This week’s list of RPG crowdfunding products end by September 10th. I share some popular Dungeons & Dragons options as a system neutral sourcebook and a dice tower. There are some winners this week which begs the question, what are you backing?
Hellboy: The Roleplaying Game from Mantic Games and Red Scar Publishing
Dark Matter Starter Set: Science Fiction for DnD 5E from Mage Hand Press
Wondrous Expeditions: Forests - Roleplaying Guide from LoreSmyth
The Grim & Deliberate Beast from Dubious Merit Games
Tarot Adventures, Book Three: Death comes to Glenfallow from Sinopa Publishing
Round Dice Tower + Custom Dice Vaults from Mystic Wood Forge
RPG Quick Hits
Hexplorer: Create Whiteboard Maps for 5e and Other TTRPGs from Headless Hydra Press
Hellboy: The Roleplaying Game from Mantic Games and Red Scar Publishing
- END DATE: Mon, September 7 2020 3:00 PM EDT.
- SYSTEM(S): Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition
- PROJECT TYPE: Core rulebook
- MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: £30 + S/H for the PDF and print versions of the book
- TRY BEFORE YOU BUY: Hellboy: The Roleplaying Game Quickstart free at DriveThruRPG
“A brand-new Hellboy roleplaying experience, based on the visionary Hellboy graphic novels by Mike Mignola and powered by 5th Edition. In this standalone game, you become a member of the B.P.R.D. and build your character from the ground up. Will you be a researcher skilled in the study of the occult, a hard-nosed B.P.R.D. security agent, a rookie with hidden supernatural powers and more… the choice is yours. Based on the hugely popular 5th Edition, we’ve made sure that Hellboy: The Roleplaying Game truly captures the experience of the graphic novels. We’ve added new mechanics – such as Doom and Ingenuity – along with unique classes and feats that drive the agents of the B.P.R.D. in their mission to wipe out supernatural threats. When creating your agent, you’ll have a range of skills to choose from. Will you specialise in science, technology, investigations, or become an expert in the study of the occult? Making the most of your special skills will be key in piecing together the clues and completing the case.”
Dark Matter Starter Set: Science Fiction for DnD 5E from Mage Hand Press
- END DATE: Mon, September 7 2020 10:00 AM EDT.
- SYSTEM(S): Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition
- PROJECT TYPE: Core rulebook
- MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: $75 + $10 US S/H for the PDFs and print versions of the book and starter kit
“Dark Matter is a rip-roaring futuristic campaign setting set against a mashup of sci-fi and fantasy influences, which lets you play DnD in Space without learning a new system. Play as bounty hunters, galactic explorers, or daring space marines in a universe inspired by the likes of Star Wars, Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, The Expanse, and Doom. You and your crew can pilot breathtaking starships, face down alien horrors, battle evil space wizards, and explore the furthest reaches of the galaxy. Dark Matter is for any player or GM who wants a little more sci-fi at their table. Though it's a full 298-page campaign setting, Dark Matter is designed with flexibility as a top priority: the rules and options in Dark Matter can seamlessly be applied to any 5E campaign from definitely-not-Star-Wars settings to all-inclusive fantasy games.”
Wondrous Expeditions: Forests - Roleplaying Guide from LoreSmyth
- END DATE: Thu, September 10 2020 10:02 AM EDT.
- SYSTEM(S): System neutral
- PROJECT TYPE: Sourcebook
- MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: €55 + S/H for the PDF and hardcover of the book as well as the cards, dice, and more
“Make wilderness journeys just as exciting as the destination with this worldbuilding book for GMs - For any fantasy roleplaying game. From the creators of Remarkable Inns & Shops comes a brand-new sourcebook for GMs. Wondrous Expeditions: Forests helps you turn wilderness journeys into truly epic roleplaying experiences. It provides you with a myriad of world-building tools, gameplay ideas, new biomes, unique flora, fauna, and monsters to invigorate your wilderness travels with boundless ideas to launch your players on their next wondrous expedition... The most popular fantasy novel of all time taught us that the journey of a fellowship can be just as exciting as the final destination. So how come with roleplaying we are often glossing over travel just to get to the "good bits"? At least half the fun is getting to your next destination, or so it should be… A staggering 70% of surveyed game masters say they struggle to keep wilderness travel interesting for their players, while 85% agree they want to make wilderness journeys a more meaningful part of their game sessions. Sound familiar? The Wondrous Expeditions books are designed to make wilderness explorations easier, more fun, and exciting. Blossoming with imaginative, system-neutral content that is like a super-food for game masters, you will confidently bring the environment to life in great detail and atmosphere so it is an integral part of the story.”
