Blood and iron enters the seas this October in the new Imperium Starter Set for Dystopian Wars!
Build your formidable Imperium fleet and join the Dystopian Wars. Whether you’re a returning admiral or a new agent, this set offers highly customizable build options for Cruisers, Frigates, and more.
Following the announcement of the Commonwealth Starter Set, you’ll also be able to pick up the Commonwealth Frontline Squadrons this October.
And finally, in Armoured Clash news, the Empire are employing the might of the Samurai with the Empire Assault Regiment. Charging headfirst into combat, these fearless forces are a must-have for any Empire commander!
See what’s coming this October from Warcradle Studios.
Dystopian Wars: Imperium Starter Set
Perfect for new players, this Starter Set allows Admirals to pledge their allegiance to the Kaiser, and dominate the seas in the name of the Imperium. Assemble a host of cutting-edge vessels and build your own Imperium fleet!
Blücher Cruisers are the most common warships in the Prussian fleet, armed to the teeth with Voltaic weaponry and designed to close to optimum range before unleashing a killing storm of voltaic force.
Dystopian Wars: Commonwealth Frontline Squadrons
Expand your Commonwealth forces!
Calamity, revolution and civil war have forged the Commonwealth into a stoic yet noble confederation. Now you can deploy a seemingly inexhaustible navy packed with a versatile range of ships, ready to freeze enemy vessels in their tracks or fill the skies with deadly rockets.
Armoured Clash: Empire Assault Regiment
Bolster your Empire force with the tempered steel and raging alchemical fire of the samurai temples.
Ashigaru Companies form the resolute heart of these battlegroups, unleashing uncompromising long-range volleys in defence of their heavily armoured masters, the Bushi Ryu Samurai. These peerless warriors charge into the heart of the enemy in an unstoppable hurricane of blades, eviscerating any foes that dare challenge them.
Calling all gallant TTRPG adventurers—Humble Bundle has teamed up with Goodman Games to curate the battle-ready Caverns of Thracia & More Bundle! A thousand-year-old dungeon mystery is waiting to be solved in Caverns of Thracia, and some say Death itself lingers within. Designed for 4-6 Dungeon Crawl Classics playable characters, the caverns are suitable as part of an existing campaign or kick off a new one. Pay what you want for Fifth Edition Fantasy #25–29 and Dungeon Crawl Classics #109–111, alongside goodies like the Goodman Games Yearbooks! Assemble 4–6 friends and roleplay epic quests within a mega‑dungeon of mystery today! Plus, your purchase helps support Make‑A‑Wish!
Renegade Game Studios has announced the return of Dungeons & Dragons: Castle Ravenloft Board Game, the classic cooperative dungeon-crawling adventure originally released in 2010. In partnership with Wizards of the Coast and Hasbro, the title returns in February 2027 with a refreshed presentation for today’s Dungeons & Dragons players and, for the first time, a Premium Edition featuring pre-painted miniatures.
Long sought after by collectors and difficult to find in recent years, the Dungeons & Dragons: Castle Ravenloft board game is making its return so a new generation of adventurers can once again descend into the halls of Castle Ravenloft and face the legendary vampire lord, Strahd.
The Master of Ravenloft is Having Guests for Dinner – And You Are Invited.
In Dungeons & Dragons: Castle Ravenloft, players become heroic adventurers exploring the deadly dungeons beneath Castle Ravenloft. Along the way, they’ll battle terrifying monsters, overcome deadly traps, discover magical treasures, and ultimately confront Strahd himself.
Built using the acclaimed D&D Adventure System, the Dungeons & Dragons: Castle Ravenloft Board Game delivers cooperative dungeon-crawling gameplay that’s easy to learn while offering countless adventures. Designed for 1-5 players, each quest can be completed in about an hour, making it perfect for both solo adventurers and game nights with friends.
