Updates ahoy! We've used the excellent Pirate Ship service to purchase the postage for all of your packages.

This means that shipping starts super soon, as we assemble all your boxes of books this weekend and take them to the post office early next week.

We're thrilled to be able to deliver your print editions of When the Stars Cried Despair soon enough for you to get some game sessions in before Descent of the Ancient Fane and Castle Whiterock hit the scene in April!

And of course, if you've yet to follow Descent of the Ancient Fane, hop on that now! Especially since we've confirmed that Stefan Poag will do the cover art for Delicious in Whiterock - our guide to hunting and cooking the monsters of Castle Whiterock, including real recipes, available only for backers in the first 48 hours!

Another project that's soon to smash onto the BackerKit scene that we wanted to mention is The 10th Doomstar by Julian Bernick, released by Dragon Peak Publishing and arriving on BackerKit January 19th.

This module is insane. Not only because Julian and Dragon Peak do superb work, and it has amazing art by Ben Marra, Peter Mullen, Boson Au and Dax Hammon.

It's especially insane because it's a Level 10 DCC adventure. Having run a fistful of Level 7 DCC adventures, I can assure you that the gameplay is nothing less than epic. It's edgier, crazier and more intense than any other fantasy TTRPG play I've experienced.

So, if that kind of off-the-chain experience is also your jam, check it out before it collides with our favorite crowdfunding platform on January 19.

Lastly but not leastly, you have to check out The Mouth of Mentius by the all-female team of my wife, author Gina Marie Funk, and the amazing artist, Faith Murphree!

Coming to BackerKit for Zinetopia, this old-school dungeon Zine is ideal for any gamer who's been craving Ancient Rome's gods, monsters and mythology - all mixed with weird fantasy inspired by Burroughs' Barsoom novels!

It's a great fit for just about any gaming group - Old School Essentials (B/X, AD&D), Dungeon Crawl Classics and even D&D 5e. We've crafted this 73-room dungeon and its unique magical items and monsters for all those systems.

What's more, The Mouth of Mentius will be available for only $11 for a print copy, only for its time on BackerKit! It'll retail at $20+ given that it's packed with art and entries, but you can snag it for the magical number of $11 from February 6 to the end of the month!

Follow The Mouth of Mentius now, and you can immediately download a PDF of a free intro adventure for Dungeon Crawl Classics - a gritty encounter with Mentius' guardian, a construct colossus, The Man of Bronze!

We hope you find this all as exciting and inspiring as we do. Terrific things are on the way in 2026, friends, starting with When the Stars Cried Despair arriving in your mailbox soon!

Thank each and every one of you so much for making it happen!