A 5th Edition Stone Age adventure. Level 1-20 campaign, setting, and player options. Play D&D in a dangerous prehistoric world!
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Latest Updates from Our Project:
🎙️ New Fan-Produced "Born from Ice" Actual Play Podcast: Tales of Fire & Stone
12 months ago
– Wed, Sep 03, 2025 at 05:07:39 AM
We’re excited to share a brand new fan-made podcast set in the world of Born from Ice!
Tales of Fire & Stone is a Paleolithic actual play series exploring the prehistoric world through structured group storytelling and the Born from Ice RPG.
Long before the smelting of metal or writing of words, a small hunter-gatherer tribe faces a crisis.They have mastered the use of fire, and learned to chip rock into useful shapes and bind that stone to wood. Yet the lands of their ancestors can no longer sustain them, and it has been years since they encountered another tribe.
A small group of outcasts and adventurers are sent out on a dangerous mission: to discover the fate of the lost tribes, and to find a new home for their own.
The first two episodes are now available. Please give it a listen and show them some love!
August Update: Bestiary Delay, Print Timeline Shift, and a Personal Note
12 months ago
– Tue, Sep 02, 2025 at 07:39:33 AM
Hi everyone,
We hope you’ve had a chance to dive into Beta 0.3 and explore the new setting content, revised rules, and optional injury system. We’re incredibly proud of this release and grateful for all the kind messages, feedback, and support you’ve shared so far.
We’d love your input as we finalize the core game. The feedback form is quick and helps us catch things we might have missed
A Quick Personal Note from Loren
I want to apologize for the quiet stretch these past few weeks. July and August ended up being unexpectedly difficult. I made a major change, switching my day job, which has been an exciting but demanding transition. There have also been a few other life challenges that reared their heads during this time, but most significantly, I experienced the sudden and unexpected loss of a close personal friend—someone who was instrumental in the earliest conversations that eventually grew into Born from Ice.
While the project has changed a lot since those first talks, their creative energy and encouragement were part of what sparked this journey in the first place. Losing them knocked the wind out of my sails for a while, and I appreciate your grace and patience over the last few weeks.
As a result of all of this, my efforts on layout work slowed considerably, and so we are still behind on the release of the Bestiary promised as part of Beta 0.3. That said, layout is back underway now, and we’ll release it as soon as it’s ready.
Update on Printed Books and Fulfillment Timeline
We also want to be transparent with you about a change in the timeline for printed books. While we are still on track to deliver the final digital PDFs by December, the physical books will likely miss that target.
There are a few reasons for this:
The development and layout delays from this summer
Ongoing uncertainty around tariffs on printed materials shipping to the U.S.
Our desire to deliver books at the level of quality you’ve come to expect
We’re currently reviewing all of our printing and fulfillment options to avoid surprises. While we believe RPG books still qualify for a tariff exemption in the U.S., the situation remains volatile, and we’re working to confirm that this will still be true by the time we go to print and fulfillment. We’ll share more details on this front once we have more information.
Name Credit Survey – Still Open
If you backed at a level that includes your name in the book credits, please make sure to complete the Name Credit Survey we sent out through Kickstarter. If you haven’t filled it out yet, now’s the time!
A reminder of what’s acceptable (and not) can be found in our July 7 update. In the coming weeks, we’ll also post a preview page where you can verify your entry and request any corrections.
Development Roadmap
Here's our current development timeline:
Completed
✅ COMPLETE -D&D 2024 Player's Handbook Review: We’ve completed our review of the 2024 Player's Handbook, and integrated ideas from it into the rules of Born from Ice.
✅ COMPLETE -D&D 2024 DM's Guide Review: We’ve completed our review of the 2024 Dungeon Master’s Guide. While it hasn’t required major adjustments yet, it’s given us ideas for future content and fine-tuning.
✅ COMPLETE -D&D Monster Manual Review: We’ve completed our review of the 2024 Dungeon Monster Manual, which is now helping inform our final development on our Bestiary.
✅ COMPLETE - OGL Review: The new OGL 5.2 was released on April 22, 2025. This has been reviewed, and is now integrated into the coming Beta 0.3.
✅ COMPLETE -Full Rules Available in Beta: Beta 0.3 was released July 3. A nearly complete version of the book, missing only the Bestiary. Includes new 50 page Setting section, new Injuries chapter, a new Appendix on how to play 5e, updates and clarifications to rules, and text and layout revisions throughout. If you encounter any bugs or have thoughts about the rules, please use our Google Form to report them! Please see the Changelogfor info on what has changed between releases.
COMPLETE - Survey for Name in Credits: On July 7 we sent out a survey on Kickstarter asking what name you want to appear in the book credits, if you backed at a level that provides that as a reward.
Q3 (July - September) 2025
BETA 0.31 (Core Book) - Bestiary: An updated version of Beta 0.3 will be released to include the Bestiary.
Adventure Path Development: Work continues on the Adventure Path.
Q4 (October - December) 2025
Name Credit Preview Page Available: We will post a page where you can review how your name will appear in the book, and provide feedback if you need to make changes.
Book Editing: Riley will work to do final editing on the text of the books to prepare for publication.
Digital Books Available: Final versions of the PDFs will be available once the books are locked and ready for printing.
Q1 (January - March) 2026
Books to Printer: Books are planned to be finished and go to the printer.
Pledge Manager Closes: We will close the Pledge Manager once all books are at the warehouses and ready to be shipped. This is also when final shipping and any applicable sales tax, VAT, and tariffs will be charged.
Roll20 and Fantasy Grounds VTT Versions Release: Virtual tabletop versions of the game for Roll20 and Fantasy Grounds should be released roughly at the same time the books ship.
Q2 (April - June) 2026
Books Shipped to Fulfillment Partner: After printing, books will ship to our fulfillment partner warehouses in Europe and the US. This process can take some time depending on time at sea, clearing port, customs, etc.
Physical Books Ship to Backers: Books planned to ship to backers.
Thanks again for sticking with us! The core game is nearly complete, and your support has helped keep us going. We’re incredibly excited to get Born from Ice into your hands.
Name Credit Survey Now Rolling Out
about 1 year ago
– Mon, Jul 07, 2025 at 06:17:14 AM
This post is for backers only. Please visit Kickstarter.com and log in to read.
July Update: Beta 0.3 Now Available
about 1 year ago
– Thu, Jul 03, 2025 at 10:26:28 AM
Hi everyone,
Beta 0.3 - Now Available!
First off, we owe you an apology for the delay of Beta 0.3, and for not communicating about it sooner. Some major life things on our end slowed down layout and final development tasks more than expected. We appreciate your patience and support during this stretch.
That said, we’re excited to finally share that Beta 0.3 of the Born from Ice Core Book is now available!
What’s new in 0.3:
NEW: Chapter 5: Injuries – An optional system for injuries and treatments
NEW: Chapter 7: The World of Born from Ice – 50 pages of new setting guide content
NEW: Appendix A: How to Play 5e – A guide, based on the recently released 5.2 SRD, on how to play 5e.
Revised and tightened text throughout the book
Revised layout and chapter order
Fixes for clarity, consistency, and flow
Several adjustments to rules, including Classes, Backgrounds, Totem Paths, and more.
❗️Important Note: The Bestiary is not included in this release. We know this was part of the promise for 0.3, and we’re sorry it’s not quite there yet. The text is nearly done, and layout is underway. It just needs a little more time. We’ll get it to you as soon as possible, likely within the next few weeks.
You can check out the full Changelog for 0.3 here: 🔗 0.3 Changelog
And as always, we’d love your feedback for this release to help us better polish the game: 📝 0.3 Feedback Form
How to Download Beta 0.3
Log in to your BackerKit page. If you backed at any level that includes the Core Book PDF (or pre-ordered it), Beta 0.3 should now be available in your digital downloads.
