I've just sent out the final address update/lockdown email. If you've moved since last summer make sure you update your address! If you've moved countries, send me a message ([email protected]), I'll need to update that for you.
The last update I have from the manufacturer is that the books will be arriving at the various warehouses by the end of this month. Assuming that holds and there are no delays, fulfillment will begin in the next 3 weeks!
What I've been working on…
Since wrapping up the core books and sending the to the printer, I've been working hard on additional content: new classes (the Hexbinder, the Artificer, the Psion & more coming), new monster groups (orcs, troglodytes, death knights, constructs, traps & more), a new spell school (Terramancy!), and a bunch of new adventures, monsters, subclasses coming.
Much of it is available right now on the new Nimble Patreon with more coming every month (or on the webstore instead if you don't use Patreon).
Freebies!
I'm also continuing to produce free content, including a very spICY dragon, Iskaryth the Frostborne, the free Creator's Kit, and a Quickstart print & play basic ruleset to share with your friends (and get them into GMing)!
The Community
I've been hosting Design Jams with great prizes for the community to submit their own content and so far it's been a blast! Check out the News page on the Nimble website and on Discord for the latest announcements on future Design Jams.
I'd also love to highlight some of the wonderful tools and content the community has been putting together (in no particular order):
Nimbrew.net A handy website to create your own great looking Nimble homebrew content (monsters, NPCs, magic items, and more). Great work LewisH!
Tabletop Town app. A super cool app for building characters, encounters, monsters and more, quickly becoming a DNDbeyond for Nimble, big props to Mofi Rahman for creating it.
Lissom app. A fantastic website to create custom heroes and a VERY useful roll comparison tool with more coming. By Gary Verhaegen and Lyunee
Nim+ A free community magazine that releases every other month. So for 2 volumes have been released with a 3rd well underway. Submit your own creations from within the Homebrew channel on the Nimble Discord. Ran and edited by Santuric.
Nimble Actual Play. The very talented and effervescent Maia Wilson is doing a well-produced liveplay of Obojim using the Nimble ruleset, live Saturdays at 5:30pm EST, and the edited VODs are posted shortly therafter, more info here.
Foundry module softlaunch. The Foundry module has softlaunched and the community is working hard to work out bugs, add features, and supply the compendiums needed for easy and smooth play. It's available for free to anyone who already has Nimble. I don't know much about Foundry or how to get it, but check out the Foundry channel on the Nimble discord for more!
Finally, thank you.
Thank you all for trusting me and supporting this project, it's been a blast and it is so rewarding to see it finally come to completion. Much more is planned for the future, but for now the focus is going to be on fulfilling all of your orders as quickly as possible!
We're pleased to announce that the digital files of the Paint The Town Red solo game MOURNING AFTER and the two adventures IT NEVER SLEEPS and FLOATING UNDERWORLD are now ready! We are making the digital files available for you now and then will be sending off to the printers to get us one step closer to completion,
Please read the information below carefully on how to claim your copies!
First, check what pledge level you have backed it and which products you are able to claim. If you try downloading products you haven't backed, it will not work!
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Fourth, use the relevant discount codes to claim your copies. MOURNING AFTER Discount Code: BIGBIGHANGOVER IT NEVER SLEEPS Discount Code: NEWYORKNEWYORK FLOATING UNDERWORLD Discount Code: IMPERIALPALACE
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I've tried all of the above and it's STILL not working?! Drop us an email [email protected] and we will help you get it sorted. But please do make sure you've double checked all the info above because there are alot of you and only a few of us
We’re releasing the Wages of Sin Backer Draft v0.1 today! You should be receiving an e-mail shortly, otherwise just login to your backerkit account and you'll find it. This version contains all content everything except the ODC Prison Complex section at the end of the book. A few diagrams and maps are still in progress, but the rest of the book is ready for your eyes. I'm gonna pass things over to our Creative Director, Adam, who can explain more about the draft:
Hi backers! I’m Adam, Creative Director at TKG and first off I’ve got to thank y’all. The success of Wages & Mothership Month is what helped Sean and Alan feel confident enough to bring me on full-time, so cheers to all of you. I’m super excited for you to get your hands on this (and to see what we have coming…)
Wages is a beast. When the manuscript was handed off to me at the beginning of the year, I knew I had something incredible in my hands. We thought it might be a 200-page book at first. Nope! At 320+ pages (and counting), Wages of Sin has nearly as many pages as the entire Mothership catalog combined, and definitely has more NPCs and location maps.
