This week’s crowdfunding sampler looks at campaigns that close between July 2 to 29. You’ll find 5e for kids, the Necroindustrial Revolution, a “Potion of Sandwich,” a new TTRPG from Wet Ink Games, and more.
If you’re looking to play a game, this Saturday, June 27, is Free RPG Day. I hope you’re able to get some dicing in.
The Adventure Guide: Secrets of Enduril from Emberglow Gaming
Machines of Bone & Blood: Necroindustrial Adventures in 5E! from somanyrobots
Fizzwip's Treasury of Absurd Curiosities Volume 3 from Jerry Joe Seltzer
Our Lives, Our Fortunes from Wet Ink Games
Sanctum of the Whispering God DCC from RPG Ramblings
Dweomerdark Tabletop Adventure Game from Octopress Publishing
D&D EN5ider Annual--adventures and rules for D&D 5.5E! From EN Publishing
See you in three weeks.
Egg Embry does not use AI in any of his writing. He participates in the OneBookShelf Affiliate Program, Noble Knight Games’ Affiliate Program, Kobold Press Affiliate Program, and is an Amazon Associate. These programs provide advertising fees by linking to DriveThruRPG, Noble Knight Games, Kobold Press, and Amazon. If you like the articles at EN World please consider supporting the Patreon.
If you’re looking to play a game, this Saturday, June 27, is Free RPG Day. I hope you’re able to get some dicing in.
- END DATE: Thu, July 16 2026 3:00 PM EDT.
- SYSTEM(S): Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition
- PROJECT TYPE: Adventure
- MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: $89 + S/H for the PDF and print versions of the hardcover of The Adventure Guide: Secrets of Enduril, a dry-erase, magnetic GM screen, d20 magnet pack, and character sheets
- AI STATEMENT: “The team behind The Adventure Guide: Secrets of Enduril takes pride in the work that we do and celebrate human made art! No AI-generated content has been used in this project!”
- WHY SPOTLIGHT THIS CAMPAIGN? Learning to play Dungeons & Dragons can be more challenging than figuring out an in-game puzzle, especially for younger players. Two educators cam together to reinvision 5e as a learn-as-you-play adventure to get players into the game without having to learn all of the rules upfront. This starter kit lets new and lapsed players engage with the game through play instead of through rule absorption. If you have someone in your life that wants to learn 5e but is intimidated by the rules, this tool may help them get into slinging dice.
Machines of Bone & Blood: Necroindustrial Adventures in 5E! from somanyrobots
- END DATE: Thu, July 9 2026 5:00 PM EDT.
- SYSTEM(S): Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition and 5.5e
- PROJECT TYPE: Adventure
- MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: $30 for the PDF of the book
- AI STATEMENT: “Absolutley no AI, not anywhere, not ever. We're creative people and we want to see real creativity, not robo-written slop. To put our money where our mouth is: Spellbound Sea had to do a couple months' worth of art replacement after it was discovered that one artist had been employing AI tooling in his workflow, contrary to our policy. We take a hard stance and ask all our contributors to do the same: no AI, not anywhere, not ever.”
- WHY SPOTLIGHT THIS CAMPAIGN? Who needs subversive D&D at their gaming table? The tagline is “Fight the Necroindustrial Revolution!” Reanimation magic has advanced to the point that skeletal machines and zombie attendants are replacing living workers and society is collapsing. If your characters are going to survive this societal change, get some dice because they’re going to need to hunt corporate corpses and fight leader liches. This TTRPG offers over 300 pages of setting, necrocrafting rules, new classes, new subclasses, spells, and monsters. If you want to fight back against the dead-ploitation taking your character’s livelihoods, check out this campaign.
Fizzwip's Treasury of Absurd Curiosities Volume 3 from Jerry Joe Seltzer
- END DATE: Sun, July 12 2026 8:16 PM EDT.
- SYSTEM(S): System neutral
- PROJECT TYPE: Sourcebook
- MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: $9 for the PDF of the book
- AI STATEMENT: “[A]ll the art and all the writing in this book is from human beings. One hundred percent of the writing comes from the creative mind of Zachary Adams. All illustrations and design work have been rendered by Jerry Joe Seltzer's hand.”
- WHY SPOTLIGHT THIS CAMPAIGN? Do your characters need some consumable magic items? This book offers oddities to be eaten that will amplify your game. Potions, powders, teas, candies, spices, soups, and all manner of items that offer a single use. Jerry Joe Seltzer is back with more magical curiosities including options like: “Potion of Sandwich, Potion of Personalized Outerwear, Potion of Deja-Brew (grenade that forces creatures to repeat their last action), Potion of Portions (ability to sense exact quantities), Potion of Ponderation (ability to hard boil eggs on contact).” Some of these are brilliant and fun, some are extremely situational, all are as absurd as the book’s title hints at.