Missed the Campaign? You Can Still Pre-Order and Get Beta Access
If you missed the Kickstarter campaign, you can still get access to the Born from Ice Beta by pre-ordering any item that contains the Core Book PDF through our pre-order store: 🛒 Pre-Order Store
Anyone who pre-orders the Core Book will receive access to the latest Beta release and future digital updates.
Name Credit Survey (Coming This Month)
In our last update, we mentioned a survey for those of you who backed at a level that includes a name credit in the book. We didn’t get it out in June like we planned, but it’s coming this month.
When the survey is live, we’ll post an update with instructions and the deadline. Please try to fill it out as soon as you can. It will help us a lot with the layout of the final books
Development Roadmap
Here's our current development timeline:
Completed
✅ COMPLETE -D&D 2024 Player's Handbook Review: We’ve completed our review of the 2024 Player's Handbook, and integrated ideas from it into the rules of Born from Ice.
✅ COMPLETE -D&D 2024 DM's Guide Review: We’ve completed our review of the 2024 Dungeon Master’s Guide. While it hasn’t required major adjustments yet, it’s given us ideas for future content and fine-tuning.
✅ COMPLETE -Full Rules Available in Beta: The game is now rules complete (barring minor adjustments or items that come up in testing) as of BETA 0.2. This means it is now fully playable, with all systems working, and future development now is focused entirely on content. If you encounter any bugs or have thoughts about the rules, please use our Google Form to report them!
✅ COMPLETE -Errata for Beta 0.2: To tide over until the release of Beta 0.3, a rules errata lists all of the updates/changes to the full rules.
✅ COMPLETE -D&D Monster Manual Review: We’ve completed our review of the 2024 Dungeon Monster Manual, which is now helping inform our final development on our Bestiary.
✅ COMPLETE -Errata 0.22: An updated errata released that includes previous changes, as well as a few small rules updates (specifically to Hide, Healing, Influence, and Slowed).
✅ COMPLETE - OGL Review: The new OGL 5.2 was released on April 22, 2025. This has been reviewed, and is now integrated into the coming Beta 0.3.
✅ COMPLETE - BETA 0.3 (Core Book): A nearly complete version of the book, missing only the Bestiary. Includes new 50 page Setting section, new Injuries chapter, a new Appendix on how to play 5e, updates and clarifications to rules, and text and layout revisions throughout.
Q3 (July - September) 2025
BETA 0.31 (Core Book) - Bestiary: An updated version of Beta 0.3 will be released to include the Bestiary.
Survey for Name in Credits: Later in July, we will send out a survey asking what name you want to appear in the book credits, if you backed at a level that provides that as a reward.
Adventure Path Development: Work continues on the Adventure Path. Scott Fogg has joined the writing team, helping to quickly ramp up the amount of attention this part of the project is getting. Full attention of the team is now shifting to finishing this book.
Book Editing: Riley will work to do final editing on the text of the books to prepare for publication.
Q4 (October - December) 2025
Books to Printer: Books are planned to be finished and go to the printer.
Digital Books Available: Final versions of the PDFs will be available once the books are locked and ready for printing.
Books Shipped to Fulfillment Partner: After printing, books will ship to our fulfillment partner warehouses in Europe and the US. This process can take some time depending on time at sea, clearing port, customs, etc.
Pledge Manager Closes: We will close the Pledge Manager once all books are at the warehouses and ready to be shipped. This is also when final shipping and any applicable sales tax, VAT, and tariffs will be charged.
Roll20 and Fantasy Grounds VTT Versions Release: Virtual tabletop versions of the game for Roll20 and Fantasy Grounds should be released roughly at the same time the books ship.
Physical Books Ship: Books planned to ship to backers in late Q4.
Thanks again for all your support. We’re getting very close to the finish line with the Core Book, and we can’t wait to share more soon.
