Shortly after Necronautilus went to everyone, I started brainstorming what a sequel or expansion game would look like. There are still so many stories to tell in the galaxy of Death, but this one ended up taking a life of its own (no pun intended), so here we are on a planet earth infected with demons and vermin and shitty computers in a lo-fi cyberpunk rpg called Cybermetal 2012.
Like Necronautilus, this game brings a stoned and metal twist on the media and games you already love. It combines post-apocalyptic and alternate history games like Fallout with cyberpunk ideals from The Matrix in a retro flavor inspired by see-through gameboys and cassette tape players. It streamlines mechanics from Mothership and Blades in the Dark to give a simpler unique system that focuses on your intense action and dynamic choices. You can hack your brain, pay for weapons in blood, cast demonic rituals, and so much more. I'm crowdfunding Cybermetal 2012 right now on Gamefound and need your support to make it a reality!
The Future of Necronatilus
The book recently just got reprinted, coincidentally I'm expected to receive the pallet this weekend. I've really loved seeing people play it on streams, drawing their Death Agents, and otherwise engaging in my weirdo vision of the galactic afterlife.
That said, this spring I'll be releasing another issue of Stellar Remnants, the Necronautilus companion zine! We have a radical team of guest writers and designers who are bringing you more modules, characters, curses, and nightmares in print and digital. The best way to stay updated about the release of Stellar Remnants 2 is by signing up for my mailing list.
Stellar Remnants 2 coming this Spring
Deathstream/Crossing Streams
I'll be running Necronautilus this afternoon with some friends on the +1EXP twitch using a new module called PENTAGRAM that crosses the setting of Cybermetal 2012 with the death-ruled gonzo space power of Necronautilus in a little one-shot hexcrawl adventure. We'll also be giving away a copy of Necronautilus hardcover book and a Cybermetal 2012 upgrade pack, details on the +1 twitter if you'd like to enter! Catch us at 2pm eastern today at http://ttrpg.link/NecroCM.
Planet Pentagram
That's right, a Cybermetal Necronautilus crossover module. It's free and you all get it first, thank you for reading through this update, you earned this. This module is suitable for any number of players, as Necronautilus tends to scale adventures and threats really well, but I like to run it with 2-3 Death Agents to make it a bit more menacing. Vanquish the tres Blood Witches in spirit of Human, Vermin, and Demon, and collect enough leftover to power the Blood Vessel and allow any remaining citizens to escape before the planet Pentagram crumbles beneath their feet. VISIT PENTAGRAM: A CYBERMETAL PLANET IN NEED OF BLOODY REPRIEVE.
That's it for now, thanks so much for your continued support and I hope you'll all check out Cybermetal 2012 and continue on this strange heavy metal stoner adventure with me.
-AV
The Final Update(?)! Customer Support, A New Planet, My New Campaign
over 3 years ago
– Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 08:24:33 PM
Thanks so much for your support of Necronautilus. I'm loving seeing people share their books and play reports and feedback already, this game rules and I'm excited for its future.
As mentioned in past updates, support will only be handled through email at [email protected]. I'm starting to get back to people this week after a little break and to allow the USPS to catch up with the holiday rush which is still ongoing. If your order shipped and is still in transit, there's not really anything I can do about that for now, but together we will sort all of this out!
Those of you who pledged and didn't fill out your survey, or your payment was declined, or you never paid outstanding fees, or otherwise have a pending pledge (only about 15 of you), your order will be cancelled at the end of January if you don't solve it by then. Remaining stock of Stellar Remnants zine and Tshirts will go in my store at that time as well.
I also mentioned previously that Necronautilus will have a future in some form of sequel or spiritual sibling or something. I don't want to abuse the update feature here and I know I've been annoyed by project updates that aren't related to the project, so the best way to follow up is on twitter @WCGameCo and signing up for my mailing list here.
Now I'm going to do the thing I just complained about and ask you to back my new game! BABES IN THE WOOD 2nd Edition went live on Kickstarter this morning. It's a revised and rebuilt version of my first RPG, a Powered by the Apocalypse game inspired by Over The Garden Wall where you play as kids and animals who travel through an eternal forest, helping those in need and confronting your fears in the process. Click here to pledge!
And as consolation for doing that, I made another planet for y'all. This one was inspired by a random entry from my twitter bot @deathplanets which generates Necronautilus planet prompts a few times a day. This is a moon, which means it uses special rules from the corebook that utilize your ship's powers in addition to your own, and uh there are mutant cannibal horses that you gotta do something about. I'm planning to make and release more planet modules in this way that sort of serve the function of dungeons or setting addendums in more traditional games. Enjoy WHISPER (click through for a pdf download):
Shipping Completed! Support & The Future
over 3 years ago
– Fri, Jan 01, 2021 at 02:35:24 AM
My back has hurt for a couple weeks but I've done it: all 1100 orders through Kickstarter and Backerkit have been fulfilled. If you ordered anything tangible (books, zines, shirts, etc), you should have a tracking number in an email from Backerkit, or maybe it'll just show up at your door in the next week or so. We all know tracking numbers are still catching up from an exceptionally weird holiday season, but trust that your order is on its way if you haven't got it yet, even you couple of retailers!
Support
I'm going to take a few days to rest and count the remaining inventory. Any extra books, shirts, posters, and zines will be up in my store at the end of January, giving time in case I need to mail a few replacements. As a reminder, please don't message here or on social media for support, instead email [email protected]. I've still got 30-40 orders in my webstore to fulfill next and am giving USPS time to account for everything, so any support regarding physical editions will be snoozed til Jan 15th. Digital editions are easy enough and I can help you right away if you're missing a file or something, just use the email address.
The Future
I'm expecting 2021 to be as fruitful as 2020 was in terms of my games output (hopefully more fruitful in terms of uh being able to leave the house and play games with friends in reality).
