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Nope! Vampires are eager to start playing as are we! As soon as the PDF gets it's final blessings, we'll deliver it to you via BackerKit and your ByNightStudios store account!
According to our timeline, we expect it to be in Q3 of 2023 (this year)!
BackerKit offers a whole bunch of new marketing features that we had to cobble together to make work with KS. A new modern feel, some reductions in redtape - and we were going to use the BackerKit service on KS anyway! Why not just - jump on over to BackerKit then!
By Night Studios will be shipping out these books as soon as they arrive with the PDFs sent out before the books. All physical add-ons/stretch goals will be shipped with the physical book(s) once those are packaged up and ready for shipping.
Absolutely! Writing for it didn't start much after War of Ages and we had a much bigger team assigned. Jason Herman and his team didn't just write one book... they wrote three!
Our crowdfunding campaign will end on Saturday, June 17th at 11.59pm PST
For the Antagonist tiers (Bloodhunted and Forsaken), you'll work with our writers Corrigan and Jason to craft a signature NPC for the book. Where the other entries are more generically labeled templates, yours will be able to have a short background and probably a signature 'power' similar to how Hunters in the Second Inquisition book have, subject to approval and setting appropriateness.
Great! We have some discussion topics right here on BackerKit. You can also join us on Discord to discuss Laws of the Night and the World of Darkness in general: https://discord.gg/hghhkcD Or find us on all the main socials (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and TikTok) where some reveals were posted such as the chapter list from the book, character sheet and art preview!
We do have a Retailers pledge tier, but if you are wanting a custom bulk order of Laws of the Night books or our awesome merch, please contact [email protected] and we can talk. We do offer a wholesale discount!
Yes! We love to support organizations that run networked larps. If you back at the Thin Blood ($35) or above level, club members get $10 store credit in our By Night Studios store (this will applied after the crowdfunding period ends, there will be a survey to get your name, email and membership number). If you renew/ sign up for a club membership by the end of the year, you get $5 credit applied/ on top of the above! Want to know more? MES: https://www.modernenigmasociety.org/ C@M: https://www.canadaatmidnight.com/
No- the Methuselah Plus goodies (card decks, pendant) are JUST for that level. Antedeluvian and above get up to Methuselah level goodies, so : A handcrafted gemstone dice, beautiful hardback deluxe version of the book which will include bonus content, full color art, and more. A Soft-Cover "Pocket Edition" version of the book, a PDF of the book, as well as access to the Add-On Store. You will gain all stretch goal rewards, our thanks, and to be listed as a backer in the book. Retail level backers get ONLY the books listed, and access to the add-on store, no other tier benefits or goodies.
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