Our Brilliant Ruin Starter Set now live on Kickstarter

Studio Hermitage has a new Kickstarter for their TTRPG, Our Brilliant Ruin. This new Kickstarter contains a new starter set and an exclusive new version of the core rulebook:

Studio Hermitage returns to Kickstarter with a brand-new campaign to make the new Starter Set a reality and help players around the world get Our Brilliant Ruin to their tabletops faster.

Written by industry veterans Justin Achilli (World of Darkness series, Assassin’s Creed series), Rachel J. Wilkinson (Vampire the Masquerade: Port Saga, Dune: Adventures in the Imperium), and Pam Punzalan (Journeys through the Radiant Citadel, 2022 Nebula Award Finalist) Our Brilliant Ruin is a unique game in a fascinating world. Our Brilliant Ruin is a roleplaying game where the corrosive light of a dead and distant star has befouled the world. Only the Dramark remains, the last vestiges of a gilded society unraveling against the backdrop of this preternatural catastrophe. Here, aristocrats cling to their crumbling estates, truefolk struggle to maintain the status quo, and unbonded rebel against it all while Ruined horrors and rusted machines prowl the countryside.

The Kickstarter offers a brand-new starter set that will allow TTRPG enthusiasts to get right into the action from the first session with a pre-written story and pre-constructed characters, featuring:

• Abridged Rulebook – A 64 page softcover, full colour rulebook for a quick start in the world of Our Brilliant Ruin.
• Resources Booklet - A 32 page booklet of character sheets, handouts and in-universe documents from the starter story.
• Starter Story – A 48 page introductory story revolving around a malfunctioning syllokinetic bridge, which is home to many NPCs, and the risky efforts that must be undertaken to return it to functioning while protecting the identity of the NPCs who understand the secrets of its operation.

An original system uses d6 dice pools driven by a player character’s emotions and motivations to determine if they succeed, triumph, or cause a catastrophe. Personality traits and skills will be combined to accomplish player character goals.

This campaign also makes available an exclusive limited Ruined Edition of the Our Brilliant Ruin core rulebook. It features a vegan leather cover, bookmark ribbons of unknown provenance, and a black-ink edge treatment that absorbs more wholesome light. This limited Ruined Edition won’t be printed again after the campaign, so collectors will need to support the project before it ends on October 2nd if they want to get their hands on it.