The Weekly Podcast no.315 – CoC 50th Anniversary Slipcase, Black Company Playtest, Traveler 5E and Discworld Games

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The Weekly Podcast no.314 – Ghost in the Shell RPG, Twilight Sword, Hope & Fear and Black Friday 2025

Posted on December 1, 2025 by upturnedtable

‘Ghost in the Shell Roleplaying Game’, a collaboration between Mana Project Studio and Don’t Panic Games, is based on the Production I.G. anime and Shirow Masamune manga. It is currently in the final days of its Kickstarter campaign, which has raised over $418,000, with a trade release planned for 2027. The game is set at the dawn of Section 9’s birth, specifically the Arise timeline of 2027, and utilizes a heavily modified version of the Forged in the Dark system. Its unique mechanics center around two core skill branches, Ghost (soul and mind/social and hacking) and Shell (physical prowess/gunplay and CQC), which are used for Wired Actions with six-sided dice rolls.

‘Twilight Sword RPG by 2LM’ is an adventure role-playing game being crowdfunded on BackerKit by Two Little Mice and publisher Free League. Heavily inspired by classic video games like The Legend of Zelda, Final Fantasy, and Ni No Kuni, the game is set in the world of Radia where heroes strive to bring back Hope against the scourge Vardas. The system, called Created at Twilight (CAT), is unique and d12-based, requiring players to roll under one of their eight abilities. It also incorporates a JRPG-style elemental system with a network of eight elements that interact, such as Fire beating Ice, and Thunder beating Water. The campaign has already surpassed $450,000 in its first day.

‘Daggerheart: Hope and Fear,’ the first major expansion for Critical Role’s Daggerheart RPG, scheduled for release in Summer 2026. This expansion promises a substantial amount of new content, including four new classes: the Assassin, Brawler, Warlock, and Witch, each coming with two subclass options. It also provides an extensive GM’s Toolkit with four new Campaign Frames, over 130 new Adversaries, and more than 100 new items. New mechanics include “transformations” like being cursed as a werewolf or vampire, and the expansion utilizes a new Dread Domain for Warlocks and Witches, alongside custom Fear tokens and a tracker for the GM.

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The Weekly Podcast no.313 – Rebecca Heineman, Old School Essentials 2026, Fantasy Grounds & Alchemy Free and Lankhmar Bundle

Posted on November 23, 2025November 23, 2025 by upturnedtable

Rebecca Heineman, a pioneering programmer and game designer, has passed away at age 62 from adenocarcinoma. Heralded as the ‘first-ever video game champion,’ she co-founded Interplay Productions (creators of Fallout and Wasteland) and later founded two more studios, Contraband Entertainment and Logicware. Heineman was also a trailblazer for transgender game developers, transitioning mid-career in 2003, and was honored with the Gayming Icon Award for her work and advocacy.

Old School Essentials (OSE) will have a 2026 Update, which aims to streamline the core product line of the beloved old-school RPG. Necrotic Gnome is consolidating its five existing core products into two definitive, 256-page hardcovers: the OSE Player’s Book and Referee’s Book, based on the popular Advanced Fantasy ruleset. The new books will feature a new cover design, approximately 200 new illustrations, enhanced introductory material, a glossary and index, and minor rule tweaks and optional rules (like training and XP for magic items). Crucially, the update ensures 100% compatibility with older OSE books and makes the entire core game 100% OGL-Free for long-term legal safety.

Both Fantasy Grounds and Alchemy VTT announced that their core platforms are now completely free to play. Fantasy Grounds removed its previous one-time license or recurring subscription barrier, allowing Game Masters and players to host and join unlimited games immediately. Its developer, SmiteWorks, also launched a beta for a web-based Fantasy Grounds Online Reader. Similarly, Alchemy VTT is now free with unlimited access to games, characters, game systems (“Universes”), and asset uploads, replacing its subscription with an optional “Alchemist” supporter model.

The Last Call for Lankhmar Humble Bundle from Goodman Games. This bundle focuses on the Dungeon Crawl Classics (DCC) Lankhmar setting and includes the DCC Core Rulebook, the Lankhmar Campaign Setting, and a collection of 15 distinct adventures, such as “The Greatest Thieves in Lankhmar.” Available across several pricing tiers, including a physical tier, the bundle offers a massive amount of content for the sword-and-sorcery setting, with all purchases supporting the No Kid Hungry campaign.

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The Weekly Podcast no.312 – Konflikt 47 Starter Set, Down Among the Dead, Hands of the White Wizard and DriveThruRPG Partners

Posted on November 18, 2025 by upturnedtable

Warlord Games is releasing the Konflict’47: Introductory Set in November 2025, which includes two forces (12 U.S. Fireflies and 6 Axis Stahltruppen), scenery, a battlefield map, a 68-page Field Manual, and dice for $68.00.

