They Came from Beneath the Sea! -a tabletop roleplaying game

A project in Macungie, PA by Richard Thomas
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Funded: $47,854 of $20,000
Dates: Dec 18th -> Jan 24th (38 days)
Project By: Richard Thomas
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Latest News

Thanks to You, They WILL Come from Beneath the Sea!

January 24th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello Drylanders, We did it! We funded a new Storypath system game, They Came from Beneath the Sea! And not just that! We unlocked FIFTEEN STRETCH GOALS! We added an alphabet-soup of new opponents with 5 Threat File PDF sections! We added 4 new... (Read More)

Final Hours: CHECKLIST & WHAT COMES NEXT

January 24th - via: kickstarter.com
Behold, Drylanders -  THE END IS NIGH! It's James, your Aquatic Ambassador for this Kickstarter Campaign The end of this Kickstarter campaign, that is. We are HOURS away from our conclusion. And look at all of us, swimming here, with our FOURTEEN... (Read More)

Final Day: REFRESHER, NEW ADD ON, VIDEO Q&A, FINAL STRETCH GOALS

January 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
Ahoy Earthlings, Behold! It is James, your contact person for this kickstarter campaign! And an agent of the Undersea Realm! Yesterday, I talked about our Stretch Goals and issued a challenge to see if we could unlock another goal or two prior to the... (Read More)

Final Days: STRETCH GOALS

January 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
Greetings Drylanders, We're just about tho hit the Final 48 Hours of this Kickstarter campaign, and racing toward the surface. (I can't remember whether my metaphors have been about diving into the ocean or surfacing from the ocean... either way,... (Read More)

Final Days: ADD ONS

January 21st - via: kickstarter.com
Greetings Drylanders, Why read my words for information, when I can offer a much more direct source?! Behold! Celebrated podcasters and actual play dramatists Red Moon Roleplaying will be starting their broadcast of Terror at Make-Out Point, ran by... (Read More)

Final Days: REWARD TIERS

January 20th - via: kickstarter.com
Greetings, Drylanders, We're about 96 hours from the conclusion of this campaign, and things will likely get pretty exciting as we get down to the wire.  With that in mind, I wanted to touch on some of the basics over the next 4 days to make sure... (Read More)

Night of the Day of the Whirlpool

January 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Night of the Day of the Whirlpool   It was pitch black and the man had no idea where he was. But Clain Hoake swam like a man who needed to swim. And he did. Worse, he didn’t know who he was. All he knew was he couldn’t hold his breath forever.... (Read More)

Backers Only Manuscript Preview # 6

January 18th - via: kickstarter.com
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Final Week - Be An Aqua-Ambassador

January 17th - via: kickstarter.com
Greetings Surface-dwellers, Behold! It's Aqua-James, your intermediary during the upcoming invasion... We're officially in the FINAL WEEK of the kickstarter campaign. I've still got one final manuscript section to share on Friday and the final... (Read More)

A Preview from Beneath the Sea! - The Director's Chair & Movie Budget

January 16th - via: kickstarter.com
Attention, dry-landers, Your Kickstarter Concierge from Beneath the Sea! While the game They Came from Beneath the Sea! is presented as a tongue-in-cheek tribute to 1950s Sci-Fi and Creature Feature films, there's been lots of discussion about how... (Read More)

The Frog That Walked Like A Man

January 14th - via: kickstarter.com
The Frog That Walked Like A Man He walked down the street, garnering little attention. That was the whole plan. Not garnering. This emissary from a non-human race sought to fit right in and so far it was working. Working like a bracelet, as these... (Read More)

The Fin

January 12th - via: kickstarter.com
The Fin The Loose Limpet was one of the finer seafood restaurants in Coastal City, so it came as a surprise that a horrible murder was committed there, as opposed to a chain like Captain Guppy’s. It happened in the wee hours as assistant head... (Read More)

Backers Only Manuscript Preview #5

January 11th - via: kickstarter.com
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A Preview from Beneath the Sea! - Threats II: Enslavers!

January 10th - via: kickstarter.com
Behold, dry-landers, Yesterday we previewed BUT ONE of the deadly and diabolical threats you may encounter when participating in the simulation... I mean, when running a game of They Came from Beneath the Sea! We showed the dreaded Aqatepillar, one... (Read More)

A Preview from Beneath the Sea! - Threats!

