Menagerie Press Dispatch: 5E — Saturday, November 14, 2026

Posted on November 14, 2026 by TWMB

Top of the day: A fairly quiet Saturday, with the countdown to D&D’s World of Warcraft crossover doing most of the talking: the species previews wrapped with the Worgen, and subclasses are up next. Elsewhere, Paizo’s 13 Omens Kickstarter unlocked a Pathfinder crossover zine in its final stretch, and Paizo pushed back on AI-art claims around its new Feybound book.

News

Wizards of the Coast: World of Warcraft species previews wrap with the Worgen — The latest deep dive covers the werewolf Worgen, whose Darkflight transformation grants temporary hit points, extra speed and necrotic resistance; it’s the last new species, with subclass previews coming next. An earlier look at the fox-like Vulpera drew grumbles that their traits run on the weak side. (EN World)
Wizards of the Coast: World of Warcraft book and Map Pack land Tuesday — The Icecrown Citadel adventure map pack arrives November 17 alongside the World of Warcraft sourcebook, at $29.99 physical and $19.99 digital. (Dungeons & Dragons Fanatics)
Sideshow: Astarion statue and art print go up for pre-order — A 1:6 scale Baldur’s Gate 3 Astarion statue runs $315 and is expected to ship mid-2027, while “Astarion: The Pale Elf” print is limited to 300 copies, from $95 unframed to $375 for the aluminum edition. (Dungeons & Dragons Fanatics)

Crowdfunding

Paizo: 13 Omens Kickstarter unlocks a Pathfinder crossover zine — The “13 Lost Omens” stretch goal adds a 13 Omens bestiary with Pathfinder 2E stats and a Golarion adventure by Thurston Hillman; the horror RPG’s campaign has passed $410,000 with about two days left, and fulfillment is planned for May 2027. (EN World)

Community & Gossip

Paizo: AI-art claims over Feybound denied — A Reddit thread flagged suspected AI artifacts in a map from the new Pathfinder 2E book Feybound; Paizo says the artist denies using AI, its contracts ban AI art, and the oddities came from layers being flattened during layout. (EN World)

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Menagerie Press Dispatch: Organized Play — Saturday, November 14, 2026

Posted on November 14, 2026 by TWMB

Top of the day: D&D’s new-look organized play is in full swing, with stores now running weekly D&D Encounters sessions of Deadmines Dungeon ahead of the World of Warcraft book’s wide release on Tuesday. Paizo’s November Organized Play update sanctions Feybound and Vaultlines for Pathfinder Society and sets the next Starfinder Society scenario for December 2. A fairly quiet day otherwise.

News

D&D Encounters: Deadmines Dungeon weekly play is live — The Season of Champions weekly sessions began November 11 and run through January 3, 2027. Store Celebration events continue through November 29, and characters go from level 3 to level 4 over four sessions of about two hours each. (Wizards Play Network)
D&D Encounters: World of Warcraft hits shelves Tuesday — The season’s anchor book, D&D: World of Warcraft, gets its wide release on November 17. Stores that signed up early got physical kits with season d20s for players and Alliance/Horde pins for DMs. (Wizards Play Network)
D&D Event Finder goes multilingual — The official D&D Event Finder now works in French, Italian, German, Spanish and Polish, which makes it easier to find tables outside the English-speaking world. (GeekNative)
Pathfinder Society: Feybound and Vaultlines sanctioned — Paizo’s November Organized Play update says both are now legal for Society play. Feybound options are on the Character Options page, and Vaultlines Chronicle Sheets are on its product page. (Paizo)
Starfinder Society: #2-09 Nyori Nightlife dated — The next Starfinder Society scenario releases December 2 and can be run at events from that day. (Paizo)
Pathfinder & Starfinder Society: PAX Unplugged plans — Society tables and 13 Omens stories will run in room 109B of the RPG Zone at PAX Unplugged, December 4–6 in Philadelphia. Warhorn signups open soon. (Paizo)

Crowdfunding

13 Omens: Pathfinder crossover zine unlocked — Paizo’s 13 Omens campaign passed $350,000, unlocking a crossover zine with a bestiary of 13 Omens creatures statted for PF2 and a new story set in Golarion. 13 Omens games are also on the PAX Unplugged organized play schedule. (Paizo)

