raccoons – launch!


Hi Reader,

Welcome! Please, come in. I had some flowers on the table, but this raccoon ate them. I call him Reggie. Careful, he bites.

If you started coming to game night because you backed the original Raccoon Sky Pirates Kickstarter, then this game night is especially for you.

Because Raccoon Sky Pirates is coming back.

The legendary box set, all black and white, that came in a little mailer box, will be available in the upcoming, imminent Kickstarter.

It looked like this:

But that's not all. Center stage of the Kickstarter is the big, bombastic, brimming-with-components Total Chaos Edition. It looks like this:

And it comes with all this:

That's not AI-generated. It's an actual prototype I got in the mail recently.

I know.

It's extra.

I'm making a pledge tier that's just the original game. So, if that's all you want, you don't have to back the Total Chaos Edition.

But I think you may want to.

For the six raccoon dice alone. Or maybe how it's infinitely replayable. Or the hex tiles that chart a new course across the neighborhood every time, the illustrated disaster cards, poker chips you can write your loot on, custom maps drawn by architects, or the gonzo animal portaits by Robbi A Burns.

I'm not even getting into how much of the game looks like it was stolen from other games.

You'll see.

We're launching these raccoons in just a little over a week! It's coming up so soon! Sign up here to know when it goes live—early backers get a big discount!

xoxoxo
Chrys

P.S. https://raccoonskypirates.com will take you right there. Go. Sign up. Getcher raccoons. It's better than trying to pet Reggie.

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