Mina here interceding at the start of Chant's update to say that we've hit £50,000! This means two major things: first, we've unlocked The Union! This playbook is pretty dear to my heart as someone with an extremely normal brain, and I'm very happy that I get to move from the cheap stage of design where you put words in a document and onto the expensive stage of commissioning art and playtesting. If you're a backer, look at the bottom of this update for the current draft of the playbook!
Second, it's time to talk about the next few stretch goals. At £55,000 we're using Spot UV to make the book's shiny and textured, but that's only the start of our plans for the cover – more on that later. At £60,000 we unlock the next major rules addition for the book – expanded Hideout mechanics! Your Hideout isn't just an extra-dimensional bolthole for your rebels; it's also a proof-of-concept of the new world your revolution is creating. If we hit this goal, the book will come with full rules support for growing your Hideout as your campaign progresses, unlocking upgrades all the way from handy utilities to occult power to cosmic bids for power.
A selection of hideout upgrades – one each from Tiers 1, 2 and 3.
AND NOW IT'S YOUR TURN
A TTRPG in a book is only half a game - less, maybe. The rest of it only comes into existence when a group of players get around a table (or into a Discord server, or any of the many other ways to play). Your games bring Voidheart to life.
If you've played or run Voidheart before, tell us your best stories. Tell us about your rebels, their triumphs and failures (and how they picked themselves up and got back to the fight), and what they were fighting for.
Tell us your best moments playing Voidheart, and the reasons you play it.
Now... we're partly doing this because the second week of a crowdfunder's quiet, and Chant and Mina want something positive to focus on. We're also planning to take some of what you tell us and turn it into a little video reel (we'll make someone else at RRD read them out) we can share with you. Time dependent, of course. If you'd rather we didn't share what you tell us, please say so in your post!
