Time to catch our breath? Still, no! August is a busy month for the team, and Geek Native slows while we’re out doing Edinburgh festival season work. Even so, this indie news network challenge has given Geek Native this interview with ex-Googler Irene Woo and classically trained butler Mike McAlpine, on AI-robots taking this job.
Here’s the latest RPG news summaries of the summaries are;
- With more than $10 million in Pathfinder books caught up, Paizo and others may soon reach a deal with the remains of Diamond Comics.
- The One Ring is getting a new edition.
- Daggerheart wins best game at the ENnies.
- Storm surges washed through the ceiling during Gen Con.
- People close to the source said that Edge Studios has retained the Star Wars TTRPG license despite Wizards of the Coast announcing their game. A few days later, Edge launched these bundles, and the omission is glaring.
- Chances of their being an Audio EXP podcast tomorrow: 10%.
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On with the TTRPG news!
Spotlight: Table Cat Games.
RPG news from Geek Native
- Cybersecurity Surfshark has been researching how cheap it is to fake popularity on TikTok and YouTube. This matters to tabletop publishers who pay for reviews or placements.
- I tried to live blog the ENnie 2026 winners; it was a challenge, but the results are here.
- Edge Studios (probably) still has the Star Wars TTRPG license according to insiders.
- We covered Modiphius’ launch of the Discworld TTRPG.
- Green Ronin has picked up the English language rights to the cult hit Japanese TTRPG Nobunaga’s Black Castle.
- Green Ronin has also announced the Mastermind Maker.
- When social media had video footage of floods caused by extreme weather breaking through the ceiling at Gen Con we shared them along with stats of what percentage of Indiana residents believe in climate change. Spicy!
- We have a review of the free Caesariensis TTRPG: Death of Constans.
- An expo stand making company, Megaflatables, has used search volumes to show how popular MCM and UK Games Expo have become.
- At Humble, there’s a Chaosium combo of the Rivers of London and the Age of Vikings.
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RPG news from around the web
- Wargamer’s Matt Bassil pens a piece on $10 million stranded Pathfinder books may soon come home, as legal battle nears resolution.
- TTRPG Fanatics has the news that The One Ring RPG Is Getting a Revised Second Edition.
- On RPG.net, there are photos and coverage of Chaosium’s RuneQuest roleplaying game has been inducted into the ENNIE Awards Hall of Fame.
- GamesBeat’s Rachel Kaser opines Dungeons & Dragons is an entertainment powerhouse — now what?.
- Vice notes Every Dungeons and Dragons: World of Warcraft Product Confirmed So Far.
- Nicholas Becher covers R.A. Salvatore’s New Forgotten Realms Release Officially Announced.
- Dice Monkey carries the press release Loke Battle Mats announce The Big Book of Battle Mats for Arkham Horror: The Roleplaying Game.
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RPG reviews and interviews from around the web
- TTRPG Fanatics has a review (and a deep dive) of Call of Cthulhu: Innsmouth.
- GameReactor reviews the Forgotten Realms manuals: Adventures in Faerûn and Heroes of Faerûn.
- Reviews from R’lyeh has published a review of The Grotesques’ Grotto and the Age of Vikings story Family Sagas.
- Over at Ill Met by Morrslieb, the team reviews Terror in the Dark.
- Playful Void reviews These Bloody Sails.
RPG new releases
- Available now is Goat-friendly Games’ Tales from Queensarch.
- Hit Point Press has unveiled Humblewood Beyond the Canopy: Campaign Setting Book – 5e D&D (PDF).
- Crawport published The Crawport Chronicles FULL Edition. Placeholder. No AI images. (You can tell there’s some behind-the-scenes drama with this one.)
- Goodman Games has unveiled Mutant Crawl Classics (MCC) Core Book for Foundry VTT.
- We now have Ralph Talesman’s GeARS – Core Rules.
- Available now is Duhem Studio’s DUHEM – Quickstart.
- Marshal Games released Savage West – Revised Edition.
- Available now is Secret Hearth’s Weald.
- 5eersha published the free Brittle – A Rules Light, Narrative TTRPG.
- Schwalb Entertainment has published Mysteries of the Old Gods: Mother Sun.
RPG bundle deals
- Save $52.00 (46$) with TTRPGkids’ StoryGuider Social Emotional Learning Adventures bundle.
- Save $30.56 (30%) with Edge Studio’s Twilight Imperium Collection bundle.
- Save $23.96 (30%) with Edge Studio’s Legend of the Five Rings Collection – First Steps in Ro bundle.
- Save $22.16 (30%) with Edge Studio’s Arkham Horror Collection – First Steps in Arkham bundle.
- Save $16.46 (30%) with Edge Studio’s Zombicide: Chronicles Collection bundle.
- Save $1.50 (27%) in Marshal Games’ A Ride through The Savage West bundle.
