Duel legendary gunslingers, wrangle epic mounts, and explore the endless frontier in this Wild West 5e Campaign Setting & Adventure!
Latest Updates from Our Project:
August Update - Alpha V2 and Project News
14 days ago
– Wed, Aug 05, 2026 at 04:13:36 PM
Howdy Folks, we hope the summer treated you well! We wanted to give you all an update on the progress of Rexfald, and share some of the wonderful things we have been working on!
The Gunslinger's Guide to Rexfald Alpha V2!
Check your BackerKit inboxes for a few special things we've included in there! Firstly, you'll find the v2 of the Core Book Alpha along with many new inclusions regarding special areas such as the Elemental Plains or the Final Frontier. Additionally, many thanks to all who participated in the playtesting for the Core Book, your feedback was invaluable to create this version! The Beta version of the Core Book (and thus final version before we send it off to the editor) is planned to release by the end of September.
Use the Link below to access your pledge if you have not done so. All digital content leading up to the full release can be found there! https://rexfald.backerkit.com/
Some comet wranglers draw the ire of a Fire Giant for rustling an asteroid away from his herd of metal meteors in the infinite expanse of The Final Frontier. Explore this many more Far Frontiers included in the new Alpha V2!
Wanted Poster Player Sheets Finished!
We are happy to share that our The Wanted Poster Player Sheets are now officially finished! Those who backed at tiers including the Wanted Poster Player Sheets will find a fillable PDF version in their BackerKit!
A quick look at the Wanted Poster Player Sheet! Find the Hi-Def version along with all 3 pages in your Downloads on BackerKit!
Cigarette Card Deck Progress!
Production on our Cigarette Card Decks is finishing up! We expect all art and design on those to be done around November! You can see a sneak-peek at the upcoming art for those cards below!
From Left-to-Right Top-to-Bottom: Alemental, Dracolt, Cloud Bison, Obbul, Equeloth, Karden, Malkik, and Zaepi;Art Done by our artist friend Bella!
The Bullet Dice Are Being Cast, and Bandoliers are Being Stitched!
A major update on the bullet dice! The molds are done and we are now casting! In addition, the hand-crafted leather bandolier has also officially entered into production!
Final Casting Images of the dice, with the red paint coloring their numbers.
The Bandolier Laid Flat, with 4 size options.
An Example of the Bandolier being worn by yours truly!
Another Deputy in The Posse!
Small introductions are in order for our new Art Director Nicola Silvani! You might recognize him from some of the other art he has done for us before with spells like Quickdraw or Theme Song! Nicola has been an integral part of this project, and we're happy to announce his inclusion as Art Director for Gneiss Games!
Theme Song (6th Level Enchantment - Bard); Art done by Nicola Silvani!
Don't Forget to Join The Rodeo With Us Over On Our Gneiss Games Discord Server
Come join us on our Discord server to let us know how you feel about the Alpha! We love the community we've built over there, and we can't wait to hear what you guys think of the Core Book! So come join the almost 500Cowpokes that get to see sneak-peeks at upcoming content, unused concept art, and the occasional bit of subclass content or arcane firearm we feel like handing out as a gift just our community!
We hope you enjoy The Gunslinger's Guide to Rexfald, and we're glad to be riding the endless range with folk like you!
Thank you all very much for reading this update! I wanted to give a very special shout-out to our friends over at Creative Labs for their wonderful new campaign of Alchemy dice! We are personal friends with both of the creators and I wanted to do them the good turn of sharing their wonderful campaign here!
Alchemy dice are color-changing liquid core dice that swirl, mix, and transform with each roll. We personally helped them with the designs and we are so very happy with how everything has turned out! If you're a dice lover who is excited for our Bullet Dice, I guarantee you'll love these dice as well!
The campaign is live until August 18th! Go check them out!
Core Book Alpha Out Now!
4 months ago
– Thu, Apr 16, 2026 at 04:32:07 PM
Howdy Folks! Big news today! The Alpha for our Core Book is completed and will be hitting your inboxes shortly! This copy is a completed version of 90% of the book, with that other 10% consisting of the book consisting of sections that we want your feedback on!
