It’s still the Edinburgh Festival season, and on our sister site Edinburgh Reviews we’re pushing 100 reviews. Not much to do with tabletop gaming, but everything about independent media and indie creators in the same pond as huge media conglomerates.
Speaking of our home city, Critical Role was here recently, and now their entire 4-hour gig is free to watch on YouTube.
Here’s the latest RPG news summaries of the summaries are;
- Games for Scholarships is live.
- Roll20’s Quantum Dice are available for everybody.
- There’s still no hard date for Warhammer FRPG 5 (but soon).
- The Thundercats TTRPG is on its way to backers.
There was a time when Twitter was great because so many people were on it. You could attend a gaming convention or, as has been on my mind recently, Edinburgh for the festival season and ask for tips and advice. Strangers in the same place, with the same interests, would notice and respond. Now we have lots of social networks.
Where is Geek Native? We’re trying to be everywhere, but we also don’t want to spam people with thoughts and comments, so we work hard to restrict our output to just the headlines. And we have Discord for chat. That said, the X-alternative that seems to be getting the most traction is BlueSky, and there’s a growing TTRPG community there.
Google has merged the two threads of ‘supporting publishers’ and ‘content discovery’ with a new update to preferred sources. So, let’s check it out. The button above is free to use and teaches the algorithm that indie sites like Geek Native have readers.
On with the TTRPG news!
Spotlight: Table Cat Games.
RPG news from Geek Native
- RPG designer and writer Gareth Hanrahan has signed copies of his novel The Dungeon Book available.
- Monte Cook Games sprang a surprise flash crowdfunder for Cypher Advanced.
- Modern-day horror returns as Dark Conspiracy lands on BackerKit.
- Cubicle 7 firms up release details for Warhammer FRPG 5th edition.
- With GMing and TTRPG writing in mind, we interviewed author, illustrator, and comedian Olaf Falafel.
Support: Patreon.
RPG news from around the web
- Some quirky news as The Argus reports that a royal palace is set to host its first-ever game of Dungeons & Dragons.
- You can read about Games For Scholarships Is Now LIVE! over on Rascal.
- Morrus investigates On TTRPG Kickstarters, merchandise, and 600% markups over at EN World.
- Critical Role’s Edinburgh Castle entire set (4+hours) is on YouTube. Swearing.
- At Vice, Denny Connolly covers D&D Beyond offering a first look at enhanced DM Tools.
- The folks at Rascal take a closer look at Does Winning The Diana Jones Emerging Designer Award Help You Stand Out At Gen Con? The Winners Say Yes..
- Beyond Fomalhaut has news with Gamemaster’s Guidelines: Announcement and Preview.
- The Block Club Chicago reports on the sell out of an event catering to women, nonbinary and femme people.
- The Runeblog The future Revised RuneQuest and RuneQuest Fantasy Roleplaying.
- The Highlands Current has a plug piece for Dungeons in the Attic.
- You can read about What is the Dark Sun: Edge of Oblivion D&D Setting Expansion? over on Dungeons and Dragons Fanatics.
- The team at Roll20 shares thoughts on Roll20’s Quantum Dice – Now Available Everywhere.
- Angus at Tabletop Sentinel note that Titan Sinks Its Teeth into Vampire: The Masquerade with New Comic Series.
- There’s an RPG.net thread on the almost under-the-radar release of the Thudercats TTRPG to backers.
- AI TTRPG company Archivist has been sharing some of its data on character choices.
Support: Fight the Algorithm.
RPG reviews and interviews from around the web
- TTRPG Fanatics reviews Invincible RPG Starter Set.
- The Kind DM has published a piece on TTRPG Review.
- If you missed it, Wargamer has an excellent piece by Mollie Russell: D&D Arcana Unleashed review.
- Reviews from R’lyeh shares a review of 13th Age Second Edition Gamemaster’s Guide, so is Operative’s Handbook: A Sourcebook for SLA Industries Second Edition, Huanting of Beggar’s Creek and Time Without Tide: Quickstart
- Mixed Signals Gaming reviews Dragons of the Forsaken Desert.
- A comprehensive review of Patrons of the Old World II is now live on Ill Met by Morrslieb.
- ICv2 interviews Free League’s Tomas Harenstam.
- The Fandomentals interview Greg Bilsland on Bringing The Past Into The Future With Dark Sun.
RPG new releases
- Marvel has unveiled Marvel Multiverse RPG – Secret Wars.
- We can see that Paizo and DTRPG are still loading up the newly announced catalogue as titles such as Pathfinder Second Edition Bestiary and Advanced Player’s Guide become available.
