Avantris Entertainment seems poised to beat its previous Kickstarter record. The Dungeons & Dragons actual play group raised $4 million on Kickstarter in 2023 for its folk-horror setting and adventure The Crooked Moon<\/em>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The latest Avantris project, Neon Odyssey<\/em>, is a space opera trilogy for D&D using the 5e game system that’s described as \u201cStar Wars meets Cowboy Bebop<\/em> with a coat of synthwave paint.\u201d After going live Tuesday morning, the fundraising campaign reportedly crashed the Kickstarter site, smashing through its $60,000 campaign goal in under 30 minutes and reaching $3.68 million in a matter of hours with 29 days left to go.<\/p>\n That kind of early momentum puts Neon Odyssey<\/em> on track to become one of the biggest third-party D&D crowdfunding campaigns ever and reinforces just how massive the audience for premium, system-expanding content has become in the 5e era.<\/p>\n \u201cInspired by iconic sci-fi films, retro video games, classic animation, and synthwave nostalgia, Neon Odyssey<\/em> gives players and Game Masters everything they need to chart their own cosmic destiny, including a vibrant campaign setting, cinematic space combat, new player options, alien monsters, strange worlds, bounty hunts, starships, factions, and high-stakes cosmic adventure,\u201d the company wrote in a press release. The Space Opera Trilogy also introduces a novel space combat system, rules for vehicles, and a Machinist class while reskinning existing classes for sci-fi. It also provides more than 40 subclasses for existing D&D classes and more than 30 unique species.<\/p>\n A three-minute hype trailer for the project released in February now has more than 1.7 million views on YouTube. It’s animated in a retro style by Brazen Animation and geologiq and features characters deeply reminiscent of Cowboy Bebop<\/em>‘s core cast. The video also feels a bit like a music video for a catchy tune called \u201cAmong the Stars\u201d by Max Cruise and featuring Ollie Wride and Nikki Flores with spot-on lyrics: \u201cOut among the stars, that’s where you’ll find me \/ With starlight in your eyes, you set the world on fire \/ Come join me on this neon odyssey.\u201d<\/p>\n The \u201ctrilogy\u201d of books includes the Outrunner\u2019s Handbook<\/em> focused on characters and rules. The Cosmic Codex details the primary setting for the Stardust Rhapsody<\/em> campaign and includes a bestiary and index of magical items. And the Overdrive Expansion<\/em> book provides additional details for the other two books, including optional advanced rules.<\/p>\n The Neon Odyssey <\/em>Kickstarter campaign will end on June 3 at 11:59 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n ![\"A](\"https:\/\/static0.polygonimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/maxresdefault-1-1.jpg?q=49&fit=crop&w=220&h=124&dpr=2\"\/)
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