OSR News Roundup for January 26th, 2026

Welcome to the last News Roundup for January 26th. If you're reading this right now, it means we haven't lost power today; like much of the US, we're being hit by a severe winter storm. I hope everyone stays safe and as warm as possible. Last week was pretty light on releases -- I'm assuming many publishers are getting ready to launch projects for ZineMonth -- so let's see what is on tap for today. Also, fuck ICE.

• Matt Kelly has gradually been releasing supplements that expand on Cairn's core rules, and they just released Trade, a supplement that does what it says on the tin, with card-driven trade rules.

• I've mentioned Glowburn & Radscars, the post-apocalyptic game, in the past, and the publisher has just released Feature Presentation, their first illustrated adventure for G&R.

• Scalemail is a cool looking OSR system currently funding on Kickstarter. It's rules-lite, and has charming illustrations and a slick-looking layout.

• The Merry Mushmen are raising funds for Dungeon Inc, a reverse dungeon game where you play the role of monsters defending their dungeon from invading adventurers.

• Lightning Quest is a fast-paced, solo puzzle dungeon crawl game that's currently funding on Kickstarter. It's an interesting looking game with a low buy-in that changes each time you play it.

• I'm a huge fan of Christopher Willett's Painted Wasteland, and they've just (as of Monday morning) launched a setting/campaign for PW, called Empire of Bones. You can check out the free preview here.

• Take the Tower is a 0-level funnel for Shadowdark. It comes in a printer-friendly version, which is always a plus for PDF-only products.

• Dank Games has released Children of the New Gods, a short, two page adventure for Mothership set in a colony filled with settlers that have been transformed into monstrosities.

• I'm seeing more and more Dolmenwood compatible products being released, and Red Gwen's Bandit Hideout. It's a short little adventure based on one of the unfilled hexes in Dolmenwood.

• One of my favorite releases in the past few years was Eco Mofos, and I saw that there's a new supplement for that game, written by Peter Eijk, called Road Warriors, which brings vehicle rules into the system.

• Bergummo's Tower is a starting adventure for OSRIC, an entry into the No Artpunk 2 Contest.

• Tesseract Engine has released a solo ruleset for Jack Rocket, a fascinating-looking game that revisits the space dreams and hidden fears of 1950s America.

• The Madder Hag is a periodic zine designed as a series of modular mini-adventure and supplement. This, Issue 8, visits the magic-user class with new materials, spells, and more.

• Richard Kelly has released Mugshots, a supplements for the Mork Borg hack Cthork Borg.

• Fängelsehåla is a recently released, IKEA-inspired game, and Raspberry Juice is the first (that I'm aware of) adventure for this system.

• The OSRIC Gamemaster's Guide is now available as PWYW on Drivethru. It's the 3rd edition of the system that started it all.

• Pickpocket Press has released A3 Adventure #1 -- Whitestone Tower, an experimental form of adventure by the Tales of Argosa publisher.