Important news for all late backers and folks who didn't get a chance to complete their Hastening Doom surveys in the first round of fulfillment–we've reopened the pledge manager for another round!
While backers continue to receive their copies of Hastening Doom, we invite anyone with incomplete surveys to fill out their shipping details and provide up-to-date payment details. We'll be keeping the pledge manager open until July 13, 2026.
Once we've closed the pledge manager for the second time, we'll begin fulfillment of digital and physical rewards right away, and late backers can expect their rewards to start arriving the following week!
First Round Backers
For all backers who were in the first round of fulfillment, we hope you've had a chance to dig into Hastening Doom and start your journey into our sprawling dungeon crawl!
If your survey was completed before the initial due date of May 19 and you still haven't received your books or your digital rewards, please don't hesitate to reach out to our support team at support.koboldpress.com with your backer details, including your BackerKit email, and we'll track down your order and get it to you ASAP!
Thanks again to everyone who supported Hastening Doom and Megadungeon Month! We'll be back with another update when the pledge manager closes again, and we begin fulfillment on Round 2!
That's right! All backer pledges that were received before the close of the pledge manager are currently being processed by our warehouse, and orders have begun to go out!
If your order has shipped, you will receive a shipping notice along with tracking details as soon as it goes out.
As we mentioned in our previous update, If you completed your survey and don't receive a shipping notice by June 12, feel free to reach out to us at support.koboldpress.com and we can look into any potential issues with your pledge.
Late Backers & Missed Surveys
The Hastening Doom BackerKit is currently closed for late backers and pledge completion to allow our fulfillment team a chance to complete the first round of shipments.
If you didn't complete your BackerKit survey yet, fear not! The BackerKit pledge manager will reopen the week of June 15 to complete your surveys, provide shipping details, and settle up outstanding shipping costs.
We will post an update when the pledge manager reopens, and provide a deadline for when we'll close it for the next round of fulfillment.
We're dropping in for a quick update regarding fulfillment of Hastening Doom and all of the associated rewards to fill out your dungeoneering libraries.
PDFs and Map Packs
All digital rewards have been sent out to all backers that completed their surveys prior to the close date. If you haven't already done so, you can claim your rewards by logging into your Kobold Store account using the email you provided us with during your BackerKit survey.
Once you're logged in, navigate to your Coupons page and click your coupon codes to add the associated rewards to your cart. Finally, once you've checked them out, you'll be able to download them from your Downloads page!
Completed your survey and not seeing your coupons? Reach out to us via our support site, support.koboldpress.com and we'll take care of it!
Books
All physical rewards will begin shipping starting the week of June 8. Backers who have completed their surveys prior to the close date will receive shipping notifications and tracking details as soon as their orders are packed and ship out.
If you completed your survey and don't receive a shipping notice by June 12, feel free to reach out to us at support.koboldpress.com and we can look into any potential issues.
Late Backers & Missed Surveys
The Hastening Doom BackerKit is currently closed for late backers and pledge completion to allow our fulfillment team a chance to complete the first round of fulfillment.
If you didn't complete your BackerKit survey before the deadline, fear not! We will be reopening the BackerKit pledge manager the week of June 15 to give backers a second opportunity to complete your surveys, provide your shipping details, and settle up outstanding shipping costs.
We will post an update as soon as the pledge manager reopens, and provide a timeline to when we'll close it for the next round of fulfillment.
Thanks for supporting Megadungeon Month and Hastening Doom, dear backers – stay tuned for our next update!
Thank You! - Surveys, Production Updates and Important Dates
Hark! The sound of kazoos buzz ominously throughout the Warrens! The crowdfunding dance is done. Your doom has been sealed.
In order to ensure your doom is not only sealed, but signed and delivered, we need you to complete your backer surveys. Surveys will be available by the end of this week and will close the week of May 19, 2026. Keep an eye out for an email notification that your survey is available to complete.
Please make sure to fill out your surveys so we can make sure all of your campaign rewards are delivered on time. We'll send out another reminder as we get closer to closing.
