In mid-August, Mike had the pleasure of sitting with Matt Best to talk about Infinite Citadel and their upcoming game, The Beckoning Dream. As the Kickstarter for the game is kicking off tomorrow, I felt today would be a great day to look at this entry in the Indie Creator Series.
According to the Kickstarter description, “The Beckoning Dream is a surrealist tarot deck builder TTRPG that celebrates tarot with a collaborative storytelling experience. Decks of tarot cards are built and manipulated with tactical clarity akin to games like Magic: The Gathering, Yu-Gi-Oh!, and Legendary. Cards represent you, the Dreamer, pushing back against opposing forces competing to sculpt the dream to their will. Card dueling mechanics similar to Fury of Dracula and Blood Rage bound the infinite possibilities, guiding your table’s collaborative interpretation process - a storytelling experience set apart from most TTRPGs.” Over the course of the stream, Matt went through the design process, explained why they felt tarot was the best foundation for the game, and talked about how it could be used with any system. They also talked about some of the Kickstarter details, including options for custom Tarot decks and possible travel bag stretch goals.
In addition to The Beckoning Dream, Matt talked about their work with Infinite Citadel and developing games using the Mörk Borg license, like Mörk Sol. They also talked about Lore Link for a bit, as Tales of Initiative, who they also work with, has been using Lore Link for their live streams for a while now.
We would like to thank Matt for spending some time with us talking about their games, conventions, and what all they do to prepare for a crowdfunding campaign. If you want to learn more about Matt, you can follow them on Bluesky. If you want to learn more about Infinite Citadel, you can check out their website, support them on Patreon, and give them a follow on Bluesky. As I mentioned at the beginning of the post, the crowdfunding campaign for The Beckoning Dream kicks off tomorrow, November 10th. You can be alerted and back it on Kickstarter. Give the video a watch either below or on our YouTube page, and then go take a look at The Beckoning Dream! Thanks again for joining us, Matt!