Release Roundup: September 2025

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Welcome to the Release Roundup! This is where we update you on what we’ve been up to for the last month, from weekly releases to crowdfunding projects to production status updates.

October Eve is over, and we’re now moving into spooky season! This month’s Onyx Path releases include:

And from Aegis Studios:

This month’s Community Content, from the Storypath Nexus, Slarecian Vault, and Canis Minor includes:

Crowdfunding Update

The crowdfunding campaign for Monster Kingdoms, the latest game in the Earthbane Cycle, wrapped up last week! We funded in about three hours, and finished at $43,991, or 293% of our original $15,000 goal, thanks to our 766 backers!

We hit the following stretch goals:

  • Monster Kingdoms Storyguide Screen
  • Monster Kingdoms Ready-Made Characters
  • Backer Shirt Design
  • Monster Kingdoms Jumpstart
  • Monster Kingdoms Digital Wallpaper
  • Monster Kingdoms VTT Token Pack

Coming tomorrow: the Curseborne Player’s Guide!

CURRENT PRODUCTION STATUS

Titles in bold have changed production stages since last month. Early stages, such as proposals, outlines, and approvals, are not shown here.

Development: These stages typically happen first in a project, and concern the words you’re going to be reading.

  • First Draft: Writers turn in their initial drafts
    • Curseborne: The Making of Curseborne
    • Exalted: Essence Player’s Guide novellas
    • Exalted: Essence Storyteller’s Guide
  • Redlines: Developers make notes and desired changes to writers
  • Second/Final Draft: Writers turn in second drafts based on developer redlines
  • Development: Developers tie everything together and make any desired final changes.
    • Storypath Ultra: Discord Dice Bot
    • At the Gates: At the Gates Companion
    • The World Below: The World Below Delver’s Guide
    • Realms of Pugmire: Pugmire Unleashed Appendix
  • Manuscript Approval: The developed manuscript goes to Content Leads, In-House Developers, and the Creative Director for final approval.
    • Curseborne: Toil & Trouble: Curseborne Player’s Guide
    • The World Below: Secrets of Kalm and Kaos: The World Below Storyguide’s Handbook
    • Exalted: Riders from the Sunless Lands: The Abyssals Companion
  • Post-Approval Development: If changes are requested from the previous stage, or additional miscellaneous development needs to be done.
    • Curseborne: Accursed Adventure supplement
    • At the Gates: At the Gates Jumpstart
    • Trinity Continuum: Steam Wars: Leviathan Companion
  • Editing: Editors check for typos, nomenclature, and formatting errors.
    • Curseborne: Storypath Tasty Bit: Unwoven (October 2025)
    • Branch Riders: Facilitator’s Guide
  • Post-Editing Development: Additional approval and minor fixes from developers.
    • Curseborne: Curseborne Fiction Anthology

Art Direction: These stages happen concurrently with the final stages of Development, and concern the visual appearance of the final product. Accordingly, some items may appear in both the Development and Art Direction lists.