Community & Gossip

Pathfinder & Starfinder Society: Atlanta lodge shares its numbers — AtlantaPFS’s weekly update reports Pathfinder Society tables down 29% and Starfinder Society tables up 56% from Q2 to Q3. The post says plainly that “this community isn’t going anywhere,” and also that the volunteer team is stretched thin. (AtlantaPFS)
Starfinder Society: virtual tables move to Foundry — Atlanta’s online Starfinder Society games are moving to Foundry VTT one game at a time while Fantasy Grounds works on a memory-leak patch. The next virtual game is Monday, November 16. (AtlantaPFS)

Ins & Outs

Pathfinder Society: GM and volunteer honors — Andreas Forster receives a Campaign Service Coin, and Bryan Yuen reaches 5th-rank GM (5th Glyph) in Pathfinder Society. (Paizo)
Paradox Interactive: new CEO ahead — Mattias Lilja will become Paradox CEO in January 2027. Paradox owns World of Darkness, home of Vampire: The Masquerade. (GeekNative)

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Menagerie Press Dispatch: International — Saturday, November 14, 2026

Posted on November 14, 2026 by TWMB

Top of the day: Tokyo’s TRPG Summit fills Ikebukuro’s Sunshine City today, with Hobby Japan due to show the first key art for its newly announced Witch Hat Atelier tabletop game. KADOKAWA’s death-themed indie-flavored RPG Imawano Waltz lands November 20, and Cubicle 7 has kicked off a year of Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 40th-anniversary deals. In France, the tarot-driven Dernières Volontés closes its campaign tomorrow, well past its goal.

News

[Japan] TRPG Summit 2026 in Ikebukuro — Today, 11:00–17:00 at Sunshine City Exhibition Hall D, roughly 130 exhibitor circles sell scenario books, goods, music and art, with two ticketed stage programs; general entry is ¥1,000. Source in Japanese. (Ikebukuro Park Info)
[Japan] KADOKAWA: 『イマワノワルツ』 (Imawano Waltz) out November 20 — A new standalone RPG built around characters facing death (translation of the premise approximate) from Sugano Tasuku, creator of Monotone Museum RPG; ¥2,750 for a 356-page B6 book, with an e-book the same day. Source in Japanese. (roleplaying.jp)
[Japan] Hobby Japan: 『とんがり帽子のアトリエTRPG』(仮) (Witch Hat Atelier TRPG, working title) — A tabletop RPG of Kamome Shirahama’s manga is set for 2027; the teaser site opened November 12 and the key art debuts at today’s TRPG Summit. Price and system are not yet announced. Source in Japanese. (TRPG JAPAN)
[Japan] KADOKAWA / Group SNE: Sword World 2.5 『白き神域ニーフェルギ』 (The White Sanctuary of Niefergi) — A 148-page B5 supplement for ¥3,850, also out November 20 in print and digital; it needs Rulebooks I–III (title translation approximate). Source in Japanese. (roleplaying.jp)
[UK] Cubicle 7: Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay turns 40 — The anniversary year runs to November 2027, opening with a $25 Humble Bundle of 4th Edition PDFs and 40% off more than 100 4th Edition titles, which stay compatible with the newly launched 5th Edition. (Frontline Gaming)
[UK] Cubicle 7: Warhammer: The Old World RPG Starter Set hits retail November 25 — The boxed starter with maps, tokens, dice, pregens and the adventure “The Hand That Feeds” is $39.99 after slipping from an earlier date. (ICv2)

