Eidolon Ghost Market is Keith Baker's Daggerheart city

Keith Baker's next Daggerheart object finally has a crowdfunding clock. Eidolon: The Ghost Market, the ecto-punk noir city setting from Twogether Studios, is on BackerKit pre-launch with a listed start of October 13, 2026. That is a third-party book, not a Darrington Press hardcover, and the distinction matters before your table starts arguing about canon.

I am filing this as tabletop product news, not a playtest diary. Twogether is already running weekly Ghost Market games and offering a free four-page preview for followers. The useful Monday question is what kind of Daggerheart supplement Baker and Jenn Ellis are actually selling: a weave-in city, two campaign frames, and a necromancy-as-industry thesis.

Third-party Twogether book, not a Darrington hardcover. Put that tag on the shelf before you pledge.

BackerKit's pre-launch page for Eidolon: The Ghost Market lists the crowdfunding event start as October 13, 2026 and describes an ecto-punk setting where industry runs on bound spirits. Twogether Studios is actively promoting weekly Daggerheart games in the setting and pointing fans at that BackerKit follow. TTRPG Fans summarizes the September detail pass: roughly a 200-page sourcebook with new Communities, Adversaries, Environments, Equipment, character options, and two campaign frames, Boneriggers and The Catering Crew.

Baker's own pitch language, carried on the Twogether and BackerKit materials, leans on the same muscle that made Eberron travel: ask what magic does to labor and culture, then build a city around the answer. Here the answer is ghosts in the machines and Keepers of the Gate who stopped being gentle psychopomps. Hope is a player project, not a lighting preset.

The third-party label is the shelf tag people skip. Baker and Ellis are also attached to future official Darrington work, but Eidolon is publishing under Twogether through Daggerheart's community licensing lane. Your Hope and Fear core book still comes from Darrington. Your haunted industrial sandbox comes from the crowdfunder if it funds.

Table energy nearby stays honest. FC 27 just bet on a social playground plus Lite, and Minecraft just dated The Sift through Dungeons II. Eidolon is the campaign-setting bet for tables that want Daggerheart without waiting on the next official frame.

My Monday take: follow the BackerKit now for the preview PDF if the pitch already scratches an Eberron itch. Wait for the actual pledge tiers on October 13 before you budget a hardcover fantasy. Pre-launch pages are good at vibes and bad at final SKUs.

I will not invent page counts beyond what the trades and project page are circulating, forge a Darrington endorsement that is not on the record, or pretend Boneriggers and The Catering Crew are fully printed adventures you can buy tonight. They are frames promised inside a book that has not crowdfunded yet.

October 13 is when the crowdfunder starts. Pre-launch vibes are not final SKUs.

Community licensing is why this can exist beside official books without waiting for Darrington's production queue. That lane is also why buyers should read the final license language when the campaign page expands. Compatibility claims are only as good as the printed terms.

Also keep the rename honest. Gen Con chatter knew this as The Night Market. Eidolon: The Ghost Market is the shipping title on the pre-launch page. If your group bookmarked the old name, update the string so nobody pledges twice in spirit.

The Catering Crew frame is the tonal tell. Exorcists who save a city through catering gigs is Baker and Ellis advertising humor inside the gloom, not a pure misery crawl. Boneriggers is the sharper street-crew entry. Two doors into the same cemetery metropolis is the product pitch.

If you bounced off Daggerheart's first wave because you wanted a denser city book, this is the clearest third-party swing at that hunger so far. If you are happy with official frames only, you can watch from the sidelines without FOMO math. October 13 is when the money conversation starts.

Cross-check the recent TV desk: Yaga just dated a folklore thriller on AMC+. Steal the October 13 stamp. Argue with the third-party shelf take after the pledge manager exists.

Playtest seats on the Twogether calendar are a soft proof of life. A studio willing to run the city weekly before the crowdfunder is not the same as a finished layout PDF, but it is better than a vaporware mood board with a logo.

One practical note for GMs who already house-ruled a necro-industrial city: read the free preview before you assume Eidolon will match your homebrew nouns. Baker's Keepers, Castagars, and campaign frames are specific. Compatibility with Daggerheart is the promise. Compatibility with your binder is a session-zero problem.

How we made this: researched and drafted with AI assistance. Sources are linked in the piece.