Night Witches: Koldunya

Night Witches: Koldunya

I wouldn’t normally announce something like this on a Saturday, but I am presently slave to the vicissitudes of Kickstarter.

I am very excited to announce the newest stretch goal for the Codex Volume 1 Kickstarter: if we can hit $17,000, Jason Morningstar will write Night Witches: Koldunya, the first major expansion for the award-winning Night Witches game. Here is Jason’s description:

Religion was brutally suppressed in the pre-war Soviet Union, but both Orthodoxy and syncretic folk ways survived. The women of the 588th were a mix of true believers, cultural Christians, and atheists. All of them were familiar with the superstitious magic of the Russian countryside, and whether they believed in it or not, it was suffused in the air they breathed. Witches – koldunya – were real, and they could heal and curse. Even the staunchest Soviet atheist and most rational technocrat would think twice before crossing the path of one. Of course magic isn’t real, but intention is everything…

Night Witches: Koldunya adds two new Natures and a whole suite of witchcraft moves to the game. It gives you a background on religion and anti-religious efforts in the Soviet Union before the war, and allows you to add a strange and surreal veneer to your game.

The Jackdaw is a gregarious, easily distracted lover of light – a healer and soothsayer. The Nightjar, in contrast, is a solitary creature of darkness, often reviled and capable of great mischief. Both are koldunya, and both are full-fledged pilots and navigators within the regiment. Will they use their gifts in the service of God, the devil, the 588th or comrade Stalin?

This is, frankly, epic. I would be over the moon if we could hit this stretch goal, so please, please, please re-share and spread the word!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gauntlet/codex-rpg-zine-volume-1-hardcover/description