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2012 was a huge year for Dreamscarred Press, and has set up 2013 to be even bigger.
In 2012, we launched several product lines and released quite a few books. The first was the launch of our Psionic Bestiary line of micro-PDFs in February, which has given us a way to expand the psionic monster options in bite-sized pieces. We expect to have the Bestiary finished in early 2013, when it will be compiled into a single, full-color softcover book (with B&W available, as well).
We also launched our Power Cards accessories line, which put the psionic powers in printable card format for easier use at the game table. These will continue to be something we release as new powers are developed and we hope people find them as useful as we do!
Next we launched the Psionic Items of Legend series of micro-PDFs, which we also expect to complete in early 2013 and compile into a single PDF. This product line gives one legendary item per release and also includes any appropriate support material (new weapon or armor special abilities, new feats or powers, and the like).
We continued our From the Deep adventure path with adventure #2 - Ruling Three - and expect to have adventure #3 out in early 2013. With a total of six adventures in From the Deep, we hope to speed up the release cycle for the remaining adventures to wrap up the adventure path in 2013.
After years with our original logo, we held a contest to redesign our company logo and selected the winner by Timothy Wickham. This new logo now graces our website and products.
Finally, we finished Psionics Expanded, which we started in 2011, with the compiled PDF and printed release in late 2012.
We also saw continued support by other publishers in using Psionics Unleashed as the de facto psionic ruleset for Pathfinder with releases such as Waves of Thought by Alluria Publishing.
But the biggest piece of 2012 by far was our Ultimate Psionics Kickstarter, which raised over twenty times our funding goal and gave us the financial resources to produce a top-quality color, hardcover book. Our art budget on this project is higher than our earnings for previous years, and that's in large part to your support of psionics. Work continues on Ultimate Psionics, and we are estimating an early-to-mid 2013 release date for it and all the additional material that was unlocked by our stretch goals.
For 2013, our plans are to wrap up all of the remaining projects and product lines (Psionic Bestiary, Items of Legend, Ultimate Psionics and all related material, and From the Deep) and start work on our next big project - the rerelease of the Third Dawn Campaign Setting! We are tentatively planning a Kickstarter in the second quarter of 2013 to help raise funds for the production of the Third Dawn Campaign Setting, which include full-color maps, full-color artwork, a complete upgrade to Pathfinder, and funds to hire on freelance writers to expand the campaign setting.
That Third Dawn Kickstarter won't start until we have sent off everything from Ultimate Psionics to production, so there's still quite a bit of time before we expect to launch, but we love the Third Dawn Campaign Setting and have learned a lot in the years since its first release. We plan to go over the existing campaign with a fine-tooth comb to bring it up to the quality level our fans have come to expect from our books, and that is no small task.
Finally, despite the success of our Kickstarter in 2012, we've found that our marketing reach is something we need to work on, so that will also be a focus in 2013 - so that all of our current and potential fans find out about our books, contests, and updates as quickly as possible.
Thank you all for an amazing 2012 and we're looking forward to continuing the momentum in 2013!
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Thank you for all that lovely Psionics stuff.
I'll be along for the ride!
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Thanks guys! I've bought every thing you've put out and intergrated psionics into my Pathfinder campaigns. Keep 'em coming and would really love to see Third Dawn done up right for Pathfinder! Thanks and looking forward to more quaility stuff. Thanks,
Jeff...
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Congrats for Psionics Expanded especially - I haven't forgotten my review of that beast - it WILL come. (Though it's a huge amount of work...)
Here's to even more psionics!
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Looking forward to more great product from you guys! Keep up the good work.
Well where is the new logo?
Well where is the new logo?
Where isn't it?
It's on our main website, our Facebook page, our Twitter feed, our Psionics Items of Legend cover, the back cover of Psionics Expanded, the Psionics Expanded Power Cards.
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Basically every new product has it instead of our old logo.
Congrats for Psionics Expanded especially - I haven't forgotten my review of that beast - it WILL come. (Though it's a huge amount of work...)
Here's to even more psionics!
Looking forward to the review!