Pumpkin Spice Joins the Million Dollar Crowdfunder Club

A 'magical cozy RPG'.
There's a couple of current crowdfunders that look like they might join the Million Dollar TTRPG Crowdfunder Club. Free League's Dragonbane: Trudvang looks like a dead cert, and Roll & Play Press (backed by UK Actual Play Mega-Group The High Rollers, who will be appearing at the 02 Arena later this year as part of the D&D Fan Expo) have Altheya: The Dragon Empire, which looks like it is in with a good chance.

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One project which has just passed the million dollar mark is Pumpkin Spice, which describes itself as a 'magical cozy RPG'. Ending in just a couple of days, it's a TTRPG where you run a magical cafe. It's a rules-lite, narrative game in which you play a coven of witches who run the aforementioned magical cafe while protecting the 'Fount of Magic' from those who would corrupt it.

You can play a Hereditary, Green, Coven, Solitary, Secular, or Traditional witch, each with 6 traits and different magical powers. The game comes in a full-colour hardback book, accompanied by a book of adventures. The game also uses special dice called Essence Dice, with each face showing a different Essence. There is, of course, the usual dizzying array of add-on merch which accompanies most million dollar crowdfunders--t-shirts, cards, notebooks, bags, even a vinyl record with a soundtrack for the game.

Pumpkin Spice comes from Italian publisher Acheron Games (Brancalonia, Lex Arcana, Inferno), and runs until 8pm GMT on March 5th.

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Would you like me to add “REAL! HONESTLY!” to all our non-fake headlines for clarity? ;)
I don't ask anything of you. I just don't know how else to relate my experience with the thing, which was seeing it pop up in those places where I keep getting puff-piece roleplay product ads. Between location and subject matter, it was easy to assume it was a cheap (likely mostly AI-generated) cash-grab RPG product or scam aimed at impulse purchases. If it's a real Kiki’s Delivery Service-inspired game with some effort behind it, more power to it.

Do we know anything about the publisher? Anyone play any of their games? I checked out the illustrator, and this looks right up their alley.
 




I love how eclectic TTRPGs are these days. The fact that a game about a coven of witches running a cozy coffee shop makes one million dollars makes me very happy.

Zero chance I am going to buy or play this but the fact that it exist and people want it is great.

I may grumble that folks use milestone leveling, let dragonborn in thier games, and dont roll stats, but it is great that the hobby expands and provides variety.
 
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