So, I was taking my daily walk, which I often do despite it being 0 degrees outside, and I was contemplating what is basically an underlying issue with the Affinity setting. None of you know about it—it’s an allegory I’ve been battling since day one, an idea I wanted to pursue but never thought I was a good enough writer to tackle. 

 

Basically, I had steps “A” through “M” and “Q” through “Z,” but I was missing “N,” “O,” and “P”. 

                

I finally figured it out during that walk. 

 

I don’t want to go into too much detail except to say that the setting will get significantly darker as a result. Yeah. I needed to darken the implications of the setting in order to finish the tapestry that connects the “reality” of the three settings with the “allegory” I was trying to imply, a parable that the novel only touched briefly on.

 

The first stretch goal is a 2024 Update to the original Affinity. I wanted to clarify that this is not a rebuild of the 2020 books but rather a downloadable PDF that updates classes, races, and monsters to the new edition of D&D. 

 

I did something similar with Ultramodern5 REDUX last year as well. The physical rewards associated with THIS campaign are the same as those from the 2020 campaign. These update files are going to be added to the original Affinity DriveThruRPG skus, meaning if you already own Affinity, you’ll receive these files. 

CHRIS