ENCLAVE: Aspirant — The Diceless TTRPG with Infinite Depth
Created by Robby Howell
A roleplay-first TTRPG where players are agents of a multiverse-spanning organization, tasked on missions across the infinities.
Latest Updates from Our Project:
JUNE UPDATE — Finishing up Aspirant, on to the next phase!
3 months ago
– Sun, Jun 28, 2026 at 04:26:58 PM
Good to see you everyone!
Aspirant's art is still being finished up, but while waiting for it I've made a good deal of progress on other elements of the campaign.
What's Been Done:
Edits to Aspirant have been made based on feedback gained during the Beta release.
Our three Exclusive Classes have drafted in full.
What's Being Worked On:
Aspirant art is being finished (17/25 pieces done this month).
Print specs are being figured out.
Exclusive Classes are being edited.
Private Missions are being scheduled.
Based on this progress, the final draft of Aspirant should be dropping in July, with our three Exclusive Classes following shortly thereafter. It's later than I wanted, but hopefully the Beta Release has been enough to tide you all over!
Scheduling Private Missions
If you acquired the "Seat on a Private Mission" or "Full Private Mission" rewards during the campaign, please check your emails! I reached out a week or so ago to get those sessions scheduled and would love to hear back from you whenever possible.
If you acquired one of these rewards and haven't yet heard from me, please send me a Kickstarter message, Discord DM, or email me!
Last Chance to Get Limited-Run Merch!
Late July/early August will likely mark the beginning of the merch-creation phase of campaign fulfillment. Very exciting stuff! However, this also means I will have to de-list the merch options from my Pre-Order Store so I know exactly how many of each item I need to make.
As such, if you've been thinking about picking up some ENCLAVE campaign merch, this month will be your last chance to do so, so be sure to click around our options and see if any stand out to you!
On the Map in the BOB WORLD BUILDER Poll!
Recently, Bob World Builder put out a poll asking TTRPG fans to vote on their favorite game. You may well have heard about this (and voted in it!) already, but a really cool result came out of this poll.
Out of 30,000 for 800+ different game titles (the majority of which were write-in), ENCLAVE came in 121st, tying other well-known indie TTRPGs like Electric Bastionland. Not a bad showing at all, especially considering our votes were write-in only! We also place considerably higher than quite a few other indie TTRPGs with much bigger KS campaigns, which speaks volumes about how wonderfully engaged our awesome community is!
I am delighted by the result and intensely grateful for all of you who voted for ENCLAVE. Hopefully next time there's a similar poll we rank even higher!
Another Conduiting Workshop
At the behest of another awesome player, I ran another recorded Conduiting Workshop on our Discord Serverthis past month! If you're curious about the intricacies of hosting ENCLAVE sessions, these videos are a great place to start. Don't let the length intimidate you — I've timestamped the whole thing, so you can just to whichever 3-5min section is most relevant.
That's all for this month. While finalizing Aspirant has taken a bit longer than I might have liked, I've been able to make big progress on the next steps, meaning that I should have multiple releases ready for you in July.
Thank you all so much for your patience. I hope you've been enjoying the Beta, and I can't wait to hear what you think of Aspirant's final form as well as the other exciting stuff that will accompany it!
Ciao for now,
Robby
ASPIRANT Beta Release — Check Your Emails!
4 months ago
– Sat, Jun 06, 2026 at 09:18:28 AM
Good to see you everyone!
My artist needs a couple more weeks to get all the pieces for Aspirant ready. As such, to get the game into your hands as soon as possible, I have decided to go ahead with a...
Beta Release of ENCLAVE: Aspirant!
It's done, it's live, and if you backed at any level with an AspirantPDF it's making its way to your inbox as we speak!
Spoiler for one of the awesome new art pieces to come in the final release.
Some notes on this release:
Text and mechanics are final (the game is fully playable), as are most graphics; art is NOT final. Please pardon the big, ugly placeholder canvases! They will be swapped out for gorgeous art pieces (like the above and below) in the final release.
Many images will appear fuzzy/blurry; this is because the file has been release with very low graphical resolution to keep file sizes small (and to make it clear that this is not the final release).
I will be announcing and sending out the final PDF as soon as all the art is ready. I don't want to rush my artist, but I'm guessing that'll be happening by end of June.
If you catch any typos or errors, please don't hesitate to shoot me an email!
Another art spoiler
REMINDER — Enclave Day
If you're on Discord, don't forget to join our server and sign up for ENCLAVE DAY on Saturday, June 27th! It's a free, full-day event broken into 4-hour blocks. Loaner copies for new players, free new Classes for anyone who already owns the game!
If you want to try out Aspirant, this is the perfect opportunity!
Hope to see you there!
That's all for me, for now at least. Full update to come at the end of the month, along with more news and most likely the full release of Aspirant.
I really hope you enjoy Aspirant. Thank you as always for supporting ENCLAVE.
Ciao for now,
Robby
MAY UPDATE — Aspirant is right around the corner!
4 months ago
– Sun, May 31, 2026 at 08:49:54 AM
Good to see you everyone!
Another productive month in the books. Aspirant is very close to done.
What's Been Done:
Aspirant layouts are finalized. Final page count is 164pgs.
Internal linking and other logistical tedium.
Advent v2.1 has been finalized, ready for re-release alongside Aspirant!
What's Being Worked On:
Final stage of editing and reviewing.
Art is being finished up.
Based on this progress, I am confident saying that the Aspirant PDF will be out in June. I will be sending an update as soon as it is distributed.
Enclave Day
On Saturday, June 27th, we will be running the fifteenth ever ENCLAVE DAY event on Discord!
