The Gate Pass Gazetteis the official monthly magazine for Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition.
This material was all published in Gate Pass Gazette Issues 36-47 throughout 2025, and is being presented here for the first time as a brand new hardcover compilation. There are three previous annuals for 2022, 2023, & 2024 available in bundles or as add-ons in this campaign.
Gate Pass Gazette patrons can receive a discounted copy of the Gate Pass Gazette Annual. You can find the links to the discounted pledge tiers by logging in to the Gate Pass Gazette patreon.
If you are not already an Gate Pass Gazette patron, and would like to be, you can visit Gate Pass Gazette patreon to sign up. Once signed up, you'll be able to access the discounted pledge tier.
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition (A5E) launched in 2021 and is a standalone game which enhances the 5E ruleset which you know and love. If you love 5E but would like a little more depth to the rules, Level Up is the new game for you!
After two years of extensive public playtests and surveys involving thousands of players, and input from our active community, we completely overhauled the 5E game system. From redesigned classes to a full exploration pillar, we revisited every aspect of the game to present this new standalone game, backwards compatible with the 5th Edition core rules.
If you would like to read an overview of the system, you can visit the official Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition tools site. Here you will find the rules of the game, along with searchable directories of spells, combat maneuvers, magic items, monsters, and more.
A5E.tools is the official Level Up online tools site. It contains the rules of the game, along with searchable databases of spells, magic items, monsters, and more.
Level Up Gateway is the online character builder currently in development for Level Up A5E. The site contains official Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition material and enables players and Narrators to build characters, roll colourful, animated virtual dice, and access official A5E rules.
You can currently play Level Up Advanced 5th Edition online with the below virtual tabletop platforms.
We are also speaking to other VTT platforms to partner with in the future. We have signed agreements with many, and will announce them once they have coded A5E on their platform and have them available for you.
Active Gate Pass Gazette patrons can select the discounted pledge tier 'Patreon Discounted Pledge Tier'. You can access the link for this discounted pledge tier via the patreon page at Patreon.com/gatepass.
If you are not already a Gate Pass Gazette patron, and would like to be, you can visit Patreon.com/gatepass to sign up. Once signed up, you'll be able to use the discounted pledge tier.
The discount percentages refer to your price saving against buying the same items separately at retail
If this is your first EN Publishing crowdfunder, you'll be amazed at how fast we are! Your PDF copies will be with you in March 2026 and your books will be sent in April 2026.
Shipping will be paid via the backerkit pledge manager after the campaign ends.
Digital (PDF) rewards of the Gate Pass Gazette Annual 2025 will be fulfilled as soon as the crowdfunding ends via a backerkit update. We pride ourselves on the fastest digital delivery of crowdfunders in the world! Add-on and bundle PDFs will be shared via the backerkit pledge manager in March 2026.
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We will place the print run order for the books the same day the Backerkit surveys close -- the printer is standing by!
The Gate Pass Gazette Annual 2025 is available as a print-on-demand product. Printing and shipping via DriveThruRPG is estimated to take 2-4 weeks depending on your location. So you can expect your rewards in April 2026.
Some Add-On books have already been printed and are waiting at our warehouses. These will be sent from our warehouses in the US and the UK, so you will receive multiple packages for your rewards. Please do not panic if the first parcel you receive does not contain all of your rewards!
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This product contains no art or any other content created by generative artificial intelligence. We work with a large, international team of talented freelance artists and writers at EN Publishing to create the Gate Pass Gazette.
