Children of Gaia: The Mag Tower - Fantasy TTRPG Zine
Created by Oneshi Press
Defend powerful magical relics as an elven sorcerer—or steal them as an invading assault squad—in this simple, one-off fantasy RPG!
Latest Updates from Our Project:
A Peek Inside the Coloring Book!
about 1 year ago
– Wed, Mar 08, 2023 at 03:52:01 PM
Hi, Mag Tower fam!
We thought you might enjoy a peek inside the Mitheran Fauna coloring book, so let's take a little scroll, shall we?
Mitheran Fauna: A Coloring Book by Shadowind
For untold millennia, the powerful Mage Stones have provided wisdom and guidance to the elven sorcerers who create and protect them.
Their magic has seeped into the landscape around them, imbuing it with mystical energies that the flora and fauna share…
Now, we've collected some of our favorite line drawings of these flora and fauna into a black-and-white collection you can bring to life with color!
Mitheran Fauna is a 28-page coloring book created by the phenomenal artist Shadowind, who has been helping us imagine and visualize the many diverse ecosystems in the fantasy realm of Rendaraia.
To get your copy, you can add the coloring book (in print or digital!) on to your order at checkout, or back the campaign at a level that comes with MitheranFauna as a reward.
Which animal, plant, or fungus is your favorite?
Personally, we're in love with the bipedal pangolin dude. But we're pumped to color that mouse squirrel, too!
Safe & Swift,
—Your friends at Oneshi Press, Jayel & Lynsey
PS - Join us tonight at 6:00 pm Mountain Time (that's 8 Eastern / 7 Central / 5 Pacific) on YouTube Live for a live-streamed reading by Lynsey G from her upcoming novella, MonkeyMaids!
Everybody has their own unique and deeply personal relationship with their hair, so we wanted to create a platform for creators to tell their diverse stories.
Collecting twelve (12) original stories, Hairology tackles diverse topics including natural hair, cancer, transitioning, body hair, dye, balding, and locs across a wide spectrum of genres which includes: action, slice of life, sci-fi, modern fantasy, autobiography, dystopia, and even werewolves!
The Great Nations of Rendaraia
about 1 year ago
– Tue, Mar 07, 2023 at 03:33:48 PM
Hi, Mag Tower backer!
You've heard us talk about the Great Nation of Mithera throughout this campaign, since that's where most of the action in the game, comic, and coloring book takes place!
But have you wondered what a "Great Nation" is?
Welcome to TheGreatNationsofRendaraia!
The five Great Nations of Rendaraia have stood for centuries as strongholds of culture, magic, science, and military strength.
When, one by one, the Nations mysteriously fall—each destroyed in a day, with no word or warning—the intrepid scholar Jan’Ka’Zian sets out to record a complex network of intertwined cultures on the edge of destruction.
Jayel Draco’s gorgeous illustrations present a vivid picture of elaborate cityscapes and mountain vistas, vast skyfaring fleets, and fantastic flora and fauna.
This 150-page, lushly illustrated lore book explores the cultures, histories, and social structures of the five Great Nations, narrated and illustrated from the perspective of Jan’Ka’Zian, a fictional character from the Children of Gaia series.
Second Edition Now Available!
We're releasing the first copies of the Second Edition of this gorgeous book along with this campaign, in both print and digital!
Featuring updated images, and a new foreword by cartoonist and professor Ryan Claytor, the Second Edition brings you face-to-face with kaiju, inside the workings of airships, and deep into Rendaraian mythology!
Back now at a tier that includes the new Second Edition, or add it to your cart as an add-on!
Rare First Editions Still (Barely) Available, Too!
The original 207 print runs of GreatNations were highly limited.
We've held on to a few copies, but we are nearing the end of our stockpile! You can order all three versions of the printed book right here…
The Rare First-Edition Paperback
Only 100 of these were ever printed…and they're running out!
The Ultra-Rare First Edition Hardcover
We only printed 45 of these beautiful, signed and numbered hardcovers!
TheAbsurdly Ultra-Rare First Edition METALHardcover
There are only 5 of these sleek, stunning, signed and numbered METAL hardcover first editions inexistence! And this campaign is the only place you can order one!
