Welcome to the last news Roundup in June. Saturday was FreeRPGDay, when a number of FLGS around the world have free products their giving away. By all reports this was an extremely successful year (although customs delays means that stores in the UK don't have their product yet); I ordered for Sabre at the same time I always do, and was only able to order one box instead of two. I also have a submission in the bundle, From Here to There, an OSR hexcrawl. You can download the

Welcome to the third (for me) OSR News Roundup for June, 2026. The solstice has passed, and from here on out is but a gradual decline into darker and darker days. But! There are still games to keep us entertained, so let's take a look and see what was released last week, shall we? It's a bit of a slow week, but it always seems to hit the doldrums around this time of year, as folks get ready for Gen Con. If you're in or around Portland Oregon next week, Yochai Gal and the Betw

As many of you may have noticed, there was no news roundup last week; I was out of town and decided to take a break, but I'm back today and I'll try and cast my net back through time and cover releases from last week and the week before. The one thing I wanted to plug in advance is a new pdf platform designed specifically for rpg sales, RPGTrader. It launched last week to some fanfare, and from everything I've gathered online is a joy to use for both publishers and consumers.

It's the first Monday in June, and time for the first Roundup in June. Time has been flying by, as it always does. I don't seem to catch as many of the Bundle of Holding deals as I would normally like, so was glad when I caught wind of the current one, featuring the works of Dyson Logos, map-maker extraordinaire (I also really dig their other stuff, as well). Also, since it is the beginning of June, happy Pride month, everyone! The LGBTQ community adds so much to gaming, and

Welcome to the last News Roundup for May. One of my goals for this Roundup is to promote small press and indie creators, people who may not otherwise get much publicity, or are dipping their toes into the world of publishing and have just released their first title. If I have the choice between highlighting someone's first release versus a big, well-known project like the OSE demon month, I'll pick the former every time. The OSE project has plenty of eyeballs on it, and a sma

We're steaming through the year, and are into the third week of May. There's a really great bundle up on itch right now, raising funds for Typhoon Sinlaku, with a host of great titles, including a number of OSR products. I'd mentioned Dungeon Cookbook Delves a few weeks ago, and the publisher has just released Vol. 2 in the series, written for Cairn, as a drop-in location in a dungeon that can, potentially, be used as the party as a safe haven . . . provided they can remain o

Welcome to the second news Roundup in May. As I'm sure most readers are aware, it is OSE Month on Backerkit, and there are a number of projects being funded in conjunction with two official Necrotic Gnome releases: the Demonic Grimoire and the new 2026 Core release. There are a lot of really cool projects being funded, and a lot of community enthusiasm for the collab. For fans of the Casket of Fays fanzine, the publishers have provided this code to get 1.50 off the print vers

Welcome to the first News Roundup for May, 2026. To forestall questions, yes, I am aware that OSE Month, but I try not to plug stuff until they go live, so I'll be looking at those projects next week, since the official launch date is the 6th. Last week was pretty heavy on the releases, compared to the previous few weeks, and it really seems like back to normal. The Lone Legend has released Gloam, a stand-alone system using tarot that is inspired by His Majesty the Worm, Burn

Welcome to the last News Roundup for April. I don't usually post links to software-related projects, but I've got two this week that were brought to my attention: a simple turn tracker on itch, and there's also One More Adventure on Steam, an explicitly OSR hexcrawl rogue-like game. Otherwise, it's a short one this week. Halls of the Witch Queen is a free adventure for Cairn 2e, in which the adventurers are enticed to explore a ruined castle that is rumored to contain a relic

Welcome to the third news Roundup in April. It's a dry, dry month here, with temperatures way above normal, perfect for hanging out indoors and checking out some new games! I don't know how I missed this, but Johan Nohr, the driving force behind Mork Borg, is raising funds for Fomoria , their game of folk horror. The campaign is well and funded, and is almost over at the time this goes live, but I wanted to make sure to get a mention of it in. Simon Taylor is raising funds fo