Going forward, we'll be dropping an update in the next few weeks to share a few sneak peeks and details from Hastening Doom, as well as keeping backers posted on production and fulfillment. We're expecting a quick turnaround to backers on this project, so let's break down where things are at:
As of the close of the BackerKit, all of Hastening Doom's art is completed and we're fully designed, edited and through layout!
With layout done, we're giving our files a once-over and then we're ready to send to press for printing! We'll make sure to notify backers when printing has been completed and the books are on their way to the warehouse.
That's right! Expect to see a delivery notice for Hastening Doom's PDF near the end of this month! As always, if there are any major changes to this or any other release date, we'll notify everyone here. We'll update backers on how to receive their PDFs, but it is important to ensure you've created a Kobold Store account with us here.
Make sure to include your Kobold Store account email in the backer survey when asked for it. If we don't have it, it'll take more time to get you your PDF.
Along with the Hastening Doom PDF, we'll be delivering your digital stretch goals by the end of May 2026. If things change, we'll be sure to communicate that right away. Stay tuned for the update letting you know an exact date, but in the meantime - make sure you've got a Kobold Press Store account.
We're entering the final days of the Hastening Doom campaign and glorious Mega Dungeon Month, and as we clear the final rooms and gulp down all of our potions for the final boss battle, we could not be more thrilled with how this project has turned out. Like a well-run boss battle, we're hoping for even MORE fireworks and excitement in the grand finale.
We wanted to take a minute to highlight some of the incredible savings and deals that we've put together for Hastening Doom. Like our deadly dungeon offering, these bundles are exclusive to the BackerKit and when it's over, well...it's over.
Our Mega Dungeon Bundle digs deep into the Kobold Press archives for an incredible collection of dungeon dives, lost temples, dark towers and trapped hallway after trapped hallway. We've included links to everything included in the bundle, but the most important thing to note is that hefty retail price has been cut down mightily - hundreds of dollars in savings on an epic dungeon package!
What you'll find in the Mega Dungeon Digital Bundle alongside Hastening Doom:
Like a well-placed trap, the results of our last poll are revealed with a muted *click* and a sudden flurry of violence. We Kobolds revel in an unnecessarily complicated mechanical death-machine, so we're happy as well, kobolds, to reveal one deadly surprise found within Hastening Doom. Don't slide into our DMs asking where exactly you'll find it though - the best traps spring when you least expect them, at least from the trapmaker's side of things.
Kobold Log Smashers Trap. Of course, the kobolds have left traps along the entrance to this dungeon level. A pressure plate at the location marked “1” on the map causes four spring-loaded greased logs to thrust out of and back into the wall at random times for 1 minute. A successful DC 13 INT (Investigation) check notices the pressure plate standing out slightly from the surrounding stone. The log adjacent to the pressure plate immediately shoots out, making the following attack: Log Attack.Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (2d6) bludgeoning damage, and the creature must succeed on a DC 13 DEX save or fall into the lake. PCs attempting to traverse the swinging logs must succeed on a DC 13 STR (Athletics) or DEX (Acrobatics) check or be automatically hit by the log attack. A separate successful DC 13 INT (Investigation) check reveals the logs’ pattern, granting creatures traversing the logs advantage on their checks. A successful DC 15 WIS (Perception) check reveals a kobold trapsmith (see Tome of Beasts 1) peering around the corner from the passageway to Area 20 to appraise the trap’s effectiveness.
What happens to that enterprising trapsmith and their handiwork is entirely up to your adventurers, assuming they aren't immediately pulped by greasy logs or sent running. We've got a final stretch goal to unlock for backers in the last week, so send up the signal to the adventurers in your party that Hastening Doom has almost come to an end.
Thanks to all of your intrepid backers from all of us at Kobold Press and the team behind Mega Dungeon Month!
Week 2 Update: Stretch Goals Unlocked, New Pledge Tiers and an Art Show
Ahoy, dungeon-delvers! We're 14 days into our journey through the halls of doom and we're amazed at the response to Megadungeon Month and Hastening Doom in particular. Like a trusty 10-foot pole, we couldn't accomplish this adventure without you. Keep spreading the word and make sure 'megadungeon' is the word on everyone's lips!
