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Project Update: Cards Increased! How about More Adventure?
Hello, backers—
Another stretch goal! Thank you for spreading the word and continuing to help more gamers discover Jewel in the Sky. It’s thanks to you that this campaign has kept up such a marvelous pace!
We’re now adding another big tranche of cypher and creature cards to the boxed set. And not only that: every backer also gets another XP card added to their collection as a free bonus reward. This is the card you voted for:
(Let’s be honest: it was always going to be the vaudin. I (Charles) don’t know what this creature is—we haven’t met it in the playtest yet—but it sure looks like it’ll be a frightening encounter!)
Stretch Goal: Side Quests!
But what if there was more? Vocurro is a fascinating place filled with hooks and elements that suggest countless potential stories. And who doesn’t like more adventure?
We’ve been enjoying an exciting playtest campaign over the past couple of months—and as Monte has been running that game, he says it’s suggested a lot of ideas for side-quests and other adventures. So let’s add a bit of that to the box!
This is an entirely new component, and it’s exclusive to the boxed set edition. It will expand your Vocurro-related adventuring with one or more short side-quests, all related to (but not critical for) the main Jewel in the Sky plot threads. It will give you even more opportunities to enjoy the unique setting and the characters you come to love as they explore Vocurro.
We’ll unlock this side-quest booklet and add a new component to the box when we reach 1725 backers!
And As Always, Another XP Card!
The poll is now open!
We’ve Hit the Halfway Point—Let’s Keep the Goals Rolling!
- Doubled the number of loose-leaf maps in the box
- Doubled the map size as well
- Added a bestiary of detailed, expanded creature info and lore
- Unlocked a GM Notebook for optimizing your campaign.
- Increased the number of cypher and creature cards in the box (twice!)
- Upped the number of handouts
- Added a second poster map
- Upgraded the whole thing with a deluxe, die-cut, magnetic-closure box
- And unlocked and grown the collection of XP cards (now up to nine in total!)
With the campaign at its halfway point, we might have just as many stretch goals to come—if you keep the momentum going! We work hard to spread the word, but it’s backers who really build the buzz.
Please take a moment to help spread the word. Follow our social media and like, comment, or better yet share some of our posts. Help other gamers discover Jewel in the Sky, and we’ll keep unlocking stretch goals!
—Team MCG
We're building a collection of XP cards—fully compatible with the standard Cypher XP Deck—especially for Jewel in the Sky. And because Jewel can be played as either a fantasy or sci-fi adventure, you'll see options for both genres. Which card should we add to the collection next?
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Let's start the week with a bang.and see what the next stretch goal will be!
Thursday April 23
8:30pm EDT / 7:30pm CDT / 5:30pm PDT
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Put your questions in the comments below or on the CU Discord!
(Some questions have already been asked and are in our FAQs here:
https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/monte-cook-games/jewel-in-the-sky-a-monte-cook-megadungeon/faqs#top )
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1620/1625 Backers. About to unlock more cypher and bestiary cards. This campaign has been awesome so far (anyone expecting any less from this legendary team?) I went a bit over budget the past few months going for the all in both for New Cypher and Numenera, and now this box, I'm so glad though, anyone else on the same boat (all in/top tier for all three projects?)
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This should still be fairly usable with the previous cypher system correct?
Project Update: Second Poster Map Added!
Hello, backers—
Once again you’ve amazed us with your dedication and alacrity! In less than 48 hours you’ve unlocked yet another stretch goal—the Jewel in the Sky boxed set is now getting a second poster map, this one showing Vocurro from a sci-fi angle!
You also amazed us with your voting for the free bonus XP card—it was literally a tie. That makes it “dealer’s choice,” and I (Charles) am choosing the naganit. We’ve faced these in our internal playtest, and I can tell you they’re a hard fight. Watch out for the scorpion-like tail. And with those human hands, they can open doors—so they can be a challenge to escape from!
Every backer gets this collection of XP cards as a free bonus reward, and we add a card with every stretch goal we unlock! Speaking of cards and stretch goals…
Stretch Goal: More Cards!
How about more? The vision for Jewel has continued to expand throughout this campaign, and Monte thinks Vocurro’s unique cyphers and creatures could easily benefit from well over 100 cards—double what we originally had in mind, and maybe a lot more! (Numbers like these are always approximate; we like to design to the needs of the product, not an arbitrary number we came up with during the crowdfunding campaign.)
All of these cards will be fully compatible with the general-purpose Cypher Creature Deck and Manifest Cypher Deck. So if you have those, you can mix and match cards as best serves your game.
If you can get us to 1625 backers, we’ll add these additional creature and cypher cards to the Jewel in the Sky boxed set!
These cards will also be featured in the Datasphere Deck Tool, making them just as handy and easy to use in the digital realm as they are at your physical game table, whether you’re using a VTT or playing over Discord or Zoom. (You can learn more about the Datasphere Deck Tool here.)
And, of Course, Another XP Card!
Vote now!
Your Help Keeps This Campaign Rolling!
Thanks for your support!
—Team MCG
We're building a collection of XP cards—fully compatible with the standard Cypher XP Deck—especially for Jewel in the Sky. And because Jewel can be played as either a fantasy or sci-fi adventure, you'll see options for both genres. Which card should we add to the collection next?
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I know we have the VTT options, but what about a standalone asset pack like was done for Invisible Sun? I'd enjoy having it for using in whatever solution I chose. Just a zip of maps, assets, etc.
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What is the estimated page count of the hardcover book? Are we talking 256 pages or something much larger?
