Announcing Cloud Empress: Life & Death Expansions
Cloud Empress: Life & Death Launching April 2nd
With the successful fulfillment of the 2023 Cloud Empress Kickstarter Campaign (in 10 months!), it’s time to look towards the future of Cloud Empress. On April 2nd, 2024 we'll return to the world of the Hereafter headed to the Land of the Living and the Land of the Dead!
The Land of the Living, will be a 50-page, stand-alone setting hexcrawl expansion where players explore a shifting landscape pushed and pulled by huge spore towers and ongoing rifts in the Slip. For this book, I've also brought on co-author Em Matson to help expand and explore the lives of indigenous communities in the world of Cloud Empress. We're also creating exciting new movement-based spores inspired by the Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom, in addition to new NPCs, relics, and spells.
The Land of the Dead, will also be a 50-page, stand-alone setting hexcrawl expansion where players explore a landscape of ash navigating the destruction from the impact of a fallen cloud city.
Both expansion books are set a few months after the events of the Cloud Empress: Land of Cicadas, and we'll uncover Prince Bug's broken tower, finally revealing the man behind the myth.
Early backers will receive a free adventure called Funeral Fit for an Anti-Saint. I will also be limiting the print run to about 2200 crowdfunding copies to ensure another successful fulfillment.
This has been a special project announcement. I’ll be back in about two weeks with a regular newsletter including the next Cloud Empress mini-expansion.
Thanks for your support! If you have questions, throw them in the comments, and please share the Backerkit campaign with your friends!
This is beyond exciting, I can't wait for more CE!
Gorgeous and evocative work, as always, :)