RPG Crowdfunding News – Mausritter, HârnWorld, Delver, and more

This week, I look at TTRPG crowdfunding campaigns that end between January 30 to February 8. This sampling of what’s available includes a megadungeon for mice, a highly detailed fictional Rome, old school zines for OSE and Shadowdark, a campaign for a £1 with an absurd number of unlocked stretch goals, and many more projects for your review.

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Tomb of a Thousand Doors: A Mausritter Megadungeon from ManaRampMatt

END DATE: Fri, February 2 2024 10:00 PM EST.
SYSTEM(S): Mausritter
PROJECT TYPE: Adventure
MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: $60 + S/H for the PDF and print versions of book as well as a GM screen
WHY SPOTLIGHT THIS CAMPAIGN? This project offers the four M’s of merrymaking: madness, mice, megadungeon, and Mausritter. Built on Into the Odd engine, Mausritter is a rules lite sword and whiskers TTRPG where you play a mouse on the hunt for treasure. One of the hallmarks of Mausritter is the card-based inventory system. You’re a mouse, you can only carry so much, what will you keep? The choices you make about what you want to inventory make this game interesting. Tomb of a Thousand Doors connects 30 unique dungeons into 1 labyrinth filled with treasures. Created by a mad mouse king, there are over 250 rooms, 100 hexes, and creatures and 8 bosses to contend with. Add to the fray, there are 4 rival adventuring parties set to swoop in to rob you of your spoils. Created through the efforts of the Mausritter Megadungeon Mayhem of May game jam, this project offers a lot of mousy mayhem at minimal risk to you. If you’re interested, check out the campaign page for links to some previews.

HârnWorld: Republic of Tharda from Columbia Games

END DATE: Mon, February 5 2024 1:28 AM EST.
SYSTEM(S): System neutral
PROJECT TYPE: Sourcebook
MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: $49 + S/H for the PDF and print versions of the book
ADDITIONAL REPORTING: Last year, Charles Dunwoody did an interview with Grant Dalgliesh about HârnWorld
WHY SPOTLIGHT THIS CAMPAIGN? Another HârnWorld setting, this time the Republic of Tharda. Tharda is a plutocratic republic featuring a senate. The heads of the richest clans run the nation; each family consumed with intrigue and infighting. HârnWorld books are detailed deep dives into the domains of their setting. The amount of information that they offer has to be read to be believed. Maps of the land to the city to the district to the buildings and their interiors, you’ll never be without direction. With system neutral NPCs, events, and story options, you’ll get a lot of content to enrich your TTRPG.

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Fantasy RPG Zine Double Feature - Delver 13 and Runes 2 from The Tabletop Engineer

END DATE: Wed, January 31 2024 11:59 PM EST.
SYSTEM(S): Old-School Essentials and Shadowdark RPG
PROJECT TYPE: RPG zines
MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: $22 + S/H for the PDF and print versions of the zines
WHY SPOTLIGHT THIS CAMPAIGN? The Tabletop Engineer is back with two zines for two different systems. While both have an old school feel, Delver targets B/X fans including OSE and Basic Fantasy while the Runes zine is all about Shadowdark. Each zine offers GM tips, a full adventure complete with maps and NPCs, and random tables – many, many random tables. That said, this isn’t reprinted material from Delver to Runes or vice versa; each issue is unique. That’s important, you’re getting two fully written zines, not one zine printed with two rulesets. If you’re interested in the differences, check out the campaign page for links to samples of each series.

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Era: Deadwest - A Wild West TTRPG of Gunslingers and Demons from Shades of Vengeance

END DATE: Sun, February 4 2024 4:00 PM EST.
SYSTEM(S): Era d10
PROJECT TYPE: Core rulebook
MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: £10 for the PDF of the book
WHY SPOTLIGHT THIS CAMPAIGN? The Wild West, demons, and demon-slaying gunslingers using the Era d10 system. While Era: Deadwest undoubtedly shares some notes with Deadlands, this TTRPG is its own world. With options to improve your demon-slaying weapon, this game involves the damned and filling’em full of lead. If you’re a fan of the Weird West or Era d10 games, this is worth reading over.