Two Editions Available
The Dungeons & Dragons: Castle Ravenloft Board Game will be available in two versions:
Standard Edition
Updated presentation inspired by the latest Dungeons & Dragons visual style
Includes unpainted miniatures
MSRP: $100
Premium Edition
Includes beautifully pre-painted miniatures
Ready to play straight out of the box
MSRP: $200
Both editions feature the same classic gameplay that fans have enjoyed for over a decade.
The updated release also refreshes the game’s artwork, logos, and graphic design to align with the current Dungeons & Dragons ruleset while preserving the gameplay that made the original a modern classic.
The Dungeons & Dragons: Castle Ravenloft Board Game is scheduled to release in February 2027.
Many players are looking for Green Oaks, a fun narrative-driven role-playing game set in a haunted retirement home. Green Oaks was one of the finalists of the Origins Awards this year. After gaining the spotlight, the game sold out, but a reprint is already underway and will be available in early October 2026. Developed by Fumble GDR and published by MS Edizioni, Green Oaks is distributed by Ares Games.
Green Oaks is set in a small town where dark mysteries lie hidden beneath a seemingly calm surface. The game invites players to impersonate elderly people grappling with the paranormal events and disturbing secrets that will emerge during the adventure. The Green Oaks game system – aptly called “ArterioscleroSys “ – is just as unique: instead of dice, you use a deck of Poker cards, and you accumulate Bother points that allow the player to Make a Scene! and behave like an old man ranting and railing against the villain of the day, the youth, or his own friends. This combination of elements is perfect for groups looking for a light, adrenaline-fueled adventure without giving up complaining about the weather like a true elder.
Green Oaks Super Bingo, due for release in 2027, is a new role-playing game where you will again play Seniors facing amazing and absurd adventures — but this time using Bingo to resolve your actions, rather than playing cards. It’s also a perfectly functional Bingo set! Role-playing your Seniors again will be incredibly fun with this new version of the innovative ArterioscleroSys system.
Enter a decadent world of wit and danger with The Dying Earth Roleplaying Game. Drawn from the classic tales of fantasy titan Jack Vance, prime inspiration for the settings, moods and spells of Dungeons & Dragons, and designed by roleplaying legend Robin D. Laws. Explore a wondrous, exhausted world. Trade pleasantries with its ravenous and articulate creatures. Match wits with rogues, merchants and arch-magicians, and pray your tongue is the sharper. The entire game line of rules, settings, maps and lore, yours for the merest pittance! Before the flickering sun winks out for good and takes this bundle with it. And should prying fools dare question you, explain that your purchase is motivated not by greed for absurdly good and fleeting bargains, but by pure charitable feeling toward the World Wildlife Fund.
After the launch of theLANCER: TTRPG Core Rulebook in 2024, which is already in its 6th printing, Massif Press and Dark Horse Books present the printed editions of two core introductory narrative modules and two system expanding settings to lead your very first LANCER campaign in Operation Fulcrum Dawn: Introductory Narrative Modules for Lancer and LANCER: Setting Guide Volume 1.
Paired with the Core Rulebook, Operation Fulcrum Dawn contains a total of twelve combat scenes (six in each module) plus printed battle/tactical maps and player options to expand your mech, weapons and equipment. Volume 1 of the LANCER: Setting Guide boasts two setting guide expansions building out the galaxy with systems for generating maps and characters and additional rulesets and mechs. Written by Kai Rave and created by Tom Bloom and Miguel Lopez, with artists E.M. Fields, Peyton Gee, Juan Gee Tan, Gwen Williamson, and Theotime Galmiche. The modules also feature design by Dunya Kat and artwork by Conner Dodd.
Check out the modules inside Operation Fulcrum Dawn: Introductory Narrative Modules for LANCER, which introduce new players and game masters (GMs) to the game and familiarize them with its blend of tactical combat and narrative challenges:
Operation Solstice Rain takes characters from License Level (LL) 0 to LL 2 across two missions of pitched urban combat in the city of Nov Elysia. As a squad of rookie Union mech pilots, the player characters (PCs) undertake a rescue operation amidst a burgeoning conflict between the Leandric States Alliance and the Vestan Sovereignty. Though this may be their first time in combat, they’ll need to use every bit of their training and push their mechs to the limit if they want to survive!
