Howdy, welcome to another Routinely Itemised roundup of TTRPG news. As usual, we start with a ‘summary of the summary’!
- There’s a new boss for the World of Darkness, White Wolf and the whole of Paradox.
- Evil Genius of Games is exploring Everday Heroes as a TV show.
- The official D&D Event Finder adds five languages.
- Geek Native tracks a drop in weekly Kickstarter activity.
As a heads up, next Friday the team will be at Scotland Loves Anime. If we get our act together (if I get my act together), we’ll have Routinely Itemised written up on Friday morning and out a bit early. If not, then we might have to do a double-episode catch-up a week later.
What’s that? You’re also going to the Edinburgh week of Scotland Loves Anime! Don’t forget the SLA-ed awards.
Have you been watching the dragon try to sleep? The death count is approaching 48,000, and you can now name foolish adventurers.
One last thing. On Instagram, I got tired of “Find the link via the bio and the comments below”, so I will be going with L.O.O.T.
Fight the Algorithm and on with the TTRPG news!
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RPG news from Geek Native
- We reported on Paradox Interactive promoting Mattias Lilja to CEO for January 2027 handover.
- We also wrote up that Vampire: The Masquerade 6th Edition U-turn scraps experimental rules for classic dice pools.
- We reported on Indie designer Scott Malthouse launches Curious Quests to build analogue games for heritage sites.
- Hopefully no one is at risk as Dungeons & Dragons partner Sneak Energy reports customer data breach starting on launch day.
- Geek Native sat down with the team behind From Metal Hammer to sci-fi horror: The making of Tentacles of the Void.
- We ran “You’re basically the DM”: Siobhan Thompson on bringing improvised murder mystery Denouement to the UK.
- Geek Native reviewed Dragon Ball.
- We had a preview of Dinosaurs of the Wild West expands from screen to tabletop with a new roleplaying game.
- In crowdfunding, we wrote up Blackleaf: Modular second-edition rules rebuilt for modern tabletop games and Beyond Cataclysm’s The Girl with the Most Delicious Heart.
- On the Bundle of Holding, Two Little Mice’s Household returns.
- On Humble, you can grab 40 years of Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay.
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RPG news from around the web
- Wargamer’s Matt Bassil has the news MTG and D&D workers hit back on Hasbro CEO’s “anti-union comments”.
- Checking in with EN World, Christian Hoffer investigates 13 Omens gets crossover zine with Pathfinder.
- Tabletop Sentinel’s Angus has the news Evil Genius Games and Sunset Lane Media team up to bring Everyday Heroes to film and TV.
- Denny Connolly explores Dungeons and Dragons DMs Can Now Claim New Monsters, Maps, and Stickers for Vice.
- Scott Malthouse examines Create your own ‘Odyssey’ with Aegean tabletop RPG for Rascal.
- Checking in with Play What You Want, Frylock announces Beta Release for My FASA Star Trek RPG Bridge Application.
- Writing for Roll20, Jayme Boucher reports on Speed Updates: D&D Sheets, Art Library, & Dynamic Lighting.
- D&D Beyond features JenBWotC, who reports on The D&D Event Finder Now Speaks French, Italian, German, Spanish, and Polish.
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RPG reviews and interviews from around the web
- Reviews from R’lyeh pens reviews of The Serpent in the Henhouse, Delta 3 is Down, Rosewood Abbey, SHIVER Classified, and Bow.
- At Seed of Worlds, Xaosseed delivers a review of Hidden Isle.
- At TTRPG Fanatics, Jason Volk delivers a review of Vaultlines.
- Over at Shadomain, the team reviews Project_Lamordia.
- Zekiel at Ill Met by Morrslieb reviews Sea of Claws.
- At Vice, Denny Connolly delivers a review of Dungeons and Dragons: World of Warcraft.
- Jason Volk at TTRPG Fanatics reviews The Boy King.
- Writing for British Comedy Guide, Kat Mokrynski shares an interview on Improv and Imps – Combining comedy and Dungeons & Dragons with Roll From The Hip.
- At Stargazer’s World, Stargazer interviews the creator behind Vampire Games.
- At TTRPG Insider, Christopher Hutton interviews the talent behind Echoes of the Veil.
