Hello Backers,

Print books are ordered! If you’re pledge includes a print copy, you should have gotten an email from DriveThruRPG some time within the last week to notify you that the book was ordered, and you should get another one when it ships. Printing and shipping times vary based on your location, but it usually takes about 2-4 weeks for books to reach you once they’ve been ordered.

There are a small handful of you that have yet to complete your Backer Kit survey, all of who I just emailed. You HAVE to complete this survey to receive your reward. If you need a new link let me know.

With books ordered, the campaign is pretty much wrapped up. That means I’m done sending out monthly updates, but I might let you know if there’s any kind of big news that comes up.

Thank you all for supporting This and That!

-Matthew

Hello This and That Backers,

Good news. Not only did the bug I mentioned last time get fixed, apparently it didn’t spot the proof copies from shipping all at the same time. I just got the proof copies of everything yesterday and they look good!

This means that I’m going to start shipping out the physical rewards next week. I sent a reminder email through Backer Kit giving you all 48 hours to lock down your address. If you have moved recently, please double check your address on Backer Kit to make sure you have the most up to date one.

I’ll let you know when the books are all ordered.

Thanks,

Matthew

Hello This and That Backers,

Quick status update on the print books. There seems be something up with the printers. Some of the proof copies have shipped and are currently in the hands of the United States Postal Service, but at the same time I got a strange error message for other formats of the book.

I contacted DriveThruRPG and it sounds like other publishers are having the same issue and they’re working on it. For now they asked me to just hold tight until things are figured out. 

I’m not sure how long it will take to get this figured out, but I’ll keep you posted.

Thank you all for your patience. 

-Matthew

Hello Backers,

I’ve got the print layout basically ready to go. I’m planning to order proof copies this Saturday morning. 

Hello This and That Collection Backers,

The PDFs of the This and That Collection are here! Earlier today you should have gotten an email from DriveThruRPG with a link to your free copy. If your pledge included multiple systems they came in separate emails. If you did not get an email, let me know.

This and That has already gone through several rounds of edits, but it’s always possible that we missed something. We created a Google Doc where you can report any typos so we can fix them before going to print. I’m going to wait about two weeks for this before ordering the proof copies.

As mentioned in the last update, if you want to be listed in the Backer Credits section, you need to fill out this quick Google Form. The PDFs on DriveThru include the name of everybody who had filled it out when I released the PDF this morning, so if you do not see your name listed and want it there, please fill out the form.

After checking for typos, I’ll update they layout to print specifications, and then order print proofs of the books. These normally take a few weeks to get back. If the proofs look good, I will order everybody’s books. This means that if everything goes well, we might have the print books by the start of March, but if there’s any issues with the proofs, things might be delayed. 

I’ll make sure to keep up the monthly updates until print books are out.

We do! 

The This and That Patreon helps ensure the continued publication of the This and That series. In addition to getting PDFs of each release, patrons get other perks, like voting for the topic of each book.

And guess what? Voting for book 10 is going on right now! Will the book be about pets, metalworking, or musical instruments? 

You can cast your vote by becoming a patron today!

Finally, I want to let you all know about another crowdfunding campaign I’m running right now. This one 20 Talking Treasures.

20 Talking Treasures is a short PDF that contains lore and stats for twenty new sentient magic items.

We’ve already hit two stretch goals, including one for an backer-exclusive micron PDF collecting for more intelligent items from our previous publications, and we seem likely to reach another stretch goal to fund another book in the series: 20 Vibrant Vestimants.

Check it out now!