Hey all,

Apologies for the delay with this update - I'll make sure we're posting these monthly going forward.

The radio silence has masked work progress on all fronts. I'm particularly excited by how the GM screen is looking. We've recruited Alessandro Alaia - whose work you may have seen in our Cthulhu Apocalypse book covers and interiors - to do it. The project has evolved through sketches of jungles, the Antarctic, ships, featureless plateaus and New England houses, and we've finally landed on an ancient desert city, which I think is going to look great! Here are Alessandro's initial sketches:

Also in progress are backer surveys, which have just been sent out. You should be able to make any changes or additions you want in that - please do let Becky know at [email protected] if you have any issues with it. If you've backed at the Retailer level, you'll need to confirm your retail store details before getting access to the wholesale items.

I'm having a meeting later on today with Steven Hammond of The Black Book fame, so expect more details on the Trail 2e character generator in our next update.

Robin D. Laws has taken over the development of Boundary of the Darkness. He's working with Sarah on pre-gens for her Bluestockings adventure, as well as art and layout.

Ken's taken the Trail of Cthulhu manuscript, and is adding his magic touch - what we call his "fairy dust" - to it, which is the last stage of development. His changes will likely be more editorial than mechanical, but I do know he's improved the Fleeing rules, and added a list of the rules specific to Pulp and Purist modes, along with necessary appendices. Once he's finished with it, it can go into layout.

And speaking of, Aileen Miles is working on new layout templates, to an admittedly fuzzy brief from me. On the one hand, I want to have a different look the interior; but on the other hand, I really like the look of Jérôme Huguenin's original design. Here are some of Aileen's drafts:

Until next month,

~Cat