In which we send some files to the printer, and release final backer PDFs (again). 

The December release has now born a crop of final, final changes, so we’ll be releasing updated PDFs through Backerkit next week. Hopefully early in the week, at that. Nothing dramatic has changed, but since we were waiting to sign off our paper choices, we thought we might as well take the opportunity for a last errata pass. If you’re really curious, the Hollows Glossary now has the details in the errata tab.

There will still be errors. There are always errors. But every pass brings the number down. 

We’re also going to be releasing this on the Rowan, Rook & Decard website next week - so if you have an RRD account, and you want your Hollows PDFs added to it so you can download them whenever you need to, and also be guaranteed updates whenever we update the files, you can email [email protected] and the lovely Jim will make that happen for you.

In last month’s update, I went into quite a lot of detail on our paper choices: the hunt for something that was suitably opaque, just the right amount of textured, and the correct shade of white to properly display the art.

We’ve done it. 

We’ve chosen the paper: UPM Finesse. Huge credit to Maz here, whose investment in this process has been an absolute gift. I love watching experts work. And getting to fondle a lot of high quality paper. This has been inconvenient, but a surprisingly enjoyable process for me personally, and thank you all for allowing me (us) the time to get it right.

It’s really nice paper, folks.

Maybe next update I’ll get Maz in to explain why we’re so confident it’s the right choice.

At time of posting, the files for the interiors of the core book and Wretched Domains are ready. Designer Mina is finalising the cover and slipcase designs. I’ll send them to the printer on Monday.

They’ve had the files for the component kit for quite a while, and started setting up the moulds for the player tokens, which are the most complicated bits, not least because we're making plastic look like wood.

Now: it is not a quick process, and Lunar New Year is now… three weeks away, and that’s going to cause quite a long hiatus. The factory shutdown is 4 weeks. And, honestly, I’m never going to criticise workers getting a good, long break.

Next week, Logistics Alex and I will update the timeline and then we’ll be able to make some fairly confident predictions of when your books will arrive. 

We’re… maybe not in the home stretch, precisely, but we can definitely see it from here.

There are several hundred sets of enamel faction pins on my coffee table. They are there because I’ve got to bag them up into sets of four (one for each faction) before I ship them on to our UK warehouse, which I will do this weekend.

Mr. Bitey the Entity token will arrive, in challenge coin form, in that same warehouse on Monday. In fact, he might already be there, but I haven’t heard for sure. 

That's all for now. Keep your eyes peeled for the updated PDFs and timeline next week, and have a wonderful weekend.

- Chant