Crowdfunding

[France] Dendrobat Prod.: Dernières Volontés (Last Wishes) ends tomorrow — A semi-shared-narration RPG for 3–5 players driven by tarot cards, with one-shots across seven settings; it sits around €3,500 (about 176% of goal) on Game On Tabletop, closing November 15, with the physical book at €29. Source in French. (Game On Tabletop)
[France] Black Book Editions: Shadowrun Anarchy 2.0 “Over the Edge” — Two bilingual French/English books (a rules companion with technomancers and insect spirits, plus an adventure book) are on Kickstarter until November 20. Source in French. (Le Fix)
[France] French translations on Ulule: Pumpkin Spice and Chorogaiden — Studio Agate’s indie label is funding a French edition of Pumpkin Spice until December 4, and Coyote Tale brings Chorogaiden, a J-horror indie in the vein of Ringu and Junji Ito, to French until December 11. Source in French. (Le Fix)
[Brazil] Dungeon Crawl Classics returns to Brazil — A new Portuguese-language edition funded on Catarse within days, at 103% with 131 backers and about two months still to run. Source in Portuguese. (Mesa de RPG)
[Brazil] Legend in the Mist heads to Brazil — The Portuguese edition of the ENNIE-winning game is at 72% with 259 backers on Catarse, with about four weeks left. Source in Portuguese. (Mesa de RPG)
[Brazil] 101 Games: Heranças de Cthulhu 2E (Legacies of Cthulhu 2E) closes today — The solo horror book reached roughly R$36,500, around 243% of goal, ahead of its final day on Catarse; the hardcover is R$120. Source in Portuguese. (Mesa de RPG)
[Brazil] Sob a Sombra dos Chifres, 2nd ed. (Under the Shadow of the Horns) — A solo dark-fantasy RPG’s second edition is funded at 147% on Catarse with nearly two months to go. Source in Portuguese. (Mesa de RPG)

Community & Gossip

[France] Odonata pulls its Notre Ombre campaign — The publisher stopped the live crowdfunding, calling the offer too ambitious for the current economy, and plans to return in a few months with a slimmer one; a free 58-page discovery kit stays up. Source in French. (Le Fix)
[France] Wyrd Festival’s first edition gets good reviews — A recap of the new convention at Cité Fertile in Pantin calls the debut a success. Source in French. (D1000 & D100)

Ins & Outs

[France] Tributes to Pierre Rosenthal continue — The designer of Simulacres and longtime Casus Belli editor died November 4 at 65, and the French scene is still sharing memories of him. Source in French. (Le Fix)
[Japan] CCFOLIA moves onto Nintendo Switch 2 — Japan’s go-to online play platform released a Switch 2 edition on November 10, bundling more than 40 TRPG and murder-mystery titles. Source in Japanese. (roleplaying.jp)

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Menagerie Press Dispatch: US Indie & OSR — Saturday, November 14, 2026

Posted on November 14, 2026 by TWMB

Top of the day: A quiet stretch for the scene. Mothership’s new zine adventure Awaiting the Burning Gods hit store shelves, and Tuesday Knight Games’ Warden’s Club for public-game GMs is now running. Over on crowdfunding, Shadowdark gets a big undead bestiary from Jeff Stevens Games, and Portland’s Blackleaf second edition has blown past its tiny goal, though overall Kickstarter activity is down sharply this week.

News

Tuesday Knight Games: Awaiting the Burning Gods reaches stores — The new Mothership adventure is a $25 softcover zine that comes bundled with a bonus zine, The Smuggler’s Guide to 1365. (EN World)
Arc Dream: Delta Green: The Millennium in print — The same roundup lists the $69.99 Delta Green book alongside Under the Shadow of the Noon-Day Witch ($34.99 hardcover) for Sickest Witch. (EN World)
Tuesday Knight Games: Warden’s Club opens for Mothership Month — Starting November 10, GMs who run public Mothership games can log them for prizes and a members-only adventure, Machines of Loving Grace, with logging open through October 31, 2027. Mothership Select picks follow on November 20, and the Jump-9 Writers Grant names its three $9,000 finalists on November 30. (Tuesday Knight Games)

Crowdfunding

Jeff Stevens Games: Book of the Dead & Damned for Shadowdark funds — More than 90 undead, lycanthropes, mummies and oozes, plus nine short adventures and magic items, at $12 for the PDF or $20 with a hardcover print code. It runs to December 10, with delivery planned for April 2027. (The Gaming Gang)
Izegrim Creations: Blackleaf second edition soars past its goal — Rod Waibel’s Portland-made AD&D 2e rebuild, with optional ascending AC, has raised over £12,500 against a £373 goal and unlocked offset-printed hardcovers. It closes November 19, with digital pledges around $25 and physical around $120. (Geek Native)
Spellbound: The Arathusa Dispatch Adventure Collection for Mothership — A new third-party Mothership collection joins this week’s Kickstarter slate, next to rivethead games’ Rife Assemblage: Farewell to Arms REDUX for Mörk Borg. (Geek Native)

