The most immersive way to play tabletop role-playing games online.
Welcome to the pre-order store for the Kickstarter campaign, Alchemy RPG: A Reimagined Virtual Tabletop. The prices and rewards (including stretch goals) are the same as they were during the campaign and are available until we lock in order quantities.
Please note, we are waiting to charge for shipping and sales tax until we are closer to fulfillment. After shipping fees and tax are added in, you will be notified via email before your payment is charged. For estimated prices and taxes, please look at the bottom of the Kickstarter page.
Latest Updates from Our Project:
We Did It! 🎉
over 1 year ago
– Thu, May 25, 2023 at 12:03:26 PM
Hey Backers,
That’s a wrap! – We’re so incredibly grateful to our backers, content partners, advisors, and all of our supporters for helping Alchemy become the top grossing VTT crowdfunding campaign of all time! 😱
4,522 backers, $740,619, and 16 stretch goals unlocked. Thank you for making this campaign a success and for giving me, Isaac, and the rest of the Alchemy team the opportunity to do what we love: to obsessively craft the most immersive place to tell stories with your friends.
What’s Next?
Kickstarter Processes Pledges
First, Kickstarter will begin to process payments for the campaign. That can take up to a couple of weeks, but when we get confirmation that it’s complete, we’ll be sending out pledge manager surveys.
Surveys Go Out
Next, surveys will be sent out to collect your shipping information, any additional add-ons you’d like to add, or upgrades to your pledge you’d like to make. The pledge manager will be open until we start the fulfillment process, but we recommend filling out your survey as soon as you receive it to ensure you get your rewards on time.
Digital Rewards
We’ll begin sending out digital codes as they become available, starting with Alchemy Unlimited, Lifetime Unlimited, and Backer Accounts. It will be up to you to redeem them in Early Access (which is live now) or wait until the Version One launch in September. After that, we’ll send out content codes in batches as beta releases while we’re actively building support for each game system. This will give you the opportunity to jump in early, learn the ropes, and share your feedback with us as we shape the games for the V1 release.
Physical Rewards
As we get closer to September, we’ll close the pledge manager, lock orders, and begin the process of shipping you your sweet sweet physical rewards. Once you receive them, you’ll be able to redeem the physical codes for the final versions of each game. – Don’t worry, there will be batch codes per content deck and backer box so you won’t have to enter a code for every title individually. 😅
Late Pledges
Have a friend who missed out on the campaign? It’s not too late for them to join in! We’ll be accepting late pledges for each reward tier through the pledge manager next week. Stay tuned for that announcement.
Have Questions?
Kickstarter can be a lot of information. We get it! If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us. Leave a comment, email [email protected], or join our incredible community on Discord.
Get ready. Alchemy Version One is underway!
Talk soon,
Chris
Ok, Just One More...
over 1 year ago
– Thu, May 25, 2023 at 03:43:43 AM
$700,000 was just way too epic of a milestone to not celebrate it with an extra special stretch goal, so we’re creating an Alchemy Enhanced edition of Humblewood Tales! Original music, ambient sound, motion graphics, and a snazzy custom UI are coming to this beloved title, available in the Fantasy Deck.
This new stretch goal comes on top of our most recent unlocks: City of Mist Enhanced Edition (Modern Deck) and Vast Grimm Enhanced Edition (Futures Deck).
Just 3 hours to go!
Talk soon,
Chris
This is it. Final 24 hours!
over 1 year ago
– Wed, May 24, 2023 at 02:13:29 AM
Stretch Goal Status
Hey Backers,
After many late nights, hard work, and energy drinks, we made it. We’re now in the final day of the Alchemy Version One Kickstarter. To quote my good buddy Isaac, co-founder of Alchemy, and the talking head behind the Alchemy Devlog, we’re “blown away.” Thank you for making this campaign a critical success and giving us the boost we need to do what we’ve been dreaming of for years: bring our vision for immersive TTRPG experiences to the world.
Recently Unlocked
With your help, we get the distinct privilege to create Enhanced editions for an additional 13 of our favorite RPGs. Today, in just 12 hours, we unlocked two of those titles: Pirate Borg by Limathron and Kids on Bikes Second Edition by Hunters Entertainment.
Pirate Borg Enhanced unlocked at $575k for backers getting the Dystopia Deck, available via the Backer Box Set.
