RPG CROWDFUNDING NEWS – Drakonym, Heart: The City Beneath, Vaults of Vaarn, and more

Drakonym – A Narrative-First Dragonbonding TTRPG from Crossed Paths Press

• END DATE: Aug 28, 2025 at 7:30pm EDT.
• CROWDFUNDING ON: Backerkit
• SYSTEM(S): An original system
• PROJECT TYPE: Core rulebook
• MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: £185 + S/H for the PDF and print versions of the 3 books and adventure plus GM screen, cards, journal, binder, box, dice, and more
• WHY SPOTLIGHT THIS CAMPAIGN? Want to bond with a dragon and go on adventures? Drakonym is designed for group or GM-less or solo play with magic divided into aspects, action point combat, and, of course, rules for your dragon companion which allows the wyrm to have its own unique emotional journey. This world’s gods (the dragons) have fallen. Together, you and these great powers will adventure and find your places and powers in this fallen world. The campaign offers multiple books of rules, setting, and adventures: Drakonym Core Rulebook (for group play), Drakonym: Solo Rulebook, Drakonym: Herald’s Guide, and Drakonym: Shadows Over Verdamere Adventure. If you’re a fan of dragons in their majesty, check out this Backerkit campaign for a free preview and more details.

Ways and Means: A Heart Sourcebook from Rowan, Rook and Decard

• END DATE: Sep 2, 2025 at 11:00am EDT.
• CROWDFUNDING ON: Backerkit
• SYSTEM(S): Heart: The City Beneath
• PROJECT TYPE: Sourcebook
• MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: £70 + S/H for the PDF and physical versions of the books and the deck of cards
• WHY SPOTLIGHT THIS CAMPAIGN? Heart: The City Beneath gets a new sourcebook from Rowan, Rook and Decard. Ways and Means, the Deranged Scrawlings zine, and a delve deck of cards provide you new, official rules and crunch to fill your Heart campaign. Three new Classes, three new Callings, artefacts, spells, guns, hirelings, pets, fashion, drugs, and more. Beyond the player content, there are new events and bounties to hunt and more options to build into your adventures. If you’re a fan of The City Beneath, check out this Backerkit for more information about the world and new sourcebooks.

Vaults of Vaarn Second Edition from Vaults of Vaarn/Graculus Droog

• END DATE: Aug 31, 2025 at 12:00am EDT.
• CROWDFUNDING ON: Backerkit
• SYSTEM(S): Knave variant
• PROJECT TYPE: Core rulebook
• MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: £40 + S/H for the PDF and print versions of the book
• WHY SPOTLIGHT THIS CAMPAIGN? This is the second edition of the post-apocalyptic, post-human science-fantasy TTRPG. Inspired by Dune, Hyperion, The Book of the New Sun, and the graphic works of Moebius, you’ll get 320 pages of beautiful illustrations and a world that is a unique desert of possibilities, future tech, and so much more. With 10 playable ancestries including humans, mutants, robots, and everything inbetween, randomly generated equipment, magic, 100 monsters, procedural map generation, and random tables. If you’re a fan of art-first science-fantasy, check out this Backerkit campaign to learn more.

SHIVER Corporate: A Corporate Horror Comedy TTRPG from Parable Games

• END DATE: Aug 28, 2025 at 5:00pm EDT.
• CROWDFUNDING ON: Backerkit
• SYSTEM(S): SHIVER’s Archetype system
• PROJECT TYPE: Sourcebook
• AI STATEMENT: “This project is proud to be human made”.
• MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: £99 + S/H for the PDF and print copies of the 2 books, 2 supplements, and the adventure plus the decks of cards, dice bag, notepad and pen, ID badge, and stress ball
• WHY SPOTLIGHT THIS CAMPAIGN? Want to work in a corporate office full of violence, monsters, adventure, promotions, and Keith microwaving fish. Again. SHIVER is the winner of the BEST RPG at UK Games Expo 2022. These sourcebooks – Termination Notice, SHIVER: Corporate – Intern Survival Guide, “Mandatory Company Greeting” supplement, “Have A Safe Corporate Takeover” supplement, and “Your Last First Day on the Job” adventure – take the core SHIVER rules and deposits them in a (Mis)Fortune 500 company bent on world domination and a profitable Q3. If you want to join the workforce, check out the Backerkit page for a job application.

Weird Frontiers Reference Guide from Stiff Whiskers Press

• END DATE: Aug 28, 2025 at 8:00pm EDT.
• CROWDFUNDING ON: Backerkit
• SYSTEM(S): Dungeon Crawl Classics (DCC) variant
• PROJECT TYPE: Sourcebook
• MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: $25 for the PDFs and POD discount coupons for both books
• WHY SPOTLIGHT THIS CAMPAIGN? This reference book supports Stiff Whiskers Press’ DCC Weird Frontiers. If you GM Weird Frontiers, this compiles all of the GM reference in a single 80-plus-page resource to help speed gameplay. There’s also Gold Fever Comes to Owl Creek, a zero-level funnel to get you into this world and a PDF of a new character class to add to the mayhem. If you’re a fan of DCC weird west then check out this Backerkit page for more information.

Neon Lords of the Toxic Wasteland Burpwarp Minis from Super Savage Systems

• END DATE: Sep 1, 2025 at 3:00am EDT.
• CROWDFUNDING ON: Backerkit
• SYSTEM(S): Neon Lords of the Toxic Wasteland
• PROJECT TYPE: RPG minis
• MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: $190 + S/H for 5 packs of minis
• WHY SPOTLIGHT THIS CAMPAIGN? Do you play Neon Lords of the Toxic Wasteland? If so, consider adding these miniatures to your campaign. These 24 minis are for the skirmish game and include Riders of the Burpwarp Skumdogs, Baddies, Bros4hire, and Wrestle Maniacs packs. If you want new creatures to add to your combat, this Backerkit campaign has all you require.

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