I have a few tentative plans for bigger releases in the summer, including hopefully a spiritual sibling to Necronautilus in a retro-future hellscape America. Tentatively Kickstarting this in late Spring if all goes according to plan.
Also an actual sibling to Necronautilus where we can engage with the post-life universe from a perspective other than that of our Death Agents. This is just a tiny brain worm for now so maybe in the Fall we can have something to show for it.
I'm experimenting with casting resin and hope to make Death Agents and Death Knights available in some capacity, though right now they just chill on my desk and that feels great too, I've forgotten what its like to have a fun creative hobby and not try to monetize it so maybe thats what this will be.
I'm hoping to see more people engage with Stellar Remnants, expanding the scope of Necronautilus in the future! I'll be updating the art pack and offering whatever other support possible to foster this. I'll also occasionally be making new planets and stuff and throwing them up for free on the Necronautilus itch.io listing.
following me on Twitter @WCGameCo and signing up for my mailng list are the best ways to stay up to date on those prospects. Thanks as always for supporting this project, it pretty much saved my life this year and I'm very grateful. I hope to have you back Jan 12th when Babes in the Wood launches!
-AV
Death Knight clay sculpt, hopefully more of these in the future!
Shipping status update, support, Stellar Remnants and my next project
over 3 years ago
– Fri, Dec 25, 2020 at 12:56:24 PM
Hey everyone! I have a lot to cover so I'll try to keep things succinct here, but there's some good info here for all of you whether you received your game already or not.
Shipping
I'm doing my best! We all know very well how crazy things are right now with the post: covid protocols, defunding, holidays, and everything else. If your order shipped, you should get a tracking email from Backerkit. If it hasn't shipped, well, you didn't get an email.
Most US orders have gone out last week except those with shirts which started going out this week and will be done by new years for sure. Those of you who've received yours, I hope you love it! Tag me @WCGameCo on twitter and @WorldChampGameCo on instagram cause it brings me big happiness to see that.
International backers, some have gone out but that is the bulk of the work I have left--they should still all be out before new years.
60% fulfillment so far, not bad! There is only actually 185 orders remaining, I think this count includes PDF preorders for some strange reason cause theres only about 900 total book sales? so I'm really at +75% completion!
Of course when you get them is up to the post and it might take an extra minute so be patient, especially if you got a tracking number but it isn't updating yet, trust the process! Because of this uncertainty and slowdown, I won't be handling any shipping inquiries until January 15th to allow the postal service to catch up with the holiday rush. and on that note
Support
if you need support, as I mentioned a few times in past updates, kickstarter or social media are not the best ways to get them. email [email protected] and we'll sort it out.
Any emails about physical editions will be snoozed til that Jan 15th date as well
if you are missing a PDF or something I can sort that for you easily and quickly via email.
If you do reach out, please use the email associated with your backerkit account or make note of your kickstarter/backerkit info so I can find your survey and rewards and stuff easily! It'll make a huge difference in my ability to help you efficiently.
Stellar Remnants
STELLAR REMNANTS by Spencer Campbell and Adam Bell
If you follow me on twitter or read through the licensing stuff in the book, you'll know that NECRONAUTILUS liberally allows you to create and sell your own inspired games and supplements! I even released an art pack recently that you can use in those games to make them match the source material a bit and I'll be updating that pack in the future to include way more assets.
I want to highlight two games that already have been released under the Stellar Remnants moniker:
DEATH! by Spencer Campbell is a postcard-sized game of a new more extreme class of Death Agent called REAPERS who hunt those who attempt to evade Death's reach in the Necronautilus setting.
Usurping Death by Adam Bell is a two-player RPG where one plays a denizen of the galaxy acting out scenes and exploring to eventually confront the other player acting as the blind god Death.
I'm really excited to see what people continue to do with Necronautilus, expanding the setting and the myriad of creatures that die within. Check out the Necronautilus page on itch for licensing info and to get a Stellar Remnants logo you can use on your work.
Tangentially, i also made a twitter bot that posts procedurally generated planets that you can visit in game: follow @DeathPlanets.
I just announced this via my email newsletter but I'm excited to bring my next book to Kickstarter January 12th! BABES IN THE WOOD is a tabletop rpg of kid & critters wandering a mysterious eternal wood on Halloween night inspired by creepy kids' media like Over the Garden Wall. This game is Powered by the Apocalypse.
I think that is everything for now! Thanks again for your continued support. Please click "like" on this post if you read this far, a lot of the time these updates feel like shouting into a void, especially at this late stage where the game is fulfilling and we fade out together to the universe of Death.
Shipping continues with expected completion by new years
Books are here & shipping begins!
over 3 years ago
– Tue, Dec 15, 2020 at 01:03:57 AM
I'm so so excited, the palette of books came yesterday and they are just gorgeous:
standard cover by Shel Kahn
Campaign exclusive cover by myself
I know some people have resisted looking inside til they have the book in their hands so I won't post spoilers here of the interior but it looks great too! I couldn't be more proud of this project. Also, Shel's cover has the same silver foil logo, it just didn't catch the light the same way as the other photo. I'll make an animated gif or something soon to show it off.
If you were a digital backer or someone just following along and now being swooned by these, you can pickup the book at worldchamp.io/store.
I've started packing these right away and have about 200 orders going out already today, a sizeable chunk and a good omen for the rest of the deliveries. These will all be shipped before Christmas easily, though delivery before Christmas is not guaranteed as these are going USPS and it's their busiest time of year after what's already been a tumultuous year.
Quincy not included
I haven't sent tracking numbers out yet even for those that went out today but I'll be figuring that out this morning through backerkit. Otherwise, I'll get back to it! Thanks!!
