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The Stillfleet Studio
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Book development update—including sample spreads
Dear backers, happy spring! Thank you for your patience as we move ahead with bringing the Nostalgitron to life. TL;DR: we’re on track to send out PDFs this summer. At the sa...
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The Stillfleet Studio
about 2 months ago
The retrofuture is now in the past (for now)
That’s all for now, folks We did it! We funded the book, the minis, the stickers, the early-bird PDF of additional rules and venture hooks, the 2 bonus crossover micro-ventu...
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The Stillfleet Studio
about 2 months ago
We did it! New, 9th battlemap miniature = unlocked
Major thanks to each of the 150+ backers who’ve made this project possible. Thanks to you, Scruth-Scruth is here. They’re anxious, they’re rainbow-colored, and they come wit...
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The Stillfleet Studio
about 2 months ago
New FAQ: how can I use my minis outside of the Nostalgitron?
We're almost at 150 backers, which means we're almost at a 9th mini! We’ve gone ahead and developed a 9th battlemap mini, Scruth-Scruth the Talking Chubcat. If we get to ...
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The Stillfleet Studio
2 months ago
Livestream tonight! / Almost at the 150-backer achievement
Livestream Tonight! Illustrator, designer, and co-author Michael J. Cohen will be live-drawing art for Enter the Nostalgitron on Twitch. He'll also answer any audience qu...
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The Stillfleet Studio
2 months ago
Funded! / Playtests / 48-hour reminder / Blackthorn / Polls
Dear fellow Nostalgitronic party people, Thank you so much for supporting the development of our new quickstart + venture—not to mention our first-ever battlemap miniatures!...
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PROJECT UPDATE
The Stillfleet Studio
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2 days ago

Project Update: Book development update—including sample spreads

Dear backers, happy spring! Thank you for your patience as we move ahead with bringing the Nostalgitron to life. TL;DR: we’re on track to send out PDFs this summer. At the same time, we’re finalizing our physical production plans, having looked into a few options due to tariffs.

Layout and art

Michael has laid out the book and illustrated the vast majority of it. We’ve added a couple of paragraphs and callouts, here and there, but mostly we’re sticking to the manuscript we wrote over the winter. Overall, it’s looking amazing! Here are a few sample spreads to show off the look and feel. Drumroll…

Watch out for the WARNING SHOTS—

Pre-gens, with fully articulated limbs—

Early sketches of some brainwashed NPCs—

Henchmen (lore REDACTED for your narrative protection)—

Printing and manufacturing

You can write this part yourself: the tariffs… worked perfectly, incentivizing U.S. manufacturing companies to reshore with the quickness and lowering prices for all. <Stares at camera, unsmiling.>

In all seriousness, since the tariff landscape keeps changing, we are actively researching our options. There are a few. We will get the books produced no matter what. Once we have a solid timeline, we'll share more.

Surveys

We’re setting up BackerKit Pledge Manager to send our surveys soon, mainly to confirm your name for the credits + your email address for the PDFs.

Shipping will happen later, and we’ll send a follow-up to confirm your address then.

Shout-out: Lazlo’s Cubed Crypt!

There are only a few hours left to back this extremely cool physical project made by some folks we know. Go check it out!

Lazlo's Cubed Crypt is a level-12 adventure for Dungeons & Dragons 5e accompanied by a physical Puzzle Cube map. With a map provided by professional cartographer Dyson Logos, Lazlo’s Cubed Crypt features a Puzzle Cube map. Choose whether you require your players to solve the cube as part of the adventure or give it to them in the solved state as they navigate through the dungeon.

For real, check out the puzzle cube!
I guess we just like modular floating dungeons?


Livedrawing streams

As Michael builds out the book, we’ve started hosting livedrawing streams with him over on our Twitch channel so we can chat with each other and anyone who’s interested in art, design, and publishing. We’ve held two so far and will almost certainly hold at least one more. Please comment on this post and let us know what you think!

In addition, we’ve published a few different episodes of our game-design podcast, Why We Roll, in conversation with Michael as well as our BackerKit Collab partner, Marco Serrano of Spicy Tuna RPG. If you missed these during the campaign, check them out now! The conversations were really fun, and they span a wide range of topics when it comes to indie publishing, art-making, genre fiction, and more.


As usual, if you have any questions, hit us up!

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PROJECT UPDATE
The Stillfleet Studio
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about 2 months ago

Project Update: We did it! New, 9th battlemap miniature = unlocked

Major thanks to each of the 150+ backers who’ve made this project possible.

Thanks to you, Scruth-Scruth is here. They’re anxious, they’re rainbow-colored, and they come with unique rules (in “Scruth-Scruth Steals the Show”). If you haven’t backed at a tier with minis, consider picking up all 8 + plus the new, totally free 9th mini!

Today's the last day, so please consider sharing the campaign with a friend. Thank you so much!

Scruth-Scruth the Talking Chubcat (original concept art)

Cool final-final actual-final end-of-campaign graphic


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PROJECT UPDATE
The Stillfleet Studio
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about 2 months ago

Project Update: The retrofuture is now in the past (for now)

That’s all for now, folks

We did it! We funded the book, the minis, the stickers, the early-bird PDF of additional rules and venture hooks, the 2 bonus crossover micro-ventures, and even the 9th mini, free to whoever's getting minis.

THANK YOU.

Keep in touch?

Real talk, we make a lot of games and a lot of supporting content for our games. We’re workaholics, and that’s unlikely to change soon. If you dig Stillfleet, please stay in touch via email, Discord, social, and/or Patreon. We don’t spam anyone, and we give away a lot of weird rules, lore, and podcasts.

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Other ways to keep in touch, if you're interested:

Thank you! We couldn’t make any of our games without you.

Now, we're off to finish this book and at least get you the PDF as soon as we can!

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