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Our latest at TTRPG INSIDER: We spoke with @threesailsstudios.bsky.social about GALLOWS CORNER, their new game that attempts to tell a story about political action and rebellion in the 14th century. www.ttrpginsider.news/p/how-gallow...

From how I understand it, the cards in question are only available for a short time, hence the "drop." These ones will be available on February 9.

The art's pretty cool, not gonna lie. But I don't play MTG, so not something that affects me too much.

Secret Lair: Roll for Initiative Superdrop Magic fans from Baldur's Gate, Ravenloft, and beyond—rally your party for the Roll for Initiative Superdrop on February 9, 2026!

WIZARDS OF THE COAST is combining its two most popular properties with the Roll for Initiative Superdrop, which includes MTG cards inspired by Baldur's Gate 3 and other D&D properties. Shadowheart, Gale, Candlekeep and Strahd all appear to be featured.

magic.wizards.com/en/news/anno...

What's Next After Submissions? The Bloggies' 2026 submissions are closed. Here's what's next...

The Bloggies 2026 submissions are officially closed. Get ready for the nominations next Monday.

You can get the full schedule and submissions breakdown here:
www.explorersdesign.com/bloggies-sub...

My bad!

Very quick factual check: This was written by @snow117.bsky.social, not Selkie. I got my tags all wrong.

My bad!

An important thing to note; some of these games do include AI assets, so make sure to review them at your discretion. These projects are also less curated compared to Backerkit's ZineTopia. I am sure we'll see more ZineQuest projects throughout February, but these are the ones out so far.

Void Hand Quickstart - A card-only Tabletop RPG A new kind of Tabletop RPG played exclusively with a standard 52 card deck of playing cards. How will you use the hand you're dealt?

Void Hand Quickstart - A card-only Tabletop RPG is a fantasy TTRPG played with a deck of cards within the author's setting of Au'riel.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/ren...

Corviers: The Corvid Couriers Will your players discover news from far away, receive a mysterious package, or befriend a rider-less hippogriff? System-neutral zine.

Corviers: The Corvid Couriers is a fantasy zine from Hungry Familiar about hippogryphs and delivering a message.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/hun...

Baptism by Fire A tabletop RPG zine quest that teaches new GMs how to run an introductory adventure across multiple game systems.

Baptism by Fire is an introductory fantasy adventure written for Dungeon and Dragons, Pathfinder, Daggerheart about...it's not totally clear?

www.kickstarter.com/projects/ama...

The World Throne: SYSTEM KEY ZineQuest Have you ever played a game that plays you back?

The World Throne is a zine built around THE SYSTEM KEY, a supplement by its author, Jeremy Davis. www.kickstarter.com/projects/451...

DAnG20 Zine'26: The Maverick, the Classless Class for 5e A Field Guide to the Self-Taught Hero. Break the bounds of tradition and invest Training Points to create your ideal character.

DAnG20 Zine'26: The Maverick, the Classless Class for 5e

It's a supplement by (DAnG Panda) to make a "classless" class. www.kickstarter.com/projects/don...

RIGS & RACES in Roomino! TTRPG Zines ENNIE nominated Family-RPG, Let’s Go to Roomino! expands with 2 Zines! With adjustable challenge levels, & the fun of failing together.

RIGS & RACES in Roomino! is a familiy-friendly TTRPG that expands the game Let's Go to Roomino with two additional zines focused on robots and other creatures. The zines are published by the original author Eric Oakland. www.kickstarter.com/projects/sca...

COLD STATIC: ROBONOIR ROLEPLAYING A PvP RPG about robot detectives of the far future

COLD STATIC (by Livid) is a game about robot detectives investigating a murder where they are also a prime suspect in the murder. It's a self-described Robonoir game. www.kickstarter.com/projects/rob...

DRAGONFLY MOTEL – A Role-Playing Game of Dreams and Mirages A tabletop role-playing game about reckless travelers lost in a surreal trap of dreamlike slices of life.

DRAGONFLY MOTEL is a TTRPG about " reckless travelers lost in a surreal trap of dreamlike slices of life." It's an English translation of the French game of the same name by Thomas Munier.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/bla...

Void Echoes #2 - The Secrets of Lunar X-12 2nd issue of the official zine of DarkSpace! Survive alien wildlife & corporate rivals to uncover the terrifying truth of Lunar X-12.

Void Echoes #2 - The Secrets of Lunar X-12 is a supplement for the DarkSpace TTRPG and explores Lunar X-12. www.kickstarter.com/projects/dmi...

Tales from the Locker #1 - Pirate Borg Compatible Zine Explore dangerous locations, run a high-stakes heist, and expand your campaign with new classes, creatures, and tables.

Tales from the Locker #1 is a Pirate Borg collection of adventures and third-party supplements by SkeletonKey Games www.kickstarter.com/projects/arc...

The Hive Under Eisenstead A low-level dungeon adventure focused on interactivity, problem solving, and faction play designed for old-school and modern systems.

The Hive Under Eisenstead is a dungeon crawl/zine about crawling beneath the city of Eisenstead and fighting off an evil wasp queen. It's a low-level adventure that seems to have big stakes. It's written by Living Past Games aka Drew Collins.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/149...

Cozy Worldbuilding Tools, Setting Creator, & Hexcrawl Fantasy communities as compelling as the characters. Tools & tables for making Cozy Settings, with a mini-setting for story driven play

Cozy Worldbuilding Tools, Setting Creator, & Hexcrawl is a supplement with tools for building a cozy fantasy setting in your fantasy game. The book is by Ty Hulse www.kickstarter.com/projects/tyh...

Tabletop Cowboy Games Zine A Quarterly Zine!

Tabletop Cowboy Games Zine is a fantasy zine by Rogerjporter.

There's really not much on this one, so not 100% sure what it is. But it is a Zinequest project, so *Shrug* back at your own discretion. www.kickstarter.com/projects/tab...

Barbarian Bay - Low-prep Sword & Sorcery RPG Zine A low-prep Sword & Sorcery RPG Zine, inspired by Conan, Elric of Melnibonè, and Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser

Barbarian Bay is a "low-prep sword and sorcery zine" with its own rules! The Italian publisher Nigredo Press is behind this one. www.kickstarter.com/projects/334...

Connie The Barbarian - The 1st NSFW Solo Gamebook of History Choose your own destiny in this spicy mix of interactive storytelling and comic art that challenges the traditional conventions!

Connie The Barbarian claimes to be the "1st NSFW Solo Gamebook of History" and is an "erotic-choice based graphic novel" The Italian indie publisher tentacle wrote this one. www.kickstarter.com/projects/ten...

Burn it all to light the way - TTRPG A Roleplaying game about Skilled dungeon explorers, Sacrifice, Resource management, Extravagant excess, Ambition and Taxes.

Burn it all to light the way - TTRPG is a new TTRPG about "Sacrificing your own abilities to achive your ambitions, Delving ever-deeper into the progressively weirder dungeon, getting to the core, and changing the world."
It's by Michael Endo Weil www.kickstarter.com/projects/mic...

BÖRÜ BORG: Denizens of the Dire Steppe A Mörk Borg (and OSR) compatible supplement packed with 30+ new entities, each with unique hand-drawn art, stats, and lore bites.

BÖRÜ BORG: Denizens of the Dire Steppe is a Mork Borg supplement with new monsters all based around the "Dire Steppe". The ONLY VOID Creative collective are the designers on this one! www.kickstarter.com/projects/onl...

Toe Beans Magical Cat Cafe: A Supplement for Daggerheart Welcome to Toe Beans, a magical cat cafe purrfect to drop in to your Daggerheart game, by Fistful of Crits.

@fistfulofcrits.bsky.social mixed cozy with cats in Toe Beans Magical Cat Cafe, a supplement for Daggerheart.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/fis... It's a one-shot or insert-into-campaign supplement for your use.

Goblyn Market F. Artificial Intelligence Revised Edition (FAIRE)

Goblyn Market is a "rules-lite TTRPG" about goblyns (yes it's their spelling) causing chaos. @jerodleupold.bsky.social is behind this one!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/211...

I do also need to include a lot of Kickstarter's Zine Month projects as well. Here's that list!

That's 63+ projects being funded as part of
@backerkit.com 's Zinetopia this month. Lots of solo games, as well as supplements for OSR and 5e games. These projects don't require much funding but can help jump-start a designer's career. Find something you like and back it!

Blightfall - Collaborative Worldbuilding and Doomed Heroes Blightfall is a low-prep, dark fantasy where mutated villagers risk further corruption for the power to defend their home. Focuses on quick progression, intriguing classes, and collaborative worldbuil...

Blightfall is a new low-prep dark fantasy from @matthewayers.bsky.social about villagers fighting to protect their town from corruption while they themselves are growing more and more corrupt. www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...