PWG Presents: Cosmic Century Knights, Homecoming, and Chuck
Created by Tyler Crumrine
Three TTRPGs: one hundred swords, five missing matriarchs, and a very little lover.
Latest Updates from Our Project:
November Update: Progress, Fulfillment Partners, & PAXU
9 months ago
– Mon, Nov 03, 2025 at 01:56:51 PM
Hey everyone! Happy November, and a belated happy halloween! October was a mostly a reminder for me that the body does, in fact, keep the score, and I took a longer break than planned to rest and address some health issues. But the work continues apace! We've just been a little quieter about it than during the campaign. Here's a breakdown of where each game is as of this update:
HOMECOMING
Text: Complete
Editing: Complete
Art: Complete
Card Layout: Complete
Box & Instructions Layout: In Progress
Homecoming is just about done, with only things like copy, barcode, logo, etc. missing from the back of the box. The rules booklet is a bit trickier since we're formatting it small enough to fit inside the box, but most of that work is legibility rather than anything ornate.
CHUCK
Text: Complete
Editing: In Progress
Art: Complete
Component Design: Complete
Packaging & Rules Poster Layout: In Progress
With Chuck, the most complicated part was the component design—dialing in the right size and thickness for the wooden figure (we arrived at 2" tall) and then building a clamshell around it that would hold and protect Chuck, 2d6, and the game's fold-out rules. It took some doing, but we're very happy with the results!
A still from one of our manufacturer's prototype videos
Everything's still in the white-copy prototyping stage, but the clamshell will eventually hold red & yellow dice as well as a fold-over card stock cover with the rules poster on the inside. Here's a rough photoshop over our layout files to give you a better idea of what I'm talking about.
I bet you can't even tell I added those dice myself
I have a bad habit of prioritizing other designers' games over my own, so Chuck was the last game to be handed off to editing, but it's also by far the shortest. Otherwise, similar to Homecoming, a lot of the remaining work is fiddly layout bits rather than anything game design intensive.
COSMIC CENTURY KNIGHTS
Text: Complete
Editing: In Progress
Art: Complete
Page Layout: In Progress
Cover Layout: In Progress
Lastly, Cosmic Century Knights! Like the other two games, CCK is fully art and text complete. It's the game with the longest word count, though, and editing a book with co-authors always takes a little bit longer. Both James & Drew need to review any of Will's edits before handing them back to me, sometimes with with all of us having to reconvene to find the best path forward for an edit or concern. That said, we're nearly there! The first half of the book is ready for layout and the second half is ready for James & Drew's review, with only the Blade Blessings left on Will's plate. From there it's a matter of plugging text and images into Luna's larger page layout and taking care of cover things like the spine, back copy, and etc.
So we've made a lot of progress in just 38 days! BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE!
BackerKit, Add-Ons, Etc.
Would you believe that after five years of making and selling TTRPGs professionally I'm still hand-packed every single campaign reward and order? Well that ends SOON! We'll be working with the good folks at White Squirrel to better land, ship, and warehouse our products, starting with this campaign. They work with a lot of comics creators, so specialize in shipping art-heavy products safely, but have also been hard at work on the comics convention circuit. The post-campaign BackerKit for will be up to collect add-ons and addresses soon, but I'm taking my time building it to work with their back-end rather than my own DIY process.
Or Buy Add-Ons at PAX Unplugged!
We'll be back in the city of brotherly love November 21-23 for our last convention of the year. We'll be offering 10% off convention purchases for anyone who pre-orders CCK, Homecoming, or Chuck at the booth, and if you show us proof of your pledge, we'll extend the same to you! I'll post a reminder about it before the con, but add Booth 3758 to your itinerary if you'll be in attendance.
Lastly, Meghan joined James to talk Homecoming & CCK!
Check out their episode of The Ultimate RPG podcast for even more insight into the campaign and both creators' games!
All best, and more soon!
T
We did it! More updates on the way!
10 months ago
– Wed, Oct 01, 2025 at 03:50:06 PM
From all of us—THANK YOU!
I've been a broken record already about how helpful campaigns & pre-orders like these are and how much we appreciate everyone's support, so I'll just leave it at that! We rallied to $30k (150%) in the home stretch and can't wait to put that money to good use. I'll be getting in the habit of monthly updates on the status of all three games, but before that, I wanted to send a quick, two-item missive your way:
First, we're taking some time to rest and catch up in other areas after a month-long campaign! People like to think of Kickstarters as playing the lottery, but really it's more like going to work—especially when you use the platform strategically like we do. Now imagine working long days and weekends at your job for a full month. Even when you're doing work you love, it adds up! And the first step we need to take in getting you great games is getting ourselves some R&R.
Thankfully, though, there isn't much else we can do until October 10 anyway! Kickstarter takes 14 days to process cards and attempt to recover dropped pledges before transferring any funds to us. That also means it's more efficient to hold off on setting up our pledge manager on BackerKit until we know which pledges were ultimately dropped. In any case, we can't do much on the campaign-management side of things until then.
So tl;dr, expect another update with development and backer next steps in about two weeks and monthly updates after.
In the meantime, happy spooky season one & all, and thanks again for all your support!
All best,
T
Week Three! 120% Funded, Final Push, & Livestreams
10 months ago
– Wed, Sep 24, 2025 at 11:27:59 AM
Greetings from a gray and rainy Pittsburgh!
We've nearly reached the finish line! Funding wraps at 7pm ET this Friday, meaning 48-hour "remind me" emails will start going out tonight to anyone who bookmarked the campaign (that's why most campaign funding graphs are a parabola—reminder notifications get sent on launch and just before ending). Every campaign is different, but this one has really set itself apart with the sheer outpouring of community support, and I can't thank James & Meghan enough for all the streaming they've done to help cultivate that. Speaking of, here are a few things you might have missed in the last week!