Community & Gossip

Limithron: Pirate Borg studio branching out (rumor) — An unconfirmed post in EN World’s OSR roundup says Limithron is working on a Shadowdark adventure, with Pirate Borg and Mörk Borg ports for Patreon backers, and has surveyed fans about non-Pirate Borg projects. The same post puts the Dark Caribbean sourcebook in 2028. (EN World)

Ins & Outs

Out: big Kickstarter weeks — Geek Native’s weekly crowdfunding heat score fell to 95, about 47% below its ten-week average, a notably slow week for tabletop launches. (Geek Native)
In: creator programs over megacampaigns — Mothership Month skipped the big crowdfunding push this year, after raising over $1M in 2024 and over $850K in 2025, in favor of fulfillment catch-up, grants and GM rewards. (TTRPG Insider)

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Menagerie Press Dispatch: Organized Play — Friday, November 13, 2026

Posted on November 13, 2026 by TWMB

Top of the day: Paizo’s November Organized Play update puts a new Starfinder Society scenario on the calendar for December 2 and adds two fresh Pathfinder Society sanctions, Feybound and the Vaultlines Adventure Path. On the D&D side, players are still grumbling about the World of Warcraft options headed into Adventurers League and Legends of Greyhawk, while U-Con in Michigan runs both D&D campaigns this weekend. Overall it was a calm week, and in Organized Play a calm week usually means things are working.

News

Pathfinder & Starfinder Society, November update. Starfinder Society #2-09: Nyori Nightlife arrives December 2. Pathfinder Society now sanctions Pathfinder Feybound (into the First World) and the Vaultlines Adventure Path (down into the Darklands). (Paizo)
Pathfinder Society GM milestones. Bryan Yuen reached the 5th Glyph GM rank, and Andreas Forster received a Campaign Service Coin for his service to the community. (Paizo)
Paizo Printables: Creep Season. Season 3 of the standalone two-to-three-hour adventures that count for Pathfinder Society starts this month. It opens with The Road Less Traveled, about a Taldan town cut off when its only bridge washes out. Starfinder Society #2-08: Murder on the Tourmaline Comet is this month’s whodunit aboard a luxury starliner. (Paizo)
D&D Adventurers League & Legends of Greyhawk: World of Warcraft options. Five subclasses, five feats, five Battle Master maneuvers and the Goblin species from D&D: World of Warcraft are now legal in both campaigns. A November 4 clarification says WoW is not a playable AL setting and that WoW adventures won’t be adapted. Updated Player’s, DM’s and Dungeoncraft guides are due in early December. (D&D Beyond)
U-Con runs both D&D campaigns this weekend. U-Con in Ypsilanti, Michigan (November 13–15) offers Adventurers League Tiers 1–4 with a multi-table Epic on Saturday night, plus Legends of Greyhawk on the 2024 rules. (U-Con)

Crowdfunding

13 Omens meets Pathfinder. The 13 Omens campaign unlocked a Lost Omens crossover zine at $350,000. The zine gives 13 Omens creatures Pathfinder Second Edition stats and adds a new Golarion story, The Mosswater Slaughter. 13 Omens stories will also share Paizo’s Organized Play room at PAX Unplugged. (Paizo)

Community & Gossip

WoW in Adventurers League: the comment-section verdict. Comments on the D&D Beyond announcement lean skeptical. Some players say they’re unimpressed or would rather just play WoW, and a few DMs say they’ll ban the options at their own tables. Others point out that the goblin and most of the subclasses are basically updated reprints. Rumor: an unconfirmed forum claim says the options were added to sell books. Keep in mind that Organized Play crowds complain louder than they praise, so a split reaction to an options list is par for the course. (D&D Beyond)
Pathfinder Society: no news is good news. The November update has no rules shake-ups and no season drama, just releases, sanctions and shout-outs to volunteers. For a program this size, a month this uneventful is a healthy sign. (Paizo)

