Meet us at UKGE 2026 🇬🇧
23 days ago
– Tue, May 12, 2026 at 09:09:28 AM
Greetings wayfarers,
This is a quick update to let you know about our convention plans for 2026! As all items for ZAMANORA: Ballad of the Witch have been sent to the printers, it's time for us to face one of the most challenging battles yet: socializing. To accomplish that, we decided to join some RPG conventions this year.
The first convention we will be attending will take place almost three weeks from now, and it's none other than UKGE, UK's largest Hobby Games convention. UKGE will start on May 29th, in Birmingham. If the stars align, there's a good chance we will also have all prototypes from Zamanora to showcase for the first time! 👀
Our booth will be in Hall 3, number 873 (or 3-873). If you are attending, come say hi!
Following UKGE, we’re heading to Crete, Greece, for GameXpo on September 12th. If you need an extra reason to visit Crete’s stunning beaches, the weather will still be warm and sunny! The convention will showcase board games, TCGs, video games, comics, and collectibles, while also hosting workshops, cosplay shows, and various competitions.
If you join any of these events, we would love to see you there! And if not, we plan to join many more conventions in the future. We will keep you posted!
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CHECK OUT OUR FRIENDS: CITY OF SIRENS
Our friends at Quill's Tiny Quests have launched City of Sirens: a 400+ page 5E campaign setting that throws Lovecraftian dread, BioShock-style retro-futurism, and Fallout-flavored dark humour into a blender. Somehow, it tastes incredible.
It's got 6+ fully realized districts, a city-builder toolkit, and a complete Level 1–7 adventure, all set in Angler's Den, a decaying post-apocalyptic port cursed by Change radiation and slowly consumed by the Pale, a radioactive fog bleeding upward from the ruins of an annihilated ancient civilization.
Pirate-oligarchs control the streets. A vast, eldritch siren controls the fog. And somewhere beneath it all, the city's fate is waiting to be decided. Only one can shape what it becomes… if anything survives the choosing.
City of Sirens is live on Kickstarter now. Back it here!
CHECK OUT OUR FRIENDS: ARCHVILLAIN ENCOUNTERS DEATH & BEYOND
Archvillain Encounters: Death & Beyond is now LIVE on Gamefound: 15 premium boss boxes for D&D 5E and 5.5E, each built around a huge 75mm-base Gravelord miniature and a complete 50+ page adventure.
Each box gives GMs everything needed to run a cinematic boss encounter:
- Boss miniature
- Adventure book
- Battlemap
- Cards and tokens
- Lair, minions, lore, and GM tips
- 3 different Adventure levels
The campaign also introduces Foes & Legends: 2 boxes, each with 6 unique 25mm miniatures that can be used as NPCs, allies, rivals, villains, or player characters.
Back early: the campaign launches with 3 physical limited-time Early Bird reward tiers, and once the launch window is over, they are gone.
1 box or more: Soulshard Foilcore D20
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Progress Update and Previews 👀
about 2 months ago
– Mon, Apr 20, 2026 at 07:38:13 AM
Greetings wayfarers,
We hope you have enjoyed perusing the (digital) pages of our books. It has been our absolute pleasure to read your kind comments, and we are overwhelmed by the response 💙
This project has been a great part of our lives for almost two years now, from inception to its fast-approaching conclusion. These two years have been pivotal for our team; the lessons we have gathered are invaluable, as are the experiences we have had with you 🙂
With that being said, the goal of this post is to provide a thorough update on our progress, as well as show you some previews of what we have been working on since the last time we talked.
📕 BOOK PRINTING
We are pleased to let you know that the books have been sent to the printers! This is arguably one of the biggest milestones we have achieved since the project was funded. The books themselves have far exceeded our expectations, not only in content and implementation, but also in how great they look.
With your help, we managed to comb through over 700 pages of content, which our printing partners have now received. They are currently inspecting the files to make sure everything progresses smoothly.
👾 FOUNDRY VTT
Many of you have messaged us for an update on the Foundry VTT module. We are happy to tell you that the great people over at Dragon Clan Studio have shared some progress images, and we have to say, we are impressed! They have managed to perfectly capture the unique aesthetic of Zamanora, and we are beyond excited for the final result.
Recently, Foundry released version 1.4, which introduced major updates across the entire platform. This did set production back slightly; however, we are confident that the module is not far from completion, and we can’t wait to share it with you once it’s finished.
