The Magus & The Oracle Kickstarter raises over 400% of the funding goal, unlocks several stretch goals rewards
MANILA, PHILIPPINES. 21 February 2024. With only seven days left in the campaign, The Magus & The Oracle, the award-winning solo RPG paired with a powerful inspiration deck, has managed to raise over 28,000€ (approx USD 30,200)—over four times the initial funding goal of 7,000€ (approx USD 7,550).
This milestone has also unlocked eight of the ten planned stretch goals rewards, several of which improve the production quality of the physical products, with others providing additional content in the form of new pamphlet games or new setting material. The eighth and ninth stretch goals also involve the inclusion of opening and closing words from notable TTRPG designers Tim Hutchings and Paul Czege.
momatoes, the designer and graphic artist of the game, and NessunDove, the Italy-based publisher, anticipate even greater success as the campaign roars into its final days.
This project is part of Zinequest 2024 and can be found at https://magus-oracle.com/ks.
Coming soon: Launch of “The Magus & The Oracle” Kickstarter campaign from momatoes and NessunDove
MANILA, PHILIPPINES. Award-winning game designer momatoes and Italian publisher NessunDove team up to launch the Kickstarter campaign “The Magus & The Oracle: Solo RPG and Inspiration Deck” on 1 February 2024.
The Magus & The Oracle features the first ever English print edition of The Magus, a solo RPG about “pathos, calamity, and the infinite loneliness of power”. The game promises crunchy narrative mechanics that inspire players to write the journey of a magus aspiring for ultimate power, while being forced to sacrifice who they love. The prior digital release of The Magus has already been downloaded over 25,000 times on Itch.io, with a perfect 5-star rating from 85 reviewers who praised its structure and design for creating memorable, moving stories.
The campaign will also be the first release of The Oracle. The Oracle is a 78-card deck that features illustrations from momatoes alongside a set of prompts on names, bonds, and moods that can be used with The Magus, other momatoes games, and any tabletop game. This deck has been dubbed an “inspiration deck” that acts as a tool for sparking ideas whether in journaling games, campaign planning, or even at the table.
The Magus & The Oracle has a funding goal of €7000 with several reward tiers for both digital and physical versions of the solo RPG and inspiration deck. The campaign page is open to follower sign-ups at https://magus-oracle.com/ks.
Contact: momatoes hello@momatoes.com and Oscar Biffi oscarbiffi@gmail.com
The Team
Author & Illustrator: momatoes
Known in real life as Bianca Canoza, momatoes is a Diana Jones finalist, tabletop game and visual designer from the explosive Southeast Asian RPG scene. Her RPG, ARC:Doom, was hailed as one of the best indie tabletop RPGs of 2021.
Translator & Editor: Chiara Locatelli
Chiara is a professional escapist as well as a language enthusiast. So much so that she never stopped studying languages and has been translating dozens of games, including Crescendo Giocoso anthologies and other made-in-Italy projects such as GenoFunk.
Production Manager: Maria Guarneri
Maria studied set design at the Teatro Alla Scala Academy in Milan and found roleplaying games to be another crossroads where many forms of creativity mix and merge together. Her portfolio is full of art for games such as Glitch, ARC, and 24 Game Poems, among many other projects.
Game designer & Publisher: Oscar Biffi
Oscar is the director of the Italian Chamber Orchestra. That doesn’t mean he only loves chamber larp, or only roleplaying games; he love storytelling in all its forms. He reads, writes, and sells books from his independent bookshop in Bergamo, taking care of them from inception to print.
Reviews & Recognition
I have a hard time getting into solo RPGs but there was something evocative about this one in its superb visual design and interesting mechanics that clicked for me. I enjoyed the element of risk in this one that fit perfectly with the theme of playing with wild magic. Very fun rolling for different spells and imagining what they did. ★★★★★ Itch.io review
Wow, just wow. Never had such a smooth solo experience, while keeping the narrative freedom and replayability. Thank you for this game! ★★★★★ Itch.io review
Befriended a talking frog with depression then let it die in a fire of my own making. 10/10 would irresponsibly cast ‘Blast Fireball’ again. ★★★★★ Itch.io review
An absolutely magical game. I simply love it. ★★★★★ Itch.io review