Ins & Outs

In: PAX Unplugged. Pathfinder and Starfinder Society tables, plus 13 Omens stories, run in room 109B of the RPG Zone at PAX Unplugged, December 4–6 in Philadelphia. Warhorn signups open soon. (Paizo, PhillyVoice)
In: A UK Adventurers League weekend. The Mug and Meeple in Gravesend, Kent, hosts Adventurers League play on November 21 and 22, with tickets listed at £10.80. (Mug and Meeple)
Out: World of Warcraft as an AL setting. Adventurers League settings stay Forgotten Realms, Eberron, Ravenloft and Dragonlance, and Greyhawk remains exclusive to Legends of Greyhawk. (D&D Beyond)

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Menagerie Press Dispatch: 5E — Friday, November 13, 2026

Posted on November 13, 2026 by TWMB

Top of the day: D&D: World of Warcraft is four days from its global launch on November 17, and North American stores that missed early access because of shipping delays should catch up by then. The Stranger Things D&D boxed set picked up a Toy of the Year nomination, and three big 5E crowdfunding campaigns from Ghostfire Gaming, Chris Metzen’s Warchief Gaming, and Luke Gygax all close next week. Otherwise it’s a fairly quiet news day.

News

D&D: World of Warcraft goes wide November 17. Some North American stores didn’t get the book by the November 3 early-access date, and the Horde and Alliance miniature packs were hit hardest. Wizards blamed an unforeseen shipment delay and expects wide availability around the November 17 global release. Digital copies and stores outside North America weren’t affected. (EN World, Wargamer)
Stranger Things D&D set up for Toy of the Year. Hasbro’s Welcome to the Hellfire Club boxed set is one of seven nominees in the Kidult category of the 2027 Toy of the Year Awards, and it’s the only TTRPG on the list. Winners are announced in February in New York. (EN World)
Level Up previews the pactweaver. EN Publishing showed off its new spirit-binding caster class from Secrets of the Tome for Level Up Advanced 5E. It comes with five subclasses and more than 100 spirits, and the book is listed for November 17. (EN World)
On the print shelf. This week’s print roundup includes the Dungeon Crawler Carl RPG Royal Court Edition core book ($65) and a $127 deluxe reprint of the Root RPG, plus new releases for Mothership and Delta Green. (EN World)

Crowdfunding

Last call for 5E backers. Three D&D-compatible campaigns end next week. Ghostfire Gaming’s Seekers Guide to Dreaded Demigods, a 250-page book that closes its Seeker’s Guide trilogy, ends November 19 (popular pledge $65). Gooey Cube and Luke Gygax’s Temple of Inquinatious Evil also ends November 19 (5E/5.5E plus OSE). Chris Metzen’s 5.5E campaign Auroboros: Dissension from Warchief Gaming ends November 20 (popular pledge $95). (EN World)
13 Omens passes $410K. Paizo’s horror game unlocked a “13 Lost Omens” crossover zine for Pathfinder 2E with about two days to go. Fulfillment is targeted for May 2027. (EN World)

Community & Gossip

Paizo pushes back on AI-art claims. Redditors on the Pathfinder 2E subreddit flagged what they said looked like AI artifacts in a map from the new Feybound book. Paizo says the artist denies using AI and that the company doesn’t use AI art. It’s the latest round in an AI-scrutiny debate that keeps coming up across publishers. (EN World)
The verdict on Warcraft is mixed but warm. Wargamer gave it a 7/10, calling the mechanics mostly excellent but the book poorly organized and not friendly to newcomers. Azeroth itself doesn’t show up until chapter five. (Wargamer)

Ins & Outs

In at Wizards. Lyla Fujiwara has joined the D&D team as Senior Game Designer, as reported in last week’s industry digest. (EN World)

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Menagerie Press Dispatch: International — Friday, November 13, 2026

Posted on November 13, 2026 by TWMB

Top of the day: Japan leads with a dark one: KADOKAWA’s Imawa no Waltz, a horror TRPG set at the moment of death, lands November 20, while Hobby Japan confirms a Witch Hat Atelier TRPG for 2027. In China, the dark-fantasy crowdfunder Night Fall has blown past its goal more than a hundred times over, and in France, Shadowrun: Anarchy 2.0 keeps climbing past €160,000.