🍁 ADVENTURE DECK & MONSTER DECK
After months of hard work, we’ve finally finished designing the Adventure Deck. While the original plan was to include 150 cards, thanks to you unlocking the campaign’s second Stretch Goal (€60,000 – Adventure Deck Upgrade), we’ve managed to bump that number up to a whopping 250 cards!
In other news, our Monster Deck—featuring cards for both Dungeons & Dragons and Legend in the Mist—is also finished and includes every monster found in our Bestiary.
Both decks have been sent to the printers to begin the manufacturing process.
🤩COOL STUFF! HOW CAN I GET THEM?
If you missed any of these add-ons during the campaign, you can still include them in your pledge by contacting us directly or through this link.
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You can follow us on the links below to stay tuned about everything regarding Zamanora, and gain access to the numerous gifts we offer to all our Newsletter subscribers!
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CHECK OUT OUR FRIENDS: FOMORIA
Conceived, written, and illustrated by Tania Herrero with graphic design by Johan Nohr, Fomoria is a dark, weird, and inhospitable subterranean world where the Sun is a myth and the "False Stars" of the earth's roof offer the only light. Powered by a modified MÖRK BORG engine, players take on the role of the Folk—children of the lost Surface—navigating a living, breathing labyrinth of shifting tunnels known as the Strata. This is a world built of monsters and bones, featuring 8 Folk races, 6 Clans, and 6 Traditions (optional classes).
There are fewer than 5 days left to support their Kickstarter! You can do so through this link.
CHECK OUT OUR FRIENDS: ONE OF US WILL DIE
One of Us Will Die is a fast, tense, and emotionally-charged tabletop roleplaying game where one player begins the game knowing their character will die, and the others must uncover the truth before the final scene. Created by Filipino game designer Titus Villanueva III and to be published internationally by Lone Colossus Games, the game blends social deduction, cinematic storytelling, and psychological drama into unforgettable 3–5 hour sessions.
The game uses minimal math, archetype-driven character sheets, and world-building questions to build a unique story every time. The focus is pure narrative: drama, moral tension, and character conflict. The game's layout and illustrations are being created by Daniel Comerci, and Cassie Walker, a therapist specialized in trauma, consultant for suicide prevention, Death Doula, and lover of social deduction and horror, will be providing sensitivity consulting for the game as a whole.
Their Kickstarter campaign is live, and you can support them through this link.
Join the Zamanora v1.0 Release Party w/ Son of Oak 🌳
2 months ago
– Fri, Mar 27, 2026 at 09:04:30 AM
Greetings wayfarers,
We come bearing great news! ZAMANORA: Ballad of the Witch v1.0, including both the Core Book and Monsters & Fables, will be live next Wednesday, April 1st! (And no, this is not an April Fool's joke 😅)
We also have an exciting update regarding our release strategy. Rather than releasing the Core Book first as we originally planned to, we’ve spent the last few months refining both volumes to release them together in the wild.
What does "v1.0" mean? This is the definitive, polished version of both books. Having gone through rigorous editing and final checks, you can consider these books to be your final comprehensive guides across Zamanora and its many rustic tales.
This also marks an important milestone in the manufacturing process, as both books will be sent to the printers for prototyping right after that!
🎉 CELEBRATE WITH US
To mark the occasion, we’ll be joining the Son of Oak weekly stream to talk about Zamanora and Legend in the Mist. Catch us live on April 1st at:
4pm EDT / 1pm PDT
9pm CET / 10pm EEST
This is the link where the livestream will be hosted. You can click on it to Get Notified.
So, sharpen your silver blades, and join us as we part the mists!
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If you like our projects, you may as well like us! While we try to keep our Kickstarter updated as soon as we have news to share, we are even more active on our social media.
You can follow us on the links below to stay tuned about everything regarding Zamanora, and gain access to the numerous gifts we offer to all our Newsletter subscribers!
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CHECK OUT OUR FRIENDS: PACT
Our friends over at Black Lantern Studio just launched their latest Kickstarter campaign! PACT is an urban occult horror tabletop role-playing game where players take the role of Pactbearers, ordinary people who made a deal with a demon and now live with the consequences. Built on Free League’s acclaimed Year Zero Engine, PACT combines fast cinematic mechanics with intense personal horror storytelling.
In PACT, supernatural power comes through Blasphemies, powerful abilities granted by demonic patrons. Each use brings incredible power, but also pushes the character closer to corruption and damnation.
