Welcome, welcome! Count Binface is taking on the establishment here in UK politics, and geeks across the country cannot believe (they can) what they are seeing!
We’re getting closer to August, but in the meantime, here’s the latest RPG news summaries of the summaries are;
- UK politics comes to the tabletop with the Count Binface mini.
- Simon Lucas is the new PEG COO.
- Support indie RPG news by buying indie RPG candidates.
- BackerKit and the ENnies have teamed up for the ENnies Emporium.
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RPG news from Geek Native
- I felt I had to write up the ENnies, so decided to try and lure you into an affiliate click.
- PEG confirm the way forward as Simon Lucas becomes COO.
- We’re based in the UK and so obsessed with the Troublemaker Games Count Binface mini.
- Fancy reading a host of historic White Dwarf magazines for free? You can at the Way Back Machine.
- Geek Native interviewed Ben Costa and James Parks about The Land of Eem.
- BackerKit is trying something new with the ENnies Emporium.
- Superhero Week crossed into this Routinely Itemised week and gave us Veteran game designer Malcolm Harris releases Superpunk TTRPG.
- We note that HARP Steampunk is due out at Gen Con.
- We talked to Ashton Baker about the Courtesans’ Guild.
- Matthew Mercer is running Age of Umbra.
- On Kickstarter, there’s the Pokemon-inspired Brave Horizons.
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RPG news from around the web
- Dungeons and Dragons Fanatics takes a look at New D&D Books and Gifts Coming This Fall from Penguin Random House.
- If you’re looking for news on Daggerheart is playtesting a Summoner class, Christian Hoffer has you covered over at EN World.
- Polygon takes a look at Arcana Unleashed is the first real testing ground for D&D 5.5e.
- The Great Big Story zooms in on The epic 35-year Dungeons & Dragons campaign.
- At Wargamer, Gab Hernandez takes a closer look at This dark fantasy TTRPG radiates nostalgic stop motion vibes.
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RPG reviews and interviews from around the web
- Over at Reviews from R’lyeh, the team reports on The One Who Watches From Below and reviews Vengeance of Bathory and Gates of Krystalia.
- The Furtive Goblin’s Burrow investigates The One Ring.
- Over at The Kind DM, the team reviews Terra Incognita.
- Dice Monkey reviews Middle Earth Role Playing.
- Timely, Refereering and Reflection revisits ElfQuest.
- Wargamer’s Timothy Linward reviews Warhammer: The Old World Core Set.
RPG new releases
- Available now is Chaosium’s ElfQuest Classic Boxed Set.
- Eduardo Camps has unveiled The Complete Dystopia Toolkit.
- Parallel Publishing published Halcyon Stars Corebook.
- Fox and Hat Studios has published the Watchtower and the 7th Sea Shadows and Steel.
- Creature Curation released Sqwurmish Complete Rules.
- GenIsys Games published GenIsys Fantasy with Character Sheets.
- Gavin Bastiensz published Daggerheart – Draxxis Campaign Frame.
- Available now is NerdBurger Games’ Cosmic Corsairs RPG.
- On Itch, Eccentric Normality has released Iron Dragoons core rules.
- Ward Against Evil as pushed forward with Basic Horror.
- Greywood Publishing has released QUERP Fantasy Bestiary – Revised Edition.
- In physical releases and pre-orders
- Hasbro’s transmedia Exodus has a dice set.
- Published by Renegade, there’s the supplement Exodus: Roleplaying Game: Chronicles Of Melayu.
- WizKids has released Cthulhu!
RPG bundle deals
- Save $99.70 (33%) with BRW Games’ Campaign Collection.
- Save $9.99 (25%) in The Bodhana Group’s Better Health RPG bundle.
- Save $6.07 (27%) with the DMsGuild’s Zeph’s Complete 5.5 Bundle.
RPG ideas, tips and discoveries
- Popular on social media, Ben and the Genre Police explore Advance Meant.
- Mythic Mountains argues Do the opposite of what the D&D internet says to do.
- The RPG Gazette writes up Race-as-Class and the Quiet Death of a Design Idea.
- The Angry DM asks Y’All Mind If I Rant About Box Text?
- Twisted Sifter explores “You Lied to Us!”: Dungeons & Dragons Player Faces Table Backlash After Exposing a Flawless, Multi-Session Con on His Own Party.
- The Garden Below writes up Setting/Expectation.
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:
- Limithron’s Pirate Map Collection from Limithron introduces “100+ battle maps and the Encounter Atlas for nautical-themed RPG campaigns and skirmish games. #5e #PirateBorg”
- Colonial Gothic: Revolution Edition from Richard Iorio II shares “1775. The Revolution is coming. So is something far older, and far less forgiving.”
- Ivory Crown: 5 DnD Drop-in Complicated Royal Dynasties by Verseluft is currently raising funds for “DnD 5E political campaign toolkit – five conflict-driven courts, scheming NPCs and social consequences for DMs, D&D 2024”
- The Shadows of the Labyrinth by TheBeardedHalfling is a new roleplaying games project for “A 5e one-shot inspired by the myths and history of Classical Greece, with an Eldritch Twist.”
- Heroic Deeds – Deeper Dungeons & 5e Compatibility is a project by Peter Lattimore that invites players to explore “A brand new expansion to Heroic Deeds and a 5e compatible edition.”
- Kev Adams Chaos Dwarf Warband by Paimon Miniatures by MATT BROUGHTON is a new roleplaying games project for “An exclusive unpainted metal 12 figure Chaos Dwarf warband set sculpted by Kev Adams from Paimon Miniatures.”
