The Gunslinger's Guide to Rexfald

The Gunslinger’s Guide to Rexfald is a Wild Western Supplement for the latest edition of D&D, inspired by the High-Western genre and the countless movies, books, and games it has created. It is also backwards compatible with D&D 5e.

Venture into 600+ pages of Wild Western content across two books, brimming with gritty new character options, sunset showdowns, majestic mounts, and magic firearms as you explore an endless frontier full of adventure.

So pardner, you got what it takes to become a Legend?

Campaign Overview

How To Back

Free Demo

Click the image to explore the humble Frontier Town of Holdout, before you take aim in a duel decades in the making during an immersive One-Shot Adventure!

If you want listen to an example of our Wild Western Soundtrack while you explore the page, click the video 👇

Core Book

Ride across open prairie, red-rock desert, and primordial forests as you make a name for yourself on the Endless Frontier. Rexfald is a land where Tall Tales walk amongst common folk, Constellation Sheriffs face-off against dastardly Out-Liches, and Leyline Rails direct screaming Eternal Engines to the far-corners of every Territory. A land of myth and legend, where an unknowable Cryptic World tugs at the very foundations of Reality. For those that hold Grit and Glory in their heart, it is a frontier full of endless adventure.

Immerse yourself in a world of Ghost Stories, inspired by real accounts of Cryptids, Tall-Tales, Native Legends, and other Wild-Western Yarns. Walk the border between fact and fiction as you explore an expansive Cryptic World that lays just beyond the horizon.

It is from the Cryptic World that many miracles and monstrosities have spawned, whether that be the unbelievable strength of a Tall Tale, the miraculous cures of a Huckster, the elemental weaponry of a Calamity Wrangler, or the otherworldly influence of a Lodge.

Explore brand new mechanics! Draw fast and first in Showdowns, lock and load with new Frontier Firearms and gunplay mechanics, and forge unbreakable bonds with unique Mount Companions.

The Showdown is a sacred ritual to the folk of the frontier. A rite of passage, where one passes from anonymity into greatness. It is the prestige of a gunslinging name that forges power, enhanced by the magic of the forgotten and the unforgettable.

Duel with the Showdown System, a special new mechanic that allows gunslingers to face-off in winner-take-all scenarios. Call-out everything from Aboleth to Zombie as your gunslinging capabilities enhance with every victory. Be careful though, the greater your name, the more others will set their sights on claiming a piece of your legend for themselves.

Don’t you worry though pardner, no matter your path a Duster never truly rides alone. The Mount Companion system allows for a sacred bond to flourish between a rider and their steed, allowing your mount to grow in power as you do. Each bond is unique, allowing mounts to access special class-specific Mount Feats tailored to their bonded rider; whether that be the divine grace of a Glorysteed, the trampling armory of a Battlemount, or the dexterous hooves of a Picksaddle. 

Warrior of the Saddle Monks use this sacred bond to connect with a mystic mount, while Steed Patron Warlocks are themselves granted power through a pact-bond made with their Eldritch Mount. Discover these paths and more in the book!

Step into a frontier where will is law and names are power. Play as one of 24+ unique Subclasses, like the Wild Child Fighter or Circle of Taxidermy Druid, and make your mark on the frontier.

Those that brave the frontier are known as Dusters; legendary heroes and villains that seek adventure on the endless range. Push the edges of the frontier as a Pioneer Ranger, or walk in the hidden majesty of the Cryptid Patron Warlock. Stake your claim, fill your hand, and become Legendary.

But you’re not the only new face on the frontier, pardner. Immerse yourself in the ancient culture of the reptilian Toketl or grow to ridiculous heights as an elusive Sasquatch, as you discover over Six new Species you’ll find in Rexfald.

Uncover over 100 new Wild Western Spells, where all new Weird spell effects can turn cover to glass, reload spent bullets, or raise your victims as vengeful specters. Engage with dozens of new firearm-focused spells, like the powerful Black Bullet or the redirecting Ricochet. Support your steed with new mount-centric options like the stabilizing Steady, the swift Flaming Spurs, or the compassionate Save Steed.

A Duster without a firearm is improperly dressed. Since the first days of the frontier guns have been a staple of life out on the endless range. Whether you pack a humble Derringer, a gunslinging Revolver, or the colossal power of a Volley Gun, you can learn a lot about a Duster by what fills their holster.

Engage with Seven new Firearm Types and Three new Explosives, as you fill your hand with the leaden power of over 100+ new Frontier Firearms, each with their own unique Art, Lore, and Mechanics. Equip new accessories, like Bandanas, Bandoliers and Stirrups that attach over existing clothing and gear.

On the frontier, disease is often the greatest threat that folk face. Insidious afflictions like Blackbone can turn a skeleton to charcoal, while Skinsplit Fever sprouts painful fully-functioning digit-like warts all over the body, and Saddlestain…well what Saddlestain does is better left unsaid. 

Discover over two dozen new mundane and magical diseases to be added into your own game with new affliction conditions like Sickly, Delirious, or Pungent. Use the frontier-inspired Malady system to keep track of diseases as your players slowly recover in realistic fashion. Temporarily alleviate symptoms with medicine, or cure them entirely by concocting the right tincture.