January 9th - via: kickstarter.com
Behold, Surface-dwellers! Your Wet Kickstarter Concierge! As promised, the first of two Threat! previews for this week, before sharing the entire Threat! Chapter from the manuscript on Friday. One of the best things about the antagonists and... (Read More)

King Clam

January 8th - via: kickstarter.com
King Clam   Radiation hung over misty Odluk Atoll (somewhere in the Pacific) like the odor of red licorice after a roomful of children vacated. It was from past atom-bomb tests and the team could feel it as soon as they came ashore. Navy Captain... (Read More)

The Story Told RPG Podcast interviews Matthew Dawkins

January 7th - via: kickstarter.com
Behold, dry-landers, A quick update today before I return with another Tale from Beneath the Sea tomorrow, and then creature previews on Wednesday and Thursday! Moisturize! The Story Told RPG Podcast has a special bonus episode this week, featuring... (Read More)

Slime of the Sea Slugs!

January 5th - via: kickstarter.com
Slime of the Sea Slugs The yacht sailed slowly into the fog. Never to be seen again. — Newcott Waikes grunted. He had grunted before, but this time the Department of Touristry agent really meant it as he stood on the deck of the rescue cutter while... (Read More)

Backers Only Manuscript Preview #4

January 4th - via: kickstarter.com
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A Preview from Beneath the Sea! - The Green Scare

January 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
Greetings dry-dwellers, Behold! The agent of your soon-to-be Amphibian Overlords...  THEY CAME FROM BENEATH THE SEA! will not just provide a system and rules to simulate your adventures, but also a trope- and hook-filled setting to serve as a... (Read More)

The Creeping Coral

December 31st - via: kickstarter.com
The Creeping CoralThe old beachcomber paused at the shoreline of the old beach. He liked picking things up, but he sure hadn’t picked this up before. He touched it, then screamed and never knew why.   — “It appears to be a member of the coral... (Read More)

Revenge of the Crab People

December 29th - via: kickstarter.com
Revenge of the Crab PeopleThe brochures were right. Holeport, New England sure was quaint, and tourists Togg and Norna Lamteem were in the mood for quaint on their rented boat that calm night. Until the scraping.   “I’ll see what it is, honey.... (Read More)

Backers Only Manuscript Preview #3

December 28th - via: kickstarter.com
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A Preview from Beneath the Sea! - The Art of the Quip

December 27th - via: kickstarter.com
Greetings, non-moist surface-dwellers, It is I, James of the Gill-kin, to share another preview of our encounter testing "game" with you. Rally your friends and acquaintances, for a Stretch Goal target looms near...  At $27,000 in funding - A NEW... (Read More)

Tumult of the Atlantoids

December 26th - via: kickstarter.com
Tumult of the AtlantoidsThe man from the Federal Bureau of Dams stared at the dam with the eyes of a man born to stare at dams. Cods Hairigon had seen breaks but this took the cake, with extra frosting. Split as by a giant axe, flooding tons of water... (Read More)

I Was a Teenage Shrimp

December 24th - via: kickstarter.com
I Was a Teenage ShrimpNyllon Tines’ short stature did not seem to be helped by his motorcycle jacket, slick ducktail, or punk demeanor. He was still called “Shrimp.” He smoked, skipped class, stole hubcaps, yet managed to be both insider and... (Read More)

Backers Only Manuscript Preview #2

December 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
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A Preview from Beneath the Sea! - Science & Technology Skills!

December 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
Greetings, Surface-Dwellers, It is I, James Gill, the Amphibian Agent here to oversee your overthrow! Also, I'm running this Kickstarter campaign and sharing previews for our encounter simulator, which you will experience as the tabletop roleplaying... (Read More)

Thing from Below the Bottom of the Lower Depths

December 21st - via: kickstarter.com
Thing from Below the Bottom of the Lower Depths The diver neared the mysterious black maw, swimming into its inky mystery. Two lights blinked on: two terrifying, bulbous eyes. The diver screamed, which turned out really really bubbly. —   The boat... (Read More)

FUNDED! And first Stretch Goal!

December 20th - via: kickstarter.com
SURFACE-DWELLERS, Celebrate, for you have funded this project and given it the green light to become a reality! Celebrate, for you have spelled your DOOM! It's Gill-kin James, your point person for this invasion...  AT LAST! I can reveal myself.... (Read More)

Backers Only Manuscript Preview #1

December 20th - via: kickstarter.com
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A Preview from Beneath the Sea! - The Scientist!

December 19th - via: kickstarter.com
CITIZENS OF PLANET EARTH, Greetings again, today, on this second day of our campaign!  It is I, regular earthling James, operating within normal parameters. Nothing fishy going on at all. Ha, fishy. It's Earthling James, your point person for this... (Read More)

BACKERS ONLY – Early Access Playtest PDF

December 18th - via: kickstarter.com
This post is for backers only. Please visit Kickstarter.com and log in to read. (Read More)

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