RPG ideas, tips and discoveries
- Dice Monkey shares thoughts on The Art of Session Zero.
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:
- RocketSpace by David Van Camp is a new roleplaying games project for “A Retro Science Fantasy Setting compatible with ShadowDark RPG and DarkSpace RPG”
- Grimward RPG: Ditch the Character Sheet by Vita Hoffmann is touted as “A high-fantasy tabletop RPG powered entirely by cards and dice.”
- 5e Celestial Bestiary: “Divine Messengers” from Elven Foundry is launching “Unveil 50 extraordinary celestial creatures—from radiant angelic champions and sacred beasts to colossal heavenly guardians”
- Caverns of the Netherearth – a GNAT adventure gamebook is a project by Paul Partington that looks at “The Netherearth – a world deep underground, where peril and adventure await!”
- Barrowmaze: The Northern Reaches Campaign Setting and Map is a project by Greg Gillespie that features “The Campaign Setting and full color map that inspired Barrowmaze, Archaia, HighFell, and Dwarrowdeep Megadungeons”
- Renegade Realms: Wychwold Glen from Bart Wynants is nominating “An endlessly expandable hex map for 5e, Pathfinder, Shadowdark, Forbidden Lands, Mörk Borg & other fantasy tabletop role-playing games!”
- Tome of Adversaries Vol. II by Terran Empire Publishing is now live, described as “A collection of monsters for use with D&D 5th Edition and Pathfinder Second Edition games!”
- Junkrats RPG from Reformed Hillbilly is crowdfunding “An Eldritch-Punk submarine RPG set in a drowned world of dead gods, haunted seas, and living machines.”
- Triune Fleet: starship minis and maps by 0-hr is an upcoming supplement for “A refit fleet, with poster maps and matching miniatures, for sci-fi RPGs and starship combat games.”
- Prowlers & Paragons UE: Glimmers of Darkness is a project by teh ebil bunneh that promises “A villains book for Prowlers & Paragons Ultimate Edition”
- Encyclopedia of Wilderness Encounters Q – Z is a project by Fallen Highway Studios that looks at “Never be without another wilderness encounter”
- Flowers of Fantasy and Fate Issue #1 by Demi ElGato is touted as “Olig-Vald, a dangerous micro-hexcrawl for OSE characters of Level 4 and up. 32 letter-sized pages jammed full of gameable material.”
- Roll 4 Hero Handbook and Mini Comic is a project by Fish Lee that is “Create your own amazing OCs with the Roll 4 Hero handbook, and join the livestreams as we create a new mini comic with your help!”
- The Final Quest by Miranda VH is touted as “Tavern and Gaming/Event Center”
- Wyvern Moor: The Dungeon Crawl Card Game by Tristan Hall is an upcoming supplement for “All new epic, cooperative, fantasy adventures in the Kilforth universe — 1-3 players (up to 4 with expansion)”
- RPG Adventure for ShadowDark, DCC, OSE, and more! by Tracey & Carmelitta is currently raising funds for “Nostalgic adventure module for ShadowDark, Old School Essentials, Dolmenwood, and Dungeon Crawl Classics.”
- Three Goblins In A Trench Coat is a project by David Heyman that features “An original TTRPG setting and game system, set in the magical, and not too serious lands of Shardenblake.”
- Forgotten Foes for Shadowdark RPG: 250+ Classic Foes Reborn is a project by Merry Manticore that invites players to explore “Hundreds of classic monsters brought to life with evocative art for Shadowdark RPG.”
- Dice of Stars & Stone II: Engraved RPG Dice Sets by Starlux Games is an upcoming supplement for “Harness alchemy, runes, and celestial power with collectible resin dice built for all-new 5E subclasses”
- The Adventures of the Mighty Grouse RPG is a project by The Blessed Geeks that promises “A family-friendly tabletop roleplaying game of Saturday Morning superhero action and anthropomorphic animal heroes.”
- HitPlay Pulse: Make your TTRPGs sound like a movie. is a project by Erwick D’Souza that promises “Bringing handcrafted, blockbuster music and tastefully designed sounds to support your tabletop storytelling chops”
- 100 Dead Heroes by Rookie Jet Studio LLC is currently raising funds for “A Rules-light Tabletop RPG Where Heroes Finish Last.”
- Bloody London Horror Tabletop RPG by Bloat Games is a project by Eric Bloat that is “Standalone TTRPG in the Bloody Horror Series with Bloody Appalachia, Camp Blood, Bloody University, and SURVIVE THIS!! Zombies”
- Resource Book: 100+ Playable legends for DnD 5E from Gaëtan Boichard proposes “Enhanced your adventure with 100+ Locations, Events, NPCs, Monsters and Relics for Homebrew TTRPG”
- Abraham Lincoln vs Star Spawn & Goblin with the Glass Sword by Mark Taormino is currently raising funds for “TWO SOFTCOVER + PDFS for 1E & 5E! You also get 60 PDFS with ANY $25+ Reward & Pledge Over Time Available on $110+ Reward!”
