Freebies, Sales, and Charity Bundles for August 23, 2026

D&D, Pathfinder, Starfinder, Star Trek Adventures, Call of Cthulhu, Vampire: The Requiem, Dying Earth, BattleTech, 3D Printer Files, and more!
Welcome to the Bundles, Freebies, and Sales News, the biweekly column at EN World that helps make sure you don’t miss out on big tabletop RPG bundles, charity fundraisers, and sales from around the internet.

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Freebies and Pay What You Want

Note: While “Pay What You Want” downloads are available for free, please support the creators if you are able!

We’ve got two Star Trek Adventures mission briefs this week, the first finishing out the series covering the TOS-era films with Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. Get four mission briefs set in and around the events of the film for any edition of Star Trek Adventures or for the Captain’s Log solo version.
  • Price: Pay What You Want (Suggested: $2.00)

If you’re looking for something Star Trek that’s a bit more open than movie tie-ins, we also have BRIEFS 005 Science Stations & Research Outposts. These eight briefs suitable for any edition of the game or the Captain’s Log solo version centers on the various non-Federation space stations conducting science in the deep reaches of the galaxy.
  • Price: Pay What You Want (Suggested: $2.00)


Twilit Grotto has a set of new optional rules for Daggerheart or Dungeon Crawl Classics with A Perilous House: Rules for Necromantic Space Romance. This 39-page rules expansion includes two new classes, new spells, and two new funnels.
  • Price: Pay What You Want (Suggested: $1.00)

Thomas and Rachel Kolar of the Wonderful World of Darklords podcast is back once again with a new Disney-themed Dark Lord and Domain of Dread: Supreme Leader Reylo. Inspired by the Disney Trilogy of Star Wars films, the remnants of Imperial loyalists plot against the Restored Republic in mysterious, barely-mapped lands as many in the Republic ignore the possible threat. However, a small group isn’t taking the rumors lightly and are fighting back.
  • Price: Free

Bea Books released multiple pay-what-you-want random tables, all with the suggested price of $1.00.

The Lightning Round is a rapid-fire list of titles with a brief description and which system they’re for. Grab maps, adventures, character options, new rules, tokens, and a lot more. All products are Free or Pay What You Want with the suggested price in parentheses:

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Bundles and Sales

Note: I have included end dates when listed for the following sales, but please be warned that those without published end dates may end suddenly so be sure to plan purchases accordingly.

DriveThruRPG has a pair of sales going on starting with the Cosmic Horror Sale featuring the expected Call of Cthulhu, Cthulhu by Gaslight, and the expected Lovecraftian titles but also any horror in space such as Alien RPG or dark urban fantasy like Chronicles of Darkness and Hunter: The Vigil.
  • Price: Up to 50% off
  • End Date: August 31, 2026

Speaking of Chronicles of Darkness, the second sale is on titles in the reboot of the World of Darkness with Vampire: The Requiem with discounts on over 100 titles in the line from books covering new Bloodlines to setting era sourcebooks.
  • Price: 50% off
  • End Date: August 24, 2026 at 9 AM so I hope some night owls are reading this!

Now that Paizo has made their first-party Pathfinder and Starfinder titles available on DriveThruRPG, that of course means lots of digital bundles including the PDF, Nexus access, and Roll20 versions of the following books:

The Marvel Multiverse Role Playing Game is getting ready for the MCU lead-up to the iconic crossover storyline Secret Wars with their newest release, which comes in this handy PDF/Roll20/Nexus bundle.
  • Price: $54.99 (45% off

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Charity Bundles and Sales

Long-time game designer Ross A. Isaacs is asking for help following a medical emergency and you can get a massive discount on over eighty titles including adventures, supplements, and core rules for 5e, Pathfinder, Starfinder, City of Freeport, ICONS, Modern AGE, After Zombies, and more
  • Price: $29.95 (94% off)
  • You can also donate to Ross Isaacs directly via his GoFundMe

Pelgrane Press and Humble put together The Dying Earth RPG Collection based on the works of the person who inspired the term “Vancian Magic”, Jack Vance. The base level gets you the quickstart rules plus an adventure and the sourcebook Turjan’s Tome, while the second level adds on seven more sourcebooks and adventures and the top tier gets you a full library of 29 titles including the core rulebook, Kaiin Player’s Guide, Scaum Valley Gazetteer, Demons of the Dying Earth, Primer of Practical Magic, and more.
  • Price: $5/$10/$18 (94% off at top tier)
  • Charity: World Wildlife Fund (user-defined, default 5%)
  • End Date: September 10, 2026

