RPG Print News – Liminal Horror, Dungeon Crawl Classics, and More

Another dark adventure, this one set on a haunted and cursed ship, is out for Liminal Horror. Dungeons & Dragons 2024 Edition and Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG get several new adventures based on classic modules and settings. There is also a fantasy horror RPG set in the 17th century along with a setting supplement back in print.

Note: RPG Print News covers recent RPG releases and some classics, reprints, and sales available from retailers. It does not cover products that are available directly to customers only through Kickstarter or as print on demand.

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Ex Inferis by Space Penguin Ink

• SYSTEM: Liminal Horror
• PRODUCT TYPE: softcover zine
• RETAIL PRICE: $15
• DESCRIPTION: The PCs are searching the water for the lost ship Ex Inferis. Seven years ago, the deepwater survey ship set off to collect samples from the deepest parts of the lake. The ship never returned. Now, rumors of a demonic ship crewed by ghosts begin to spread across the region. The adventure kicks off when the PCs pick up a distress signal late one night. It’s distorted and mostly unintelligible, vaguely resembling screaming and howling human voices. One phrase slices through: “Liberate me.” Reimagines the cult sci-fi movie Event Horizon (1997) as a modern-day nautical nightmare. One thing the PCs will learn: the Ex Inferis must not make it back to shore. Includes: boatcrawl procedures for navigating a living environment that seeks to separate and isolate the PCs, tables (clues, setbacks, visions, and resonant artifacts), a legion of self-mutilating sailors led by a terrifying captain, and more.

Hellpits of Nightfang (D&D) | Hellpits of Nightfang (D&D) | Hellpits of Nightfang (DCC RPG) by Goodman Games

• SYSTEM: Dungeons & Dragons 2024 Edition/Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG
• PRODUCT TYPE: softcover adventure
• RETAIL PRICE: $14.99 each
• DESCRIPTION: An adventure for four to six ninth level D&D PCs or four to five fifth level DCC PCs. Features new monsters and magic items. PCs are called in to stop Nightfang the vampire. Nocturnal attacks have locals terrified, fearful of leaving the safety of home and hearth. Hushed whispers suggest that the Hellpits, a trio of sinkholes said to house the tomb of a great hero of old, may be the lair of Nightfang. The PCs will need cunning and prowess to confront the ferocious vampire which haunts the Hellpits and any other evil that lurks within the sunken chambers and passages.

Labyrinth Worldbook | Labyrinth Adventures by Kobold Press

• SYSTEM: Tales of the Valiant
• PRODUCT TYPE: hardcover supplements
• RETAIL PRICE: $54.99/$44.99
• DESCRIPTION: In the setting Labyrinth Worldbook, the Labyrinth connects worlds with hidden pathways and roads, visible to only a few while the all-consuming Void seeks a way in. Covers over 10 new subclasses such as battle-hardened Troopers and reality-bending Dreamer Druids and five new styles of magic including Illumination, Dream, and the dread power of the Void. Also includes a gazetteer to over fifty known worlds and key locations of the Labyrinth, as well as dozens of unique factions, gods, items, and monsters. 12 Labyrinth Adventures are designed for PCs of first to eighth level. PCs may climb aboard a runaway train, hurtling between worlds, in search of its lost inventor, or pull off the ultimate heist and snatch an acorn of the World Tree from a devil’s hall. They might battle a void cult to prevent countless worlds from utter ruin or tread the halls of a dreaming god, confront powerful void angels, and more.

The Sacrificial Pyre of Thracia (D&D) | The Alabaster Tower of Thracia (D&D) | Grave Robbers of Thracia (DCC RPG) by Goodman Games

• SYSTEM: Dungeons & Dragons 2024 Edition The Caverns of Thracia (D&D)/Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG The Caverns of Thracia (DCC)
• PRODUCT TYPE: softcover adventures
• RETAIL PRICE: $10.99/$10.99/$9.99
• DESCRIPTION: In The Sacrificial Pyre of Thracia, four to six first-level characters face the cult of The Dark One. The cult has a major stronghold located within an extinct volcano and preys on local settlements to stoke the greedy flames of the pyre. The PCs must stop the cult. Another adventure for four to six first-level characters, in The Alabaster Tower of Thracia the PCs have an old key and a map to a tower located in the ruins of the fabled city of Thracia. The white stone tower is devoid of any windows or doors, but a shimmering blue ripple outlines a door-shaped portal and the PCs’ key comes alight with a similar glow. The PCs have the chance to explore the extra-dimensional interior. Also includes: nine monsters and four player handouts. Grave Robbers of Thracia is a 0-level funnel set near The Caverns of Thracia. The PC peasants have heard tales of emptied graves and deserted villages, portending dire threats to their lives and loved ones. With no one else to rely on, the brave band of PC commoners takes up arms and ventures into the jungle seeking answers. What they find is a hungry menace with a history dating back to before the fall of Thracia but also a lost treasury forgotten by history. The PCs will either save the day and strike it rich or die trying.

