Quick update today to let you all know that manufacturing has finished! Everything is now en-route to the various fulfillment centers, from which your pledges will be shipped. If you haven't yet filled out your survey or paid for shipping, now is the time to do so.
I expect fulfillment to begin around the end of September unless there are any issues with customs, so anyone that doesn't have their information completely filled out before then will have a delay on getting their pledge.
If your address has changed since it was locked or changes in the next month, let me know right away so I can get that updated for you. If it changes after fulfillment begins, make sure to have a plan in place for getting your package as it will likely be delivered to the address on file.
Also, I'd love it if you would take a moment to rate the book 5 stars on DriveThruRPG! Those ratings really do help people find the book and know it's a worthwhile purchase.
Thanks for all your support, and I look forward to having physical copies in all our hands in the near future!
In my haste to get Foundry keys out to everyone yesterday I failed to notice I'd selected the wrong module in the key generator tool! I've asked Foundry to invalidate those keys, and have removed the download. If you had issues claiming it, it's probably because you already owned the first module and it was trying to give you another copy.
Keys for the correct module should now be available to you in your Digital Downloads with a "(correct)" in the name.
The title of the update says it all - I'm locking addresses with 48-hour notice so I can provide the final counts for the freight shipments going to the various fulfillment centers later this week. Be sure to update your address if you've moved! If your address changes after this point there will be some time (probably a few weeks) to make adjustments before they need to be truly locked down for fulfillment as long as you're not moving across the world :)
I'm also almost ready to release the Foundry version of the book! The module is essentially complete, and I spent a few hours tonight tweaking the CSS for it to make some updates to get it looking just like this book rather than the first book (since we initially just copied and pasted the settings to get most of the way there). With luck, codes should go out in the next couple of days.
Screenshot of the journal as it appears in Foundry
The only thing left is to fix a few of the webp images that were accidentally created from images without transparent backgrounds and then get it uploaded to Foundry!
Those of you with the first book on Foundry will also see a tiny graphical update to that one as well to get the headers left-aligned like you see above, and, more importantly, to also allow you to resize the journal to anything you want (I noticed when making this one that the background image was locked in size and thus if you extended the bottom of the journal the text was unreadable - oops!)
Oh! And the dice
I also got some videos of the production dice sets to confirm they'd fixed the issues I'd seen in them, and boy do they look good. They even used a more legible font (something I didn't think I'd be able to change because of the price of the molds) than they had in the samples. I can't wait to get my hands on one of these finished sets.
A (somewhat blurry) picture of the dice
Next update should hopefully be in about 3-4 weeks saying printing is complete and things are on their way!
A quick update for you all today to say that files have finally been approved for printing! It's been a long journey to get the correct colors in the print files to make sure all the beautiful greens in the book pop correctly (instead of turning up a muddy brownish color) and reflect the colors from the digital version, but we're finally there. Printing is expected to take about 1 month, and then things will be loaded onto ships and sent around the world to the various fulfillment centers.
If you haven't filled out your survey, time is running out to do so! Also make sure that if your card has an errored payment you take care of that soon as well. Almost 5% of you fall into one of these two categories.
I will be locking addresses with a 48-hour notice in about a month when printing is finished, but if you've moved recently be sure to check your address in your survey and make sure it's up to date.
I'm also expecting the Foundry module to be finished up soon! I'll post another update when that's ready.
Thanks for your support, and I can't wait to have the final book in print!
Quick update for you today to let you know that if you pledged for the Roll20 compendium expansion that has been released and codes have been sent out via BackerKit Digital Downloads. If you happen to find any issues you can either leave a message in the Discord server or email me at [email protected], and we'll get it fixed! I may also have forgotten to send the email notice about the PDF update last time, so you might get an email about a new download even if you didn't get the Roll20 version.
For those wondering about Foundry, work on the module has begun but isn't done yet. I think I'd last estimated it'd be done by the end of June, but it's looking like it's going to be later based on some changes in the availability of the person doing the conversion.
Finally, manufacturing is underway for the cards but hasn't been confirmed yet for the book or the dice as I'm still waiting to confirm final colors in the book and the final sample of the dice. Minis should be starting up soon.
Also, if anyone's been curious about a print-at-home version of the cards, I have the files for them and will release that on DriveThruRPG (if you're hoping to get it soon, feel free to let me know so I make sure to actually put it up for sale sooner rather than later).
And, a reminder that you should be sure to fill out your survey and ensure payment for shipping goes through before fulfillment begins to make sure you get your pledge items! There are still a couple dozen surveys that aren't filled out, and another dozen or so cards that haven't been able to be charged for shipping.
