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Stewpot: Tales from a Fantasy Tavern
Stewpot: Tales from a Fantasy Tavern is a collection of small games for groups of three or more players. You play a retired adventurer running a tavern and settling down in a town. Put down the sword and pick up the ladle.
Fragged Nexus - A companion app for Fragged Empire ttRPG
Browser-based character management system for Fragged Empire ttRPG. Character and item creation, progression, damage and equipment tracking, homebrew support and native import-export functionality to integrate with other VTT systems (especially Foundry).
Calendar of Many Adventures 2025
The Calendar of Many Adventures 2025 is a wall calendar with 12 playable battle maps and a month per page view calendar. It also has 12 full 5E PDF adventures written for the maps! And you get a digital copy of all the maps to play online.
Playing God: A TTRPG of Gods, Creation, Titans, and Deicide
An original tabletop roleplaying game inspired by real-world and fantasy mythologies. Take the role of one or more gods in a campaign setting you build as you play! It works with or without a GM and with any number of players, even solo play!
The King's Poisoner
The King's Poisoner is a thrilling pick-up-and-play tabletop roleplaying game of court intrigue, romance and murder. With no prep or games master required, 3–8 players can open the box and create a memorable experience in 1–2 hours!
Distal, a merciless d20 fantasy RPG
Distal is a d20 fantasy RPG where the battles scar you, your decisions define you, and each triumph is earned. If you love building characters you can get attached to, or are a GM wanting more meaningful stakes at the table, you'll dig Distal.
Restless Encounters - TTRPG Encounter Ideas For A Night's Watch
The party makes camp, sets their watches, then you as the GM roll a random encounter... what happens? With this deck of encounter ideas, each of the 50+ cards has a detailed encounter idea more interesting than 'you hear 1d4 giant rats in the corner'.
5 Massive RPG Battlemap Books (Fantasy, Sci-Fi & Cyberpunk)
Elevate your RPG and miniature gaming nights with our 5 Massive Battlemap Books to choose from. Available in printed form with a Massive A2 Size map book to display on your gaming table and used with miniatures. FoundryVTT and Roll20 modules available.
The One That Got Away - A zero level tournament funnel adventure. Let's go fishing!
The One That Got Away is a DCC fishing adventure designed for 10 to 20 zero-level PCs or 5 to 8 first level PCs. PCs accumulate points based on their ability to survive encounters and haul in record-breaking catches.
Rapscallion: Strange Pirate Roleplaying on the Great Sea!
Rapscallion is a tabletop roleplaying game in which you play a rambunctious crew of pirates, testing their luck against the unpredictable winds of Fate on the Great Sea—a unique setting featuring terrifying leviathans, living books, and magic aplenty.
Endless Encounters: Wilderness
Could your tabletop games use more exciting adventures in the wild? Join us! Endless Encounters: Wilderness is an encounter and adventure generator for 5th Edition D&D and Classic D&D (B/X, 1e, S&W, etc)!
Knights of Dust and Neon
Strange, dark times call for strange, dark heroes—and these three new titles for the Cypher System deliver! Plus great pledge options for gamers trying out the Cypher System for the first time.
Mystified! A Flabbergasted expansion
Prepare to be Mystified by this expansion to the award-winning TTRPG Flabbergasted! Befuddle, bewitch and bewilder your players as you learn how to craft a mystery-driven campaign to introduce into your Flabbergasted games.
The Substratum Protocol
When the anomaly appeared at the Earth's core, the Substratum Protocol was initiated. You are the best and brightest scientists we have left, our last hope to stem the apocalypse. You are the Substratum Expedition Team. Descend. Learn. Survive.
Battle Mage Farmer: Tales of the Ecclesia (D&D 5e Adventure and Novella)
Explore the world of Battle Mage Farmer in this D&D 5e compatible adventure. Play as members of the Ecclesia as you journey through the countryside, rooting out the necromancer threatening the peaceful village of Fairford.
Fatum - GM's Oracle
Fatum - GM's Oracle empowers you to shape adventures by determining character origins, quest rewards, and NPC intentions. Peer into lives, unleash a multiverse of options, and seamlessly integrate with other decks for expansive storytelling.
The Jagged Edge Hideaway Goblin Box
Queen Bargnot leads the Jagged Edge Bandits in pillaging caravans. Before her rise, the goblins struggled, attacking only weak travelers in unorganized strikes. When she killed her boss and became the band’s self-proclaimed queen, everything changed.
