This week’s crowdfunding sampler looks at campaigns on Backerkit and Kickstarter that close between October 1 to 21. This sample includes some popular projects related to cooking monsters, magic items, fantasy underworlds, one-shot TPKs, Jane Austen, and more.
Wild Hearth: Cooking Monsters & Building Towns in D&D from Pointy Hat
The Griffon's Saddlebag: Books Three and Four from The Griffon's Saddlebag
Faster, Purple Worm! Everybody Dies, Vol. 2 from Beadle & Grimm’s Pandemonium Warehouse
Underworld: Sunless Depths for 5E D&D and TOV from Kobold Press
The Overlords of Steel from Pulp Hummock Press
Good Society: A Jane Austen RPG – 2nd Edition from Storybrewers Roleplaying
Nobunaga's Black Castle from Green Ronin Publishing
See you in two 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.
Wild Hearth: Cooking Monsters & Building Towns in D&D from Pointy Hat
- END DATE: Mon, October 19 2026 3:00 PM EDT.
- CROWDFUNDING ON: Kickstarter
- SYSTEM(S): Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition and 5.5e
- PROJECT TYPE: Sourcebooks
- MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: $99 + S/H for the PDF and print versions of the A Blueprint for Adventure core book and the A Recipe for Heroes
- AI STATEMENT: “Wild Hearth is proudly a 100% human created project! All art, writing, design, voice acting, and animation is entirely human made, and we provide a 100% guarantee that no generative AI has been or will be used to create any content.”
- WHY SPOTLIGHT THIS CAMPAIGN? Interested in checking out a million dollar TTRPG crowdfunding campaign? This one offers options to cook everything you kill as you work to craft potions, items, and ingredients for your D&D characters. Need rules for farming and reheating dragon guts to make your next amazing power? This book has monsters, adventures focused on killing, consuming, and reconstituting and, best of all, a necromancer class complete with spells. If you’re interesting in harvest in your 5e or 5.5e game, you’re going to want to get these books from the Kickstarter and the following items: Neck, crow, man, sir.
The Griffon's Saddlebag: Books Three and Four from The Griffon's Saddlebag
- END DATE: Thu, October 1 2026 11:00 AM EDT.
- CROWDFUNDING ON: Kickstarter
- SYSTEM(S): Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition and 5.5e
- PROJECT TYPE: Sourcebook
- MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: $95 + S/H for the PDF and print versions of books 3 and 4
- AI STATEMENT: “Is this campaign made with AI? No. Firmly.”
- LISTED CREATORS: Griffin Macaulay and more
- WHY SPOTLIGHT THIS CAMPAIGN? Between these two books, you’re getting a fresh set of 970 magic items plus 48 subclasses, 3 new species, 28 campaign settings, and over 100 monsters, for both 5e and 5.5e. All of this from The Griffon’s Saddlebag, whose 2nd book in this series joined the million dollar TTRPG crowdfunding club in 2022. Do you want a variety of better treasures to pass out to your players? Then this Kickstarter may have the books and trinkets you’re looking for.
Faster, Purple Worm! Everybody Dies, Vol. 2 from Beadle & Grimm’s Pandemonium Warehouse
- END DATE: Fri, October 2 2026 11:59 PM EDT.
- CROWDFUNDING ON: Kickstarter
- SYSTEM(S): Dungeons & Dragons 5.5e
- PROJECT TYPE: Adventures
- MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: $45 + S/H for the PDF and print versions of the book plus digital and VTT assets
- AI STATEMENT: “All of our art and creative work is made by humans or other living creatures.”
- LISTED CREATORS: “Beadle & Grimm’s Pandemonium Warehouse was summoned up by the five founders (including Matthew Lillard of Scream, Five Nights at Freddy's and Scooby-Doo fame) as a mid-life crisis.” Plus Kailey Bray, Jon Ciccolini, Gina DeVivo, Jared Logan, Sarah Madsen, Charlie Rehor, Bill Rehor, Diana Voyer, and Ethan Yen
- WHY SPOTLIGHT THIS CAMPAIGN? Do you want one-shots based on the official D&D comedy streaming actual play, Faster, Purple Worm! Kill! Kill! on the D&D Adventures channel? With this campaign, you’re getting 12 more one-shot adventures where low-level D&D characters buy the farm in hilarious ways. Each adventure’s title includes the phrase “Everybody Dies,” with the action and adventure living up to the advertising. With new player options, monsters, and more, these adventures come in a set that will make big, bombastic, and brutal over-the-top play feel natural to the experience. If you’re a fan of the Faster, Purple Worm! Kill! Kill! series, check out this Kickstarter for more details.
Underworld: Sunless Depths for 5E D&D and TOV from Kobold Press
- END DATE: Fri, October 9 2026 6:00 PM EDT.
- CROWDFUNDING ON: Kickstarter
- SYSTEM(S): Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition and Tales of the Valiant
- PROJECT TYPE: Sourcebook
- MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: CA$209 + S/H for the PDF and print versions of the Underworld, Underworld Adventure, and Underworld Survivors Kit
- AI STATEMENT: “Kobold Press does not support or accept AI-generated content. This is a 100% human-made product.”
