Hello everyone, thank you once more for backing this project. It wouldn't be possible without your support!
I just wanted to give you all a quick post-holidays update that the BackerKit surveys are finished and just awaiting approval before we send out our smoke test, which goes out to 5% of backers. Once those go through and everything looks good, then surveys will go out to all backers! So expect those emails from BackerKit sometime by the end of this week or early next week.
Progress is being made on the book, with more modules and lore pages getting finished. We're nearly finished with all of the faction pages, which we'll then be sending off to our layout designer, Ennio! I'm very excited to show off some more pages for you all. 💕
Coming up next for La Lionne Publishing is a new BackerKit project: volume 2 of my one-page TTRPGs! I'll be doing a mini crowdfunding campaign for this project for Zinetopia, and I'm cross-collaborating with my friends at TTRPGkids, too! You can follow the project here and keep an eye out for it when it goes live in February. Also, if you back both projects, I'll be happy to combine shipping costs so you don't pay shipping twice, and everything will go out in one package at the same time. :)
That is all from me right now. Keep an eye on those inboxes for the pledge manager surveys!
First and foremost, thank you for being a part of Beyond the Lighthouse. Your enthusiasm and support for this project continue to light our way (pun fully intended). It’s been a busy and productive month since the campaign wrapped, and we’re excited to share how things are shaping up.
Project Progress
Work on the book is moving steadily, and the team has been deep in development and refinement. The material is coming together beautifully, full of new tools, lore, and play options that we can’t wait for you to explore. The new factions and abilities are nearly complete, with Blanka taking the lead on that area to ensure that every last specialty and ability feels unique, and we avoid overlapping themes and moves between character archetypes.
Pledge Manager Timeline
We’re also working behind the scenes to get the Pledge Manager ready for launch. It will go live within the next month or so. Since fulfillment is still a ways off, we’re taking a bit of extra time to make sure everything is smooth, clear, and easy for you to navigate when it opens. As always, we’ll update you the moment it goes live.
A quick note about communication
You may have noticed that project lead Anya (hi, it's me) has been a bit quieter than usual. Over the past few weeks, I've been dealing with a combination of travel and some unexpected health issues, which slowed down my ability to post updates and respond as quickly as I normally do. The good news is that I'm (hopefully) on the mend and back to focusing on the project. Thank you to everyone for your patience!
Thank you again for your support, excitement, and kindness. We’re thrilled to be bringing this supplement to life with you, and we’ll share more as soon as we can.
Exciting news: Beyond the Lighthouse is officially fully funded!! Our first stretch goal at €10k is to double the pay for our writers*; let's see how close we can get to achieving that goal!
To celebrate the project being funded, here is a preview of Fernando's map of Ravanseil, known in Halen as Otherwhere. This remote country is most easily accessible by air or by sailing north along the Glass Sea, with a dangerous, narrow mountain pass connecting it to the Bridleborn Mountains that lie between it and Hale. The capital city of Kurlegin is in the southernmost point of Orsta Bay (and is where Wasitum's Actual Play was set!) in the province of Haugessen.
Thank you all, we're over the moon that this project has been funded with one week to go! Keep spreading the word and the love, and let's see how far we can take this campaign!
*NOTE: Even if we don't hit that first stretch goal, all money raised beyond the initial goal will be split amongst the incredible group of writers working on the project. 🥰
One of the questions we've received for Beyond the Lighthouse is about shipping costs and timeline—and given how things are with international shipping these days, we wanted to address this and alleviate those import fee concerns.
First off, La Lionne Publishing is based in Germany! Estimating the cost of shipping for crowdfunding campaigns is challenging to calculate this far in advance. We are doing everything possible to minimize the shipping cost for backers.
That being said, we have plans in place with a United States-based distributor for all orders from American backers. This means that your orders will not be delayed or overpriced due to tariffs increasing shipping and import costs. Because all the products available in this project are books/paper-based, all USA orders will be able to be shipped via media mail, which will also greatly reduce costs on that front.
Shipping will be charged via the Pledge Manager after the campaign ends on Backerkit. You will be able to add new items there, supply address details, and alter your pledge, right up until we begin fulfilment, which is currently estimated to be around Q2 2026 (April-June timeframe). You can also pick up your pledge order from conventions that La Lionne Publishing attends as a vendor in 2026.
Visit the Kingdom of Sienne with EUphoria!
Next up, the folks at EUphoria are running a two-part Actual Play series exploring Laddùn Bay in the Kingdom of Sienne, and the first episode is airing this Friday at 8pm CEST/2pm EST! They've gathered an absolutely phenomenal cast of AP performers, and the miniseries is helmed by my friend Apollo. You don't want to miss this! Go to their Twitch channel to watch the stream for the next two Fridays!
Every single backer brings us closer to shining the light beyond Hale and into the strange, wondrous new lands we’ve built together. We’re endlessly proud of the incredible creative team behind Beyond the Lighthouse. This is a truly global collaboration of writers, artists, and creatives who bring years of experience in storytelling, game design, and performance. Did you know that many of our contributors are CRIT Award–nominated and winning creators?
This project has always been about collaboration, imagination, and community, and that’s exactly what we’re seeing here. Your support keeps that flame alive!
If you’ve already backed, thank you for believing in us! If you haven’t yet, now’s the perfect time to help us cross that next threshold and to share the campaign with your circles. The further we go, the brighter the light burns!
Speaking of sharing, we also want to give a shoutout to our friends at Echidna Design, who are also working on a Candela Obscura crowdfunding campaign over on Kickstarter! Check out their info below:
Malamorte’s Oddities Collection: Hall of Horrors for Candela Obscura
The Malamorte brothers just released Hall of Horrors: a whole, brand new, 100+ pages horror bestiary for Candela Obscura, complete with harvestable artifacts and detailed lore.
Malamorte's Oddities Collection: Hall of Horrors is a bestiary of original creatures, carefully designed and fully illustrated with human-made custom artworks (no AI). In Hall of Horrors, writer and artist join forces and work side by side to design each creature from scratch, creating a constant dialogue between art, fiction, and mechanics.
20+ horror creatures complete with a recommended countdown, to guide the GM into making them high-tension encounter
40+ artifacts based on the creature's characteristics and nature, to loot or harvest from them
60+ original, human-made artworks (NO AI) by Follow the fool for creatures, items, and more
Extensive lore per each type of monster, to delve deep into the horror and furtherly inspire the GM
120+ assignment hooks to easily turn the creatures and items of the Hall into memorable encounters
Lore about the Malamorte’s Oddities Emporium in Newfaire, and its relationships with each faction. Here the PCs will investigate cursed artifacts and hunt down dreadful creatures, while using the Emporium as a headquarter for research, safekeeping of dangerous relics, and meaningful roleplay
The Malamorte's Odd Contacts table, featuring the descriptions of 80 weird or horror NPCs the GM can grab on the fly
