Triptych Is Headed To Print! Vista Feedback Extended! Stretch Goal Feedback
Manifesting The Brindleverse
Earlier this week, we sent out updated and reproofed versions of the Triptych games and character sheets. I am really thrilled with the community feedback we got, and we did our best to include it. Some of the links still need to be updated and finalized, but the final versions are stunning and taught us a lot about what needed to be in, or could be taken out of, the short-form rules.
I am doing a final proof pass on each today, and then getting them to the printer tomorrow AM.
Kingdom Vistas Feedback Extended
The updates last week didn't seem to automatically notify folks, so we are extending the feedback on Vistas till next Monday. This is just for general and text feedback, as the art and some layout will still be finalized.
The feedback form is HERE, and the digital files are linked in your digital downloads (and emails).
Here is another teaser page with the art, though. It's probably my favorite so far.
Digital Tools & Other Goals
For folks who got Monsters Ate My Homework & Ritual Deck Zine Club Edition, those will be added to digital fulfillment this week. For all digital stretch goals, we are working on those assets over the rest of the Fall and will release them as they are ready. At the end of the process, we will have a substantial toolkit to help drive CFB creation even further and help with table play. Also, The Gauntlet and Plus One are excited to announce that we will be doing another Brindleverse Triptych in 2027 with 3 more games. More details to come.
It's not to late to hop on as a backer for those of you following the campaign! Backers get free access to all community resources, including the Mike Martens design assets and tools.
Final Day For Triptych Community Review, Vistas Review Starting & Kingdoms Carved
Final day of community review of The Brindleverse Triptych!
You can find the form HERE, and the files in your digital downloads folder here on Backerkit. Late pledges will also close on this project in 10 days.
Kingdom Vistas review starts TOMORROW!
The form for that is HERE, but a work-in-progress version of the supplement will be released tomorrow. The art and layout process is intensive, but we have enough done for you to see where we are headed with the final version of the project, and it is text-complete. Starting the review lets us keep the process moving.
KINGDOMS CARVED COMBO!
The Follow page for our next crowdfunding projects is live! The Kingdoms Carved Combo will bring two more longfrom Carved From Brindlewood games to life. Click HERE to follow.
Kingdoms Will Rise & Fall! In The 7th Order become rent-a-cops trying to stop the apocalypse as the Four Horsemen draw near. In Ritual Deck: King of Games it's time to duel! Take on the ancient king of games as students at Battle City Prep.
If you have completed your survey, you should have 3 PDFs on their way to you to preview & review! This is the core rules text adjusted for each game & the game-specific text, but not the character sheets or other play elements yet! There is also one additional art piece still coming for By Endurance We Conquer.
If you have feedback, notice errors, or have thoughts, please use the form HERE to report them. It's only been a few minutes, and we have already noticed a few more changes we want to make.
Kingdom Vistas
Kingdom Vistas will have its own review process, but a preview version will be available shortly. The art process is very intensive. There has been a lot of back-and-forth as we hone in on how the layout and artwork come together. Daniel is literally tearing it apart and putting it back together to make something beautiful.
The proces
Tearing it apart
Breaking it down
This also means going back to the drawing board on fonts to match the art as it emerges.
Triptych Community Review Opening Wednesday for One Week
Community Review
One Wednesday we will send out copies of the three core Brindleverse Triptych games for community review. We had wanted to do this earlier but people have to have filled out surveys and have their cards charged before we can send them.
If you have feedback, notice errors, or have thoughts please use the form HERE to report them. There are a couple of pages that are still waiting for final art, but the books are text complete.
This will not replace editing or proof reading on our side, but we are firm believers that community feedback helps create better games.
Kingdom Vistas will have it's own review process, but a preview version will be available at end of week. It's just a lot of art left.
What's Taking So Long
I know, I know... you have had to wait over a week now to get this, but right now we are actually mostly pushing up on Backerkit limitations and giving people notice on card charges and address lock down.
If you have not filled out your survey yet, please do so now! This will get you access to the PDFs this week and let you take part in the feedback process.
ALSO! If you didn't back while the campaign was live you can get added to the survey process and preorder the games with extra goodies.
We also have a cool announcement later this week about our next project and dive into some deeper conversations about our next Vista's project.
We just sent out a smoke test to 25 backers to make sure everything is working correctly. Once we have 12-13 back, we will make sure everything is processing correctly and send out the rest. If anything looks amiss, or if you have any questions, let us know!
Late Pledges!
We also opened up the preorder store notification process. This means if you missed the campaign and still want the best prices, all the backer benefits, and a few more surprises, you can lock in your pledge for when pm notifications go live right here.
Digital Previews!
Later this week, we will send out digital previews of the Triptych to all backers who have finished their pledge surveys. This will give us about a week to get feedback and another week to incorporate it before we go to print. Kingdom Visitas will come out once the art is complete, but will go through the same process. If possible, we will include a plain text version of Vistas.
More Vistas!
As part of our $30,000 stretch goal, we are building and commissioning another book of Vistas and will be hosting a Vista Jam later this year.
We will put out a poll next week about the genres (& subgenres) that we are exploring to let you vote BUT! Don't wait for that.
Tell me right now in the comments... what narrative space do you want the next set of vistas to explore?
Are we headed for the far reaches of the galaxy? Picking through the post-apocalypse? Doubling down on hauntings and horror? Leaning into a modern slice of life? SOMETHING ELSE ENTIRELY?