As mentioned in a previous update, you'll see some elements in this draft that are marked "scan incomplete", etc. Sean and I will be tag-teaming the remaining visuals throughout the rest of the month, but we wanted to get the majority of the content in your hands in the meantime. Just in time for your traditional 4th of July Mothership-by-fireworks sessions.
Additionally, and critically, the book has not gone through PDF remediation yet. So the final version will have hyperlinks and be optimized for PDF readers, etc.
Where do I find the download?
You'll receive an e-mail link, but if you don't, then you should check your Backerkit Survey. To find that you can search your e-mail, or click on your profile picture on the Backerkit website > Your pledges & Surveys > Your Surveys > Mothership: Wages of Sin > Go to page: Digital Downloads > Wages of Sin Backer Draft > Download. If you have trouble, be sure to e-mail Tyler for support.
Inside front cover, featuring all the bounties in the book.
Feedback
Okay so! We’re sharing this draft now so you can start reading and send us any feedback, notes, or proofreading catches you may have.
We’ve set up a Google Form to collect all your notes in one place. That’s the best place to leave your thoughts—not in the comments, Discord, or via email—since we’ll be reviewing all responses together and organizing them for final edits.
We're getting close to the end now, so we’ll update the Backer Draft file with the ODC content once it’s finalized, and send another update when that’s ready.
Thanks again for your support, and as always, reach out to Tyler at [email protected] if you need anything.
I wanted to give a little bit of an update on the Backerkit Pledge Manager as well as what you can expect from us here on out!
We are finalizing all the last bits of the Pledge Manager tomorrow on a call with Backerkit. From there, they will do their final reviews. Once all approved (usually a few days), we will send out the smoke test. Some of you will receive the survey a day or so early to complete so we, and Backerkit, can make sure everything is functioning properly. From there, it goes out to all! So, you can expect this all to unfold over the next week.
Once you have received the survey, we will wait 1-2 weeks (really once we get a majority of surveys completed) before locking orders and charging cards. Once charged and locked, add-on book PDFs will be fulfilled along with the Map Pack PDF and Tree House Map PDF.
By the time this unfolds, we will be finished with the Classic PDF! Once that is all done, we will send it out right away. It should line up the exact timing naturally of the Pledge Manager closing. Then, the 5e Version will follow 1-2 weeks after at most.
We do sincerely apologize for the delays. We have never not completed a project, but we have had delays before. We know how to fight through 'em. We are doing in-house layout again as we prepare for the next 16 years of Pacesetter (awesome news coming soon). That has caused a little delay. We are sincerely apologetic for that. The physical books should arrive to use at Pacesetter HQ in August with shipping to you happening the last week of August possibly into the first week of September depending on how fast the printer finishes (sometimes they're early, sometimes a few days behind). Even though it cannot repair the time, we will be sending out a free pdf ofBook of Beginnings (5e) and Classic Adventures (Classic B/X) to all backers. We do appreciate your patience as we work hard to wrap this thing up, and again, we do apologize for the delay! More soon once everything is square with the Pledge Manager!
Today we're going to explore more of the Realms of Pugmire with the next chapter from Pugmire Unleashed! We've had lots of rules and character options, but now it's time to learn more about the setting for the game and where your characters can get up to hijinks!
Digital and Print-on-Demand Rewards
We know times are hard these days, particularly with rising costs and economic uncertainty, so we’ve designed this crowdfunder to be as painless as possible. We offer a wide variety of digital options for backing, as well as leveraging print-on-demand technology to have physical products printed as close to you as possible to cut down shipping and reduce tariff concerns.
Creating and fulfilling physical versions this way gets you the best price, fastest delivery, and excellent customer support!
DriveThruRPG's printing partners are located both within in the USA and the UK (and expanding), making shipping cheaper and avoiding the tariffs incurred by international manufacturing and shipping!
Draft Manuscript Previews
Over the course of these 4 weeks, backers will receive the entire current draft manuscript for Pugmire Unleashed, but it's not going to come to you all in one go. The previews will come out in bite-sized treats throughout the campaign. This helps me seem interesting over the next 28 days, but it's more about guiding the conversation and helping steer feedback for the developers.
Because they want your feedback! These manuscript previews are of the current draft manuscript – the document in its latest, approved form. This may not be the final form after editing and any additional development, but you can consider it about 95% finished, so keep that in mind.
In fact, you can help guide the team through the next stages of development by providing feedback on these manuscript previews! The Onyx Path team has set up a special Feedback Form just for campaign backers for this very purpose: <Pugmire Unleashed Feedback Form>
You can use this Feedback Form to shrea your thoughts directly with the Pugmire developers and help guide them through the next rounds of development and editing.