- The team at RPG Drop shares an interview on Utopia: a tabletop RPG.
- Over at Wargamer, Mollie Russell sits down to discuss Eidolon: The Ghost Market with Keith Baker.
- Darrington Press publishes an interview covering The Bards of New York.
RPG new releases
- 9th Level Games expands their catalogue with Mazes Fantasy Roleplaying: Module 51 – The Grimoire of Gruesome Whispers.
- Groov has published Grimwild: Community Edition.
- Available now is Trollish Delver Games’ In Darkest Warrens: 80s Video Store Edition.
- Flintlock and Fog brings us High Moon on the Thames; Deadly Edition.
- Marco Baudraz expands their catalogue with Fosse & Fracassi – Core Rulebook [ENG].
- New from Northern Paw Productions is A Very B.E.A.R System First Edition.
- Mike Henry Publishing has published A·C·E | Advanced Cepheus Engine – Core Rulebook – Teaser – Game Overview.
- Questadon has released Final Light Core Book and Final Light Quick Start.
- Zombie Shark Games released Depth and Doom RPG Engine SRD.
- New from Ziapelta Games is Lavender Hack: Grindcore Edition — Book #1 (Core Rules).
- Casey Cross brings us Eldenspire – Fantasy roleplaying Game – Basic Rules.
- Not A Vampire Studio has released Outbreak: Core Rules.
- Dilly Green Bean Games brings us YUZURIHA -A Cyber-Japanese RPG.
- In physical, Tabletop Bookshelf has a few copies of the first edition of Just Roll With It.
- Forbidden Planet has
- Magic The Gathering: Sirius Dice: Nauctis: The Sunkin Realm Treasure Pack (1 Pcs),
- Dungeons & Dragons: Animated Series: Metal Miniatures: Heroes,
- Dungeons & Dragons: Animated Series: Metal Miniatures: Villains,
- Dungeons & Dragons: Compendium Of Dungeon Crawls: Book 2 (Hardcover), and
- Mutant Crawl Classics: Core Rulebook (Hardcover).
RPG bundle deals
- Save $11.99 (44%) with MCDM Productions’ The Beastheart—5e and DRAW STEEL Class bundle.
- Save $10.93 (42%) in Miskatonic Repository’s The Pestilence Collection for Call of Cthulhu bundle.
- Save $10.00 (25%) with the Monsters of Faerûn PDF/Roll 20 bundle from Dungeon Masters Guild.
- Save $5.00 (39%) with Fantasy Vixens’ Adventures in Velnaris – One Shot Collection bundle.
RPG ideas, tips and discoveries
- The Angry GM has published a piece on How Many Hacks Is Too Many?.
- The RPG Gazette’s Serban Ionita has the news A History of D&D: What Happened Between 1e and 5e? (Part Two).
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:
- Japanese Bestiary 5E (Vol. 1) is a tabletop project from Fern Flower Press promising “Spirits, Demons, and Monsters Inspired by Japanese Folklore.”
- Dickensia: The Charles Dickens Roleplaying Game by Liam Isaacs is now crowdfunding. In their words: “Fully-Illustrated Victorian TTRPG.”
- Arkh-Perain: Dust and Coin, a new project from The Whispering Keep, is described as “A dark fantasy desert campaign setting for adventures where every choice has a cost and consequences don’t end at the dungeon door.”
- Mini Paint Forge – 3D Digital Miniatures Painting App, which Onyx Steed Games has brought to Kickstarter, promises “A digital 3D painting tool designed specifically for tabletop miniatures gamers to paint/export their 3d models(STLs, OBJs, GLBs).”
- Grey Griffon’s World Builder Stamp Series from Dan Gull has gone live. The campaign reads: “Create original fantasy TTRPG world maps with this expansive set of photopolymer stamps.”
- The Arathusa Dispatch Adventure Collection for Mothership by Simon Taylor is seeking backers. In their words: “Mothership Adventure Collection featuring Wolfsbane, Year Eleven, The Cohort and our new adventure Forever and Delayed.”
- Adventures in Aetheria TTRPG, now crowdfunding from Nicole, is described as “A starter tabletop role-playing game for families with kids ages 4+.”
- Stranded by Broken Rat Games is seeking backers. In their words: “Stranded is a Science Fiction Setting for Savage Worlds.”
