Welcome to the final hours of this campaign! We've had a fast and fun ride - this two week campaign has really sped by.
FINAL DAY CHECKLIST
Whether you're just jumping into Curseborne for the first time or adding to your growing collection, these are some good topics to review over these final hours...
1. KNOW WHAT YOU'RE SUPPORTING
The Wolf You Feed is the Curseborne Jumpstart, an 80-page introduction to the Curseborne roleplaying game. Containing pre-made Accursed characters, all the rules you need to play this scenario, and an introductory scenario deisgned to get you started and give you plot seeds to continue growing your own story. It's a jump-in point to the larger Curseborne RPG line.
This update breaks down your best starting point for figuring out which Backer Reward Tier to choose to help support this project in a way that works for you.
The main reward offered in this campaign is, of course, the main goal of the entire proposition: perfect-bound softcover version of the book. The first decision you need to make is whether you're just looking to get the softcover delivered to you before it goes out to retail stores, or sticking with the digital only and staying with the PDF tier?
With that decision in mind, we've got a few reward tiers to choose from:
A DIGITAL START
This is the PDF-only reward path. So, if you're saving trees or saving shelf space - or avoiding the shipping charges that are absolutely ever-increasing - this is the reward path option that you should begin with. The PDF will be fulfilled by our partners at DriveThruRPG.com - when it is ready, you will receive a link to add it to your DTRPG library at no cost for you to download at your leisure.
A PRINTED START
Our main focus for this campaign, this reward path includes the traditionally-printed softcover version of this book. Shipping costs ARE NOT included in the cost of your pledge. You will be charged for shipping after the campaign through the pledge manager. In addition, this option also includes the PDF version, so you will get a digital copy as described above.
Need the Curseborne Core Rules as well? They form the system upon which the Curseborne Jumpstart is built. We've set up these one-click pledge options to get you started! If you don't already have a copy of the Curseborne corebook, you soon will by choosing any of these reward paths.
COREBOOK START DIGITAL COMBO
A digital entry into Cruseborne, this pledge path contains PDF versions of both the Curseborne Jumpstart as well as the Curseborne Core Rules.
COREBOOK START PRINT COMBO
This pledge path will get you both the PDF and softcover book for the Curseborne Jumpstart as well as Curseborne Core Rules PDF and standard hardcover book. Quantities are limited, and shipping costs are not included in your pledge and will be added prior to fulfillment in the Pledge Manager.
ADD-ON OPTIONS - The other half of our Reward Tiers update, including information on the second step of pledging. There are a few Add On options that you can add as part of your pledging process, including the Curseborne Deluxe Hardcover Edition, the Accursed Adventures scenario PDF, or the Accursed Tales digital fiction anthology, plus the Curseborne Tasty Bits compilation which features a dozen new adversaries for your game. We also have a few other books that feature the same system as Curseborne - the Storypath Ultra Core Manual PDF, and They Came From the RPG Anthology! PDF.
ADD ON selections will be available in the post-campaign Pledge Manager as well.
SO: Ensure that you've selected the Reward Tier you want, and select any Add On options you wish to include. AND - make sure that you are comfortable with the Pledge amount, in terms of it covering everything you want and theaffordabilityof the pledge at this moment!
Be Financially Responsible
I'm going to speak against my own self-interest for a moment, and repeat something I say at the end of every campaign - 2026 has been pretty wild so far, and there's even more uncertainty ahead. Ensure that your circumstances enable you to afford this pledge at this moment - BackerKit will begin processing payments late tonight after the campaign ends and neither Onyx Path nor I have any involvement in that process. If you are unsure of your financial situation but don't want to miss out, please pledge for a tier you can afford right now and know that you will be able to upgrade to open pledge levels in our post-campaign Pledge Manager for some time before the book is completed. There are no refunds for regret, and the funds raised start being spent immediately on paying for the work done thus far and the additional work ahead plus the projects unlocked via Stretch Goal. So please be financially responsible.
Choose a Reward Tier You Can Afford
Readthe Manuscripts and Make Sure You Know What You're Getting
Be Aware of the Projected Delivery Date (Onyx Path will try to deliver earlier than this, but these two books will take some time to get perfect, and we're dealing with an imperfect world. Schedules sometimes go awry)
3. PAYMENT AND CONTACT INFORMATION
Once you're comfortable with your pledge, please ensure that the payment and contact information in your BackerKit account is up to date and correct. Making sure your e-mail is entered correctly and your credit card isn't expired will speed up the next step process. (I have learned from experience!)
