This week, this column critiques 5e, DCC, OSE, and authentic TTRPG initiatives crowdfunding on Kickstarter and Backerkit.
Previous-College Adventures & Pinball Crawl Classics! from Goodman Video games
- END DATE: Feb 11, 2026 at 3:00pm EST.
- CROWDFUNDING ON: Backerkit
- SYSTEM(S): Dungeon Crawl Classics (DCC) and Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Version
- PROJECT TYPE: Adventures
- MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: $47.99 + S/H for the PDF and print variations of the guide
- WHY SPOTLIGHT THIS CAMPAIGN? This Backerkit crowdfunding presents 6 distinct adventures, one for 5e and 5 for DCC, with the DCC adventures coming from an fascinating little bit of supply materials. First up is Previous-SchoolAdventures #1: Ruins of the Twilight Marches for 5e. A dwarven stronghold must be cleared of “malevolent furies that rally darkish armies to their aspect.” For the opposite 5 adventures, you’re getting quests impressed by pinball machines like people who featured within the arcades of the Nineteen Thirties till video video games appeared – Gorgar, Swords of Fury, Embryon, Cosmic Gunfight, and Centaur. All of those basic pinball video games are tailored into Dungeon Crawl Classics adventures utilizing restored art work from the pinball cupboards. Obtainable in clamshell containers, these seem like they’ll show properly with their nice classic art work. Should you’re a fan of Goodman Video games’ fashion of gonzo adventures, this Backerkit marketing campaign web page consists of previews of the initiatives so you’ll be able to resolve if these are proper to your gaming desk.
Tainted Grail TTRPG: Life and Demise in Avalon from Studio Agate
- END DATE: Fri, February 6 2026 3:00 PM EST.
- CROWDFUNDING ON: Kickstarter
- SYSTEM(S): Tainted Grail TTRPG
- PROJECT TYPE: Sourcebook and adventures
- MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: $99 + S/H for the PDF and print variations of the three books, GM display screen, miniature, pawns, maps, field, and extra
- AI STATEMENT: “Since 2010, our productions have been created by people. By supporting this venture, you might be supporting authentic creation.”
- WHY SPOTLIGHT THIS CAMPAIGN? Are you a fan of the Tainted Grail TTRPG or are you interested by attempting it out? TG is a darkish post-cataclysm Arthurian realm the place survival on the island of Avalon and the Wyrdness are your major challenges. This Kickstarter expands the present sport with a 4-chapter marketing campaign, 4 standalone adventures, 10 new monsters, and new character choices. You may decide up the three books Perils in Avalon, When the Earth Whispers, and Echoes of the Wyrdness and dig into the setting and adventures. Should you’re a fan of King Arthur, this reimagining could communicate to you.
Circe’s Information to Aeaea: A Handbook for the Half-God from Maddy
- END DATE: Solar, February 8 2026 5:24 PM EST.
- CROWDFUNDING ON: Kickstarter
- SYSTEM(S): Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Version
- PROJECT TYPE: Sourcebook
- MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: AU$60 for a wide range of PDFs
- WHY SPOTLIGHT THIS CAMPAIGN? Are you a fan of the Percy Jackson novels or the Disney+ collection? In that case, this unofficial homage brings the world to 5e. Primarily based on the CritAward-winning actual-play collection Dungeons & Demigods, you’ll get 21 playable ancestries, magic objects, feats, and extra to recreate your model of the Camp Half-Blood Chronicles. Should you’re a fan of 5e and Percy Jackson’s setting and don’t thoughts the serial numbers being rubbed off so it is extra “generic” Greek gods, try this Kickstarter for a free digital preview.
The OBSCURE Information #2 from Tommy Sunzenauer
- END DATE: Wed, January 28 2026 11:56 AM EST.
- CROWDFUNDING ON: Kickstarter
- SYSTEM(S): OBSCURE
- PROJECT TYPE: Journey zine
- MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: €26 + S/H for the PDF and print variations of the zine
- AI STATEMENT: “I don’t help the usage of AI generated textual content or photos, so this product will, after all, be 100% AI FREE. Help actual people and their onerous work.”
