The Test
The "smoke test" (a small sample of the overall surveys) has been sent out. If there are no glitches, the full survey will follow in the next few days to everyone el...
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16 days ago
The Voyage Is About to End…or Is It Just Beginning?
Just a quick update before we hit a bit of “radio-silence” during the days surrounding GenCon:
Going to the Printers
Great news—everything is off to the printer’s on Monda...
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24 days ago
A Call to Action for Everybody's Buddy....
Ride in on Your White Horse...
I'm sorry to use this update feature to do this, but a great creator and big friend to many of us in the small publishing world, David Baity, i...
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28 days ago
Soooo much Progress!
Hey backers, just wanted to drop a quick note (mostly because I am excited and needed to shout it out to the world), things are moving very quick on having "The Gammatastic V...
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Thanks for a Gammatastic Campaign!
Getting Busy
Well, the funding is over and things are shifting into high-gear for "The Gammatastic Voyage." We're getting in the final pieces of art slowly but surely (they ...
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Is there a desire for the "The Village" suppliment to be available for print as an Add-On?
I don't think we'll make it to the stretch goal where all backers get a print (or PDF) copy of "The Village." This little zine isn't really needed to play this game. There is...
The Test The "smoke test" (a small sample of the overall surveys) has been sent out. If there are no glitches, the full survey will follow in the next few days to everyone else. I will have the printer's proofs in hand after GenCon, and believe (if early samples I have seen are an indicator) we will go full-press on this very soon!
Thanks for your incredible support!
"Luau" Lou Hoefer Dandyline Games Weird Frontiers Oh, and check out this great Weird Frontier's campaign if you haven't already! This game is blast and fuses dark horror and old-west grit in such an amazing way!
Just a quick update before we hit a bit of “radio-silence” during the days surrounding GenCon:
Going to the Printers Great news—everything is off to the printer’s on Monday. This means they will compile several proof copies (the project contains 5 separately printed parts) that probably will not get approved until the following week. Then, there will be about 1-2 weeks to get the actual printing. It is likely that shipping will take place the week of the 17th.
Surveys Surveys are on their way, please look for them in the next few days!
The PDF Is Coming SOON! I have to do some re-combining of things to make the PDF version, but it will probably be ready to send out the week of the 10th, with the digital images of the maps for all PDF and physical backers. I’ve included a picture of the big vinyl maps I had made for running this game at GenCon this year (created very inexpensively through Stomp Stickers). Feel free to do stuff like that with the images, but keep in mind you cannot use them for commercial use, redistribution, or profit.
Poster Versions of Organ Maps for GenCon
Close up of white-backed transparencies...
The Final Stats for the Physical Version In its final form, the physical version has:
A tri-fold, full-color detachable cover. It features the organ maps on the 3-panel backside, the base “body map” with the beast’s skeletal and muscular system on the extra panel, and, of course, the front and back cover illustrations on the other 2 panels.
2 transparency sheets (8.5”x11”) featuring the organ systems and the circulatory and lymphatic systems, as well as isometric and top-down grids for measuring distances on the various maps.
The interior adventure pages are B&W saddle-stitched; they came in at 40 pages (including an index of creature stats on the last few pages.
On top of that there are 2 B&W pull-out sections (each double-sided and measuring 17”x11”—the equivalent of 8 printed pages) that feature quick reference material for the PCs’ ship (The Telos) and all the information and random reaction charts for the “Mega-Beast.”
And one full-color, double-sided, 17”x11” pull-out section featuring the map of the StarSpawn facility and the map of the Telos (this is where I put people’s donated money—I felt this was a nicer addition than just a foil embossment on the cover).
The Village getting ready for GenCon/Print
The Village Zine Meanwhile, the little zine, “The Village” will also be printed for those that are interested. It will cost $10 and feature:
A double-sided, full-color, detachable cover with the map of the village on the reverse side.
16 interior B&W pages describing the locations in and around the village as well as tons of random generation charts and adventure hooks weaved throughout.
*If you already paid for the PDF of this zine as a campaign add-on, you will be offered a discount to purchase it in print ($8).
Shipping I am still working out all the shipping, but for the most part, shipping on the adventure itself will be $7.00 domestically. Most add-ons are going to raise that by about $1-$2 (Unnatural Selection Binders will be a bit more because they require a more extensive shipping/packing process).
