Crossroads Commons: Find Your Party. Build Your Story.

Crossroads Commons

Where parties meet.

The foundation is built. Help us bring the community online.

What We’re Creating

Crossroads Commons is a community and organization platform for tabletop roleplaying game players and Game Masters.

When the platform goes live, players will be able to create an account, build profiles for their characters, and mark characters as looking for a group. They will be able to search party listings by game system, play format, and beginner-friendly status; review the details of a party; apply to join; or respond to invitations from Game Masters.

Character creation in the working alpha, including game system, class, level, and Looking for a Party status.

Party discovery in the working alpha, filtered for the selected character’s game system and showing available seats and play format.

Once accepted, players will have one place to communicate with their party, view scheduled sessions, receive reminders, track attendance, and review their experience after verified participation.

A working party group conversation, allowing accepted members and the Game Master to communicate in one place.

Game Masters will be able to create a profile, publish and manage party listings, review applications, invite players, communicate with party members, schedule sessions, and record attendance. These connected tools are intended to replace the scattered collection of social-media posts, private messages, calendars, and handwritten notes that groups commonly use today.

The Game Master application workflow, showing accepted characters added to a party in the live alpha.

Trust and safety are part of the platform’s foundation. Reputation will be connected to completed sessions and verified attendance rather than anonymous popularity. Blocking, reporting, privacy, and moderation tools will help communities address problems without exposing private conversations or personal information unnecessarily.

Crossroads Commons will not host game rules, adventures, maps, stat blocks, lore, or other copyrighted publisher content. It is designed to help people find one another, organize their time, communicate, and build lasting tabletop groups.

What Exists Today

A working Windows alpha already runs locally. It currently supports character creation, party listings and discovery, applications, invitations, acceptance, party messaging, session scheduling, attendance tracking, safety tools, and early reputation workflows.

The current alpha stores its information on one device. Kickstarter funding will allow us to replace that local-only foundation with secure accounts, synchronized cloud data, shared communication, deployment infrastructure, and the protections required for real people to use the platform together.

The current Crossroads Commons Windows alpha, showing player, Game Master, and trust-and-safety tools in one working build.

Why This Matters to Me

I built Crossroads Commons because finding the right tabletop group should not be harder than playing the game. Players and Game Masters deserve tools designed around the complete life of a party—from the first search and application through scheduling, attendance, communication, trust, and long-term community.

The goal is straightforward: help more people find the right table and give those tables a better chance to stay together.

Find your party. Build your story.

What Your Support Will Fund

The local alpha proves that the core workflows work. Kickstarter funding will help us move those systems from one device into a secure online service that real tabletop communities can use together.

Planned use of the $4,800 goal:

• $700 — Apple Silicon development hardware
• $99 — Apple Developer Program, first year
• $25 — Google Play registration
• $1,100 — Cloud hosting, database, and storage
• $650 — Authentication, account recovery, and security services
• $400 — Development tools and technical services
• $400 — Testing, deployment, and monitoring
• $200 — Interface assets and accessibility improvements
• $150 — Marketing and community outreach
• $300 — Reward production and fulfillment
• $480 — Estimated Kickstarter and payment-processing fees
• $296 — Technical contingency

Total: $4,800

Apple requires Apple hardware to build, test, sign, and publish an iPhone application. The campaign therefore includes up to $700 for reliable used or certified-refurbished Apple Silicon development hardware. This supports the planned iPhone version without diverting funds from the cloud infrastructure.

How We Will Deliver

After funding, Noan Studios will acquire the required development hardware, establish secure cloud accounts and storage, migrate the existing alpha features in controlled phases, conduct internal testing, open the Founding Backer beta, resolve beta issues, and then begin staged public releases.

Session scheduling in the current alpha, including date, start time, duration, time zone, and logistics notes.

Development and Delivery Timeline

August–October 2026 — Campaign Preparation and Community Building
• Continue refining and documenting the working local alpha
• Research the tabletop community’s needs and incorporate relevant feedback
• Grow the Kickstarter pre-launch audience, email list, and community
• Finalize cloud architecture and security requirements
• Prepare the controlled beta-testing process
• Launch the Kickstarter campaign when the audience and campaign are ready

November–December 2026 — Infrastructure and Initial Rewards
• Acquire Apple Silicon development hardware
• Register for the Apple Developer Program and Google Play
• Build secure accounts, authentication, and cloud data storage
• Deliver digital badges, Founding Backer credits, and book rewards

January–February 2027 — Connected Development
• Connect party discovery, applications, invitations, and messaging
• Connect scheduling, attendance, safety, and reputation systems
• Begin Windows, Android, and iPhone build validation
• Conduct internal stability and security testing

March 2027 — Founding Backer Beta
• Begin controlled beta access with Windows as the first testing platform
• Expand Android and iPhone testing as their builds become stable
• Invite eligible Founding Game Master groups
• Collect feedback and publish progress updates

April–May 2027 — Stabilization and Store Preparation
• Resolve beta defects and improve performance
• Test privacy, account recovery, synchronization, and moderation
• Complete Android and iPhone device testing
• Prepare mobile store submissions

June 2027 — Staged Public Release Target
• Begin the stable public release with Windows
• Release Android and iPhone versions after device testing and store approval
• Continue monitoring, maintenance, and community support

These dates are targets based on the current alpha, planned scope, and anticipated campaign schedule. The platforms may not release simultaneously. If technical, security, funding, or store-review work changes the schedule, backers will receive clear updates explaining the issue and the revised plan.

Rewards and Delivery

Lower-Priced Supporter Rewards

$5 — Friend of the Commons
Includes one digital Crossroads Commons Founding Supporter Badge. Estimated delivery: October 2026.

$15 — Founding Backer
Includes the digital Founding Supporter Badge and the backer’s name in the Founding Backer credits. Estimated delivery: October 2026.

Software and Book Rewards

$25 — Early Adventurer
Includes the Founding Supporter Badge, Founding Backer credit, and one invitation to the controlled Crossroads Commons beta. Limited to 200 backers. Digital recognition is expected in October 2026, with beta access beginning in January 2027.

$40 — Storyteller Bundle
Includes all Early Adventurer rewards plus a digital edition of Kevin Hale’s novel, World So Cold. The eBook and digital recognition are expected in October 2026, with beta access beginning in January 2027.

$65 — Commons Library
Includes all Storyteller Bundle rewards plus one World So Cold paperback. Limited to 100 backers and available for United States shipping. Book and digital rewards are expected in October 2026, with beta access beginning in January 2027.

Group and Patron Rewards

$100 — Founding Game Master
Includes seven Founding Supporter Badges, one Founding Backer credit, beta invitations for one Game Master and up to six players, one World So Cold eBook, and one paperback. Limited to 20 backers and available for United States shipping. Book and digital rewards are expected in October 2026, with beta access beginning in January 2027.

$300 — Patron of the Commons
Includes the complete Founding Game Master package, prominent Patron recognition on the Crossroads Commons Founders Wall, and an invitation to a small-group feedback session with Noan Studios. Limited to 10 backers and available for United States shipping. Book and digital rewards are expected in October 2026. Beta access and the feedback session are expected to begin in January 2027.

Paperback fulfillment uses print-on-demand production through Lulu. Shipping is charged separately through Kickstarter for eligible United States rewards. Digital rewards will be delivered through backer updates, surveys, or the email address associated with the pledge.

See the Working Alpha

This unedited, single-take recording shows the current Crossroads Commons Windows alpha being used in real time. It demonstrates character creation, party discovery, applications, acceptance, group communication, scheduling, attendance, session completion, and reputation workflows. No screens are mockups or stitched-together images.