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Gossamer Frontier (a witchy, sci-fantasy solo-RPG)

Created by Wrel (Gossamer Frontier)

Gossamer Frontier is witchy, sci-fantasy solo-TTRPG with a narrative focus. In a time of strife, become the Captain your people need. Build a crew, earn their trust, and find companionship along the way.

Latest Updates from Our Project:

I'm lagging behind! And also, a new crewmate. (Gossamer Frontier)
about 1 month ago – Mon, Jun 29, 2026 at 07:08:40 AM

Big Important Update Up Top

Hey there, folks. I'm running a bit behind on Gossamer at the moment, and all the juggling I'm doing this year is certainly the culprit. Deeds Drawn is wrapping up, and should enter production here soon, but it, among other things, have sidetracked me a bit.

The physical release date for Gossamer remains unchanged, September being the absolute latest, but I was really hoping to have the digital version in your hands about now-ish. A little overzealous, maybe.

Anywho. Most of the art is done for Gossamer at this point, this last crewmate was the final piece, aside for a few smaller bits I'm going to hand-draw myself. There's definitely more writing left to do, and some learnings from Deeds Drawn that I want to reincorporate into Gossamer, but I have no doubt we'll get there.




Hags play an important role in Gossamer Frontier, and you have more-than-a-sneaking-suspicion that she is one of them. She never gives up her real name, is older than your entire crew combined, and knows the ship like it's her home. Of the crewmates you were asked to enlist... "Bauga" was not one of them.

The art was done by Graey Erb, and you can find the full piece after the jump (just need to log into BackerKit to see it!)

Thanks, folks. I'll keep you posted.
-Wrel

Meet the Doctor (Gossamer Frontier 🔬)
2 months ago – Fri, Jun 05, 2026 at 10:57:49 AM



Meet Norahna Lora

Quick update today. Thanks to an agreement between your employers (OPERA) and the Forebear government, (which you stand to reason she might not get along with,) Norahna Lora will be acting as your Doctor aboard the ship... whether you (or her) like it or not.

The full art (by Graey Erb) is available after the jump (by logging into BackerKit).

That's all for now, folks. Thank you!
-Wrel

Meet the Mechanist (Gossamer Frontier 🛠)
3 months ago – Mon, May 18, 2026 at 08:18:15 AM



Meet Deilius

Hey there, folks! In Gossamer Frontier, you'll need someone needs to make sure your phylactery engine plays nice, and who better to do that than someone who (says they) can speak to machines? Deilius is your crew's Mechanist, and they'll make sure you get where your going, and help you put out fires along the way.

The full art (by Graey Erb) is available after the jump (by logging into BackerKit).


Work Continues

I'm continuing to jam away on both Gossamer and Deeds Drawn (the campaign ends in just 10 days!) In addition to the other 6 special cards you get, Deeds Drawn backers will see one with Delius sad-elf-boy face on it as well.



That's all I've got for now. Thanks, folks!
-Wrel

Your Gossamer crewmates in Deeds Drawn! (and other stuff)
3 months ago – Thu, Apr 30, 2026 at 09:08:13 AM

Hey there, folks! There's just one week until my next project, Deeds Drawn, launches. I decided to pull the trigger on giving previous campaign backers (Gossamer Frontier or Distal) some bonus cards for Deeds Drawn when they pledge.

You'll get seven cards total (6 lineage options and 1 class option), based on your crew from Gossamer.



I recently finished a second prototype for the game, and am getting it printed and sent over. Should be here in a couple of weeks, which unfortunately doesn't time out with the game's launch, but it's all good. I'll show it off at some point.

Gossamer Progress
Below is an example spread for the day-to-day procedure during travel to new destinations. This is mainly how you'll interact with the crew between missions, outside of explicit cutscenes with scripted dialogue and such. It's essentially the "Commander Shepard talks to the crew between missions" portion of the game. I've waffled back and forth over this design a fair amount, so at this point, I think I just need to finish the core game loop up and get it into some folks' hands to playtest. Still a ways off from that, however.



For the visual design, what you see here is likely temporary. I keep trying (in vain) to push more color into the layout, but it's all a bit busy. I prefer clean, digestible, but the limited pagecount and smaller page height/width for this format is giving me a run for my money. We'll get there, though.

I'll keep you all posted, thank you!
-Wrel

Crewmate Reveal (Gossamer Frontier 🛡)
4 months ago – Thu, Apr 16, 2026 at 09:56:09 AM



Meet Macky

Hellooooo again! I wanted to share another one of your crewmates in Gossamer Frontier. Macky will be your security specialist on the ship. Like every one of your crewmates, they've got a bit of baggage to sort out. Check out the art after the jump (you've got to log into BackerKit to do that.)


In other news... Pins!

The lapel pins for folks showed up a couple weeks ago. This is my first time doing pins before. In hindsight, I'd handle some things a bit differently, but they turned out well regardless.


Gossamer Rewards in Deeds Drawn?

My next campaign launches with BackerKit's "Pocketopia" event in just a few weeks, and I've been thinking that it could be cool to reward Gossamer Frontier backers with special cards if they back Deeds Drawn.

I was planning to have a special "booster pack" that you could use in Deeds Drawn, swapping any of the basic lineages out with one from Gossamer. It feels like it could be more trouble than it's worth, but if enough Gossamer folks follow Deeds Drawn, it'd be a good signal for it.

You can follow Deeds Drawn here, if you aren't already.

Thanks, folks!
-Wrel