RPG Crowdfunding News - Mythology Manual, Nibiru, The Wanderer's Legacy, La Dama Nera, and more

Egg Embry said:

Let’s look at some of the last RPG Kickstarters ending in 2018 and the first that end in 2019 (those ending between December 28^th, 2018 through January 3^rd, 2019).

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Since it’s the holiday week between Christmas and New Year's, this is a shorter collection, which allows space to mention several items:

• Based on feedback from the prior column (thank you David Anderson Jr and Barantor), I’ve added the “Most Popular Pledge” giving a quick view of the pledge with the most backers at the time of this writing. If you have any formatting thoughts (or any suggestions), please share them in the comments.
• Morrus and Peter Coffey use this column to play “Our Favorite Game in All the World” on Morrus' Unofficial Tabletop RPG Talk. What is OFGiAtW? Morrus gives Peter Coffey the title of an RPG Kickstarter and Peter must guess what the product is, to much amusement. Each week, they look at games from the prior week’s RPG Crowdfunding News. Try the podcast here, it’s free.
• Continuing the call from last week: Are you a publisher participating in Kickstarter’s February 2019 initiative: Zine Quest, a Tribute to RPG Zines? If so, please contact Sean Hillman (here) or myself (here) to share details about your zine.
• If you celebrate Christmas, have a good one. If you don’t, have a wonderful Tuesday all the same.

RPG RULESETS

Mythology Manual- Fae, Deities & Shamanism-5e by Ty Hulse
END DATE: Fri, December 28 2018 3:20 PM EST on Kickstarter
SYSTEM(S): Dungeons & Dragons 5e
PROJECT TYPE: Rules expansion (monster)
MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: [TIED] $7 for the ebook of this product OR $25 for 4 of the writer’s ebooks

“This book will use actual mythology and folklore to help you understand the world of deities, fairies, and magic from a time when people gossiped about encountering the magical world the way we might discuss encountering a celebrity. With this book the GM will be able to create new rich adventures, and NPC’s for the characters to overcome, meet, and befriend. PC's will also be given more ways to interact with the world in which they play, through new options, and ways of thinking of their surroundings. In addition to GIMP iCloud Google Classroom helping you expand the worlds in which you already play, this book can help you to develop your own world. Either way, this book will be different from most Manuals and Guides, because it will use quotes from actual myths and tales to explain the different creatures within. Ancient peoples believed that nearly everything had a cause that the fortunes and misfortunes, and even the strange behaviors of humanity occurred because of magical creatures that inhabited everything. Known by many names these faeries, fey, good folk, spirits, etc would help inspire artists, cause cows to grow ill, or make winter come early. I already have a Pathfinder/d20 version of this book completed. The [Pathfinder 1e version of the] book is 11 by 8.5 paper back, and its 270 pages long.”​

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Nibiru, a Science Fiction RPG of Lost Memories by Federico Sohns
END DATE: Mon, December 31 2018 4:54 AM EST on Kickstarter
SYSTEM(S): The Memos System, an original RPG system
PROJECT TYPE: Core rulebook
MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: £35 plus shipping for the hardcover and PDF of the rulebook

“Nibiru is a science fiction tabletop role playing game set in an ominous space station. It’s focused around the themes of memory, nature and artificiality, and features a rich world (inspired by Ancient Mesopotamia) as well as a quick-to-learn system that builds each player's persona based on the retelling of their pasts. Nibiru is a space station submerged in the ocean of debris orbiting the Star of Fomalhaut. A monstrous, steel-clad vulture feeding off of a collection of unborn planets, Nibiru's purpose is unknown—at least, for those that reside in it. Near the Core of this skyless world, a group of enclosed city-states harbors the majority of the human population. Nibiru shines not just because of its otherworldly premise, but also due to its deeply thematic and creative mechanics. The game features a very simple, skill-less system that makes your character grow as you recover the memories of your past. Each new entry in your Journal contains a narrative bit tied to a bonus (or penalty!) that serves to slowly reveal your character's strengths and weaknesses. Try out a sample adventure and the basic MEMOs system with our free Quickstart Guide! [Nibiru is created by] Federico Sohns, an Assistant Line Manager for MODIPHIUS Entertainment.”
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RPG ADVENTURE MODULE