Enclave Day is a full-day of missions on Discord broken into 4-hour blocks. The event is completely free. Don't have a copy of ENCLAVE? No issue — you will be given access to a PDF of Advent! Already own the game or back the recent campaign? You'll get free Class PDF from FIFTEEN options!
If you're new to the game, Enclave Day is a perfect entry point! Sign up here and join the server if you'd like to participate!
This will be the first ever Enclave Day where Aspirant is playable!
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Their campaign is ending soon, so be sure to check it out!
That's all for this month! Not a ton of news, since I've mostly been confined to the Dev Cave, but once Aspirant is out there will be plenty more to discuss!
Thank you as always for supporting ENCLAVE. Hope you all are excited for the big release!
Ciao for now,
Robby
APRIL UPDATE — Aspirant Text DONE, Bonus Content, and more!
5 months ago
– Wed, Apr 29, 2026 at 11:46:27 AM
Good to see you everyone!
I'm very pleased to say that April has been a productive month.
What's Been Done:
Aspirant text is done. My current estimate is that the book will be about 175pgs long (as opposed to Advent's 81).
Aspirant Classes are finalized.
What's Being Worked On:
Text is being reviewed.
Book layouts are being designed.
Final art is being commissioned
Based on this progress, I believe the Aspirant PDF is on track for distribution by early June.
Bonus Content for Aspirant
While you all have been tremendously kind and understanding about it, the project's delays haven't sat right with me. As such, I have decided to add additional content to ENCLAVE: Aspirant, namely...
Aspiring — "Classless" Characters!
With Aspiring, you can mix and match pieces from all Classes in the game to build a Lv1 character entirely from scratch (at the cost of power level). I think it'll be a really fun addition.
These new rules have already been written and implemented, so this addition will not delay the project in any way.
Logistical FAQs
While it's taken me longer than I would have preferred, I have finally caught up on the support requests that you lovely people have sent me via BackerKit. Based on those, I'd like to share some answers with you all for some of the recurring questions I've received:
If you aren't far from me (Hartford area of Northern CT), you will have the option to locally pick up your physical rewards to save on the shipping costs. This will be figured out once we reach the shipping lock-in step, likely this summer.
When the Aspirant PDF is released, I will also be sending out an updated copy of Advent ("2.01"), which will be fixing typos, swapping some art pieces, and making a handful of minor balance tweaks.
VAT does (annoyingly) need to be charged in advance of shipping. If you believe you have been improperly charged VAT, please message me via BK! I'll check in with BK support and, if they give the go ahead, manually refund you.
It's rare that I click with another designer in the way I have with Gary, a WotC alum and the creator of the West Marches-style standalone TTRPG All Mice Die. His game is coming to Kickstarter soon, and I think it's one of the most creative and refreshing takes on a conventional dice-based system that I've seen in quite some time.
Please do check out AMD if you have any interest in dice, mice, dying, or all of the above. If you'd like to listen in on some of the awesome conversations Gary and I have had, check out the video below from his channel.
Conduiting Workshop
Earlier in April, I was inspired by a conversation with a new player and prospective Conduit to run a Conduiting Workshop, answering questions and addressing topics of all skill levels! At the behest of another player, I also managed to record it.
If you've been at all interested in hosting your own Enclave Missions, give it a watch! It's a pretty long video, but I've included timestamps so you can skip to whichever sections are most useful for you. I had a lot of fun running the workshop, so I may well run more in future if I get more requests to do so!
If you'd like to participate in future workshops or have questions about the game, be sure to join our Discord Server! It's gotten some cool updates recently, including a new Bot that can look up game information on the fly!
That's all for this month. Aspirant is fast approaching, and there'll be plenty more cool stuff after that, so until you hear from me next I hope you continue to enjoy the game!
Thank you as always for supporting ENCLAVE.
Ciao for now,
Robby
MARCH UPDATE — Steady Progress on Aspirant
6 months ago
– Sun, Mar 29, 2026 at 07:10:00 PM
Good to see you everyone,
It's been a quiet month on the Enclave front. Baby #3 was born a few weeks and my family's emergency is still ongoing, but things have stabilized enough at this point that I'm still reasonably confident in the updated timeframe I projected last month.
That said, there's still some news!
What's Been Done:
All Aspirant Classes are fully drafted and in the late stages of the review process!
What's Being Worked On:
The rest of Aspirant's text (about 95% completed, soon to enter the review process)
BackerKit Surveys
Please fill out your BackerKit Surveys! As of now it looks like about 80% of you have already done so, but please be sure to check your emails and spam folders to see if you missed the survey when it was sent out last month!
If you cannot find the survey email, PLEASE LET ME KNOW (by Email, Discord, Kickstarter PM, or whatever else)! I can manually resend the link if requested!
Additionally, I know a couple of you are waiting on me for responses on BackerKit support questions. I apologize that these are taking a while to process, the recent personal struggles have really set me back, so please hang tight and I'll get to you ASAP!
Enclave Day
On Saturday, April 18th, we will be holding our 14th ever Enclave Day event over on the Discord Server!
Enclave Day is a full 16 hours of nonstop missions broken into 4-hour blocks — sign up for as many as you like! It's totally free, we give loaner copies to people who don't own the game, and anyone who does own the game will get a free Reward Class for participating!
Sign up here if you'd like to participate! This is a Discord-only event, but don't worry — if you're not a fan of Discord, there will absolutely be other ways to acquire these cool Reward Classes available in future.
Hope you can make it!
That's all for this month — I hope you all have been enjoying Advent and are getting excited for Aspirant! I reckon we'll have some major progress to share on that front come April.
Thank you all for your patience with me and, as always, for supporting the game.