Operation Winter Scar guides characters all the way to LL 4 across two more missions, pitting the now-seasoned pilots against the Vestan Sovereignty Armed Forces. From advanced combat chassis to main battle tanks, the Sovereignty will stop at nothing in their efforts to push the pilots back!
Packed with printed battle maps, and extensive tactical advice for players and new GMs learning the ropes, secure Operation Fulcrum Dawn: Introductory Narrative Modules for LANCER when the 128-page (8.5×11”) hardcover arrives in bookstores and comic shops on March 16, 2027, for $29.99. Pre-order now from Dark Horse Direct, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, or your local bookstore or comic shop.
Discover more of the lore rich universe that LANCER: Setting Guide Volume 1 has to offer with The Karrakin Trade Baronies and The Long Rim setting expansions, collected in print for the first time:
Touch down in the Karrakin Trade Barronies, the oldest human civilization in Union space. A place of deep tradition and legend, the Baronies is increasingly a realm of surging political intrigue and social division! But the great engine of industry in the Baronies is grinding to a halt, and a rising tide of Republicanism threatens to shake the Baronies to its core. Will you help usher in a new age for old Karrakis, or stand aside lest you be crushed?
And set your sights on the Long Rim, a lawless sector of Union space. It is home to corrupt, self-serving Enterprises; pirate outfits that prey on unprotected ships; and myriad other groups, from the uncanny HORUS cells to the clandestine Horizon Collective. Alone, or with your small squad, you can’t change the Rim; but you can make your mark, whether as a scoundrel or paragon.
Explore the expansive sci-fi world even further with LANCER: Setting Guide Volume 1(224-page, 8.5×11” hardcover) in bookstores and comic shops on March 30, 2027 for $29.99. Pre-order now from Dark Horse Direct, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, or your local bookstore or comic shop.
Secret Lair: A Perfectly Normal Superdrop, a new collection of eight limited Magic: The Gathering drops announcedat MagicCon Amsterdam, goes on sale August 31. Despite the name, this Superdrop covers a lot of ground: Marvel pets, Hulk in several extremely calm moments, romance-comic covers, Dan Hipp’s unmistakable style, Gene Luen Yang’s take on Journey to the West, Ian Miller’s intricate fantasy art, Robin Eisenberg’s cosmic mysticism, and Lofi Girl-approved study supplies. A perfectly normal amount of things to put in one place.
Artist Series: Ian Millercelebrates the work of legendary fantasy illustrator Ian Miller, whose highly detailed, surreal, and unmistakable art has appeared on Magic cards across multiple eras. Ian Miller’s intricate, surreal fantasy worlds give every image a little more to find the longer you look.
Featuring: Gene Luen Yangbrings award-winning cartoonist Gene Luen Yang’s style to characters from Journey to the West. From Monkey to Tripitaka, this drop reimagines the legendary journey with bold character work, clean storytelling, and a little room for trouble along the way.
Cosmic Chill by Robin Eisenberg brings Robin Eisenberg’s cosmic style to Magic with glowing figures, celestial backdrops, and rituals that look right at home somewhere far outside Earth’s atmosphere. It’s bright, strange, and full of the kind of quiet confidence that comes from knowing exactly which spell you’re about to cast next.
Secret Lair x Lofi Girl: Beats to Cast To brings the iconic 24/7 study radio energy to Magic cards. Defeat procrastination with the perfect headphones, a cat to pet and late nights studying ancient scrolls.
Secret Lair x Marvel: Earth’s Mightiest Petscelebrates some of Marvel’s most beloved animal heroes and companions, including Lockjaw, Jeff the Land Shark, Throg, Lockheed, and Devil Dinosaur. These pets may be small, strange, enormous, amphibious, prehistoric, or technically a shark, but they are all doing their best.