—The Born from Ice Team
June 2025 Update
about 1 year ago
– Mon, Jun 02, 2025 at 06:30:49 AM
Happy summer everyone!
Heads Up: Survey Later this Month
Please be aware that later this month we will also be sending out a survey (for anyone who backed at a level that includes this perk) asking you to provide the name you want to appear in the book credits. We will have info about how long this survey will be open when we send it out, but encourage you to complete it quickly. This will help greatly with layout of the book.
Beta 0.3 Update
The next Beta version of Born from Ice is in its final stretch of work and should be ready in the next couple of weeks, barring any last minute complications. This is still on schedule for a June release. Expect an update a bit later this month with further details!
Development Roadmap
Here's our current development timeline:
Completed
✅ COMPLETE -D&D 2024 Player's Handbook Review: We’ve completed our review of the 2024 Player's Handbook, and integrated ideas from it into the rules of Born from Ice.
✅ COMPLETE -D&D 2024 DM's Guide Review: We’ve completed our review of the 2024 Dungeon Master’s Guide. While it hasn’t required major adjustments yet, it’s given us ideas for future content and fine-tuning.
✅ COMPLETE -Full Rules Available in Beta: The game is now rules complete (barring minor adjustments or items that come up in testing) as of BETA 0.2. This means it is now fully playable, with all systems working, and future development now is focused entirely on content. If you encounter any bugs or have thoughts about the rules, please use our Google Form to report them!
✅ COMPLETE -Errata for Beta 0.2: To tide over until the release of Beta 0.3, a rules errata lists all of the updates/changes to the full rules.
✅ COMPLETE -D&D Monster Manual Review: We’ve completed our review of the 2024 Dungeon Monster Manual, which is now helping inform our final development on our Bestiary.
✅ COMPLETE -Errata 0.22: An updated errata released that includes previous changes, as well as a few small rules updates (specifically to Hide, Healing, Influence, and Slowed).
✅ COMPLETE - OGL Review: The new OGL 5.2 was released on April 22, 2025. This has been reviewed, and is now integrated into the coming Beta 0.3.
Q2 (April - June) 2025
BETA 0.3 (Core Book): Still on track to release later this month. Will post a new update with more info when it is ready for release, or if anything happens to delay it. We plan for this to be as close to the release version as possible, barring feedback and adjustments through continued playtesting.
This Beta of the Core Book will include:
Bestiary
New Setting section
Rules updates/clarifications
Revisions throughout the text (typo fixes, rewrites for clarification or space, etc.)
Please note that the Player's Guide Beta will release sometime after the Core Book, as it requires adjusting the layout and content. This will likely be in July.
Adventure Path Development: Work continues on the Adventure Path. Scott Fogg has joined the writing team, helping to quickly ramp up the amount of attention this part of the project is getting. Full attention of the entire team will turn to the Adventure Path after Beta 0.3 drops.
Survey for Name in Credits: Later this month, we will send out a survey asking what name you want to appear in the book credits, if you backed at a level that provides that as a reward.
Q3 (July - September) 2025
Books to Printer: Books are planned to be finished and go to the printer.
Digital Books Available: Final versions of the PDFs will be available once the books are locked and ready for printing.
Q4 (October - December) 2025
Books Shipped to Fulfillment Partner: After printing, books will ship to our fulfillment partner warehouses in Europe and the US. This process can take some time depending on time at sea, clearing port, customs, etc.
Pledge Manager Closes: We will close the Pledge Manager once all books are at the warehouses and ready to be shipped. This is also when final shipping and any applicable sales tax, VAT, and tariffs will be charged.
Roll20 and Fantasy Grounds VTT Versions Release: Virtual tabletop versions of the game for Roll20 and Fantasy Grounds should be released roughly at the same time the books ship.
Physical Books Ship: Books planned to ship to backers in late Q4.
That is all for now, but more soon. Can't wait to share the new version with you all in a few weeks!
