News & Updates
September 2026- Sept 7, 2026
Trials of MAYA shipping and bundles on Gamefound
Update 10. Shipping rates reduced. Siege 3v3 and Game Mode Sandbox removed from this campaign. Legendary pledge $233. Mythic pledge $306.
- Sept 6, 2026
Trials of MAYA How To Play on Gamefound
Update 9. Official How To Play playlist. Core system, Siege 2v2, Siege 1v1, and Headhunters.
- Sept 4, 2026
Trials of MAYA rewards and SKUs on Gamefound
Update 8. Heroic, Legendary, Mythic, Eternal pledges. Legendary: 13 champions, 7 game modes, 959 additional cards. Follow reward: Kulie Ascending.
- Aug 30, 2026
Trials of MAYA card sets on Gamefound
Update 7. Deck construction. Base game: Shadows of the Scion, 108 unique cards. Champion sets and two Deck Constructor kits.
- Aug 25, 2026
The Big Idea on John Scalzi's Whatever
Anand Gandhi and Zain Memon on MAYA: Seed Takes Root.
- Aug 25, 2026
MAYA: Seed Takes Root is out
Hardcover, ebook, and audiobook. Order now.
- Aug 22, 2026
The Life of an Action Card in Play
Update 6. Action Card lifecycle. Initiative, actions, trait symbols, and energy from the same card.
- Aug 20, 2026
MAYA: The Journey So Far
Kickstarter record, Hugo Weaving audiobook awards, press, and the August 25 launch.
- Aug 18, 2026
We have a launch date!
Update 5. Trials of MAYA launches 8 September 2026.
- Aug 13, 2026
Gen Con Recap
Update 4. Trials of MAYA at Gen Con 2026.
- Aug 2026
Locus Magazine cover + interview
Anand Gandhi and Zain Memon on the cover of the August 2026 Locus Magazine.
- Jul 2026
Nautilus names MAYA among books to read in August
Nautilus lists MAYA among nine books to read in August.
- Jul 27, 2026
Trials of MAYA is now live on Tabletop Simulator!
Update 3. Trials of MAYA is live on Tabletop Simulator.
- 2026
Trials of MAYA at Gen Con
Playtests and booth events in Indianapolis.
- Jul 15, 2026
Trials of MAYA is Coming to Gen Con!
Update 2. Trials of MAYA at Gen Con 2026, Indianapolis.
- Jul 2026
Gizmodo publishes a Hugo Weaving audiobook excerpt
Audiobook excerpt from MAYA: Seed Takes Root, read by Hugo Weaving.
- Sep 8, 2026
Trials of MAYA on Gamefound, September 8
Crowdfunding for the tabletop arena game opens September 8, 2026.
- May 16, 2026
This is NOT a TCG...
Update 1. No product randomness. Deck construction and card pools.
- 2026
Highest-funded debut novel on Kickstarter
4,185 backers. Funded 2,000%+. 170+ collaborators. Highest-funded debut novel on Kickstarter.
- Aug 2025
Screen Rant on the MAYA universe launch
Hugo Weaving helps kick off the MAYA sci-fi fantasy franchise.
- Aug 2025
Esquire on Anand Gandhi and Zain Memon building MAYA
The Mythmakers. Anand Gandhi and Zain Memon reunite to build MAYA.
- Aug 2025
Comic Crusaders introduces MAYA
Introducing MAYA, a sci-fi epic featuring Hugo Weaving.
- Aug 2025
The Hollywood Reporter on the MAYA universe
Anand Gandhi and Zain Memon launch an ambitious sci-fi fantasy universe.
- 2025
Variety on the MAYA transmedia universe
Anand Gandhi and Zain Memon discuss the MAYA transmedia universe.
- Aug 26, 2026
Homegrown talks to Anand Gandhi and Zain Memon about MAYA
Anand Gandhi and Zain Memon on building the MAYA universe.