OSR News Roundup for June 22nd, 2026

Welcome to the third (for me) OSR News Roundup for June, 2026. The solstice has passed, and from here on out is but a gradual decline into darker and darker days. But! There are still games to keep us entertained, so let's take a look and see what was released last week, shall we? It's a bit of a slow week, but it always seems to hit the doldrums around this time of year, as folks get ready for Gen Con.

• If you're in or around Portland Oregon next week, Yochai Gal and the Between Two Cairns folks are holding a convention -- Between Two Cons -- next weekend. Badges are sold out, but I believe you can still get walk-in day passes?

• Tidal Wave Games, the same folks behind The Ruins of Castle Gygar, have just released Monster Condo, a 114-page kilodungeon. They Kickstarted it last year and its now available to the public.

• Journey through Rieka Narieka: Volume 1, is an interesting zine concept. It's written for OSR games, and the conceit is that it's something of a travel guide/ecology of . . ./encounter location with a strong fey theme. Issue one focuses on redcaps.

• I've mentioned a couple of Donjons & Darons releases in the past, a series of short adventures that are written in the OSR format and are available in both English and French. #7 is now out, and features a short dungeon that rewards clever thinking and problem-solving over combat.

• Wyrd Issue 2 is out. It's a zine for Outcast Silver Raiders, written as a hexcrawl setting.

• Written for Mothership, Lifepaths is a pretty hefty supplement that provides mechanical guidelines for creating a character's backstory through random generation.

• Chalkdown has released Mercury Winter, a short, two-page adventure for Frontier Scum, set in an abandoned mine in the snow-covered tundra.

• A collection of four short scenarios for Pirate Borg, A Few Quick Stops Along the Way will provide either a few one shots or some nice little side-quests for your pirate crew.

• Hellwinter Forge of Wonders has released The Last Voyage of the Nocturna, an adventure written for Dark Dungeon Delvers. The illustrations are delightful, 8-bit style that goes hand in hand with the retro-sci fi theme.

• Fatherfog is a new, darkly whimsical fantasy rpg by the same folks who publish Mothership (we just got it in stock at Sabre), and there's already two issues of a zine for it! Issue One presents a starting village, and Issue Two a short one shot adventure that uses the aforementioned starting village as a jumping off point.

• Alex Rinehart is crowdfunding Cyberrats in Space, a standalone sequel to their Cyberrats game. This project allows you to play mutated rats, in space, with Mechs, attempting a mission that you're almost certainly going to fail.