A Duster’s home is where they hang their hat, whether that be a Blummox-pulled Caravan, the rail-bound town of a Train Bastion, or the humble abode of a star-lit Campsite.

Bring your bastion with you using new rules for Mobile Bastions. Add over a dozen new Western-themed Facilities to your home, including a tonic-brewing Saloon, an interest-bearing Bank, and an undead-rearing Undertaker.

Campaign Adventure

Bounties of the Highwayman is a thrilling Wild Western Campaign and Sourcebook for The Gunslinger's Guide to Rexfald. Hunt down Bounties while pursued by the relentless Highwayman on a gripping journey of vengeance and redemption. Bring in over 12 unique Immortal Bounties on your own terms; redeeming, imprisoning, eliminating or enacting your kind of frontier justice against each foe you claim.

Explore new rules for forming a posse or gang, hunting down high-stakes bounties in a thrilling Wanted System, and claiming your due on 30 new bounty-themed monsters.

Whether you ride free and wild in a gang, or throw your hat in with a posse, the bonds shared between members of these organizations form the basis of frontier life.

Maintain your camp, track your notoriety, and build camaraderie with other members of your group. Over time, these relationships can transform fellow Dusters into steadfast allies or a fearsome rivals. Grow the strength of these bonds to access class-specific team-ups and show-offs during combat. Whether you ride with the law or against it, the bonds you build will form legends all their own.

Track and be tracked, pursue and be pursued, hunt and be hunted with the Wanted System. Track the notoriety of your posse and unlock special downtime activities to commit crimes, hunt bounties, and build hideouts to manage how Wanted you are.

Face over 80+ Frontier Foes across both books. Avoid the curses of the elusive Mothman, escape the cold shadow of the Thunderbird, battle at the crossroads against the devilish Fydle, or lock-and-load to face-off against the ruinous Highwayman.

Springing straight out of frontier ghost stories and native legends, each monster is a story all-its-own that will test the might of your gunslinging mettle! Separate fact from fiction as you uncover each creature's unique motivations, lore, and tactics; giving you just enough edge to make it out alive.

Each gunslinging legend that walks the frontier bears forward the unmatched power of their name. The more you best, the greater your own grows. Faceoff against a dozen Immortal Bounties, where you will have to unravel the mystery surrounding their eternal condition by uncovering their true name.

Each Bounty comes with its own unique chapter in the adventure. Will you redeem them from their wrongdoings, bring them to justice before the law, or claim bloody vengeance in a cinematic showdown. All these choices and more are provided for each bounty in the campaign.

Discover another Twelve High-Level Gunslingers in the book, each possessing specialized abilities that make them formidable foes when dueling certain classes. As your legend grows, take care that you don’t find yourself on the wrong side of a faster gun. 

Pledge Tiers

Stretch Goal Bounties

[Unlocked] 10,000$ - FUNDED! 
From the bottom of our hearts, give a resounding YEEHAW! for allowing us to bring Rexfald to life!

[Unlocked] 25,000$ - More Firearms
Another catalogue from the armory! Uncover a further 20 Origin-Specific firearms, 12 new firearm spells, and 2 new weapon types for the Core Book!

[Unlocked] 50,000$ - Prospecting and Gambling Rules
We played our cards right and really struck gold with this one! New rules for Prospecting with Dowsing Magic comes paired with unique frontier games that combine chance with high-stakes play!

[Unlocked] 75,000$ - More Wild West Subclasses
A new caravan of Dusters appears on the endless range! The Circle of Moonshine Druid and the Prospector Ranger join the Core book along with 4 other Wild West Subclasses!

[Unlocked] 100,000$ - Original Western Soundtrack 
Immerse yourself in an epic western soundtrack while you ride across the endless range, curated by the same artist behind our Kickstarter video’s audio track. Included for free in every pledge level!

[Unlocked] 125,000$ - More Diseases
The frontier is infected by 6 more diseases which are added to The Gunslinger’s Guide, each with its own symptoms, remedies, and special effects.

[Unlocked] 150,000$ - Homesteading Rules
Expanding on the Mobile Bastion rules, new Homesteading options allow for your hirelings to transform hostile terrain into prosperous abodes. Over 10+ new bastion commands allow for your hirelings to plant fields, drill for oil, rear cattle, and tame wild beasts into mounts. 

[Unlocked] 175,000$ - More Legendary Gunslingers
Your reputation proceeds you; a deadly new wave of duelists strolls onto the frontier. Twelve new High-Level Legendary Gunslingers, each specializing in dueling a certain Class, are added into the Core Book.

[Unlocked] 200,000$ - Modular Train Battlemaps
Rob, ride, and rescue; new modular train battlemaps are provided for high-tension combat on the Leyline rails. Showdown in a boxcar, drink potions in the diner, freeze oozes in the refrigerator car, or cast Fireball in the sleeper car - these and eight other car-types will be available.

