Looking just at this list of 5 RPGs, it’d appear that RPGs on Kickstarter are back to a manageable number unlike last week’s list of 17. The reason it’s *only* 5 RPG Kickstarters ending between February 15th and the 21st is because the 7 RPG zines from KS’s Zine Quest are in a separate mini-article. That noted, let’s dive into these RPGs.
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Carbon 2185 | A Cyberpunk RPG by Dragon Turtle Games
CATS & CATS by Dana Cameron
[h=3]RPG RULES EXPANSIONS / ADVENTURE MODULES[/h] The Tome of Magical Mystery (5E Compatible) by Session Zero
Dark Naga - Haunting of Hastur - Hardback - 5e and OSR by Dark Naga Adventures (an imprint of Fat Goblin Games)
Awaken: The Liborian Saga by Studio 2 Publishing, Inc.
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Carbon 2185 | A Cyberpunk RPG by Dragon Turtle Games
- END DATE: Fri, February 15 2019 3:00 PM EST.
- SYSTEM(S): Dungeons & Dragons 5e
- PROJECT TYPE: Core rulebook
- MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: £35 plus shipping & handling for the core rulebook in hardcover and PDF
“Play as a Cyberpunk, a rebel refusing to live life by the rules of the oppressive megacorporations that rule San Francisco in this high action tabletop roleplaying game by Dragon Turtle Games. Carbon 2185 gives you the chance to play in the cyberpunk worlds you've seen in movies, television shows, and video games. The Core Rulebook is the only thing you need to run and play hundreds of hours of games in the world of Carbon 2185, and to enjoy our upcoming line of adventure modules, heists, and tales of corporate espionage using this innovative game system. Carbon 2185 is a brand-new tabletop roleplaying game built using the D&D 5e open game license, with all the magic, magical items, and fantasy elements removed, and replaced with cybernetic augmentations, upgradable and customisable weapons, and computer hacking skills. How many pages is the Core Rulebook? 300 pages of high action, modern cyberpunk tabletop roleplaying game set in a dystopian San Francisco.”
CATS & CATS by Dana Cameron
- END DATE: Fri, February 15 2019 3:50 PM EST.
- SYSTEM(S): An original RPG system
- PROJECT TYPE: Cat rulebook
- MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: $10 plus shipping & handling for Cats & Cats in PDF and print, a cat die, and a “small handmade drawstring pouch”
- NOTE: Cat cat cat cat catcatcat cat CATS & CATS cat. Cat catly cat cat catting cat cat cat cat cat.
“CATS & CATS is an experimental and (mostly) unplayable tabletop role-playing game experience. The degree of playability depends on the players' extreme commitment to the premise of the game. It attempts to be a supermegacompletely cutdownuntilthereisnothingleft traditional style RPG, wrapped in a (metaphorical) fuzzy blanket of cat. Why? Because I have yet to find a ttrpg that was cat enough for me and now I want to share my creation with yooouuuuuu~~! Cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat! This game is designed for 0-12 players and takes approximately 0-8 hours to play. CATS & CATS is a very smol game; the rule book and character sheet fit on the front and back of one sheet of paper. Breaking from standard traditional d20 RPG mechanics, this game utilizes only 1c6. The game will be released in two graphic styles. The first is more trad, with clean and precise computer-generated lines. The other is a more "zine" style, which is to say photocopies of my hand-drawn version of the trad style mentioned above. Don't worry, you don't have to choose; you will get both versions. You're welcome?”
[h=3]RPG RULES EXPANSIONS / ADVENTURE MODULES[/h] The Tome of Magical Mystery (5E Compatible) by Session Zero
- END DATE: Wed, February 20 2019 11:00 PM EST.
- SYSTEM(S): Dungeons & Dragons 5e
- PROJECT TYPE: Rules expansion (magic items)
- MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: $20 for the PDF version
“A collection of over 200 unique magic items for all levels of play using the 5E rules of the world's most recognized roleplaying game! We created the Decks of Magical Mystery to give players exciting new magical items AND make it easy to track what they do without having to constantly write and erase on their character sheets. The Tome of Magical Mystery is the ultimate supplement of magic items. We took the beautiful art from the decks and wove it into a single guide to help Dungeon Masters and players alike. With your help we will be able to collect all 220+ hundred plus items into a quality hardback edition. The quality of the book will be superb and the page count for the Tome is already over 200 pages! Fortunately for everyone, all the art for the magic items has already been completed, which will reduce the time needed to get the Tome finished. Now we just need your help to bring the Tome to life!”
Dark Naga - Haunting of Hastur - Hardback - 5e and OSR by Dark Naga Adventures (an imprint of Fat Goblin Games)
- END DATE: Sun, February 17 2019 7:00 PM EST.
- SYSTEM(S): Dungeons & Dragons 5e and OSR
- PROJECT TYPE: Adventure module
- MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: $70 plus shipping & handling for the hardcover plus a number of digital rewards
- NOTE: As I mentioned last week with Ray Machuga’s Lex Draconis Kickstarter, game creator, Jeremy Tangman, was in a financial bind due to his medical bills. Kevin Watson (the Dark Naga) stepped up to help Jeremy by offering chapters from the Haunting of Hastur (you can read the details here). Giving his products and time to help Jeremy out was an incredible act of kindness. I want to thank Kevin for making the world a better place.
“Hardback, color omnibus edition of the Haunting of Hastur modules with VTT Maps and extras. The Haunting of Hastur is a campaign designed to integrate with starting adventures like the 5e boxed set, or other introductory works and take the party through level twelve. The party members start out on a job to investigate missing people and are pulled into a confrontation with those who would bring Hastur back to the world. The campaign is a non-linear adventure that leaves a lot of room for roleplaying. The book will be about 240 pages, case bound hardback with a full cover interior on 70-pound paper. This tome includes the following adventures: DNH1a – Sidequest – River Crossing, DNH1 – The Lost Temple of Forgotten Evil, DNH2 – The Buried Zikurat, DNH3 – The City of Talos (Adventure, Gazetteer and Bestiary), DNH4 – Confronting Hastur, and DNH5 – Carcosa. The PDF rewards for this campaign include the PDF versions of the Complete editions of the five individual modules. The complete version includes the 5e, OSR and in two cases, the Pathfinder version of the adventures.”
Awaken: The Liborian Saga by Studio 2 Publishing, Inc.
- END DATE: Thu, February 21 2019 2:01 PM EST.
- SYSTEM(S): Awaken RPG
- PROJECT TYPE: Campaign setting
- MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: $29 plus shipping & handling (outside the US) for the softcover and PDF of The Liborian Saga, a PDF of the Awaken Core Rulebook, Awaken Quickstart, digital stretch goals, and more
“Return to dark fantasy Awaken RPG, with the regional book “The Liborian Saga”, and face the nightmares in the dark and in your heart. Awaken is a dark fantasy role-playing game (RPG) where you play as one of the Vasalli, a group of people who have undergone an unusual change that’s given them powers. You live in a war-ravaged world, where the Great Cities fight for supremacy and leadership over the Alliance: a loose political association holding together the territories of Salvora. The Liborian Saga is a campaign book for the Awaken game which will explore the stories in this territory, and everything it offers, across both land and sea. Expect extensive adventures spanning throughout the three Great Cities as well as in numerous smaller locations. The Liborian Saga is a 140+ page full-color, softcover, perfectly bound handbook to explore the Liborian region. This book is packed with information about the large southeast region where gold shines brighter and shadows are darker. It also includes an epic adventure that takes place in this immersive region … the start of The Liborian Saga.”
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