SPACE RELIC HUNTERS: Smugglers, Rebels, and Sacred Ruins

Smoke Test Surveys are sent!
9 months ago – Fri, Oct 17, 2025 at 02:04:33 PM

Hi everyone! Happy Friday!
(It's an extra special Friday for me cuz it's my birthday this weekend... 😉 )

Just a quick update to let you know that surveys are going out this weekend! Be on the lookout for an email from Backerkit on behalf of Neurobellum Productions.

A randomly selected ~5% of you will receive your surveys in advance of the others as part of the "smoke test". This is a small batch of surveys meant to ferret out any hidden bugs in the pledge manager that should be fixed before the larger batch of surveys is sent. That smoke test usually takes about 24 hours, or until ~75% of those test surveys are completed. We expect the rest of you should get your survey links by Monday.

If you have any questions or haven't received your links by early next week, let us know, and we'll help you out!

Thanks, everyone!

THANK YOU!!!
10 months ago – Fri, Oct 03, 2025 at 06:15:01 PM

Hey, everyone!

What a great campaign! Five Stretch Goals unlocked and we owe it all to YOU! 🙂

We didn't hit the final goal, but if Sylvain and Grun return to the RELIC universe with a follow up, that Navigator's patch will be the first stretch goal we offer! ☺️

We've got lots of work to get these final items ready and produced, so we'll be busy the next few weeks getting it all set up. We'll also be getting the Backerkit pledge manager set up so that we can send our surveys in the next two weeks. Watch for updates soon regarding that next step!

Have a great weekend, everyone - we know we will, thanks to YOU!

The Final Sunset! Can we unlock the last bonus stretch goal?
10 months ago – Fri, Oct 03, 2025 at 08:01:01 AM

Hi everyone!

This is it - the last day of the campaign. Things always get interesting in the final stretch... no pun intended, as the final stretch goal is on the line!

So far, you've helped unlock FIVE bonus items added to every physical pledge tier for FREE! Three Exo-planet Postcards, a set of glow-in-the-dark Beacon Sigil stickers, a Mindseal Temporary Tattoo, a Map to the Forgotten bookmark, and three metal alien prayer coins! Each will have some sort of lore or "instructions" associated with them, to further expand the SPACE RELIC HUNTERS universe.

Can we unlock the final relic?

If we hit $65k before the close of the campaign at 5pm PST today, we'll add an embroidered fabric patch to each stretch goal bundle of the symbol of the Devout Navigators!

This will look cool on any (brown)coat (Firefly reference) or archaeological tote you choose to apply it to. It's within reach and possible... can we hit that goal? That's up to you! Please spread the word and bring all of your friends on board before the clock hits zero!

The rest of the Celestial Heresies podcasts dropped earlier this week -- ten episodes of juicy stuff to fuel your intergalactic imagination! If you haven't listened to them yet, please check them out!

With nine hours to go, it'll be an exciting afternoon... Thanks for your support so far, everyone!  See you on the other side!

Explore the universe of SPACE RELIC HUNTERS!
10 months ago – Fri, Sep 26, 2025 at 11:15:44 AM

Hello, fellow Relic Hunters!

We're back with one week left in the campaign and another stretch goal unlocked!

Now all physical pledges will include FOUR bonus relics: three Exo-planet Postcards, a set of glow-in-the-dark Beacon Sigil stickers, a Mindseal Temporary Tattoo, and a Map to the Forgotten bookmark! For FREE!

Next up: 3 metal "Prayer Coins"!

If any of you have backed any of our previous campaigns that unlocked collectors' coins, you know these will be high-quality die-struck metal tokens. And we'll even include a card that explains some of how they were used (in cosmic context).

Would you like to learn more?

We've worked with Sylvain and Grun to develop some additional world-building lore, which we've produced as 10 short episodes of a podcast called CELESTIAL HERESIES, now available on Spotify!

Each episode is ~3-4 minutes -- not that long, really -- describing a different ancient alien religion in the Void-space setting of SPACE RELIC HUNTERS. And you can listen to them for FREE! Imagine the adventures chasing down relics (or escaping zealots) of each of these wild interstellar faiths...! 

Five episodes have been posted so far, with the remaining episodes to be posted each day before the campaign ends.

You can "Follow" on Spotify to catch them all. 🙂 We'd love it if you left a review or rating on the podcast!

We've reached over 1000 backers and still have 7 days left... keep spreading the word, and we'll have those coins unlocked in no time! Share this campaign with fellow sci-fi lovers and RPG fans -- they'll thank you for it!

Thanks for being part of this exciting journey with us! You're not just backing a book, you're joining an interstellar rebellion! 😁

A great start! Two stretch goals unlocked!
10 months ago – Thu, Sep 18, 2025 at 08:25:18 AM

Hi everyone!

Welcome to Sylvain Runberg and Grun's SPACE RELIC HUNTERS campaign! If you're joining us after supporting their ON MARS graphic novel campaign last year, you've probably got an excellent idea what sort of sci-fi coolness you can expect from this book and campaign. Not only is Sylvain a super-fun storyteller, but when visualized by the amazing (traditional!) art by Grun, those stories become something extra-special and immersive... 

We're extremely excited to be publishing SPACE RELIC HUNTERS, and we're proud to contribute a little bit to their universe through a bunch of exclusive "in-world artifacts" available as stretch goals, as well as with the "Relic Hunter Ritual Kit" available exclusively wiht the Limited Acetate Sleeved Edition. All of these extras provide would-be props and extended lore to further explore the wild galaxy they created. You've already unlocked the first two stretch goals -- a set of three ExoPlanet Postcards and a set of glow-in-the-dark Beacon Sigil stickers, and there's more to come!

Like the RELIC HUNTER RITUAL KIT that comes with the Limited Edition Acetate Sleeved Edition, these stretch goals all carry their own backstory and lore. We're also starting a short series on Social Media called "Celestial Heresies: Theologies of the Void" that showcases just some of the alien religions that disappeared during the purge. Follow Magnetic Press on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/MagneticPress) or Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/magneticpress) to check 'em out, starting soon!

Thanks for all of your support so far -- please spread the word and help us unlock even more wild artifacts as stretch goals in the weeks ahead!