March 2026 Update!
12 days ago
– Sun, Mar 01, 2026 at 12:26:45 PM
Hello everyone!
The team has made fantastic progress this month. We feel good saying that we expect the 5e PDF to be done by mid-April if not possibly (fingers crossed) sooner.
Here's the status on each chapter alongside estimated page counts (keep in mind page counts aren't all finalized yet so they might change a bit):
Chapters 0 and 1: Intros, table of contents, etc (11 pages) layout pass 90% done
Chapter 2: Player options (115 pages) layout pass done, proofread 75% done
Chapter 3: The World (74 pages) A few minor text corrections and then it will be finalized
Chapter 4: Wisdoms (24 pages) layout pass done, proofread 50% done
Chapter 5: Creatures (52 pages) Finalized
Chapter 6: Appendices and Bios (haven't gotten page count yet) Appendices done, bios 70% done
As you can see the bulk of the work is done, we are at the stage where we're mostly rereading all the stuff we wrote and finding mostly minor corrections to make, all of which is moving very quickly.
Here's a preview for the month, the full magic items section. As always, we love to hear your comments, questions, feedback.
A question was also asked about the other products, so I'll go over them here:
Digital Stuff
5e Koboa in Spanish - we will begin our Spanish Localization when the 5e English PDF is finalized, our localizer is very excited to get started.
5e Koboa in Portuguese - We've been going back and forth with some licensing deal options we have to get a localized version and making it available in Brazil in some cool ways! We are in advanced talks with a party that is interested and should have more news soon.
PF2 Koboa - We've converted a few things (including all the forms and most of the class/subclass stuff). Once our focus shifts from the 5e book and manufacturing things we will focus on completing the conversion.
ToV Koboa - We've converted most things. Once our focus shifts from the 5e book and manufacturing things we will focus on finishing the conversion and getting it all edited.
Physical Stuff Status
Before talking about the status of everything, I'll note that due to the chaos and disarray happening from the Tariff situation, we have been working hard on figuring out exactly what our plan for manufacturing and distribution will be. We have been spending a lot of time looking at options and figuring out what will work best for us and all of you. Because of this, we are holding off on finalizing some designs before we settle on a manufacturer, as we'll want to work with them and their templates to ensure everything gets manufactured perfectly.
Cloth Map. The design is done
GM Screen. The design for the art side is done, the GM-facing side design still needs to get made.
Standee Set. The design is done, we just need to put it on templates once we have templates.
Reference Card Set. We have plans for the designs and what the cards will be, but are waiting to settle on a manufacturer before really diving into it.
Resin Dice Set. Designs, molds, and prototypes are made.
Gemstone Dice Set. Designs and prototypes are made
Pin Sets. Designs are made.
I think that's all. Thank you all for being incredible backers and your patience!
Adrián
We have a community spotlight for this update! It looks very cool and we'd love to share it with you while their crowdfunding still is underway.
Magika Nostalgika is a collection of magic items inspired by popular toys of the 90s and the wish-inducing catalogs that contained them.
Back it here!
Inspired by popular toys of the 90s and the wish-inducing catalogs that contained them, Magika Nostalgika is a zine of magic items for D&D 5e. This 5.5" x 8.5", full-color, 16-page TTRPG zine contains 20+ new magic items such as:
Bonk-It
Yeoman’s Oscillating Yewen Orbicular
Soaker Supreme
PlayWell Bricks
Figures of Action
And More!
Written and illustrated by Matthew Sargent, a professional artist, TTRPG player, and 90's kid from Chicago. He is the creator of the ska-inspired bard subclass zine College of the Third Wave, the Appendix N Jam adventure Agents of the Gilded Palm, and the Book of Coloring series of fantasy coloring books.
BEASTS Kickstarter is now LIVE!!
17 days ago
– Tue, Feb 24, 2026 at 08:10:53 AM
Hello all you beautiful Koboa backers!
I'm so excited to inform you that the crowdfunding for my next big project, BEASTS, is live now!
BEASTS is a Powered-By-The-Apocalypse Tabletop RPG about teenagers with the power to transform into animals fighting a secret war against secret invaders. The game is heavily inspired by stories like Animorphs, and a bit also by other stories of resistance such as Colony. Players play conflicted teens, struggling between keeping true to their convictions and doing what they know they must do to win the war. As they break their convictions they metaphorically "Feed the Beast", forcing players to rip pieces out of their character sheet to become stronger. The parts you rip out are the parts of moves that represent your character being a teen rather than a soldier.
The Enemy is a secretive organization, covertly taking control of people’s minds, bodies, and will. Should the Enemy’s invasion ever become known to society at large, they would shift their strategy to full-out war against humanity, something you know that would result in the loss of a staggering amount of lives. You and your friends have the power to transform into animals. Will this power be enough to turn the tides of the invasion? Probably not, but you are our only hope.
How far will you go to win this war? And what will be left of you when it is over?
Back the project here!
February 2026 Update
about 1 month ago
– Tue, Feb 03, 2026 at 07:49:34 AM
Hi all!
Layouting continues.
Francita's Chapter 2 (player options) first layout pass is up to 92 pages, which is maybe 8090% of its content. We have forms, classes, subclasses, and backgrounds laid out and now need to lay out spells, magic items, and feats. Its shaping up to be about half of the book which is why we're splitting it into clearer subsections. We expect to have the first pass of chapter 2 done in a couple of weeks.
Meanwhile, Manchae made some beautiful page borders to decorate separate chapters:
Sadly, both Manchae and Francita (our layout people) have had some health issues crop up this month so we've made a bit less progress than we'd been hoping for. However, we are all still optimistic we can have the PDF ready in a month or two.
We've also added some customization tables to our forms, and some extra adventure hooks to our gazetteers, courtesy of Daniel Delgado's writing and Elizabeth Banerjee's editing.
Thank you for supporting South American projects, dreams, and excellence, particularly in times such as these.
Adrián Mejía
January 2026 Update
2 months ago
– Tue, Jan 06, 2026 at 07:05:53 AM
Hi everyone!
Happy 2026 to everyone on the Gregorian calendar!
Updates:
We have a preview of the Koboan pantheon of deities for y'all .
As always, join our Discord server to give us any feedback, comments, or general notes you'd like to share!
Progress Updates:
Chapter 2 continues, we've got most of the classes and subclasses laid out. It's looking awesome.
Appendices are almost finalized, so is chapter 4 (Wisdoms) and chapter 3 (Gazetteers). Chapter 3 has gone through a final proofreading pass and just needs a few things to get finalized.
We're hoping to have a PDF ready by late February or early March. We're still looking at options for printing and manufacturing physical things.
That's it for today
Adrián
December 2025 Update
3 months ago
– Mon, Dec 01, 2025 at 06:02:09 AM
Hi all!
Thank you for being amazing backers!
This month the main layout pass for chapter 3 (Gazetteers) got done! We even have a preview for y'all, the entire Novpo Gazetteer, which you can access here . The discord server members voted on which gazetteer to preview and Novpo won. If you want to participate in future votes of this kind and get previews early, you can join the discord server with this link.
On to updates. I will write down the status of every chapter, when each chapter is done the pdf is done and ready to get out to you. I've had a few questions about updated release dates, I've been hesitant to come up with any because it is such a difficult task and I hate giving new dates that we then have to keep pushing back. Instead, I've been trying to keep you updated each month with the exact status of the project. Please let me know if that works for y'all.
Chapter 1, Intros: Text finalized, layout not started yet (this chapter is very short and we don't expect it to take too long so we're saving it for last)
Chapter 2, Player Options: First layout pass is 30% done. This chapter is extremely long and will probably be the last thing we complete, but progress is going fine with it.
Chapter 3, gazetteers: First layout pass is 100% done. Editors are taking a look at the result and giving feedback for the second layout pass.
Chapter 4, wisdoms: First layout pass is 90% done
Chapter 5, creatures: This is 99% finalized, just some minor adjustments we need to make in the final layout pass.
Appendices: First layout pass is 90% done.
As you can see we are all working hard, Manchae and Francita are finishing their layout passes and then Ben, Elizabeth, Kaithzer, and myself are looking over the results, giving feedback, and then Manchae or Francita apply the feedback.
Hope y'all have a good December and enjoy the Novpo gazetteer! Would love to hear any feedback or reactions you have!
Adrián
