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Less Than a Week Left to Back Tales of the Kytin Age, a New TTRPG Set in a World Dominated by Great Insects

A TTRPG set, featuring a box, rulebooks, and a map of the Western Kingdoms from Tales of the Kytin Age. Illustrated cards depict Great Insects and knights on horseback. A 20-sided die rests on the table, inviting you to explore this fantastical realm.

The clock is ticking, with less than a week left to support Tales of the Kytin Age, the tabletop RPG set in a post-apocalyptic future where giant insects roam the land. The Kickstarter campaign, which ends on November 24th, has hit its funding goal, but there’s still time to back this unique project and be part of its story.

Learn more about Tales of the Kytin Age and its creator, Geoff Gray, who has been developing the game and setting for 35 years in our recent interview.

A World Reclaimed by Insects

The setting of Tales of the Kytin Age is Earth, but not as we know it. This is a world that has emerged from the ashes of an apocalyptic event known as the Day of Fire. All the technological wonders of our age—electricity, cars, computers—are gone, replaced by a society reminiscent of our medieval past.

A warrior with a bow and arrows rides a large ant through a forest, facing a giant praying mantis, ready for battle. The scene is dynamic and filled with lush greenery, perfect for TTRPG adventurers. Text reads: "Tales of the Kytin Age.

The Kytin Age is a time when great insects have evolved to become the dominant life forms. These creatures, from towering tarantula spiders to aquatic horrors, have flourished in the harsh setting. You, the Folk of the Kytin Age have evolved to also survive in this world, but only if you learn how to deal with or avoid these creatures.

The Devil Beetle is a monstrous 20-foot-long carnivorous horror that roams the wilderness in search of prey.

In the magical realm of "Tales of the Kytin Age," a Great Insect devours its prey amidst massive mushroom-like trees. Scattered broken gears and wooden debris hint at an abandoned mechanism, while another insect ascends a towering tree, setting the stage for this TTRPG adventure.

Evolved from the Devil’s coach horse beetle, the Devil beetle is a 20 feet-long carnivorous horror that roams the wilds alone, ceaselessly hunting prey to feed an immense appetite for destruction.

From the Tales of the Kytin Age website.

But the dangers don’t end there. The Franzian Greenback Tarantula, the largest of its kind, lurks within the dense forests of the Western Kingdoms.

In a TTRPG-inspired fantasy forest, a large green spider confronts two armed adventurers. Ancient ruins draped in roots surround them, with sunlight streaming through the trees, weaving tales of the Kytin Age. The atmosphere is tense and mysterious.

25-feet from mandible to spinneret, the formidable Franzian Greenback is the largest tarantula spider in the Western Kingdoms. Found in forest and woodland environments, where they dig burrows or inhabit caves and abandoned buildings, these enormous, black and green coloured monsters leave their lairs at night to hunt for prey amongst the tall trees and shrooms.

From the Tales of the Kytin Age Core Game Book

Even more horrors lurk in the depths of the ocean. The Krythid, mutated crustaceans resembling insectile humanoids, swarm along the coastlines.

Under the moonlit sky of the Kytin Age, a humanoid crab creature stands near a fire, its large claws and rugged exoskeleton casting shadows. With tattered, seaweed-like features, it resembles great insects from TTRPG tales. Its eyes reflect the firelight in an eerie yet captivating scene.

A scourge of seafarers and coastal communities alike is the krythid, a semi-sentient, mutated crustacean that bears a shocking resemblance to the insectile, human-sized and able to walk upright on one, two or even three pairs of legs. These humanoid horrors swarm in multitude amongst the pitted and cave-riddled reefs that lie a few miles offshore, and they can sustain long periods of time out of the water.

From the Tales of the Kytin Age Core Game Book

The Spindle Crabs are another terrifying presence in the waters of the Kytin Age.

In a dramatic scene from the Tales of the Kytin Age, a large wooden sailing ship battles stormy seas, confronted by an enormous, menacing crab-like creature. The Great Insects rise from turbulent waters under swirling clouds, casting a mysterious and intense atmosphere perfect for a TTRPG adventure.

A fully-grown spindle crab is a monstrous sea-beast boasting a leg span of almost fifty feet. Six long legs extrude from a tough blue carapace. Enormous pincers lie at the end of even longer forelegs, their powerful claws able to wreak untold damage to even the most well-armoured kytin-clad.

From the Tales of the Kytin Age Core Game Book

The deluxe edition pledge includes the adventure book “The Ing Sagas; Ribvale” where players are pitted against many of these great insects including The Naiad, a 21-foot-long aquatic predator

Amid stormy skies and mountainous terrain, a giant sea creature from the Tales of the Kytin Age emerges, confronting three people in a small wooden boat. Armed with spears, they face the beast in this tense, action-packed scene reminiscent of a thrilling TTRPG adventure.

A 21′ long, 10th instar, adult naiad has been menacing the trios farmers island. After depleting the waters around the island of other prey, it has taken a perverse attraction to the area. Rather than move on, it continues to lurk and patrol the waters around the isle, alert to the smallest disturbance in and around the water.

From The Ing Sagas; Ribvale Adventure Book.

Visit the Tales of the Kytin Age Kickstarter or the official website to discover more about the great insects and the other unique elements that make up the Kytin Age. The campaign ends November 24th.