TL;DR: I won't be receiving the books until the last week of July so everything will ship out in August.
Working with a proper print company takes longer than printing through Mixam! I'm certainly able to create a higher quality hardcover through Walsworth but achieving that takes time. So sorry that things taking longer than planned but little that I can do about it. I had wished to make a Backerkit update and share with folks earlier on in June but didn't want to put out information until I was certain of the timeline.
Foundry VTT!
I sent these out earlier! If you grabbed this during the campaign then you should have it in your email. DriveThruRPG already seems to have about a 1% error rate so please reach out if you backed for the Foundry VTT but didn't receive anything.
The PDFs for The Conquest of Chaos and all purchase add-ons have been sent out! Find those PDFs directly in your DriveThruRPG account or in your email. These were sent to the email address associated with your Backerkit account, so that may be different than the one you use for DriveThruRPG. That said, the link in your email will still work fine even if the DTRPG email address is a different one. If you don't see the email or the notification in DTRPG, then let me know and I'll make sure things get handled.
Side note, if you find a typo then let me know at [email protected]!
Foundry
The Foundry add-on is not quite ready yet! But that should be ready before the end of the month.
Bonus PDF
I felt a little bad about not delivering the PDF as quickly as I could so I made a little bonus as my way of apology. It's called Every Kith Begins With K and is intended for folks running a Purple Planet campaign. It's a somewhat lighthearted 1d14 table of magic items, monsters, and adventure hooks.
Print Timeline
TL;DR: Still good for July.
I am waiting on distribution numbers before ordering the print run. I should get those number within the first week of June. I will then promptly order the print run, which I should have sometime in July. These are being printed in the USA so there's no "slow boats from China" to cause any problems. The boxes will take up an enormous amount of space in my home so I'll be shipping them out as quickly as possible! So still on track for July fulfillment as long as there's no bumps in the road.
Final maps should be complete soon, which means that I can get that final PDF out to everyone! Sorry that it's taken a little extra time to get to this point, but we're still on-track for delivering the physical books in July. I've got all the other pieces of the puzzle (stickers, patches, dice trays, even the packing boxes) all awaiting those books.
I'll see a few of you at Dungeon Con but the next update will be when those PDFs are being sent out.
If you got a survey (21 sent out), fill it out and please share any oddities that you might notice! This is the smoke test prior to sending out surveys to everyone else.
Sorry for taking nearly a month to put out another update. A storm caused some serious damage to my home which has taken up significant time and energy. Repairs aren't complete but it's now more manageable. So, with excuses out of the way, let's get to the real update.
TL;DR: Every thing is on track. Surveys should be sent out within the next couple weeks. PDF will arrive in April.
Art Raffle Winner
Deron Dorna is our winner of the original Nate Marcel piece! I would have preferred to do a live stream and roll dice on camera but the aforementioned life complications made things difficult.
PDF/ Foundry
Just waiting on some of the maps to finalize the PDF. Tim has been plugging away at the Foundry content and that will most likely be shared with backers in April. I do need to colorize about 20 VTT tokens, but that won't cause any delays.
Swag
Here's pictures of the other stickers and patches! I still need to order the dice trays.
Original Art
Kiril did some of the art all digital but some was traditionally created too! He's sending over those original pieces and they will be on sale as an add-on! Here's one piece as a preview.
Play With Creator Tier
I will be reaching out to the fine folks who backed this week and start arranging a time in which we can game together! Sorry that it took so long to put this together. But that also means that you'll get to see the lovely art during game time!
Next Update?
When surveys have been sent out, I will send another update to remind folks to fill them out.