- Where magic is persecuted: three one-shots for D&D 5E is a project by Cibola Designs that is described as “Where magic is punished, alchemy experiments with you, and people continue to disappear… Level 1 adventures compatible with 5E/5.5E”
- Hunt & Harvest: Undead for D&D 5e by Elowen Frost is an upcoming supplement for “Defeat terrifying monsters, harvest their remains, and forge unique magic items in this monster hunting supplement for DnD 5e (2024)”
- Paths of Trouble: Stories of Talons and Song from Dark Eagle Games is pitching “Make the journey matter with 12 two-page encounters for 5e and 2024, built around choices, consequences, and cruel bargains.”
- Creaturia RPG Character Builder from Creaturia is pitching “The all-in-one tool to create, evolve, and preserve your RPG characters.”
- Ultimate Horror: Blood & Terror for D&D 5E & Pathfinder from Legendary Games offers “A killer compendium of horror adventures, monsters, magic, & macabre mayhem for D&D 5E and Pathfinder!”
- GG#3: Servants of the Dragon Lord – Zine for Shadowdark RPG from Grim Games is nominating “A 5th-LV Adventure for Shadowdark RPG. Includes new abilities for the Ranger and Bard, plus a wild-shaping Druid class!”
- RPG Battle Maps: Locations for Every Adventure by Agnieszka Polanowska is offering “800+ VTT-Ready Battle Maps and 430+ Backgrounds for Your Next Adventure”
- Stray Crows: Ronin by James ‘Grim’ Desborough is an upcoming supplement for “Adventures in Mythic Japan”
- The Eight Ancient Arts: 8 New Classes for D&D 5th Edition is a project by Classhollow that is described as “Eight complete classes: Spirant, Abnegant, Ponderist, Lachrymist, Phosphorist, Oneirurge, Aevarch, and Quiescent for D&D 5E.”
- Nightfall at Grausveil: Professor’s 5E Bestiary is a project by Professor Dudley Proose that is “A gothic field guide to 50 strange residents of Grausveil Manor, compiled by Professor Dudley Proose, Esq. For D&D 5E.”
- Compendium of Monsters & Nightmares: 250 5E Creatures by Trinkwick is offering “A 507-page fifth edition bestiary with 250 monsters, full-page art, lore, tactics, stat blocks, and 250 tokens. Pay What You Want”
- Lanternfen: Folk Horror Bestiary for D&D 5e (150 Monsters) is a project by Ribbon and Bone that looks at “150 folk horror monsters for DND 5e and adaptable for other tabletop TTRPG. Including full lore, stat blocks, and field notes.”
- Moonlit Monsters Cryptid Coin Collection is a project by Goliath Coins that looks at “Large, sculpted 3D coins, with high definition color. The first physical artifact release from the Moonlit Monsters cryptid archive.”
- The QuesTable – The modular table topper for tabletop gamers by WyldForm is offering “A modular table with replaceable inserts, designed for Boardgamers, Wargamers and Tabletop RPG players”
- Polynesian Subclasses & Monsters for DnD 5e / 5.5e by Fool’s Hand Studio is now live, described as “Two mythic subclasses and five monsters inspired by Polynesian legends, ancestral spirits, and the power of the ocean.”
- Imaginative Worldbuilders & Gamemasters: Lifeways from Ty Hulse seeks funding for “One shot quests, tools & Articles on cultures and the way people lived to help you create vibrant and imaginative worlds”
- SPIRITBOUND by James is an upcoming supplement for “Journey into the Spirit Board with Your Players Through Zero-Prep Supernatural Adventures for Any RPG, Plus a Standalone Solo and Coop”
- UNVERIFIED SIGHTINGS: D&D 5.5e Monsters of Myth & Legend! from Rye Alboa kickstarts “Rye Alboa’s harrowing collection of D&D 5.5e Cryptid Monsters from Mythos, Folklore, your Imagination and More!”
- Two Souls from Fern Flower Press proposes “18+ Solo Horror Gamebook”
- Forgotten Treasures Vol. 1 from Deviprasad Jayasankar proposes “Bring your tabletop adventures to life with richly detailed treasure, relics, and tokens.”
- Monster of the Month: Occulosa Lilium – D&D garden nemesis by TGrejczik is offering “Wheeled eyeball lily to protect your BBEG from pesky adventurers – Tier 1 & 2 creatures, familiar/pet + bonus item”
- Paws & Rolls: The Ultimate Cat Dice Collection by BearDice is offering “10 Cat Breeds | Handmade Resin Dice | Collectible Cat Series | D&D Ready”
[What’s this chart? We use Kickstarter Heat to measure how busy the crowdfunding season is.]
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