Action Points

  • Cryptid Camp Storytelling

    Cryptid Camp is built around the importance of storytelling for our growth both as individuals and as a community. Starting with every employee at Cryptid Camp and our profiles, we share the stories that shaped and still shape who we are. As a company we showcase and respect the importance of storytelling for our mental wellbeing and uniting those

    wanting to share or clarify their own stories.

  • Cryptid Community

    Cryptid Camp is committed to participate in events centered around Cryptids and Folklore in a way that empowers those that are part of the event to keep telling their stories.

  • Art

    Cryptid Camp does not create art assets with AI. We are committed in commissioning artists to do art in physical mediums and in specific circumstances, digital medium.

  • Artists

    Cryptid Camp will involve and support as many artists as possible from different communities. For this reason we will always commission a majority of our artists without restricting the other projects they can be part of. In the future, there will be paths for a few artists to be involved in a more exclusive manner!

  • Trading Card Game

    Cryptid Camp has crafted a Trading Card Game that allows you to enjoy collecting and playing with your favorite Cryptids and Folklore characters as you explore the trails around Cryptid Camp.

  • Collectible Promise

    Cryptid Camp TCG will have collectable aspects that incorporates artists from the Cryptid Community. We are bound to print in a considerate way that meets market demand but avoids overprinting.

  • NFTs

    Cryptid Camp will have no involvement with creating or participating in NFT projects.

A Message from the Creator of Cryptid Camp TCG

Reignite the imagination you had in childhood with Cryptid Camp!

Everything we see and experience in our world is limited by our perception and mindset, which tends to encompass more of reality when we are young.

As a neuroscientist and meditator, from a perspective of science and spirituality, I have no doubt that most of existence is beyond our perception, even if it's right in front of us—or even a part of us. In Cryptid Camp, you can use magical lanterns to see Cryptids, Legends, and Magic that we haven't noticed before—or perhaps just don't remember seeing.

I invite you to reignite your childhood imagination and see the magic in your every day!  Help others rekindle their imagination with Cryptid Camp as you collect Magical Stone Lanterns and Evidence to prove the existence of as many Cryptids as possible to those without your enhanced perception.

I have always enjoyed traditional Trading Card Games centered around battling opponents, depleting their resources, and gathering power. However, I sometimes grow tired of just battling and need to play something less centered around conflict, like a resource-gathering board game. From this desire for a more relaxed yet still collectible game, Cryptid Camp gameplay was born!

All eight of our Cabins begin with traits that are often considered negative, as though they need to be discarded for something better. In Cryptid Camp, we believe that you can't acquire what's considered “good” without starting from what’s seen as “bad.” As an Obsidian Camper myself, I am prone to depression, and I work every day to train my mind to accept that what causes me sadness—the quick and unforeseen changes or impermanence of life—also empowers me to overcome any challenge by remembering that no matter the obstacle, it is also impermanent. I know it will be temporary, and I learn to appreciate what I have in each moment, knowing it too is temporary. In other words, without the potential for sadness and depression, happiness cannot exist. As an Obsidian Camper, I train my mind in this path.

Train your mind without discarding where you are in life with Cryptid Camp’s lore! Find your own cabin and learn more about our cabins, their symbols, stones, and treasures! Try the game with our Tabletop Simulator module with one of our Starter Decks on Steam!

Emilio Emilio Soto Soto,
PhD in Neuroscience
Co-Founder, Creator and CEO of Cryptid Camp TCG

Our team

  • Emma Asaf

    Founder

    Fluorite Cabin

    Emma’s favorite Cryptid is La Llorona.

    Bio 

  • Emilio Emilio Soto Soto

    Co-Founder,
    Creator, & CEO.
    Esoteric Ambassador.

    Obsidian & Fluorite Cabins

    Emilio’s favorite Cryptid is El Chupacabra and his favorite legend is the Sentry Box Devil.

    Bio 

  • Erica Fett

    Co-Founder & President.
    Cryptid and Folklore Ambassador.

    Meteorite Cabin

    Erica's favorite Cryptids are the Flatwoods Monster, the Kraken, the Mongolian Death Worm, and Bigfoot.

    Bio 

  • Bailey Buoniello

    Co-Founder & Director of International Operations.

    Lapis Cabin

    Bailey’s favorite Cryptids are Nessie and Lapis Unicorn.

    Bio 

  • Andrew McBride

    Founding Member &
    Chief Product Officer

    Meteorite Cabin

    Andrew's favorite Cryptid is Wendigo.

    Bio 

  • Pepper DeLuca

    Founding Artist
    & Art Director

    Malachite Cabin

    Pepper's favorite Cryptids are Fresno Nightcrawlers, UFOs, Pig-Foot, many more.

    Bio 

  • Kate Becker

    Founding Artist

    Fulgurite Cabin

    Kate's favorite Cryptids are Wolpertinger, Cactus Cat, and Tatzelwurm. Cryptid Camp's Snallygaster has also claimed a spot in Kate's heart being the first cryptid she designed for the game.

    Bio 

  • Anela Botello

    Assistant Art Director, Founding Artist
    & Art Ambassador

    Fluorite Cabin

     Anela's favorite Cryptid is the Black Cat.

    Bio 

  • Gabriel Ty Martinez

    Founding Member &
    Head of Research and Development

    Fulgurite Cabin

    All great legends are swift as a coursing Snallygaster, have all the force of a Mishibijiw, all the strength of a raging Piasa Bird, and are mysterious as the dark side of the Gumberoo.

    Bio 

  • Francisco Ramirez

    Founding Member &
    Thematic Designer of Research and Development

    Obsidian Cabin


    Francisco's favorite Cryptids are the classic Mothman, Bigfoot and the Fresno Nightcrawlers, and his favorite legends are Dracula, local folk and alien lore!

    Bio 

  • Texas Ted

    Founding Member & Chief Community Officer and Outdoors Ambassador

    Corallium Cabin

    Ted’s heart burns with Corallium passion and his spirit soars with Fulgurite. His favorite Cryptids are Piasa Bird and Thunderbird.

    Bio 

  • Tim Hartman

    Founding Member, Chief of Staff and Counselor Director

    Meteorite Cabin 

    Tim's favorite Cryptids are Wendigo, Bunnyman, and Fresno Nightcrawlers.

    Bio 

  • June Hunt

    Founding Member
    & Director of Communications 

    Quartz Cabin

    June's favorite Cryptid (well, Yokai) is the Kirin. She also digs angels and thinks the Fresno Nightcrawlers are cute. 

    Bio 

  • Elliott Evans

    Founding Member
    & Board Member

    Malachite Cabin

    Elliott's favorite Cryptid is Waheela, and his favorite Folklore characters are Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox.

    Bio 

Founding Artists

Mission Statement

Cryptid Camp is dedicated to creating a trading card game and world focused on empowering our community of artists, Cryptid lovers and Folklore enthusiasts. We promote a safe environment for people of all ages and walks of life to share their stories and uplift the community.

No matter who you are there is a space for you around the campfire.