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Goblin King's Gambit

Goblin King's Gambit

This 100+ page hardbound book features 4 multipath adventures taking you from welp (zero level) to adulthood (first level) and beyond. Included is our one-of-a-kind card system jumpstarts play in minutes, not hours.
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THE BOOK

We want to create a 100-page + digest-sized hardbound book. As an exclusive gift to our backers, we will have them numbers based on the total number of backers. If we have 300 books backed you will receive a randomly numbered book from 1-300.


Featured in this book 

  • 4 multipath adventures ( 2x Zero Level Adventures and 2x First Level Adventures)
  • New class options 
  • New magic
  • New abilities
  • Goblin culture tips
  • A real goblin language
  • And more based on stretch goals
  • Rules in both DCC and 5e
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THE QUICK PLAY DECK

The quick play deck is designed to get your group playing these modules as fast as possible.

There are

25  - Zero-level random player cards for DCC and 5E.
80 - Random equipment cards.


The Funnel
The Game Master places the PC card's stats down on the table, and the players pick 5 cards at random. These represent the five zero-level characters they will use in one of the zero-level adventures included in the book. As they flip over the cards, the character stats will be revealed.



THE EQUIPMENT CARDS

The Game Master, the 80-card stats are down on the table. This represents the goblin king's hoard that he grants to whelps to aid in their coming-of-age trial. Each equipment card has a picture of it on the front, and on the back are the stats of the item. The goblin king doesn't expect many of you to live, so the items have some sort of flaw about them, but the players won't know what it is till after they pick the item and inspect it.
But there is no time or orderly inspection; you are goblins after all. Because all items are on the table, the players are expected to make a mad dash for the items, some stealing from others while the goblin king counts down and the guards steal some for themselves. When he's done, so are you.


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Pledges and Stretch Goals

We set up an exciting campaign for our second one. The last one was awesome this one will be even better.

We have two types of stretch goals: the book track and the miniature track. 

  1. The book track is based on the total campaign pledge value at the time of close. 
  2. The miniature track is based on the number of backers for specific add-ons at the time of close.

As we pass each milestone we will open up an additional item you can add to your pledge or a new section to the book for free.



The Pledge Track 


If we hit the following milestones at the fund collection portion of the campaign, we will offer the following.


$2,000   - We will offer the hardbound numbered book and quick play cards.
$4,000   - a super cool Goblin Kings Gambit soft enamel pin addon.
$5,000   - an additional 30+ pages focused on goblin rituals and magic to expand your game.
$6,000   - more cloth map addons that can be used with the two first-level adventures in the book.
$6,500   - a Goblin Town Expansion for your party to explore and use in an all-goblin campaign.
$9,000   - 15+ Drag and drop locations for your players to interact with in your campaign.
$11,000 - 30+ pages focused on the goblin race as an expansion to the other material.
$14,000 - A completely new second-level adventure.


If we hit $20,000 in total backing from the community at the time of collection, we will create an additional second and a new third-level adventure that will be told in the goblin halls for many generations. We know this is ambitious, but our writers and artists are ready to make this a reality for our backers. We will also give every backer a free mystery gift for making our dreams come true.

The Mini Track 


We found an artist who could take 2D art and turn it into a 3D miniature. These will be STL files.

105 people back the troll mini addon, and we will make the hound minis available.
120 people back the hound's minis addon, and we will make the kid's minis available.
100 people back the kids' minis addon, and we will make the parent's minis available. 
120 people back the parent's minis addon, and we will make the four halfling minis available. 



WILL YOU HEED THE CALL OF THE GOBLIN KING AND TAKE HIS GAMBIT?

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NO AI ART

We love artists and want to support the community, so we guarantee none of our art is AI-generated.
This means we pay our artists and writers before we get paid.


We backed some of the art before the campaign started because we know the process of getting these things done is time-consuming. Plus it looks super cool! 
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Who Are We?

This loose band of misfits, vagabonds,  artists, writers, and just cool people that team up from around the world to create gaming content for the TTRPG community. Our passion is to create something you can love to use at your table.  

Our first project, It's a Thieves Life, featured a pickpocket deck paired with a digest-sized hardbound book. That campaign was a hit, and we are back at it, burning the midnight oil and crashing down the doors of yet another Backerkit campaign to make it happen once again. 


We have an incredible campaign set up. Come join us! 



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Project Timeline

Project Milestones 

  1. Starts on October 31 and runs till December 16th
  2. We have rough ideas of the sections of the book. We will start writing at this time.
  3. We estimate the rough drafts with art to be completed by the end of Q1 2025.
    • Top pledges and community contributors may be selected to help proofread the rough drafts. 
  4. We estimate the shipping to be completed by the end of Q2 2025 


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Shipping

Shipping is extra and will be charged during the pledge manager phase of the project. 
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Refunds

After the campaign closes and pledges are collected, there will be no refunds
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Closing The Campaign

All major communications will be done in the community section of the BackerKit campaign. 

  • The campaign ends on Monday 12/16/23 at 6 PM EST.
  • Your card will be charged the initial pledge amount on the day the campaign closes.
    • Backerkit will attempt to recharge your card if the payment fails on days 7 and 14 after the campaign's closes. 
    • We will attempt to contact you three times to secure the funds for your pledge.
  • The pledge manager will be sent out 20 days after the campaign closes on 1/5/25. 
  • Please complete the pledge manager by 2/4/25 so we can lock in the order quantities. 
    • We will attempt to contact you three times to secure the funds for your pledge through the pledge manager.
    • Failure to respond could result in the loss of your original pledge.
  • Digital and/or print-on-demand item backers will be sent a code to use in our store. We will use the email associated with your BackerKit account.  
    • Please make sure you have access to that email address.
    • Make sure the email box is not full.
    • Look for our emails in the spam filter.
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