News Roundup: Godzilla, Cosmere and Moonbeams

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There’s a lot of news this week. Godzilla gets a TTRPG. There’s a new Cosmere one-shot featuring actors from all over the place, and a TTRPG startup announced that it is shutting down.

Kaiju At the Table: Comic Publisher IDW Plans Godzilla TTRPG

The comic book publisher IDW is returning to TTRPGs with the planned release of Godzilla: The Roleplaying Game. Players will "join G-Force to fight the greatest kaiju of all time” and use decks of cards as their dice mechanics. The game will be designed by former Warhammer designers Jervis Johnson, Gav Thorpe, and Mark A. Latham, according to Gamesradar+.

"When IDW first approached me about working on a role-playing game system, I was cautious until I found out that the game would be based on their fantastic Godzilla comics - at which point I immediately said 'Yes please, count me in!'," says Johnson. "Godzilla The Roleplaying Game is the first time I've had a chance to help design a fully-fledged RPG, and doing so with Gav and Mark and the IDW creative team has been a fantastic experience. I am really pleased with the way that the game system has come together, especially the way that using cards instead of dice has allowed us to include a number of novel game mechanics in the game system."

"It’s really exciting to have total freedom in developing a new system," Latham adds. "Something that really fits with the G-Force era of Godzilla stories, and truly encourages immersive storytelling and character-driven narrative. I think players and DMs [Deck Masters] alike are going to be very surprised by this game."

The Kickstarter campaign will launch on March 3, 2026. It is also the first IDW Games project in five years, although the publisher has plans for other properties that it will launch soon. It partnered with Hunter Entertainment this week to publish the Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees storytelling game this month, which is about a town of anthropomorphic animals with dark secrets.

It is weird to see this property being pushed by IDW now. The publisher intends to “kill” Godzilla in 2026 (as in the character, not the ongoing comic series.)

House of Dragons, Hunger Games Stars to Feature in Cosmere One-Shot

Brotherwise Games’ Cosmere RPG launched with a noteworthy amount of success this year after raising more than $14 million in 2024. Now it’s striving to build up hype for the show. 12 Sided Studios, Paragon Pictures, and Brotherwise Games have partnered together to host a one-shot titled Stormlight: Echoes of the Father. The one-shot will feature Jasper Cartwright (Dimension 20, NADDpod) as the GM and star Abubakar Salim (House of the Dragon, Raised by Wolves), Jacqueline Emerson (The Hunger Games), Jane Douglas (Oxenventure), and Mark/Mara Hulmes (High Rollers, Critical Role). It’s the first production to be created through Eternal Realms Studio, which claims to blend the “boundless imagination of TTRPGs with the immersive power of film.” The company previously created Thresher, a limited-time series published on Critical Role’s Beacon Network.

“To get to craft a story with a world-class team behind me, an unbelievable table in front of me, and the unwavering support of Brotherwise has been one of the highlights of my career,” Cartwright said in a press statement. “I have fallen in love with Roshar and the Cosmere RPG. I couldn’t be prouder of what we have created.”

The one-shot is expected to premiere on Nov. 14 on Brandon Sanderson’s YouTube channel.

TTRPG Insider at PAX Unplugged

In short, I (Chris Hutton) will be at PAX Unplugged covering the event. I’ll be operating independently this year, so expect to see a lot of news coming out of this newsletter. That includes coverage of the planned Daggerheart announcements, any new products that publishers might have, and hopefully a ton of interviews down the line.

If you’re up to something cool and have time to chat, I would adore an opportunity to do so. Just shoot me an email at [email protected] or DM me. Otherwise, I’ll hopefully get to see plenty of creators there.

TTRPG-Centered Streaming Service Moonbeam Shuts Down

Moonbeam, a startup that presented itself as a Twitch alternative specifically designed to help serve the TTRPG community, announced that it is closing down.

The service initially launched in 2024 and marketed itself directly to actual play creators and TTRPG fans (including partnerships with creators in the space like Monte Cook Games, GenCon TV, VTM fancasts and other platforms.) Moonbeam cofounder Anthony Joyce-Rivera stated in a video posted on X that the decision to close down the platform was due to a lack of funds. He had been hoping to receive enough funds to support himself and the team in the last year, but was unable to attract the necessary funds to excel. The company raised more than $60,000 in 2024 in partnership with other companies, hoping to create “realms”, the company’s distinct term for communities on the platform. It was a unique approach for launching a startup, to be sure.

While the project presented a remarkable vision for creating something to compete with Twitch, the funding did not arrive. Joining a site like Moonbeam was already a risk since it had few followers, and the few followers meant that most creators had less incentive to join the website, Rivera stated.

The website will formally shut down on November 14, and creators will have until then to download any content or receive appropriate payouts. Rivera hopes to turn Moonbeam’s work involving Pyxis into a separate bot called Mobe, but has not said too much more about what that project will entail.

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Other Stories from TTRPG Insider

This week, we published two pretty big stories. First was our interview with Vincent Baker about Apocalypse World Third Edition, the TTRPG that inspired Powered by the Apocalypse.

Second, a look was taken at the Actual Play space and whether there are too many programs. This piece got a lot of attention on BlueSky, with the majority of AP creators stating that there cannot be too many APs in the same way that there cannot be too much music or books. There were also some valid critiques of my own approach; most notably, how I was focused on those who sought to finance their APs as compared to those who were willing to pay out of pocket to create an AP that they truly enjoyed. It was a helpful response that informed my perspective on the space.

All of this was fascinating to read, and I am very thankful for all the responses there. There are definitely some larger questions I have about AP that I may explore in the future, but that’s for another day.

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