The Grim & Deliberate Beast from Dubious Merit Games
- END DATE: Fri, September 4 2020 7:55 AM EDT.
- SYSTEM(S): Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition
- PROJECT TYPE: Source cards
- MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: $25 for the PDFs of both products
“A Deadly New System of Narrative A. I. for the 40 Most-Played D&D Monsters. The Grim & Deliberate Beast. 750 instant, d100-rollable combat narratives for the 40 most-played RPG monsters. Unique extras for your campaign: Offend your friends with 200 Combat insults. Kill and maim with extensive and brutal Critical Hit & Death blow tables. Thieves rejoice with 200 original new Tricks & Traps. Plus deep monster culture, psychology, & lore. Gorgeous monster art, clean design. Fear and excitement for your playgroup.”
Tarot Adventures, Book Three: Death comes to Glenfallow from Sinopa Publishing
- END DATE: Fri, September 4 2020 11:59 PM EDT.
- SYSTEM(S): Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition
- PROJECT TYPE: Adventure module
- MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: $10 for the PDF and POD of the book plus the digital map
“A deadly 5E adventure for dnd characters of 3rd to 5th level. Return to Glenfallow & do battle with the restless dead! Zombie apocalypse, supernatural horror and a necromancer serial killer: frightful elements are combined in this horror themed adventure for the 5th edition of the worlds most popular tabletop role playing game. It's been a year since the liberation of the Echo Rock Silver Mine and the people of Glenfallow are preparing for their fall festival. A year of peace, growth and prosperity while Pieron continues the restoration of Glenfallow Keep, farms are reaping bountiful harvests and the people are well fed and happy. The restoration of the Temple of the Sun continues and trade is booming. It is during these happy days that a terrible evil arises and Death comes to Glenfallow. As citizens vanish in the night a plague of walking dead rises to feast upon the living. A canny and powerful foe plots to murder the happy community in a perverse bid for necromantic power. Death comes to Glenfallow is a difficult to deadly adventure that challenges your players with undead foes and a powerful necromancer serial killer who is determined to wipe out the living residents of Glenfallow.”
Round Dice Tower + Custom Dice Vaults from Mystic Wood Forge
- END DATE: Thu, September 10 2020 6:51 PM EDT.
- PROJECT TYPE: Dice tower
- MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: $202 + $10 S/H for the “Round Dice Tower + Tray, Dice Vault with Personal Dice Tray, Mechanical Pencil, [and] Milled from beautiful sinker mahogany”
“Hand turned dice towers that are works of art. Enhance your D&D or other Tabletop Role Playing Game by adding an realistic elements. We Are Back with a completely new design including solid wood ROUND dice towers and solid wood Square towers just in time for Christmas! Roleplaying games like Dungeons & Dragons and others deserve the very best in accessories for your game play. Our dice towers and trays are hand crafted designs that are turned by hand, and the trays milled with our CNC machine. They are hand sanded and then a hand rubbed finish is applied to the wood revealing it's natural beauty.”
RPG Quick Hits
Hexplorer: Create Whiteboard Maps for 5e and Other TTRPGs from Headless Hydra Press
- END DATE: Mon, September 7 2020 7:54 AM EDT.
- “Create maps for with magnetic, dry erase hex tiles. Ideal for hex crawls, west marches campaigns, and games that feature exploration.”
- END DATE: Thu, September 10 2020 1:28 PM EDT.
- “The second edition of a hardboiled, sword & sorcery roleplaying game.”
- END DATE: Thu, September 10 2020 4:00 PM EDT.
- “An original D&D 5e level 6-8 adventure: The adventurers must enter the Outer Planes and rescue an ancient hero from a dream prison.”
- END DATE: Thu, September 10 2020 12:00 PM EDT.
- “An inspirational art filled guide to help all games masters create magical encounters and adventures for their players.”
- END DATE: Thu, September 10 2020 7:00 PM EDT.
- “A Labyrinth Lord adventure in the Age of Dusk. For character levels 3-5.”
- END DATE: Thu, September 10 2020 4:00 PM EDT.
- “Epic DnD 5E adventure in enchanted forest!”
- END DATE: Wed, September 9 2020 1:49 PM EDT.
- “The Cursed King is an epic 5E TTRPG adventure set around a mysterious cursed king and the flower of Lythillium.”
- END DATE: Fri, September 4 2020 8:14 AM EDT.
- “DnD 5E one-shot adventure, with full-color maps adaptable with VTTs and all major devices, with stats, colorful and printable maps.”
