Greg A. Vaughan wrote: A piece I call, "Hey, guys! I found your arrow!" ...He said right before he got his face clawed off...
Bump. We still have a ways to go to get the Players' Guide published. Keep spreading the word. I want a softcover Players' Guide.
Howdy All!
Here's a quick update from the KS:
We are fast approaching the 2-week countdown and are still so tantalizingly close to that first Lost Lands Tales stretch goal. I'm confident that we'll make it, but we're going to have to pick up some momentum if we're going to be able to do the other set of Tales and the Sundered Kingdoms Player's Guide. You guys have been/continue to be awesome, but we can't make these other stretch goals without your help. If you know anyone who's a fan of the Frogs or you think might consider the Frogs a worthy purveyor of third-party products, please spread the word. There's also another 600 or so folks who jumped on board with The Lost City of Barakus and got the Sinnar Coast map who are missing out on this expansion of that very product, so if you know any of those guys help us get the word out. The Lost Lands is very much a setting-in-progress, and each of these books builds from and expands upon those that have come before. So, if folks are fans of the emerging campaign setting, then they will definitely want to get in on these books so as to not miss out.
Tomorrow is Friday so we'll release another of the sample stories from our Tales writers. We really need to hear from you guys about those and let us know what you think. As I've said, since these are free with the stretch goals that are unlocked we really don't have a metric with this Kickstarter to measure how well they are received. So if you've got an opinion--any opinion, good or bad--please let us know what you think in the comments. We're listening to your voices to give us guidance on this new line.
And because you guys are awesome, here's some more new art from the book! I think this one is so cool that I didn't even come up with a snarky title for it. :-)
I always get confused on Kickstarters, so forgive me if this is obvious and I'm just not seeing it in the text. Part of the problem is that I'm not sure what the difference is between "Add ons" and "Backerkit add ons"
I am currently pledged for $55 (Fighter level, Pathfinder)
I would like to purchase the add ons for:
Fields of Blood (hardcover+PDF, listed under Add ons): $35
Dunes of Desolation (hardcover+PDF, listed under Backerkit Add ons): $25
Cyclopean Deeps 1&2 (hardcovers+PDF, listed under Backerkit Add ons): $55
Should I be pledged for $55, $90, or $170?
Looks to me like you add the $35 dollars for the Fields of Blood add on to your pledge, so $90 dollars.
If I understand the Backerkit add on concept, that doesn't get added until after the Kickstarter closes and you get the chance to pick those items listed in the Backerkit and thereby pay the additional amount.
I am sure Greg or another Frog will correct me if I am wrong.
Yes, I believe $90 is correct. The reasoning is that the Frogs don't want to lose the % they would have to pay to Kickstarter for adding existing products (Dunes, CD 1&2) to your pledge. Fields is releasing as part of this Kickstarter, so you would overpledge for $90 while selecting the Fighter level $55 reward.
Davrion and Dark Sasha are correct, Duiker. $90 would be your pledge for the Fighter level plus Fields of Blood (plus the shipping it will add on automatically when you make the pledge if your order is overseas). Then you would add on the other books on the BackerKit at the end of the campaign.
Thanks for the assist, davrion and DS!
And thanks for backing, Duiker!
Thanks everyone, changed it to $90!
Bump. I want to keep this up front.
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Silverhair, you're the best. I'm officially promoting you to silverhair2009. No, no, don't thank me; you're continued support is thanks enough. :-)
To anyone who hasn't read the thread above and seen it already, Silverhair2008 (er, 2009 now) is one of our super supporters and backed the KS with the Temple Dallas pledge level. So he's coming to North Texas RPG Con with us in June.
