Awaken Realms' quirky cyberpunk co-op is getting a follow-up, and 4,948 people just spent serious money to make sure it ships. Tamashii: The Final Amendment wrapped its Gamefound campaign on 5 May at €1,088,980, roughly 22 times its modest €50,000 goal, with backers averaging a €220 pledge. The original Chronicle of Ascend was an Awaken Realms Lite project, but this sequel has been promoted to the main Awaken Realms label, alongside heavyweights like Nemesis and Tainted Grail.
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Find events near youChronicle of Ascend was a 2023 cooperative bag-builder, where you draw chips from a bag (think Quacks of Quedlinburg but cyberpunk) to fuel hacking, combat and exploration. Board Game Quest gave it five stars for story and replay, but reviewers also flagged a slow tempo in solo play. The Final Amendment iterates on that formula and brings back the J.O.R.D.A.N. companion bot, which in the original revealed District tiles and collected Exploration tokens during the Move & Trace phase. The new campaign expands J.O.R.D.A.N. into a fuller solo automa for 1-player sessions.
The campaign also confirms the new game ties together with content from Chronicle of Ascend, so existing owners can fold their components into the new campaign rather than starting over. Late pledges open in the pledge manager soon, with retail copies expected to follow the usual Awaken Realms 12-18 month fulfilment window.
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Start organising for freeHeavy co-op campaigns thrive when a regular group commits to seeing them through. If you backed it, find or start a group near you so the box doesn't end up gathering dust like so many Kickstarter dreams.
Sources: Gamefound | Tabletop Analytics | Board Game Quest | BGG