Thanks to your pledges, we've unlocked some exciting stretch goals to share with you. We'll be including ALL of these digital items with your orders when we begin fulfillment next month!
Well of Shadows Adventure PDF A grim shrine atop a portal to the land of Death itself, the Well spews forth both vile undead and void-touched abominations. A team of elite Blood Legion knights were dispatched to end its corruption, but they never returned. Will you uncover their fate or become another lost soul? Well of Shadows is an adventure for four to five characters of 3rd level for the Tales of the Valiant® RPG.
Dungeon Tracker Sheet It's safe to say that between NPC factions, hordes of wandering monsters, and the occasional swinging blade trap, dungeons have a lot of moving parts.
This digital dungeon tracker can be used to build and track details for any dungeon, including plenty of space for mapping out every twisting, terrifying corridor.
Eldritch Lairs JPG Map Pack Featuring 18 dungeon maps from Eldritch Lairs, both player-facing and for the GM, the Eldritch LairsMap Pack makes a perfect collection of drop-in dungeons once your players get enough of Hastening Doom. Each map is hi-res and comes in gridded and non-gridded versions.
A new $5 reward tier will allow you to buy into Hastening Doom and build your own pledge from the ground up. This tier includes a classic Tales of the Valiant dungeon crawl - The Hidden Tomb of Nargoth! Shout out to Goodman Games for inspiring the idea, and for supporting Hastening Doom!
We asked and you answered! We're exciting (and slightly terrified) to reveal the results of our most recent poll. We're dropping a piece of final art from Hastening Doom by the very excellent Pedro Potier. Time is ticking down for Mega Dungeon Month, but there's still plenty of adventures to embark on and dungeons to dive into.
So anybody else in the boat where they finally got tracking, it says the label was created...and then a week later that the shipper is still waiting for the package? Customer service said to just ignore that (and then instantaneously closed my ticket, pretty rude if you ask me)...but it seems most other folks had their packages over a week ago. I'd deal with support, but like I said, they just instantly close the ticket and tell me to keep waiting, everything is normal.... I reached out to the shipper's customer support, and they are adamant it has not yet been received, and referred me back to Kobold. Very frustrating.
Important news for all late backers and folks who didn't get a chance to complete their Hastening Doom surveys in the first round of fulfillment–we've reopened the pledge manager for another round!
While backers continue to receive their copies of Hastening Doom, we invite anyone with incomplete surveys to fill out their shipping details and provide up-to-date payment details. We'll be keeping the pledge manager open until July 13, 2026.
Once we've closed the pledge manager for the second time, we'll begin fulfillment of digital and physical rewards right away, and late backers can expect their rewards to start arriving the following week!
First Round Backers
For all backers who were in the first round of fulfillment, we hope you've had a chance to dig into Hastening Doom and start your journey into our sprawling dungeon crawl!
If your survey was completed before the initial due date of May 19 and you still haven't received your books or your digital rewards, please don't hesitate to reach out to our support team at support.koboldpress.com with your backer details, including your BackerKit email, and we'll track down your order and get it to you ASAP!
Thanks again to everyone who supported Hastening Doom and Megadungeon Month! We'll be back with another update when the pledge manager closes again, and we begin fulfillment on Round 2!
Got mine delivered in Toronto, Canada. I am normally a fan of Kobold products, but if I have to be honest I am a little disappointed with this. For a 'mega' dungeon it is a little thin. Now for the price it was offered maybe I was expecting too much, but you called it a mega dungeon and it kind of sets an expectation. The word 'sprawling' was used several times.
I also found the lack of Monster Stats a little lame. If you wanted to showcase the various Kobold monster books, that's great, but to assume we have them all isn't great. The monster substitution table at the back is only half useful. Either you are saying that the Kobold originals are so generic they can be easily replaced (in which case you probably should have), or (more likely) that if you don't have the full Kobold library you are stuck playing the demo version of the game. If nothing else you could have at least included the stats of the Big Bad at the end of the adventure.
On the plus side, I think you did an excellent job keeping the sections of the adventure modular. Aside from my issues with the monsters, the book has a high utility factor in an existing campaign. As I have come to expect from Kobold products, the production, art and maps are also up to your usual high standards.
