‘Godzilla: The Roleplaying Game’ Comes To Kickstarter In 2026 From IDW Games

IDW Games is releasing the first-ever Godzilla Tabletop Roleplaying Game as a Kickstarter campaign next March. Godzilla: The Roleplaying Game, is produced by Warhammer gaming gurus – Jervis Johnson, Mark A. Latham, and Gav Thorpefor —  their first co-created tabletop game.

Godzilla puts a team of players in the midst of kaiju attacks with character sheets, collaboration, and playing cards as their tools to defend humanity. This unique new game system uses standard 52-card decks, rather than dice. Fans can sign up for more information on IDW Games here.

Jervis Johnson said of this collaboration:

“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 Godzillacomics — at which point I immediately said, “Yes please, count me in!” 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,. I’ve had a soft-spot for Godzilla ever since I was about eight years old and my mum took me to see Son of Godzilla. I liked it so much I made her stay at the cinema so I could watch the film a second time! As you can imagine, this means that getting to work on the Godzilla roleplaying game is a childhood dream come true for me.”

Mark A. Latham added:

“Working on a GodzillaRPG is something of a dream come true – and the fact that I get to team up with Jervis Johnson and Gav Thorpe again feels like getting the band back Together!” says co-creator Mark A. Latham (Warhammer, The Walking Dead). “It’s really exciting to have total freedom in developing a new system: something that really fits with the G-Force era of Godzillastories, and truly encourages immersive storytelling and character-driven narrative. I think players and DMs alike are going to be very surprised by this game.”

Gav Thorpe​ concluded:

“As a fan of RPGs over four decades it’s a privilege to work on a setting as iconic as Godzilla — one of the most recognisable characters worldwide! It’s been a great experience working with Jervis and Mark to bring to life our ideas for the IDW roleplaying system, and the Godzilla game. It’s not often that, as a designer, one gets the opportunity to build something completely from the ground up. It’s our intent to make something foundational that adds to the canon of game systems but more importantly is fun, intuitive and rewards player teamwork.”

The Godzilla RPG Kickstarter campaign will be a 30-day pledge launching March, 2026, and will feature limited-edition tiers with expected fulfillment by fall 2026.

Ahead of the launch of the campaign, IDW Games will host Playtests at PAX Unplugged (November 21st-23rd, 2025) in Philadelphia. Players who participate will receive exclusive player previews and merchandise. IDW Games will also have a selection of the GodzillaRPG merchandise exclusively available at PAX, including Beanies, Playmats, Notebooks, Pins, Koozies, Playing Cards, Totes, and more.