There’s a massive MythCraft collection, a new RPG based on MMOs, the ultimate Xcrawl, adventures, and more. Beyond crowdfunding, in case you’re in the mood to game, Saturday, January 18th, I’ll be at Dice + Diversions in Atlanta, Georgia participating in a variety of roleplaying games. At the show, gamers will meet and play with Brian Colin of Creature Curation (creator of Vast Grimm, The Molt, and the upcoming Sqwürmish, a miniatures-agnostic skirmish game set in the Grimm Dying Universe) and Tom Nelson creator of the Deck of Player Safety, plus Dueling Dragon Adventures, BlackBeltMaps, CaveGeekArt, and other publishers. If you’re in the area, bring your dice!
MythCraft TTRPG Enhanced: New Loot, Reprint, and VTT Support! from QuasiReal Publishing
- END DATE: Jan 31, 2025 at 12:00pm EST.
- CROWDFUNDING ON: Backerkit
- SYSTEM(S): “Built on the familiar but reimagined d20 systems you know and love”
- PROJECT TYPE: Core rulebook
- MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: $149 (or 4 monthly payments of $37.25 via Backerkit) + S/H for the PDF, VTT, and print versions of the core rulebook, zines, and maps plus dice and more
- WHY SPOTLIGHT THIS CAMPAIGN? MythCraft redesigns the d20 system, aiming for streamlined rules that can be customized. This campaign offers a second printing of the core rulebook and so much more. Not only is there a core rulebook, VTT accessories, and dice, there are four zines titled: Beyond the Clouds, Mountains of Madness, The Haunting of Vel Academy, and Legends of MythCraft Volume II. These zines provide scenarios to put your players through. If you’re a fan of re-imagined fantasy d20 systems, this Backerkit page is worth a review.
.DUNGEON a Dying MMO Fantasy Roleplaying Game from John
- END DATE: Fri, January 31 2025 12:00 PM EST.
- SYSTEM(S): .dungeon
- PROJECT TYPE: Core rulebook
- MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: $50 + S/H for the PDF and print versions of the core book and Kickstarter exclusive quest booklet
- WHY SPOTLIGHT THIS CAMPAIGN? Remember MMOs (massively multiplayer online games)? This is a tabletop game recreating that feel. Imagine adventuring through a massive digital dungeon as it glitches and dies. This campaign brings an improved version of this game including revised text, more details about the setting, and new art from Charlotte Laskowski. This game takes inspiration from the technology of the early 2000s, games, and settings such as .hack//sign, early World of Warcraft, PAGAN: Autogeny, Final Fantasy X and X-2, Sword Art Online, and more. This book includes a random dungeon generate to create this polygon and pixel inspired space as well as 30 mobs (monsters). If you miss the fantasy MMOs of yesteryear, this game may interest you.
Let the Games Begin – Xcrawl Olympics from Raorgen Games
- END DATE: Sat, January 25 2025 9:00 PM EST.
- SYSTEM(S): Xcrawl Classics (XCC)
- PROJECT TYPE: Adventure
- MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: $35 + S/H for the PDF and print versions of the book
- WHY SPOTLIGHT THIS CAMPAIGN? In the world of Xcrawl, characters compete in dungeon crawls as a sport. This supplement from Raorgen Games takes the idea to a logical place for sports: putting the sport on the largest stage imaginable. With 28 nations participating in the games, you’ll get qualifying games that showcase each nation’s best games. Designed for levels 1 to 6, this adventure includes 56 encounters. Coming in at 214 pages, this book promises games within your game.
Epic 5e Supplements from Dragon Scale Games
- END DATE: Wed, February 5 2025 4:05 PM EST.
- SYSTEM(S): Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition
- PROJECT TYPE: Sourcebook
- MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: $20 for 1 of the 4 manuals as a PDF
- WHY SPOTLIGHT THIS CAMPAIGN? This campaign offers books for your 5e game: 100 Buildings, 100 Mercenaries, 100 Battlemaps, Al’s Forge, and The Undiscovered Country, a campaign for levels 1 to 20. The “100” books bring GM support in the form of random buildings for your towns, NPCs, maps, and character gear. If you want books to build up GM options for 5e games, this crowdfunding may be for you.
Xenosalvage: Dark Sci-Fi RPG Compatible with Shadowdark from Menagerie Press and Stellagama Publishing
- END DATE: Wed, January 29 2025 1:00 PM EST.
- SYSTEM(S): Shadowdark RPG
- PROJECT TYPE: Adventure
- MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: $10 for the PDF version of the adventure as well as a POD discount coupon
- WHY SPOTLIGHT THIS CAMPAIGN? Aliens came, they conquered, but eventually they fell leaving behind their ships and tech. In 50 years, they’ll return to reclaim their spot at the top of the heap. Time for a sci-fi dungeon delve as you prepare to fight back. Set on Earth around the year 2200, this Shadowdark RPG puts you in a race to find the items that will give humanity an opportunity to defend itself. This book adds aliens, psionic powers, new classes, sci-fi settings and devices, and more for your campaign. If you want to fight aliens using the Shadowdark RPG ruleset, this book awaits.
Runecaster: A Narrative TTRPG of Magical Experimentation from Pangur Ban Collective
- END DATE: Sat, February 1 2025 1:00 AM EST.
- SYSTEM(S): An original system
- PROJECT TYPE: Core rulebook
- MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: $20 for the PDF and POD discount coupon for the print book
- WHY SPOTLIGHT THIS CAMPAIGN? This 60-page game lets you play novice mages delving into powerful magics. Will they tame the power or be consumed by it? Using runes, your characters combine various runes to create spells. Inspired by Lost Magic, MTG’s Strixhaven, Magicka, Witch Hat Atelier, and The Name of the Wind, what makes this unique is that you physically draw these runes as you play. As you draw more runes, you add them to your spellbook, creating a physical object for your game. If you want a fantasy RPG that offers another level of interaction, this book may interest you.
Gamemaster’s Guide to Fairies & Fairy Tales for 5e from Ty Hulse
- END DATE: Wed, February 5 2025 4:48 PM EST.
- SYSTEM(S): Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition
- PROJECT TYPE: Sourcebook
- MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: $12 for the PDF of the book
- WHY SPOTLIGHT THIS CAMPAIGN? This book gives you fairies and fairy tales for your 5e games. This is an art driven project. As with all of these fun books from Ty Hulse, the artwork is key and delightful. Looking like penciled and watercolored artwork, this book features animals and fairy tale characters. If art-driven books speak to you, this campaign page includes several links with previews of the work.
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