Extra Ordinary Kickstarter... 2!

Extra Ordinary, a TTRPG about kids with extraordinary powers on the run from danger in the ordinary world, will be coming to Kickstarter again on February 1, 2026!

This second Kickstarter has a $5000 goal (as opposed to the $20,000 goal of the previous, unsuccessful Kickstarter launched in March 2025) and primarily exists to fund a physical print copy of the game. A PDF version is currently available for purchase on itch.io, but who doesn’t love a proper book? If funded, I’ll be able to afford a softcover print run, so if you want to see a physical version of this game in the world, then this Kickstarter is where to support that!

About the Game

Extra Ordinary gives us beat-up canvas backpacks and dirty, duct-taped sneakers, kids holding bloody hands grasped a little too tight, strange and dangerous powers, chasing dark forces, people who can’t or just won’t understand, and an endless journey on the side of a winding highway asking, “What do you do next?”

Extra Ordinary is a rules-light tabletop role-playing game about kids with extraordinary powers running from danger in the ordinary world. The kids could be magical chosen ones, cryptid shapeshifters, genetic experiments spliced with eldritch bio-matter, or anything else you can think of, but what matters is that they're extraordinary, and that makes them very valuable targets for some very dangerous forces.

Extra Ordinary uses the belonging outside belonging system (also called No Dice No Masters), which is originally from the TTRPG Dream Askew / Dream Apart by Avery Alder and Benjamin Rosenbaum. The system is traditionally GM-less (though it can be played with a GM) and uses a token exchange system to emphasize collaborative storytelling and narrative roleplay.

All you need to play a game of Extra Ordinary is the following:

• 3-6 people
• Roughly 3-4 hours for a single session
• Tokens of some kind (glass beads, bottle caps, poker chips, etc. Around 50 or so should be more than enough)
• The Extra Ordinary book or PDF
• A printout of the playset (can be downloaded for free at https://jaztice.itch.io/extra-ordinary)
• A thick stack of index cards and some paperclips
• Several writing utensils (ideally of the erasable variety)
• A place to write down and keep session notes, like a journal, notes app, file folder, or Google Document

The rules and guidelines for both setup and play are included in the book/PDF, including in-depth examples for every part of the game process and advice on running the game with a GM or as a one-shot. If you'd like to watch an actual play of the game, you can find the first episode on YouTube here — special thanks to the Happy Jacks RPG Network for hosting us!

Playbooks & Aspects

Extra Ordinary has fifteen Playbooks to choose from for creating your very own extraordinary runaway kid:

• The Average used to be just a normal kid, but now they’ve got cool powers that put them in danger. Examples: Danny Fenton from Danny Phantom, Rogue from X-Men, Marinette from Miraculous Ladybug
• The Chosen is a kid with a grand, world-changing destiny that they aren’t sure they deserve. Examples: Aang from Avatar: The Last Airbender, Percy Jackson from the Percy Jackson series, Deku from My Hero Academia
• The Expelled is a kid who’s never stayed in one place for long, either due to their powers or a defunct system — or both. Examples: Annabeth Chase from the Percy Jackson series, Billy Batson from Shazam, Sylvie from Another Kind
• The Fallen is a kid who used to be great and powerful… until whoever made them feel that way threw them out. Examples: Zuko from Avatar: The Last Airbender, Lester Papadopoulos from the Trials of Apollo series, Kuzco from The Emperor’s New Groove
• The Feral is a kid who grew up outside civilization and relied on only their instincts to keep them alive. Examples: Hanna from the TV show Hanna, Mowgli from The Jungle Book, San from Princess Mononoke
• The Fool is a kid filled with boundless hope and optimism, determined to make things joyful and fun. Examples: Gasman from the Maximum Ride series, Dick Grayson from the Batman comics, Sara from A Little Princess
• The Highborn is a kid who grew up with a great deal of power and never truly realized their level of privilege. Examples: Rachel Elizabeth Dare from the Percy Jackson series, Toph from Avatar: The Last Airbender, Adrien from Miraculous Ladybug
• The Lost was a kid that belonged somewhere once, but they can’t remember it anymore. Examples: Nudge from the Maximum Ride series, Eleven from Stranger Things season two, Jaali from Another Kind
• The Miscreant is a kid who refuses to play by the rules, even beneficial ones, even from fate itself. Examples: Fang from the Maximum Ride series, Lyra from the His Dark Materials series, Pyro from the X-Men comics
• The Outsider is a kid from somewhere else, somewhere very unlike here, and they don’t want to go back. Examples: Newt from Another Kind, Starfire from Teen Titans, Ponyo from the movie Ponyo
• The Prodigy is a kid who is greatly valued by those in power, but only for what they are capable of. Examples: Angel from the Maximum Ride series, Violet Baudelaire from A Series of Unfortunate Events, Astro Boy from the movie Astro Boy
• The Punk is a kid who refuses to accept injustice, however they define it, and won’t stop until it’s gone. Examples: Max from the Maximum Ride series, Jason Todd from the Batman comics, Katara from Avatar: The Last Airbender
• The Sheltered is a kid who grew up isolated from the world and is brimming with inexperience and curiosity. Examples: Eleven from Stranger Things season one, Maggie from Another Kind, Rapunzel from the movie Tangled
• The Survivor is a kid who’s lost their home and family and is struggling to move past the tragedy. Examples: Nico Di Angelo from the Percy Jackson series, Clarice from Another Kind, Bruce Wayne from the TV show Gotham
• The Weapon is a kid who was raised and trained to fight, hurt, and kill without thinking for themself. Examples: Laura Kinney a.k.a. X-23 from the X-Men comics, Cassandra Cain from the Batman comics, Violet Evergarden from the series Violet Evergarden

Extra Ordinary also has six Aspects, which represent different parts and people in the world around the Kids:

• The Ordinary represents the “normal” world and everything within it. Shopkeepers, schoolchildren, and oblivious parents are good examples of the Ordinary.
• The Extraordinary represents the forces and powers that make the Kids special. Psychic powers, werewolf clans, and magical aliens are good examples of the Extraordinary.
• The Danger represents the dangerous and malicious forces chasing the Kids. Suited agents, calculating scientists, and ominous secret societies are good examples of the Danger.
• The Need represents all the basic survival necessities that the Kids have to worry about while on the run. Growling stomachs, aching bones, and enticing shouts from a nearby amusement park are good examples of the Need.
• The System represents elements of the ordinary world that are meant to track, contain, and look out for the Kids. Police officers, social workers, and anyone involved in schools or institutions are good examples of the System.
• The Design represents an Extraordinary force with its own agenda and plans for the Kids. Ineffable plans, bickering gods, and the weave of fate itself are good examples of the Design.

The Team

Kodi Gonzaga, also known by their internet handle “jaztice,” is a creative writer and TTRPG designer who uses they/them pronouns. Originally hailing from Atlanta, Georgia, one of their favorite pastimes is playing role-playing games with their friends — they started with Pathfinder in 9th grade and haven’t stopped since! Aside from TTRPGs, Kodi also enjoys writing coming-of-age stories about traumatized kids and teens with strange powers and abilities. Yeah, it’s a theme with them. They’re a fan of cats, dark chocolate, thai boba tea, molecular biology, and collecting little trinkets. Learn more about them at www.kodigonzaga.com! 

Stella Langecker, also known online as “binturong-draws,” is a freelance illustrator from Germany who loves learning about plants and animals and incorporating them into her artwork whenever possible. She is notorious for spilling paint and ink everywhere and always, always forgets about her nice cup of tea until it’s gotten cold. Her journey into TTRPGs began six years ago, and now she’s graduating from causing mayhem as a player to being an occasional GM (causing just as much mayhem, if not more). The wish to illustrate a TTRPG has been brewing for a while, so working on this project has been and continues to be a special treat.