Free League Publishing is expanding the Pirate Borg RPG with Pirate Borg: Down Among the Dead, a 148-page hardcover expansion featuring new adventures, generators, and resources, releasing March 10, 2026, for $39.99. Limithron is releasing the Pirate Borg: Starter Set on the same date for $49.99, which contains a 60-page Player’s Guidebook, a deluxe adventure (“Trapped in the Tropics”), dice, tokens, cards, maps, and character sheets.

Free League Publishing is also releasing two new Lord of the Rings TTRPG adventure books centered on Saruman: Hands of the White Wizard (for The One Ring TTRPG) and Trials of Saruman (for The Lord of the Rings Roleplaying 5E). They share parallel content, set between 2965 and the War of the Ring. The One Ring TTRPG will also get Hobbit Tales, a compilation of five previously released Shire-set adventures, including iconic Hobbit characters.

DriveThruRPG is launching a “Partner Shipping Program” (PSP), allowing tabletop creators to sell physical inventory like dice, books, and cards directly on the platform, alongside their digital and Print-on-Demand (POD) titles.The program is currently limited to partners shipping from the U.S. to customers in the U.S. Fulfillment logistics are handled by the creator or their chosen partner.

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The Weekly Podcast no.311 – Terra Mystica, Godzilla RPG, Pinball Crawl Classics, Paizo Webstore and Paranoia Minis

Posted on November 9, 2025 by upturnedtable

Steamforged Games announced a significant price reduction (a $101/£74/€88 subsidy) for the Town Founder Pledge of the Terra Mystica Special Edition on Gamefound, lowering the price from $389 to $288, based on community feedback that the original price was too high for the full five-expansion bundle. The campaign is already highly funded.

IDW Games is releasing the first-ever tabletop RPG for the Godzilla franchise, titled Godzilla: The Roleplaying Game. It is being developed by former Warhammer legends Jervis Johnson, Mark Latham, and Gav Thorpe. The game is set in the “Kai-Sei Era” from the IDW comics and focuses on players joining G-Force to stop kaiju attacks. Notably, the system will be completely diceless, using a standard 52-card playing deck for mechanics. A Kickstarter launches in March 2026, with previews at PAX Unplugged.

Pinball Crawl Classics (Goodman Games): Goodman Games has licensed classic 1970s and 1980s pinball machine brands to create Dungeon Crawl Classics (DCC RPG) adventures. The Pinball Crawl Classics boxed set will feature five adventures based on the plots of pinball machines like Gorgar, Centaur, Swords of Fury, Embryon, and Cosmic Gunfight. The product will be offered via crowdfunding in January 2026.

New Paizo Store Launch: Paizo is launching a new e-commerce store powered by Big Commerce, replacing their proprietary system. Paizo.com will go offline at 8 a.m. Pacific on Monday, November 10th, for an expected 2-3 day transition. Users will need to reset their passwords for the new store and verify their payment methods, addresses, downloads, and Paizo Plus reward tiers after the launch.

Paranoia: Five Clones from Alpha Complex (Miniatures Wargame): A preorder announcement for a new tabletop miniatures adventure wargame based on the Paranoia RPG, titled Paranoia: Five Clones from Alpha Complex. It is described as an “uncooperative” game with procedural group play and a Solo Mode, featuring secret societies, mutant powers, and 20 scenarios. Preorders are also open for a related range of Paranoia: Miniatures.

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The Weekly Podcast No.310 – Funeral for Sigil: the WotC 3D VTT’s Life and Death

Posted on November 2, 2025 by upturnedtable

We tell the spooky story of the failed attempt at a walled garden by WotC called Sigil.

Project Sigil was a 3D Virtual Tabletop (VTT) developed by Wizards of the Coast, announced in August 2022 as part of the “One D&D” initiative and built using the Unreal Engine. It officially launched in late February 2025, aiming to provide an immersive 3D experience with detailed miniatures, customizable terrain, and cinematic spell effects, integrated with D&D Beyond accounts.However, development was permanently ended in October 2025.Users who accessed Sigil with a paid or trial Master Tier subscription between March 1, 2025, and October 23, 2025, received a six-month Master Tier credit. Customers who pre-ordered the 2024 Digital and Physical Core Rulebook Bundle and received a Sigil-exclusive Gold Dragon Digital Miniature will receive a new digital dice set as a replacement. Sigil will remain available until its servers shut down at the end of October 2026.

