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Popples

2 days ago

Artist and Art Feature #4

Mary Bennett ArtStation: artstation.com/marybennett6 | Discord: @mary_bennett | instagram: Mary_benarts Before the Shatterlands became what it is, there were years of unravel...

Popples

4 days ago

Gary Con is here and the Shatterlands are open for business

Gary Con kicked off Thursday at the Grand Geneva Resort in Lake Geneva, and we have been running Afterglow hard. Two sessions down and third one coming fast! Watching players...

Popples

7 days ago

Artist and Art Feature #3

Kuzacht Discord: godswedenkuzacht | Reddit: u/kerszgt_kuzacht There's a specific kind of excitement that hits when a notification from Kuzacht comes through — and it hasn't w...

Popples

9 days ago

Artists and Art Feature #2

Artist Spotlight: Dennis | Goldy Designs & Creatives Instagram: @goldydesigns22 Dennis brought an extraordinary level of output and dedication to Afterglow — both in...

Popples

11 days ago

Fully Funded — And We're Just Getting Started!

Honestly? I'm still processing it. Afterglow: Adventures in the Shatterlands is going to be a real, printed, professional thing — and that's because of you. Every backer, eve...

Popples

13 days ago

Artists and Art Feature #1

Hello from the Shatterlands! Afterglow doesn't just live in the rules and mechanics — it lives in the art. I've been fortunate to work with some incredibly talented people to...

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2 days ago

Project Update: Artist and Art Feature #4

Mary Bennett ArtStation: artstation.com/marybennett6 | Discord: @mary_bennett | instagram: Mary_benarts

Before the Shatterlands became what it is, there were years of unraveling — and Afterglow doesn't skip over it.

The main lore chapter "Becoming the Shatterlands" is a collection of short stories drawn from real sessions, scattered across the years when the world was starting its spiral. Fear, uncertainty, distrust, anger, loss — each story carries its own emotional fingerprint, and each one is anchored by a single image meant to freeze that moment in amber.

Mary Bennett is the artist carrying that entire chapter on their shoulders, and the work speaks for itself. Every image lands exactly where it needs to — you read the story, you look at the illustration, and something locks into place. You don't just understand what the character is going through. You feel it.

This is no small ask for a single artist. The scope is significant and the schedule has been demanding. Mary has exceeded expectations at every turn without missing a beat.

Seriously — go check out their portfolio. The talent is obvious, and I'm grateful to have them on this project.

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Popples

CREATOR

4 days ago

Project Update: Gary Con is here and the Shatterlands are open for business

Gary Con kicked off Thursday at the Grand Geneva Resort in Lake Geneva, and we have been running Afterglow hard. Two sessions down and third one coming fast!

Watching players scheme their way through the facility in ways I never saw coming, then seeing their faces when something unexpected crawls out of the shadows — that's the whole game right there. The shocked expressions alone are worth the trip.

If you're at the Grand Geneva this weekend, keep your eyes open. There are surprises scattered across campus — you'll know them when you find them.

To everyone backing from home: the game is real, it's hitting hard, and we cannot wait to get it into your hands. Thank you for making this happen.

Learn more about the project:

newterrastudios.com/projects/afterglow →

— Jakob & the New Terra Studios ground crew

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WSKH

9 days ago

"All In" Pledge?

Any chance we can get an "All In" Pledge Level for a discounted price? Maybe 10%-20% off total price. I'd like to get x1 of everything — but $220 is steep. "All In Afterglow Pledge" • x1 Afterglow Special Edition Hardcover • x1 Afterglow Regular Hardcover • x1 Afterglow Softcover • x1 Afterglow Dice Tray • x1 Afterglow Button ^Just a thought ☢️💭

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Popples

CREATOR

7 days ago

Project Update: Artist and Art Feature #3

Kuzacht Discord: godswedenkuzacht | Reddit: u/kerszgt_kuzacht

There's a specific kind of excitement that hits when a notification from Kuzacht comes through — and it hasn't worn off yet.

Kuzacht has been behind the vast majority of Afterglow's chapter spread layouts, and the work demands to be experienced up close. We're talking bring-a-microscope levels of fine line detail. Every proof I receive, I can't help myself — I zoom in as far as I can and just sit there. The density of thought packed into every inch is genuinely staggering.

And it's not just technical precision. When tasked with illustrating the Whispercoil — the spine-mounted device central to the Coil-Bound PC — Kuzacht didn't just render my concept. They interrogated it. What would this device actually need to function? How does it interface with the body? How does a Coil-Bound even sleep with this thing on their spine? My original sketch looked like the Hungry Caterpillar. What came back was something phenomenal.

Another artist I cannot recommend highly enough.

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Popples

CREATOR

9 days ago

Project Update: Artists and Art Feature #2

Artist Spotlight: Dennis | Goldy Designs & Creatives Instagram: @goldydesigns22

Dennis brought an extraordinary level of output and dedication to Afterglow — both in volume and consistency. The range on display is what sets this collaboration apart.

Flip through the Pets & Companions chapter and you'll see Dennis's distinctive comic art style woven throughout. But that's only part of the story. Dennis also captured the rougher, in-the-moment sketches — the kind a Ranger might scrawl in a field journal while documenting a new creature before the memory fades. Then, in the same breath, delivers the polished, detailed mechanoid illustrations that make the less-threatening corners of the Shatterlands feel hauntingly real.