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MONSTER GUTS Second Edition

Created by Wheels Within Wheels Publishing

MONSTER GUTS is an action-focused roleplaying game inspired by our favorite monster hunting videogames. You play as scavengers, hunting down and butchering bioengineered monstrosities to upgrade your arsenal and sustain your community.

Latest Updates from Our Project:

Crowdfund Achieved
4 days ago – Mon, Nov 18, 2024 at 02:03:22 PM

Hello scavengers,

We're here! Thanks to all of your support, the MONSTER GUTS 2e crowdfund has come to a successful conclusion! I'm working today to set up the pledge manager, and I've also set up the Pre-Order store to allow folks who missed the campaign the opportunity to still buy the physical and digital edition.

I'm hoping to have the MONSTER GUTS 2e Quick Start available by the end of November, which will contain enough of the game for you to hunt the Great Gristlebear and a couple of its friends.

In early December, I will be sending out the backer surveys to allow you to finalize your pledge details, so keep your eyes peeled for those. For you Monstrous Bio-Scientists, I'll be using your survey responses to start scheduling when we'll be co-designing your monsters.

I'm still stunned that not only did MONSTER GUTS 2e fund, but we overfunded by such an incredible amount. I'm humbled by your support, and I can't wait to get more of MONSTER GUTS 2e in your hands.

The Final Stretch
14 days ago – Fri, Nov 08, 2024 at 01:30:29 PM

Hello scavengers!

We're entering into the final week of the MONSTER GUTS 2e crowdfund, which is really a victory lap for all of us. The monster maker streams have been an absolute blast, and the 6 backer-exclusive monsters run the gamut from excellent first-Hunt foes to fearsome, end-of-campaign terrors. While the summaries of each monster are now available in a new Story section here on the crowdfund page, I recommend watching the stream VODs to check out some of the incredible/awful/terrifying/spectacular things these monsters have in store.

Also, you know, since these monsters are a backer-exclusive, please reach out to everyone you know who might be interested in some monster hunting ttrpg action! I'd hate for folks to miss out on these fantastic creatures. In case you've missed them, our roster includes:

Buzzkill, the Big Buzzing Bastard, a Common-rarity, ultra-pollinating bee.
Puff One, the Big Plant Dragon, a Common-rarity flying plant that festoons the battlefield with thorny growths
Drasva-Kenbu, the Lepidopteran Fantasia of Light, an Uncommon-rarity advertising moth with an affinity for crowd control and enticing other monsters into the fray
Verdant Prometheus, the Roaming, Flame-Propagated Wickerbeast, a Rare-rarity wildfire-spreading plant with a hunger for flesh and is responsible for the incineration of Eastern half of North America.
Rav-Norok, the Ravenous, Fractal Stalker, a Rare-rarity colony of parasitic Raven-Worms housed in a rotting Fenris-carcass that infest nearby corpses and whose escape from the abattoir-industrial complex led to the extinction of all animal life in the American Midwest.

The 6th and final monster will be made on-stream by Adira Slattery and myself this Saturday, 11/9, at 7:30pm Pacific, so tune into the DubDubPub twitch to see what we cook up!

Outside of the streams, I've been hard at work designing the 14 base game monsters, and I'm excited to talk more about them as I finalize the details.

Be well, and thank you for all of your support! MONSTER GUTS 2e wouldn't be here without all of you.

We did it! MG2e is fully funded!
21 days ago – Fri, Nov 01, 2024 at 09:27:24 AM

Scavengers,

And with over a week to go, MONSTER GUTS 2e is fully funded! Thank you for all of your support - we literally would not be here without you.

Now that we've funded, I get to give our artists the go-ahead to start making all the art that will be included in the final game as well as draft a quickstart version up as soon as possible so y'all can start exploring MONSTER GUTS 2e and hunting some monsters! I'll also be adding a new Story section to introduce you all to the monsters you'll have the privilege of hunting.

Now, the only uncertainty is how big this project will get! Please, share this game with your friends, your tablemates, your hunting partners. The three monsters Spencer, Josh, Cat, and I have cooked up so far are knock-your-socks-off incredible, and I'd hate for folks to miss out on fighting them.

I've two more monster design streams today, the first with Kinas, the second with Kegan.EXE, and the final monster maker stream is on 11/8 with Adira Slattery. If what we cook up is anything like the last three monsters, you really are going to want to join us for the streams.

Thank you again for your pledges. I'm excited to share more with you of the game you've made a reality.

Monster Maker Streams
25 days ago – Mon, Oct 28, 2024 at 12:58:59 PM

Hello Scavengers!

While you've been busy helping this campaign grow faster than I ever would have thought possible, I've been securing some exclusive campaign rewards to thank you for all of your support! Starting tonight, I'll be streaming with 6 TTRPG creators to make some additional monsters for all of you.


Here's the full list of streams and guests (all times in Pacific):
  • 10/28, 4pm: Spencer Campbell
  • 10/31, 2:30pm: Josh aka Ostrichmonkey Games
  • 10/31, 6:30pm: Cat aka Peach Garden Games
  • 11/1, 10:30am: Asmus
  • 11/1, 6:30pm: Kegan.EXE
  • 11/8, 6:30pm: Adira Slattery

You'll find the streams on my new Twitch channel! Come join us and see what wild stuff we concoct!

Each monster we make will only be available to campaign backers, so make sure to get your pledge in to make sure you can hunt these 6 incredible monsters!

MONSTER GUTS 2e Stream with Neon Lights Roleplay
about 1 month ago – Sun, Oct 20, 2024 at 02:44:12 PM

Hello scavengers!

Thank you so much for your support! Behind the scenes, I've been hard at work designing and refining MONSTER GUTS 2e, and I'm excited to be running the game on stream for the phenomenal folks at Neon Lights Roleplay! We'll be live this Tuesday, 10/22, at 7:30pm Eastern, and while I don't want to spoil all the surprises, one of the new monsters might make an appearance. Catch the stream here.

Additionally, I'm hoping to have a Quick Start for MG2e finished by the end of the week, so stay tuned for more details!