Hello Monsters,

Our main reward, the Monster Kingdoms core rulebook, has just tiptoed into the first stages of production. Now that the manuscript has gone through a final development pass (though, it's never really finished until it's printed), preliminary work in Art Direction has begun. The Developer and Art Director are figuring out the artwork needs for the book, both in general and then specific illustrations, and then seeing how those needs can line up with artist's styles, abilities, and availability before figuring out contracts and getting the illustrations rolling. 

So, we've got a bit to wait for our backer PDF still, but I'll be tracking progress each month in these regular updates. 

I know many groups have been playing with the draft version of the manuscript while we wait. If that's the case - or you want to prep for the future - I have new rules that you can incorporate into your game right now!

Onyx Path will be releasing Storypath Ultra Tasty Bits all year - bite-sized rules & tools that you can drop into your Storypath Ultra system games with ease. 

Now let's get to our regular check in...

While our main book moves into Art Direction, our jumpstart supplement unlocked via Stretch Goal achievement is in redlines, where the developer provides the writers with direction to take the manuscript to a final draft before further development happens.

If you need to review your information or pledge status, you can return to your survey by clicking the link in your survey email or requesting your survey link under "Lost your survey?" on our BackerKit project page at https://monster-kingdoms.backerkit.com/

You can read Onyx Path's most recent monthly summary, covering all projects and their status up to that point here: <December 2025 Project Status Summary>

You can find the weekly Monday Meeting blog updates <here>, which note any projects with status changes since the previous Month End summary. The project statuses listed are current as of last Monday, so do check it out each Monday night to see if anything may have progressed!

I will continue to post regular updates every month until the final reward has gone out.

You may be able to get further insight and possibly some in-depth conversation at these Onyx Path discussion zones: