Hey, everyone.

Have not updated folks in a while and I wanted to say sorry about that and let everyone know where things are at the moment. TLDR at the bottom of the page.

Currently, I am behind on the project. My classes started in January and I think I underestimated not just how much of my time they would take, but my energy too. They are condensed courses so there is a lot of work to do in short bursts of time and even if I am left with some time on the tail end to devote to creative work, I just have not had the mental juice to do so. I kept putting off updates/work just one more week one more week thinking I'd do something and, well, I have just not gotten much done creatively to be completely honest. Feeling quite bad about that but just wanting to be transparent...thinking I will be able to pour into my part of things once my classes end near the start of summer. So, we are talking about a 2-4+month delay from my original timeline, most likely. Sorry to disappoint you all!  Feel free to berate me in the comments.

That being said, things ARE moving in other places. The patches are in and the dice are nearing completion! We also have some art still being worked on and I want to share with you all some examples and WIP art below! Keep in mind the art and layout thereof is not final.

What you see above is the actual piece and not a digital mockup. Based on art by Ross Hayes. I think they came out really nicely!

BadWolfForge is nearing completion of 100+ pairs of hand poured/cleaned/polished/painted dice. They look and feel great (I already have a pair). Excited to eventually get these out to everyone. And yes the above only shows the 1s die but there is a 10s counterpart as well. 

A brochured-style "map" of Good Fortune, Midnight's own private cruise-liner. A lot of the wording and placement is likely to change but this is the final principle ship design birdnest put together for that bonus spread. Came out wonderfully!

Some additional art from Ross Hayes again. Just a potential reason (one of many at Midnight) one might get advantage their Shore Leave roll but be wondering why is ended up costing so much. 

My cross-collab partner campaign, Syndicate Wastrels, is already shipping! If you backed this campaign and that one, expect to get some additional Midnight themed bounty cards (you might already have the digitial versions). I regret that Midnight won't exactly be ready to utilize with them just yet but the bounties of course can be modified and used however/wherever you want. I had a ton of fun working on them with Daniel of Burning Light Press and glad those of you that supported both campaigns will get those soon. 

Joshua Justice, is releasing a follow-up to Analog Survey aptly named Analog Survey #2 that I contributed a spread to (as well as a bunch of other amazing creators). Keep an eye on his itch or drivethruRPG page for when it drops especially if you're a fan of the Hecate Sector universe he has created. I believe it is also going for a limited print run.

EDIT: Analog Survey #2 is live on DriveThruRPG. Get it HERE

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Anyway, quick read but an important one. I appreciate everyone's patience with me. If you're frustrated, that's valid and I understand! Here is to some better news on the next update!

Thanks, all.
-RANNE

TLDR:
-I'm Behind. Sorry.
-Cool stuff to share otherwise.
-Thanks. Later!

Hi, everyone.

Surveys have been sent out and most have completed them. There are about 25% of Backers however that have not completed their surveys. Please take a moment to fill it out. I'm adding one extra week before I lock orders to finalize counts so if you're keen on picking up any add-ons or adjusting your Pledge, you'll need to fill the survey out before the 17th (you can still update your information after this date).

Not much to say otherwise at this time. I'll send out a real update when I have something interesting to share!

Thanks.
-RANNE

Hello, all. 

Quick update - the Pledge Manager Surveys are ready so I will be sending out the "Smoke Test" here today. That is, 5% of backers will receive a Survey to make sure everything is accurate/correct. Once that is complete, and assuming no major fixes are required, the remaining Surveys will be sent out.  

Surveys, if you don't know, are a chance for you to make any last minute changes to your Pledge and to put in your shipping (if required) information. You won't be charged shipping at this time, though - that's later. For those that qualified for the Early Bird Incentive, you might not see that on your Survey either, but don't worry because I will add those manually once Surveys are complete (this includes people that backed Digitally at first and chose to upgrade - you will receive the free map, too). If anyone notices any major issues, please let me know. 

OH! Also, anyone that bought the patch/map/dice or High-Roller tier before I offered a sale on them: I WILL credit you as I noted on those original posts. You will see that credit when I charge for shipping later down the road ($2 off Patches/Map, $5 off Dice, and $3 off High Roller Tier). 

Otherwise, hard-ish (now that the holidays are closing :D) at work on the module and hope to get everything out ASAP! PDFs will be sent via Backerkit later down the road when they are ready and then hopefully shortly thereafter I can begin shipping out the physical Pledges (once they've been printed and delivered to me).

Hope everyone enjoyed the holidays! 
Thanks.
-RANNE

Hello, everyone!

First of all, thank you guys! The campaign closed last week and it was a great success - blowing away all of my expectations. So, again, a thousand thanks to you all. With that said, let's get into the update:

This update is a little late (campaign closed last week) as I was hoping to have the dice in hand for some nice photos to share with it. However, we had some Holiday slowdowns and a bit of trial and error with the sample set, so unfortunately I don't have any nice pictures to share at the moment but we will get into it anyway.

Got word this morning that the color is where we want it. The manufacturer is going to polish and clean them up and get them sent out to me. So, I'll get pictures taken ASAP.
Here are some photos of the process (including some fails) thus far:

1. Master molds being created

The master dice are set in the cup and silicone (I think) is poured over them. When these set and cure, you get a little silicone mold that you can then fill with the resin that will go on to cure into the actual dice...

2. ...but sometimes it doesn't turn out too good!

As you can tell, the color did not turn out too good (not in comparison to the design anyway). There were also some huge air bubbles that did not make it out of the mold and ruined this initial set.

3. So they tried again

Much better! Note that these are not cleaned/polished so they look a bit rough but the color is much closer and no giant air bubbles. The manufacturer is going to clean them up and get them sent out and I'll take some legit photos. The swirls from the initial render won't be present until we go to bulk production but we should get a good idea of how they look once they're in hand! 

If you still want a pair and didn't pledge for one, unfortunately your only option will be to upgrade your pledge later to the High Roller edition once the surveys are sent out. I did not want to leave this item open for add-ons forever as constant fluctuations in the quantity wouldn't be ideal since this isn't exactly an item that is relatively quick/cheap to produce. Again, I won't be producing these (not this specific set at least) or selling them in the future so I won't have a bunch extra lying around.



TLDR:

So, during the month of the campaign... I did basically nothing on the creative end of things. The campaign took a lot of mental real estate (even when literally nothing was going on). Couple that with Thanksgiving holidays here in the US and the fact that someone in my house has been sick every week or so now (when you have four kids this is what happens), things were a bit slow going. I was also finishing up my classes for the semester and now have Christmas coming up! So, all that to say that I've been pretty slow going for the past month (and hopefully I am semi-justifying that). However, now with the campaign over, things are moving along again.

I've been working on the ship spread upgrade to the book - turning it from a 12 page book to a 16 page book - and writing the bounty cards for the cross-collab bonus with Burning Light Press' Syndicate Wastels. Hopefully we have some examples to show in the next update!

Other than that, the actual funds should come through for me soon so I can pay a bunch of people I owe for their work and initiate some new work like the ship, more/upgraded illustrations, and an additional map for the bank....

TLDR:

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That's all for now! Short and sweet. Keep an eye out for the Pledge Manager surveys - they will be sent out in about a week, I think. There are still some people (like 20-ish) that have not corrected their payment info from the initial campaign so double-check that's not you! You have 14 days from the close of the campaign to fix it. You can also correct it during the survey, I believe. The pre-order store is open, too. So, if you didn't get in on the campaign at all you can still order the book. If anyone DMs/contacts me (figure it out), I'll credit you to match the cost of the zine during the campaign as its at MSRP in the pre-order store. 

Next update I hope I'll have some 
Thanks, everyone!
-RANNE