Hey, folks! We're in the final few days of our campaign for The Between, with 7 stretch goals remaining! We know a lot of you will be talking about The Between online and with your friends this week, and so we want to give you some resources and talking points to help you out. But first, as always, please join us on The Gauntlet Discord server!
19 Stretch Goals unlocked, 2500+ backers, and over 2000% funded
These are all great talking points, especially for folks who might have looked at the campaign during its early days, but haven't otherwise been following along. This game has grown a lot from what we originally pitched on Day 1. The unlocked stretch goals (achievements) are a particularly great reason to bump up your pledge if you pledged at one of the lower tiers, since the second book, Shadow Society, will have so much more inside of it now.
An amazing deal on international (non-U.S.) shipping
We have managed to get the cost of international shipping down to a level you almost never see on crowdfunding projects like this. Furthermore, the price includes any VAT, and shipping is customs-friendly. The international shipping won't be as competitive post-fulfillment, and so the best time for international customers to get The Between is right now.
You're getting SO. MUCH. GAME for your money
You're essentially getting 4 games: The Between, The Between: Ghosts of El Paso, The Between: Unsinkable, and The Between: Court of Wolves. The core game can be played for multiple campaign arcs, and the other three can be played for one campaign arc each (it's approximately 120 3-hour sessions of gameplay). Blood & Coal, if unlocked, will add another 15 or so sessions of gameplay.
Someone on our server did the math, and if we unlock every remaining achievement, this is what you're getting for your pledge:
The core rules
38 playbooks
79 Threats
10 Masterminds
125 Unscenes
We don't think you should ever measure art by how much "value" it has, but this is undeniably a lot of incredibly high quality gaming for your money.
Try before you buy
The 2021 edition of The Between can be read (and played!) right now, for FREE. It's linked at the top of the campaign page.
Brathwaite Hall
Maybe you're trying to convince three of your friends to get that deluxe, $8,000 pledge spot that comes with a full online campaign run by Jason Cordova, the creator of the game. Maybe explain to them that, divided up, it's only $2K per person. It comes with four copies of everything (including Mastermind dice), plus free shipping anywhere in the world, and so if they were going to already get the books, it's only $1850 for the full online campaign arc (approximately 15 3-hour sessions).
Media resources
There are some fantastic resources out there for folks who want to go deeper on what The Between is all about. You know that one friend—they want to hear about game design and mechanics, they want to know what makes the game tick. They might check out the following:
We're so excited about how far we've come in this campaign, but it's the final 72 hours and we still have a ways to go. Thanks so much for your help! Let's finish strong!
