OSR News Roundup for May 11th, 2026

Welcome to the second news Roundup in May. As I'm sure most readers are aware, it is OSE Month on Backerkit, and there are a number of projects being funded in conjunction with two official Necrotic Gnome releases: the Demonic Grimoire and the new 2026 Core release. There are a lot of really cool projects being funded, and a lot of community enthusiasm for the collab.

For fans of the Casket of Fays fanzine, the publishers have provided this code to get 1.50 off the print version of Issue 18.

• directsun crowdfunded A Familiar Tower during this year's ZineQuest, and it is now out and available on Drivethru. They've become synonomous with puzzle dungeons, and this release is no exception.

• haboobies has released wizardbong, a system-neutral, tongue-in-cheek, supplement for more modern games, written as a school report. More importantly, it's their first release, and I will always plug first-time creators and their work!

• Deserting the Illusions of a Safe Rest is a collection of random events that can happen while the party is resting for the night. It's specifically for the author's system, but can be easily adapted to other games, as well.

• SDDND has released the first in a series of 6 planned themed one-page dungeons: Dungeon Cookbook Delves #1, using Cairn.

• Another adventure for Cairn is Toxic Tangle, with delightful art, featuring a possible dead moonshiner.

• The Red Plague, by Dongons and Darons, is a point-crawl adventure for OSE that is available in both English and French! It's also urban-based, which is something I see a lot of people asking about.

• Written for Mork Borg, the Dreadful Citadel of Urzengotz is a multiplanar urban setting location inspired by weird science fantasy.

• Flailing in Style has released two short adventures for Pirate Borg: The Lightless Sea and Tropical Terrors.

• Fated is a system-neutral, tarot-based system for generating NPCs and encounters.

• Whispers of the Burrow Gods is a setting expansion for the Mice of Legend publication, exploring the pantheon and worshippers of the Portal Lake region.

• Ever & Anon, the spiritual successor to Alarums and Excursions, has just released Issue 11 of the free fanzine.

• FLAIL is a cool system by Games Omnivorous, and I'm glad to see it's getting some 3rd party support. The Horrors Beneath Zamorcia is a short dungeon for use with FLAIL, available as PWYW.

• Games Omnivorous themselves have released Cult of the Mutant Mutton for FLAIL.

• Might as Well Jump is a Mausritter sci-fi adventure released in conjunction with PocketQuest month on Drivethru. My guess is that, due to the richness of the theme and content, this will be expanded in the future.

• Every so often I'll plug a crowdfunding project that doesn't look like it will hit its funding goal, but is interesting enough that I think it deserves some exposure: Into the Barrowlands is such a project, a low-fantasy hexcrawl setting inspired by Arthurian legends. It's only got a couple of days left to fund, and is a ways off from their goal.