Introducing "Feudal Legacy: Legends of IxKenDren"!
about 1 year ago
– Mon, Mar 06, 2023 at 03:20:34 PM
Hey there, Mag Tower backer!
Welcome to a new week!
Our good friend here in Missoula, the amazing J.W. McRae, is a legendary tabletop role-playing game designer and dungeon master, with whom we've spent many a long night campaigning!
We're proud to team up with J.W. to offer his first full-length game book in his massive game system—Feudal Legacy: Legends of IxKenDren—as an add-on through this very campaign!
About Feudal Legacy: Legends of IxKenDren
Feudal Legacy is a table top role-playing game in a classical fantasy setting, and designed with experienced players in mind. It is an open, character-driven system, meaning characters are not limited in creation or progression to any particular generic class or archetype. Play the character you want to play—in a world limited only by your imagination.
Feudal Legacy uses a dynamic combat system featuring several distinct fighting styles, in order to heighten the drama and danger of combat. The turns go fast, because Feudal Legacy is designed with speed of play in mind.
It is an open, character-driven system, meaning characters are not limited in creation or progression to any particular generic class or archetype. Players have extensive character customization options. Choose your character’s heritage, status, education, alliances, and more.
The myriad of traits and imperfections, friends and enemies, make every game a unique adventure.
You can add Feudal Legacy: Legends of IxKenDren on to your pledge right here on the Mag Tower Kickstarter campaign!
We've teamed up with J.W. McRae to offer it in both lush hardcover ($40) and digital ($25) editions! Both are chock-full of stunning art by David Joyce!
Just add it to your cart at check-out, or hit the "Manage My Pledge" button to add it to an existing pledge.
As some of the very nerds who helped develop FeudalLegacy with J.W., we can assure you…you're going to love it!
Safe & Swift,
—Your friends Jayel & Lynsey at Oneshi Press
Jayel Draco Art Commissions Unlocked!
about 1 year ago
– Fri, Mar 03, 2023 at 09:17:49 AM
Hey there, Mag Tower backer!
Last night, during our live-streamed Mag Tower game, we made an announcement you're going to love!
At the halfway point of our campaign, we unlocked…
Art Commissions by Jayel Draco!
Our co-founder, lead designer, and lifelong visual artist, Jayel is the illustrator of the Mag Tower gamebook zine, as well as ALL the gorgeous art you see below…
He has opened his commissions only for the last two weeks of this campaign, so now's your chance to hire him to make…
A portrait of you or someone you love (or both)!
A portraits of your fur baby (and/or scale or feather baby)
Art of your favorite character or your original character
Your unique fantasy vision or favorite scene from something you love
One-character commissions are $249, and you can add extra characters for $49 apiece!
For an extra $49, we'll give you license to reproduce the art as a book cover!
Commissions are now open in the add-ons section of this campaign!
Here's how to get yours:
If you've already backed, navigate to "Manage My Pledge" and add the commission to your cart in the add-ons section
If you haven't backed the campaign yet, do it now! Then, add an art commission to your cart at check-out.
That's it! Have fun dreaming up your very own original art commission!
One of the most popular Kickstarter comic series of all-time returns with Glarien: Short and Deadly, a prestige format, 11"x 7.25" oversized hardcover collecting eight adult fantasy stories starring Glarien, the most dangerous elf in the White Ash Universe. Drawn by some of the best established and up and coming artists in the business, this collection follows Glarien from her early wild oat-sowing days in Alfheim to her latter years as a resident of White Ash, Pennsylvania.
You can watch and join the live text chat to learn how to play, ask questions, and say hello to the Children of Gaia team.
You can also help us trash-talk the other side!
We'll show off the interactive digital game board and our beautiful Mage Stone dice while we play. And we'll also demonstrate the simple, easy-to-learn, fast-paced game.
After a tragedy affects his family, Nathaniel Wicket moves to a decrepit town called Rancidville where he quickly makes friends with two other teens (Alice and Shane) and the trio uncover a mystery involving the town council, his uncle and his parents.
We are proud to be returning to Kickstarter to fund the printing of Rancidville: An Odious End, the third and final act of a three-part story. Thanks to our amazing backers and fans, we were able to produce the first two volumes through successful Kickstarters and now the story comes to an end in Book 3.