The clock is ticking, with less than a week left to support Tales of the Kytin Age, the tabletop RPG set in a post-apocalyptic future where giant insects roam the land. The Kickstarter campaign, which ends on November 24th, has hit its funding goal, but there’s still time to back this unique project and be part of its story.
Learn more about Tales of the Kytin Age and its creator, Geoff Gray, who has been developing the game and setting for 35 years in our recent interview.
A World Reclaimed by Insects
The setting of Tales of the Kytin Age is Earth, but not as we know it. This is a world that has emerged from the ashes of an apocalyptic event known as the Day of Fire. All the technological wonders of our age—electricity, cars, computers—are gone, replaced by a society reminiscent of our medieval past.
The Kytin Age is a time when great insects have evolved to become the dominant life forms. These creatures, from towering tarantula spiders to aquatic horrors, have flourished in the harsh setting. You, the Folk of the Kytin Age have evolved to also survive in this world, but only if you learn how to deal with or avoid these creatures.
The Devil Beetle is a monstrous 20-foot-long carnivorous horror that roams the wilderness in search of prey.
Evolved from the Devil’s coach horse beetle, the Devil beetle is a 20 feet-long carnivorous horror that roams the wilds alone, ceaselessly hunting prey to feed an immense appetite for destruction.
But the dangers don’t end there. The Franzian Greenback Tarantula, the largest of its kind, lurks within the dense forests of the Western Kingdoms.
25-feet from mandible to spinneret, the formidable Franzian Greenback is the largest tarantula spider in the Western Kingdoms. Found in forest and woodland environments, where they dig burrows or inhabit caves and abandoned buildings, these enormous, black and green coloured monsters leave their lairs at night to hunt for prey amongst the tall trees and shrooms.
From the Tales of the Kytin Age Core Game Book
Even more horrors lurk in the depths of the ocean. The Krythid, mutated crustaceans resembling insectile humanoids, swarm along the coastlines.
A scourge of seafarers and coastal communities alike is the krythid, a semi-sentient, mutated crustacean that bears a shocking resemblance to the insectile, human-sized and able to walk upright on one, two or even three pairs of legs. These humanoid horrors swarm in multitude amongst the pitted and cave-riddled reefs that lie a few miles offshore, and they can sustain long periods of time out of the water.
From the Tales of the Kytin Age Core Game Book
The Spindle Crabs are another terrifying presence in the waters of the Kytin Age.
A fully-grown spindle crab is a monstrous sea-beast boasting a leg span of almost fifty feet. Six long legs extrude from a tough blue carapace. Enormous pincers lie at the end of even longer forelegs, their powerful claws able to wreak untold damage to even the most well-armoured kytin-clad.
From the Tales of the Kytin Age Core Game Book
The deluxe edition pledge includes the adventure book “The Ing Sagas; Ribvale” where players are pitted against many of these great insects including The Naiad, a 21-foot-long aquatic predator
A 21′ long, 10th instar, adult naiad has been menacing the trios farmers island. After depleting the waters around the island of other prey, it has taken a perverse attraction to the area. Rather than move on, it continues to lurk and patrol the waters around the isle, alert to the smallest disturbance in and around the water.
From The Ing Sagas; Ribvale Adventure Book.
Visit the Tales of the Kytin Age Kickstarter or the official website to discover more about the great insects and the other unique elements that make up the Kytin Age. The campaign ends November 24th.
Source: Tabletop Gaming News
