There's been so much happening behind the scenes and we've got some big deadlines coming up that we're right on track to hit! Here's the broad strokes:
Scenarios
All three stretch goal scenarios should be fully drafted by next week. They'll immediately go into playtesting, have another period of revisions, then go into editing and art production. I've had sneak peaks at these and there's some real magic being made here. Big props to Eren, Jaime, and Jeff - they're really delivering!
Speaking of playtesting, there's a good chance I'll be looking for more playtesters in the new year. If you're interested, come hang out in our Discord to get first dibs.
New Chapter
Dylan and Kienna's first draft is scheduled to be delivered next week as well. (Next week is gonna be BUSY!) I'll be giving it some playtesting of my own, then sending my feedback for the next draft. This project will take longer than the scenarios as the scope of the chapter is quite ambitious. After the second draft is completed, we'll be sharing it with you all for open playtesting to make sure we get all of the kinks worked out.
Layout
Nathan and I have been going back and forth designing the new layout design for scenarios. This has been a bit tricky, since we first designed the scenarios as digital-only releases. We now need to reformat from US Letter to A5, which has created some unexpected quirks needing to be ironed out. Fortunately for us all, Nathan is extremely talented and our last revision is quite promising. We're currently putting the batch of finished scenarios in this new format to learn all the pain points, then we'll have a short hiatus while we wait for the new scenarios + art to be finished.
Art
George is hard at work on the new spreads for the corebook. Two of the spreads are being formatted like "catalogue" pages, similar to the one we have for mounts. One of them will be themed around Old West hats, coats, and belts. The other highlights the different materials, styles, and designs a Big Iron can be embellished with. They should be finished with perfect timing for us, because I'll be able to send art orders for the new scenarios in a couple weeks.
Even better, one of the new pieces is already complete! It's a cheeky take on a real photo from the era. Well before the age of TikTok trends, cowboys were fond of staging goofy photographs and that's what our Mavericks are doing here. I'm really loving the absolute sass coming from all three Mavs. Awesome work, George!
Some people frown upon keeping a couple Aces up your sleeve.
Reminder that you should've received your PDFs of the corebook + currently finished scenarios already. DriveThruRPG's automated system isn't foolproof, however. If you haven't received yours, please send me an email at [email protected] or hit me up on the Discord.
If you already had the chance to check out your PDFs, please consider giving us a rating or review on DriveThruRPG!
And on a final note, today Jeff uploaded the third and final episode of Adventures in Lollygagging's Veils & Vengeance playthrough to YouTube. If you missed the sessions live, this is a fantastic way to see Huckleberry in action. There's also 4 episodes on the channel of the same crew playing Huckleberry's The Divine Comedy if you're itching for more!
