Routinely Itemised: RPG #371

Okay, let’s see if this Friday night TTRPG news summary actually sees the light of day on Friday.

Here’s the latest RPG news summaries of the summaries are;

• The Dungeons & Dragons x World of Warcraft TTRPG leaked.
• Paizo and Archives of Nethys are working together again.
• There’s a The Guild TTRPG on the way, a new movie and anotehr $1m+ Kickstarter.
  • That Kickstarter explains the exploding Kickstarter Heat chart below.
• Renegade Games will publish the Anne Rice Immortal Universe TTRPGs.
• San Diego Comic Con is keeping the newsfeeds busy.

Thanks to William Murakami-Brundage for the RPG Publisher Spotlight interview for July.

Patron? You can vote for the next Spotlight winner. The candidates are;

• Maphistopheles
• Mordite Press
• Barrel Rider Games
• Table Cat Games
• Swamp Rhino Games

On with the TTRPG news!

Spotlight: Menagerie Press.

RPG news from Geek Native

• There’s a new “The Guild” movie coming, and a TTRPG and Geek Native got to interview Felicia Day about the project.
• Ooops! There’s been a leak. It looks Wizards of the Coast will publish D&D: World of Warcraft.
• Renegade Games, who have published Vampire: The Masquerade, will now publish a set of Ann Rice’s Immortal Universe RPGs such as Interview with a Vampire.
• Paizo and Archives of Nethys have sat down, talked and worked something out to keep the advanced rules license going for the site.
• Gearing up for August, in which this blog slows down for the Edinburgh festival season, we interviewed Shelby Bond about Dungeons and Shakespeare coming to the city.
• It’s been a good week for interviews as we also spoke to Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan about the Merryshire Detective Club.
• Geek Native blogged about sportsball, and as Spain took home the World Cup, we asked why are TTRPGs not playing ball?
• In crowdfunding launches, Midnight Tower has The Body in the Mage Tower, Sam Zhao returns with Lord of the Dice II,, the Filipino-inspired horror Barkadan, Steve Jackson Games and Possum Creek Games are working together for Seven-Part Pack and Rowan, Rook and Decard have hit their target for the Children of Time RPG.
• Dark and dangerously flirting with AI – Parabellum successor Hex Ferrum readies for crowdfunding.
• At the Bundle of Holding, there’s an offer on Vast Grimm, Orbital Blues, the OSR HackMaster, and Viking drama with Thrones & Bones.

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RPG news from around the web

• Over at GamesRadar, the team spotlights Baldur’s Gate and D&D owner Hasbro is down $56 million as its strategy of canceling almost everything surprisingly fails to yield games.
• Vice’s Denny Connolly notes that Jimothy The Raccoon Has An Official Dungeons and Dragons Stat Block and that D&D Beyond Adds Powerful New Maps Feature.
• For EN World, Egg Embry pens a piece on CHAINSAW Horror RPG Coming From Driftwood Archives and Creature Curation.
• ICv2 recently posted ICv2: Revised ‘Remonstered!’ Book Provides Evil Plans for Dungeon Masters.
• The folks at Rascal note RPG Trader’s Digital Storefront Wants To Be The Creator-Friendly, RPG-Focused Alternative.
• Mollie Russell details New Justice League TTRPG hits Gamefound, adding original villains to comic book canon over at Wargamer.
• You can read about Jon Ciccolini and Bill Rehor on the Future of Beadle & Grimm’s over on Dungeons and Dragons Fanatics.
• Over at Polygon, the team discusses Critical Role just announced a brand-new adventure.
• Kobold Press has written up Gen Con 2026 Exclusive Releases and First Looks.
• At EN World, Morrus delivers a breakdown of GODZILLA comes to Marvel Multiverse Roleplaying.
• Green Ronin’s Ian Lemke explains What’s New in The Expanse.
• Tabletop Sentinel gives us August Launch For Two New Dragonbane TTRPG Books.
• Chaosium’s Age of Vikings site has a free Quickstart and DriveThruRPG as well (which also has the newly released) softcover.
• R. Talsorian Games has Downtime – Shadow Scar Free DLC.
• Comic Book Club notes that Dark Horse ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ Ongoing Reveals Covers, More Info.

Support: Fight the Algorithm.

