Run Together 2026 is here! Order our pack of exclusive alt-arts to help Netrunner players like you to travel to the 2026 World Championship. All funds raised go to support those who need assistance paying for tickets, travel and accommodation.
We’re on a bit of a compressed schedule this time around, so if you’d like your money to do good this year, please purchase by August 17th. And if you’re looking to apply for funds, please do so by August 17th.
If you already know what Run Together is and just want the links, here you go. Below I’ll go into detail about some changes that have happened for this year and some changes we expect in the future.
What is Run Together?
Run Together is an annual fundraiser which helps people participate in Worlds who wouldn’t otherwise be able to due to financial costs. We collect alternate card arts donated by the generous, talented, amazing, dashing and very clever artists within the Netrunner community. We then assemble them into a pack which people can purchase. All of the proceeds go into a fund that we use to help people get to Worlds by offsetting their costs.
Changes to Run Together
This year, we have made changes to Run Together to both make running it more sustainable and to help more people. We anticipate further changes along the same lines in the future. The major theme is that we are folding Run Together into Null Signal Games as an official project of the organization. This will happen in stages, because some things are more complex to merge than others.
This year, we have folded production and distribution into NSG. This means we’re using NSG’s new printing partner to print the packs and the new distribution networks to get the packs to people. We’re also only selling through NSG’s web store this year. Doing so will help us retain significantly more money per pack sold than in previous years, which will enable us to help more people without raising the price of the pack.
Money distribution and applicant selection will be unchanged this year. We’re evaluating how leaning on NSG infrastructure might make these aspects more sustainable in the future.
This Year’s Pack
Based on feedback from last year, we’ve changed up the pack composition. Most notably, we received feedback that the raw number of cards in the pack was a deterrent to folks buying it. So this year we’ve gone much leaner, with just seven cards by seven amazing artists. We also tried to make it more cohesive by only including cards from Vantage Point – one per faction.
This year’s wonderful and generous artists are: Alexis Spicer, Ams, Elessar Ellie, Lish, Miniplural, PiCat, and Scott Uminga.
How to Buy
Purchase on the NSG web store.
As of this writing, we have just sent the files to the printer, so this purchase is a pre-order. We expect card packs to enter the NSG distribution network around Q4 2026, at which point they will begin being shipped.
If you’re planning to support the project by purchasing a pack, please purchase it within the next couple of weeks as the pre-order will close on August 17th. Depending on stock levels there may be a way to buy this year’s pack later, but buying as soon as you can will help us help as many people as possible this year. Sales after this timeframe will go into the fund for next year rather than arrive in time to help folks this year.
For folks outside of NSG’s existing distribution network – i.e. outside of the US, UK, EU, Canada, New Zealand, and Australia – sadly we won’t have a way to get cards to you in the near term. However, we will have some capacity to support picking up at Worlds, if that delivery option is better for you. We may be able to have some packs for sale at Worlds, but it’s unclear how many copies. And, of course, if you wait until Worlds to buy, the money from that sale will have to go into next year’s fund, not this year’s.
How to Apply
If you’d like some financial help getting to Worlds, you can apply with this form.
The form will close on August 17th, so that we can make selections and do disbursements as quickly as possible. We hope to make selection decisions in the following week and email recipients within a few days after that. If you’re selected, you’ll need to confirm your payment information, then we’ll send you funds.
Getting Involved
Most immediately, we need folks who aren’t applying for funds to help with the selection process. We’ll need about three community members who can meet on a Discord call for about an hour and a half (ideally less) within a week of the application form being closed. We’ll see how much money we’ve raised by that point and try to figure out the best way to allocate it across the applicants.
In the longer term, as Run Together folds more fully into NSG, it’s not clear exactly what roles will be needed. But if you want to help behind the scenes, you can pop into #run-together in the Green Level Clearance Discord server and offer to help. Just ping me (I’m Slapdash).
