Announcing Our Partnership With Yochai Gal for Cairn 2E Box Set
Our first crowdfunding campaign, and hopefully not the last.
Space Penguin Ink is proud to announce our partnership with acclaimed game designer Yochai Gal in crowdfunding a new box set edition of the Cairn 2E rules. This newly edited and expanded version of Cairn will be coming to Kickstarter in Spring 2024.
First released in 2020, Cairn is a rules-light adventure game with a focus on simple character creation, player agency, and at-the-table utility. Its first edition was very well-received, and the 2E rules seek to both clarify and build upon that framework by offering new character options, monsters, environments, and guides for both players and game masters (Wardens, in this game).
A robust first- and third-party community has grown around this game, with numerous adventures, supplements, and errata available on the Cairn webstore. For the new second edition, the base rules have been split into two books: a hardcover Warden’s Guide for those running the game, including expanded rules and a bestiary fully illustrated by renowned artist Amanda Lee Franck, and a softcover Players Guide for those playing PCs. The box set will also include a bundle of printed character sheets and a starting adventure set in the world of Cairn, as well as any stretch goals unlocked.
The Kickstarter campaign is expected to launch March of 2024, though eager fans can already download the new Player’s Guide playtest demo and sign up for Yochai’s upcoming Kickstarter Beyond The Pale, which is a horror OSR adventure inspired by Jewish folklore and mysticism published by Lost Pages.