RPG reviews and interviews from around the web

• On Reddit, CharlesRampnat reviews Fragged Empire 2e.
• Dice Monkey has a throwback review for The One Ring, First Edition.
• Ill Met by Morrslieb shares a review of Symbaroum Adventure Collection and a Conclusion.
• Read the new review of The Cursed Farm published by Reviews from R’lyeh.
• The Kind DM shares a review of The Game Master’s Handbook of Patrons, Pacts & Pantheons.
• Chase at Rascal interviews Asa Donald about Agency, Frustration, And Secrets.

RPG new releases

• Angry Engine Games has published Zombie Reign Quickstart Guide (Shadowdark and free).
• Arcanum Worlds has published the Player’s Guide to Odyssey of the Dragonlords: Remastered Edition and Heroes Handbook.
• Mario Writes For You has published CMT. A Lucha Libre RPG. Quickstart..
• Hearthside Fables has published Baelfire TTRPG Handbook.
• Volker M. Maiwald has released Kaidankai – A Ghostly Roleplaying Game in Feudal Japan.
• Elven Foundry brings us Tome of Dark Horrors.
• In physical releases and pre-release queues, Forbidden Planet and other FLGS have:
  • Dungeons & Dragons: Arcana Unleashed (Hardcover).
  • Dungeons & Dragons: Ravenloft: Dungeon Masters Screen: The Horrors Within.
  • Dungeons & Dragons: Ravenloft: 7 Dice Set: Barovian Bats.
  • Dungeons & Dragons: Ravenloft: Halloween Dice: Advent Calendar.
  • Dungeons & Dragons: Icons Of The Realms: Miniatures: Monster Manual Collection II (Booster Pack: 1 Pcs).
  • Dungeons & Dragons: Ravenloft: Dice Tray: Strahd Von Zarovich.
  • Dungeons & Dragons: Ravenloft: Dice Tower: Castle Ravenloft.
  • Dungeons & Dragons: Dice Tray: Ancient Red Dragon.

RPG bundle deals

• Save $34.98 (29%) with Arcanum Worlds and the Odyssey of the Dragonlords Remastered Collection bundle.
• Save $9.97 (26%) with the DMsGuild’s Web of Chaos: First Strands Greyhawk bundle.
• Save $0.75 (25%) in Infinite Initiative’s Legacy of the Ashen Dwarves bundle.

RPG ideas, tips and discoveries

• To Be Resolved writes Monsters and a Heterarchy for Game Design.
• Checking in with Grognardia, there’s news about Reconsiderations: Death and Resurrection.
• The RPG Gazette asks So you want to make your own TTRPG.
• Refereeing and Reflection pens New Life and New Civilisations (and New Sourcebooks).
• The Angry GM blogs Y’All Mind If I Rant About Maps… and My Readers.

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:

• Murder On The High Seas: An Interactive Mystery from Thane Frederick Benson brings us “A choose-your-own-path graphic novel. 100 Choices! 10 Different Endings! Can you solve the Murder on the High Seas?”
• Legendary Armory – DnD Dice Holders by Juan Lerma is now live, described as “Legendary Armory: Iconic Fantasy Dice Holders (STL Files)For tabletop RPG adventurers, collectors, and painters.”
• The Trapmaster Toolkit Dice Set by Mick McArt is a new roleplaying games project for “Is your rogue frustrated? Can they count the number of times on their remaining fingers how many traps they’ve failed to dismantle?”
• The Black Book of Relics: 100+ Magic Items for 5e Book+Cards is a project by DeepArk Games that features “Artifacts with Powers, Burdens, Resonances, Attunement Rites, Lore, Adventures & Mythic Endings! D&D Dungeons Dragons DnD 5e”
• KRAKEN, a seaport and nautical 5e adventure by Matthew David is now live, described as “A full-length dark-fantasy adventure for 5e with instructions for 5.5e, Daggerheart, OSE, and Pathfinder”
• Modular RPG Tracker System: Vol. 2 – STL Files is a project by Crosaden that looks at “Customizable Character Trackers for HP, Mana, Stamina, Conditions & More – Designed for Tabletop Games, Board Games, Wargaming, and RPG”
• Tidesong: On Singing Seas – A 5e Campaign from Hit Die Productions proposes “The Lost City of Arako is yours to claim, if you dare to venture the waters of the Harmonic Archipelago”
• DelveScape from Hermann Hillmann is developing “Modular 3D Printable Dungeon System, hundreds of layouts for your dungeon-crawler; Four Against Darkness, D100 Dungeon, D&D, etc.”
• Meanwhile: An All-in-One TTRPG App for Everyone at the Table by Meanwhile Gaming is currently raising funds for “Close the Tabs | Stay in the Game | Maps, Characters, Notes, Loot Distribution | Better Game Sessions”
• The Adventurer’s Log by Orange Cat Games is now live, described as “Finally a book for players to keep track of all the important details of your adventures.”
• 31 Days of Terror!!! by Tomb Guardians is now live, described as “28mm Halloween Miniature Countdown Calendar”
• The Prismatic Oracle: A Junk Journaling RPG is a project by Studio Zosimos LLC that is described as “Craft prophecies from found text, visuals, and objects through a GM-less keepsake game of junk journaling and bookbinding”
• Tavern Of Mischief Gaming by Tavern Of Mischief is now live, described as “Play, Trade, Gather. Your Table Awaits.”
• R’lyeh Rising: 5e 1920s Lovecraftian Horror by Dungeon Matters is currently raising funds for “A complete 1920s campaign setting with the monsters, maps, and mythology to summon cosmic horror and lay waste to your players’ sanity.”
• Cthulhu series bookmarks II — Symbols of The Great Old Ones by deep-seafish office is offering “Uncovering the past of these great existences and exploring the truths of the universe.”
• Legendary Familiars | Fantasy Pets & Animal Companions by RinovaWorks is now live, described as “Fantasy familiars,animal companions,allies, beasts and creatures for D&D,RPG,tabletop, wargames,terrain. Pre-supported STL miniatures”
• OSR The Return of Zorveth / Il Ritorno di Zorveth is a project by DiegoZap that is described as “A 120 pages adventures module for all the Old School systems (D&D, AD&D, OSE etc), for expert level groups (3-5)”
• THE RAT BELOW – A 5Ε One Shot Adventure! from Internal Thoughts Games brings us “A classic rats-in-the-cellar quest twisted by alchemy, mutated creatures, and a mystery beneath the inn.”
• 420 Cyberpunk Battle Maps for VTT by Agnieszka Polanowska is offering “Fight for survival across the Neon Metropolis—from gang-controlled streets and megacorporate headquarters to industrial complexes”
• 200+ RPG Terrain Chests, Barrels & Staircases – 3D STLs by Black Hills Studios is an upcoming supplement for “Every dungeon needs chests, barrels & staircases – 200+ STLs, 4 themes, FDM & Resin ready. Personal & Commercial licenses. Own forever.”
• The Witchfire Grimoire — 60 Spells for Daggerheart™ Comp. by Maria of the Grey Flame is currently raising funds for “Sixty new domain spells, printable cards included at $8, and everything delivered the day the campaign ends. 100% digital.”
• Hope & Fear: Volume I — Dual-Mood TTRPG Fantasy Music by Dungeon Maestro is an upcoming supplement for “24 paired Hope/Fear orchestral tracks. Backers get game-ready assets & stretch goals adds intensity variants, adventures & comics.”
• Mythic Bestiary: Dragons Vol. I compatible with D&D 5e/5.5e. by Iron Griffin Games is now live, described as “15 dragon-themed creatures, 2 epic bosses, 20 random encounters and VTT tokens to enrich your adventures.”
• Red Dragon Inn Tiki Mugs – Part Two by SlugFest Games is an upcoming supplement for “Three new tiki mug designs inspired by The Red Dragon Inn!”
• Sacred Wars: Tactical Card Wargame + Hybrid Digital App is a project by Studio Maximus that is “A Mythology based 1v1 Tactics Card Wargame. Choose your faction, build your deck & command your army. Scan cards into the mobile App!”
• Graves of the Seven Gods: A Dark Fantasy Campaign for 5E by Dorota Bizon is an upcoming supplement for “Explore civilizations built upon the corpses of fallen gods, wield forbidden divine grafts, and decide what deserves to rise”
• Undercrawl is a project by Samuel Taylor that features “Travel rules for dungeon games in the mythic underworld.”
• Eldritch Runes: Campaign Guide & Adventures for 5E from Eldritch Runes Games is launching “A sword-and-sorcery setting of ancient ruins, lost civilizations, and cosmic peril, plus adventures, monsters, maps, and VTT assets.”
• Doom-Dust of the Disintegrator: Deluxe Edition from Trident Gamebooks offers “Dark Egyptian challenge dungeon for Shadowdark, inspired by classic RPG tournaments.”

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

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