Updates

If you have been following our delivery schedule for the campaign, you probably noticed that we are slightly behind it with The Legacy of Cthulhu - Advanced Rules and Tables (LoC:ART). However, we have good reasons for that and would like to explain in more detail what’s in the book, what’s not, and how we are finishing it.

The main idea behind LoC:ART is that your Survivor, like pretty much everyone on the planet, was caught by surprise when Cthulhu emerged, and the Great Old Ones brought human civilization to its knees. Trying to live during those early days was brutal, and the vast majority didn’t make it. However, those who survived and lasted more than a few months grew stronger, savvier, and more experienced. They managed to make smarter choices, develop better protection, optimize routes and routines, be more attentive to what’s going on around them, and predict the next moves of hostile forces. In sum, this book helps you take your Survivors to the next level of resistance while still ensuring they remain human in a world overtaken by otherworldly beings with insanity-inducing effects.

Also part of our game design principles is player agency. All rules in the new book should feel completely optional and modular; you pick and choose what you like for the story you want to tell. We also try to keep things as simple as possible, so you don’t have to keep jumping from the core book to this one all the time. There’s no secondary sheet, and the game still uses the same stats and core principles, so it feels familiar; and there’s no power creep that will allow you to magically be able to punch Cthulhu in the face. 

So far, we have a fairly strong list of features that are locked in and ready to share with you. The book has added 30 new tables so far, numbered 35 to 64, continuing straight on from the Core Rulebook and running in reading order so nobody has to flip back and forth mid-session. We will also share a few other things that we considered but eventually scrapped after testing (for different reasons). Lastly, there’s a list of items responsible for the delay in the book: the things we still want to add to the volume but are trying to figure out how to include.

As you can see, it is a hefty list of features that we are trying to fit into the book, delivering quality-of-life improvements and new ways to play while keeping complexity in check. We plan to finish the scope of the book this month, September, putting a new tentative date of distribution of the PDF in October. At the moment, however, we don’t expect to delay the physical version of the book, since we added padding to the production process to account for potential delays. As a reminder, because these systems need to be compatible with each other, some of the 'locked' systems might undergo changes or cancellations based on final gameplay tests. 

As usual, we will keep you informed of all developments. Please don't hesitate to contact us with questions, suggestions, or simply a hello!

Hello everyone,

We just blasted our two digital books from the campaign to all backers: How to Play (And Enjoy) Solo RPGs and the Solo 10 Guide!

As the title suggests, How to Play (And Enjoy) Solo RPGs is an experimental book where we try to explain the logic behind most Solo RPGs and how you need to adjust your mindset and gameplay instincts to get the most out of it. Please keep in mind that it wasn't written as the only way to take Solo RPGs, but as a gentle starting point, especially for those who feel very dependent on a GM figure to help with storytelling and creating a compelling story.

Solo 10 Guide is very exciting because it pops the hood and shows the engine that runs the Dark Legacy games. It covers the basics and, if people like it enough, we plan to expand to include information on more intricate subsystems and other features that never made it into any of our games (yet?).  With it, we also plan to foster the creation of more community content and, with that, some sort of repository where people can upload and collect it.

For those folks who still reported issues with the delivery of the other digital titles, we are also blasting extra copies. Please remember that we haven't started the distribution of The Legacy of Cthulhu - Advanced Rules And Tables or the stretch goals yet. 

Thank you again for your support, and don't hesitate to contact us in case of questions or issues!

Hello everyone,

All backers who completed the survey and their payment should have received their digital copies of the following titles:

With this step finished, we're moving on to distribute the digital bonus books, How to Play Solo RPGs and The Solo 10 System, later this week. After that, the only remaining digital delivery before the stretch goals will be The Legacy of Cthulhu – Advanced Rules & Tables, scheduled for August.

If you haven't received any of the titles listed above, please let us know and we'll resend your order. There are still a few backers who haven't completed their survey or are experiencing payment issues; those will need to be resolved before we can deliver their files. Also, please remember that physical orders will require shipping to be paid later, once we're ready to send the books.

In the meantime, we're publishing a small errata thanks to a report from one of our backers (thanks, Bill!). It affects the Game Example on page 73.

In the example, Xavier transforms into his Monstrous Shape during the day and keeps that form throughout the fight. As a tamed Lycanthrope, he must spend 1 Willpower point each round to maintain that form outside a full moon. The example incorrectly has him spend that point only once.

The rules themselves are not changing. This update simply brings the example into line with the rules already described on page 37. We'll update the digital file shortly, and the final printed book will include the correction.

As always, if you spot anything else, please let us know. Your feedback helps us make these games even better. Thank you again for all your support!

Hello everyone,

It took us longer than normal to finalize this process but those were growing pains of relearning how to do crowdfunding campaigns after a while and in a new platform. The good news is that you should receive emails from DriveThruRPG with links to retrieve all digital books, which the only exception being Advance Cthulhu, which still is under development and should arrive in August. 

Please keep in mind that you might not receive all items at once; so take your time and check carefully every message since it will be one email per drop. If until next week you don't receive any email or something is missing, please reach us out at [email protected] and we will send you an alternate link for redemption.

Also remember that these books aren't locked yet; we might still tweak them in many ways, so if you find any issues or want to share any gameplay feedback, please message us (same email) with your notes while there's still time to adjust things.

The bonuses from this campaign, How to Play Solo and the Solo10 system ebooks, might be distributed via our own website, so let us know if have problems getting them.

Thank you so much for your support so far! We still have a lot more content to share with you in the upcoming weeks and months!