About Pirate Borg
PIRATE BORG is a self-contained rules-light RPG for running swashbuckling campaigns. Character creation is optimized for random generation (though not required), and during combat all rolls are made by the players: enemies don’t roll to attack, instead PCs roll to defend. Pirate Borg is fun, easy to learn, potentially deadly, and perfect for OSR/NuSR style one-shots and for campaigns that focus more on player agency and smart decisions and less on character optimization and “what’s on my character sheet”.
Kids on Bikes 2E unlocked at $600k for everyone choosing the Modern Deck.
About Kids on Bikes
Kids on Bikes is a Collaborative World Building RPG set in small towns with big mysteries. Written and created by celebrated game designers Jon Gilmour (Dead of Winter, Atari: Centipede/Missile Command/Asteroids) & Doug Levandowski (Gothic Doctor, Seven Minutes in Hell).
Upcoming Stretch Goals
But we’ve still got 24 hours to go, so why not add a few more? We’re stoked to reveal two new Alchemy Enhanced stretch goal upgrades for City of Mist by Son of Oak and Vast Grimm by Infinite Black!
City of Mist unlocks at $625k for everyone choosing the Modern Deck.
Inspired by super-powered noir graphic novels and TV shows, the City of Mist tabletop RPG system encourages you to get creative and experience cinematic moments with every action you take.
Vast Grimm unlocks at $650k for everyone choosing the Futures Deck.
Vast Grimm is a rules light RPG where everyone must band together in order to keep humanity alive.
Coming Soon to Alchemy
Throughout the campaign, we’ve had a lot of questions about games we’ll support in the future and I’m happy to report that what’s being offered on the campaign is just the beginning. We have several new friends who have graciously partnered with us to bring even more incredible games to the Alchemy Platform.
These titles will be coming to Alchemy afterVersion One, but we thought we’d let you in on a little sneak peek of what’s to come.
We’re excited to continue the adventure with our friends at Kobold Press on their mission to support the independent 5th Edition community and bring their newly announced game system, Tales of the Valiant to Alchemy. Stay tuned for more updates from your favorite kobolds on an Alchemy VTT tier on the ToV campaign. Now live on Kickstarter.
Tales of The Valiant by Kobold Press
Tales of the Valiant (ToV) is a Core Fantasy Roleplaying game that builds on the Creative Commons foundation of 5th Edition. – Fully compatible with the 5E products you already know and love, Tales of the Valiant is a new game, but if you’ve played 5th Edition D&D, you’ll feel right at home.
Ready to experience incredible 5th Edition settings like Grim Hollow on Alchemy? So are we! We’re also super pumped about their brand new setting, Aetherial Expanse, which is coming soon to Kickstarter.
Aetherial Expanse: Setting Guide by Ghostfire Gaming
The Aetherial Expanse Setting Guide is a 200+ page book exploring a wondrous region on the astral plane where sailing ships can sail across a magical sea of aetherial liquid. This stunningly illustrated book is filled with new 5th Edition rules for GMs and players alike, bringing this high-fantasy setting to life.
Many of you have asked if we plan to support the incredibly popular Savage Worlds system on Alchemy and the answer is hell yeah! Starting with Deadlands (my personal favorite), we’ll also be building support for other great games from Pinnacle Entertainment, like Savage Rifts and Pathfinder for Savage Worlds.
Deadlands Weird West Core Rules by Pinnacle Entertainment Group
Deadlands includes all the Edges, gear, infernal devices, and powers players need to blast the tarnation out of those creepy crawlies. For the Marshal there’s a comprehensive overview of the Weird West, an adventure generator, and enough rascals, varmints, and critters to keep a posse busy ’til doomsday!
Fateforge anyone? We’re so pumped to be working with the fine folks at Studio Agate to bring their epic, beautifully illustrated, games like Fateforge and Shadows of Esteren to the platform.
Fateforge by Studio Agate
Following the sword & sorcery tradition, the adventurers will travel through grandiose landscapes and interact with exotic, colorful civilizations. By dint of skill, bravery, or cunning, they will overcome increasingly challenging ordeals, and perhaps find their way to the mythical Fateforge and ascend to godhood.
If you haven’t already, jump into our Early Access where we’ll soon have a content roadmap where you can follow along with the post-V1 development of these games and many more to come. Have a request or suggestion of what you’d like to see come to Alchemy next? Join our Discord and let us know!
Now let’s get through this final 24 hours!
Talk soon,
Chris
$500k + New Stretch Goals + Big News!
over 1 year ago
– Fri, May 19, 2023 at 12:44:21 PM
Current Campaign Status
Hey Backers,
Wow, what a week it’s been in Alchemy Kickstarter Land! – Last night we rocketed past the $500,000 milestone and unlocked one of the greatest fantasy TTRPG adventures of all time: Paizo’s KINGMAKER. We are absolutely thrilled to have the opportunity to craft an Enhanced version of this storied title to play on Alchemy, and we can’t wait to show you what we come up with. Pathfinder fans, start scheduling your next campaign now!
