We are off to a real rip-roaring start! You all got us funded in LESS THAN A MINUTE (accounting for queue) and SMASHED through our first ten stretch goals!
YWNBM indeed.
Which brings me to my first bit of Extra Good News: this is the MOST FOLLOWED TTRPG CAMPAIGN OF ALL TIME! Not just on Backerkit, but on ANY crowdfunding platform, which is astronomical! We couldn’t have done this without your support, engagement, and relentless sharing. More than 65,000 crawlers signed up to join us in the World Dungeon!
But back to today’s accolades…
NEW ACHIEVEMENT!
STRETCH AND SNAP
You crawlers put your human minds, hearts, and wallets together to absolutely OBLITERATE the first ten stretch goals in this campaign.
REWARD?
Read on to find out…
Our first two stretch goal unlocks are the Mongo and Princess Donut sticker bundle, and the Samantha IWKYM sticker! Great for decorating whatever you choose to stick your stickers on. Plus who doesn’t want a screaming floating head hanging around?
The next two goals were some of our favorites to come up with. In lieu of sending notifications to your HUD, your GM can hand you these cool cards. It also makes keeping track of loot way easier, and you can hang your achievement cards on your fridge for all your guests to admire.
Up next… More stickers: the Character Journal Sticker Pack!
Designed to stick next to key moments in your character journal, this bundle contains over 150 stickers to help you keep track of things like quests, loot boxes, and even player killer skulls…
And then we’ve got 1, no, 2, wait, 3, oh, 4, holy, 5 art prints! Each print features a piece of new original art from the Dungeon Crawler Carl RPG or Dungeon Crawler Carl Unstoppable. Hang these up in your own personal domicile! You can put the Juicer in your gym for that top-notch inspo, Donut next to your at-home Dirty Shirley station, and the closeup on Carl’s foot…wherever you would put that. Maybe on the ceiling above your bed?
These additional items will be included FREE in every physical pledge tier! You can also now purchase them as add-ons, so you can pick up extras if you want!
You guys smashed our first ten stretch goals way faster than we thought you would. You guys seriously rock! We will have more stretch goals to come tomorrow, so stay tuned!
Plus, trivia teams are now LIVE! What’s your first achievement (out of the four provided) in the Dungeon? I’m intrigued to see how the odds shake out.
Don’t think the trivia teams are just for fun either, we’ve still got more than a few Jug-A-Booms of content in our inventory 😉.
Renegade PR Liaisons will be in the comments to answer questions and the community tab is open so feel free to post and discuss to your heart’s content.
Until our next announcement, get out there and pledge, pledge, pledge!
Hiiii Crawlers! Rina dropping in with the 24 hours until launch update. Are you excited? I am! This is the biggest Dungeon crawl I've ever been a part of and I couldn't be more hype.
Here's what we want you to know before launch:
D2 Questions
We've gotten a few questions about what qualifies for the Desperado Club and Club Vanquisher D2s so we wanted to clear it up before we go live.
If you pre-pledged before the deadline (which is seconds before the campaign launches at 10am PST Tuesday) and back any physical tier during the campaign (or in the pledge manager) you will receive the two D2s.
The $1 A La Carl pledge only gains you access to the pledge manager after the campaign. It does not count as a physical pledge by itself. You will still need to order at least one physical item to qualify before the pledge manager closes.
As of this post you have LESS than 24 hours to pre-pledge so if you want the Exclusive Desperado Club and Club Vanquisher D2 act fast!
Reminder that as of this post you have LESS than 24 hours to pre-pledge so if you want the Exclusive Desperado Club D2 act fast!
Tutorial Please?
AI scans have shown that about a third of our backers are new to crowdfunding, which is so cool! Hi and welcome! We wanted to drop a little primer for crowdfunding in here and also point you to Backerkit's FAQ page
What is crowdfunding?
Crowdfunding is a way for you to support ideas you love! Creators will launch a campaign with an idea or product and backers will show their support with pledges, normally for a promise of a product in return. Renegade has run more than 15 projects in our time as a company and we love the experience and the community that comes with it!
Campaigns are generally broken into a few phases:
Campaign- This is where we are now! The campaign is slated to run until May 15th so you can pledge anytime between launch and the campaign end date.
Pledge Manager- This is where more details about your pledge are collected, your shipping information is collected, and you can add extras after the campaign.
Manufacturing- This is the hard part but luckily you crawlers don't have to do much besides wait
Fulfillment- The process of shipping out orders and getting pledges into your hands!
This is far from comprehensive but we figured we'd give you an overhead view from the Party Planner and answer more specific questions in the comments.
RPG Pledge Levels
I promised you these and I got what I could (automatic flamethrowers, remember?) so it's not complete but it gives you a good idea of what's on offer and the price ranges. There's a LOT in those higher end tiers and it's worth it.
Stretch Goals
I've ALSO gotten the first ten stretch goals and their milestones! These goals aren't just making these items available to buy, they will come with every physical pledge level in the campaign (except A La Carl) so we're excited to be bringing these to you!
Shipping
Shipping will be charged later via the Pledge Manager using the most up-to-date rates. Renegade only ever charges the cost of shipping given to us by our shipping partners and never marks up the cost to ship you your games.
