If you have gotten wind that we have another Backerkit campaign in the works for our next location module, scheduled to launch in early May as part of Pocketopia 2026, you are justified in wondering how The Book of Plagues is coming along when we're already planning out the next project.

The answer is simple, and it's all about our production process: Once I finish writing, I pass the manuscript to our layout artist and mostly put the whole thing out of mind while she works her magic. This leaves me free to look ahead to the next project, although historically I have spent too much of that time goofing off. She lets me know when the book is ready for press, at which point I close post-campaign orders so I can tell her how many print copies we will need. She orders them, then we both get to goof off some more while our printer does their thing. The print copies are shipped to me so I can distribute them to you all.

At the moment, The Book of Plagues is still in layout but we expect to send it to the printer at the end of the month or at the top of next month. After that, it depends on how long the printer takes to print and ship to me. The pledge manager is still open, so there's still time to order more add-ons and for anyone who missed the campaign to get in on the fun.

That is the state of play on The Book of Plagues; thank you again to everyone who supported it and I hope it makes your player characters sick.

In the meantime, I've forged ahead and started working on Places by the Way #15, Children of the Mountain God. I know that it is generally considered bad form to launch a new campaign before your most recent one has been fulfilled, but given the amount of advance promotion that campaigns seem to require these days, and the fact that our model favors a larger number of short products rather than a few lengthy products, it's hard to avoid.