Welcome to the News Roundup for the second Monday in April. An astute reader pointed out that I have neglected to mention Inkvein , by Murkdice, currently funding on Backerkit. I interviewed Murkdice a few weeks back for Sabre Rattlings, and I totally conflated that with a Roundup mention. Sorry about that! At the time of this writing there's nine days left in the campaign, for a Mork Borg powered mega-dungeon. Also, just as an aside, I'm having a fairly difficult time findi

Welcome to the first News Roundup of April. I started off writing this thinking there weren't going to be many entries, but it turns out there are a bunch this week! Jimmy Shelter, publisher of Hiria, the Eternal City and A Visit to San Sibilia , among others, is raising funds for Pine Shallows , a Goonies and Stranger Things-inspired game of meddlesome kids. For the next eleven days, there are two Tunnels and Trolls bundles up on bundles of holding: one for the rulebooks ,

Welcome to the final News Roundup for March. This has been a pretty busy month for ttrpg releases, so let's see if we can keep the momentum going into April. Titan of the Verdant Maw , an adventure for OSE, was released last year, but it's recently been updated with some new material and clarifications of existing content. It's a really cool looking adventure with some sci-fi elements. S. Murphy has released Outpost 33 , an investigative adventure for Mothership set on an ice

It's the fourth Monday in March, and spring has sprung here in Central Virginia. Let's see what last week had in store for us, shall we? There are a lot of new releases to go over. One of my favorite things about doing this roundup is getting to promote the work of first time creators: viendhita has just released their first adventure, Like Flowers We Wither & Die , a system-agnostic horror pamphlet adventure. Looking forward to seeing what else viendhita releases! Someone wh

Welcome to the third News Roundup for March, 2026. Let's jump right in and check out the most recent releases! Utku has released Scalemail , a mass combat system for BX that has been released under the Creative Commons license. The release is currently in early beta. David Blandy is a publisherI really admire, and he's just released The Knight Errant: Expanded Edition , written by IsaacisAfraid. It's a sci-fantasy adventure designed to be run with any Mark of the Odd genre of

Welcome to the second news Roundup in March. I've started a little podcast as a part of Sabre, and part of what I'm aiming to do is have some short conversations with people in the indie and OSR gaming spheres. Last week I posted an interview I did with Josh McCrowell, author of His Majesty the Worm, and tomorrow there's an interview going live with Marx Shepherd of the Far Horizons Co-Op. You can find Sabre Rattlings, the podcast, on most major podcatching platforms, and th

Welcome to the first News Roundup for March. While ZineMonth is technically over, there are a number of projects that are still running that started late. The Roundup is pretty light this week; I think a lot of folks are just taking a deep breath and relaxing after a hectic month. Sivad's Sanctum has released Inn of the Red Roof , a thirteen level dungeon written for od&d. They've been posting WIP shots of this project on Bluesky for a month or so, and it looks really neat. T

Well, this is the last News Roundup in February, and ZineMonth is wrapping up, although there will be projects still running into March. I haven't really been covering specific projects (for one, there are really too many great sounding ones that would just overwhelm the Roundup), but have been trying to point to resources to help find them instead. I'd like to plug one specific project, though, that ends very soon (I believe on Tuesday): Seedling Games is raising funds for T

Anthony Zinni is raising funds for A League of Dark Few, a collection of three zines designed to help run city-based campaigns focused on secret guilds and mysteries. He was kind enough to answer some of my questions: Questions: Give us the elevator pitch of your project. Answer: City campaigns have always been tough to run. The League of Dark Few Saga is a zine series designed to help GMs run them from the perspective of a guild member, giving players a home and a reason to

Welcome to the third news Roundup for February. We're in the thick of ZineMonth, as I believe I've mentioned once or twice before? Anyway, I've been conducting and posting print interviews on the blog (you can search for them using the ZiMo26 tag ) and audio interviews that you can find on the nascent Sabre Rattlings podcast (the link is the RSS feed), all to promote ZineMonth creators. I don't know why I missed this last week, but the No ICE in Minnesota bundle is live on i