- WHY SPOTLIGHT THIS CAMPAIGN? The OBSCURE Information presents up third-party adventures for the discovered footage TTRPG, OBSCURE. Set within the Nineties, these horror tales use the 2d6 OBSCURE system to convey the fear and dread of the world latest previous. In case your gaming desk wants 90s horror, this zine provides you 9 eventualities from 9 completely different creators to play by way of.
CANDLE 4: The Authentic Journey Gaming Tapezine Returns! from Descender
- END DATE: Thu, February 5 2026 2:32 PM EST.
- CROWDFUNDING ON: Kickstarter
- SYSTEM(S): Previous-College Necessities
- PROJECT TYPE: RPG journal and mixtape
- MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: $30 + S/H for the PDF and print variations of the journal and cassette
- AI STATEMENT: “No AI. All works made by human beings with blood, bones and a imaginative and prescient. We proudly keep away from the usage of any synthetic intelligence within the manufacturing of something we put out. All artists are credited, appreciated and promoted for his or her work.”
- WHY SPOTLIGHT THIS CAMPAIGN? The fourth problem of this journal is kickstarting now. CANDLE combines old fashioned concepts like an RPG journal and mixtape with Previous-College Necessities to offer you new guidelines and tunes to your sport. This problem supplies new survival guidelines, a time tracker, new courses, XP guidelines, a dungeon crawl, and music from a wide range of creators. Should you love OSE, third-party concepts, and soundtracks, this Kickstarter awaits.
The Sweet Caper: A D&D Heist One Shot from Severed Studios
- END DATE: Thu, February 5 2026 8:59 AM EST.
- CROWDFUNDING ON: Kickstarter
- SYSTEM(S): Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Version
- PROJECT TYPE: Journey
- MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: $5 for the PDF and VTT of the guide
- AI STATEMENT: “We firmly consider in paying human artists to create the visuals for this venture, so along with not utilizing any generative AI to write down the ANY of the content material within the complement, AI is not going to create any of the art work!”
- WHY SPOTLIGHT THIS CAMPAIGN? Do you want magic sweet? On this heist journey, your get together wants to interrupt right into a gala at a sweet manufacturing facility and make off with candies that present random magical impact, probably even a Want. For 5e characters ranges 5 to 7, this situation is enjoyable and sugary with sufficient problem that you just’ll must embrace some heist tropes to tug it off. The art work by Meeshau supplies implausible cartoon vibes that elevate the straightforward thought of taking sweet from candymakers. Does your sport want a candy journey? This Kickstarter is price a style.
Canines of Warfare Bestiary for Shadowdark RPG from Useless Hawk Publishing
- END DATE: Mon, February 2 2026 1:31 AM EST.
- CROWDFUNDING ON: Kickstarter
- SYSTEM(S): Shadowdark RPG
- PROJECT TYPE: Sourcebook
- MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: $20 for the PDF and VTT variations of the guide plus a reduction POD coupon
- AI STATEMENT: “No AI. Useless Hawk Publishing won’t ever use AI-generated content material. All content material on this product is 100% human-made by paid creators.”
- WHY SPOTLIGHT THIS CAMPAIGN? In the midst of December, I lined the primary model of this marketing campaign earlier than it was canceled. There, I stated: “This third-party Shadowdark RPG sourcebook presents 120 monsters. Higher than that, these are themed round an thought: struggle, which suggests fighters, battle casters, and worse. You’ll get a wide range of fantasy monsters able to march into battle. It is a digital-only supply so that you’ll get the guide and VTT tokens. Should you’re a fan of Shadowdark RPG and bestiaries, then this Kickstarter could communicate to you.”
See you in two weeks.
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Egg Embry
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Egg Embry is a part of EN World’s Columnist (ENWC) program in addition to a columnist for Knights of the Dinner Desk, d20 Radio, Excessive Degree Video games, the Open Gaming Community, the Tessera Guild, and GAMA’s journal, Across the Desk. His space of focus is tabletop RPG crowdfunding campaigns. As well as, he blogs about Ghostfire Gaming’s Grim Hole setting. His RPGs could be discovered by way of Egg Embry Publishing at DriveThruRPG (PDF) and Itch (PDF/Print).
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