The corebook is officially done with editing, rewrites, and additional content (it was done a week ago, but I have been sick with the flu). The manuscript currently sits at roughly 117,100 words across a 390-page document, and that’s before final art, layout, and design elements are fully integrated. By the time everything is complete, this is shaping up to be a pretty substantial tome.

We are now fully entering production.

That means I’ll finally be able to start showing more of what’s being worked on — artwork, layouts, samples, visual direction, and pieces of the world coming together on the page. A lot of the work up until now has been making sure the foundation was solid enough to support everything else we have planned for the line.

Right now I’m estimating around 30 days on my end for production and layout work, though I’m planning to push hard with long nights and busy weekends to try and get it done much faster. I want this in your hands as soon as possible, but I also want it to feel complete, cohesive, and worth the wait.

While I’m buried in production work on the corebook, the rest of the team will be moving directly into editing and preparing the next round of books so we can keep momentum rolling once the core release lands.

This corebook needed the extra time and attention. It sets the tone, structure, visual identity, and foundation for everything that follows, and I wanted to make sure we got it right before pushing forward.

I really think it’s going to be worth it. Add in delays on top of that from personal issues, health issues, scheduling and so forth and its been a mess, and honestly my fault. I should have given us more production time and an easier schedule with this, and I am sorry that this delay has fallen on all of you.

More soon.