RPG CROWDFUNDING NEWS – Mausritter Junk City, Ghost in the Shell, ALADIA, and more

You’ll find 5e adventures, a review of the main Mausritter Month offering on Backerkit, OSR offerings, and a Forged in the Dark variant.

Mausritter Junk City from Exalted Funeral Press / Games Omnivorous / Losing Games

• END DATE: Dec 6, 2025 at 12:00am EST.
• CROWDFUNDING ON: Backerkit
• SYSTEM(S): Mausritter
• PROJECT TYPE: Sourcebook
• MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: $59 + S/H for the PDF and print versions of the boxed set
• WHY SPOTLIGHT THIS CAMPAIGN? In Mausritter, you’re a mouse and, through this Backerkit campaign, you’ll be a mouse in a junkyard. Perfect setting achieved. This junkyard setting comes in a boxed set that is (rat) packed with so much mouse-centric awesome, you’ll be able to create your own nest! The box has a campaign guidebook, 10 adventures, items, maps, and more. This setting incorporates neo-noir mystery and magic in the aftermath of a failed magical Faerie portal. Want to try it out? Check out the Backerkit page to download a free PDF adventure or even the Mausritter rules.

Into the Cess and Citadel from Wet Ink Games

• END DATE: Sat, December 6 2025 10:00 PM EST.
• CROWDFUNDING ON: Kickstarter
• SYSTEM(S): System neutral with bare bones d20 OSR stats
• PROJECT TYPE: Sourcebook
• MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: $50 + S/H for the PDF and hardcover of the book
• WHY SPOTLIGHT THIS CAMPAIGN? This campaign reprints Charles Ferguson-Avery’s ENNIE Award-winning fantasy sourcebook Into the Cess and Citadel with new editing, errata, and small cosmetic differences. This toolkit brings weird, dangerous cities to your fantasy campaigns. Need to build a building, a dungeon, a city district, or blow up the city and start anew? This book offers guidance and beautiful artwork to get you there. If you’re a fan of Charles Ferguson-Avery’s artwork and bare bones d20 stats – the book is largely system neutral – then this Kickstarter is worth a bit of exploration.

Shadow & Night: A DUNGEON DELVE Adventure Duo from Dungeoneers Guild Games

• END DATE: Sat, December 6 2025 9:59 AM EST.
• CROWDFUNDING ON: Kickstarter
• SYSTEM(S): Advanced Dungeons & Dragons First Edition
• PROJECT TYPE: Adventures
• MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: $30 + S/H for the PDF and print versions of both adventure modules
• WHY SPOTLIGHT THIS CAMPAIGN? This Kickstarter offers two adventure modules in the spirit of AD&D: DD6 Lords of Shadow and DDSQ3 Night of the Demon-Dolls. Lords of Shadow is a 44-page adventure for levels 5 to 7 with 107 keyed locations, monsters, and more. To save the peoples of the Forlorn Moors, the heroes must face their long-banished masters. Night of the Demon-Dolls is a 20-page adventure for levels 2 to 4 with maps and over 50 encounters. The heroes must stop a murderous cult that use the titular demon-dolls. If you like old-school adventures, this Kickstarter is worth a look.

ALADIA: The Pyramid Scheme for 5E from Bygone Games

• END DATE: Thu, December 4 2025 11:59 PM EST.
• CROWDFUNDING ON: Kickstarter
• SYSTEM(S): Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition
• PROJECT TYPE: Adventure
• MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: CA$112 + S/H for the PDF and print versions of the books plus digital tokens and maps
• AI STATEMENT: “We have created absolutely NO content for Aladia using AI software.”
• WHY SPOTLIGHT THIS CAMPAIGN? Want a world of tech and crafting in your fantasy 5e campaign? This Kickstarter offers two books that bring the horrors of corporate destruction to your tabletop. ALADIA: FIRST ODYSSEY is a 200+ page adventure for levels 3 to 9 through the corporation’s land and schemes as they try to take over the world. ALADIA: AFTER HOURS is over 300 pages of 5e material made for this grimdark, industrial setting. Do you want to craft? More than simple crafting, ALADIA offers a unique crafting system to incorporate in your 5e games. With rules, miniatures, spell cards, and more, this Kickstarter is for anyone that wants to fight against corporate excess.

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Alpha Star Magazine: Sci-Fi Resources for your D&D games! from EN Publishing

• END DATE: Dec 4, 2025 at 5:00pm EST.
• CROWDFUNDING ON: Backerkit
• SYSTEM(S): Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition and Level Up! Advanced Fifth Edition
• PROJECT TYPE: RPG magazine
• MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: £11.40 for the PDF version of the magazine
• DISCLAIMER: EN World is a subsidiary of EN Publishing
• WHY SPOTLIGHT THIS CAMPAIGN? An RPG magazine from the company behind our very own EN World? Yeah, I’m biased, but this is going to rock. I miss RPG magazines and when new ones crop up, I like to support them. Alpha Star promises a quarterly magazine building on the contents of the Voidrunner’s Codex with more psionics, player options, equipment, and everything that makes 5e in space cool! If you love magazines, 5e, A5E, and space, this Backerkit is calling.

GHOST IN THE SHELL ARISE - Tabletop Roleplaying Game from Mana Project Studio

• END DATE: Thu, November 27 2025 5:59 PM EST.
• CROWDFUNDING ON: Kickstarter
• SYSTEM(S): Forged in the Dark variant
• PROJECT TYPE: Core rulebook
• MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: €230 + S/H for the PDF and print versions of the core rulebook, quickstart, GM screen, cards, playmat, dice, dice tray, and boxed set
• WHY SPOTLIGHT THIS CAMPAIGN? Anime, espionage, corporate infighting, and the Public Security Section, if you love Ghost in the Shell, there’s a TTRPG for you. Shirow Masamune’s Ghost in the Shell manga inspired a sci-fi, corporate, police state fiction that’s run through TV, film, and more. From the same studio that brought you the Cowboy Bebop Role-Playing Game comes this adaptation. Using a variant of Forged in the Dark, which is excellent for cyberpunk and sci-fi, this game puts you into the franchise as you deal with your own set of deadly intrigues. Check out that the campaign page for a free PDF quickstart. This Kickstarter ends soon, so if you’re a fan of GHOST IN THE SHELL and Forged in the Dark, head on over and try it out.

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