The reason I bring it up is because he's going to be doing something really cool there. It's not officially a part of the pledge but it just so happened that it worked out that we could do this with the schedules and everything. One of the games I'm running in Dallas is the Twisted Tower from Slumbering Tsar. We'll have a normal group of players basically playing to see how far they can get into the tower and try to kill the Master of the Tower, Belishan the Bloodmage. For this game, silverhair is actually going to be playing the part of the Bloodmage. He'll be behind the screen with me running Belishan as an PC/NPC as he coordinates the tower defenses against the PCs' incursion. It's kind of a unique thing that we've never done before, and I think it's going to turn out pretty cool especially considering that Slumbering Tsar has been out for about 5 years now so there's a good chance some of the players will be familiar with it. This is kind of a neat way to mix it up a little bit and keep it fresh, I think.
Anyway, we'll see how it goes and how well it works. If it does work well, this may be the kind of thing that we can do more of in the future for a gauntlet style adventure like Slumbering Tsar or Rappan Athuk (no promises yet, as it all depends on schedules, availability, game slots, game space, etc.). Just a thought for now, but I wanted to share for anyone who was interested.
Greg A. Vaughan wrote: To anyone who hasn't read the thread above and seen it already, Silverhair2008 (er, 2009 now) is one of our super supporters and backed the KS with the Temple Dallas pledge level. So he's coming to North Texas RPG Con with us in June.
The reason I bring it up is because he's going to be doing something really cool there. It's not officially a part of the pledge but it just so happened that it worked out that we could do this with the schedules and everything. One of the games I'm running in Dallas is the Twisted Tower from Slumbering Tsar. We'll have a normal group of players basically playing to see how far they can get into the tower and try to kill the Master of the Tower, Belishan the Bloodmage. For this game, silverhair is actually going to be playing the part of the Bloodmage. He'll be behind the screen with me running Belishan as an PC/NPC as he coordinates the tower defenses against the PCs' incursion. It's kind of a unique thing that we've never done before, and I think it's going to turn out pretty cool especially considering that Slumbering Tsar has been out for about 5 years now so there's a good chance some of the players will be familiar with it. This is kind of a neat way to mix it up a little bit and keep it fresh, I think.
Anyway, we'll see how it goes and how well it works. If it does work well, this may be the kind of thing that we can do more of in the future for a gauntlet style adventure like Slumbering Tsar or Rappan Athuk (no promises yet, as it all depends on schedules, availability, game slots, game space, etc.). Just a thought for now, but I wanted to share for anyone who was interested.
That is pretty much the coolest thing ever. Wow...
Looking forward to seeing this since it's my first trek to Dallas.
No one needs to do what I did. I had the funds and chose to. But I think everyone can at least pledge for the PDF. Just give up a couple of days of Starbucks. I want the print of the Players' Guide. So Please pledge.
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I want the players guide too.
Bumping once again. It is down to 13 days remaining to get to the softcover Players' Guide. Can I get some help here folks?
only $1400 until Tales of the Lost Lands I unlocks, and another $5000 beyond that to get the player guide PDF.
We can do this!
I would like this to be noticeable every single day.
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We now have about $1,000 until the Tales are unlocked! Good progress in the last few days!
There's been some progress on the money side, but the number of backers has been slower. Keep spreading the word out there. And if anyone wants a Dunes copy signed or a Fields of Blood, chase me down at NTRPG or at Gencon, and I'll be happy to oblige you for a nominal additional fee. Just kidding, there is no charge...
Hi guys, crazy end of the week and weekend for me, so I'm slacking in getting the latest sample story posted to the updates.
That said, we're so very, very, very close to the first Tales goal!
I have begun to get the turnovers for the Tales in from the authors, and they are looking really good. I'm excited to get them published.
Tom is right, you guys have been more than generous in your support and it is amazingly appreciated. But rather than try to squeeze more $$ out of our customers we just need to get more customers. I just did an interview for Pathways #49 by Rite Publishing (available for free on DriveThru here) that discusses the book and the Kickstarter in some detail, so hopefully some more folks will see it and we can get the word out more. It also has Endzeitgeist's Top 10 list for 2014 in it and FGG appears on it both as an Honorable Mention (for Tom's amazing Dunes of Desolation) and the #5 ranking for Matt Finch's incomparable Cyclopean Deeps, Vol 1 (I say incomparable, but wait until you see Vol. 2!). Both of those books are available through our Kickstarter (and CD2, as well), so if you haven't picked them up yet give them a look. But hopefully that will get some more eyes turned towards Cults of the Sundered Kingdoms.