News

[Japan] Imawa no Waltz (イマワノワルツ) — A new standalone horror TRPG from Sugano Tasuku (creator of Monotone Museum RPG), where every scenario plays out at the moment of death: death games, last nights, the end of the world. B6, 356 pages, ¥2,750, print and digital on Nov 20 from KADOKAWA; title translates roughly as “Waltz at Death’s Door” (translation approximate; Japanese source). (Roleplaying.jp)
[Japan] Witch Hat Atelier TRPG (とんがり帽子のアトリエTRPG, working title) — Hobby Japan is adapting Kamome Shirahama’s manga as a TRPG for 2027, with a teaser site live and the key visual debuting at TRPG Summit on Nov 14. No price, designers or system yet (Japanese source). (TRPG Japan)
[Japan] Sword World 2.5: “Nifelgi, the White Divine Realm” (白き神域ニーフェルギ) — Group SNE’s new supplement covers a land of endless winter, adding Witch and Vital Smith skills, Sasquatch and Lune races, four scenarios and 50+ monsters. B5, 148 pages, ¥3,850, out Nov 20 (place name reading approximate; Japanese source). (Roleplaying.jp)
[Ireland] Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay turns 40 — Cubicle 7 kicked off a year-long anniversary with a Humble Bundle of 23 fourth-edition PDFs (pay $25 for the full tier) supporting an Irish children’s health charity, plus 40% off 100+ WFRP products; future news shifts to 5th edition. (Graphic Policy)
[Italy] Need Games’ Lucca releases ship Nov 16 — Italian editions of MÖRK BORG Corona di Sale (€34.90), Il Culto di MÖRK BORG: Heretic (€24.90), WFRP’s Dwarf player’s guide, and new Wrath & Glory, Soulbound and Coriolis books start shipping after logistics delays (Italian source). (Need Games)
[Sweden] Vampire: The Masquerade Alpha 2.0 — Paradox’s White Wolf opened a second free alpha for the new edition, bringing back Hunger Dice, splitting Health and Vitae, and adding the Tzimisce; feedback closes Dec 2. (Tabletop Sentinel)
[Japan] Second TRPG Summit is tomorrow — Saturday Nov 14 in Ikebukuro, Tokyo (Sunshine City Hall D), 11:00–17:00, presented with CCFOLIA; general tickets ¥1,000. Expect more announcements from the stage (Japanese source). (TRPG Summit)

Crowdfunding

[China] Night Fall (夜陨) — A dark-fantasy TRPG built on D&D 5E rules by creator Luo Sini (罗丝妮) has raised ¥109,523 from 105 backers against a ¥1,000 goal on Modian; the core book is ¥258, and early bird ended Nov 12. Runs to Dec 10 (title translation approximate; Chinese source). (Modian)
[France] Shadowrun: Anarchy 2.0 – Over the Edge — Black Book Éditions’ bilingual French/English edition, designed in France, sits at €162,223 from 1,755 backers on a €10,000 goal, closing Nov 19 (French source). (Le Fix)
[Brazil] Legend in the Mist in Portuguese — Jambô and RetroPunk’s Catarse campaign is at R$148,042 of R$235,000 (62%); tiers start at R$149 digital, early bird ends Nov 15 and the campaign runs to Dec 11 (Portuguese source). (Mesa de RPG)
[Brazil] Dragonbane: Livro da Magia and Arkand — Tria Editora’s Portuguese editions of Free League’s books hit 439% of goal (R$87,952) on Catarse, running to Jan 7 (Portuguese source). (Mesa de RPG)

Community & Gossip

[France] Farewell to Pierre Rosenthal — French roleplayers are remembering the Casus Belli veteran and Simulacres designer, who died Nov 4 at 65; he famously registered the word “rôliste” so no one could claim it commercially (French source). (Le Fix)
[Japan] Free BGM, now with TRPG rules — Music site OpenTracks (formerly DOVA-SYNDROME) set terms for TRPG use: paid sessions, streams and replays are fine, but bundling tracks into scenario packages is not, which matters for Japan’s big replay-video scene (Japanese source). (TRPG Japan)

