Gates of Krystalia

Gates of Krystalia 📚 Book Publishing & 🎲 Tabletop Game House Book & Board Game Publishing House

24/08/2026

Krystalia Acrylic Standee Sample
Character illustration by .digitalart
Background illustration by Yasuda Gabou.
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Hello,There’s a voting competition and Gates of Krystalia needs your help again!We’re currently in 2nd place, and we nee...
07/08/2026

Hello,
There’s a voting competition and Gates of Krystalia needs your help again!
We’re currently in 2nd place, and we need around 25 more votes to increase our chances of winning.
Please open the Instagram post and comment “B” on the publication: first comment.

It only takes a few seconds and would help us a lot. Thank you so much for your support!

Hello adventurers,Please comment with the letter “B” below this instagram post (link in the first comment).
04/08/2026

Hello adventurers,
Please comment with the letter “B” below this instagram post (link in the first comment).

Hello Adventurers ,Gates of Krystalia: Lumina is officially funded!Thank you so much to everyone who has supported us, ...
14/07/2026

Hello Adventurers ,

Gates of Krystalia: Lumina is officially funded!

Thank you so much to everyone who has supported us, pledged, commented, and shared the campaign. Your trust has helped us reach this important milestone and continue building the world of Krystalia.

The adventure is not over yet. You can still pledge now on Gamefound and help us move toward the next Stretch Goals.

If you have already joined the campaign, please share this post with your friends, RPG groups, anime fans, and anyone who might enjoy becoming the hero of their own isekai adventure. Every share helps new players discover the project and gives our community the opportunity to grow even further.

PLEDGE NOW ON GAMEFOUND
Link in the first comment.

Thank you again for your incredible support.

See you in Krystalia!

Alberto & Andrea
Gates of Krystalia

Hello Adventurers ,The wait is almost over! "Gates of Krystalia - Lumina" goes live on Gamefound in 15 minutes:4:00 PM ...
08/07/2026

Hello Adventurers ,
The wait is almost over! "Gates of Krystalia - Lumina" goes live on Gamefound in 15 minutes:
4:00 PM – London
11:00 AM – New York
8:00 AM – San Francisco
5:00 PM – Paris / Rome / Berlin / Madrid
Get ready to enter Krystalia!
PLEDGE NOW ON GAMEFOUND (link in the first comment)
If you would like to support the project, backing during the first hours is incredibly important. Early support helps improve the campaign's visibility on Gamefound, allowing more people to discover Gates of Krystalia. It also helps us unlock exclusive Stretch Goals much faster for the entire community.
We also wanted to share a quick production update:
Almost all digital products are already completed and available, with the only remaining digital content being the Stretch Goals.
All physical products up to the Last Deux Expansion have already been mass-produced.
Mass production of the Lumina products is currently underway
Your support has allowed this project to grow from a dream into a living world, and we couldn't have done it without you.
If you enjoy Gates of Krystalia, please feel free to share the campaign with your friends, RPG groups, anime fans, and anyone who might enjoy becoming the hero of their own isekai adventure.
Thank you once again for believing in us.
See you in Krystalia!
Alberto & Andrea
Gates of Krystalia

25/06/2026

Lumina Light Novel - Italian Version - Sample
novel

What If Everything You Know About Anime RPGs Is Wrong?For years, anime fans have searched for the perfect tabletop rolep...
14/06/2026

What If Everything You Know About Anime RPGs Is Wrong?

For years, anime fans have searched for the perfect tabletop roleplaying game.

A game capable of recreating the same emotions, tension, rivalries, friendships, power-ups, sacrifices, and impossible victories that made us fall in love with anime in the first place.

Yet almost everyone ends up disappointed.

Not because they have the wrong Game Master.

Not because they have the wrong group.

And not because they lack imagination.

The truth is much simpler.

Most tabletop RPGs were never designed for anime.

The Hidden Problem Nobody Talks About

Think about your favorite anime for a moment.

Maybe it's an isekai.

Maybe it's a fantasy adventure.

Maybe it's a battle shonen.

Now ask yourself:

How many tabletop RPGs were actually built from the ground up to recreate those experiences?

Not adapted.

Not modified.

Not homebrewed.

Built specifically for them.

The answer may surprise you.

Very few.

Because almost every RPG on the market today was originally designed to simulate something completely different.

Why Anime Stories Feel Different

Anime follows different rules.

Heroes suddenly unlock hidden power.

Friendships change destiny.

Characters evolve emotionally and mechanically at the same time.

The impossible becomes possible.

And yet most RPG systems still expect players to approach every challenge through traditional mechanics that were created decades ago.

Trying to recreate an anime adventure inside those systems often feels like forcing a square peg into a round hole.

Something is always missing.

The Missing Piece

For years we believed the solution was more content.

More classes.

More races.

More spells.

More rulebooks.

But eventually we discovered something surprising.

