Geek Native had a look at Mappa Mundi at the UK Games Expo 2024 and wrote up the exploration and ecology RPG afterwards.
Now, Three Sails Studios has launched, funded and still has three weeks on the Kickstarter for the non-violent game.
Backers like this non-combat game of big monsters and map-making as the £12,500 target has been smashed.
The crowdfunding campaign is already offering a free quickstart and an adventure to download now, with more freebies available for backers.
Mappa Mundi uses only four dice and the ‘shaping’ mechanic. The idea is that the GM/Narrator does not roll dice and that the players step up to help with the narrative. The TTRPG has several books and also uses tarot-sized cards for travel and exploration.
Three Sails reassures that the book is 100% done, no stretch goals are needed for anything, and the plan is to get you the game by this summer.
Players take on the role of Chroniclers, specially trained adventures, researchers, and explorers sent out into the world of Ecumene to reconnect it after the ravages of the Flux, a one-hundred year period of climate catastrophe that divided continents, regions, and cultures. With just four Abilities – Traversal, Exploration, Deduction, and Observation – alongside an array of Skills and Interactions, Chroniclers must step out into a land that has lost its sense of self, its voice, and its history.
Over a hundred people have backed Mappa Mundi at the low income £10 tier. No questions asked. The digital edition which gets everything you need, including printable and fillable PDFs is the reward at £15.
The physical edition of the books plus the cards on 100% FSC-certified paper using non-toxic vegan links unlocks at £50. The digital editions come free.
There’s a retailer pledge, but the Cartographer’s Edition of Mappa Mundi, set at £300, quickly sold out of the 10 copies made available.
The estimated delivery date is June 2025. The Kickstarter campaign runs until March 4th. UK Games Expo 2025 is at the very end of May, if I see Jeremy Blum again, or George Francis Bickers and Joel Kilpatrick then I’ll congratulate them on their successful crowdfunder but they might be too busy to go! We’ll see.