DRAFT MANUSCRIPT PREVIEWS - BACKERS ONLY
Remember, thanks to BackerKit magic, these download links are visible to Backers only - you must be logged in and reading this on the website to have access to the manuscript preview links. So, if you're reading this via e-mail, click that "Reply to this Update" or "Learn More" button on the bottom and I'll see you below this title treatment.
Thank you for being patient while we set up the portal for you to confirm your pledge—or upgrade for more goodiesand Add Ons—for the Deadlands Lost Colony: Mad World campaign.
Our Pledge Manager for this Project is BackerKit
We're using BackerKit.com to confirm your pledge, give you the chance to upgrade your reward level, and Add On to your pledge. Look for an email later today from BackerKit.com (check your Spam or Promotions tab) with a link to the portal.
What if I don't see the email yet?
Emails are sending in waves, to avoid looking like spam, so your email may not arrive as soon as this Update is posted. After 24 hours, check your spam folder. If you use Gmail, sometimes your invite will go to your "Promotions" tab.
If that doesn't work: 1. Click https://deadlands-lost-colony-mad-world.backerkit.com/ 2. Click "Get My Survey" 3. Enter your email address (the one you pledged with during the BackerKit campaign) 4. Wait at least 10 minutes - then go to your email, open the invite, and click the giant button to confirm all your goodies.
There's something wrong with my pledge!
That's not impossible. If you notice something is awry, send us a message directly to [email protected] and we'll look at it for you.
You will pay for shipping later. The BackerKit Pledge Manager portal will lock down about a month before fulfillment. A shipping table will be added to the pledge manager at that time with final rates for delivery. We will post an Update when we are closer to shipping announcing the official closing date.
Physical backers will be invited back to pay for shipping and complete their order again (digital orders? Please complete the survey so we know you're not interested in physical items, and you won't be bothered with other emails). Your order will not leave the warehouse until shipping is paid, so please watch for the announcement!
Pinnacle pays the freight and other warehouse costs on this project. Your shipping price will not reflect that cost because we're covering it. Our warehouse will organize pallets of pledges and ship them to our regional fulfillment partners in Canada, UK (also ships to EU and ROW), and Australia (also ships to New Zealand). Shipments are customs friendly in most cases, but may not include local taxes or duties.
Orders for this campaign will only ship once. If you Add-On to your order, it will not ship early. We cannot begin fulfillment until all products for this campaign have arrived at the warehouse.
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Complimentary PDFs
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Summer has finally arrived with a sizzle here in the Northeast US. I hope all are staying cool and enjoying some nice vacation time.
Both main monster books are deep into layout, and most of the supporting books are in various stages of layout. The next steps will be proofing the layout documents and then preparing the files to go to the printer. Two additional topics for this update: We are ready to announce the 14 lucky backers that had their submitted monsters selected for publication. And of course we have more new art to share!
ANNOUNCING THE 14 BACKER-SUBMITTED MONSTERS
We received scores of monster submissions from the backers for both versions of the rules. And it was difficult whittling the submissions down to the very best 14. The selection teams needed to decide between a host of animated constructs, weird aberrations and monstrous beasts. When the votes were tallied, we had our deadly dozen plus two! And don't worry: if a monster was accepted in DCC rules, it will be converted to 5E rules in-house. Same with 5E accepted monsters: these were converted to DCC rules in-house. So regardless of which rules version of the book you are getting, you get all 14 monsters!
Without further delay, here is the list:
Blooderfly by Heath Harris Cinderhowl by Reuben Taylor Corvus Corpus by Bob Nelson Cycloctopus by Shane "Kablooey" Madgett Glowmander by Louis Bouvier AKA Bouvietto Gravel Golem by Jackson Baker Locustomite by Kyle Bascom Mind Shrike by Mehran Baluch Mireling by Paul Penna Necrose by Dusty Harrell Okkar's Table by Robert Wertz Siltfiddler by Chris Harvey-Savage Spellstealer Golem by noideer Tenterhooks by Jonah Buck
Congratulations to all the backers with an accepted monster! We will be in touch with you shortly with contracts and explain the next steps. Based on the name alone, which of these monsters is your favorite? Tell us in the comments, below.
HOW ABOUT SOME MORE ART?
Skin Golem by Steven Gomez
Rune Cloud by Francois Licata
Lamentor by Brad McDevitt
Blood Royal by Steven Gomez
Which one of these monsters, based on the art, is your favorite? Tell us in the comments, below!
We will back with another update in a few weeks, and I'm sure you will not want to miss it!
Sorry about the lack of updates and the long wait, but after a pause we have an update on Sayuri’s Chest of Wonders.