The Alpha contains over 300 pages of Wild West content ready to be played in your own games! We hope you enjoy what we wrangled up!
Check your email. You will receive your copy of the Core Book Alpha sent in an email from BackerKit. If any of you have any issues, Private Message us and we'll get you sorted.
The Spanish Translation Alpha of the Core Book will come out in a few months time.
We are looking for feedback about the Alpha from you all! Don't be shy, and please let us know your thoughts! A full survey will go out in the future for feedback on the Alpha content as we craft the best most rootin'-est tootin'-est Wild West 5e Content for y'all that we can!
Thank you all for your continued support! Based on the feedback we receive, the Beta copy will release in the book's final version in approximately 2 months. A few months after that and following any final playtest feedback we receive, backers of our Core Book tiers will receive their digital PDF and the physical copy printing will begin.
Don't Forget to Share Alpha Feedback With Us Over On Our Gneiss Games Discord Server
Come join us on our Discord server to let us know how you feel about the Alpha! We love the community we've built over there, and we can't wait to hear what you guys think of the Core Book! So come join the almost 400Cowpokes that get to see sneak-peeks at upcoming content, unused concept art, and the occasional bit of subclass content or arcane firearm we feel like handing out as a gift just our community!
We hope you enjoy the Core Book, and we're glad to be riding the endless range with folk like you!
For Gunsmoke and Glory!
Sincerely, The Fine Folks at Gneiss Games
Timeline Update & Mount Mechanics Playtest
5 months ago
– Tue, Mar 10, 2026 at 08:10:50 AM
Howdy Folks! Been a while since we've seen eachother on the trail! We want to stop by, give you all an update on our timeline, and give you some much-awaited content with the playtest-ready version of our Mount Mechanics!
To start it off with a bang (how we tend to do things around here), you can find the link to our Mount Mechanics here:
We're getting close to releasing the Alpha for our Core Book in about a month, so I wanted to give y'all an update on our timeline and address what our release schedule looks like.
Our original digital fulfillment date of December 2025 was a bit quick on the trigger, and since then the scope, scale, and overall quality of the book has increased exponentially beyond the scope of our original campaign. We've brought on industry-leading artists, pursued a greater quantity of art with those artists, and added in many extra cryptids, guns, monsters, mounts, and other bonuses beyond our original offer. Naturally these inclusions extend our fulfillment dates, but rest assured that Rexfald is still very much just over the horizon!
As such, our current fulfillment timeline is listed below:
Core Book Alpha: Mid April 2026
Core Book Beta: July 2026
Campaign Adventure Alpha: Released sequentially as chapters are Alpha-ready, beginning in Mid-Summer, 2026.
Core Book Completed: August 2026
Campaign Adventure Beta: October 2026
Campaign Adventure Completed: December 2026
Physical Fulfillment: Q1 of 2027
These are our finalized dates for the fulfillment of Rexfald. I wanted to start off with these brass-tacks so you guys know we're no-nonsense with keeping y'all updated with our fulfillment of Rexfald!
Thank you all for being patient as we finish up the Alpha content for the Core Book and the Campaign Adventure, you all make this trail worth walkin!
Bullet Dice Update
*Note: Steel dice are blanks made as a test of the molding process. Final dice will all be brass.*
Size may not matter, but caliber certainly does.
The bullet dice are currently molded and have entered printing, production, and final inking of the numbers. There are a LOT of dice to make, so it'll take just a moment longer, but we will have final versions of these to share very soon!
Frontier Towns and Territories Update
Old Huesal is the liveliest ghost town around, and if you ask any of the residents their thoughts they're liable to tell you: "Dyin' is the easy part, it's the livin' on that's hard."
The Elemental Plain of Steam is a boiling ocean trawled by ironclad steamers that hop island-to-island in an elaborate network of elemental plantations.
Right now, I am happy to share that the art for every town in the core book is COMPLETED (feel free to pop off a couple of shots in celebration). There's still some more content to finalize, but I'm happy to reveal that before long you'll have a whole frontier to explore at you leisure!
