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Art & System: Games for Expanded Play

Created by Central Michigan University Press

A new indie game series from Central Michigan University Press launching with a lineup of three games: Princess with a Cursed Sword, Dog Eat Dog, and the Mountain Witch

Latest Updates from Our Project:

OVERTIME!!!
8 months ago – Thu, Oct 30, 2025 at 12:20:07 PM

Backers!!! We are SO CLOSE to having 1,000 Backers for this campaign -- and we have minutes left to make it happen! Jump on the Backer Train NOW and help us cross the finish line! 

Thanks for the AMAZING support on this entire campaign! We really could not have done this without you!

Stretch Goals ACHIEVED
8 months ago – Fri, Oct 24, 2025 at 11:03:49 AM

You want it? You got it. Glow-ups are on the way.

Thank you so much for once again blowing our minds with your support! We are well past our stretch goal and still going strong. 

We now have less than a week left in this crowdfunding campaign, and we can't wait to see how far we'll go! Keep up the wonderful support -- we cannot WAIT to get these gorgeous RPGs into your hands!

Nearly There!
8 months ago – Thu, Oct 23, 2025 at 07:40:30 AM

Thanks to your magnificent support, we are less than $1000 away from making our stretch goals! The glow-up is close to happening, it just needs YOU to get us across the finish line. 

Today marks one week left until this campaign wraps up -- let's go!!!

Closing In!
8 months ago – Fri, Oct 17, 2025 at 11:20:21 AM

Backers, you have ROCKETED us past our initial goal, and now you bring us closer to our stretch goal every day. Thank you so much!

We are currently less than $1,000 away from breaking $40,000 on this campaign overall...and from there, even closer to getting those upgrades for each of the RPG manuals. We are itching to make them happen...show us how much you want the glow-ups, too! 

ICYMI -- Art and System Interviews with Beyond Solitaire!
8 months ago – Fri, Oct 10, 2025 at 10:36:10 AM

Hi all,

Liz Davidson of the Beyond Solitaire podcast recently dropped some interviews with the designers of our Art and System launch games. In case you didn't catch them on the internet, we want to highlight them directly to you, so you can learn more about the games straight from the horse's mouth, as they say.

First, Liam Liwanag Burke sat down with Liz to talk Dog Eat Dog last week:


Then this week, she dropped interviews with Anna Anthropy about Princess with a Cursed Sword:


And Timothy Kleinert about The Mountain Witch:


Check them out, and if you haven't backed the campaign yet, better get on that. 

Stay artsy, everyone!