We want to reassure backers that the ball is rolling again on this project. On a business level we’ve had to do a lot of re-building from the ground up, and we appreciate your patience.
We’re keeping this update straightforward just so we can get it out there. For the next one we’ll have a few new visuals to share.
Having spent the last few months taking stock of where things are at, we have the following schedule for Sayuri’s:
Last week of August: Finish Layout.
First week of September: PDF Proofed.
Last week of September: PDF Delivered.
October and November: Print Sample Received & Print Run Ordered & Possibly shipped!
In the meantime, we’ll continue to refine magic items, the adventures, and other writing and design. The entire book has gone through several drafts, but isn’t as clean as we had originally thought, se we’re reviewing and proofing again to make sure it’s the best it can be.
We’re also currently revisiting art requirements for the project, and though we already have a lot of art we’ll likely require a few more pieces. But we hope to have these in place ahead of the layout deadline in August. Again, we’ll have a clearer picture on this by the next update (in July).
Over the next few weeks, other outstanding digital products connected to this project will be delivered, just in case you see emails going out and wonder what’s going on.
But we’ll keep you abreast of those developments too.
This update is for AUS/NZ backers. Here is the latest on the fulfillment situation. As you all may remember from this earlier update, the pallet headed to Australia was lost and eventually found.
For today’s update, let’s start by quoting verbatim what the fulfillment company recently provided to us:
Just a heads-up — this isn't a great email to be writing. We accepted delivery today of the pallet containing the Purple Planet shipment, but unfortunately, it's arrived significantly incomplete. I've attached our goods receipt so you can see exactly what was received.
I've followed up with the depot teams at Threshman and ICAL to understand what’s happened. They've advised that the shipment had been broken down after delivery and has since been moved around the depot quite a bit. What we received today is everything they were able to identify.
As you'll see from the attached receipt, there’s a substantial amount missing — including what I suspect are the hardest-to-replace SKUs like the stretch goals and limited editions.
For context, we’re approaching end-of-financial-year here in Australia, and nearly every major warehouse is currently in the thick of annual stocktake. I’ve paid for ICAL to do a full audit of every bay where this stock could have ended up, but due to their internal EOFY stocktake, they won’t be able to complete this until Thursday or Friday next week.
I’m not sure what the chances are that the missing items will turn up, but I’ve gone ahead with the search anyway in the hope that we can recover the limited edition and other high-value items.
Will keep you posted as I hear more — just wanted to flag it with you early.
So, what’s next? AUS/NZ backers, I think we’re at a crossroads. Here is what we’re considering, so please provide your input.
First, as a preamble, know that we do anticipate having enough stock to fill most if not all orders, just not necessarily “in Australia right now.” We always overprint by about 10%. We’ve actually taken flak for this in the past, because if we have leftover Kickstarter exclusives we put them up for sale in our online store. But this scenario is a perfect example of why we overprint. Most of our crowdfunding projects suffer some degree of “lost or damaged by the mailman,” and we use the overprints to replace those. This is the first time we’ve had a full pallet disappear, and thank goodness we have extras! I suspect we will be able to replace everything on it, though the overprints goods are probably in the USA, UK or Canada.
So here are the possible options. Think of this as “taking the temperature of the room.” We are still waiting to find out what the final inventory comes out to be. Options are some mix of these:
Fulfill your pledge using a mix of “inventory in Australia” and “inventory shipped in from other markets” – this will honestly vary pledge-by-pledge at this point, and we won’t know for sure until we get the final inventory count
Offer a full refund
Some sort of makeup item. We were already planning to give a credit of some kind when the fulfillment finally finishes. I’m now wondering if we should perhaps also create some special Australia-only item for Purple Planet backers. “My shipment went to the Purple Planet and back, and all I got was this lousy sticker!” Or a one-page mini-encounter. Could be something fun or something more substantial or “all of the above.”
Some combination of the above
What are your thoughts, friends and backers down under?
P.S. We will continue to post updates as we get more information.
Just a very brief update to let you know that we have uploaded the files for this project to the printer!
Whew... it was a lot of pages.
In the coming months we will have photos of proofs as we work through the process.
The question we usually get right now is, "Well if the files are at the printer, why don't I have the e-book PDF yet?" Two reasons. First, through the print proofing process, we always catch mistakes. Better to burn the PDFs after all those are fixed. Second, the e-book PDF is a different workflow than the printer files. The screen-res PDFs have crops, different output specs, hyperlinks, bookmarks, etc. So, once we get through the proofing process, we'll start on the digital PDFs for you all.
That's all for now. More to come once we have some proofs to show off!
