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CREATOR
If you know a Delver who perished in a memorable way, post a short obituary to honour them here! If we reach the Echo edition stretch goal, their obituary might even show up in print.
Note: Ideal these obituaries should be short, punchy, and tragic. (Aim for for a couple of sentences and ~10-20 words at most).
Some example obituaries:
Fingers-Grace-The-Blade, decapitated by the angel he tried to worship.
Lynd Vassail, finally shed her skin and became one with the Heart.
Dafwyn Pek, crushed by the Vermissian to save their beloved Mayid.
Note: Ideal these obituaries should be short, punchy, and tragic. (Aim for for a couple of sentences and ~10-20 words at most).
Some example obituaries:
Fingers-Grace-The-Blade, decapitated by the angel he tried to worship.
Lynd Vassail, finally shed her skin and became one with the Heart.
Dafwyn Pek, crushed by the Vermissian to save their beloved Mayid.
CREATOR
Now that we've hit our £40,000 stretch goal, we will be adding a 24 page booklet to the Heart GM screen! We are very excited to cram this booklet to bursting with useful tables, references, and handouts that will let GMs take their Heart games to new heights (or depths?).
The idea being that you crazy GMs can cut out parts of the booklet and stick them all over your screen, to create your very own 'red-string-murder-board' GM screen custom made for your game.
With that in mind, what sorts of tables or references would you like to see in the GM booklet? Comment below and we might be able to add them in!
Here are some ideas provided by the RRD team and the Rowan Rook and Decard Discord to get your creative juices flowing.
Tables:
- Trinkets, rubbish, and pocket-lint.
- Random NPCs and Delvers.
- Havens and what makes them unique.
- Environmental descriptions by Tier.
- Strange sights.
References:
- Skills, Domains, and their associated uses.
- Equipment tags.
- Fallouts.
- A flowchart of how Delves work.
- An index of the rulebook.
- A simple rules summary.
- Class Beat Sheets.
Handouts:
- A ratty return ticket for the Vermissian, never used.
- Strange sketches of creatures, landmarks, and other disquieting sights.
The idea being that you crazy GMs can cut out parts of the booklet and stick them all over your screen, to create your very own 'red-string-murder-board' GM screen custom made for your game.
With that in mind, what sorts of tables or references would you like to see in the GM booklet? Comment below and we might be able to add them in!
Here are some ideas provided by the RRD team and the Rowan Rook and Decard Discord to get your creative juices flowing.
Tables:
- Trinkets, rubbish, and pocket-lint.
- Random NPCs and Delvers.
- Havens and what makes them unique.
- Environmental descriptions by Tier.
- Strange sights.
References:
- Skills, Domains, and their associated uses.
- Equipment tags.
- Fallouts.
- A flowchart of how Delves work.
- An index of the rulebook.
- A simple rules summary.
- Class Beat Sheets.
Handouts:
- A ratty return ticket for the Vermissian, never used.
- Strange sketches of creatures, landmarks, and other disquieting sights.
PROJECT UPDATE
Project Update: Dagger in the Heart, Books On Their Way!
Greetings Delvers!
Just a quick update today to let you know that fulfillment has begun in earnest. If you were a Backer, or pre-ordered before January the 8th, you can expect your books to arrive any day now. Some of you might even get your books before you read this! You can thank the temporal indifference of the Vermissian network.
For more specifics, check your region below:
(Note: If you pre-ordered after January 8th, your order hasn't been locked or charged yet. We'll do this after primary fulfillment is complete to avoid any warehouse mixups.)
For more specifics, check your region below:
(Note: If you pre-ordered after January 8th, your order hasn't been locked or charged yet. We'll do this after primary fulfillment is complete to avoid any warehouse mixups.)
UK and EU Orders
UK and EU orders are all at our EU distribution center and the first deliveries begun last night (16/01/2025). That means, if you're in the UK or EU, you can expect your order to arrive in the coming days (given time for the warehouses to pack orders and send them by courier).
US Orders
Our books should arrive in our US distribution warehouse this time next week, at which point they'll begin sorting and courier delivery. You can expect fulfillment to start in a couple of weeks, with orders starting to arrive after that.
AUS, NZ & AsiaPacific
Our books are prepared for their imminent flight to our Asian distribution warehouse. You can expect fulfillment to start in a couple of weeks, with orders starting to arrive after that.
Problems?
If you have any questions, you can send an e-mail to [email protected] and include "Dagger Fulfillment" alongside your name in the subject line to help our hard working CS staff find you. Just remember, there are a lot of orders and not a lot of CS staff (read: one), so don't freak out if we can't reply immediately (we aim to reply to all CS queries within 3 working days, though).
