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FLAIL: an old-school fantasy brawler

Created by Games Omnivorous

FLAIL is an old-school, fantasy RPG where spells act up, weapons fall apart, and characters survive mostly through nerve and sheer luck. Designed for people who like single-session dungeons and short campaigns of 10~15 sessions. Low-prep, max play.

Latest Updates from Our Project:

PLEDGE MANAGER IS LIVE!
8 days ago – Mon, Jun 01, 2026 at 09:37:34 AM

HEYYYYY!

Quick update to say that the pledge manager is live as of now. Also the pre-order store is live! Please dive in, add more stuff to your cart (if you so wish) and type in your address. Cards will be charged in a month or so. I shall let you know. 

There's a bunch of cool add-ons!
  • T-shirt Games Omnivorous: yellow, swaggy t-shirt for those who like GO. 
  • T-shirt FLAIL: black, white logo t-shirt for those who want to FLAIL around.
  • FLAIL custom dice: pack of nine custom FLAIL d6s. These are identical to the one offered as an early backer incentive.
  • Hexcrawl Toolbox Upragde Pack: this was made especially for those already own the first print run of the hexcrawl toolbox. All contents here are already included in the Hexcrawl Toolbox offered through this campaign. Do not buy this if you already pledged for the new Toolbox, unless you really really really need a second guidebook or more item cards/tokens for some reason. 







THANKKKKK YOU

SMOKE TEST COMING!
11 days ago – Thu, May 28, 2026 at 11:41:30 AM

HEY HEY HEY!

Just a quick update to say that i've managed to set up the Pledge Manager relatively quickly, soooooo the Smoke Test is coming. The Test will randomly select 5% of backers from each pledge tier just to make sure everything's functional and shipping charges are correct, and people can see and buy add-ons and so forth and so forth. 

Please keep an eye out for incoming emails and respond as soon as you can, so i have a solid enough sample to confidently launch the real deal maybe next week.

THAKKKKK YOU


PLEDGE MANAGER COMING! PRODUCT DESIGN! PATREON DROP!
19 days ago – Thu, May 21, 2026 at 07:33:18 AM

FUNDS HAVE ARRIVED!

Hey hey hey. Soooooo, the funds have landed in GO's bank account, there are still some stragglers here and there, but the bulk is here. This means i can now start setting up the pledge manager, which will probably take a week or two - need to make sure all shipping quotes work, all rewards are uploaded correctly, etc etc etc - then it goes live. When it's live, you will be able to see your rewards, add another boxset to your pledge if you so wish, add dice (we have packs of FLAIL custom dice!) and maybe t-shirts. Does anybody want t-shirts? I can probably get some t-shirts going. 

ALSO,
PRODUCT DESIGN!

I know some people like a behind-the-scenes look into game design... so, how about some product design?! I've been going back and forth with a supplier to create a custom space in the Hexcrawl Toolbox for people to store the hexes (18x per biome). This is what we have so far. The idea is that the punch-boards with all the hexes go on top, you punch them all out, and then sort them into their designated spaces. I'm still evaluating whether this actually works or not; it might be the case that too much space is left over after people punch out the hexes.

But I wanted to share this so you can see that these things take a good amount of time. This is the third design the supplier has come up with over the last 3–4 weeks and we're still perfecting it. So many things to consider: final weights and sizes (so that shipping calculations still remain valid), how much space is left after the punch-boards go away, how tight can the custom spaces be so that we have more of them, how the toolbox behaves if it gets knocked over or stored on its side, how it all looks when the lid is off (presentation matters!), and so forth. Not easy.




ALSO,
PATREON DROP!

I keep dropping content for FLAIL over on Patreon! There's already a bunch of adventures in there, and i've just started a new collection with extra content. This time, I wrote a bunch of new Cutthroat Guilds, as follows. Check it out!

  • The Midnight Exchange: syndicate of brokers that move illegal goods.
  • The Ashen Hand: arsonists, saboteurs and revolutionaries who burn down corrupt nobles, kings, etc.
  • The Mourning Bells: union of corpse-bearers and grave mourners that rob the dead before burial.
  • The Black Banner: professional battlefield scavengers who follow wars to loot the dead.



THANKKKKKKK YOU MORE NEWS SOON

THAT'S A WRAP! THANK YOU!
about 1 month ago – Thu, May 07, 2026 at 09:23:04 AM

WHAT A RIDE!

The campaign is officially over. When i first started designing FLAIL, i had my fingers crossed that maybe 500 or so people interested in the game (and as excited as i was about it), and that we might raise around €40k or €50k tops. tops. 

Well.... we've ended with more than 1600 backers, nearly 1000% funded and over €144k raised. On top of that, the Discord community exploded, third-party creators are thriving on itch, and the Patreon has grown beyond anything I expected.

I just wanna say i don't take any of this for granted.
I am truly humbled by your support.


NEXT STEPS!

Now i need a few days to rest :D 
After that the plan is this:
  • May: receive and process the funds from Backerkit.
  • June: build and launch the pledge manager, where everyone will be able to add some stuff to their carts like additional boxsets, dice and more. 
  • July/August: send everything to production. 

Beyond this, who knows. We shall see. If everything goes well, maybe we'll have FLAIL for fulfilment in the fall or right before the end of the year. Otherwise, we'll do it in early 2027. 

If any of you need anything, hit me up.

THANKKKKKKKKK YOU!

ONE HOUR TO BACK!
about 1 month ago – Thu, May 07, 2026 at 06:59:14 AM

THERE IS ONE HOUR LEFT!

That's it, that's the update. Be part of this rapidly-growing community: join more than 1,600 backers, or 700 players on the Discord Server, or the generous 450 patrons supporting the new Patreon. And if you're worried the game is still too new and therefore doesn't have enough content yet... Well, the community has just released an incredible 30+ (!!) supplements through the SWINGS HARD WITH THE FLAIL game jam on itch.

CLICK HERE TO BACK!

THANKKKKKKKKKK YOU EVERYONE