Odyssey of the Giant - an escorting solo TTRPG
Odyssey of the Giant is a solo tabletop RPG game in which you must escort a last giant across a realm shaken by a cataclysm that left nature and its inhabitants confused and vulnerable.
On Its Way
Eldritch: the Book of Madness
Eldritch: The Book of Madness is a beautifully written 348-page hardcover tome featuring an all-new setting for your 5e campaign. It’s filled with new monsters, spells, cults, dark magic, locations, and a horde of otherworldly adventure ideas.
Distal, a merciless d20 fantasy RPG
Distal is a d20 fantasy RPG where the battles scar you, your decisions define you, and each triumph is earned. If you love building characters you can get attached to, or are a GM wanting more meaningful stakes at the table, you'll dig Distal.
Playing God: A TTRPG of Gods, Creation, Titans, and Deicide
An original tabletop roleplaying game inspired by real-world and fantasy mythologies. Take the role of one or more gods in a campaign setting you build as you play! It works with or without a GM and with any number of players, even solo play!
Homestead Creature Handbook (5e + PF2e)
The Homestead Creature Handbook is a bestiary featuring domesticated creatures designed for 5e and Pathfinder 2e. With lore, game statistics, and custom artwork for every creature, this wholesome handbook is one you don't want to miss.
Advanced Armory 2nd Edition
A series of card-based expansions for tabletop action RPG boardgames. We can offer equipment, armor, weapons, potions, and magic items. We have a treasure deck for looting dungeons, and even an evil wizard deck to keep those dungeons fun and challenging.
Beyond the Beasts: Monster Cards for Endless Adventures!
"Beyond the Beasts" offers diverse decks of monsters for 5e, fostering dynamic encounters without rigid Challenge Ratings. Each deck contains adaptable statblocks, rich lore & environmental details, enabling GMs to easily create such encounters.
Battle Mage Farmer: Tales of the Ecclesia (D&D 5e Adventure and Novella)
Explore the world of Battle Mage Farmer in this D&D 5e compatible adventure. Play as members of the Ecclesia as you journey through the countryside, rooting out the necromancer threatening the peaceful village of Fairford.
Nightmare Fuel
Three new bestiary volumes for the Dungeon Fantasy RPG! Terrible slithering things, creepy-crawlies with their skeleton on the outside, or no skeleton at all, and a selection of awful green things. Three books filled with Nightmare Fuel!
The Night Clerk: an architectural horror TTRPG scenario zine
A full color illustrated zine of architectural horror, suitable for any modern tabletop RPG system, Escape the labyrinth of the Hotel before the Mystery Guest finds you. Written by Ross Payton of Role Playing Public Radio.
Highlights
Project Update: UPDATE: HEROIC COVER SKETCH FROM OLIVER!
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Project Update: 24 - April Shower of Art
Hello from drizzly Seattle, where a recent Facebook post that got shared ‘round stated “We leave tomorrow for Seattle, our first time there, and it looks like it will be raining all week. I really wanted to visit the parks. Can we still go? Will they close?”
This update does not require any action if you've already completed your Survey. If you haven't: now's the time to do so!
In his own words:
Hey Everyone!
Marshall Short here. You can learn all about me in Update #7. My apologies for the lack of art updates lately, I’ve been working deep in the art mines, growling at anyone who tries to interrupt me. However the team managed to haul me back to the surface to show off and walk through the art process on some of the larger Map Tiles available in the Vault and the Terrain sets.
Quick note before we get started, these images are of my prototypes that I’m working with to visually and tactilely review colors, readability, general vibe (does it feel good) and to playtest general usability. These prototypes don’t have all the bells and whistles of the final product; for instance the large tiles shown below are only 8”x10” while our final versions will be 10”x10”, and I’m just using simple paper bases instead of the fancy clips and pog bases we’ll be using in the final product, some colors may change, etc.
We talked a little bit about the smaller map tiles in Update #6, but I’m going to be using the Graveyard set to walk through the art side of the larger map tiles.
So right off the bat one of the big things that was important to us when we designed our map tiles was modularity - it was important to us that Game Masters are able to rotate, flip, mix-and-match, and rearrange tiles together to create a myriad of different layouts.
For the Graveyard this meant we wanted to provide path segments, grassy fields, transition from path to field, and then a larger structure for narratives to be built around.