The Tales from the Iron Kingdom Bundle from Privateer Press brings a full library of novels based on Warmachine and its TTRRPG Iron Kingdoms. The base tier includes six novels, the second adds on nine more novels, while the third tier is the big one with a total of 41 titles and the highest tier is for the RPG fans as it includes an entire second bundle of 64 TTRPG books from the core rules for both 5e and Full Metal Fantasy editions plus sourcebooks, adventures, bestiaries, maps, and more.
  • Price: $5/$15/$30/$60 (95% off at top tier)
  • Charity: Child’s Play (user-defined, default 5%)
  • End Date: September 8, 2026

The video game bundle Love Letter to Lovecraft certainly meets expectations from the title as in include three video games at the base level – Sundered: Eldritch Edition, Forgive Me Father, and Whisper Mountain Outbreak – and three more at the second level with Abandon Ship, a DLC pack for the free to play Dagon: By H.P. Lovecraft game, but most crucially (at least for this column), the 2018 Call of Cthulhu based on the tabletop RPG from Chaosium. The top tier adds on three more games, Remnant: From the Ashes, Forgive Me Father 2 Deluxe Edition, and Stygian: Outer Gods.
  • Price: $5/$10/$13 (94% off at top tier)
  • Charity: Kiss the Ground (user-defined, default 5%)
  • End Date: September 12, 2026

Owners of 3D printers rejoice for there’s not one, not two, but three megabundles of STL files for tabletop miniatures. I’ll let you explore them on your own, but for a brief overview we have the Master Forge Max-Savings STL Pack with 83 fantasy mini collections at the top tier, the Mammoth Chronicles STL & 5e PDF Megabundle with 17 items including fantasy STLs and 5e adventures to make use of them, and the Grimdark Trench Warfare Bundle with 73 collections of historical and fantasy miniatures and terrain.
  • Price for Master Forge: $5/$15/$22 (97% off), Charity: DonorsChoose, End Date: September 5, 2026
  • Price for Mammoth Chronicles: $5/$10/$25 (95% off), Charity: Child’s Play, End Date: August 25, 2026 TWO DAYS!!
  • Price for Grimdark Trench Warfare: $5/$17/$25 (96% off), Charity: Make-a-Wish, End Date: August 29, 2026

Reactor online. Sensors online. Weapons online. All systems nominal Welcome, MechWarrior, to the BattleTech RPG Collection from Catalyst Game Labs. Yes, it is more than just a miniature wargame. This bundle starts off with one of the best introductions to the continual warfare of the Inner Sphere with a collection of fiction and setting sourcebooks, Tamar Rising, Empire Alone, and Dominions Divided. The second tier offers you more setting books including the Field Manual: 3145, Era Report 3145, and ilKhan which get you up to date on the most recent events in the setting if you haven’t checked in for a while or only know the video games. The top tier is where things get interesting with all three core books you need for BattleTech Total Warfare for miniature combat rules and both of the roleplaying games A Time of War (the crunchier system) and MechWarrior Destiny (the rules-lite system) – plus more ‘Mech books, setting books, fiction, and more.
  • Price: $5/$10/$15 (96% off at top tier)
  • Charity: Gamers Outreach (user-defined, default 5%)
  • End Date: August 27, 2026
  • Disclosure: I have worked as a freelancer previously for Catalyst Game Labs

Job Class TTRPG is hosting the Itch.io bundle Indie Charity Bundle for Accessibility in TTRPG. This bundle contains forty-five titles including the Fate Accessibility Took Kit, Dice & Glory Core Rulebook, Dreadful Nights TTRPG, Against the Ods, Not Today Wasteland, Simple d100 Fantasy, Spooky Cats TTRPG, and more. Proceeds from the bundle will help create braille-faced dice, convention accessibility, alt test for RPG art, and more accessibility initiatives in tabletop roleplaying.
  • Price: Pay What You Want (Suggested: $5.00)
  • Charity: TTRPG Accessibility Initiatives (all proceeds)
  • End Date: September 16, 2026

That’s all for this week! If you know of any bundles or sales starting soon, please contact me on the EN World Discord, tag me on Bluesky , or send me a message here on EN World. Discount percentages have been rounded to the nearest whole number and are based on the standard retail price provided by the site. Note: Links to Amazon, Humble Store, Humble Bundle, Miniature Marketplace, and/or DriveThruRPG may contain affiliate links with the proceeds going to the author of this column.
 

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