Constellation is FUNDED!!
almost 2 years ago
– Wed, Jan 25, 2023 at 06:41:09 AM
We're FUNDED!!
Thank you all so much for your support and enthusiasm for this stunning new zine anthology.
$50K Stretch Goal: Luminary TTRPG Grant
We are excited to announce the Luminary TTRPG Grant stretch goal! The Luminary TTRPG Grant is a program to fund new independent zines. Born from the Constellation RPG Zine Anthology project, we hope to encourage creativity within the TTRPG space and help creators bring their ideas to life. If we reach our stretch funding goal, we’ll be able to implement the program and start accepting applications. Successful applicants will receive between $100 and $500 to put towards the completion of their project.
Zine Spotlight #1: Supernatural Horror
Three of the zines in this anthology deal with supernatural horror: Alyx Bui’s Chinese Ghost Stories We Tell Ourselves; Midsummer Meinberg’s When You Meet Your Doppelganger on the Road, You Must Make Out With Them, and Jacky Leung’s Project: Day Breaker.
Supernatural horror is one of my favorite genres and all three zines approach it differently. In Chinese Ghost Stories, each player takes on the role of one person in a Chinese family: Grandparent, Father, Mother, or Child. The supernatural hauntings provide a framework for the struggle between your individuality and your familial obligations. Each character has their own Inner Demons to contend with, as well as a Family Belief that reflects their values and experiences.
Doppelganger is an intimate game where the supernatural lies in the uncanny experience of meeting someone who looks exactly like you. The extent to which the explanation for this occurrence leans into the supernatural depends on how the players’ Spooky and Steamy scores tally up. The spiciest combination, in my opinion, is when one player has more points in Spooky than in Steamy. Either way, it’s up to you what happens next.
In Project: Day Breaker, players are crewmembers on a small starship infested with vampires. By setting the story in space, the supernatural horror bleeds into survival horror with a fun selection of playbooks and unique moves, and a brick tower mechanic to represent the ship’s failing systems. As for Dracula, he has a selection of Dreadful, Ghastly, and Tragic moves to unleash on the characters.
Look out for the next Zine Spotlight, which is themed around relationships!
—Sebastian
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Projects We Love:
RPG ESSENTIALS Acrylic Creature Tokens
RPG Essentials: Acrylic Creatures Tokens for TTRPGs offers a new perspective on fantasy gaming minis. These acrylic, top-down tokens are durable, portable, and illustrated from above so they beautifully and seamlessly integrate into your TTRPG maps.
Featuring creatures, monsters, heroes and NPCs, all cut to shape for easy and immersive use in your tabletop roleplaying games.
Check it out!
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The Oracle Character Generator for Fantasy RPGs
The Oracle Character Generator is a tool for game masters, storytellers, and writers looking for inspiration when creating well thought-out characters. With 300 tarot-sized cards divided into five unique decks, its simple and dynamic design allows for maximum versatility and detail in a minimal number of cards.