Mordecai?????
Slime Mordecai is here! He is, fortunately or unfortunately, not full of fruit or...cottage cheese? But if you make a DIY Slime Mordecai out of gelatin please PLEASE tell us.
Bonus Quest: Everyone comment your guess on how many backers we'll end day 1 with tomorrow! We'll upgrade the pledge of the first posted closest comment 👀
We're jumping in at the end of the week here to drop some morsels of knowledge to tide you over for the 3 days until launch. Are you excited? We are.
G-G-G-GEN CON!
If you're following Renegade on social media, or are in the Discord, or follow the super cool and fun to read Renegade Crowdfunding Column then you might have heard- Matt Dinniman and Jeff Hays are coming with us to Gen Con!
If you're new to Gen Con it's The Best Four Days In Gaming! Besides us there will be literally hundreds of other companies and vendors and literally thousands of other gamers who are eager to share a game of basically any kind. Card games? Board games? TTRPGs? It'll all be in Indianapolis this summer!
You can find out more about Gen Con on their website HERE and if you already know you want to go then I recommend grabbing a badge HERE as soon as possible. They've sold out in past years so don't risk waiting too long!
As Gen Con gets closer we'll be releasing more details about our Esteemed Guest's schedules on our website HERE. There might even be chances within this very campaign to meet Matt and Jeff 🤔.
D2 or Die!
Well a D2 is technically already a die... ANYWAY. The campaign looming closer means that your time is running out to get the Pre-Launch EXCLUSIVE Desperado Club D2! For only $5 you'll be getting the Desperado Club D2 and the Club Vanquisher D2 but only the Club Vanquisher D2 will be available after the campaign starts so don't wait!
The Dungeon AI giving you your 2d2
How Much For That One?
And, as a treat and DEFINITELY not risking any assistant lives, we managed to get the Unstoppable Pledge Levels!
Just the Unstoppable Pledge Levels? They were less protected (no automatic flamethrowers) and we're really leaning into the Two Games/One Campaign deal. When the campaign launches on Tuesday you'll see two story pages, one for the RPG and one for Unstoppable.
Oooooo Aaaaaa Extra Tab
There's still only one Pledge Levels page so you'll pick which one of the- oh that's a lot of pledge levels. Anyway you'll be able to pick your perfect pledge level to get one game or both.
So HERE are the two tiers that are ONLY Unstoppable. If you're just looking for that game one of these will probably be what you choose.
And another important note is that we will have a $1 A La Carl tier (like a la carte! get it?) so that backers who want only add-ons or who just want to support have that option.
Bonus Trivia?
Yeah sure why not, bonus trivia attached to this post.
HELLLOOOO CRAWLERS! Last week's post went up a little late and this week's is going up a little early. Why? Well...
I have a really cool surprise and I wanted to show you guys ASAP and
We could see the writing on the wall for the Mordecai poll and we figured, we'll release one today and next Monday we can make a 24 Hours Until Launch update with a whole lot of info.
First though, winning the poll by a country hill- Hill Cyclops Mordecai!
I will say I think my emoji did him justice.
We had a TON of requests for him specifically in the makeup the kids put on him and unfortunately I don't have any art of that but hey, you guys can draw stuff, right? Maybe someone will draw a really cool version!
So who does that leave for our final Mordecai? A secret slimy guy! Unless you guys don't want to see him? Eh, we'll make a poll and see how it goes.
I mean it's a 50/50 shot. Speaking of...
Ka-Flip! With only one week until the campaign launches we want to remind you that the Desperado Club D2 is a pre-launch EXCLUSIVE. That means that after 10 AM Pacific time next Tuesday if you haven't reserved it you won't be able to get it. And what's better than one D2? Well DUH 2! Revealing the D2 for all the goody two shoes paladins and clerics- you are welcomed into Club Vanquisher. Or you might get smited. Smote? Smoted? I don't know.
Blessings, cool!
My Mom Too?!?
My point is that you're getting both D2 for the price of one, and we'll be offering the Club Vanquisher D2 during the campaign as an add-on so that you can buy a bunch for...whatever you would use them for.
They're far too small to be coasters, trust me.
Nightmare Express to 80k I've been updating the achievement as often as I can and I gotta say you guys are really stacked! Check out the progress at the attached link!
Time For Trivia Last, but never least: Trivia Question! This is the last one before the campaign launches and 24 hours after launch day (10 AM on April 15th) the first set of trivia answers will be revealed!
Hiiiii Crawlers! Happy Wednesday! We're in the final two week stretch before the campaign and things are getting so hype, are you excited?
First, your weekly Mordecai, the race was close at first but the Grulke took the lead and won!
Look at this handsome little warrior! There's only two Mordecai left! Who should we reveal next week? Or maybe there's a way we can get both....
Record Break? Here's an update on how close we are to breaking the record for most pre-launch followers on Backerkit! 71% is WILD! Thanks for your support crawlers and make sure you get out there and share, share, share!
Triviaaaa! Another trivia question drop today too! We've answered this publicly but not explicitly here in the updates so you may want to ask your fellow crawlers for help!
