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MEGALOS: Aetherological Crystalpunk Roleplaying

Created by Matty D - Twisting Host

MEGALOS is a new science-fantasy roleplaying game set in a multiverse of aetherological science and magick. We funded originally through a successful Kickstarter campaign and have recently finished & launched version 1.0 of the finished game. PDF copies of the core rulebook & upcoming first rules expansion are available, and physical editions are available while supplies last. The MEGALOS Core book features all the rules you need to play in any World of MEGALOS, or to create your own. It comes packaged with the first MEGALOS Worldbook, The Oradam Rift, a world of floating islands drifting amidst the vasty emptiness of a chasm cleft from north to south pole in a planet called Gaaln. The Oradam Rift is a place of magick and magitek, of imperial crusades and desperate revolutions. Adventure awaits, from the Unshrouded Lands below to the Ebon Moon above. Come get your giant book of crystals-and-airships fantasy roleplaying!

Latest Updates from Our Project:

Almost There
over 2 years ago – Fri, Oct 20, 2023 at 10:32:44 AM

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MEGALOS: BackerKit charging cards and moving forward towards fulfillment
almost 3 years ago – Sun, Jun 04, 2023 at 07:05:25 AM

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MEGALOS: BackerKit Charging Cards and Moving Forward With Distro
almost 3 years ago – Wed, May 31, 2023 at 04:33:37 AM

Sorry about the wait

It's been a little while since the backerkit surveys went out, which has been for two reasons. First is that the BK was always going to take a bit, as I wanted there to be time for everyone who was going to, to fill out their surveys. Second, I got approached by a publisher to do a distribution deal which would include fulfilling this Kickstarter, but after a bunch of negotiations and print/shipping estimates, it turned out we discovered neuther of us was really able to make that work financially.

Which is honestly just as well for this KS, because I already had books printed for the folks who bought them. :3 We (the unnamed publisher and I) may be working together in future on other stuff or another run of MEGALOS, but we'll see.

The next step for BackerKit is to lock orders within the next 48 hours, charge cards for addons, shipping, whatever else you might have tacked onto your BackerKit survey, etc., and then get things shipped out.

Webs & Wires is nearing playtest-ready completion and is having bespoke art produced for it by Venx again, so we'll get iconic key art for all 6 of the new Callings matching the style of the core book. :3

MEGALOS: SURVEYS ARE OUT THROUGH BACKERKIT!
almost 3 years ago – Fri, Apr 14, 2023 at 07:01:55 AM

🎉🥳🎉🎊🎉

Happy Friday!

I've just clicked the scary button on BackerKit to send out fulfilment surveys to all backers. Yours should be arriving soon. :3 For those of you who backed at the PDF level but want physical editions, you can buy those as add-ons in the survey!

If you have any questions or run into any trouble, I've signed the project up for BackerKit support. If they can't resolve the issue, they'll reach out to me and we'll get it sorted. :D

MEGALOS: Smoke Test Surveys Out - Further Distro Surveys to Come
almost 3 years ago – Wed, Apr 12, 2023 at 07:50:07 AM

Howdy howdy howdy

So I've worked out all the structural kinks & impediments with the Backerkit setup and they've verified the project is ready to move forward. Their process involves a mandatory "smoke test" survey period, where about 5% of backers at random levels of backing are sent fulfilment surveys. This allows us to figure out if there are any unanswered questions or issues in the project fulfillment as currently stands before we unleash the floodgates & let all of you in at once.

Once the smoke test surveys have been handled & processed, the rest of the surveys will go out. We're getting close to physical fulfillment for the Core Rulebook! Everyone will get permanent access to the book and sheet PDFs through their Backerkit survey, so bookmark the page and/or star the email once you get it as important. Even those who've already gotten access through itch or dtrpg will also get access here, so you'll be able to grab the book wherever you please any time you want to re-download it.

Timeline

From what I've read on BK's admin help pages, it looks like the smoke test usually takes about a week or so to resolve before the full run of surveys go out. So be on the lookout in the coming days. :) 

Add-Ons

Those of you who didn't back for physical books during the campaign but would like to do so now can add physical books as add-ons when you check out. You'll be charged for the book & shipping through Backerkit for add-ons like these.

Regarding W&W Fulfillment

Backerkit has a system for multi-part fulfillment that I'll be using to put out the physical copies of Webs & Wires once they're ready. The PDF that's currently available for W&W is a limited playtest document that will be updated as each section of the book becomes ready for playtesting, and will be replaced by the final version once available.