Boundless Nations

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Boundless Nations logo — a red D20 outline behind stylised text reading 'Boundless Nations' with the tagline 'The World's First True 4X TTRPG'. Background is aged parchment with faint illustrations of fantasy cities, creatures, and landscapes in the corners.

It's a bold claim... but we can't seem to find any others.
If you know one, we'd love to play it!

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Another animated thing for the trailer. I've added The Boo Box by Cut Throat Francis, because that's what I hear in my head when I look at this drawing.
A peaceful, amicable species, Cenelin are small, never over 3 feet tall.

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The Hrvelir (HER-VEL- ER), furry giants from frozen mountains.
This is a lunar ritual they perform when they need to draw in celestial magic to supplement whatever they harvest from the atmosphere.

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Thank you! 🙂

Animation for the trailer. One of the "endless worlds ruled by vengeful gods" the Shapers created because they got bored with living out their deepest fantasies.

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Someone asked to see the feedback from our playtests, so we sent it, then put it on our website.

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If you're interested in the next run of playtests, DM us, or sign up below

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Animating this Di Roll took ages. Not being technical, I 'threw' it over and over until it hit 20, then animated the camera.

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Bit more animation for the Pitch Video, this one showing pieces moving on the tracking board and cards being collected.

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Decided to animate this timelapse thing differently. I think it looks better simplified.

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Boundless Nations tech tree showing branching advancement paths. Players progress from basic technologies upward through interconnected nodes representing new capabilities. Icons depict buildings, tools, ships, weapons, and cultural developments. Multiple parallel tracks allow different civilisation specialisations. Styled as an aged manuscript with detailed line art illustrations for each technology node.

Our Tech Tree (so far) is now viewable on our website! There's wayyy more than in this picture.
Have a look, let us know what you think:
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Lovely animation

Looks great to me!

Excellent painting

Three tech cards from Boundless Nations representing the Mesial Age (Age 2). Left: red Military Research card for 'Trebuchets' showing a siege weapon silhouette, tagline 'Walls are merely a suggestion', unlocks Trebuchets. Centre: blue Science Research card for 'Universities' showing a graduation cap, tagline 'Where minds gather, knowledge multiplies', grants additional d20 breakthrough checks when researching and is required to progress to the Awakened Age. Right: purple-blue Combined Research card for 'Alchemy' showing an alembic and retort, tagline 'To know the hidden nature of all things', unlocks potions, poisons, and transmutation research.

Two tech cards from Boundless Nations representing the Awakened Age (Age 3). Left: orange Combined Research card for 'Printing Press' showing a printing block, tagline 'A thousand voices from a single page', enables Propaganda Operations and grants an extra d20 roll on research decrees. Right: purple Magic Research card for 'Clairvoyancy' showing a face with three eyes, tagline 'Distance is an illusion to those who truly see', allows observing distant regions without physical presence and grants +2 Security.

Once Boundless Nations is established, we will follow up with an expansion, Boundless Worlds. This will add 3 new tech ages: 5-Proliferated (Modern Era approx), Cybernetic (now/near future), and Empyrean (interplanetary/stellar travel).
Are there any techs you think we should include?

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Three tech cards from Boundless Nations representing the Lithic Age (Age 0). Left: green Industry Research card for 'Flint Knapping' showing a hand gripping a flint tool, tagline 'The first spark of ingenuity', unlocks Stone Tools and Stone Weapons research, grants +1 Damage on Hunter-Gatherers. Centre: blue Science Research card for 'Early Agriculture' showing a wheat stalk, grants +1 Food on all settlements and allows building Farms. Right: purple Magic Research card for 'Witchcraft' showing a mystical burst pattern, tagline 'There are those who speak to shadows', grants +1 Magic Dice and allows decreeing Rituals.

Four tech cards from Boundless Nations representing the Dire Age (Age 1). Left to right: red Military Research card for 'Archery' with a bow and arrow icon, tagline 'Death from a distance', unlocks Archers. Orange Culture Research card for 'Writing Systems' showing a hand holding a tablet, tagline 'Words outlive their speakers', unlocks Trade Agreements and is required to progress to the Mesial Age. Yellow Economy Research card for 'Currency' showing stacked coins, tagline 'Value given form', enables gold trading, spending gold to hurry actions, and unlocks Taxation. Green Industry Research card for 'Smelting' showing molten metal being poured, tagline 'From stone, we draw fire's children', unlocks metal tools and weapons, prerequisite for Advanced Metallurgy, grants construction and combat bonuses in settlements with metal access.

Boundless Nations will have 5 tech ages: 0-Lithic, 1-Dire (Bronze Age approx), 2-Mesial (Medieval approx), 3-Awakened, and 4-Assiduous (Industrial approx).

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While we're wrapping the trailer soundtrack, I'm doing some simple animations for the pitch video. This is a sample of the technology tree, showing twelve researchable techs from the Lithic Age (cavefolk times) to the Awakened Age (rennaisance approx)

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So, some Redditors had a look at our site recently, and were (understandably) put off by the lack of actual mechanics to review. Well, now there are! Have a look, see what you think!

boundlessnations.com/mechanics

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Title card for Boundless Nations: A 4X Tabletop Role Playing Game. Warm sepia-brown background with detailed cream line art in an etching style. The central title uses a distinctive angular font evoking ancient carved stone. Surrounding illustrations depict the game's civilisation-spanning scope: a sailing vessel's rigging, gothic church spires, a hillside city, a minotaur figure with an instrument, a bearded character, and a tentacled sea creature. A faded fantasy map with place names like 'Nor Chiang'Na' fills the upper portion, suggesting the game's world-building scope

Our Website has had a revamp! Let us know what you think.

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Looks ace! Love the shading. What's the dragon's name?

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Love it!

Very intriguing!

I find this chicken compelling. I will follow her to hell and back, I will.

This looks so cool!

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I think I'm most switched on by the top-right.

These look sick!

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It's the worst