13.12.21 NPC Claim Emails
over 2 years ago – Mon, Dec 13, 2021 at 11:22:20 PM

Hello,

If you have recently received an email from us about claiming your NPC Card, please know that the system seems to have bugged out (OK, I screwed up) and some folks got the email, and others did not. And some folks got the email who did not have the NPC as an Add-on. 

If you got the email and had not included the Add-on, please ignore the email, laugh at the old man who got confused by technology, and enjoy your day. 

If you got the email, and have indeed included the Add-on, please fill in the form and continue on. Also, please ignore any new emails that may arrive tomorrow once I've sorted my... technical skills out. 

If you paid for the Add-on, and did not get the email, calm down, stop ranting and plotting to overthrow the goblins, I will be sending out the email tomorrow with all the details. 

And if you didn't get an email, and didn't get the Add-on, smile and enjoy your day! And thank you for reading this far!

Regards

Guy, the great GM, but totally useless Excel Spreadsheet User. 

13.12.21 - PDFs, NPCs, and year end
over 2 years ago – Mon, Dec 13, 2021 at 10:48:39 PM

Hello everyone!

I hope you are all doing as well as possible and getting in your gaming time!

PDFs

You may have seen some updates about the PDFs 'going out' to some folks. This was the Add-On PDF of The complete guide to Nautical Campaigns and the The complete guide to creating Epic Campaigns Original Version - and was only for the folk who purchased those PDFs as add-ons. 

The PDF of The Practical Guide to Becoming a Great GM does not yet exist, although we are working as hard as possible to make it happen, we expect that PDF to only be available in April 2022. Believe me when I say, when that PDF is ready to go to everyone, you will all know it, as it will be an amazing celebration for us all!

If you bought the Nautical Campaigns or Epic campaigns PDF and have not yet received a download link, please send us a message. 

NPC Cards

To the 90 backers who purchased an NPC Card, I am working to get an email sent to you today that contains all the information you need to submit your NPC for the NPC Card Collection. If you purchased an NPC Card Add-On, and have not heard from me by the end of the week please contact us via message here. 

Year End

The year is drawing to a close and I will be taking a break over the festive season. To give you a summary update on where we stand: 

Artwork

In total 100 pieces of original artwork are required for the completion of the Practical Guide book. To date 80 images have been produced. (This is 40 images ahead of production schedule)

100 pieces of recreated, updated, and revised pieces of artwork are required for the revised version of The Practical guide to Epic campaigns. 0 images have been produced pending the revision version text re-edit.  (This was exactly where we expected to be)

100 NPC Card artworks are required. 0 Images have been produced pending responses from the backers who have bought the Add-on.  (This is exactly where we expected to be at this time). 

Editing

Editing of The Practical Guide book - We are draft 6. There are at lease 2 more drafts required before the text edit will be complete. (I had hoped to be on draft 7 at this point but draft 5 required a total addition of 20 000 words, 18 pages removed and nearly 20 pages added). 

Editing of Epic Campaigns - Partially begun. (This is ahead of where I had expected to be as the plan is not to start on this project until Practical Guide is out the gate).

Layout

Basic design and concept has been locked down. Final designs pending complete final text draft. (This is where we expected to be.)

Status heading into 2022

Overall, we are ahead on artwork and only slightly behind on editing. I am not concerned for the timelines of the project as part of our process has been revisiting our production methods and we have found a much more efficient method so moving forward in the new year we should be well on our way to finishing slightly ahead of schedule, at this point in time. 

This will be my last planned update for 2021, so from me and the team, I wish you all a festival season full of joy and roleplaying! 

Regards

Guy

29.11.21 PDF Release Updates
over 2 years ago – Fri, Dec 03, 2021 at 07:07:10 AM

Hello all,

Those of you hoping to receive the PDFs you added on to your pledge may have seen others have got theirs whilst you have not got yours yet. This is our fault, our mail server can only send out 500 email a day before locking down! So we're batching out the emails and expect the full process to complete by Sunday. 

Please be patient and we're working on an alternative system for the next email run. 

Have a great day!

Regards

Guy

26.11.21 Practical Update!
over 2 years ago – Sat, Nov 27, 2021 at 04:14:34 AM

Hello everyone! 

I hope you are all enjoying these last few days of November! The month has sailed past so quickly. This is just a small update for you all: 

Images

We have begun compiling the images for the book (s). Thus far we've produced nearly 40 full-scale images. It doesn't sound like much but that's nearly 50% of Practical guides requirements. (Remember, we are also redoing Epic Campaigns and have yet to start on that artwork - see below). The images are a wonderful mix of fantasy (60%), Sci-fi (20%), other genres (20%). 

Edit - The Practical Guide to becoming a Great GM

The edit continues on The Practical Guide. After the KS finished, I was working through the last few chapters and have an epiphany - I was presenting some of my ideas backwards! So, I had to do considerable rewriting to bring the book back onto track as a 'practical guide' - in short, I cut out 18 pages, and added in 30. 

What was lost? Not so much lost as reworked into a better, more applicable format. Whereas before I was relying a lot on concepts, I've now focused more on tables, examples, and options. The concepts are still there, just presented in a different way too. 

 Edit - The Complete guide to Epic Campaigns

Although I wanted to finish Practical Guide first before starting on Epic Campaigns, I took a week to assess what changes Epic Campaigns was going to need. Those of you who got the PDF yesterday of the First Edition, will notice a significant change. About 75% of the material is going to change. 

Of course all the artwork is going to change. The old images were... well... made by me when I was still learning, and although I am by no means a master now, I think my skills have improved significantly. However, as anyone knows, it is unwise to begin artwork on an unfinished book as you never know how long the book will be or what artwork is needed - so that will be on hold until the rewrite of Epic Campaigns is complete. 

NPC Art

Those of you who took the add-on to add an NPC to the NPC deck you will be delighted to hear that I am compiling in the next week your briefing document to help you construct your NPC. It will contain all the info you need to be able to send your NPC to me so that we can begin on artwork for you. 

We will continue on now through most of December until we take a break to refresh and recharge batteries and creative juices, and we hope you will all be able to do so as well! 

Thank you

Guy, Derrick, and the team.

03.11.21 Errored backers! Check to make sure your card details!
over 2 years ago – Fri, Nov 05, 2021 at 12:39:41 AM

Hello everyone!

Kickstarter has run the credit cards and there are 86 people who have not been successful in running their credit cards! 

Please check your email, your spam folders and the like, because if your credit cards have issues, then Kickstarter will simply cut you out of the project! You'll then need to wait for the project to go live on our website for you to be able to buy the books and you'll miss out on all the KS unlocks! 

Please check to make sure your card was successful!

Regards

Guy and the team