The problem wasn't the content.

The problem was the engine underneath it.

Because when the foundation doesn't support anime storytelling, adding more content changes nothing.

It simply creates a bigger version of the same problem.

A Question Changed Everything

One day we asked ourselves a simple question.

What if the problem wasn't the players?

What if the problem wasn't the Game Master?

What if the problem wasn't even the setting?

What if the real problem was that we were trying to create anime experiences using tools that were never built for anime in the first place?

That single question started a journey that would take years.

The Discovery

As lifelong anime fans and tabletop RPG players, we began analyzing hundreds of sessions.

We studied what made anime exciting.

Why certain scenes create goosebumps.

Why certain moments become unforgettable.

Why some stories stay with us for years.

And eventually we discovered a pattern.

The moments players remember most rarely come from mathematics.

They come from uncertainty.

Emotion.

Momentum.

Risk.

Hope.

Desperation.

And dramatic reversals.

The Forgotten Element

That's when we realized something.

Traditional RPGs hide tension behind probabilities.

Anime puts tension directly in front of your eyes.

You see it.

You feel it.

You live it.

So we started wondering:

What if every important moment could feel that way?

What if every decision created visible tension around the table?

What if every battle felt like the climax of an anime episode?

The Experiment

We spent years testing dozens of systems.

Most failed.

Some worked partially.

Others solved one problem while creating three new ones.

Then we discovered something unexpected.

Something hiding in plain sight.

A simple mechanic that transformed everything.

A mechanic that would eventually become the foundation of an entirely new tabletop experience.

Introducing The VE Card System

Instead of rolling dice...

Players use cards.

Not collectible cards.

Not expensive booster packs.

A simple deck.

Yet that single decision changes everything.

Because suddenly:

Every draw matters.

Every choice matters.

Every battle becomes visible.

Every risk becomes tangible.

Every victory feels earned.

Welcome To Gates Of Krystalia

A card-based TTJRPG inspired by anime, JRPGs, and isekai adventures.

A world where ordinary people can become heroes.

Where friendship changes fate.

Where impossible victories become reality.

Where every campaign feels like your own anime series.

Proven Around The World

More than 7,000 copies have already reached players worldwide.

Hundreds of backers helped bring the original vision to life.

Now we're ready for the next chapter.

The Next Evolution Begins Here

With new adventures.

New stories.

New classes.

New worlds.

New ways to play.

And the most ambitious expansion we've ever created.

Enter Krystalia

Follow the Gamefound campaign today and discover why players around the world are choosing a different path.

Not another fantasy RPG.

A true anime tabletop adventure.

Welcome to Gates of Krystalia.

Almost everyone has tried at least once.You sat down at the table. Someone handed you a character sheet with 30 fields t...
13/06/2026

Almost everyone has tried at least once.

You sat down at the table. Someone handed you a character sheet with 30 fields to fill in. They explained the difference between attack rolls, damage rolls, Dexterity saving throws and Constitution modifiers. Two hours later you still hadn't started playing.

Or maybe you found a group, created your character, and after three sessions someone didn't show up. Then another. Then the campaign just died.

You weren't the problem. The system was.

Traditional TTRPGs were designed in the 1970s for a very specific kind of player. Someone with a wargaming background, a tolerance for military-style rulebooks, and a stable group of friends who had been playing together for years.

If you grew up with Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, Persona, or simply with anime, that system was never built for you. And it never pretended to be.

Gates of Krystalia starts from scratch. No dice, no modifiers, no tables. The engine is a standard 48-card French deck and a combat system that anyone who has ever played a JRPG understands within the first twenty minutes.

The Master narrates. You fight, choose, grow. The first session ends without you opening the rulebook once.

2,700 backers across 40 countries have tested it and confirmed it.

This time it actually works. Follow the prelaunch page on GameFound, link in the first comment.

You've watched hundreds of episodes. You know the tropes, the moments, the beats. You know when the power-up hits, you k...
12/06/2026

You've watched hundreds of episodes. You know the tropes, the moments, the beats. You know when the power-up hits, you know when the protagonist loses everything and comes back stronger.

But you've always been on the other side of the screen.

Research on narrative psychology shows something fascinating: the deeper a person identifies with a fictional character, the stronger the desire to become that character, not just observe them. Anime fans consistently show some of the highest levels of narrative immersion ever measured in media consumption studies.

In other words, you're not just watching. You're wishing you were there.

Gates of Krystalia was built to turn that wish into something real.

A standard 48-card French deck. A Master who narrates the world. A progression system pulled straight from Japanese RPGs: ranks, combo moves, vital energy, a character that grows stronger with every session.

You're not watching the hero step through the portal anymore. You are the one stepping through it.

Over 2,700 people across 40 countries already proved it works on Kickstarter.

Now it's coming to Gamefound. Your character is waiting.

08/06/2026

VE Card Deck - Lumina Edition - Sample

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