How can you not want to play a game that starts with this sort of description:
What happens to characters after they die? They fall into the Ink, of course, and that’s where the adventure really begins.
Bring back the Spirit of a character who died in a prior campaign, revisit a much loved but long departed NPC from games long past, or create a newly departed spirit just for this game. Journey with them as you battle epic creatures and Fiends and help them come to terms with their prior lives among the living. Don’t linger in purgatory too long or your Spirit will become a part of the inky ocean below. […] Bring your Spirit and Shadow into harmony, work together, and you might just find a way to move Beyond the Ink.
Squee. It looks like this game is shaping up into something like we’ve never seen before, and that’s pretty freaking amazing. We live in a world where almost everything is derivative, and while there are clear inspirations to ink, I’ve never encountered a game like this before. Plus coffee. Yes, I said coffee.
Pledge Levels start at $15 (USD) for a PDF copy or $25 for a physical copy of the ink rulebook. From there, there is a significant jump to $250 for the Deluxe Boorista Box Set. I won’t lie, there was more than a moment of sticker shock when I saw that, so let’s take a longer-than-usual-for-a-CrowdFUNding-Spotlight look at the set.
You get a copy of ink, seven exclusive glass dice, a handcrafted oak dice chest by Elderwood Acadamy, a map of The Ink, Boorista stickers, 40 ink action cards, 50 + ink tokens, and 24oz of inky custom roasted coffee blends from Many Worlds Tavern. That’s a decent amount of stuff. The Boorista art (and all the art) is adorable, so yay adorable stickers. Action cards and tokens make sense. I’ve had the pleasure of drinking several of the Many Worlds Tavern coffee blends and they are delicious, plus the company has strong social and environmental ethics. Elderwood Academy makes beautiful, high-end, gaming products and has grown from a shared maker space to a whole company of creative cat lovers. Glass dice are not cheap, but they are beautiful, recyclable (but why?), and have a more environmentally friendly production process that most dice. In fact, there isn’t a single plastic component to be found anywhere in ink. The only thing not mentioned (possibly intentionally) is what the map is made of. There’s no indication if it’s going to be paper or fabric (or some made of each), nor is there an image of it to be found. So yes, it’s a pricey box set but it looks to be worth it.
I received a copy of Snowbright Studio’s Teatime Adventures days before leaving the country for a month and couldn’t bring it with me. But I blew through most of the rulebook in the days before I left and spoiler: I love it so much. In the coming months, you’ll likely see a larger than usual amount of content on that game across various pages for TheRatHole.ca and some of our media partners.
But for now, you can back Ink on Backerkit until October 31, 2022.
You can find Snowbright Studios online at www.snowbrightstudio.com or on Facebook at facebook.com/SnowbrightStudio.