- The Beckoning Dream, pitched by Infinite Citadel, is billed as “A surrealist tarot deck building TTRPG of interpretation, cartomancy, and dreams.”
- Book of the Dead & Damned for the Shadowdark RPG by Jeff Stevens has gone live. In their words: “A collection of new monsters and short adventures to add to your Shadowdark games.”
- Lucky Pouch for DnD 5E is a new Kickstarter from KaelTheCat pitching “Test your party’s luck with this epic 5e d100 table! Packed with unpredictable items, fierce monsters, wild events & weapons.”
- Stones in the Coffins 5E, which Eric Bleney has brought to Kickstarter, is summarised as “A one-shot of a mining village, a row of new graves, and the dead who will not lie in them, for 5th-level characters.”
- Creatures: Hidden Wonders, A Cozy Dragon Bestiary for 5E is a Kickstarter project by Jim Searcy billed as “Befriend dragons, discover their stories, and bring warmth, wonder, and peaceful adventures to your 5E & 5.5E games.”
- Handcrafted Wooden Game Master Screen is a crowdfunding campaign from Skaperbua summarised as “A modular GM screen made in Norway from solid wood. Panels connect with hidden magnets and come with or without concealed steel.”
- Write the Future: A Roll & Write Odyssey by All Or None Games has gone live, summarised as “A campaign-based cyberpunk roll & write computer game! Tons of Dice. Tough Decisions. A huge Debt. And a second chance for Redemption.”
- Epic VTT — Your World, Your Adventure: A Web-Based Tabletop by D20 Epic Level LLC is funding now, setting the scene: “Bring your tabletop adventures online with dynamic lighting, character sheets, 3D dice, and campaign tools built for players and game m.”
- Rock Solid Adventures: Nature Reclaimed from Safehold is now crowdfunding. The pitch: “3D Printable Fantasy Ruins, Rocks and Nature Terrain for Tabletop RPGs, D&D, and Wargames | STL Files.”
- Rife Assemblage Farewell to Arms REDUX, pitched by rivethead games, is summarised as “Additional content for Farewell to Arms REDUX – the world war sequel hack for MÖRK BORG.”
- Poison in the Mountains: A D&D 5.5e Mystery Adventure, a new project from Regaforge Press, promises “A ready-to-run 5e mystery adventure with maps, tokens, cinematic videos, printable minis, and a threat bigger than one dragon.”
- CRYPTID CREATURES: New D&D 5e/5.5e Compatible Critters is a Kickstarter project from Rye Alboa pitching “A spine-chilling collection of 10 D&D 5e/5.5e Cryptid Critters for your homebrew adventrues.”
- NEON BLOOD – RETRO PNP ACTION RPG – BOARD GAME + DIGITAL, a new project from PRINTANDGAME, is billed as “A solo roll & write RPG set in a neon-soaked 80s crime city — just print, grab two dice and play. Print and Play. Board Game.”
- Have Yourself a Scary Little Christmas: A D&D 5.5E Adventure is a tabletop project from Grim Press promising “A darkly festive Dungeons & Dragons adventure where vile bargains, missing villagers, and a growing Naughty List threaten Christmas.”
- Breath of Life – The Dread Necromancer (Pathfinder 1E), now crowdfunding from Orphaned Bookworm Productions LLC, is summarised as “A 1-20 necromancy-focused class for Pathfinder 1st edition.”
- Adventure Is Nigh!: A Tabletop Gaming YouTube Channel by Second Wind is seeking backers. In their words: “Second Wind is launching a YouTube channel specifically for tabletop content.”
- Quest Node by Legendary Items is now crowdfunding. The pitch: “Extended D&D 5e Character Sheet & Utility Notebook.”
- Drinking & Dragons + Colm Hell Or High Water, a new project from Colm R. McGuinness, is billed as “Two albums by Colm R. McGuinness: fantasy tavern songs and sea shanties, on Kickstarter limited edition vinyl and CD.”
Weekly Heat score drops sharply to 95, nearly 47% below its 10-week rolling average of 177.9.
[What’s this chart? We use Kickstarter Heat to measure how busy the crowdfunding season is. The chart above automatically updates each week]
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