Secret Lair x Marvel: Hulk SMASH! showcases different eras of Hulk through Magic cards illustrated by Marvel Comics artists. From classic Hulk to Planet Hulk, Joe Fixit, and Bruce Banner’s transformation, this drop is large, loud, green, and red in exactly the expected amounts.
Secret Lair x Marvel: Dan Hipp features Marvel characters through Dan Hipp’s vibrant, expressive style, including Doctor Strange, Professor X, Wolverine, Mister Sinister, and Man-Thing. Hipp’s work is beloved by Marvel fans, especially in the Marvel Snap community, and this drop brings that same bold, playful energy to Magic.
Secret Lair x Marvel: True Believers in Love turns some of Marvel’s most memorable romances into dramatic romance-comic covers. Luke Cage and Jessica Jones, Ben Grimm and Alicia Masters, Captain America and Peggy Carter, Wiccan and Hulkling, Thanos and Death, and Rogue and Gambit all get their moment. Some are sweet. Some are tragic. Love contains multitudes.
All drops in A Perfectly Normal Superdrop will be available in Foil ($39.99) and Non-Foil ($29.99) while supplies last.
These limited Secret Lair: A Perfectly Normal Superdrop drops will go on sale starting at 9 a.m. PT on August 31, 2026. For every $199 spent, fans will receive a foil Command Tower promo card, while supplies last—a perfectly normal headquarters for a perfectly normal amount of assembling
1x Kibo, Uktabi Prince as “Monkey, Awakened to Emptiness”, 1x Ilharg, the Raze-Boar as “Pigsy of the Eight Precepts”, 1x Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs as “Sandy, Awakened to Purity”, 1x Dosan, the Falling Leaf as “Tripitaka, Seeker from Tang”, 1x Quest for Renewal
Cosmic Chill by Robin Eisenberg
1x Orvar, the All-Form, 1x Sage of Hours, 1x See Double, 1x Slip Through Space, 1x Sway of the Stars
Secret Lair x Lofi Girl: Beats to Cast To
1x Felidar Guardian as “Lofi Cat”, 1x Starfield of Nyx as “Snowman Starfield”, 1x Careful Study, 1x Merchant Scroll as “Grandma’s Scroll”, 1x Paradise Mantle as “Cozy Headphones”
Secret Lair x Marvel: Earth’s Mightiest Pets
1x Ephemerate, 1x Shark Typhoon, 1x Lightning Bolt, 1x Searing Blaze, 1x Commune with Dinosaurs, 1x Titanic Ultimatum
Secret Lair x Marvel: Hulk SMASH!
1x Anger, 1x Gratuitous Violence, 1x Rishkar’s Expertise as “Joe Fixit’s Expertise”, 1x Search for Tomorrow, 1x Unnatural Growth
Secret Lair x Marvel: Dan Hipp
1x Mystical Dispute, 1x An Offer You Can’t Refuse, 1x Training Grounds, 1x Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder as “Mister Sinister, Hubris Unbound”, 1x Bristly Bill, Spine Sower as “Man-Thing, Marsh Protector”
Secret Lair x Marvel: True Believers in Love
1x Happily Ever After, 1x True Love’s Kiss, 1x Run Away Together, 1x Savor the Moment, 1x Grave Pact, 1x Thrill of Possibility
Upper Deck and Hasbro have announced a new licensing deal that will bring memorable moments and characters from Transformers,Power Rangers,G.I. Joe, M.A.S.K., Jem and the Holograms, and other fan-favorite properties to trading cards and games designed for long-time enthusiasts and collectors alike. The debut product through this new collaboration will celebrate the40th Anniversary of TheTransformers: The Movie, with a special trading card set honoring the lasting impact of the beloved franchise.
Hasbro itself is a game company and in 2024 released a trading card set with Dynamite celebrating the 40th anniversary of Transformers. As far as games, Transformers did have a trading card game released by Hasbro’s Wizards of the Coast that lasted from 2018 to 2020. It currently has a deck-building game a tabletop roleplaying game currently produced by Renegade Game Studios.