We hope your books arrive safe and sound!
- Elaine & the RRD Team
We hope your books arrive safe and sound!
- Elaine & the RRD Team
PROJECT UPDATE
Project Update: Jan Dagger Update - Fulfillment Begins
TL;DR: if you’re in the UK, Europe, Africa or the Middle East, your addresses are locking down imminently. Please check they are correct!
Everyone else: your books are moving towards you!
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The final piece of the puzzle dropped into place yesterday. The Heart GM screens have cleared UK customs and are now careening down the track towards our fulfilment centre like a wild Vermissian train.
As we’re sending this out, they should be in the warehouse - which means we can begin fulfilment.
Here’s the timeline:
UK/EU/ROW
The first UK & EU backers packages will go out this month, starting with the smallest orders and working up to the largest packages over the following weeks. That means your addresses will lock down in the next 48 hours, so look out for that email.
It will take a few weeks to fill all these orders. You’ll get a tracking code and we will also update your order in Backerkit so you know when it’s shipped. We’ll also update you again when fulfilment is done. The last orders to these territories should ship before the end of Feb.
Americas
Things are coming together nicely. The first, main shipment has landed and is on a train towards at our US fulfilment centre; the first books should arrive there once they clear customs next week. We know this can be a tricky time for projects (ask us about moths!) and we also need to get the Heart GM screens across the pond for those who’ve ordered them.
We’re anticipating that should be done within a couple of weeks, at which point we’ll lock addresses and get your fulfilment started. More soon.
Australia/NZ/Asia-Pacific
Pallets are packed for shipment to our Australian fulfilment centre – they'll be handling everything Asia-Pacific-related through the AusPost system. These will go onto an aeroplane in the next week or so and, customs willing, will be at the fulfilment centre by the end of January.
We’re expecting this will be the last group to start, kicking off around mid-February.
Generally
Thanks enormously for all your support, folks - we couldn’t do this without you. We’d love to see pictures of your parcels as they start to arrive - you can tag us on Instagram, BlueSky or Facebook, or pop links in the comments here.
As ever, there’s always a risk things will get dinged, damaged or lost in transit. If that happens to you, we want to put it right, so get in touch by emailing [email protected] if anything goes wrong with your parcel.
We’ll write again once we’re ready to lock other addresses - hopefully in a week or two.
xoxo
xoxo
– Alex, and everyone at RR&D
PROJECT UPDATE
Project Update: Xmas Special Fulfillment Update - Dagger in the Heart
Merry Monday Heartbreakers,
From a postage & fulfilment perspective there’s no changes to announce here.
Everything is in place and on schedule to lock addresses in mid-Jan, as mentioned in the previous message. Please check your address is correct and fix it if it’s not!
Everything is in place and on schedule to lock addresses in mid-Jan, as mentioned in the previous message. Please check your address is correct and fix it if it’s not!
We’re here with a little pre-holiday gift for all of you. (Gift is stretching it, you did buy it for yourselves.)
Final Production Parts:
Heart GM screens are pounding their way through the presses and beginning to be stacked ready for shipping to us. We’re expecting a pallet delivery to our UK warehouse before the end of 2024.
Here are some gorgeous photos of the physical objects as they’re coming together at our printer.
Feast your eyes on these beauties, and imagine how beautiful they’re going to look on your tables early next year.
Updated PDfs:
With all the files off to printing we figured it was time to update the digital files in Backerkit for Heart & Dagger in the Heart. These are now the final versions from the community feedback process.
We have had a long discussion (honestly, too long) about the best size for web pdfs, oscillating wildly between high quality art rendering vs small file size for easy use on your phone. In the end we’ve settled on a compromise - both.
So you should find a new file in your BackerKit account right now with a small file size version, perfect for quick loading on your tablet (or even your phones, ya filthy animals). Then there’s a higher size file to let you really zoom in on those art pieces.
We’ve also added the PDF version of the GM Screen Booklets for you to download, and a pdf version of the GM screen itself, which will make wonderful backgrounds for VTTs, streamed games or just to wrap around your GM notebook with sticky-backed plastic like its 1999.
These should all be available to you through your BackerKit login RIGHT NOW!
Happy Holidays to all of those who celebrate. Happy Sun-death to all those in the Northern Hemisphere who don’t. Good BBQ-season to our Antipodean friends.
Have a fantastic end to your 2024s and we’re excited to get you all your Dagger in the Heart goodies in 2025.
Alex, Fulfilment & Freight RRD
Alex, Fulfilment & Freight RRD