D20Culture Bring the Ben 10 Universe to Gamers with New TTRPG

Two decades after Ben Tennyson found the Omnitrix, it’s your turn to pick an alien. Brazilian publisher D20 Culture has announced Ben 10 Beyond, the first officially licensed tabletop RPG based on the Cartoon Network series. The game is licensed by Warner Bros. and being developed with Man of Action, the creative team behind the original cartoon.

When is Ben 10 Beyond coming out?

A free Quickstart Rules Guide is scheduled to be released on 2nd December 2026 to the D20 Culture mailing-list subscribers, who can sign up through the official site. The guide will introductory rules and a ready-to-play mission for Tier D recruits, as well as a selection of aliens which are being chosen by memebers of the D20Culture Discord channel.

The crowdfunding campaign is expected to launch in the first quarter 2027 on Kickstarter. You can sign up to receive a free Plumber’s Badge Pin and reserve your pledge for 5 to also unlock an exclusive custom dice when the campaign launches.

While no pledge levels, costs, or expected fulfilment dates have been revealed as of yet - although we may learn more at PAX Unplugged which runs from 4th to 6th December in Philadelphia - we do have some information about what the core campaign will be featuring.

• Core Rulebook - Complete guidelines for hero creation, d20 action economy, and the dynamic Tier Tension Scale.

• Plumber Mission Logbook - Pre-built episodes, covert operations, and Rescue Scenes structured liked animated episodes.

• Galactic Bestiary Book - Full profiles, minion waves, and Boss stat blocks for cosmic villains and local threats.

• Galvan Magistrate’s Screen - Quick-reference tables for tracking Scene tension, Villain Points, and difficulty thresholds.

• Custom Dice Set - Themed dice featuring iconic Ben 10 franchise symbols

• Equipment Deck - Quick-reference cards for weapons, blasters, black-market gear, and starships.

• Status Condition Deck - Physical cards to track active combat conditions like Stunned, Immobilized, Burned, or Defeated.

• Miniature Pack - 10 heroes + 10 threats

• Solo Mode - Play as Ben, Gwen, or Kevin in Solo adventures!

What will you play in Ben 10 Beyond?

You’ll create your own squad of Plumbers, the setting’s intergalactic peacekeepers. There are more than 20 playable alien species planned, including the fire-wielding Pyronites and the four-armed Tetramands, alongside roles such as the Brawler, Techno-Brain and Investigator. The game uses d20 rules and an Ascension Point progression system that takes your squad from handling local trouble to facing threats on a cosmic scale.

The planned campaign bundle includes a core rulebook, a bestiary, a GM screen, dice, cards and 20 miniatures. A mission book takes its cue from the cartoon, with adventures structured like episodes. There’s also a solo mode in which you can play as Ben, Gwen or Kevin. Series co-creator Duncan Rouleau has said that comics artist Dan Mora will be illustrating the covers for the full-edition books.

What is Ben 10?

Ben 10 began on Cartoon Network in 2005. Ten-year-old Ben Tennyson is on a summer road trip with his cousin Gwen and Grandpa Max when he discovers the Omnitrix, an alien device that lets him transform into ten different aliens, each with its own abilities. The original show spawned films, video games, follow-up series including Alien Force, Ultimate Alien and Omniverse, and a reboot that returned to Ben’s summer holidays.

Who are D20 Culture?

Founded in São Paulo in 2022, D20 Culture is the Brazilian publisher behind the DC Justice League Unlimited Roleplaying Game, which we covered in Crowdfund Quest when it launched on Gamefound in July 2026. That game was co-authored by DC comics writer Mark Waid and uses the studio’s Entropy System. D20 Culture also crowdfunded The Lord of the Rings: Foes of Middle-earth, a licensed board game, on Gamefound earlier this year.