RPG Epic Stuff Library Vol 3: The Wanderer's Legacy. by Diego Pisa Artworks
END DATE: Sat, December 29 2018 5:04 PM EST on Kickstarter
SYSTEM(S): System neutral
PROJECT TYPE: Rules expansion (adventures, items, monsters)
MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: €2 for 4 monsters and 1 side quest (PDF)

“Cool monsters, Artifacts, Side Quests and items for your campaigns. Adaptable to any RPG, no matter if you play 5e, Pathfinder or Fate. The Wanderer’s Legacy contains the whole collection of Artifacts, Side Quests, the new Monsters and the Special characters like The Legendary Blacksmith. It’ll be an 8.5x11 inches softcover color book. There will be a 5.5x8.5 version too, you can choose the one you like the most. Rewards will be high quality PDF files in English and Italian for you to view on your computer, phone or tablet and best of all; to print them to surprise your players. As a game master myself I know they ever get excited when seeing new material. You'll receive separated jpgs too, in order you can send for example, an artifact a player just found, to his smartphone.”
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RPG BONUSES


Fantasy art for book covers, with Unique commercial license by Map Alchemists
END DATE: Sat, December 29 2018 7:06 AM EST on Kickstarter
PROJECT TYPE: Artwork
MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: CA$25 for all the art kits (digital)

“This Kickstarter is for the most part about cover arts, illustrations and tokens. With these beauties you will be able to launch your own Kickstarter or commercial campaign using an image kit of your choice (if you choose 1 of the commercial tiers). Beware though, only 1 copy of each special image kits comes with commercial rights but...everyone else can get a copy of all characters and portraits for personal use also. All image kits come with a 5.25 inch X 5.25 Inch portrait, 8.5 x 11 full illustration scene, round token (to use with virtual tabletop games), top down view token with base (and without) that can also be used with your favorite tabletop program, and an art book cover with a professional look (stays like the ones presented here in the campaign image set) and which is also fully editable if you choose the commercial tier. If so, I will edit the cover with your logo, flavor text, color theme and anything you want me to edit (2 hours of cover edition included in the commercial tiers).”
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La Dama Nera, un'oscura avventura per Awaken GdR by Isola Illyon Edizioni
GOOGLE TRANSLATED TITLE: The Black Lady, a dark adventure for Awaken RPG by Isola Illyon Editions
END DATE: Fri, December 28 2018 5:01 AM EST on Kickstarter
SYSTEM(S): Awaken RPG system (English version here)
PROJECT TYPE: Adventure module
MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: €20 plus shipping for a print copy of the adventure plus all stretch goals (PDF)
NOTE: This product is only available in Italian, and available to Europe.
GOOGLE TRANSLATED INFORMATION:

“With this Kickstarter campaign we want to create a dark and bloody adventure for Awaken role-playing game entitled 'The Black Lady'. In addition to it, our team plans to publish two more paper adventures entitled 'The Realm of the Dead' and 'The Fall of Sirin'. 'The Black Lady' is a long adventure / campaign for the Awaken RPG suitable for groups of 3-6 players that will keep you glued to history for about ten game sessions. In addition to pushing you into fights and fighting, the adventure will have a strong political and investigative dynamics, you and your party will have to be very careful about what is happening around you and what is hidden, twisted, in the darkness. The adventure is suitable for novice players like Awakened experts, the important thing is to know the setting of Awaken and be ready to take subtle actions or clash with unclean creatures. At the end of the volume there will also be a bestiary containing ten new creatures, with related statistics tables and special abilities, which will be added to Awaken's bestiary and can be met in this adventure or any other Awaken session. 'The Black Lady' is made up of 48 pages full of images, texts, tables and descriptions of game scenes designed as the original manual of Awaken, to give greater adherence to the basic manual.”
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