NEST is a rules-lite TTRPG set in the NOVAverse, the setting of the NOVA TTRPG. Designed to be played across a campaign of 5 sessions, you and your friends will take on the role of deadly Corvus Dominion agents. A Hellion warlord is threatening the area, and you've been granted the authority to deal with them.

NEST is specifically designed for a "fewshot" campaign. Each session players will choose which mission they will take on next. Those choices will determine the sorts of rewards they get, best preparing them for their final mission against the warlord. Will you choose to rebuild your Flock and gather allies to you? Or will you slash holes into the defenses of your target so that they will fall with the pull of a trigger in the end? The choices are yours.

NEST is available in both PDF and printed copies. Print copies will be half-letter sized paper in a perfect bound book.

The game is completely self-contained, and everything you need is inside. You'll find:

If your pledge for the printed copy, you automatically get a PDF copy as well!

The Corvus Dominion is eager to support this mission, but they need a show of force from you all in order to do that.

If we fund the game in the first 24 hours, the Dominion will lend its strength in the following ways:

NEST uses the LUMEN 2.0 system. This means there are no dice used at all. Instead, players must manage a number of different resources as they describe how they move through each mission. As resources dwindle, the agents will be pressed into more creative problem solving, or desperate actions!

Want a rundown of how NEST works? This video describes the mission structures, gameplay loop, and core mechanics.

NEST is designed to be played out across 5 sessions, including session 0. During a session, you will choose from a number of possible missions. Each mission has different objectives, and different rewards for completing it. Some missions help you gather your Flock, assembling valuable NPCs at your mobile base who can support you in and out of missions. Other missions bring harm to your target, weakening their defenses, or providing you with valuable intel on the final mission.

It's up to you to decide how your table will approach this task, and which missions to choose. It always ends with your final attack on the Hellion warlord. Good luck.

We're running a pretty quick campaign for NEST because we want to get the game in your hands as soon as possible!

In fact, the game is already text complete, and the layout is being finalized as you read this. That means we will be able to get the PDF version of the game to you very soon after the campaign ends! The books will be ordered soon after, and fulfillment for them will take place starting at the end of June.

Estimated shipping costs for the US are $6, and international are $16, not including any add-ons. Shipping will be more expensive the more add-ons you include.

The funding of this campaign is to cover the costs of the amazing art that Galen has made, the print costs of the books, plus paying Spencer and Mike for making the thing.

After the campaign, surveys will go out from Backerkit to collect information so that we can get your game to you, as well as shipping costs if you are getting the printed book.

Spencer Campbell (he/him): Writer & Designer. Spencer is an award winning RPG designer publishing under the name Gila RPGs. Some of his best known games include Slayers, RUNE, NOVA, and the LUMEN system. Find him on Twitter @GilaRPGs, and check out all his work at gilarpgs.com.

Mike Rieman (he/him): Layout. Mike is a graphic & game designer as well as an illustrator creating layout and art for games like HUNT, NULL, and Slayers. You can find the games he fully designs, like Last Flight of the Pandora and Good ol' Days at  TwoPancakes.com and get yappin' at him @TheTwoPancakes.

Galen Pejeau (he/him): Art & Design. Galen is an illustrator and occasional designer of games, primarily games of community building, ecological understanding and robots. You can see what he's up to on Twitter, Threads (@assemblyrequisite), BlueSky (@nightjargames.bsky.social), and Tumblr, or buy his games on Itch.