Physical Fulfillment Has Begun!
In one massive packing spree, 80% of the books for physical fulfillment have been dropped off at the post office! Some have even been deliver...
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M. Allen Hall
25 days ago
Production Update: Books have arrived!
I'm back with the March update, and I'm happy to report that the books have arrived, and they look great!
What Happens Next
1. In the next couple of days, I'll be hitting ...
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M. Allen Hall
2 months ago
Production Update: We're On A Boat
Hello!
A quick update on production over here for The Baron's Grip. I've received word that the books and asset packs have been handed over to the freight forwarding company...
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M. Allen Hall
3 months ago
Project Update: Production has begun!
Hello all!
I'm back, as promised, with an update to let you all know that production has begun on the books! We had set a goal for ourselves of getting the books on the boat...
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M. Allen Hall
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Backer Surveys Incoming
End of Year Update
We are almost a month out from the end of the campaign. As of now, the Pre-Order store is open, and Backer Surveys have been sent out. Your survey and thi...
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M. Allen Hall
4 months ago
December Update
Hello all!
I'd like to start with a huge Thank You! to everyone that backed and spread the word about The Baron's Grip. Mausritter Month absolutely blew my expectations a...
In one massive packing spree, 80% of the books for physical fulfillment have been dropped off at the post office! Some have even been delivered already! If you live in the US or in a country that is not the UK or in the EU, you should have received a notification with your tracking number yesterday.
If you think you should have received a tracking number, but you have not, please look to make sure your pledge manager survey is complete and your credit card successfully paid for shipping. You can go here to check: https://the-barons-grip.backerkit.com/
For backers in the UK and EU, your books have a little longer way to go. First, they are headed to our friends at Heart of the Deernicorn, who will load them onto a pallet and ship them to the UK. There, our fulfillment partner Peregrine Coast Press will pack them up and ship them to you while dealing with GSPR and VAT. This does mean that there will likely be an extra few weeks before you get your games, but hopefully it also means you won't get hit with extra fees when you pick up your packages.
My Next Project: Out of the Iron Labyrinth
Out of the Iron Labyrinth
After the success of Mausritter Month, I am diving into a new group collab here on BackerKit: OSE Month 2026: Demons. My project for this event is Out of the Iron Labyrinth, a hell-escape-crawl designed for one player character.
As an extra "Thank You!" for your early support of Out of the Iron Labyrinth, anyone that backs in the first 48 hours will also receive The Mountain of Power, a pamphlet adventure for Old School Essentials created for the Appx. N Jam on itch.io in July, 2025.
The Mountain of Power
That's all for now! As always, thank you for your support!!
I'm back with the March update, and I'm happy to report that the books have arrived, and they look great!
Fresh photos of The Baron's Grip
What Happens Next
In the next couple of days, I'll be hitting the Charge Cards With Notice button in BackerKit, so you will receive an email asking you to review and update your information before shipping fees are charged.
Once this process completes (2-3 days after I push the button), anyone that ordered digital add-ons will receive a notification email that those are available. You will then be able to download the digital versions of all of the games that you requested when you backed this project.
A few days after that, I will push the Lock Addresses With Final Notice button, which will send another email to give you another chance to make sure everything looks right before stuff starts goes in the mail.
Once those processes are complete, I will start shipping!
Important Note for UK and EU Backers:
In order to handle some taxes and certain regulations, packages to the UK and EU will be going through my fulfillment partner Peregrine Coast Press in Leeds, UK/England. We are still a few weeks away from this, but you may receive a notification from your mail service about a package from Peregrine Coast Press (and not me). That will be your rewards package! Feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions or issues.
That's it for now. I need to order some packing materials and get ready for packing up these books!
A quick update on production over here for The Baron's Grip. I've received word that the books and asset packs have been handed over to the freight forwarding company, and we expect them to be on a cargo ship leaving China today. That means we have 4-5 weeks for them to get across the Pacific, and then another couple of weeks for them to get to me.
Once they arrive, I will send another update to let you know. Until then, here's a sneak peak at the finished book with some of Jamie Douglas's wonderful item illustrations.
Image from the printer with the finished books and asset packs.
Digital Rewards
I'm wrapping up the digital edition, and I plan to release that before the end of February. Because of the finicky details of digital distribution through BackerKit, I am going to be waiting to distribute the digital add-ons until I charge cards for shipping, which I won't do until the books arrive and I make sure they look good. But everyone will get access to the campaign book and the asset pack downloads soon.
BackerKit Surveys
It looks like we still have a few backers that have not filled out their BackerKit surveys. If you cannot find the email inviting you to complete the survey, you can always head to this address to find it: https://the-barons-grip.backerkit.com/. The same link should work if you want to change anything in your survey as well.
My Next Project
The Kickstarter campaign for my Liminal Horror campaign book UHF Contact is live and funded! A three-part adventure of analog horror, UHF Contact includes An Abbreviated Horror RPG (my fully playable Liminal Horror rules summary) and Alone in the Dark (solo tools for Liminal Horror), everything that you need to get started as a Facilitator or solo player. I'm working with David Szilagyi for art and Josh Domanski for editing, and I'm very excited about what we are putting together.
As always, thank you for your support! I'll be in touch when those books land on my doorstep.
I'm back, as promised, with an update to let you all know that production has begun on the books! We had set a goal for ourselves of getting the books on the boat before the New Year holidays shut everything down in China, and I think we are going to sneak in just under the wire there.
The primary remaining work is sorting out the cross-collaboration leaflet with Fey Light Studio. We have started brainstorming, and that will certainly be wrapped up before the books get off the boat (we can expect 5 weeks for shipping from China once production is complete).
That just leaves the digital edition to sort out, which I plan to dive into once the last physical products are ordered.
In the meantime, I have been working on a little horror adventure zine for Zine Quest over on Kickstarter:
UHF Contact is a collection of 3 modern horror adventures for the Liminal Horror RPG. This collection is being designed specifically to support solo play, including my Liminal Horror solo toolset, though the adventures play just as well in a multiplayer game. If this sounds interesting, give the campaign a follow by clicking here; we'll be launching in the next couple of weeks!
