Relict RPG

10/15/2024

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10/14/2024

Tomorrow! I wrote a book! It's going to Backerkit! AHHH

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09/03/2024

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Storytellers Forge presents the Chronicles of the Crossing, a collection of full-length novels of different genres, each written by a different author, explo...

07/08/2024

HEY WE MADE A SHOW

Welcome to the Archive! The Nyx Archive is the official actual-play show for Relict RPG, Houndsong's FREE tabletop RPG that you can play RIGHT HERE: https://...

03/24/2024

60 Hours to go!

Our next stretch goal is Flight of the Canary - a dungeon crawl adventure through the seemingly-endless frozen mines of Olton. Can we hit the mark before the campaign ends?!



https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/houndsonggames/relict-rpg?ref=2bigka

03/23/2024

91.4%! Toward! Sky and Root!

THREE DAYS LEFT

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Relict is a Tabletop Game Role-playing Game system designed to power awesome heroes on incredible adventures. BACKED IN 17 HOURS!!!!

03/22/2024

The Relict RPG kickstarter is 70% of the way toward unlocking Sky & Root, our sky pirate/flying city adventure!

Four days left!

Harass your family! Extort your friends! No bonds are sacred under capitalism!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/houndsonggames/relict-rpg?ref=2bigka

03/21/2024

FIVE DAYS LEFT and we're HALFWAY to another stretch goal! Can we make it?! Ahhh!

Relict is a Tabletop Game Role-playing Game system designed to power awesome heroes on incredible adventures. BACKED IN 17 HOURS!!!!

03/19/2024

We are going into the LAST WEEK of Relict's Kickstarter campaign!

This campaign has already been a wild success, but every extra dollar gives me headroom to pursue bigger and better things for Relict in 2024. I want to thank everyone for their support thus far, and I'm pumped to get this thing across the finish line!

Kickstarter Link:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/houndsonggames/relict-rpg?ref=2bigka

Cheers :)
-Chris

03/16/2024

A follow up to yesterday's detailed video - creating a Relict character in 15 minutes!

Learn how to create a character with the latest, greatest, and easiest new character sheets for my *free* TTRPG, https://www.relictrpg.comThis video is a "sp...

03/16/2024

Character Creation - Detailed Version

A step-by-step guide for building a Relict character with the new V1.0 Character Sheets.

For those interested, I also recorded a more "organic" version building another character without the detailed explanations in each step (closer to what you'd actually do around a table), and the process clocked in at 14:44. That vid is processing and will go up tomorrow.

Learn how to create a character with the latest, greatest, and easiest new character sheets for my *free* TTRPG, https://www.relictrpg.comThis process takes ...

03/13/2024

New stuff!

-Sounds Like Relict Episode 3: "Are We Infected?" went live this morning!
-An interview about Relict with Games Played Badly is now up on Youtube!
-We hit another stretch goal! Trouble on the Mountain, a zombie apocalypse adventure, is now included for all backers.
-Our next stretch goal, Sky & Root, has been revealed! (prototype book cover below)

Check it all out on the campaign page:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/houndsonggames/relict-rpg?ref=64aj7b

03/09/2024

hippity hoppity press release

The free TTRPG system from a one-person studio funded its adventure books in one day, and launched an actual-play miniseries with Australian show Sounds Like Adventure.

03/05/2024

STRETCH GOAL #2 REVEAL

Not even a week into the campaign, and we've unlocked Stretch Goal #2: Boudica Bookwyrm's Lumbering Library. And we're already a quarter of the way to Stretch #3! Let's talk about them:

I am so excited that Boudica is moving forward. As with Ten Silvers, my brother Scott and I sat down to brainstorm this one. We quickly decided that we wanted a module that focused on adventure, wonder, and the fantastical elements of fantasy. Our inspirational touchstones were easy to pinpoint: The Legend of Zelda series, and the films of Studio Ghibli. The brainstorming chat is already on fire with incredible ideas for quests, characters, locations, and dangers. It's going to be a treat to work on!

Boudica is a wizened, affable older dragon who hoards knowledge, and has made it her purpose to run her unusual lair as a library that gathers and distributes books and scrolls wherever it finds itself. Problem is, it's prone to wandering right into trouble, so she doesn't leave it unattended—that's where the players come in.

This module centers around the eponymous library, a walking amalgamation that never stops wandering (wherever it pleases, regardless of Boudica's wishes). Characters join an eclectic cast of librarians, aides, and interns tasked with running errands, doing deeds, and hunting down late returns before the library wanders away and leaves them behind.

Structured as a series of smaller tasks that fit into the overall framework with no necessary order, this adventure module is great for all-ages and lighter-hearted campaigns, or just any group that enjoys having a pick-up-and-play adventure on hand when the opportunity to squeeze in a session presents itself.

But wait, there's more!

STRETCH GOAL #3: Trouble on the Mountain unlocks when the campaign hits $4k.

Boudica may be a breath of whimsical fresh air, but don't think that Ten Silvers Bent was the last dark cloud in these skies. We're already a quarter of the way toward unlocking Stretch Goal #3: Trouble on the Mountain.

TotM evolved from some of my earliest playtest Relict groups, and the events that unfolded around the poor, besieged village of Porter's Peak turned into a juicy Dawn of the Dead-style storyline in their own right. The dead are rising on the slopes of Mount Caldeen, and your heroes are the only thing preventing the trapped villagers in the region from joining them.

By day: race to gather isolated survivors, plan a defense, and delve into Caldeen's hidden past to uncover what brought this blight down upon you.
By night: barricade the doors and fend off ever-growing hordes with whatever supplies and able hands you've gathered. Those you save will help in different ways. Those you don't...well. You'll see them, too.

As the threat grows, grapple with the knowledge that a few lone adventurers might slip past the dead and get away through the wilderness...if they leave the townsfolk to join the dead.

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If you've already backed the campaign and still want to help out, here's the best things you can do:
-Share it with your friends!
-Leave a comment on the Kickstarter campaign page to appease the algorithmic gods.
-Enjoy Ten Silvers Bent! Episode 2 coming this week :)

I continue to be blown away by the support thus far (for the campaign and the Ten Silvers Bent show!), and I am so excited to be developing these extra adventures for you all. We've still got 22 days - and plenty more to come!

http://kck.st/3OVjhlw

-Chris

03/03/2024

Holy bananas batman, we smashed stretch goal 2 today! Info drop on Stretch 2 and 3 tomorrow :)

Relict is a Tabletop Game Role-playing Game system designed to power awesome heroes on incredible adventures. BACKED IN 17 HOURS!!!!

03/01/2024

Stretch goal 1 unlocked! Ten Silvers Bent: an Eldritch Horror adventure has been added to our Kickstarter rewards. We're halfway to goal 2 already!

Ten Silvers Bent is an adaptation of our show with Sounds Like Adventure. The first two episodes are already up on the Kickstarter page and your favorite podcast apps.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/houndsonggames/relict-rpg?ref=64aj7b

03/01/2024

Funded in 17 hours! The Relict RPG Kickstarter is live right now:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/houndsonggames/relict-rpg?ref=64aj7b