  • Art Notes Prep: Hand-off between production and art. Art notes are collected from developers, projects placed in a holding pattern as artist availability is managed. Sometimes a project might move back to Prep from active Art Direction. Don’t panic.
    • Storypath Ultra Core Manual
    • Curseborne: Tangled Webs
    • Curseborne: Curseborne Jumpstart
    • The World Below: Ed Greenwood’s Monstrous Ecology of the World Below
    • The World Below: Enter the Dungeon Jumpstart
    • The World Below: Underworld Adventures
    • Scarred Lands: Spiragos Collected Adventures
    • Scion: Gifts of the Titans
    • Scion: God Jumpstart
    • Scion: God: Player’s Guide
    • Scion: God: Divine Inspiration
    • They Came From…: Heroes of Action and Wonder!
    • They Came from the Cyclops’s Cave: They Came from Witchford Academy!
    • They Came from [CLASSIFIED]!: They Came from the Danger Zone!
    • They Came from Beyond the Grave!: They Came from Camp Murder Lake! VTT Adventure
    • Trinity Continuum: Aegis: Aegis Atlas
    • Trinity Continuum: Aether: Aether Player’s Guide
    • Trinity Continuum: Aether: The Aether Companion
    • Trinity Continuum: Aether: Audio Drama
    • Trinity Continuum: Steam Wars
    • Trinity Continuum: Adventure!: Danger Skies!
    • Trinity Continuum: Gear and Gadgets
    • Trinity Continuum: Aberrant: Best At What I Do
    • Trinity Continuum: Aberrant: Hated and Feared
    • Trinity Continuum: Aberrant: From the Shadows
    • Exalted: Exigents: Champions of the Divine Flame
    • Exalted: Essence: Exalted Essence Player’s Guide
    • Realms of Pugmire: Realms of Pugmire Jumpstart
    • Realms of Pugmire: Rumble in Riverwall
    • Realms of Pugmire: The Haunted Village
    • Realms of Pugmire: Curious Cats of Mau Jumpstart
  • Art Direction: Artists are hired according to the needs of the line and book. Art is created and turned in.
    • Storypath Ultra Core Manual
    • Curseborne: Toil & Trouble: Curseborne Player’s Guide (Crowdfunding)
    • At the Gates: At the Gates Rulebook
    • Monster Kingdoms: Monster Kingdoms Rulebook
    • Scion: War Games: Titans Rising Origin and Hero Adventures
    • Trinity Continuum: Aether: The Aethernaut Collection
    • Exalted: Essence: The Exalted: Essence Player’s Guide
    • Exalted: Alchemicals: Servants of the Machine God
    • Exalted: Sidereals Companion
    • Exalted: Infernals
    • Realms of Pugmire: Pugmire Unleashed
    • In Layout: Typeface, coloration, and art are chosen, added to the manuscript text, and laid out for visual appeal.
      • The World Below: World Below Storyguide Screen
      • Scion: Dragon Companion
      • They Came from the Cyclops’s Cave!: Jumpstart
      • Trinity Continuum: Trinity Continuum Players Guide Wallpaper
      • Trinity Continuum: Anima Jumpstart: alt-AR (Cascade)
      • Realms of Pugmire: Realms of Pugmire Guide Screen
      • Realms of Pugmire: Curious Cats of Mau Guide Screen
    • Proofing: The final book layout is checked over by the art director, creative director, and sometimes the developer to make sure everything appears as it should.
      • Branch Riders
    • Indexing: Larger rulebooks have a comprehensive index created.
    • At Press: The final product is being sent to printers or being prepped for digital release. Statuses in bold have changed since last month.
      • Curseborne: Curseborne Rulebook: Backer PDF out to backers.
      • The World Below: The World Below Rulebook: PDF and PoD versions on sale.
      • Scion: Mythic Shards: Quoting.
      • Scion: Wild Hunt: Inputting errata.
      • Scion: Rock Gods and Side Quests: PDF and PoD versions available Wednesday on DTRPG.
      • Scion: God: At Studio2, wrapping up shipping physical books to backers.
      • Scion: God: God Storyguide Screen: Wrapping up shipping out with books.
      • They Came from the RPG Anthology!: RPG Anthology VTT
      • They Came from…!: They Came from the RPG Anthology! Rulebook: PDF and PoD versions on sale.
      • Trinity Continuum: Aegis: Trinity Continuum: Aegis Rulebook: PDF and PoD versions on sale.
      • Trinity Continuum: Aether: Trinity Continuum: Aether Rulebook: At Studio2, wrapping up shipping physical books to backers.
      • Trinity Continuum: Aether: Trinity Continuum: Aether Storyguide Screen: Wrapping up shipping out with books.
      • Trinity Continuum: Anima: Anima Mobile Wallpaper: Out this week.
      • Exalted: Exigents: Out of the Ashes: Quoting.
      • Exalted: Exigents Storyteller Screen: At Studio2.
      • Exalted: Exigents: Miracles of Divine Flame (Exigents Companion): Errata from backer PDF being input.
      • Exalted: Sidereals: Charting Fate’s Course: Quoting.
      • Exalted: Abyssals: Sworn to the Grave: PDF and PoD versions on sale.
      • Realms of Pugmire: Realms of Pugmire Wallpapers: Out to backers.
      • Realms of Pugmire: Curious Cats of Mau: Moved to the press queue.
      • Realms of Pugmire: Curious Cats of Mau Wallpapers: Out to backers.