BACKER MILESTONE GOALS

[Unlocked] 1,000 Backers - Frontier Prisons Chapter: 
A new chapter is added to the book! Four new Frontier Prisons will be added to the Bounties of The Highwayman, along with mechanics for breaking out of (and into) each one! Each prison will contain a detailed dungeon map (See our Gameplay Demo for an example) that will also be included with all other map bundles!

[Unlocked] 1,200 Backers - Even More Wild West Subclasses: 
A new caravan of Dusters appears on the endless range! The Vaudeville Bard and Steed Patron Warlock are unlocked for the Core book along with 4 other Frontier Subclasses - bringing the total up to 36 subclasses!

[Unlocked] 1,400 Backers - More Mounts:
A new wing of the Stable Monastery opens up, revealing six additional Wild Western Mounts, including the primordial-prancing Zaepi, the aberrant moon-vexed Quxo, and the ooze-like paste pony Glair.

Backer Rewards

Shipping

Shipping and VAT (if applicable) will not be charged on Kickstarter. They will be charged through our BackerKit Pledge Manager after the completion of the campaign.

The prices indicated above are estimations made on April 2025. We will do our best to ensure the prices remain close to these estimations, however in some cases the shipping price may fall outside the ranges detailed in the graphic.

In light of a new wave of global shipping tariffs, we here at Gneiss Games have decided to take on any and all cost adjustments without charging backers a penny more. The price you see at checkout on the Backerkit Pledge Manager is the price you pay. We hope you enjoy having our products shipped right to your door, no matter where that door is!

About the Team

Howdy pardners, 

We are a group of three lifelong friends writing fantasy books and supplements with a focus on high-tier storytelling, satisfying mechanics, and laugh-out-loud humor. We each have been making games for as long as we can remember, but our story truly begins in the Summer of 2024 when we all decided to make the salient decision of spending all our free time working on a fantasy Western setting called Rexfald. We founded Gneiss Games because, like our geologic namesake, we make our best work while under immense heat and pressure. Thus, we want to metamorphize (eh, get it?) the gaming industry with some new blood and original creations that only the crucible of friendly ridicule could create. 

Each of us live, breathe, and eat tabletop games (despite the advice of our dieticians). We are intensely invested in fantasy worlds of all genres and seek to give others the tools necessary for making their own games elevate to that next level and become enviable games that everyone wants to claim a seat at. We always push past what is expected and strive to create things that are higher quality, more affordable, and more innovative. Our work is our passion, and we seek to empower that which has been neglected, create that which has yet to be, and push the boundaries of what tabletop gaming can be. 

Thank you for reading our manifesto; here's the team.

Our Partners

Colleague, Advisor, and Confidant: Agis Angeleye
Guide, Sage, and Mentor: John Federkins
Meta Miracle-Worker and Friend: Dan Thut

Main Artists: Matthew Dickey, Roberto Andreas, Dogan Oztel, Fanomezaniaina Rakotoharisendra

Additional Art by: Jose Moriegar, Giovanni Pedroni, Alvin Siebert, Bella Mikkelson, Del Johnston, Ivanna Abbate, Matheus Chastinet, Corey Rivera, Olga Jaworska, Arthur Portela, Batuin Ince, Jeannette Wang

Rexfald Logo Designs (and SO many other things): Bee Federkins

Kickstarter Video (Music): Nikolas Myklebust
Kickstarter Video (Voice Acting): Blythe Melin
Kickstarter Video (Image Animation): Roberto Andreas, Kaif Khan
Kickstarter Video (Direction and Editing): Agis Angeleye

Bullet Dice & Bandolier Designs: Bee Federkins, Kevin Federkins

3D Models: Agis Angeleye, Helen Rousou, and Zio

Playtesting Team: Ellie Hail, Del Johnston, Bella Mikkelson, Henry Polite, Mark Young

Our Pets: Baldur, Leo, and Itaca

Special Thanks

Kimberly & Hank Panethiere: For believing in me and my dream.

Hernan Di Berto & Paola Albinotto: For pushing me to achieve ever-greater heights.

The Crane Family: For being a guiding light in my life, and for encouraging me to follow my dream.

Henry Polite, Mark Young, and Jack Raya: For a decade of friendship, support, and joy. 

Harrison Brown: For making me feel welcome when I felt lost.

Matt Olick: For providing a haven for Kickstarter creators that allowed us to start this project and meet amazing people.

Nickolas Totief: For always giving a helping hand.

CammunonZ: For supporting our designs from the beginning.

Jenny Federkins: For being a social media queen.

Everyone at the Tuesday 7:00 group: For all the laughs, great times, and unforgettable memories.

Real Art, Real Cowboys

As you've already been made aware, we are a very small team of three friends working with a limited budget, pushing ourselves to the limit to each and every day to create the best work possible. The Gunslingers Guide to Rexfald is our first foray into the gaming world, consisting of over 600 pages - not one of which contains any AI generated images.

As passionate and creative people ourselves, it is incredibly important to us to use real art made by real artists. We will always support those who use their talents to bring their imagination to life and Rexfald cements that intent with each and every hand-made image we make. By supporting Rexfald and us at Gneiss Games, you are giving your support to real people with real passion, not machines.
 

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