The game introduces unique mechanics such as Profane and Damnation Points, an advanced “pushing system” that grants players a currency used to empower their Blasphemies, while also giving the Whisperer the ability to unleash complications, negative effects, or even the direct intervention of their Patron Demons. If this all sounds interesting, check them out through this link.
Add-Ons Update 📚
3 months ago
– Tue, Mar 03, 2026 at 09:19:54 AM
Greetings wayfarers!
We hope you’ve been enjoying your time reading through Monsters & Fables so far. It's been great seeing the initial reactions to what we’ve built together.
Since the last update, our main focus has been polishing the final edits for the Core Book and Monsters & Fables. Alongside that, we’ve made significant headway on the project’s physical add-ons. Here is a look at how things are going 👇
🌳 WAYFARER’S JOURNAL
The Wayfarer’s Journal writing, editing, and layout are finished. You can see the cover by Sina Abbasnia in the image above, as well as the 2024 D&D sheet designed by Angeliki Savvantoglou. We’re really happy with how it has come out!
As it stands, the Wayfarer’s Journal is a complete player’s companion for the table. It features character sheets for D&D 2024 and Legend in the Mist, alongside ample space dedicated to your background, tracking NPCs and monsters you encounter, as well as other adventure notes. The journal also contains pages to keep you immersed, such as the local Calendar and a couple of actual recipes for Zamanoran delicacies, including the Fanouris’ Pie baked as part of the homonymous ceremony.
🃏 MAGIC ITEM CARDS
We are also excited to share that the Magic Item Cards add-on is complete.
This deck covers the various relics of the Old World, alchemical concoctions, wild mushrooms, and wondrous items one may uncover through their journey across the Land of Mists.
The deck contains 98 tarot-sized cards, each featuring rules for both D&D 2024 and Legend in the Mist, allowing for a quick reference of their effects without needing to pull out the book. The reverse side of every card is decorated with its corresponding artwork, so they can also serve as handouts to pass around the table during your adventures.
🗺️ LAIR BATTLEMAPS
As part of our €275K Stretch Goal, four Lair Battlemaps were commissioned, each depicting the domain of one of Zamanora’s most iconic and feared entities. While they are still a ways off, we couldn’t resist giving you a sneak peek of the incredible work of Stained Karbon!
Featured in the image above is Baba Yaga’s Lair, her Chicken-Legged Hut. This is but one of the variants we have prepared for you.
As a reminder, the maps will be made available for everyone, regardless of pledge level. So, rejoice (or despair), as not a single one of you will escape fighting Baba Yaga in her dreaded hut! 😈
📦 VERSION 1.0 OF THE BOOKS
We are currently finalizing both the Core Book and Monsters & Fables. We have integrated all of the notes your expert eyes caught and are moving on to scouring every page ourselves for any final pesky errors or visual bugs. Version 1.0 for both books will be live soon.
If you have any unreported errors yourself, now is the time to drop them in our Discord server!
🤩COOL STUFF! HOW CAN I GET THEM?
If you missed any of these add-ons during the campaign, you can still include them in your pledge by contacting us directly or through this link.
Thanks for sticking with us as we move into the final production phases!
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If you like our projects, you may as well like us! While we try to keep our Kickstarter updated as soon as we have news to share, we are even more active on our social media.
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CHECK OUT OUR FRIENDS
Our friends at Old Oak Games have just launched their new Kickstarter for Beyond the Woods for Legend in the Mist! Previously funded on Kickstarter for 5e, the upcoming Legend In The Mist edition of Beyond The Woods will draw gamers into a haunted world inspired by Irish mythology and provide tools for telling stories of otherworldly magic, gruesome horror, and heroic feats.
Tír Nascath, the campaign world of Beyond The Woods, is a land besieged, plagued by beasts, wicked faeries, and armies of the dead. Céad Darach, last stronghold of civilization, is sheltered by the boughs of the Golden Oak, but the great tree’s protective light is slowly fading. To defy this creeping doom, heroic explorers venture beyond their city into the ruined wilds of Tír Nascath, seeking new lands to settle or a way to save their old home…
Beyond the Woods brings two incredible books to Legend in the Mist: The Wanderer’s Handbook and the Lorekeeper’s Guide. These beautifully illustrated books are packed with new content for your Legend in the Mist game and include:
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Irish Fantasy Setting: A complete guide to the city of Céad Darach and the world of Tír Nascath, a unique fantasy setting inspired by ancient Irish myth and legend.