That's about all there is to it at this point, I think. Spread the word as much as you can and help us get folks pumped up about it. We're down below 2 weeks left so it's coming up on crunch time. Thanks again for all that you've done to get the word out already and for all your support!
I sent the latest short story sample and update to Chris to get posted, so they should be up on the KS sometime today.
Well, you now have my pledge for $25. I would love to pledge at a higher level, but finances blah blah, mostly broke blah blah, etc. etc.
Grumble grumble, stupid not-enough paycheck...
Readerbreeder, if no one else does I at least will say Thank you. However, I am sure someone from FGG will confirm the thank you. I have been in dire financial straights where I had to drop my pledge and it hurt a lot. However, I will say that RL always comes first and don't pledge more than you can reasonably handle.
I am not an employee of FGG, just a Fanguy.
Thanks, Readerbreeder! We appreciate your pledge. It's not the amount that's the most important but rather your support. We love our fans regardless of how much they spend. That's why I've been saying here and elsewhere that we don't want our backers to spend more money, our goal is to get more backers. We really do appreciate you joining us in the project, and I hope you enjoy the book!
Greg
Having backed, in flusher financial times, the Rappan Athuk KS, and having taken advantage of some of the FGG daily sales, I am sure I will enjoy it! Thanks for the encouragement!
The latest short fiction sample is up here. Check it out.
New art preview of just a regular weekend getaway in the Sundered Kingdoms over on the Kickstarter page.
Tomorrow I start posting some more samples from Anthony Pryor's Player's Guide to the Sundered Kingdoms. It's a great book. You guys are definitely going to want it, so let's push this thing up to the 40k stretch goal in the next 9 days.
Thanks!
I'm about 20 days away from attending the North Texas RPG Con with the FGG Folks. I will try to post what happens in the games I am in. It may be a delayed posting though.
As for this KS, I hope you folks can help FGG make it to the Players' Guide. I would love to see it in print, but would be glad to see it in PDF rather than not at all. So if you can pledge even if it is just for the PDF of Cults. Every little bit helps.
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Cross-posting this from the SK kickstarter in case people are on the fence about getting Sword of Air as an add-on at the end of this kickstarter:
I just got my copy of Sword of Air in the mail today and I gotta say that it looks like one incredible adventure.
I got really excited just flipping through and reading random bits here and there. This thing oozes Lost Lands flavor and lore. I didn't realize that this adventure would be so wide ranging geographically.
And the art by Artem Shukaev is amazing!
Great job Bill! (and everyone else that contributed to making this book so excellent) I think this one definitely deserves a place on the shelf with Rappan Athuk and Slumbering Tsar.
Question for the FGG crew: Where can I find more information about Abad Durahai and Alesardin from the Gulf of Akados region map?
Thanks!
Thanks Silverhair and Laric!
Laric, I posted a response to your question on the KS comments. Thanks for spreading the word!
I just sent the final sample story to Chris to get posted to the KS page today, so with that you will have seen a previously written sample from each of the 5 writers that we selected to create our first round of Lost Lands fiction.
Nearly to the 35k stretch goal with the player's guide just around the corner after that!
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bump. Come on, Daddy needs a players guide.
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Less than $100 to 35k goal!
Terrible Barry Manilow pun, but "looks like we made it"...to $35K.
As Tom said, we've hit the 35k stretch goal. The first free Lost Lands Tales pack has been unlocked. And quoting a different song (also by Barry Manilow...probably), "We did it, we did it! Lo hicimos, we did it!"
You can read our update on it here.
Don't feel like reading all that? That's fine, but there was a very good question that one of our backers asked and the answer goes a long way towards explaining the importance of the Tales stories to the Lost Lands campaign setting. I thought it was a useful read for anyone interested in running or playing in FGG games, so I'm including that part of the update below.
