Hello, backers—

What a great week we’ve been having! This middle section of a crowdfunding campaign is traditionally a bit more sedate that the opening week, but thanks to you continuing to spread the word, we continue to unlock stretch goals. As of today, the actual play by the gang at Rusty Quill (the producers of The Magnus Archives podcast) is unlocked!

And of course every time we unlock a stretch goal, we also add another vinyl sticker to your collection. We asked you to help us pick between three variants on a Confession design. Here’s the winner:

Every backer gets this sticker, along with the seven other designs we’ve unlocked so far—with hopefully more to come!

The Cypher System—the game engine that power The Magnus Archives Roleplaying Game—uses a d20, a d6, and percentile dice. We made a special deluxe set of dice for the crowdfunding campaign that funded the creation of the game, but it was a limited-edition design just for those backers. But we know that there are always new players joining us through this campaign as well as those who could always use another set of great gaming dice.

(Just to be clear: you don’t actually need special dice—any d20, d6 and d% will do. But the Cypher System gives you special results on certain rolls, so dice that are marked accordingly are very nice to have. And what dice goblin doesn’t like having cool dice that really fit the mood and look of the game you’re playing?)

So we’d like to make this set of The Magnus Archives Roleplaying Game dice, which will be more widely available for all of the game’s fans. (This is a mockup; the final design might differ in small details.) These won’t be quite as high-end as the dice we made for the original campaign—though they won’t be nearly as expensive, either. And they won’t be limited-edition, so we can make them available to every player of The Magnus Archives Roleplaying Game.

They’ll be high-quality resin dice with a beautiful interior design, custom faces, and markings for special results.

Every backer at the EVERYTHING INCLUDING AMAZING EXCLUSIVES! (PRINT AND PDF) will get these dice as part of their rewards. They’ll also be available as an add-on. (Though to be honest, if you’re interested in the extras we’re making for this campaign, you should really back at the EVERYTHING level—it’s a great deal and it’s only getting better!)

We’ll unlock these dice when we reach 4000 backers.

It’s been a lot of fun hearing from you about the sticker choices, so let’s do it again. Here are two options we’ve been considering:

We’ve opened a new poll in the campaign’s Comments tab. Please vote for your favorite. The winner will be added to every backer’s rewards when we unlock this stretch goal.

This campaign has really been on a roll, and we’re so thrilled to be unlocking so many stretch goals so quickly. That only happens when backers help spread the word. You can finds lots of sharable posts and art in our social media communities. Click through and share a post or three, and help us reach new backers to unlock these dice and even more stretch goals!

Thanks for your support!
—Team MCG