Another thing we knew going into making these map tiles is we’d be providing lots of props and terrain pieces for folks to place on top, so it was important that we provide enough space for Game Masters to flesh out their encounters. That also means not painting things like gravestones, coffins, etc. directly into the map tiles because that would limit the use cases (maybe you want to use these graveyard tiles for overgrown forgotten ruins and not a graveyard at all!) and conflict with the gravestone and coffin props the Game Master will be placing themselves..
Here things really start to get fun! I always know we’re on the right track when I’m playtesting stuff and my Game Master creativity starts firing,
“Ooo, what if I place an orb here on the dais, and when the character’s enter the graveyard it starts glowing and undead rise up from the ground until the character’s disable the orb?”
Let’s take this map tile as an example,
I knew I’d need multiple brick tiles, something for the main dais, then rough flagstone for the roads. Since we were using more traditional green grass in the Wilderness set I wanted to go with a yellowish-orange dead grass for the Graveyard set, in addition to the rocky dirt ground texture.
Here’s the tiling textures that I ultimately created for this tile,
Once all of the textures are created (with lots of little test collages to make sure they work together) I start blending them together to flesh out the map tile.
Here’s a quick and dirty breakdown of those textures being applied, much like painting except instead of painting with a singular color I’m painting with “mud texture” or “grass texture” and trying to blend them all together so they feel natural.
After the main body of the map tile has been fleshed out with the blended tiling textures I go back through zooming into each section to clean them up - making sure grass blades correctly over grow rubble, and placing little bones or other debris neat little details.
Here’s a close up of that tile that shows how those elements all come together,
Okay, now let's place some miniatures on there and see how it all feels,
Fun right?
As much time as I spend thinking and designing these miniatures, props, and map tiles, it’s really all about how they feel when you place them on the table top and start playing with them. If as I’m picking up and moving miniatures around I suddenly feel the same excitement I did as a kid just discovering D&D then I know I’ve done something right.
Alright, I should probably get back to the art mines, but before I go here’s one last shot of the party encountering a Werewolf featuring the Graveyard assets that I thought was neat.
Thanks everyone!
-Marshall (and Mike, Chris, and Lane!)
Project Update: 📺 Livestream tomorrow, and upgrade giveaway! (Distal)
Tomorrow's livestream (May 1st, 1pm EDT) we'll check in on the project, preview some design work being done on the next (and likely final) alpha version of the game! We'll announce the giveaway winner on stream, as well, all you need to do is play the BackerKit Mini-Game below!
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Giveaways upgrade an existing pledge to a higher tier (or add a bonus standard edition book to a limited edition pledge,) but you must be in a place we can ship to, and pay for the shipping when we send our surveys. You can't win a giveaway multiple times... but you can still help the project by playing the game!
Thanks folks, let's keep it going!
-Wrel
Side Note: To the folks that won giveaways in the last stream (BenBRockN, Kittling, Novy, and IncendiumRPGs), I've got your names down. Originally I was going to send giveaway codes to hold onto, but it turns out that BackerKit doesn't let me match up usernames and email addresses until after the campaign ends. No worries, either way though, I've got you covered!
Project Update: The next (and final) Alpha is on the horizon. (Distal)
The Next and Final Alpha
Example: Building a character is loads of fun -- until you get to equipment selection, which feels like a slog.
Polishing those rough areas is our mission with Alpha 06, and we've already started addressing some of them. In the next alpha, you'll see (at the very least) the following...
- Easier equipment selection during character creation.
- More elegant handling of currency and stowed items.
- Revisited language with more implicit world building.
- Loads of cleanup and... beautification?
- Updated character sheets!
Yesterday's Stream
Watch the VOD here.
We're now a eight days into the campaign, and we've got a ways to go before we hit our campaign goal. If you can, help spread the word, and keep pushing!
Thanks all!
-Wrel
Project Update: 55k Stretch Goal Unlocked!
Thank you everyone that has backed Knight: An Avalon RPG! With your help we have been able to unlock our next stretch goal – A3 plans of Camelot and Avalon!
They are large A3 posters of the Knight's two HQs. These plans are very useful for imagining the different locations, and are double-sided, with one version in isometric 3D and another from above.
These will be included FREE in every pledge for a physical product from the campaign and will help immerse you and your group in the world of Knight: An Avalon RPG!
