The Backer Gods Approve!
over 1 year ago
– Wed, Apr 16, 2025 at 03:01:22 PM
Hi there uploaded minds living in a virtual pyramid,
We just crossed $175,000!
Thank you again backers for your unequivocal support in this campaign! We're blown away. We're so excited by the love this game is receiving. Random comments such as this make our day: "Very excited for this. I've been running Metro: Otherscape for a couple of months now and we are really having a great time with it so far"
Still time to get the Early Bird reward!
Back for any physical tier before 11:30am ET tomorrow, and you'll get a free set of three Cairo:OS dice in Soul (Mythos), Sand (Self), and Tech (Noise) styles! Following backer feedback, time we've increased their size to make them more substantial (20mm).
If you're new to :Otherscape, Mythos-Self-Noise are the three aspects of each character in the game: Mythos for your mythic abilities and items, Self for your human aspects (even if you're not human), and Noise for cyberware, AR/VR, drones, and any other tech.
Stretch Goals Unlocked!
We're into our second day and already blasted through 5 Stretch Goals!
Both books' Loadout Catalogs will be doubled, the Cairo campaign will gain an extra adventure, and Neuro will get a random Domain generator + 6 cyberspace Journeys. (Journeys are an exploration mechanic borrowed from Legend In The Mist, which plays like a montage of short moments along the journey, and the LitM crowd are loving it!). On the physical side, the box will get a pack of maps and tokens to match the Cairo campaign or Neuro anthology (exact maps to be determined).
NEXT UP: $200K Double the pregens in the Character Pack (print and digital)!
This is always such a fun stretch goal! We put a lot of effort tying the pre-genereated characters into the lore and setting so that you instantly feel connected to the game and motivated to act in the story. Not to mention the art by Isago Fukuda is so beautiful!
Just yesterday during the AMA someone said about Flicker (a City of Mist pregen): "I've never been so attached to a pre-gen before. She's awesome!" So even if you don't usually use pregens, you're in for a treat.
You can check out the three Cairo:OS pregens in the Demo Game, and you can also read about character creation and download BYLINE, the Neuro pregen character we created together with PC Gamer!
Interested In Neuro Only or Cairo + Neuro only?
We've had questions from backers who only wanted the Neuro book - please back the Cairo tier (just one book). We will make it possible for you to switch to Neuro in the pledge manager after the campaign concludes. If you want just the two books, please grab the Cairo tier and add Neuro as an add-on.
In digital, we've added the Cairo//Neuro Character Pack PDF and the Map & Tokens Pack as add-ons so you can add that to your Digital tier, if you wish. The Digital Hoard tier already includes these.
Join a demo game this week!
You can try the game out at StartPlaying!
Grab a demo game in their online Cairo:OS event and if you're new, here's $10 off!
Poll #1: What Egyptian or Arabian deity or being do you most want to see in the book?
Many of you have told us about your favorite Egyptian gods on Discord, but let's put this to the test and see what is truly the will of the people in Cairo:OS.
Put your answers to this poll in a comment in the main page of the campaign!
We will incorporate the winners (three top deities) in Artifacts & Spells we create for the book based on the recently unlocked stretch goal.
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That's it for today, stay tuned as we roll out more stretch goals!
- Amit and the Son of Oak team