Our Lives, Our Fortunes from Wet Ink Games
- END DATE: Jul 5, 2026 at 1:00am EDT.
- CROWDFUNDING ON: Backerkit
- SYSTEM(S): +One System
- PROJECT TYPE: Core rulebook
- MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: $25 + S/H for the PDF and print versions of the book
- WHY SPOTLIGHT THIS CAMPAIGN? In an alternate history where the American Revolution was won by witches, werewolves, necromancers, and other supernatural warriors, you must fight for freedom. Touching on narrative elements from stories like Motherland: Fort Salem, this TTRPG uses Wet Ink Games’ +One System to tell about an America full of rebellion in the 1700s and the supernatural terrors that could win it. If you want to play a Wet Ink Games adventure to see if their products are right for your gaming table, they’re a participant in Free RPG Day 2026 on June 27th, so you can sample their work at your participating local game store. (Read my review of the freebies for d20-based games and for the non-d20-based offerings, including Home: House of Broken Promises from Wet Ink).
Sanctum of the Whispering God DCC from RPG Ramblings
- END DATE: Thu, July 2 2026 6:00 PM EDT.
- SYSTEM(S): Dungeon Crawl Classics (DCC)
- PROJECT TYPE: RPG zine
- MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: $19 + S/H for the PDF and print versions of the RPG zine
- WHY SPOTLIGHT THIS CAMPAIGN? The pitch for this low-level Dungeon Crawl Classics (DCC) hits the right cord: “The desert doesn't care if you survive. Neither does the god waiting at the end of it.” This is the conclusion to the The Whispering God Trilogy. 32 pages that starts as a port adventure before becoming a 5-day desert crawl to arrive in sand-covered ruins and the fallout from a failed ritual. If you love DCC, desert, deities, and dice, check out this zine.
Dweomerdark Tabletop Adventure Game from Octopress Publishing
- END DATE: Jul 6, 2026 at 4:00pm EDT.
- CROWDFUNDING ON: Backerkit
- SYSTEM(S): Powered by SONGS & SAGAS from Fari Games
- PROJECT TYPE: Core rulebook
- MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: $12 for the PDF version of the book as well as a POD discount coupon
- WHY SPOTLIGHT THIS CAMPAIGN? Alan Bahr of TinyD6 fame has a new TTRPG coming from Octopress Publishing. You get two gameplay options, group or solo, each with dedicated rules based on SONGS & SAGAS. Deadly OSR atmosphere with modern rules, you’ll raid an ancient dwarven ruin for glory and coin, but mostly coin. Check out Backerkit for more details.
D&D EN5ider Annual--adventures and rules for D&D 5.5E! From EN Publishing
- END DATE: Sun, July 12 2026 8:16 PM EDT.
- SYSTEM(S): Dungeons & Dragons 5.5 Edition
- PROJECT TYPE: Adventures
- MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: £19 for the PDF version of the book
- AI STATEMENT: “EN5ider Magazine contains no art or any other content created by generative artificial intelligence. We work with a large, international team of talented freelance artists and writers, overseen by magazine editor Mike Myler. Cover art by Leonardo Sa.”
- DISCLAIMER: EN World is a subsidiary of EN Publishing.
- WHY SPOTLIGHT THIS CAMPAIGN? EN Publishing is offering a 360-page hardcover of 5.5e adventures, a new class, and more. You’ll get 20 adventures designed for levels 3 to 12 with 17 puzzles and over 40 monsters. The CRs range from ½ to 25 with names like Feykin Fencer, Silent Orphan, and Boneshard Stalker. In addition, there are over 180s spells, 30+ magic items, new feats, and a variety of subclasses. The new class is the Protomancer, a magic user that sees the pattern in magic, able to use powers as the building blocks for what they want to develop. Where did all of this content come from? This campaign reprints the material from issues 1 to 12 of EN5ider Magazine in a slick hardcover. If you want to back this project, check out the Kickstarter page for more details including a full list of the adventures and monsters.
See you in three weeks.
Egg Embry does not use AI in any of his writing. He participates in the OneBookShelf Affiliate Program, Noble Knight Games’ Affiliate Program, Kobold Press Affiliate Program, and is an Amazon Associate. These programs provide advertising fees by linking to DriveThruRPG, Noble Knight Games, Kobold Press, and Amazon. If you like the articles at EN World please consider supporting the Patreon.