- LISTED CREATORS: Celeste Conowitch, Brandon Crilly, Miranda Crowell, Basheer Ghouse, Richard Green, Rajan Khanna, Jeff Lee, Sarah Madsen, Brady Morris, Kelly Pawlik, Richard Pett, Jeff Stevens, Brian Suskind, JD Wiker, Etyan Berstein, Jeff Quick, Sara Forlenza, and more
- WHY SPOTLIGHT THIS CAMPAIGN? Want to play in Kobold Press’ version of the Underdark? This campaign brings their vision of the Underworld complete with a 256-page core guide for the GM and player options to invest in the dark, a 160-page campaign book, and an in-person gameplay aid full of tokens, maps, and more to bring these caves to life. Kobold Press is known for their closeness to official Wizards of the Coast properties including their upcoming official Forgotten Realms release, so this campaign gives a look at how they’d handled a bit of beloved D&D lore if the serial numbers were filed off and they took the liberties that they wanted to. Check out the Kickstarter page for a free PDF preview of the setting to see if it’s right for your gaming table.
The Overlords of Steel from Pulp Hummock Press
- END DATE: Oct 7, 2026 at 4:00pm EDT.
- CROWDFUNDING ON: Backerkit
- SYSTEM(S): “Old-School Essentials by Necrotic Gnome, though it is fully compatible with B/X and other classic old-school fantasy RPGs, like Hyperborea, OSRIC, Basic Fantasy RPG, Swords & Wizardry, etc.”
- PROJECT TYPE: Adventures
- MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: $79 + S/H for the PDF and print versions of the book and VTT art and map packs
- AI STATEMENT: “NO AI-GENERATED ART. Every illustration and map in The Overlords of Steel is created by professional human artists and cartographers. A significant portion of campaign funding directly supports their work.”
- LISTED CREATORS: Robert Alderman, Mark Pileggi, Marc Alderman Jr., and more
- WHY SPOTLIGHT THIS CAMPAIGN? Do you need a campaign for levels 1 to 14 designed for use with Old-School Essentials (D&D B/X)? Part of the Ennie Award Judges' Spotlight Gods of the Forbidden North series, this 400-page tome includes a multi-floor dungeon covering 30 maps measuring 17” by 22” complete with over 1,000 encounters. This isn’t just a dungeon, there’s also over 120 wilderness locations, 15 settlements, over 100 monsters, factions, and layouts that utilize a version of OSE’s two-page control panel layouts. This science-fantasy world offers swords, magic, some tech, and a lot of danger for your players, so check out this Backerkit campaign if OSE is your jam.
Good Society: A Jane Austen RPG – 2nd Edition from Storybrewers Roleplaying
- END DATE: Thu, October 8 2026 11:00 PM EDT.
- CROWDFUNDING ON: Kickstarter
- SYSTEM(S): Good Society: A Jane Austen RPG – 2nd Edition
- PROJECT TYPE: Core rulebook
- MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: AU$196 + S/H for the PDF and print versions of Good Society 2E Box Set, Deluxe Token Set, Facilitator Fan, Love & Longing Deck 2E, and Foxden Cross Zine & Map Pack
- AI STATEMENT: “Does this project use generative AI? Absolutely not.”
- LISTED CREATORS: Hayley Gordon, Vee Hendro, Marlowe Lune, Raven Warner, Aviv Or, Hari Conner, Melody Watson, Misha Grifka Wander, Fosterer Kimberly Loftus, and more
- WHY SPOTLIGHT THIS CAMPAIGN? This crowdfunding brings the 2nd edition of game based upon the writings of Jane Austen to your gaming parlor. With new rules and reworked options for reputation and scandals, this edition includes new artwork and a revised layout. If you love the worlds of Jane Austen, Bridgerton, or Oscar Wilde, this Kickstarter is worth a look.
Nobunaga's Black Castle from Green Ronin Publishing
- END DATE: Thu, October 8 2026 12:01 PM EDT.
- CROWDFUNDING ON: Kickstarter
- SYSTEM(S): MÖRK BORG
- PROJECT TYPE: Core rulebook
- MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: $55 + S/H for the PDF and print versions of the core rulebook and the GM screen
- AI STATEMENT: “Does the game feature any AI art? Hell no! Green Ronin exists as an outlet for human creativity, so we don't use AI for art, writing, etc.”
- LISTED CREATORS: Yusuke Tokita, Su Mon Han, Chris Pramas, and more
- WHY SPOTLIGHT THIS CAMPAIGN? During an alternate and fantastical version of the Warring States Period of 16th century Japan, you’ll die then face off against an undead version of the historic warlord Oda Nobunaga. Using the deadly and doom-delivering MÖRK BORG system, you start the game with a dead character in hell, eager for revenge. This game is a translation of the Japanese TTRPG brought to us by Green Ronin. If you like the setting and MÖRK BORG games, this Kickstarter awaits.
See you in two 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.