Alongside the 40th Anniversary of The Transformers: The Movie in August, and the nationally celebrated “Transformers Day” on September 17, Upper Deck is releasing a Transformers40th Anniversary Special Edition trading card set in September, which will be available exclusively at Target. The set brings the legendary Autobots and Decepticons to life through cinematic poster-inspired trading cards. Every box will include the complete base set, alongside a “Stellar System” insert series featuring fan-favorite characters against a galaxy backdrop. Fans and collectors can also chase a range of eye-catching parallels and autographed cards from Peter Cullen, the iconic voice of Optimus Prime.
Expanding the collaboration further, later this year fans can also look forward to the The Transformers: The Movie 40th Anniversary trading card set under Upper Deck’s iconic Fleer brand, known for its timeless trading card designs and nostalgic appeal among collectors. The 100-card base set highlights memorable characters and scenes from the film across Fleer-inspired base and parallel designs. Inserts include “From Screen to Page” themed around artwork from the 20th anniversary IDW comic series, “More Than Meets the Eye” flip lenticular cards that showcase characters in both robot mode and vehicle mode, and “Instruments of Destruction” 3D lenticular cards that highlight the Decepticons and other villains from the film. The set also features autograph cards from select voice actors.
The upcoming The Transformers: The Movie 40th Anniversary trading card lineup marks only the beginning of this collaboration between Hasbro and Upper Deck, with future collections inspired by Power Rangers, G.I. Joe, M.A.S.K., Jem and the Holograms, and more on the horizon.
The Multiverse has been destroyed, and God Emperor Doom rules over its shattered pieces in a single patchwork planet: Battleworld. MARVEL MULTIVERSE ROLE-PLAYING GAME: SECRET WARS EXPANSION takes a deep dive into the event that changed Marvel forever, including an adventuring framework for players to fight their way through Battleworld and save the entire Marvel Multiverse. It also includes an exploration of the Fantastic Four, Doctor Doom, the Guardians of the Galaxy and the vast Marvel cosmos — including new rules for how to handle Rank X characters of unbelievable might!
Lead Writer: Matt Forbeck Writers: Matt Forbeck, Alex Irvine Producer and Project Lead: Carlos Cervantes Jr. Editor: Brian Overton Assistant Producer: Amir Osman
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Free League Publishing has launched Arkand – City of Waves and Flames and the Book of Magic, two new expansions for the award-winning fantasy tabletop RPG Dragonbane.
Both expansions are available now through the Free League online store with instant PDF access, at hobby stores worldwide, and digitally through DriveThruRPG and the Foundry VTT Marketplace.
Limited Collector’s Editions featuring faux-leather covers and gold foil printing are also available exclusively through the online store.
Arkand – City of Waves and Flames
From the Temple of True Fire high atop Dragonrock to the taverns and gambling dens of the city’s underworld, Arkand is filled with conflict, rumors, and the promise of adventure.
The book features 20 adventure sites across five districts, along with campaign seeds that draw players into a fierce underworld power struggle. Players can hunt demons and uncover secrets from Arkand’s past that could change the city forever.
Written by Johan Sjöberg, with artwork by Johan Egerkrans, and David Brasgalla, Arkand – City of Waves and Flames also includes a separate full-color 17 x 22-inch map by Francesca Baerald.
Book of Magic
From Demonology and Necromancy to Alchemy and Dracomancy, the Book of Magic opens new paths for players and Gamemasters looking to master the arcane arts.
The book introduces nine new schools of magic: Demonology, Harmonism, Illusionism, Necromancy, Symbolism, Witchcraft, Alchemy, Enchanting, and Dracomancy. It also expands the game’s existing schools with new spells.
In total, the book includes more than 300 spells, magical recipes, enchantments, and magic tricks, along with details about each school’s practitioners, reputation, and familiars. Players will also learn where and how their characters can receive magical training.