Fallen | Hilgraab by Perplexing Ruins

• SYSTEM: unique 2d6
• PRODUCT TYPE: softcover core rulebook/softcover setting
• RETAIL PRICE: $22/$20
• DESCRIPTION: Back in print, Fallen is a dark fantasy RPG set in a supernatural 17th century world. PCs investigate haunted mills, drink in cider-serving taverns, pursue the headless apparition terrorizing the countryside, and fire silver bullets at ravening werewolves. Inside: a classless 2d6-plus-bonus system, skills system based on narrative action, a dice-pool magic system of Incantations, an advancement system that grows mundane items into notable Magical Items, creatures built with a malleable Rank system, a travel system based on Way Points, and numerous tables and prompts to generate content. Hilgraab is a city of uncertainty, darkness, and growth. Science, mystery, superstition, commerce, intrigue, and trade all thrive there. Built on the ruins of medieval cities before it, Hilgraab rests on the roots of the past while striving toward modernization. Includes: tables and content to bring a mysterious city to life, a short adventure, a simple mechanic for creating pressure, simple District creators, dozens of NPCs, 20 villains, and 20 hooks.

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[Marc Radle]

For more on Tales of the Valiant and Labyrinth, check out this interview with Celeste Conowitch.

Thanks Charlie!

These Labyrinth books are chock full of pretty awesome stuff!

 

[ruemere]

Dude, just go look at the reporting by the guy who owns you site you're currently sealioning on. You obviously don't need to power through the entire thread you're being linked to—Morrus laid it all out, with updates, up top.

I did. Twice.

Specifically, this part caught my attention:

Thread 'Goodman Games Revives Relationship With Anti-Semitic Publisher For New City State Kickstarter [UPDATED]'

May 8, 2025

City State of the Invincible Overlord was a 1976 game setting from Judges Guild--indeed, it was the first game setting for D&D, albeit from a third party. It features a dwarven stronghold called Thunderhold, which operates as a base of operations for D&D campaigns.

• UPDATE--Scroll down to the end of this post to see the statement posted by Goodman Games.

Judges Guild, founded by Bob Bledsaw and Bill Owen, sold City State until it was licensed to Mayfair Games in the 1980s, before returning to Judges Guild with a new printing in 1999, and collectors...

• Morrus
• Replies: 1,103
• Forum: *TTRPGs General

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["Joseph Goodman has just posted a statement regarding The City State of the Invincible Overlord. "]

In 2020, we and the entire gaming industry were made aware of comments and postings by the current owners of Judge’s Guild. We addressed this in a video, as well as a statement on our website where we said the following: “we are disgusted and disheartened by the antisemitism, bigotry, racism, homophobia, and transphobia exhibited by the current owners of Judges Guild.”

It’s hard to express how upset I was personally and professionally by the events of 2020. I don’t discuss my family, but the posts and comments that came to light affected all of us, including my children. What I saw was repugnant and vile.

Unfortunately, the 2020 revelations also left several pending projects in limbo. Legally, we can’t discuss specifics, but one of those was our adaptation of the City State of the Invincible Overlord for OAR.

Please note that according to the author, they are unable to discuss the specifics for legal reasons. In other words, unless they are lying, they are quite defenseless to any accusations, just like the one posted in the beginning of this thread.

The final statement in the most recent of the reports:

Thread 'Judges Guild Makes Statement About Goodman Controversy [Updated]'

May 22, 2025

Judges Guild--the company which owns the City State of the Invincible Overlord property which Goodman Games has controversially licensed for an upcoming crowdfunding campaign--has put out a statement covering the situation, amongst other things.

Much of the lengthy statement by JG owner Bob Bledsaw II is a political monologue about keeping politics out of games while simultaneously speaking at length about Bledsaw's own political views and positions, and his criticisms of opposing viewpoints. It's not entirely clear why everybody...

• Morrus
• Replies: 343
• Forum: *TTRPGs General

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Wobblerocket: In a post on Facebook yesterday, Judges Guild stated that they agreed to allow Goodman Games to publish City State of the Invincible Overlord in 2022, two years after Goodman Games stated they were no longer going to be publishing Judges Guild projects.

Judges Guild also stated that Goodman Games is planning to publish Dungeoneers, but you have stated in your videos that you aren’t publishing any more Judges Guild projects after CSIO. I couldn’t find any information about this on your website.

Could you clarify for me if this information is correct?

Joseph Goodman: Hi — in short, this information is not correct.

Wobblerocket: Thank you.

What are the plans for the Dungeoneer magazine? Is that an IP that Goodman Games licensed from Judges Guild?

Joseph Goodman: Hi – to make a long story short, Goodman Games has or had rights to quite a few Judges Guild titles, and we have no plans to release any except CSIO.

The contracts have confidentiality clauses so I’m quite limited in what I can say. But in short…the information you emailed about is incorrect. I think it’s best if Goodman Games speaks for what Goodman Games is doing. And Goodman Games is definitely not doing Dungeoneer.

To summarize:
1. The statements of representatives of Goodman Games and Judge's Guild conflict to an extent.
2. The owner of Goodman Games claims they are legally bound not to discuss the nature of their agreement with Judge's Guild, they only deny certain claims.

That was the official state of the affairs as of May 22nd, 2025 (plus the update to the second article).

And so, in the beginning of this thread we get an attack against Goodman Games. The attack is vicious (calling someone a Nazi partner merits as vicious in my book), and so I challenge their claim.

Is that trolling? If yes, then definitely making an empty accusation is trolling, too. Note - I am not saying "baseless". By maintaining silence and placing themselves in a very awkward situation, there may be definitely a base to draw negative conclusions.

However, the real world agreements operate in the way they do, and so if Goodman Games are in a legal bind, attacking them is unfair.