Mappa Mundi - An Exploration + Ecology RPG

Update 2 - End of Day 1!
over 1 year ago – Wed, Feb 05, 2025 at 05:02:15 AM

I've been imagining writing these updates for nearly eighteen months now, the time Joel, Jeremy, and myself have spent working on Mappa Mundi. I'll be honest and say I didn't expect to be writing the end of Day One update from such an amazing position!

The first 24 hours of Mappa Mundi - An Exploration + Ecology RPG has seen 507 backers pledge £28,411 to bring this game to life, from a funding target of £12,500. This means we are 227% funded!

Quite frankly, this is amazing. Thank you to each and every one of our backers. Your support has set Mappa Mundi off to an incredible start and one we're going to keep trying to build on until the campaign finishes on March 4th!

We have plenty more planned for remainder of the campaign, including Monster and Creatures reveals, regional deep dives, a focus on our incredible artist and co-owner Joel Kilpatrick, new interviews and livestreams with content creators from across the TTRPG community, and just general good vibes. We hope you'll stick with us until the end and keep telling your friends about the campaign!

Every additional pound raised during the campaign helps support the growth of Mappa Mundi and Three Sails Studios. The more we raise in the campaign, the better positioned we are to hire people to write new adventures and culturally consult for the game, to support the development of expansions into Ecumene's other continents, and helping us produce amazing new games for you to play and experience!

Having broken through £25,000 funding, our Social Impact Stretch Goals have now gone from a 'per backer' donation to the Save Elephant Foundation to a fixed amount. What would have been £486 is now £1,000, allowing us to sponsor the care, rescue, and rehabilitation of a range of animals.

We want to note, too, that the funds for our donations are coming from our existing company funds and not from funds raised here on Kickstarter. We are not using money raised here for our solidarity donations, but instead using the number of backers to determine how much we are donating! 

At the end of day one, all there is left to say is thank you all! The blind panic of yesterday's launch (not matter how much you prepare, it seems it will always be there!) reminds me of a scene from Mappa Mundi, so I'll share with you this piece of artwork from the book: the regional guide full page illustration for The Muten Steppe!

Don't forget to leave us a comment on the project letting us know your thoughts and plans for Mappa Mundi and come and join our Discord community to join in the conversation: https://discord.gg/pfeZ5qeCGC

In solidarity,

George

Update 1 - FUNDED IN LESS THAN AN HOUR! Thank you everyone!
over 1 year ago – Tue, Feb 04, 2025 at 07:39:37 AM

Wow! What a first two and a half hours we've had! 

I'm over the moon to be able to say that with the support of our amazing community, Mappa Mundi - An Exploration + Ecology RPG has smashed through its funding goal! Total time to fund? 58 minutes! You people are amazing!

I speak for the whole team (Joel, Jeremy, and myself) when I say that we are so incredibly grateful for your support in getting Mappa Mundi off to such a strong start. We hope this bodes well for the health of the campaign over the next 28 days!

When we set out to make Mappa Mundi, we wanted a game that subverted people's expectations about what a TTRPG was, what it could be, and the roles they could play in them. With its zero-combat approach, its deep and abiding belief in the agency of non-human persons (Monsters, Creatures, and environments), and the love of connecting peoples of different cultures from all around the world, we believe we have achieved this with Mappa Mundi!

We're already well on our way to our first Social Impact Stretch Goal! At £25,000, we'll be donating a fixed amount (rather than the current backer number dependent) to the Save Elephant Foundation, based in Chiang Mai, Thailand. With your help, we'll be sponsoring the care, rescue, and rehabilitation of a community of elephants and other rescued animals.

If you can, please leave us some comments and share the campaign with your friends and communities. The more people the campaign reaches, the more Chroniclers we'll be training to send out into the Wilds of Ecumene!

If you haven't already, our Discord server is active and pumping! Come join us and take part in the conversation! https://discord.gg/pfeZ5qeCGC

Thank you again, everyone. For all that you've done and all that you will do.

In solidarity,

George - Mappa Mundi creator and designer