Hello, backers—

Once again you’ve amazed us with your dedication and alacrity! In less than 48 hours you’ve unlocked yet another stretch goal—the Jewel in the Sky boxed set is now getting a second poster map, this one showing Vocurro from a sci-fi angle!

You also amazed us with your voting for the free bonus XP card—it was literally a tie. That makes it “dealer’s choice,” and I (Charles) am choosing the naganit. We’ve faced these in our internal playtest, and I can tell you they’re a hard fight. Watch out for the scorpion-like tail. And with those human hands, they can open doors—so they can be a challenge to escape from!

Every backer gets this collection of XP cards as a free bonus reward, and we add a card with every stretch goal we unlock! Speaking of cards and stretch goals…

Back in the first week of the campaign, you unlocked a stretch goal to increase the number of creature and cypher cards in the Jewel in the Sky box. (See update 5 for details.) These useful cards speed and ease gameplay while providing inspiration and immersion.

How about more? The vision for Jewel has continued to expand throughout this campaign, and Monte thinks Vocurro’s unique cyphers and creatures could easily benefit from well over 100 cards—double what we originally had in mind, and maybe a lot more! (Numbers like these are always approximate; we like to design to the needs of the product, not an arbitrary number we came up with during the crowdfunding campaign.)

All of these cards will be fully compatible with the general-purpose Cypher Creature Deck and Manifest Cypher Deck. So if you have those, you can mix and match cards as best serves your game.

These cards will also be featured in the Datasphere Deck Tool, making them just as handy and easy to use in the digital realm as they are at your physical game table, whether you’re using a VTT or playing over Discord or Zoom. (You can learn more about the Datasphere Deck Tool here.)

Which card should we add as our next free bonus to your rewards?

Vote now!

We’re hitting these goals so fast because our backers—you!—are doing such a great job spreading the word. Please keep it up! You can find posts to share on our social media accounts [[link]], or click through below for a treasure trove of images you can use!

Thanks for your support!
—Team MCG