Mounts and Monsters Update
The Copsen is a cloned herd of arboreal mounts connected through a telepathic network of delicate root systems. Known to protect vulnerable woodlands from the cursed influences of cryptids, these primordial wardens are known protectors of natural beauty and ecological stability.
When a creature partakes in the consumption of one of its kin, it can become infested with a cryptid spirit that hides in the darkness of the victim's organs. Over time, the spirit grows larger until it consumes the soul of its host - triggering a transformation of the victim into a wendigo. Wendigo seek to spread ravenous hunger across the frontier, looking to propagate more of their kin to themselves feast upon to quiet their own hunger for even a fleeting moment.
A quick update on our Mount and Monster completion percentages. As of today, we have art and stat blocks completed for ALL mounts (you can find them in the Mount Mechanics update page). In addition, about 50% of all monster art, and 90% of monster stat blocks are alpha-ready at this time for BOTH books. More updates on this content will follow as chapters of Bounties of The Highwayman are released in the future.
You can find all of these mounts in our Mount Mechanics folder HERE.
The Final Frontier Species & Thank You
The Ma'yee are a species of cryptid tricksters that revel in terrifying the arrogant and uplifting the brave. Originally beings born of sunlight, they were banished by dragons into the darkness of the cryptic world for gambling - a vice which many dragons grapple with to this day.
As a thank-you for your support, we have decided to add a special Magnificent Seventh species to Rexfald, which will appear as a player option in Bounties of The Highwayman. We wanted to include this as a thank-you gift to our wonderful community that has been so supportive of us as we continue to make the wildest content for you possible. If you want to help playtest this species when it drops in 1 week, come join our Discord Server to stay in the loop!
Also, don’t forget to join our Discord server to let your voice be heard on these new playtest materials! We just passed 300 members, and I'd love to get as many of you in there as possible! With 300 people on board, that means about One In Every Five of you have been able to join up and be a part of the discussion. We're so pleased with our wonderful community, and if you want to just hop in and see what's new each day, always feel free to come take a look!
Thank you all again for the amazing support, and a special extra thank you to everyone who continues to engage with us over on the Discord! You've warmed our hearts with your continued love for all things Western!
Sincerely - With some well wishes for 2026 - The Fine Folks at Gneiss Games
As many of you know, we don't do shout-outs often unless it's a good friend of ours or we really believe in the campaign: with this one, it's both! Our friend Dan Thut is making an AMAZING adaptation of a certain Killer-Pop aesthetic that we are happy to endorse! Their campaign is LIVE, so please go support them (if you aren't already a megafan, of course)!
Playtest #2 And Some Merry Christmas Wishes!
8 months ago
– Wed, Dec 24, 2025 at 06:05:53 PM
Ho-Ho-Howdy everyone! We hope you are all enjoying your holiday season! We just wanted to drop a quick update at the end of the year with some fun little presents to try out in your own games!
The Link to the Playtest (And Playtest #1) can be found here:
The Sasquatch have long managed the frontier secretly from the shadows, but with homesteaders encroaching further and further into the woods, these giants are finally ready to step into the light (or shadows at the very least).
While more lore for these frontier species is coming on the horizon, give them a play in your own games! This playtest sees the inclusion of the shadowy giant Sasquatch and many of their cryptid brethren, the release of the sun-scaled Toketl and their complex tribal cultures, and the reveal of the Zundor, a fey-descended race of buzzard-people with a connection to eclipses.
Our Final Frontier Subclasses Are Now Revealed!
Warlocks that follow the Lodge Patron join a secretive society of believers in which each warlock is Patron to all others. Elder councils dictate the will of the masses, and warlocks act as agents in the world - twisting the frontier to their will!
The biggest (and on a personal note, proudest) achievement for this playtest is the final reveal and inclusion of the last 18 subclasses for the Endless Frontier! Each of the 36 revealed will appear in The Gunslinger's Guide to Rexfald and we really hope you enjoy the options we've made for all of you! Each has a unique playstyle that I hope brings your own personal Frontier Fantasy to life! Of special note: I hope you all enjoy some of the more "twisted" and "evil" options we've included for subclasses like Pioneer Ranger, Lodge Patron Warlock, and College of Conduits Bard!