Thanks for all your support! Less than 5k away from the Sundered Kingdoms Player's Guide!!
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The backer's question was something to the effect of: Are the short stories canon for the campaign setting and how spoilery are they going to be, because I'd like to be able to let my players read them to gain insight and understanding of the campaign setting in a relaxed way rather than me having to feed them tons of details? (As is the traditional way with a new campaign, I think--my words, not his.)
My response was:
The short stories are absolutely canon.
At the beginning of each one will be a sidebox with a GM Note that gives a spoiler warning. It will rate the spoilers in the story as usually either low, medium, or high and then explain how they might or might not affect a GM's campaign if he or she allows the players to read the story. You are exactly right about the stories being an excellent option for introduce players to the setting without giving them a homework assignment or reading 12 pages of exposition in a game session.
Some of the stories will be fine for the players to read ahead of time, some the GM will probably want to wait until after an adventure has been completed where the story spoils something about it (which should make the story even cooler for the players since they'll see that it is connected to their very own adventures), and some of the stories will be readable at the GM's discretion, for instance if they spoil campaign details that the GM has no plans for involving in his own campaign and doesn't care if the players learn about them.
Our goal with the stories is to make them both as usable for a GM and players alike as a game reference, source of additional original campaign info above and beyond what is in the game books, and a campaign-building tool (for introducing background, atmosphere, tone, important characters and concepts, etc.) in addition to just being an entertaining read. I'd like them to actually function as game products to some extent even while being something that's a fun read for 15 minutes or whatever.
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Greg A. Vaughan wrote: My response was:
The short stories are absolutely canon.
At the beginning of each one will be a sidebox with a GM Note that gives a spoiler warning. It will rate the spoilers in the story as usually either low, medium, or high and then explain how they might or might not affect a GM's campaign if he or she allows the players to read the story. You are exactly right about the stories being an excellent option for introduce players to the setting without giving them a homework assignment or reading 12 pages of exposition in a game session.
Some of the stories will be fine for the players to read ahead of time, some the GM will probably want to wait until after an adventure has been completed where the story spoils something about it (which should make the story...
I love this idea. Many times you writers have excellent stories that get lost in Mechanics of the game. It is a necessary "Evil", but I would love to hand my PCs a story and say read this and learn why and what really happened.
Bump to get to top of page.
Added in for Fields of Blood, with some luck it can pus forwards and definitely get the players guide.
I believe somewhere FGG said they may need around $40k to start to turn a profit on most of their hard-covers so with some luck this'll blow that away.
Thanks, DSXM! Every pledge helps!
We're down to 5 days in our Lost Lan: Cults of the Sundered Kingdoms Kickstarter. We've unlocked the first of the short fiction packs, and I'm excited about the Sundered Kingdoms stories you're going to get just for the fun of reading and for the depth that they will add to your Lost Lands campaign.
Now we're less than $4,000 away from unlocking the Player's Guide written by industry veteran Anthony Pryor. Anthony is a great writer and really cool guy (I had the privilege of enjoying his presence at a PFS table I was running at Gen Con a few years back). He has written for Wizards, Necromancer Games, and was one of the creators behind Scarred Lands, so his work speaks for itself.
I've posted sneak preview of part of the book in the latest update on the Kickstarter page here. Come on over and check it out. Tell all your gamer friends about the KS and help us get over these last few humps here at the end of the campaign.
Thanks! Greg
DSXMachina wrote: with some luck it can pus forwards and definitely get the players guide. When dealing with FGG it will pus forward, backwards, up, down and left and right!
Strangely, I am thinking of several Pus related creatures - Pus golem, a Pus template for undead, etc.
Getting close to 37k. We're creeping up on the Player's Guide stretch goal.
For what it's worth, my only regret with FGG products is only purchasing the "Quests of Doom" and "Lost Book of Spells" as PDFs from that KS as opposed to their hardcover versions. The quality of the other FGG hardcovers that I have purchased (Slumbering Tsar, Stoneheart Vally, and Lost City of Barakus") have been outstanding. I cannot say enough good about them.
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