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50+ New Theme Kits: Dozens of new options to build a Hero to face the trials of Tír Nascath, including Duty: Guardian of the Oak, Influence: Chieftain, Companion: Swarm of Ravens, Uncanny Being: Púca, and many more!
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4 New Ways of Magic: Delve into the mysterious power of the Draoi, succumb to the curse of the Werewolves of Ossory, summon the magic of the Morrigan, and discover new Rote spells.
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Hexcrawl Exploration: Your journey is at the heart of your adventure! Featuring dozens of new Journeys and Vignettes across a variety of landscapes and biomes, the new hexcrawl exploration rules allow you to follow the road wherever it takes you.
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Build Your Bastions: Reclaim the wilderness or build a new home using the Bastion Themebook, complete with new Theme Kits, Quests, and Special Improvements.
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Faeries, Spirits, and the Otherworld: Encounter strange spirits and faeries with dozens of new Challenges, and face terrifying creatures from Irish myth, including the keening Bean Sí, the blood-sucking Avartach, and relentless Dúlachán.
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6 Exciting Adventures: 6 complete scenarios written by some of today’s best TTRPG writers—escape the clutches of a soul-sucking faerie, face down the monstrous Hungry Man, rescue a stolen magical bull to save a wedding, and more!
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Language Guides: A guide to pronouncing old Irish terms and writing in the ancient Ogham alphabet.
Check it out here.
Monsters & Fables v0.9 is Online 🎉
4 months ago
– Mon, Feb 02, 2026 at 10:30:43 AM
The second book of ZAMANORA: Ballad of the Witch is officially online!
On top of the original content promised during the Kickstarter campaign, Monsters & Fables also includes the Stretch Goals we unlocked together:
Sacred Idols. A brand-new chapter dedicated to idols of Slavic heritage, featuring twice as many idols as originally planned, for a total of 20.
More Adventure Locales. Including the Backer Milestone Goals, this chapter now features 10 Adventure Locales, expanding it to over 100 pages.
Additional Monsters. Ten iconic creatures have been added to the Bestiary, including Svyatogor the Sacred Mountain, the Sirin, and the Alkonost.
But the additional content did not end there! Inspired by your own stories in Zamanora, we continued to develop every nook and cranny of the world. For example, the Pantheon was expanded with additional lore, we added a way to generate Scenes in the Exploration system, and multiple minor Organizations were added to further populate Zamanora.
In total, Monsters & Fables now exceeds 460 pages, nearly double our initial estimates. This growth came with a significant increase in production costs, requiring additional illustrations, more complex layout work, and numerous extra hours of writing and development.
We ultimately decided to absorb these costs ourselves, refusing to limit the book’s potential just to stay within budget. The main reason we were able to make this choice was your incredible support, which far surpassed our expectations when we clicked the “Launch” button on our Kickstarter page just a few months ago.
Be sure to check your emails for your DriveThruRPG download link.
As for those who have not grabbed Monsters & Fables yet…what are you doing?! 👀 This is your last chance to get it at its current price. Once the printed version is out in the wild, the price will increase to reflect its greatly expanded size and production costs.
NOTE: This is NOT the final version of Monsters & Fables. Although no further content will be added, some graphical elements and final edits are still required to finalize it.
🤔 WHAT’S NEXT?
While this version of Monsters & Fables is very close to the finalized version, before going to print, we’re going to spend some time fixing typos and bugs so that the physical book is as spotless as it can be. However, our top priority is to bring the Core Book to version 1.
Add-On development is also underway. Work has begun on the Foundry VTT version of the book, and you’ll have the chance to enjoy the work of the wonderful Stained Karbon, who is drawing the Lair Battlemaps of Zamanora’s villainous figures.
✋ CAN I HELP?
Absolutely! The best thing you can do for us would be to scroll through Monsters & Fables and give us your feedback. This is the last chance we’ll have to incorporate your feedback before the book hits the printers! You can send us anything you’d like to comment on our Discord* server through the dedicated channels.
*Should you decide to join our merry band on Discord, message one of our Admins with your backer name, so that you can get your special backer role.
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If you like our projects, you may as well like us! While we try to keep our Kickstarter updated as soon as we have news to share, we are even more active on our social media.
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