4.OVERTIME MODE
Overtime Mode extends the campaign past its original end time to give backers a final chance to make their pledge and adds an interesting twist to the end of the campaign. How long will it extend? That’s entirely up to backers: The campaign will keep going for an additional 10 minutes as long as pledges keep coming in – a chain of back-to-back pledges is called the Backer Train. The campaign will end only when the Backer Train stops after a period of 10 minutes passing without any pledges.
You’ll know we’re in Overtime Mode when the campaign’s Backer Train counter displays a bright rainbow border and a new countdown that resets to 10 minutes after each new backer joins that final Backer Train ride.
So, we've scheduled the campaign to conclude on May 5th at 2:00 PM Eastern Time, but it'll be extended in 10 minute chunks as long as backers keep pledging. Will we add an extra 10 minutes? An extra 20? Or will it all finish up as planned? Who knows, but we'll find out together! Even as we finish, there's an opportunity for a new start!
WHAT COMES NEXT?
5. AFTER THE CAMPAIGN ENDS
First, we celebrate. The campaign page will subtly change, locking out the ability to pledge and showing the final totals. We'll give socially-distanced high fives and digital fist bumps in the Community section and over on Discord.
Then, the BackerKit payment process begins. Starting late tonight and continuing over the next week, Backerkit will begin charging your payment methods for the total amount you've pledged.
If there is an issue with your payment method (expired credit card or incorrect number or pre-paid Visa awaiting funds, for example), BackerKit will keep trying to process payment during this time.
Once this step is done, which will likely be by the mid-May, BackerKit will confirm everything with Onyx Path and I can begin to set up the project in the Pledge Manager and load in all of the campaign data.
In addition to providing the crowdfunding platform for this campaign, BackerKit is also Onyx Path's regular Pledge Manager partner.
BackerKit provides a robust fulfillment integration and pledge management program that will allow us to work with all of the data and distribute the rewards to you. It will take me about a week to set the project up. Once I've got it all entered and built, the team from BackerKit will review to ensure I didn't mess anything up too badly, and then I'll make any changes they've suggested and we can move on to the Survey stage.
6. BACKERKIT SURVEYS
Once BackerKit says I'm good to go, I will send out a survey to all backers. This is why confirming your e-mail is important!
The BackerKit survey is both a verb and a noun - it will collect data for the analysis of some aspect of a group (enabling Onyx Path to set schedules, prioritize new projects, and fine-tune future campaigns), as well as providing a general review or summary of the reward tier you've chosen, confirm all of the rewards associated with that reward tier, and confirm your total pledge amount.
I expect Surveys to go out before the end of May 2026.
During the Survey period, you can choose to increase your reward tier and add on additional options. If you've found $20 in your spring coat or found an alternate income source and decide it's time to trade up to include the softcover or include another add-on, you can do so at this time. Note, you will not be able to reduce your reward tier selection, only increase.
If you selected Add On options, they'll be added to your reward list automatically.
Note that you'll be able to upgrade your pledge tier for a bit - until we're ready to distribute The Wolf You Feed rewards. So don't feel pressure to have it all figured out right away - we'll make sure there's plenty of time to get it all sorted before the books go out.
7. REWARD DISTRIBUTION
Once the surveys are up and running, I'll prepare fulfillment for the existing rewards - the Add On options that are all currently available, like the Curseborne core rulebook PDF, and the Tasty Bits, Accursed Adventures, Accursed Tales, plus the other Storypath Ultra books. Depending on how smoothly the Pledge Manager process goes, those should be out fairly soon after the survey stage starts. So, let's say the existing PDF rewards will be out to you by the start of June. That's only the beginning, though.
Eventually, we will have a completed PDFs of The Wolf You Feed - the Curseborne Jumpstart. Onyx Path is working hard to get the PDF ready for backers as quickly as possible. Together, we'll will take some time to distribute, review, and compile any errata or corrections that need to be made. When they've made any necessary changes, they'll make an updated versions of the PDFs available in your DriveThruRPG digital library and then begin creating print-ready files for the Print-on-Demand hardcover versions.
It's yet another long road ahead, likely full of twists and turns and surprises, but one that we wouldn't be undertaking if not for your ongoing support.
So - one final time - please spread the word to any potential backers and fans, and thanks so much for a great campaign!
![Curseborne Jumpstart [Softcover Print Edition]](https://images.backerkit.com/active_storage/backerkit_production/blob/n8xwdiq92b8w3r6576pbjnm3npw3?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&auto=compress%2Cformat&cs=srgb&ar=16%3A9&fit=crop)