I also guested on The Ultimate RPG Podcast to talk about Possible Worlds Games writ large! If you're curious about PWG's origins, plans, and priorities or about my TTRPG design teaching at Carnegie Mellon University, this is easily the most in-depth I've gone!
But wait, there's more! Join the One Shot Network's Twitch channel for streams of both CCK & Homecoming today starting at 4pm & 7pm CT respectively!
We've got Nathan Blades, Andi Licht, and Cate Osborn joining James for CCK at 4pm, and then James & Cate sticking around to play Homecoming with Meghan at 7pm after! Think of it as a last-huzzah pledge drive event before the campaign wraps. We hope to see you there!
Plus a few more projects we love:
Blanksword is a rogue-like + roleplaying video game being worked on by a stellar team of creators, including Deltarune alums and some friends of yours truly. If you like Earthbound or Undertale-style RPGs you should definitely check this out!
Ex Tenebris is Mass Effect meets Warhammer 40k TTRPG from Josh Fox and Becky Annison, the team behind Lovecraftesque & Flotsam: Adrift Amongst the Stars. I'm a big fan their past work, and this looks rad!
With so many TTRPGs requiring Tarot and/or a standard deck of cards these days, The Divine & Play Tarot Deck is a godsend. It combines the two into one compact deck you can use for either by simply adding or removing a few card. I own a first edition of this deck and it's super convenient.
That's likely it until funding! Keep spreading the word, and cross your fingers for a strong final 48!
All best,
T
Week Two! Fully Funded, CCK Randomizer, & More Actual Plays
11 months ago
– Tue, Sep 16, 2025 at 03:28:02 PM
We're fully funded! Thanks so much for the support!!
As anyone who's run a Kickstarter campaign can tell you, it's SUCH a relief to not be anxiously refreshing right up to the deadline. We don't do stretch goals here at PWG, so everything beyond this point goes to larger print runs for already top-tier games! Funding early means pledges are now pre-orders, though, so be sure to share the campaign with anyone interested in getting in on the ground floor!
Week two highlights & happenings:
As mentioned in this update's title, we're excited to share the Century Blade randomizer built for us by Matt Umland! With a click of a button you can roll a unique magical sword built from Cosmic Century Knight's creation tables. Give it a try, and if you roll something you love, be sure to to use the "Copy this Blade" function to add details to your clipboard and paste them into a document for a future campaign!
On the Homecoming front, we also have both podcast and video actual plays of the game! Loren Makes Videos recorded a sneak peak on her channel mapping the game's prompts to tarot cards, and queeRPG returns with a New Game Showcase following their interview with Meghan last week.
Lastly, here are some more projects we love!
World Wide Wrestling's second edition is getting a reprint! WWW is THE professional wrestling TTRPG, and Nathan D. Paoletta is an all-time great game designer. Help fund the reprint and get a copy before they sell out again!
Speaking of sports TTRPGs, Full Send is a mountain climbing TTRPG by way of tarot and trick-taking. I'm a sucker for a good card-based RPG, and this looks extremely cool.
And one more card-based RPG: Gallisant by Grafbound Press—a two-player Arthurian adventure game about a Knight Errant and their search for the mythical Questing Beast. Graftbound makes really beautiful stuff, and this is looking great!
That's all for now! More to come at the three-week mark!
All best,
T
One Week Down! 85% Funded, Interviews, & Actual Play
11 months ago
– Wed, Sep 10, 2025 at 03:23:37 PM
Seven days in and already $17k raised! You love to see it!
Whether you're a fan of James, Drew, Meghan, or past Possible Worlds Games releases, thank you so much for supporting our campaign! As different as these RPGs are, we knew we'd be stronger working together, and the fact that over 65% of backers are choosing to pledge for all three games is a testament to their quality and your belief in PWG as a whole. We really appreciate it, and we're so excited to make these next three releases a reality!
Want to learn more about each game? Here are some spotlights you may have missed!
The One Shot Podcast just started a multi-part actual play of Cosmic Century Knights with Viditya Voleti, Daniel Kwan, Dillin Apelyan and James himself in the GM seat! This is a game that really reveals just how special it is through play, and I'm already obsessed with the crew's characters and worldbuilding. Check it out!
The queeRPG Podcast interviewed Meghan about Homecoming and her personal design journey! Listen in, and if you have a question of your own, Meghan also just kicked off an AMA on Bluesky!
GeekNative was kind enough to ask me some questions about Chuck and our larger campaign. Give it a read to learn more about Chuck's origins, PWG's artistic & publishing goals, and where season planning fits!
More interviews, features, and actual plays are in the works, so keep an eye out for additional links in future updates!
In the meantime, here are some other currently-funding projects we love!
If you've ever wondered where/how Possible Worlds Games finds its illustrators, it's largely through indie comics! Two anthologies we're really excited about are the latest Ex.Mag from our friends at PEOW and Hot Net Hotel from Paradise Systems. Both are chock full of talent and great way to discover multiple comics at once. We're also really looking forward to our pal Artyom Trakhanov's latest SHARP EYE and the entire slate of upcoming Fall 2025 Releases from Glacier Bay Books.
Jon Sacha is probably best known as Goblins & Gardens and for their Tarot deck of the same name (which is easily one of the most beautiful things I own). Now they're publishing a new, original game called Dungeon Wilds and the deck looks every bit as good as the last one.
And speaking of beautiful objects, check out Pergamino Barocco—a system agnostic spellbook printed as a genuine scroll folded accordion style into a hardcover binding. Their horror spellbook The Book of Gaub is an all-timer, and I expect this will be too.
More soon, and if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to reach out!
Keep sharing the campaign far and wide, and fingers crossed we'll be fully funded come this time next week!
