RPG CROWDFUNDING NEWS – Skullduggery, The Merry Mushmen, Deadlands, and more

Skullduggery: The 5E Urban Fantasy Companion from Beadle & Grimm’s Pandemonium Warehouse

• END DATE: Fri, September 19 2025 1:00 AM EDT.
• CROWDFUNDING ON: Kickstarter
• SYSTEM(S): Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition (2024)
• PROJECT TYPE: Adventure and sourcebook
• MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: $45 + S/H for the PDF and print versions of the book
• WHY SPOTLIGHT THIS CAMPAIGN? Beadle & Grimm’s Pandemonium Warehouse, the company co-founded by Matthew Lillard of Scream and Five Nights at Freddy, offers up a 5e sourcebook with production values like few others. Full of urban-centric subclasses, backgrounds, species, feats, and a city adventure, “The Oppression of Blood,” they’re offering detailed back alleys, guilds, politics, and the undead of the city. Everything from taverns that lead to adventures to spy networks and an order of druids in the city, you’ll find a metropolis waiting to be studied and robbed of its most exciting elements. As with all Beadle & Grimm products, the end result should continue their tradition of lovingly crafted products that will inspire gamers around your table. If you’re interested, check out the Kickstarter page to learn more.

Wares Blade from LionWing Publishing

• END DATE: Thu, September 18 2025 9:05 PM EDT.
• CROWDFUNDING ON: Kickstarter
• SYSTEM(S): LUC System
• PROJECT TYPE: Core rulebook
• MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: $60 + S/H for the PDF and hardcover versions of the core book and the PDF of The Plunder of Lesquard Scenario
• WHY SPOTLIGHT THIS CAMPAIGN? A Japanese RPG of the 1980s and 90s come to English featuring sword, sorcery, and mechs. Debuting in 1989 in Japan, this version brings that old school crunch with a d10 against a target number with a Luck system to English-reading audiences. This campaign translates the 1994 Wares Blade Renewal book, “the most updated version of the rulebook.” The books use artwork from the 1989 and 1994 editions of the game If this Kickstarter interests you, check out the campaign page for a free PDF sample of the game.

Another Adventure Double Feature! from The Merry Mushmen

• END DATE: Mon, September 15 2025 10:00 AM EDT.
• CROWDFUNDING ON: Kickstarter
• SYSTEM(S): Old-School Essentials
• PROJECT TYPE: Adventure
• MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: €50 + S/H for the PDF and print versions of both books
• WHY SPOTLIGHT THIS CAMPAIGN? This campaign offers two adventure modules from The Merry Mushmen. Titled Drought Dragon Desolation and They’re Making Hostage Sausage at the Dragon Meat™ Processing Plant, these 72-page adventures use Old-School Essentials (really, most any OSR) and work for characters levels 2 to 5. In the Drought Dragon Desolation adventure, a wyrm, Lady Drybones, has taken control of the sea and destroyed it, leaving only a salted wasteland; she must be stopped in this hexcrawl full of locations and dungeons. They’re Making Hostage Sausage at the Dragon Meat™ Processing Plant is the story of labor relations, a union strike, and protecting dragons from being made into meat. It’s maps look amazing. If you’re a fan of the The Merry Mushmen’s work, this Kickstarter is worth a look.

The Funeral Where Everything Goes Wrong – A TTRPG One Shot from Alex Edwards

• END DATE: Thu, September 18 2025 11:59 AM EDT.
• CROWDFUNDING ON: Kickstarter
• SYSTEM(S): System neutral
• PROJECT TYPE: Adventure
• MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: £15 for the PDF versions of both adventures
• AI STATEMENT: “This product uses no AI. Made for humans, by humans.”
• WHY SPOTLIGHT THIS CAMPAIGN? A The Funeral Where Nothing Goes Wrong is a setting-sequel to The Town Where Nothing Goes Wrong. Designed to be system agnostic and funny, this one-shot involves a funeral and a time loop. If you don’t get the funeral right, the ghost of the great aunt you’re burying will have words with you, over and over again. If you want a random sort of adventure, check out this Kickstarter.

BËNTHIC: The Scattered Seafloor from Barreleye Games

• END DATE: Thu, September 18 2025 2:00 PM EDT.
• CROWDFUNDING ON: Kickstarter
• SYSTEM(S): MÖRK BORG (BËNTHIC variant) and Pirate Borg
• PROJECT TYPE: Adventure
• MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: $30 + S/H for the PDF and print versions of both books and the soundtrack
• WHY SPOTLIGHT THIS CAMPAIGN? BËNTHIC: The Scattered Seafloor is a 44-page zine featuring a sea-based hexcrawl for MÖRK BORG (BËNTHIC variant) and Pirate Borg. Crawling across the ocean floor, there are four regions to explore with 32 sunken treasures. Defending those treasures are 24 new monsters and a boss monster. In addition, you can pick up the BËNTHIC: Scoured Edition featuring complete MÖRK BORG ruleset for this underwater world, though it is fully compatible with Pirate Borg. If you love the Borgs and want an undersea adventure, this Kickstarter is worth a look.

Three Weeks In The Streets + Rå Power [Mörk Borg] from Elijah Herman

• END DATE: Fri, September 19 2025 6:54 AM EDT.
• CROWDFUNDING ON: Kickstarter
• SYSTEM(S): MÖRK BORG
• PROJECT TYPE: Adventure
• MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: $25 + S/H for the zine, scenario, cards and card pouch
• AI STATEMENT: “A.I. free. Painfully hand-designed on Photoshop, starting with a long stare into the void and headphones filled with metal.”
• WHY SPOTLIGHT THIS CAMPAIGN? This is an urban prison scenario in which the cityscape is overrun with the outcome. I’m calling out this Kickstarter for it’s presentation, lots of bullet points and short paragraphs that state this adventure will be easy to read and reference. I dig that the page makes this easy to digest. If you want to see what they have to offer, check out the Kickstarter.

Deadlands Classic 20th Anniversary Reprint & AudioBook from World’s Largest RPGs

• END DATE: Sep 12, 2025 at 12:00pm EDT.
• CROWDFUNDING ON: Backerkit
• SYSTEM(S): The Deadlands Classic 20th Anniversary Edition
• PROJECT TYPE: Core rulebook
• MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: $69 + S/H for the PDF and print version of the core rulebook as well as the audiobook
• WHY SPOTLIGHT THIS CAMPAIGN? This campaign reprints the The Deadlands Classic 20th Anniversary Edition and adds an audiobook. The book is a reprint of the 2016 edition (1996 to 2016, so the 20th) with this reprint coming in time for the 30th anniversary in 2026. The audiobook continues AudioRPG’s series of RPGs converted into books you can listen to. If you’re a fan of Deadlands, check out this Backerkit page.

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