OSR News Roundup for June 1st, 2026

It's the first Monday in June, and time for the first Roundup in June. Time has been flying by, as it always does. I don't seem to catch as many of the Bundle of Holding deals as I would normally like, so was glad when I caught wind of the current one, featuring the works of Dyson Logos, map-maker extraordinaire (I also really dig their other stuff, as well).

• Grok (named before Musk ruined the word forever), by Lester Burton, is one of my favorite gonzo rpgs, and they've launched a Kickstarter for the 2nd edition, vastly expanding on the original zine.

• I apologize for missing this, but the Melsonian Arts Council is raising funds for a Swyvers Miscellany, an expansion to their very slick and very innovative Swyvers urban fantasy/heist system and setting. There's about a week left from the publication of this issue, so back it now before it is too late!

• Steve Cooper has released an interesting set of tables on itch, designed to generate random names based on real-world locations and dialects. They can be mixed and matched as well.

• Siblings of the Sweets is a short, tri-folk adventure for any OSR-adjacent system, inspired by Hansel & Gretel.

• I always love to promote projects with charming art, and Joe Krausz has outdone themselves with the art for Another Ocean, a one-shot scenario for Cthulhu Dark. The watercolors are outstanding.

• The Sea King's Treasure is a short hexcrawl written for Mythic Bastionland. I'm happy to see more stuff released for MB in recent months.

• Currently funding on Kickstarter, A Road that Knows your Name is a one-shot, card based ttrpg inspired by A Quiet Year that prompts you to build a vehicle out of Legos or similar materials.

• Janky Goblins, by Knight Owl Publishing, is a low-level adventure for Old School Essentials that wonders what happens if the lowly monsters tasked with guarding powerful treasures . . . use the treasures to make themselves more powerful.

• Jim Wampler of Mudpuppy Games has released Scientific Barbarian Issue 6, a wide-ranging zine devoted to MCC and other gonzo, post-apocalyptic settings.

• I interviewed Frank Reding back in February about their ZineMonth project, and it is now out: Knightcore is a set in a dark world where the characters are beacons of hope.

• Nolan-Ryan Rose has released Caribbean Encounters, a supplement for Pirate Borg that brings new encounters and monsters to the system.

• Among the Bones of Giants is a new d6 setting/system that takes place after a magical apocalypse.

• Specifically written as a one-shot for kids to introduce them to the hobby, Marcus the Mad Missing Mixologist is a short, island-based adventure written for OSE.

• It is not infrequent that I see projects released that had their germination in a game jam of one sort or another: The Isle of Ruk is one such project, a sandbox-style island adventure written for BX-style games that was inspired by the author's entry into the OSE class jam.