Leyline Press
CREATOR
5 months ago
Project Update: September Update Starter Set
Hello Salvagers,
We'll get this upfront and out of the way, the project is unfortunately currently delayed. We've had various issues externally which we've noted in other updates, but we've also now had internal delays to the project which will push it over our planned fulfilment of November.
To go into detail our initial plan with the Reclamation of the Wastes campaign was to have a lot of different areas that you can see in the example map, with relatively terse detail on them. However when we started to write and detail out each area we ended up adding lots more detail and additional content than we initially planned as we were having a lot of fun creating the areas, and fleshing them out each with unique ideas.
When we put everything together into preliminary layout however we started to realise the scope we designed was far too big for a Starter Set adventure designed to take players from Tech 1 - 3.
So we've made the difficult decision to rework the Reclamation of the Wastes campaign so that it better fits the initial brief of a Starter Set, reducing the size of the overall map, but with a series of richly detailed and more tightly designed areas for players to explore and play through.
In context the Reclamation of the Wastes is still looking to be about the size of one of our existing Salvage Union adventure modules, so it's not going to be small by any means, but will be a lot more manageable especially for new GMs and players to the game which is what it's designed for as a Starter Set
We work in an iterative style where we bounce work back and forth between us alongside playtesting whilst developing a game and that can involve it changing during the process.
We understand a delay is frustrating and never ideal, however we do believe that whilst a delay is temporary, the games we make will last forever so want them to be as good as possible when they release, that's not to say we'd ever want to delay for years, but that we do when we need to take that extra time to make them just right.
Those of you who supported the original Salvage Union campaign may remember we were delayed on that as well, as we took extra time to add additional content and make it as good as possible, and we hope the final quality of the product made up for that delay, which certainly wouldn't have been the case if we'd rushed to the initial deadline.
We're working hard at getting everything to the finish line still, and we're still aiming to have PDF's out by the end of this year (2025), and then to send everything to production, but we're going to miss our initial of November for physical fulfilment.
In regards to BackerKit as well as pre-orders, that is also delayed as we need shipping quotes to be as accurate as possible before we release and need to have all of the box contents finalised including the final size of the campaign booklet.
We do apologise for this, we know a lot of you are excitedly awaiting the Starter Set and put your trust and hard earned money into us to deliver, and we can't wait to get it into your hands as well, and can only hope it will be worth the additional wait.
If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to get in touch, and we'll endeavour to keep you updated on the progress of the project.
Thanks and happy salvaging.
Panny & Aled
Leyline Press
Contact and Social Media
We'll get this upfront and out of the way, the project is unfortunately currently delayed. We've had various issues externally which we've noted in other updates, but we've also now had internal delays to the project which will push it over our planned fulfilment of November.
To go into detail our initial plan with the Reclamation of the Wastes campaign was to have a lot of different areas that you can see in the example map, with relatively terse detail on them. However when we started to write and detail out each area we ended up adding lots more detail and additional content than we initially planned as we were having a lot of fun creating the areas, and fleshing them out each with unique ideas.
When we put everything together into preliminary layout however we started to realise the scope we designed was far too big for a Starter Set adventure designed to take players from Tech 1 - 3.
So we've made the difficult decision to rework the Reclamation of the Wastes campaign so that it better fits the initial brief of a Starter Set, reducing the size of the overall map, but with a series of richly detailed and more tightly designed areas for players to explore and play through.
In context the Reclamation of the Wastes is still looking to be about the size of one of our existing Salvage Union adventure modules, so it's not going to be small by any means, but will be a lot more manageable especially for new GMs and players to the game which is what it's designed for as a Starter Set
We work in an iterative style where we bounce work back and forth between us alongside playtesting whilst developing a game and that can involve it changing during the process.
We understand a delay is frustrating and never ideal, however we do believe that whilst a delay is temporary, the games we make will last forever so want them to be as good as possible when they release, that's not to say we'd ever want to delay for years, but that we do when we need to take that extra time to make them just right.
Those of you who supported the original Salvage Union campaign may remember we were delayed on that as well, as we took extra time to add additional content and make it as good as possible, and we hope the final quality of the product made up for that delay, which certainly wouldn't have been the case if we'd rushed to the initial deadline.
We're working hard at getting everything to the finish line still, and we're still aiming to have PDF's out by the end of this year (2025), and then to send everything to production, but we're going to miss our initial of November for physical fulfilment.
In regards to BackerKit as well as pre-orders, that is also delayed as we need shipping quotes to be as accurate as possible before we release and need to have all of the box contents finalised including the final size of the campaign booklet.
We do apologise for this, we know a lot of you are excitedly awaiting the Starter Set and put your trust and hard earned money into us to deliver, and we can't wait to get it into your hands as well, and can only hope it will be worth the additional wait.
If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to get in touch, and we'll endeavour to keep you updated on the progress of the project.
Thanks and happy salvaging.
Panny & Aled
Leyline Press
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