I Can't Believe I am Doing This... Monsters Ate My Homework Now Unlocked
We had a game that comes out next month that we were going to add to the pledge manager, but some folks REEEEEEALLLLLLLY want to see how long we can make overtime last and unlock that last goal...
So we have added Amaan's Monsters Ate My Homework Shortform school yard CFB game to the Addons section of the campaign for folks who want to extend the time even further.
Earlier this week, we sent out updated and reproofed versions of the Triptych games and character sheets. I am really thrilled with the community feedback we got, and we did our best to include it. Some of the links still need to be updated and finalized, but the final versions are stunning and taught us a lot about what needed to be in, or could be taken out of, the short-form rules.
I am doing a final proof pass on each today, and then getting them to the printer tomorrow AM.
Kingdom Vistas Feedback Extended
The updates last week didn't seem to automatically notify folks, so we are extending the feedback on Vistas till next Monday. This is just for general and text feedback, as the art and some layout will still be finalized.
The feedback form is HERE, and the digital files are linked in your digital downloads (and emails).
Here is another teaser page with the art, though. It's probably my favorite so far.
Digital Tools & Other Goals
For folks who got Monsters Ate My Homework & Ritual Deck Zine Club Edition, those will be added to digital fulfillment this week. For all digital stretch goals, we are working on those assets over the rest of the Fall and will release them as they are ready. At the end of the process, we will have a substantial toolkit to help drive CFB creation even further and help with table play. Also, The Gauntlet and Plus One are excited to announce that we will be doing another Brindleverse Triptych in 2027 with 3 more games. More details to come.
It's not to late to hop on as a backer for those of you following the campaign! Backers get free access to all community resources, including the Mike Martens design assets and tools.
Final day of community review of The Brindleverse Triptych!
You can find the form HERE, and the files in your digital downloads folder here on Backerkit. Late pledges will also close on this project in 10 days.
Kingdom Vistas review starts TOMORROW!
The form for that is HERE, but a work-in-progress version of the supplement will be released tomorrow. The art and layout process is intensive, but we have enough done for you to see where we are headed with the final version of the project, and it is text-complete. Starting the review lets us keep the process moving.
KINGDOMS CARVED COMBO!
The Follow page for our next crowdfunding projects is live! The Kingdoms Carved Combo will bring two more longfrom Carved From Brindlewood games to life. Click HERE to follow.
Kingdoms Will Rise & Fall! In The 7th Order become rent-a-cops trying to stop the apocalypse as the Four Horsemen draw near. In Ritual Deck: King of Games it's time to duel! Take on the ancient king of games as students at Battle City Prep.
If you have completed your survey, you should have 3 PDFs on their way to you to preview & review! This is the core rules text adjusted for each game & the game-specific text, but not the character sheets or other play elements yet! There is also one additional art piece still coming for By Endurance We Conquer.
If you have feedback, notice errors, or have thoughts, please use the form HERE to report them. It's only been a few minutes, and we have already noticed a few more changes we want to make.
Kingdom Vistas
Kingdom Vistas will have its own review process, but a preview version will be available shortly. The art process is very intensive. There has been a lot of back-and-forth as we hone in on how the layout and artwork come together. Daniel is literally tearing it apart and putting it back together to make something beautiful.
The proces
Tearing it apart
Breaking it down
This also means going back to the drawing board on fonts to match the art as it emerges.
One Wednesday we will send out copies of the three core Brindleverse Triptych games for community review. We had wanted to do this earlier but people have to have filled out surveys and have their cards charged before we can send them.
If you have feedback, notice errors, or have thoughts please use the form HERE to report them. There are a couple of pages that are still waiting for final art, but the books are text complete.
This will not replace editing or proof reading on our side, but we are firm believers that community feedback helps create better games.
Kingdom Vistas will have it's own review process, but a preview version will be available at end of week. It's just a lot of art left.
What's Taking So Long
I know, I know... you have had to wait over a week now to get this, but right now we are actually mostly pushing up on Backerkit limitations and giving people notice on card charges and address lock down.
If you have not filled out your survey yet, please do so now! This will get you access to the PDFs this week and let you take part in the feedback process.
ALSO! If you didn't back while the campaign was live you can get added to the survey process and preorder the games with extra goodies.
We also have a cool announcement later this week about our next project and dive into some deeper conversations about our next Vista's project.
We just sent out a smoke test to 25 backers to make sure everything is working correctly. Once we have 12-13 back, we will make sure everything is processing correctly and send out the rest. If anything looks amiss, or if you have any questions, let us know!
Late Pledges!
We also opened up the preorder store notification process. This means if you missed the campaign and still want the best prices, all the backer benefits, and a few more surprises, you can lock in your pledge for when pm notifications go live right here.
Digital Previews!
Later this week, we will send out digital previews of the Triptych to all backers who have finished their pledge surveys. This will give us about a week to get feedback and another week to incorporate it before we go to print. Kingdom Visitas will come out once the art is complete, but will go through the same process. If possible, we will include a plain text version of Vistas.
More Vistas!
As part of our $30,000 stretch goal, we are building and commissioning another book of Vistas and will be hosting a Vista Jam later this year.
We will put out a poll next week about the genres (& subgenres) that we are exploring to let you vote BUT! Don't wait for that.
Tell me right now in the comments... what narrative space do you want the next set of vistas to explore?
Are we headed for the far reaches of the galaxy? Picking through the post-apocalypse? Doubling down on hauntings and horror? Leaning into a modern slice of life? SOMETHING ELSE ENTIRELY?
