It’s primarily a book for players who are interested in new options for their games. Inside you’ll find not only more options for dog player characters, more advice on how to play dogs, and more information about dog communities beyond the kingdom of Pugmire. You’ll also find more species to play: badgers, birds, lagomorphs, and reptiles.
If you have a yen to be a nautical adventurer, there are rules for sailing and ships presented within, as well as a more detailed writeup of the main coastal city, Waterdog Port. For dogs looking to use strange and exotic weaponry, there are rules for gunpowder weapons, as well as the associated syndrome of Gunpower Panic that goes with using them. Combined with loads of new spells and backgrounds, there’s something for every player in these pages.
We haven’t forgotten the hard-working Guide in all this. Within in this book, we present not only some new enemies for player characters to thwart or befriend, but also three adventures that present a loose chronicle using much of the material presented in this book (and Realms of Pugmire). Players should avoid reading the back of the book, in case of spoilers, but most of the book is here for you to enjoy.
When you pre-order the PDF, you also gain access to the Draft Manuscript, so you'll be able to play with these new rules - in their ruff format at least - right away!
Rewards Still Pending
Now that our Curious Cats of Mau PDF has been finalized and released, the Onyx Path team is working on setting up the print and production run for the hardcover book. That's part of a greater challenge they've been dealing with - tariffs and uncertainty in the market have thrown a lot of chaos into the mix, so they're just trying to lock down some plans that will hopefully work through these issues. I'll continue to monitor their Monday Meeting notes and share any new information as it is revealed.
You can read Onyx Path's most recent monthly summary, covering all projects and their status up to that point here: <July 2025 Project Status Summary>
You can find the weekly Monday Meeting blog updates <here>, which note any projects with status changes since the previous Month End summary. The project statuses listed are current as of last Monday, so do check it out each Monday night to see if anything may have progressed!
I will continue to post regular updates every month until the final reward has gone out.
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