RPG CROWDFUNDING NEWS – Pets & Sidekicks, Righteous Vow, ENGRAM, and more

Among the offerings are adventures, some Shadowdark RPG offerings, a sourcebook from EN Publishing, and more.

Pets & Sidekicks: Companions for D&D, Level Up A5E, and ToV from EN Publishing

• END DATE: Thu, August 7 2025 6:00 PM EDT.
• CROWDFUNDING ON: Kickstarter
• SYSTEM(S): Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition, Level Up Advanced Fifth Edition, and Tales of the Valiant
• PROJECT TYPE: Sourcebook
• MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: £19 for the PDF and VTT of the book
• DISCLAIMER: EN World is a subsidiary of EN Publishing
• WHY SPOTLIGHT THIS CAMPAIGN? This is an exciting offering from the parent company, EN Publishing. Your campaign needs pets, familiars, steeds, NPC companions, animal allies, and beastly bad guys to delight and horrify your players. Pets & Sidekicks offers animal-centric crunch for your fantasy RPG. The ideas are simple and brilliant with options from types of animals to rules that let them level with you. Better yet, why not have options to level your wildshape power so that your preferred animal form is as gnarly at 3rd level as it is at 20th. There are multiple new feats, class features and archetypes including the Familiarist wizard, which is likely to be a fan favorite. If you love animals, this book has the types of animals, the animal options, and the rules you’re going to want for your 5e-based games. Head over to the Kickstarter campaign page to get free previews of the critters you’ll add to your campaign.

100 One-Shots: Instant Adventures for Fantasy RPGs from The Midnight Quill

• END DATE: Thu, July 31 2025 1:41 PM EDT.
• CROWDFUNDING ON: Kickstarter
• SYSTEM(S): Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition
• PROJECT TYPE: Adventures
• MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: £32 for the PDF of the book, pre-gens, cards, VTT, and more
• WHY SPOTLIGHT THIS CAMPAIGN? Want over 100 5e adventures spread across 200 pages? Advertised as minimal prep, these adventures are roughly 2 pages each and require about 20 minutes of prep time to read and digest. On top of that, with certain pledge levels you can submit your idea for community voting and, maybe, see it fully fleshed out in the final book. If you need an adventure, check out the Kickstarter page to download one for free.

Righteous Vow 3: A RPG Zine for Old School Gaming from Crawl Club Publishing LLC

• END DATE: Thu, August 7 2025 1:15 PM EDT.
• CROWDFUNDING ON: Kickstarter
• SYSTEM(S): Shadowdark RPG
• PROJECT TYPE: RPG zine
• MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: $25 + S/H for the PDF and print versions of the book plus digital maps
• WHY SPOTLIGHT THIS CAMPAIGN? 140 pages of Shadowdark RPG monsters, magic items, maps, a hexcrawl, and a full adventure. This book promises an adventure across two kingdoms and the challenges you would expect in a Shadowdark campaign. If you’re a fan of the game and want more content, this Kickstarter page is worth checking out.

Sapphire Seas for Shadowdark RPG: Level 1-10 Adventure from Menagerie Press

• END DATE: Thu, August 7 2025 2:00 PM EDT.
• CROWDFUNDING ON: Kickstarter
• SYSTEM(S): Shadowdark RPG
• PROJECT TYPE: Adventure
• MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: $29 + S/H for the PDF and print versions of the book
• WHY SPOTLIGHT THIS CAMPAIGN? Let’s look at another third-party Shadowdark RPG offering. Over 350 pages, this book details a 10-level adventure across 14 islands. Including maps and 20 dungeons with over 100 encounter sites, you’ll get new magic items, monsters, and more. This is a sea-based adventure so there are sailing rules, new ancestries, and more to make your quest bountiful. If you’re a fan of Shadowdark and ocean adventures, this Kickstarter page is worth a look.

ENGRAM - An Adventure for the Mothership RPG from Green Moon Games

• END DATE: Thu, July 31 2025 12:00 PM EDT.
• CROWDFUNDING ON: Kickstarter
• SYSTEM(S): Mothership
• PROJECT TYPE: Adventure
• MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: €10 for the PDF of the book
• WHY SPOTLIGHT THIS CAMPAIGN? On a mining moon, the overbearing corporation is pushing the miners towards rebellion. In this world of clones and AI manipulation, you’ll try to survive a Mothership adventure. This 20-page zine offers new monsters, NPCs and plot-hook NPCs, 10 detailed locations, and more for your adventure. If you want to fight back against the corporation, check out the Kickstarter page to learn more.

Botch Dice: Founders Edition

• END DATE: Thu, July 31 2025 11:00 AM EDT.
• CROWDFUNDING ON: Kickstarter
• PROJECT TYPE: RPG accessory
• MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: $35 + S/H for a set of dice
• ADDITIONAL REPORTING: Read my interview with Botch Dice here
• AI STATEMENT: “We do not and will never use AI generated images in our dice designs.”
• WHY SPOTLIGHT THIS CAMPAIGN? I don’t cover a huge number of dice, but Botch Dice are offering the usual polyhedrals in a different way. First, theirs are larger than normal, ranging from 10% to 30% for the d20. Second, they cover that bonus surface area with artwork using a process they call InkFX™ technology. Third, these dice are made in Wisconsin, with the packaging sourced from China, so the concerns around tariffs are not as difficult as some competitors. If you’re looking for larger dice that have some flair to them, check out this Kickstarter to learn more.

Support Green Ronin in Critical Legal Defense from Green Ronin Publishing

• CROWDFUNDING ON: GoFundMe
• PROJECT TYPE: Legal defense
• ADDITIONAL REPORTING: Read more about this scenario here
• WHY SPOTLIGHT THIS CAMPAIGN? Diamond Distributors, the once monopolistic center of US comic book distribution, went bankrupt, and the fallout is as nuclear as the term “fallout” implies. Many tabletop publishers used Diamond to get their products to market. There’s a lot more to this next statement, but the bottom line is this: Diamond is in possession of these publisher’s games and books, and wants to sell the stock without paying proceeds from those sells to the publishers. It’s more complicated than that and I suggest you read this article for more details, but if this happens some publishers will have tens of thousands to around a million dollars worth of total loss. Green Ronin Publishing is crowdfunding a legal defense against Diamond’s move. If you want to learn more or even support their efforts, check out their GoFundMe page.

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[sevenbastard]

I don’t cover a huge number of dice, but Botch Dice are offering the usual polyhedrals in a different way

Thank you for not highlighting dice. It saves my wallet.

My kids would probably like some of these, but its got a non tradition d4 and I love foot killing pointy pyramids.