Join Me for Another One? Shortly after this gets mailed I’ll be putting out my next crowdfunding project, “A Mutant for all Seasons,” a set of MCC pregens featuring all 7 genotypes with versions ranging from 0 to 10 that actually feel “lived in.” Each will have a nice selection of equipment appropriate to their level and an awesome illustration (changing as they progress) by artist Michael Greer—Stay Tuned!!!
Amazing Michael Greer healer art from "A Mutant for all Seasons."
Thanks for bringing another one of my crazy projects to life, folks—I couldn’t have done it without you!
Ride in on Your White Horse... I'm sorry to use this update feature to do this, but a great creator and big friend to many of us in the small publishing world, David Baity, is trying to get his next project up and running on Backerkit, but their analytics will not let him launch until he has 267 followers... And this is a guy who's ran many a successful Kickstarter!
Anyhow, if you could be so kind as to follow his project (whether or not you intend to buy his amazing wares), that would help him launch and get going on this. The project is a nice reference book for his Weird Frontiers (Cthulhu meets Wild Western) game and a zero-level module by the talented Daniel Bishop. Please give the algorithm the ransom it demands, so he can get on with this cool project!
Update ...Oh, to make this a true update, layout is done for "The Gammatastic Voyage" (52 interior pages, including 6 pages of pull-outs). Now the cover is being perfected (it looks like it will be a 6-panel design, like some of the old TSR modules). There is still nothing settled on the transparencies.
Hey backers, just wanted to drop a quick note (mostly because I am excited and needed to shout it out to the world), things are moving very quick on having "The Gammatastic Voyage" ready for print! The editor did a killer job getting things turned around, and almost all the art is in at this point (as well as maps). Layout has been tricky (there are some pull-out sections I'm trying to fancy up, and finding places for all the randomizing charts and illustrations while maintaining balance has been a challenge.
I'm waiting for to see it in actual printer's proof, but I have some concerns with the transparency concept. Though my printer can do them, I have found that getting opaque ink will look much better, and I'm working with them to see if they can do that while simultaneously looking for other vendors as options as well. My plan C is to do these as giant cling stickers, but that just wouldn't feel as thematic, now would it? (though it does offer a little more usability-not sliding around, etc.).
I have priced out doing the little bonus PDF zine "The Village" as a print and it seems it will be economical, so I will be offering that as an add-on when I send out the surveys.
I'll keep you posted. In the meantime, here's a not-quite-final version of the map for the StarSpawn facility done in isometric form...
Well, the funding is over and things are shifting into high-gear for "The Gammatastic Voyage." We're getting in the final pieces of art slowly but surely (they are all due in by mid-July). I'm going to do a version of the map of the StarSpawn facility in an isometric format (I feel like those maps are more fun) next week. I would imagine that will be the version for the final project. Meanwhile, final (professional) edits of the manuscript begin this week!
Timeline
It's always hard to guess exactly when things will be done. My record is to deliver projects pretty much on time (with two projects that shipped a month late). I think this project should land in August as planned, I don't see much that would draw it past that time frame.
Surveys at the End of July
When surveys get sent out (probably at the end of this month), there will be chances to add things, etc. This being my first time using Backerkit, I am still working some of that out and have a slight concern that backers who added things on during the campaign might be confused when offered add-ons again during the survey. If you have any questions at all during that process, reach out to me and I can tell you what you are already getting, so that you don't double order (unless you want to!). This is also true for folks that were part of the early bird deal and get the PDF of the "The Village" supplement for free. On that note, Backerkit allows for a "minimum order" add-on, so I will be able to offer (on the survey) a print version of "The Village" so long as a certain number of folks pick it up (I'm still running the numbers, but I think it will be a thing that will likely work out). If you have any questions during the survey process, email me at [email protected].
Appreciation and Impact Well, I guess I'm burying the lead here;my main point was to just thank all you wonderful people for believing in me and my project. Thanks to all of you, not only do I get to keep creating, but multiple artists got some income, an editor gets an income, the folks at my badge-making vendor (a US company) get an income, and the folks at my local printers will be making an income. I think all of us just won at the game of microeconomics!
HKN-B01t5
Here's some of the new art. This is a haywire maintenance robot called HKN-B01t5. The poor thing just loves to weld and rivet - Alloy-steel, duraplastic, flesh - doesn't matter! In the adventure, the StarSpawn facilities AI sends the seekers down to a weapons vault to get some equipment (or they wander there on their own) and this thing is trapped between the seekers and the vault...