Poll Extension
The options on our latest poll have been neck and neck today! We've extended the window to vote until tomorrow, so if you've not voted yet and want to learn about one of the topics, you have another chance to make your voice heard!
If you know anyone that might be interested in stepping into the world of Knight: An Avalon RPG with you, please share the campaign with them and perhaps we might be able to unlock some more stretch goals before the campaign ends!
Once again, thank you everyone!
Project Update: Final week to fight Anathema- Book Reveal PLUS
We had such a close poll the other day that we had to extend it in order to find who the winner is but in the end Cybernetic Implants and Weapons won the day! So here you are, with another page spread for your eyes only!
Since it was such a close tie though we wanted to give you a bit more. Let's see just a glimpse of how life is outside of arks, in particular about the people living out there in the wild, now known as Rejects.
Life in the game is hard but being a Reject is probably a whole other level. A PC with a Reject backstory could be very interesting!
Final Week
We're now in the final week of the campaign and we feel we need your help to broadcast to as many people as possible how cool Knight: An Avalon RPG is. We saw this excellent Reddit thread today (many thanks to Big_Wishbone3907 who posted it!) and we were wondering if you also had a community that you could share about Knight.
It could be an online community that you visit (a subreddit, a Facebook group or a forum) or perhaps your gaming group. We would love to introduce more people from around the world to Knight: An Avalon RPG and we would love to have your help!
Thank you for your support!
Project Update: News, Podcasts, and Reviews!
It also means we've entered a new phase of stretch goals: pay boosts for all our core book and stretch goal creators. We've already unlocked a 10 percent pay bump for the artists and authors contributing to the game, with that increasing to 20 and 30 percent as we push toward $150k.
In other news, we've recently seen some thoughtful reviews and podcast episodes about Stewpot!
"What if your D&D adventuring party settled down and opened a tavern, and the vibes went from, like, dragon murderers to more like, Bob’s Burgers?"
That's Sam Dunnewold of the Dice Exploder podcast who sat down with Lee Conrads to talk about how Everyone Adds a Detail in Stewpot.
Listen to the full episode here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5GrTPnTsIRKUs3BMComrWU
Or read the transcript here: https://www.diceexploder.com/blog/2024/4/21/podcast-transcript
Seamus Conneely at CannibalHalflingGaming.com posted a very thorough and thoughtful review of the Preview Edition we share with every backer:
"a very strong batch of evocative scenarios and prompts, each one providing a great jumping off point to explore your tavern, your town and its people, and most importantly both who your characters are and who they become."
You can read the full review here: https://cannibalhalflinggaming.com/2024/04/30/stewpot-tales-from-a-fantasy-tavern-backerkit-review/
And finally Takuma Okada, designer of Stewpot, sat in on an episode of Dice Exploder to discuss the game Ribbon Drive and its Playlist mechanic:
"I really love mechanics that help you get in the mood, get in the right mindset, get the right vibe. I like Oracle type things. I like things that, you know, aren't quite prompts that give me a lot to work with... the Ribbon Drive music stuff especially reminds me of like really good, more dramatic long form improv stuff that gives you the kind of vibes that you can really lean into and develop."
Listen to the full episode here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6bjPGFjxEMVrcUunNxDIv8
Or read the transcript here: https://www.diceexploder.com/blog/2024/4/18/podcast-transcript-playlists-ribbon-drive-with-takuma-okada
If you're just cracking open your Backer Preview PDF of the game, we thought these reviews and podcasts would help give some insight into the casual, cozy world of Stewpot.
And if you've played the game yourself, we'd love to hear how it went. Let us know in the comments!
Project Update: Campaign Success!!!
You, once again, have helped us fund a successful campaign to make an awesome book!! Thank you a million for your support as always. We absolutely adore the Endless Encounters series, and we look forward to continuing it with Wilderness and beyond!
What you can expect next is for the full production of the book to continue moving forward. We will commission the remaining art and maps as well as begin editing the manuscript. We will share assets as they are turned in!
Lastly, we will send out the Backerkit Pledge Manager in a few weeks. You can expect that coming through at the end of May/beginning of June!
Oh by the way, we are going to deliver on the $20k stretch goal! Sometimes in life you just have to say... close enough ;)
All the best,
Team Pacesetter
Project Update: Score card and prototypes have arrived... and maybe something else
Thank you again for being part of this journey.