Hey gang, I should've sent this a couple weeks ago but my spouse and I own a coffee shop and are moving locations, construction and move has been overwhelming to say the least and my brain is all over the place.
BUT

Everyone who filled out a survey had their rewards sent. Thanks again to Peregrine Coast Press who handled the EU & UK deliveries. If you didn't get your order, please email axv at worldchampgame dot CO. not dot com. I'll try to help you there. 

If you are enjoying the Midnight Marathon, you'll likely love my newest release: New England Society For Paranormal Research - Containment Procedure Field Guide. Inspired by the "true" stories behind The Conjuring film series, you take over the Warrens' work researching and containing haunted relics. The zine is up now in my store and the digital version is pay-what-you-want on itch.

I've also got a juicy, fleshy, pulsating solo body horror TTRPG coming to Kickstarter this summer called THE NEW FLESH! I'm teaming up again with Black Coffiend/Justin Valliere (who did the art for my competitive slasher rpg 1978) to bring you something gross and beautiful and violent. Click here to follow along with the new project which is launching in a couple months.

Thanks for backing my creepy little game books, I appreciate you all very much. 

-AV

Short and simple update for yall. 80% of orders have shipped, a couple surveys are still missing (cmon yall), but otherwise we’re approaching the end.

CARD DECKS aren’t here still, I was hoping to put off this update til I had the print proof to show off but it’s going slower than usual. As a reminder, these ship separately and later, so if you got zines and cards and get worried when your zines arrive this week, don’t worry.

I’ve moved the zines over to worldchamp.io/store alongside all my printed games, so if you’re looking for additional copies or to tell other folks to buy the zine you love, that’s where to send them now.

I also am cooking up some new horror zines for later this year, might do another bundle in September-ish… sign up for my mailing list at Worldchamp.io to be notified when that stuff pops off. 

Thanks!

Answer your surveys, you should've got an email from Backerkit this week to do so. I need those to process your order, and if you don't finish it by end of April, I can't guarantee your rewards anymore. About half of you have done so this week, thank you!

Digital packages are outbound. Once I hit publish on this update, I'll be sending download keys via itch.io for each of the five games! PLEASE leave a 5-star rating and/or nice comment on the game pages, it helps me a ton. Each game will come as a separate key email unfortunately so be sure to check spam if you're missing stuff.

Physical pledges are nearing in. All the print zines have been ordered, I'm working on the card deck right now, and things are going very smooth. Almost too smooth. I'll be locking down orders/addresses in like 2 weeks which gives me time to receive all the mail and get your shipping payments processed and all that. 

THANKS! 

The campaign is over and y'all exceeded my expectations with this one, thanks a ton. We ended up at around 200 backers (199 to be exact but like.. cmon).

I'm waiting for processing times and funds to get sent, which will take another week, but the survey is done and ready to send. I'll likely send the smoke test (5% of you get surveys to test) very soon, so please answer them right away! Things are going to move fast in the next couple weeks and I don't want any of y'all to get left behind.

With that said, all five zines are done. They are ready to go to print, but I'm leaving the surveys open for another week or two to get accurate counts before ordering. I gotta make itch listings for the few new games and get digital files prepared but those will go out very soon too like... March 11th. As a reminder, those will come to you via itch.io emails, one for each of the five games so check spam folders.

Anyway, here are some page previews with new art/text! Enjoy and keep an eye on your email for those surveys, some of you this week and the rest of you next Thursday March 6th.

And by the way, I have a couple games on clearance in my webstore right now, no code needed. You can use code JAWBREAKER and save 10% more even.

we hit $6k today which is so awesome and that means the Rites of Exorcism zine is getting expanded! I initially said the zine would be four games, it is now (at least) six, though everrytime I go to mess with it, I feel a little demonic tickle of inspiration and want to make more, so it might end up being eight. I won't make that a separate goal though, suffice to say I will make that zine a good one and on par with the others :)

There's one week left on the campaign and we've passed all my expectations, I'm really pleased and appreciate your support!

Next week as we close up, I'll detail the next steps ie the pledge manager, handling your shipping and add-ons and stuff. as mentioned elsewhere, you'll be able to make bundles of zines if you want 2-3 games and not all five, or if you just want one zine that isn't blood lock, or you want a deck of cards, or whatever other combination isn't available with the current pledge levels.

Until then, as promised, here is another 36-word microgame that will be inside Rites! Layout is wip/not final but enjoy Soul Circle: