It has been fun watching the success of Neon Odyssey since its Kickstarter launched. This explainer video outlines ethos and appeal of the project to bring nostalgic space fantasy to D&D 5.5e.

https://youtu.be/3iAKOgt0CF0?si=SJ3CwfkP_c1X4GBd

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/legendsofavantris/neon-odyssey

#NeonOdyssey

This week I had my eye on some wonderful bits of fun, in games and comics, and found some bits of hope to boost.

I saw Neon Odyssey pop up on my feed a couple weeks ago. It looked like a neat retro-futuristic TTRPG, just my sort of thing. So I looked into it.

It’s 5.5E D&D reskinned for space opera, science fantasy play with a neon-drenched aesthetic. I was in.

The species are new but some riff on classics and classes reskin all the classes from the player’s handbook with one original class.

There are seriously high production values and a no AI commitment.

What I didn’t expect from Neon Odyssey was a killer theme song.

The folks behind the project commissioned songs by Max Cruise and “Among the Stars” is an astounding earworm. I can’t stop listening to it.

Celestine even got into it and plays it now and then without my prompting.

https://youtu.be/d3aq0uLNB6Y?si=zTnOcDhkwZgYsVds

I wasn’t familiar with Legends of Avantris before learning about their Neon Odyssey project, but now I’m at least a dozen hours into their actual play videos and will be diving into their backlog podcasts. It’s really fun D&D.

https://youtu.be/7FbTEHv_Ng4?si=1V4kzlYV7jmfOcSW

https://youtu.be/7vcNwWDA-BE?si=6ipc4JZFsyEeVzpF

After a long year of adversity, Zombies, Run! will be launching new, beginner-friendly missions again in a 8-part story next week.

I’ve loved running with the app for more than a decade and I’m thrilled to see it starting up again under the leadership and ownership of its writer, Naomi Alderman.

If you haven’t experienced it yet, I can’t recommend Zombies, Run! highly enough. It has kept me running consistently for years.

How fitting that my paper cutter matches the HeroQuest character sheets I used it to cut out of card stock.

Here in Canada (and the U.S.) it’s Free Comic Book Day/Comics Giveaway Day. Your local comic shops are probably giving away free comics and having sales.

If your shops are like those here in Halifax, they’re run by people who love comics and games and provide important access to both in our communities. Stopping in today is a great way to discover comics and support the people who bring them to our communities.

Celestine and I stopped in for Free Comic Book Day at Monster Comic Lounge and Strange Adventures. She was happy with the comics she brought home and is excited to go again next year.

Mia Johnson is kickstarting Tallest Tower, a solo, D&D 5e-compatible adventure that can be played as a standalone experience without D&D knowledge. Her work on Lost in the Dark with Limitless Adventures made backing this project an easy choice.

She also released free stat blocks for two NPCs from the book to get a sense of her design approach.

I saw Neon Odyssey pop up on my feed a couple weeks ago. It looked like a neat retro-futuristic TTRPG, just my sort of thing. So I looked into it.

It's 5.5E D&D reskinned for space opera, science fantasy play with a neon-drenched aesthetic. I was in.

The species are new but some riff on classics and classes reskin all the classes from the player's handbook with one original class.

There are seriously high production values and a no AI commitment.

https://neonrpg.com

#NeonOdyssey