So I guess the question on everybody’s mind now is, what’s next?!
Over the past couple of weeks, we’ve been going deck-by-deck to give each one a sprinkling of Alchemy Enhanced love. Starting with Call of Cthulhu (Horror), Vampire: The Masquerade (Modern), Fallout RPG (Futures), and now… Kobold Press’ love letter to the dungeon crawl: Scarlet Citadel (Fantasy).
Unlocking at $525k
Scarlet Citadel Enhanced unlocks at $525k for everyone choosing the Fantasy Deck.
But, wait. There’s more?!
We’re so stoked to announce that we’ve partnered with creative geniuses at Monte Cook Games to bring their pioneering titles to Alchemy. Yes, that means official support for the Cypher System, incredible epics like Numenera, and the innovative horror experience: The Darkest House.
Unlocking at $550k
About the Darkest House
The Darkest House is a mega-adventure that takes you into a unique realm of horror. It’s made for the game you’re playing right now, to be integrated into your campaign regardless of the setting or game system. And it's uniquely optimized for a rich, powerful experience that's immersive for the players and easy on the GM—whether you play face-to-face or online.
The Darkest House will chill and frighten your players like no other RPG experience. But along the way their characters will have experiences that make them stronger, deeper, richer, and more powerfully bonded as a party.
The Darkest House unlocks at $550k for everyone backing at the Content Deck tier or higher. – Just in time for the spooky season.
“But, what if we absolutely decimate these two stretch goals too, Alchemy? What then?!” – Great question. We’ll be ready... 😉
Are you a game store retailer? Are you looking for a new innovative product line and in-shop experiences for your customers? Then we want to talk to you! Please reach out to our retail sales aficionado, Carlos at [email protected].
Oh hey, while we’re talking partnerships, did you know that we’re also working with the wonderful folks at The Word Refinery (Koboa) and AAW Games (Rise of the Drow, Rultmoork)? Did you also know that they both have Kickstarters live right now? Check them out:
Koboa is a South American Fantasy setting guide for 5e, PF2, and CFR; developed by a 100% South American development team. We count on contributors from Ecuador, Brazil, Peru, Chile, Colombia and Argentina, as well as members of the Xukuru, Quechua and Kichwa Indigenous peoples.Within the pages of the Koboa Setting guide, you will find lore on the people and creatures of Koboa, based on our cultures and stories. You'll also find endless player options, including unique subclasses, feats, spells, and forms, our mechanical alternative to races.
This sequel to the best-selling Mini-Dungeon Tome by AAW Games is live right freakin’ now on Kickstarter. These bad boys are designed to be grab-and-go, easy to run adventures with minimum prep. So what are you waiting for? Get in here and get delving!
Thank you all so much for helping us reach this incredible milestone! If you haven't yet, come say hi to the Alchemy team and our incredible community on Discord.
Until next time.
Chris
Outgunned + Fallout Enhanced Unlocked
over 1 year ago
– Fri, May 12, 2023 at 09:27:08 AM
Today I come to you with some very exciting news: We’re now in partnership with Two Little Mice, the creators of the new action-packed cinematic RPG Outgunned, and the award-winning RPG where you play as Littlelings in an abandoned house, Household. Yes, that means you’ll be able to play both of these games on Alchemy in the very near future, but it gets better…
To celebrate our new partnership, every single backer is going to get a copy of the Outgunned Alchemy Module when it releases next March, completely FREE.
Be sure to check out the Outgunned Kickstartercampaign, where you can get loads of additional rewards like dice, cards, GM screens, physical books, and more.
About Outgunned
Outgunned is a cinematic action rpg inspired by the classics of the action and heist genre, from Die Hard to True Lies, passing through James Bond, Atomic Blonde, Kingsman, Ocean’s Eleven, Hot Fuzz, and the latest John Wick. In Outgunned you play as a group of Heroes struggling against a Villain to try and save the day.
Stretch Goal Unlocked! Fallout is now getting an Alchemy Enhanced treatment.
While we’re on the topic of free stuff…
I’m stoked to inform you that we have officially broken the $450k mark, which means backers who choose the FUTURES deck (or get it in their Backer Box), will be getting the Alchemy Enhanced version of Fallout the Roleplaying Game.
