RPG CROWDFUNDING NEWS – Cairo:Otherscape, Traveller, Svilland, and extra

Cairo:Otherscape – The Mythic Cyberpunk RPG from Son of Oak Sport Studio

• END DATE: Thu, Might 15 2025 8:00 PM EDT.
• SYSTEM(S): Powered by the Apocalypse (Metropolis of Mist:Otherscape variant)
• PROJECT TYPE: Sourcebooks
• MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: $129 + S/H for the PDF and hardcover variations of each books, the GM display screen, cube, character playing cards, and extra playing cards
• AI STATEMENT: “Son of Oak Sport Studio merchandise function solely artwork drawn by human artists and don’t embrace any artwork created by way of textual content prompts by generative AI.”
• WHY SPOTLIGHT THIS CAMPAIGN? Son of Oak is again with an growth to their Metropolis of Mist/Powered by the Apocalypse cyberpunk RPG, :Otherscape. The preliminary providing for the sport leaned into anime cyberpunk, this model leans into Egyptian cyberpunk, one thing broadly akin to George Alec Effinger’s When Gravity Fails. Like all Metropolis of Mist video games, the character creation is straightforward and enjoyable, you’re a cyberpunk within the Cairo megapolis. This marketing campaign offers you with two new sourcebooks for :Otherscape, Cairo:Otherscape (a sourcebook for the setting) and Neuro:Otherscape (with guidelines for hacking, VR occasions, adventures, and extra). There’s additionally a boxed set with cube, playing cards, and an excellent wanting design. Should you’re a fan of well-executed PbtA video games and a fan of cyberpunk, particularly :Otherscape, these sourcebooks are to your gaming desk. Try the marketing campaign web page for some free previews of the contents.

Traveller RPG: The Singularity Marketing campaign from Mongoose Publishing

• END DATE: Sat, Might 17 2025 8:59 AM EDT.
• SYSTEM(S): Traveller RPG
• PROJECT TYPE: Journey
• MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: £170 + S/H for the PDF and print variations of the 4 books and the soundtrack
• AI STATEMENT: “The official Mongoose place is that artwork wants an artist.”
• TARIFF STATEMENT: “There must be no sudden delays or further expenses to you in any respect [due to tariffs].”
• WHY SPOTLIGHT THIS CAMPAIGN? 3 hardcovers with over 600 pages forming 1 grand Traveller sci-fi marketing campaign. You’re going to go far, cope with galaxy-wide issues, and determine the destiny of cultures. Should you’re a fan of Traveller, this sounds epic in the entire finest methods. With so many books and choices, chances are you’ll wish to a pattern earlier than diving in. If that’s the case, take a look at the Kickstarter web page for the primary 50 pages of this challenge.

Svilland : Misplaced Lands of Orfhal and Nordic Journey | 5E+ from Dream Realm Storytellers

• END DATE: Thu, Might 15 2025 1:00 PM EDT.
• SYSTEM(S): Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Version (2014 and 2024)
• PROJECT TYPE: Sourcebook
• MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: £53 + S/H for the PDFs of all six books
• WHY SPOTLIGHT THIS CAMPAIGN? One of many coolest choices with third-party merchandise from 5e is when the writer actually helps their merchandise. Dream Realm Storytellers is again with an growth for his or her 5e setting, Svilland. This darkish Norse-inspired setting has a devoted fanbase that shall be excited to see a brand new sourcebook, Misplaced Lands of Orfhal, and a brand new journey, On the Coronary heart of Frost. These books provide new deities, cults, courses, 115 monsters, 24 NPCs, a novel by Steven Saville, and a lot extra. I like the truth that Dream Realm didn’t publish and dump this setting, as a substitute they’re rising it. Should you’re a fan, of Norse-inspired 5e, that is price trying out.

Tattoo Arcanima for 5e D&D from Wyatt Trull

• END DATE: Thu, Might 15 2025 9:00 AM EDT.
• SYSTEM(S): Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Version (2014 and 2024)
• PROJECT TYPE: Sourcebook
• MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: $15 for the PDF of the e book
• AI STATEMENT: “This work is AI-Free. It doesn’t embrace content material or media that was AI or Machine Generated. Each picture and each phrase was crafted by a human being, not a machine.”
• WHY SPOTLIGHT THIS CAMPAIGN? From time-to-time, a writer places collectively a tattoo-inspired 5e sourcebook. The thought is stable, runes and tats make sense in a wide range of magical contexts. Tattoo Arcanima envisions them as charms, not magic gadgets and never competitors for feats. The paintings mixes views of the powers and clear visions for the designs. Would you like an preview? Try the marketing campaign web page for a sampler PDF.

Midnight Muscadines – The Cozy-Darkish TTRPG of Magical Jams from Pandion Video games

• END DATE: Might 15, 2025 at 6:00pm EDT.
• CROWDFUNDING ON: Backerkit
• SYSTEM(S): An authentic system
• PROJECT TYPE: Core rulebook
• MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: $40 + S/H for the PDF and print variations of the e book
• WHY SPOTLIGHT THIS CAMPAIGN? The thought for this cozy-dark RPG is intriguing: Magic is fading, and the final bits should to gathered and preserved in jars as jams. Impressed by Studio Ghibli and Sea of Stars, the world is falling to darkness and solely your valley remains to be illuminated. What can maintain the sunshine within the valley is magic, which it’s essential to discover and maintain protected. Combining magic, calamity, a heat residence, and jellies, you’ll discover a crafting system, a world, and guidelines on this 180-page core rulebook. If this concept speaks to you, take a look at the Backerkit marketing campaign web page for extra particulars.

I Do not Belong Right here – Fashionable Horror RPG Sparkbook from STATIONS

• END DATE: Might 15, 2025 at 5:00am EDT.
• CROWDFUNDING ON: Backerkit
• SYSTEM(S): An authentic system
• PROJECT TYPE: Core rulebook
• MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: $50 + S/H for the PDF and print variations of the e book and playing cards
• WHY SPOTLIGHT THIS CAMPAIGN? This line grabbed me: “A contemporary horror RPG sparkbook impressed by the lyrics of Radiohead.” Utilizing 3d6, twisted character concepts, horror, and the number of that band’s music, you’ll discover liminal horror and extra on this challenge. Should you’re a fan of Radiohead and horror RPGs, for those who belong right here, the Backerkit marketing campaign web page is the place you’ll wish to go.

Egg Embry participates within the OneBookShelf Affiliate Program, Noble Knight Video games’ Affiliate Program, Kobold Press Affiliate Program, and is an Amazon Affiliate. These packages present promoting charges by linking to DriveThruRPG, Noble Knight Video games, Kobold Press, and Amazon.