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Jimmy McNeil’s Mutant Apes join The Glimmering as villains
When Mutant Apes meets Dungeon and Dragons. GRIPNR, a technology company bringing tabletop RPG TTRPGs to the blockchain, announced this Wednesday a partnership with the famous Jimmy McNelis, aka j1mmy.eth. The NFT collector will bring several of his own Mutant Apes as villains in The Glimmering game.
What is The Glimmering Mutant Ape Derivative Collection?
The Glimmering is a tabletop role-playing game (TTRPG) that incorporates blockchain technology and NFTs into the gaming experience.
In traditional TTRPGs, players interact with the game’s world and story through a game master, like the kids on the TV show Stranger Things. In GRIPNR’s TTRPG on the blockchain, the game’s rules and other game elements are stored on a decentralized, tamper-proof blockchain. This guarantees transparency and security for players.
And to celebrate their new partnership with Jimmy McNeli’s Mutant Apes, GRIPNR will be releasing the collection of Glimmering Mutant Ape derivatives.
Lead artist Justin “Angryblue” Kamerer will work on the Mutant Apes characters to make it fit into the fantastical world of Asuwa, where the characters of The Glimmering evolve. The Glimmering’s genesis collection NFTs will give owners the opportunity to be the first to mint The Glimmering’s Mutant Apes. This new collection will be released during the spring of this year.
Phase 2 of The Glimmering Genesis Hero Collection will hit March 30th on Polygon. Players will then be able to play the game.
Who is Jimmy McNelis?
Jimmy McNelis created Avastars on the Ethereum blockchain in 2020. A project he carried out with the NFT branding platform NFT42 he founded, backed by billionaire Mark Cuban. He is now the CEO of Nameless, a company that sells a cloud-based private environment that enables teams to create their web3 test networks.
The founder is also a ferocious collector, one of the most famous collectors in the NFT Space. He not only owns Mutant Apes, but also CryptoPunks and Meebits. The collector made some high-profile NFT trades. Like when he sold Bored Ape Yacht Club #7090 for 800ETH (over $1.3 million USD.)
Additionally, in November 2022, he purchased seven monkeys for a total of 538.98 ETH in two separate transactions. He also bought Bored Ape Yacht Club #5718 for 350 ETH (about $559,000 at the time).
Jimmy McNelis has also been in the spotlight last year when four of his Bored Apes formed a rock band, Kingship.
In fact, by bringing his Mutant Apes to the world of tabletop blockchain gaming, “j1mmy.eth” is helping to create a link between traditional gaming and the Web3 community. Therefore, being on board Mutant Apes is a way to connect more deeply with the NFT ecosystem, says Jimmy McNelis. “I can’t wait to see how the Mutant Apes will be transformed into cunning antagonists in the world of The Glimmering. “.
“Some of the greatest characters of all time are villains like Darth Vader and Tony Soprano, and we have some really exciting things planned for the future of Mutants in the game.”he points out. “I’m excited to see the experience unfold.”
