-level characters.”
- Teddylonglegs: Professor Stevenmug Menagerie – D&D Monster from TGrejczik seeks funding for “Monster of the Month: Teddybear spider to terrify (or cuddle) for your D&D/RPG – Tier 1 & 2 creature version + bonus item”
- IronHeart Hold Dwarven Codex and 300 Maps for TTRPG and D&D by Loot Map is currently raising funds for “300 high-res dwarven DnD maps and Codex with 50 NPCs/33 Bestiary, and tokens for TTRPGs. 5e compatible. Ready to use at your table.”
- Trouble at the Ambassadors Bridge! is a project by Exile’s Crossing that invites players to explore “A rumrunning, investigative adventure for 5E and Pathfinder 1E”
- MODERN Rpg Maps: 440+ Cinematic Action Battlemaps from Agnieszka Polanowska is working on “A Tactical Map Vault for Any Modern RPG Setting, Ready for VTT”
- Storm Hunter’s Guild — TTRPG by Ravensong Games is touted as “A BRAND NEW TTRPG Brought to you by a family of avid gamers and game masters!”
[What’s this chart? We use Kickstarter Heat to measure how busy the crowdfunding season is.]
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