🐙 Cosmoctopus Beyond the Inky Realm Expansion + 2nd Edition
Created by Paper Fort Games
✨ Deepen your devotion with a new cephalopod, devotee cards, resources, player powers + solo mode for Cosmoctopus: The Board Game!
Latest Updates from Our Project:
Thank You So Much! + Bonus Adoptions + Play on BGA + What Happens Next?
8 months ago
– Fri, Oct 31, 2025 at 01:34:11 PM
Hello Devotees! 🙏
What a fantastic campaign it has been! Thank you to every single backer; to every one of you who shared the project, commented, voted for an octopus name, or supported us in any other way. Your enthusiasm for the Cosmoctoverse has been infectious!
I (Chris) also want to give a personal thank you to the entire Paper Fort Games team for their incredible work before and throughout the campaign, to Silke for managing comments while we’ve been asleep or away, to our demo team at Spiel Essen and to the brilliant creative team for bringing this expansion to life. I'm really proud of what we've created together!
🐙 Bonus Adoptions + Naming Poll
You all worked so hard on the Social Goals, and came so close to the remaining targets, that we decided it was only right to adopt another octopus!
We’ve gathered a selection of our favourite Devotee name suggestions; now it’s time to vote for your favourites!
The poll will close in 10 days, and the two most popular names will be bestowed upon our newly adopted cephalopod friends 🐙. Thank you to everyone who shared their name ideas!
The whole PFG team will be taking a couple of weeks off to recover from the campaign; if you have any questions, please feel free to message us via Kickstarter or email us at [email protected] but please bear in mind we’ll answer once we’re back in the office.
Pledge Manager
We hope to open the post-campaign pledge manager (BackerKit) within the next 3-4 weeks. You’ll receive an invitation to the pledge manager via email (sent to the email address you use for Kickstarter). Here, you’ll be able to review your pledge, manage add-ons, purchase additional copies of the game and provide updated delivery addresses in the case of a house move. It’s also where you’ll pay for your shipping.
You’ll receive emails from BackerKit before we lock orders and addresses, and before we charge cards for shipping. To avoid missing these emails, please add [email protected]to your safelist to stop them being marked as spam.
Comments and Messages
Once we're back, we will be checking and responding to comments on the Kickstarter page and to Kickstarter messages once a week. If you require an urgent response, please email us at [email protected].
Updates
We will be publishing Kickstarter updates once a month, starting in November, to keep you in the loop. We may post additional mini-updates with important milestones or information, but at a minimum we will check in monthly to report on progress (even if it’s just to say ‘nothing new to report’!).
💻 Desktop Backgrounds
Next week, all backers will be receiving a Kickstarter message that will contain a link to the desktop background; we hope you enjoy it!
Once again, we just want to say thank you for your support; we couldn’t have done this without you.
Keep it Inky, Devotees!
Final Day! + Free Limited Edition Pin + Name Our Adopted Octopus + The Gourd Inky One + Cosmoctopus Spotted in Nottingham!
8 months ago
– Thu, Oct 30, 2025 at 11:13:39 AM
Hello Devotees! 🙏
We'll soon be entering the final 24 hours of the campaign, and we want to send a huge thank you to every one of you for your incredible support, enthusiasm, and comments throughout this inky adventure 💜
👻 Free Ghost-moctopus Enamel Pin with Every Physical Pledge!
Today’s daily reveal is a limited-edition enamel pin, featuring Cosmoctopus dressed for Halloween! Each physical pledge will come with this hard enamel pin (an upgrade from the soft enamel pins we made for the first Kickstarter campaign). We hope you’ll enjoy showing off your devotion to the Great Inky One in pin form!
A mockup of the final pin.
🐙 We Need Your Octopus Names!
In our last update, we mentioned we were extremely close to our first octopus adoption, and now we’re even closer! In fact, we’ve decided to adopt an octopus early so that you can help name them before the campaign ends! Of course, we’d still love your help reaching our Social Goals, but we couldn’t resist getting the naming started.
As in the original campaign, our adoption will be through the wonderful folks at Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium; an independent, non-profit marine research organisation supporting marine species conservation and coral reef restoration. 🌊
Now we just need a name!
Please share your suggestions (keep them clean, please!) in the main campaign comment section (posting them on the main comment section, rather than here, helps boost the visibility of the campaign) and we’ll choose our favourites for a backer poll. For inspiration, the octopuses we adopted in the original campaign were called Cosmo, Celestia, Cuttles, Blinky, and Momo. We can’t wait to hear your suggestions!
🎃 The Gourd Inky One!
We had to share this incredible Cosmoctopus pumpkin carving by @dbxrunner over on Bluesky. A huge thank you to them for letting us share it with the community! If you’d like to make your own, you can download our carving template here. We’d love to see your creations; post them on social media with #cosmoctopus and tag @paperfortgames so we can admire your handiwork! 📸
Shared with permission.
👀 Cosmoctopus Spotted in Nottingham!
Every Halloween, inflatable monsters appear on buildings across Nottingham, home of Paper Fort HQ, and this year we’ve been blessed with a visit from the Great Inky One themselves! What perfect timing 😃
Tentacles above the Council House!
🙏 Thank You!
Thank you all so much for joining us on this incredible journey. It’s been an absolute blast, and we can’t wait to spend the final hours of the campaign with you in the comments tomorrow!
Keep it inky,
- Chris and the Paper Fort Games Team
Spiel Essen Recap + A Wave of Daily Reveals + Octopus Adoption + Final Few Days!
8 months ago
– Tue, Oct 28, 2025 at 09:07:16 AM
Hello Devotees!🐙
🎲 Essen Recap
The Paper Fort Games team have arrived home from Germany after an incredible few days at Spiel Essen. A huge thank you to everyone who stopped by our stand, played Beyond the Inky Realm and shared their passion for the Cosmoctoverse! Meeting so many of you in person was a real highlight 😃
With more than 220,000 visitors over four days, it was as exhausting as it was exhilarating, but it’s easily one of our favourite events in the tabletop calendar! Our deepest appreciation also goes to Silke, Guen and Carina for helping us out at the stand, running demos and providing their multi-lingual Cosmoctopus expertise - true devotees! 🥰
🐙 A Tentacle’s Breadth from Adopting an Octopus!
Our social goals are inching closer to completion, and we’re almost ready to adopt our first octopus! Every goal we reach means another adoption, and you’ll get to help us name each one 🥳. Simply dive in by clicking the banners below:
📅 A Boatload of Daily Reveals!
While we’ve been away, the reveals have kept on rolling in, including:
Our final Deep Regrets alt-art First Contact card by the wonderful Judson Cowan: Siren’s Hymnbook!
Judson kindly found time in his busy Essen schedule to catch up with Chris; they chatted about manufacturing, making games with small teams, and the joy of laser cutters!
A brand-new Cosmoctopus soundtrack to set the perfect mood; think Nightmare Before Christmas meets outer space! Click the banners below to listen to a sample!
Full-colour printing inside the box lid, to make every inch of the game box feel thematic.
The addition of an Eldritch Infiniscope to the solo mode, introducing a third set of cards with unique art and additional difficulty-scaling options.
A holographic upgrade to the sticker sheet; we’ll be adding prismatic accents for extra visual flair!
What Stickers Would You Like to See?
We’ve saved some spots on the sticker sheet for ideas from devotees; share your sticker suggestions in the comments!
👀 We’ve got some exciting reveals lined up for these last few days, and we can’t wait for you to experience Beyond the Inky Realm. Thank you so much for your amazing support; it means the world (and beyond) to us!
Keep it inky,
Chris and the Paper Fort Games team
Play The Game at Essen Spiel + Third Deep Regrets Alt-Art Card + Graphic Novella Cover Reveal!
8 months ago
– Mon, Oct 20, 2025 at 09:09:06 AM
Hello, Devotees! 🐙
🎲 Meet Us at Essen Spiel and Play the Game!
📅 Thursday 23rd to Sunday 26th October 📍 Booth 4G425
Later this week, we’ll be at Essen Spiel, the world’s largest board game convention! Come and visit us at our booth (4G425) to play a demo of Cosmoctopus: Beyond the Inky Realm and check out our other titles. We’d love to meet you, talk games, and share our love of Cosmoctopus and Prismoctopus in person!
🎣 Hook, Void & Sinker
Here’s the latest alternate-art First Contact card from the brilliant Judson Cowan, cephalopod enthusiast and designer-artist of the strategic horror fishing game Deep Regrets!
All physical-pledge backers will receive this card in addition to the standard version.
📖 Graphic Novella Cover
We’re thrilled to unveil the work-in-progress cover of the brand-new graphic novella, illustrated by Raben White!
This story follows the Scientist as she races to complete her groundbreaking research, before the University’s Dean discovers what she’s unleashed. Expect a tale packed with wonderful illustrations, Cosmocto-verse lore and eerie discoveries from the depths of the Inky Realm...
A printed version of this novella will be included with all physical pledges, and backers at all levels will also receive a digital copy.
😊 While We’re at Essen
While we’re exhibiting, we’ll still be checking comments and messages, but replies might take a little longer than usual.
We’ll return next week with a post-Essen update, plus a raft of daily reveals. In the meantime, don’t forget our Social Goals;we’re really close to some of them. Let’s adopt some octopuses together! 🐙💜
Keep it inky!
Chris and the Paper Fort Games Team
Second Alt-Art Deep Regrets Promo Card Revealed + Extra-Large Prismatic Die Upgrade + Pumpkin Carving Template
8 months ago
– Sat, Oct 18, 2025 at 09:20:50 AM
Hello Devotees; we hope you’re all having a lovely weekend! 🐙
Over the past 48 hours, we’ve unveiled 2 more daily reveals; the second of our 4 Deep Regrets alt-art promos, and an extra-large prismatic die! You’ll find details on both below, plus a Cosmoctopus-themed pumpkin-carving template to help you get into the spirit of spooky season!
🎣 Reel of the Octopoid
Here’s the next alternate-art First Contact card by the incredibly talented cephalopod-fanatic Judson Cowan, designer and artist of the strategic horror fishing game Deep Regrets!
All backers of physical pledge levels will receive this card in addition to the standard version.
🎲 Extra-Large Prismatic Die
We’re upgrading your Prismatic Die! Now, when you choose the blessing of Prismoctopus, it’ll be bigger, heavier, and more satisfying to roll.
All backers at physical pledge levels will receive this upgraded die instead of the smaller one.
🎃 Pumpkin Carving Template
Lastly, if you’re looking to bring a little cephalopod flair to your pumpkin-carving this year, we’re sharing our Cosmoctopus pumpkin carving template; download it here.
We’d love to see your creations! Share them on social media using #cosmoctopus and tag us at @paperfortgames so we can admire your handiwork.
Thank you so much for your continued support; we’ll be back on Monday with details about Essen Spiel and more daily reveals...
