The Gauntlet is currently running a Kickstarter campaign to fund a hardcover collection of the first 13 issues of our magazine, Codex. We are getting close to unlocking a very exciting new stretch goal: Night Witches: Koldunya!
Koldunya is being written by Jason Morningstar himself and will be the first major expansion for his critically-acclaimed Night Witches. 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?
We would love your help in making both the book and this incredible stretch goal a reality. Please give the campaign a look!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gauntlet/codex-rpg-zine-volume-1-hardcover?ref=user_menu
