Simply launched as we speak, the brand new Western Reaches setting for the Arcane Library’s fashionable Shadowdark roleplaying recreation (which itself raised $1.3M in 2023) has flown previous half one million {dollars} within the first few hours, and appears sure to hitch the Million Greenback TTRPG Kickstarter Membership imminently!
[[Edit/Update–and it’s done it! $1M less than 12 hours into the Kickstarter campaign!]]
2025 has been quiet to date this 12 months on the million-dollar crowdfunding entrance. This new setting is a sandbox setting with new courses and ancestries, and varied areas such because the Gloaming Forest, Djurum Desert, and Myre Swamp. It is available in two 200-page digest-sized hardcovers. Additionally included are new problems with the sport’s Cursed Scroll zine. The total core set will price you $129, or $149 for a premium model, with achievement anticipated in December 2025.
At $670K on the time of writing, simply 3 hours into the marketing campaign, The Western Reaches is already the seventh most first-day funded TTRPG ever, having simply handed 2024’s Terry Pratchett’s Discworld RPG: Adventures in Ankh-Morpork. It appears to be like set to cross sixth place very quickly, which is 2023’s Ryoko’s Information to the Yokai Realms – A 5e Tome. Solely 5 TTRPG crowdfunders (to date!) have ever hit the million-dollar mark on the primary day. You may see the total rating on the Million Greenback TTRPG Kickstarter Membership.
The Western Reaches are an unexplored land of fragile civilizations, majestic landscapes, and forgotten horrors that lurk at midnight.
Within the Reaches, you might play as:
- A painted witch from the steppes looking for the secrets and techniques to deeper magic
- An armored knight from the Metropolis of Masks guarding frontier villages from assault
- A silent monk from the mountains looking for the murderer who killed his trainer
- A scarred pit fighter from the desert seeking to make her fortune outdoors the world
- A fast-witted explorer from the jungle who can discover any artifact for the suitable value
- A seafaring warrior from the northern isles who fights for the glory of the Outdated Gods
This sandbox setting is quick, elegant, and versatile within the signature Shadowdark type. You do not have to memorize lore; you may uncover it as you go. The world strikes and grows with you as you discover it.
