Critical Kit

Created by Critical Kit Ltd

Creators of indie TTRPGs, solo and multiplier games.

Latest Updates from Our Project:

AMA... give us your feedback + Be Like a Crow Playing Cards.
10 days ago – Tue, Nov 05, 2024 at 09:29:53 AM

Hey there,

We are on the home stretch now, with just under 3 days left on the campaign. As always, thank you for making it so much fun and for all your wonderful feedback and comments.

On that note, I'm around all evening (and tomorrow) to answer questions and read your two cents. Please do add anything you want to ask or say in the comments below and I will respond to every single one!

As an example, a few users have asked us for the official Be Like a Crow playing cards to be available as an add-on option. Well, today I am happy to say that I have made that happen.


You can now get the deck for £12 during the pledge process. This deck contains 17 unique pieces of corvid artwork across the court cards and jokers. The cards are manufactured in the UK by Ivory on Sureslip 310gsm Textured Black Cored Playing Card Board, making them handle beautifully whether for play or cardistry. They also come in an abstract crow wing tuck box.

We always print these cards in limited runs, so it's a great opportunity to get hold of them.

That's all for this update but, once again, thank you for all your kind words and support. Don't forget that you can continue the conversation in our Discord Channel.

Have a lovely rest of the day and I will be back soon.

Tim (& Simon).

100K! We did it. Another stretch goal unlocked.
11 days ago – Mon, Nov 04, 2024 at 11:30:49 AM

Hey there,

I'm thrilled to announce that we hit the 100k stretch goal in what has been our most successful campaign to date. Look, Simon rewarded us all with one of his lovely unlocked padlock graphics!

We couldn't keep producing these strange little games without the help of an amazing community and to everyone who has helped us get here, both long-time supporters and new ones, thank you.

Both physical and PDF backers will see a set of 36 artefacts in the back of the book! For digital backers, this will be a printable page with full colour artefact artwork. For physical backers this will be a perforated page with cut marks for creating your own set of artefacts.

Once again, thank you for getting us here. We are some way off our next stretch goal, and who knows if we will make that. Regardless, we are still over the moon.

If you haven't backed yet, now is a great time to get on board as we have unlocked loads of stretch goals, so everyone gets a little extra! If you aren't in a position to back yet, we understand and you can still help by telling a friend about the game.

Four days to go. Let's see where this journey takes us!

Tim (&, as always Simon).


All Night Breakfast at The Midnight Owl...
12 days ago – Mon, Nov 04, 2024 at 06:26:44 AM

Hey there,

Let me tell you a little bit about the free game that digital and physical backers will receive in PDF format.

All Night Breakfast at The Midnight Owl is a solo podcasting game.... woah... back up.

Okay, so the premise of the game is that you have come into some money (how is part of the game) and now you can tell your boss where to shove it and head off to the Pacific Northwest to start your own podcast investigating everything that's slightly off-tilt in the world.

We're talking cryptids, UFOs, government consipracies, forest cults and the rest. Think X-Files, Twin Peaks, True Detective etc.

The game uses a deck of cards and some dice to reveal locations and clues as you go off on the hunt for weird, wonderful and possibly dangerous things. Each night you will head out on your investigations, returning to the relative safety of a 24 hour cafe, The Midnight Owl, where you can collect your thoughts and create your podcast.

The game has two creative elements:

1. Journaling your investigations.
2. (optional) Create your podcast script and record it if you like!

I think this game is going to scratch that weird stuff itch you might have, but also encourage you to be creative in other areas. If you know my general undercurrent to games, you know that's a really important thing for me: games that push the players creatively.

I really can't wait to get Wires in the Woods and All Night Breakfast at The Midnight Owl into your hands and see what you do with them.

As always, please let me know in the comments if you have any questions!

Tim (& Simon, who is hearing many of these details for the first time in this update, though he is aware of the game!)


Stretch goal hit! Next stop cut out tokens in the book.
13 days ago – Sat, Nov 02, 2024 at 03:49:44 PM

Hey there,

Just dropping in with a quick thank you and congratulations on hitting the 95k stretch goal. We'll add a hessian bag to all Upcycling and Wanderlust pledge levels.


With six days to go, we have every chance of hitting the next stretch goal which will see the book have a perforated page with cutouts of the artefacts. This page will also appear in the PDF version of the book.



Once again, thank you for all the support for this game. We truly are blown away with how much love you have shown our project. Simon and I cannot wait to get it into your hands and see what amazing adventures and wonders of upcycling you can come up with.

Wishing you a wonderful rest of the weekend.

Tim (and Simon, of course!)

A free game for every digital and physical backer!
15 days ago – Fri, Nov 01, 2024 at 05:41:45 AM

Hey there,

As we draw into the final week of our Wires in The Woods campaign, I'm thrilled to announce that little something I usually have up my sleeve for these kind of things.

Every backer at digital or physical pledge levels will be receiving a PDF of my next planned zine. It will be out prior to Wires in The Woods (I may or may not do a little Zinequest campaign for it next Feb).

I suppose you want to know what it is....

Well, it will be a solo game. And I can reveal the title:

All Night Breakfast at The Midnight Owl.
If you like Twin Peaks, Night Vale, Buffy, True Detective, Only Murders in The Building, I reckon it's for you.

If you don't, well, that's fine. You still get the game.

No cover yet as it's still nothing more than a Google Doc, but you will receive the final version along with your Wires in The Woods PDFs early next year!

If you've already backed, thank you and congratulations on getting another game in the mix! If you're on the fence, I hope this helps with that.

And with that, I'm out of here.

Wishing you a great weekend!

Tim (& Simon who definitely loves all the things that the new game is about).