D100 Events Lists from Jason DM

END DATE: Mon, February 5 2024 5:00 PM EST.
SYSTEM(S): System neutral
PROJECT TYPE: Sourcebook
MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: £1 for the PDF of the book plus stretch goals
WHY SPOTLIGHT THIS CAMPAIGN? You are backing this campaign because the £1 you pay unlocks many, many PDFs. You’re getting: D100 Town Square Events, D100 Forest Events, D100 Coastal Events, D100 Sea Events, D100 Frozen Wilds Events, D100 Magic Item Events, D100 Dungeon Events, D100 Swamp Events, D100 Kingdom Events, D100 Camp Site Events, and D100 Urban Events. Each with a unique cover and each with original tables. If you need random tables for days, this is a fantastic price for them.

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DEMON SLAYER: Become the Hunter. Compatible with MÖRK BORG from Theatre Macabre

END DATE: Wed, February 7 2024 6:59 AM EST.
SYSTEM(S): MÖRK BORG
PROJECT TYPE: Sourcebook and adventure
MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: £25 + S/H for the PDF and print versions of the books
WHY SPOTLIGHT THIS CAMPAIGN? This campaign offers 2 MÖRK BORG books. The sourcebook, Demon Slayer, lets you create up to 8 “elementally defined subclasses of Demon Slayer.” In addition, there’s the Omen of the Blood God adventure where a religious oligarchy runs the city of Rotsburg, a place where “sinister machinations are afoot.” If you need a MÖRK BORG expansion, these books may be right for your gaming table.

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OSE The Tower of Sovergauth / OSE La Torre di Sovergauth from DungeonisM Lab

END DATE: Wed, February 7 2024 2:00 PM EST.
SYSTEM(S): Old-School Essentials
PROJECT TYPE: Adventure
MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: €4 for the PDF of the book, pre-gens, map, tokens, and more
WHY SPOTLIGHT THIS CAMPAIGN? Billed as an old school dungeon crawl, this adventure offers traps, monsters, and deadly encounters. Coming in at 64 pages in either English or Italian, this adventure offers the feel of early D&D fun for your gaming table. For levels 4 to 7, the adventure includes a four-level dungeon. If you need an Old-School Essentials adventure, this may fit the bill.

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Level Up: A5E Gate Pass Gazette Annual 2023 from EN Publishing

END DATE: Thu, February 8 2024 6:00 PM EST.
SYSTEM(S): Level Up: Advanced Fifth Edition
PROJECT TYPE: Sourcebook
MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: £45 + S/H for the PDF and print versions of the book
WHY SPOTLIGHT THIS CAMPAIGN? As we move into 2024, we have the 50th anniversary of Dungeons & Dragons, a perennial version of the game coming from Wizards of the Coast, and several major TTRPGs that are carrying 5e forward. The only major 5e-influenced TTRPG that is creating a crunchier version of 5e is Level Up. The core rules are out and ready for your gaming table; the Level Up: A5E Gate Pass Gazette Annual loads your gamers down with new, fun options for their Level Up games. Archetypes, cultures, monsters, magic items, destinies, and more, this book collects a year’s worth of articles from the Gate Pass Gazette patron for your A5E games.

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The Broken Controller - Issues 1-4 from Bloat Zines

END DATE: Tue, January 30 2024 8:00 PM EST.
PROJECT TYPE: Retro video gaming zine
MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: $49 + S/H for all 4 The Broken Controller zines and the exclusive Retrostalgia #1, all in PDF and print
DISCLAIMER: Egg Embry (me) wrote articles that appear in The Broken Controller #1 and Retrostalgia #1
WHY SPOTLIGHT THIS CAMPAIGN? The campaign ends on January 30. If you’re a fan of retro video games, these zines are a fun callback to those days.

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