Named Spells From The Frontier's Most Legendary Spellslingers!
Margrave's Flaming Spurs is just about the pinnacle of ranger mount magic, able to teleport a rider and their steed swiftly in a roar of flame to rescue folk in danger, cut-off foes, and deliver medicine swiftly across the frontier to those in need. Unfortunately, the man who invented it mainly uses the spell to skip town and avoid paying his bar tabs.
We have quite a few new spells added to this playtest, each of which is a signature spell created by a legendary Duster in their travels across the frontier. While not all have a spellcaster name quite yet, we hope you enjoy their unique designs and fun playstyles!
Guns! Glorious Guns! Scratch that Itchy Trigger Finger and Let Some Lead Fly!
The Barbarian's Friend: Believe it or not, this is the merciful option for most barbarians.
This playtest features an all-new selection of frontier firearms to try out at your table! I hope this selection of 10 firearms feels strong in the hand while we complete the remainder of our arsenal!
Future Expectations
In the coming weeks, keep engaged with us on our Discord server to discuss your thoughts and opinions on the content. We plan to put out a full survey for the content from the first 2 playtests in about a month. We'll take feedback from this survey and adapt it into a final playtest for the core book with all the content. Mount Mechanics will release in a smaller update around the same time for those who are waiting for a chance to really wrangle with that content!
We expect to start providing alpha copies of The Gunslinger's Guide to Rexfald (The Core Book) around March. Keep an eye out for all that content!
Also, don’t forget to join our Discord server to let your voice be heard on these new playtest materials! We just passed 300 members, and I'd love to get as many of you in there as possible! With 300 people on board, that means about One In Every Five of you have been able to join up and be a part of the discussion. We're so pleased with our wonderful community, and if you want to just hop in and see what's new each day, always feel free to come take a look!
Thank you all again for the amazing support, and a special extra thank you to everyone who continues to engage with us over on the Discord! You've warmed our hearts with your continued love for all things Western!
Sincerely - With Some Very Merry Christmas Wishes - The Fine Folks at Gneiss Games
Happy Halloween! Our First Prison Megadungeon Is Available Now!
10 months ago
– Mon, Oct 27, 2025 at 05:32:05 PM
Howdy Everyone! We want to wish you all an Early Happy Halloween and share with you all something we think you'll lose your minds over! Calurosa Sanitarium! The first of our upcoming four Prison Megadungeons that we achieved through our stretch goals! All four will feature in our Campaign Adventure Bounties of The Highwayman!
Click Here to explore the new dungeon and prepare to dive deep into the frontiers of your mind this Halloween! We have all kinds of incredible stuff in store, and we'd love to hear your feedback on this first foray into a portion of the upcoming Campaign Adventure!
A 68 X 136 Map of Calurosa Sanitarium During The Days Of Dead Bounty
Don't forget to check out our Playtest Materials if you haven't already (Password: SaddleUp!), as many parts of Calurosa were designed with those materials in mind! We always love to hear your feedback!
Backerkit Pledge Manager Closes In A Week
A quick reminder for everyone to fill out your information for the Backerkit Pledge Manager. The Pledge Manager will officially close on November 1st and charge cards on the same day. If your address changes between now and when we fulfill, don't worry, there are many ways to update your information for shipping even after the Pledge Manager closes. If anyone ever has an issue with their shipping, always feel free to message us here on Kickstarter or Backerkit (We monitor all tickets there as well). Our community discord is also a great place to reach us!
Also, don’t forget to join our Discord server to let your voice be heard on these new playtest materials! We just passed 300 members, and I'd love to get as many of you in there as possible! We'll have many upcoming polls where you can impact what we end up making! Come jump on in while the gettin's good!
Thank you all again for the amazing support, and a special extra thank you to everyone who continues to engage with us over on the Discord! You've warmed our hearts with your continued love for all things Western!
We hope you enjoyed this update, and we hope you all enjoy Calurosa Sanitarium.
