Hey friends,
We're gearing up to shift the campaign into pledge management mode!
What this means for you:
1. Within the next week we'll be sending out pledge fulfillment s...
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Check-in PLUS: Playtesting opportunity
Hey friends, short update here.
First, Luke Green has completed a first pass on one of our stretch goals! The Abandoned is a new hunter playbook. Like Newt from Aliens, this...
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Evil Hat Productions
2 months ago
Thank you! Here's the next steps...
Hey friends,
Thank you so much for supporting this major expansion to Monster of the Week! Over 2,000 of you helped bring this pr...
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Evil Hat Productions
2 months ago
6 Stretch Goals unlocked! Final 5 hours!
Friends there's less than 5 hours left in the campaign and we've funded six stretch goals.
Not only are you getting the new playbooks, gear, ...
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Evil Hat Productions
2 months ago
The Mystery Countdown Clock turns to Nightfall...
Hey friends, we're down to the final 50-odd hours and now is the best time to lock-in any special add-ons you like or upgrade your pledge to one of...
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Evil Hat Productions
2 months ago
Design Diary: Scenarios
Greetings cryptid hunters! Eight days left in the campaign and we've pushed past the $120k mark which means we'll be creating two new hunter playbooks for you:
• The El...
We're gearing up to shift the campaign into pledge management mode!
What this means for you:
Within the next week we'll be sending out pledge fulfillment surveys. A small percentage of you will be in our "smoke test" group and receive your survey tomorrow.
Your backer survey will enable you to enter your address, update and confirm your pledge, and add-on any items you didn't include in your initial pledge.
Some of the premium add-on items will have limited quantities. Once we reach that limit, we won't be bumping it up. So take a look at any add-ons you might want and reserve them.
We are not close to fulfillment. (We're still waiting on art.)
We will not be locking orders for a couple months. So if you're moving soon, do not sweat it.
We are not ready to charge you for shipping. That will happen down the road when the printer has the finished producing the books. We'll give you a heads-up.
In terms of production, we're still cruising along with our project plan. We've got artwork for the Slayer's Survival Kit finished. The art for the Hunter's Journal is still underway. We recently completed another full editing pass. We don't have any deliverables to share at this time because the text is not fully finalized.
This step mostly enables us to take pre-orders from people who missed the crowdfunding portion of the campaign, so if you have any friends who want to get in on it, let them know.
First, Luke Green has completed a first pass on one of our stretch goals! The Abandoned is a new hunter playbook. Like Newt from Aliens, this character was left alone through tragedy, neglect, or other circumstance.
Luke would like to hear how this PC plays at the table so if you have have a chance, please feel free to playtest the Abandoned. You can leave feedback directly on the linked google doc in the form of comments.
Second, progress continues behind the scenes. Art has been commissioned, roughly a third of it is in but these are two big books. We're waiting for all the pieces to come in so we can drop them in and finalize the layout.
Work on our other stretch goals continues, we're happy with where we're at with our project plan. We'll have another update for you when we hit the next milestone.
Thank you so much for supporting this major expansion to Monster of the Week! Over 2,000 of you helped bring this project to life and we added over $17,000 on the final day to unlock our seventh stretch goal: Rollable Mystery tables and Zoom In/Zoom Out combat moves!
The next couple weeks will be fairly quiet in terms of updates. BackerKit needs to collect and distribute your funds to us. We are in the process of commissioning art and revising the layout, and once that's finished we'll fire off the order for the print books. We'll also be working with Campaign Coins and our print shop to get the premium gear into production.
We'll keep you apprised as we hit milestones, but for the near future we're going to keep our heads down. We take pride in delivering our crowdfunder rewards ahead of schedule and we're going to make every effort to do that here.
On a related note: in order to get you the books as quickly as possible, we choose to put the bonus material of the stretch goals on a separate production timeline. We'll deliver them digitally, as they are completed.
We don't make a habit of commissioning stretch goals until we know that the goal has actually funded. And, if you've backed projects from other companies, you've likely seen how the work of delivering stretch goals can dramatically delay delivery when they're folded into the final rewards. We want to get the goods that are finished out the door first rather than make you wait for the main deliverables.
Finally, if you have an issue with your pledge, your payment, or anything else you need our customer service team to tackle, please email us at [email protected]. We do our best to monitor the comments here, but emailing us directly is the most efficient way to get eyes on your issue.
On behalf of the whole team, once again: thank you again for being part of this project! Monster of the Week is a steadfast bestseller in our bullpen of games, and your passion for playing it is a big reason for its success.
Friends there's less than 5 hours left in the campaign and we've funded six stretch goals.
Not only are you getting the new playbooks, gear, Weird moves, and story options in the Slayer's Survival Kit and Hunter's Journal, but your support has also unlocked upgrades to those books plus: two new Hunter playbooks, new Ensemble Team rules, and another Team playbook!
And we're just $8k away from dropping new Mystery generation tables and additional combat moves to help you zoom in (or out) during a battle so your group can notch up the tension or keep the game flowing.
It's going to be a bit of a lift to get there, but we put on $8k yesterday alone. It's definitely attainable!
If you prefer to pick and choose, each of those deluxe extras is also available as an add-on. Just keep in mind that the system doesn't allow you to select physical add-ons if you're only backing for digital rewards.
Thanks again for your support. We're in the home stretch here and finishing strong!