- Dark Folklore & Rituals by WN3D is a new roleplaying games project for “A collection of 5 narrative, high-detail printable diorama assets for miniature painters. Print big. Paint beautifully.”
- Dragonix’s Deadly Denizens IV (A D&D 5.5e Bestiary) is a project by Dragonix that looks at “From the author of DM’s Guild’s Monster Manual Expanded series comes the 4th volume of the Deadly Denizens series, and now in 5.5e!”
- ☢️ RPG Maps — 354 Chernobyl Exclusion Zone Maps 🏚️ is a project by Benjámin Weisz that looks at “Survive the Zone! ☢️ 354 maps of urban ruins, secret labs & radioactive wilds. Brave the anomaly in your next session. 🏚️🔫”
- The Woman in White, a Gothic 5e Module by Laurie is an upcoming supplement for “Gothic Adventure of Asylum, Identity, and the Horror of Being Right”
- Beneath the Black Sun [DnD 5e] by Tentacle Games is currently raising funds for “A Celtic-inspired D&D adventure of mystery, druids and arcanists, forgotten Gods, and the struggle between Nature and the Arcane.”
- 4 Mighty RPG Strongholds – Plans, Maps & Full Art Kit from Gaudreau Steve is working on “Complete interior stronghold maps and plans, featuring detailed individual rooms and sections, with optional army tokens and siege engi”
- The Secrets of Avagada by Side Quest is an upcoming supplement for “Lead an expedition across the unforgiving Sierra of Death to plunder a lost civilization. A gritty, sandbox campaign for 5E and OSR.”
- Terra Mortis | Solo Post-Apocalyptic Deckbuilding RPG from Lion Banner Games is pitching “From the creator of Wrath of the Wyvern. Explore, build your deck, and survive a brutal solo post-apocalyptic RPG.”
- 2026 Annual Robin’s Nerd Supplies Dice Advent Calendar by Robin’s Nerd Supplies is an upcoming supplement for “Dice advent calendar with 1 exclusive dice per day”
- Pirate Borg Miniatures from Westfalia Publishing is nominating “Tabletop miniatures for Pirate Borg, From The Depths Below and every Grimdark Pirate game out there!”
- I, Goblin: A MÖRK BORG Zine by Tommy Sunzenauer is an upcoming supplement for “Instead of the GM taking over, a PC succumbed to the Goblin Curse gets a second chance. Includes lore, tables, and a goblin adventure.”
- Woven Worlds 5e: Serve or Slay from Cedar Fox Tales brings us “Make your campaigns scarier with new spiders and deadly lairs.”
- The World of Mad Goats – A Portal-Hopping DnD 5E adventure by Sumida is an upcoming supplement for “A complete drop-in D&D 5E adventure for levels 1–8. Any party. Any campaign. One very bad door.”
- Peculiar Plants – 100+ plant based monsters – DnD 5e ( D&D ) is a project by Secrets of Alexandria that features “Lexicaria Bestia Vol. 7 – 150+ pages with 100+ complex & unique plant based monsters ready for Dungeons and Dragons 5e + VTT tokens”
- The Forge of Many Things | Printable Minis & Terrain from The Forge of Many Things is crowdfunding “A huge bundle of pre-supported printable fantasy miniature files, monsters, NPCs and terrain for RPGs, skirmish games and collectors.”
- Cocaine Owlbear: Halloween Special by Mike Lafferty is now live, described as “This time, it’s spooky”
- ECLIPSE: the story of a dying world – Compendium for 5e from Morry presents “ECLIPSE is a TTRPG supplementary Compendium, bringing new setting, survival mechanics and dangerous monstrosities to your table.”
- ROYALE – DICE SET from Steven Meiswinkel is pitching “The Premium Dice Cup for Unforgettable Game Nights Roll like royalty – Practical design, a velvet-soft interior, and a sound”
- The Grand Expedition: Rpg maps for Vtt from Agnieszka Polanowska is developing “350 Realistic Battlemaps for Pulp-Era Adventures”
- Populated Hexes Monthly Issue 58 is a project by Todd that promises “The Plateau of Leng, Part One”
- Starmork Dice Tower from STARMORK is working on “Starmork Dice Tower: A modular dice tower, hex tray system, and component vault”
- RPG Adventure Stamps: Dungeons Set from Jorrit Schlüter kickstarts “3D-printable stamps & tools set to quickly create playable TTRPG adventures, including maps & tokens for characters, monsters & more.”
- Machinations of the Kraken Cult by Midlam Miniatures is a new roleplaying games project for “9 Kraken Cult miniatures to antagonise your heroes in games across time and space.”
- Darkheim Tombstone Titan + Entire RPG Vault 10yr Anniversary from Rocket Pig Games proposes “Rocket Pig Games .stl miniature Tombstone Titan: a Deluxe 3D printable model for home resin printers Tabletop Games monsters for DnD”
- Infinite Dice Towers and Cups Vol.11 from 3DVision is launching “3D Printable Dice Towers & Dice Cups – and their Terrain Versions – 51 Fantasy STL Models for DnD,Tabletop RPGs & Wargames – Multicolor”
- Kingdoms of Ruin Dice Tower Collection by NODF Design is a new roleplaying games project for “Venture into the Kingdoms of Ruin and uncover four legendary towers born from myth, darkness and war.”
- Old Bricks: 3D Printable RPG Dice Set, Dice Tower & Tray STL by The 4th Quest Games is touted as “Weathered dungeon-stone Dice Set, Dice Tower and Trays STLs for resin printing, cast & sell with a lifetime commercial license included”
[What’s this chart? We use Kickstarter Heat to measure how busy the crowdfunding season is.]
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