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The Weekly Podcast no.309 – Warhammer 5th Edition, Dragonbane: Trudvang, Pendragon Anniversary and Designers & Dragons Origins

Posted on October 26, 2025 by upturnedtable

Cubicle 7 is launching a new 5th edition of Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay (WFRP) in 2026, coinciding with the game’s 40th anniversary. The new edition, described as an “evolution, not a revolution,” will retain the D100 system and focus on standardizing rules and streamlining peripheral subsystems while maintaining backward compatibility with 4th edition supplements. Dominic McDowall, Head of Creative and Design, highlighted the intention to make the game “a little more deadly” and confirmed a new mega-campaign is in the works.

Free League Publishing announced Dragonbane: Trudvang, a new game world and setting for their Dragonbane RPG, launching on Kickstarter in early 2026. This massive setting, rooted in Nordic mythology, will feature four hardback volumes: a World Book, a Book of Heroes, Jorgi’s Bestiary, and The Black Sun epic campaign. Dragonbane: Trudvang is a licensed product from CMON and will feature art from Paul Bonner and Alvaro Tapia.

Chaosium is also celebrating the 40th anniversary of Pendragon with a Kickstarter for a Pendragon Classic Edition deluxe boxed set. This faithful recreation of the 1st edition includes the original 1985 cover art, a Player Book, a Gamemaster book, a map, play aids, and pregenerated character sheets. The campaign also offers expansions like The Pendragon Campaign, The Grey Knight, and Tournament of Dreams.

Evil Hat Productions has a Kickstarter for Designers & Dragons: Origins, a four-volume set by historian Shannon Appelcline. This new series chronicles the history of over 300 products released by TSR for Original D&D, Advanced D&D 1e, and Basic D&D from 1971 to 1995. The ~1400-page set will be released as a deluxe hardcover box set with full-color interiors, ribbon bookmarks, and a custom slipcase, with a projected delivery date of July 2026. Due to shipping complexities, physical books will only be shipped to the USA, with international backers offered PDF, ePub, and print-on-demand options.

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The Weekly Podcast no.308 – Defiance Games, Warmachine Core Book, Avatar Legends Bundle and Epic Warpath Digital

Posted on October 19, 2025 by upturnedtable

Wargames Atlantic’s CEO, Hudson Adams, has revealed his true identity as Tony Reidy, a figure previously associated with two troubled miniature wargames companies, Wargames Factory and Defiance Games. Reidy founded Wargames Factory in 2007/8 with the goal of producing hard plastic figures faster and cheaper using an all-digital tooling process. However, the company faced numerous challenges, including quality issues, delays, and a problematic deal with a Chinese factory owner who eventually took control and rebranded the company. After years of working to pay down debts and process the past, Reidy, under the new identity of Hudson Adams, founded Wargames Atlantic in 2018. His motivation was to build a successful company and, eventually, to make good on the failed Defiance Games Kickstarter. Now, after six years of Wargames Atlantic’s operation, Reidy has announced that the company is in a position to refund the original Defiance Games Kickstarter backers.

Steamforged Games is releasing a new Warmachine Core Book, available for pre-order at $44.99 and releasing on December 11, 2025. This 140+ page hardback includes rules, lore, and artwork for the Iron Kingdoms setting. There are also free Quick Start Guides, Rules-Only PDFs, and a Warmachine App available.

The Avatar Legends 20th Anniversary Humble Bundle offers physical items for the Avatar Legends RPG, including a starter set, dice pack, cloth map, dice bag, GM screen, and journal pack for $49. The bundle celebrates the 20th anniversary of Avatar: The Last Airbender and benefits charity.

Mantic Digital has announced an upcoming Digital Campaign for Epic Warpath, revealing that STL files for core troops will now be available to backers. Previous STL backers will receive a special discounted bundle for extra files at £5/army. The Warpath Universe is a sci-fi setting where factions battle across galaxies, and this digital STL campaign aims to empower players to build and print their armies at a grand scale.

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The Weekly Podcast no.307 – Vast Grimm, StarCraft Wargame, Starfinder: Afterlight and Troika Bundle

Posted on October 12, 2025 by upturnedtable

Vast Grimm is a dying universe RPG that offers players a chance to explore. Creator Brian Colin has relaunched the game as a Kickstarter, “Vast Grimm – Escaping Stasis,” which expands the universe and refines the rules. Colin has taken full control of the game, allowing him to directly print and mail books to fans. The new campaign offers modular rules, breaking the core book into a Player and Game Master’s guide, and includes an “Upgrade Toolkit” for all supporters. Colin also discusses his decision to handle printing in-house to combat market instability and maintain control over his projects. He sees a bright future for the MORK BORG family, with a supportive community and continued expansion into card and miniatures games.

Archon Studios has begun revealing models for its upcoming Starcraft tabletop miniatures game with initial photographs showing hydralisks, zerglings, and Terran marines. The miniatures are faithful translations of the iconic Blizzard designs, with details like winged raptor strain zerglings and burrowing markers. While details remain tentative, the game is expected to release in early 2026, featuring battles on a standard dinner table-sized board with model counts similar to Warhammer 40k. Playtest sessions have been conducted at Blizzard studios, and there’s speculation about starter set contents being cast in colored plastic. The article also touches on the historical connection between Starcraft and Warhammer 40k.

Starfinder: Afterlight is a single-player, party-based cRPG set in Paizo’s sci-fi/fantasy universe, described as “Divinity: Original Sin meets Guardians of the Galaxy.” The game, developed by Epictellers, features a branching narrative where choices have lasting consequences. Players assemble a crew of unique companions, master tactical turn-based combat, and explore key Starfinder locales. The game is privately funded, with Kickstarter goals focused on enhancing content and features. Early Access for PC is planned for Q2 2026, with a full release estimated for 2027.

The Welcome to Troika Bundle by Melsonia Arts Council offers a core rulebook and five adventure/setting books, providing a months-long campaign for players to explore the city of Troika and various adventures. The bundle uses the Advanced Fighting Fantasy system and includes scenarios like exploring a wizard’s warehouse, being hired by a plant king, and escaping a demi-god.

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The Weekly Podcast no.306 – Gygax Memorial, Melsonian Shift, Of Oil and Iron and Kings of War 4E

Posted on October 6, 2025 by upturnedtable

The Gygax Memorial Fund is launching a Kickstarter on October 1st, 2025, to raise $150,000 for a memorial game table in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, honoring Gary Gygax, one of the co-creators of Dungeons & Dragons. The memorial will feature a bronze map of Gygax’s first ever D&D dungeon level, scaled for use with miniatures. Higher pledge levels include a bronze ‘throne’ and a statue of Gary Gygax himself. The Gygax Memorial Fund, Inc., a non-profit organization founded by Gary’s widow, Gail Gygax, received land for the memorial in 2024, during the 50th anniversary year of the game.

Melsonian Arts Council (creators of Troika and Longshot City) has announced a move away from crowdfunding platforms to a pre-order system on their website. They describe the Kickstarter/Backerkit/ETC experience as stressful, excessively time consuming, and broadly demoralising, hindering their goal of making books faster. This DIY Crowdfunding approach, starting September 4, 2025, aims to crowdfund our own books, on our own shop, on our own schedule. They view modern crowdfunding as glorified pre-orders and state they will absolutely still make these books if we don’t hit our funding goal. Pre-ordered books are cheaper! and supporters may receive fancy extras. The first two projects, Witch-War to the Vale of Forbiddiction and Beyond and The Perilous Pear & Plum Pies of Pudwick, are expected to ship around January 2026.

Of Oil and Iron is a 3D-printable, Print-and Play dieselpunk mecha skirmish wargame set in the war-torn, resource-starved Smoglands where towering Rig-manufacturing corporations have grown so vast, they’ve swallowed the nations that once governed them. Scott, the solo developer behind this project, has poured his heart into sculpting miniatures, writing lore, and designing mechanics. This Kickstarter is digital only, providing resin pre-supported 3D files in both 15mm and 32mm scale. Players Build Your Rigs by choosing from Light, Medium, Heavy, Colossal chassis and customize them with weapons and equipment. The game features Rig Control Terminal, Weapon Cards and Equipment Cards, and mechanics like Manage Your Engine Heat and React and Counter. The digital rulebook offers Core Rules, Lore about the Smoglands, Lore and rules for each faction, Short stories, and a Campaign system. Backers will receive access to the beta version of the rules.

Kings of War 4th Edition, with rules written by Alessio Cavatore, is set to launch in December 2025. The primary goals are refine and modernise the rules, introduce new tactical depth, and improve clarity. To enhance Clarity and Accessibility, the rulebook is split into core rules and advanced rules. Streamlining and Standardisation efforts include changes to Unit Sizes (Large Infantry and Cavalry now use Troops and Regiments), Hero Bases (all Infantry, Heavy Infantry, and Cavalry Heroes now use 40mm or 50mm bases), and a Single Nerve Value. Traits Replace Keywords for clearer and more meaningful interactions. Unit Positioning now uses a defined centre-point and facing-points. Special Rules and Hero Behaviour have been updated, and extensive Playtesting and Community Feedback have shaped the new edition.

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