- Available now is Modiphius’ Fallout: The Roleplaying Game – New Vegas Setting Guide.
- We now have Monte Cook Games’ Cypher Character Rulebook.
- Pelgrane Press published the free The Dying Earth RPG Quickstart Rules.
- Strange Owl Games released Amboria: Roleplaying in the World Under Starlight.
- Devilbear Publishing has unveiled Weirdness Adventure Roleplaying: Ashcan Edition.
- We now have DreamGlyph Studios’ Sunderwake: Quickstart Guide.
- Cthulhu Reborn has hit publish on Dark Days in Sydney Town (Convicts & Cthulhu).
- Archmage Solutions brings us THEY CROAK: A Sci-Fi Horror RPG.
- Ariel H.M Moyano has hit publish on Resilience.
- Available now is Matt Hunt’s Bleeding Heroes RPG.
- Sasideep Kakumani has published ŚŪNYA: What Runs in the Dark.
RPG bundle deals
- Save $44.98 (45%) in Marvel’s Secret Wars | PDF + VTT bundle.
- Save $21 (28%) in KP1 Publishing’s Hexcrawl Complete Playkit: Softcover Edition bundle.
- Save $3.37 (22%) in the DMsGuild’s The Lost Book of Bowgentle Forgotten Realms bundle.
- Save $3.33 (56%) in the DMsGuild’s Summer of Horror 2026 bundle.
RPG ideas, tips and discoveries
- Charles Dunwoody wrote up Invincible Vigilante City.
- Ben and the Genre Police explored The fully verbose combat machine.
- The official Kickstarter blog has wisdom in From Kickstarter to Retail Shelves: How to Expand Beyond Crowdfunding.
- Refereeing and Reflection takes a look at Refereeing and Reflection.
- Writing for Wargamer, Mollie Russell investigates D&D now has a Vampire the Masquerade class, but does it actually work?.
- The folks at Sly Flourish report on High-Value Tips, Tricks, and Tools.
- Grumpy Wizard asks What Does It Mean To Be a Great Game Master?.
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 Moon Has Vanished is a project by Sohrab that invites players to explore “Dark Fantasy Adventure For D&D 5E+Map Pack+Soundtracks+Monster Pack+1 Monster STL+Limited Names in the Credits Only For…”
- The Practitioner’s Notebook: Antique Style Leather Notebook by Ryan Kleinschmidt is a new roleplaying games project for “Heirloom-quality, spell books, campaign ledgers, or character chronicles crafted from real vegetable tanned goatskin leather.”
- Primus Sharp Edge Dice ’26 from PRIMUS Sharp Edge Dice offers “Handcrafted, custom-designed sharp edge dice inspired by Myth and Magic!”
- Fae Realms: Ordus Prax Bestiary + BNM Zine Issue 11 Autumn by Dan Sprietzer is touted as “Lawful Fae, Fey?, Greco-Roman Monsters & Magitech Horrors for D&D 5e/5.5e + Book of Natural Magic Issue 011: Fae Domain of Autumn”
- Mythic Bestiary: Beasts of the Wild Vol. I | D&D 5e/5.5e by Iron Griffin Games is offering “15 Wild Beasts-themed creatures, 2 epic bosses, 20 random encounters and printable VTT tokens to enrich your adventures.”
- Prophet is a project by John Trava that promises “A physical copy of the Solo TTRPG available on DriveThruRPG.”
- Ma’at/Isfet Class-ified – 2 D&D Original Classes! by DiceQuest is touted as “Two DnD 5e Classes Inspired by the Gods of Egyptian Mythology: Ma’at and Isfet.”
- The Coffin Smugglers of Kingston Cove: A Gothic 5e Module is a project by Laurie that looks at “The Coffin Smugglers of Kingston Cove is a complete coastal gothic adventure for 5e, written for 4 PCs of 3rd/4th level”
- Witch Compendium Vol. 1 – D&D 5e & 5.5e. by ChronicleMaker is a new roleplaying games project for “2 subclasses, 3 feats, 10 spells and 1 legendary boss inspired by dark witchcraft compatible with D&D 5e & 5.5e.”
- SideQuest: Volume 2 | 10 Solo Adventure Shorts for 5e from Obvious Mimic has introduced “A massive collection of short 5e adventures for level 5+ with over 20 hours of solo gameplay”
- Doomed by Christian Eichhorn is an upcoming supplement for “A Mörk Borg Omnibus Hardcover for Purgatory, Apocrypha, and Leviathan”
- Brass & Embers: A Steampunk RPG from Questborne Studios presents “Steampunk Modular TTRPG. In a world during a turbulent Tech Revolution, you must fight to keep your Hope alive for a brighter tomorrow.”
- Solaris – A Cyberpunk TTRPG is a project by Vex that looks at “Solaris is a furry cyberpunk TTRPG with hundreds of Cybernetics, it’s focused around character customisation and build freedom.”
- THE TEA MERCHANT AND THE OCEAN BLUE DIAMOND from Crooked Lines Comics seeks funding for “A cozy, role-playing gamebook for one person involving tea, dogs, a small town and a missing diamond ring. Can you solve the mystery?”
- Populated Hexes Monthly Issue 59 from Todd has introduced “The Plateau of Leng”
- Herculean Quests: 12 Adventures for D&D 5e by Jonathan Hightower is now live, described as “A chain of 12 adventures for levels 6-10 inspired by the mythical labors of Hercules.”
- Injuries and Vile Deeds: Foundry from Lone Colossus Games is working on “Bringing Injury systems for 5e to Foundry VTT!”
- Cries to a Baleful Moon by Broken Rat Games is touted as “Eldritch Horror setting for Shadowdark with Influences from Bloodborne, Brotherhood of the Wolf, and Van Helsing”
- What You Buried from Paul Bamberger is crowdfunding “Seven invitations. One forgotten past. And someone knows what you buried. A Murder Mystery Roleplaying Game set on an isolated island.”
- Khthon is a project by Paweł Kicman that promises “A brutal, suffocating TTRPG set in dark underground depths. Old-school at heart, black in soul, and steeped in mysticism.”
- Amazing Adversaries & Environments from CZRPG brings us “A Daggerheart supplement presenting over 100 adversaries, 56 environments delivered through 8 plug-and-play locations for your Frames”
- The Deck of Draconic Things – D&D 5e Supplement is a project by Paper Quest that looks at “Enter the realm of dragons with these 22 tarot cards in a stained-glass window style. A draconic Deck of Many Things-style artifact.”
- Crimson Night from Raven is launching “Dark Fantasy Vampire Miniatures”
- Letters from the Leagues, Volume 5 – Ubiquity RPG Sourcebook is a project by Triple Ace Games Ltd that invites players to explore “A 675-page sourcebook for Leagues of Adventure, Gothic Horror, and Cthulhu containing much interesting and useful information”
- Weekend in Rokugan October 2026 is a project by Catlin Mills that invites players to explore “Weekend in Rokugan is our annual convention to celebrate the world of Legend of the Five Rings in the Heroes of Rokugan world.”
- Heavy Metal Hardbacks! by greedygorgonpress is a new roleplaying games project for “Two Greedy Gorgon Press Heavy Metal adventures for 5E/5.5E – Now available in hardback!”
- NUCLEAR AFTERMATH — 270+ POST-APOCALYPTIC BATTLE MAPS is a project by Agnieszka Polanowska that is “270+ Post-Apocalyptic Battle Maps | Nuclear Wasteland, Ruins, Settlements & Mutant Zones , For Vtt”
- HAN-SAN (한산) – A Korean Horror TRPG from HanSan proposes “A Korean Horror TRPG HAN-SAN · Those Who Climb the Sealed Sacred Mountain”
- Evoke Hymoria – Magic Tome Dice Tower & Legendary Dice by EvokeTRPG is a new roleplaying games project for “A magical tome dice tower that rolls, stores, and displays your legendary dice collection.”
- Beyond the Known: 100 Unique Locations for D&D 5e! from Paws for Effect is working on “A DnD 5e supplement featuring a wide variety of wondrous and dangerous locations, ready to drop into any campaign!”
- NPC Vault 2, The Entertainers: 32 DnD 2024 Performer NPCs from Bradley Horton is crowdfunding “A Comprehensive Pack of 32 D&D 5.5E Performers; 16 Traditions, A Story Behind Every Stage.”
- Epic VTT – A Web Based Tabletop RPG platform is a project by D20 Epic Level LLC that is “A powerful, flexible virtual tabletop built for DMs and players, bringing campaigns, characters, maps, and tools together.”
- Beyond the Golden Horizon from Amarik seeks funding for “Epic High Seas Piracy & Adventure Campaign for Dungeons and Dragons (D&D), Pathfinder, and Daggerheart”
[What’s this chart? We use Kickstarter Heat to measure how busy the crowdfunding season is.]
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