In May 2022 we revived the September 2018 Nobilis and Chuubo Bundle, featuring two landmark indie roleplaying games by star designer Jenna Moran (Exalted, Weapons of the Gods). Among 2,600 rules sets in RPG.net’s comprehensive Game Index, Jenna’s Nobilis, the diceless RPG of demigodlike Powers (think Sandman‘s The Endless or Piers Anthony’s Incarnations of Immortality), ranks #1. And Chuubo’s Marvelous Wish-Granting Engine adapts the Nobilis system for a warm-hearted RPG of heroic innocents in the style of Miyazaki films like Spirited Away and shows like Adventure Time.
Once again there were five titles in this revived offer’s Starter Collection (retail value $50) as DRM-free .PDF ebooks, including the complete 578-page Chuubo’s Marvelous Wish-Granting Engine rulebook, its supplements Fortitude: By the Docks of Big Lake and the Techno Player’s Guide, the Chuubo’s Quest Cards and Issue Cards, and the illuminating extended play example Finding Home.
Those who paid more than the threshold (average) price also got this revival’s entire Bonus Collection with five more titles worth an additional $68:
- Nobilis: The Game of Sovereign Powers Second Edition (2002): The gorgeous 304-page “Great White Book” originally by Hogshead Publishing, winner of an Origins Award for Best Graphic Presentation. Included the free rules expansion Unlikely Flowerings.
- NEW in this revival! Nobilis – The Essentials (retail $13): Released in 2022, this is the updated version of the 2011 Nobilis Third Edition.
- Fortitude: The Glass-Maker’s Dragon: A massive 562-page Chuubo’s campaign, set in the beautiful hometown of Fortitude, that will keep you busy reaching for your dreams for years.
- Fortitude: The Legendary 139: A campaign about the extraordinary passengers who sailed into port on the day the sun died.
- Chuubo’s Halloween Special: A one-shot holiday adventure that introduces the “Fairy Tales” genre to Chuubo’s.
Those who bought this offer in its original September 2018 run received the newly added Nobilis Essentials automatically on their Wizard’s Cabinet download page and in their linked DriveThruRPG Library. When you buy a Bundle of Holding early, you never worry about missing a title added later — even much later.
Ten percent of each payment (after gateway fees) went to this Nobilis and Chuubo revival’s pandemic-related charity, Direct Relief. Direct Relief sends protective gear and critical care medications to health workers, with emergency deliveries to medical facilities across the US and Canada and to regional response agencies around the world.
