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News Roundup: Victorian Horror TTRPG Expands Partnership with Dark Horse Comics
Our Beautiful Ruin, a new IP developed by former White Wolf staff, is coming to game stores soon through a new partnership with the publisher of Hellboy.
Christopher Hutton
April 12, 2026 • Estimated Reading Time: 7 minutes
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It’s a light week of news, with a publishing agreement and a new crowdfunding initiative from Backerkit. Also some cool space news! Honestly, I always need more space news.
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Studio Hermitage Partners with Dark Horse to Sell Victorian Horror-Focused Our Brilliant Ruin in Gaming Stores
Studio Hermitage
Our Brilliant Ruin, a new IP created by former World of Darkness creative director Justin Achilli, announced a new partnership with the comic publisher Dark Horse Comics to bring its TTRPG to new audiences.
The TTRPG was originally crowdfunded in 2024 and has quickly produced an audio drama and comic set in the world of the Dramark, “a place where the last fragile remains of society burn with excess and intrigue in the shadow of a dying world,” Studio Hermitage said in a press release. “The Ruin, a preternatural force befouling everything it touches, has ravaged geography and culture alike, wreaking destructive havoc and transforming both people and animals into monstrous creatures. With the world plunged into darkness, how will you spend the time you have left?”
The core rulebook will now be distributed by Dark Horse Comics to local gaming stores, making the game more accessible.
Studio Hermitage previously released a 4-issue comic in partnership with Dark Horse Comics that explored the setting, so this deal is an expansion of their original deal. Studio Hermitage has expressed an eagerness to convert OBR into properties outside of the TTRPG. These include an audio drama miniseries and an in-development video game. TTRPG Insider got to test an alpha version of the video game during PAX Unplugged.
MegaDungeon Month Begins on Backerkit
Yet another of Backerkit’s cross-promotional projects went live this week. Megadungeon Month, a crowdfunding period for megadungeon TTRPGs, went live this week. Megadungeons, in this case, are campaigns where players will often stay in a set of caves or halls for a lengthy period of time, with a focus on the grind over the more traditional in-and-out approach to fantasy storytelling.
The initiative features projects from several large publishers in the space, including Monte Cook Games, Kobold Press, , Ghostfire Gaming, and more.
For example, Troll Lord Games is publishing Caste Zagyg, a megadungeon it claims was written by D&D creator Gary Gygax.
There’s also the DIE Metadungeon, a TTRPG experience from Rowan Rook and Deckard that uses Kieron Gillon’s DIE TTRPG to explore the history of the hobby.
It’s a lot of interesting projects, and you should give it a look!
Other Stories from This Week
There’s a new RPG Token maker for anyone using VTTs, according to Geek Native.
BBC wrote a profile of the UK Games Expo, which is a go-to location for anything TTRPG in Great Britain.
Chaosium has attracted some drama over its new approach to releasing new content for the Bronze-Age focused Runequest
Somebody wrote an academic paper trying to explain “murderhobos” in TTRPGs.
The core rulebook for Shadow Scar, R.Talsorian Games’ ninja-focused TTRPG, is available in digital and physical format
A 4-issue Ravenloft comic will be published by Dark Horse Comics starting on August 19.
MCDM’s DRAW STEEL is releasing its own VTT on Steam, although other platforms do have access to the game as well.
The Indianapolis Recorder spoke with members of WOTC’s team about Black representation in D&D and Magic: The Gathering
Polygon talked to the performers of The Book of Mormon about their ongoing D&D campaign.
Rolling D20s IN SPAAAAAACE
Rabea Rogge, a German female astronaut, posted a video of herself rolling a d20 in space. I don’t know about you, but that’s pretty cool.
Rogge flew on SpaceX’s Fram2 Mission in 2025, making her the first German woman in space.
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