Ins & Outs

[Brazil] In: Karen Soarele joins Tormenta’s creators — The Tormenta team grows to six, with Soarele credited as the setting’s first woman creator; Mares de Arton, a seas-and-pirates book, heads to the next crowdfunder (Portuguese source). (Mesa de RPG)
[Brazil] Jambô is hiring — The Porto Alegre publisher is adding in-house graphic design and admin staff (Portuguese source). (Mesa de RPG)
[Japan] Japanese map tools go English — Roleplaying.jp’s free Tools!RPG map makers (world, city, building, game board) now have English interfaces, with six more tools to follow (Japanese source). (Roleplaying.jp)
[France] Dungeons & Kittens heads to the BBC — The animated series based on Studio Deadcrows’ Donjons & Chatons debuted on Swiss TV, with France Télévisions later this year and the BBC in early 2027. (Tabletop Sentinel)

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Menagerie Press Dispatch: US Indie & OSR — Friday, November 13, 2026

Posted on November 13, 2026 by TWMB

Top of the day: A quiet stretch for the US indie and OSR scene. The biggest news is on the shelf: a new Mothership tomb-crawl just reached US retail for $25. A Philadelphia studio is bringing an OSR/NSR-flavored alien-ruins game to BackerKit this month, and people are still talking about how Grimwild’s players rebuilt the game after its designer went silent.

News

Awaiting the Burning Gods (Mothership): This 44-page Mothership 1e short campaign is a sci-fi tomb-crawl, sold as a $25 softcover zine through Tuesday Knight Games’ store. For a limited time it comes with a 48-page bonus zine, The Smuggler’s Guide to 1365. It made this week’s retail print roundup. (EN World, Tuesday Knight Games)
Under the Shadow of the Noon-Day Witch (Sickest Witch): Severed Books’ new $34.99 hardcover takes the grimdark game into a fading Slavic duchy gripped by witch trials. It’s listed in the same retail roundup. (EN World)

Crowdfunding

ULTRADELVE (Stillfleet Studio, Philadelphia): This new Grit System game is about gig-economy “Delvers” picking through alien Structures, with a nod to Roadside Picnic and Annihilation. The book has four classes, five ready-to-play Biomes, and OSR/NSR-style tables in place of lore. It’s coming to BackerKit this November as a PDF or softcover, along with the first issue of DELVER Magazine. (Rascal)

Community & Gossip

itch.io’s “slop” problem: itch.io is treating the recent flood of low-effort uploads as a spam problem, not a generative-AI one. It has added filters for users and stopped short of banning AI-made games. The decision is still a live topic among the indie creators who sell zines and games there. (Rascal)

Ins & Outs

Grimwild goes community-run: Grimwild won a Gold ENnie, but designer J.D. Maxwell went silent in mid-2025. Because the text was released under CC BY 4.0, players have now rebuilt it as a free Community Edition. The new edition adds five classes and softens the lethality. It’s on itch.io and RPG Trader but not DriveThruRPG, and an at-cost print option is under discussion. (Rascal, EN World)

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Wrath of the Rat-God for Shadowdark RPG

Posted on June 8, 2025 by TWMB

When the local tavern’s floor collapses, an rattish underworld is revealed. The Dark Priest of Ul-Gol sacrificed many of his acolytes to bring his god’s wrath upon the upworlders and now plans bloody butchery of man and elf.

For Shadowdark RPG, level 1-3 crawlers.

Available here: https://legacy.drivethrurpg.com/product/497797/Wrath-of-the-RatGod-for-Shadowdark-RPG?affiliate_id=14013

Sacred Wings Monastery for Shadowdark RPG

Posted on June 7, 2025 by TWMB

Sacred Wings Monastery is an adventure for low-to-medium-level characters in Shadowdark RPG and other d20 systems like Dungeons & Dragons. The adventure briefly outlines a nearby community, relevant NPCs, and detailed maps and location keys for the monastery’s upper and lower levels. The adventure is also designed to be highly modular – the game master can modify everything in here.

For Shadowdark RPG, level 1-3 crawlers.

Sacred Wings Monastery is an independent product published under the Shadowdark RPG Third-Party License and is not affiliated with The Arcane Library, LLC. Shadowdark RPG © 2023 The Arcane Library, LLC.

Available here : https://legacy.drivethrurpg.com/product/497798/Sacred-Wings-Monastery-for-Shadowdark-RPG?affiliate_id=14013