This is really happening.
over 2 years ago – Mon, Oct 04, 2021 at 08:16:35 PM

We are funded, plus some extra.

Here we are at the end of the campaign. To start with, something a little personal.

The reality of all this is crashing over me like a wave, giving me a clearer glimpse of what the future might hold than I had, even at 11:00 AM this morning. Until this moment, it has all been a kind of ephemeral thing- an abstract collection of bar graphs and counters and projections. And now it is real. You have validated my existence in this silly world in a way I can't begin to describe.

You have changed my life for the better. Thank you, with every word I know with which to say it. Thank you.

Now, we move forward together!

I'm going to take a few days to decompress and get my head bolted back on. From here, we begin work on the book in earnest. I will be posting regular updates on the progress of the book, along with snippets of lore and game information. There will be streams of the game, plus other ways to shake the box before you get the chance to open it.

Those of you inclined toward game design yourselves (or just too impatient to wait) are probably wondering about playtesting! We are going to be getting feedback on a lot of content on Discord, with formalized teams who can poke and prod at the individual moving parts of this thing. The exact structure will be coming in the next few weeks. If you want to be a part of that conversation, join our server here:

https://discord.gg/aSAzhdwp

If your character is going to be in the book:

Hang in there! In the next week or so, I am going to compose a guide for how to submit your character. There are well over 100 of you who will be submitting characters, so I need to streamline the conversation a bit to make it easier to give you a good fit into the world. There will be cooperation and a back-and-forth conversation with each and every one of you, I promise. You haven't missed anything- keep an eye out for my emails and also for an update here on the page.

Bats and Kobolds.

We came up about 10% short of our goal for bats and kobolds before the end of the campaign. However, we have several promotions coming down the line that are going to push that number higher. I know for a fact that there are many people who were unable to pledge because of credit card issues or paychecks incoming or what have you. Therefore, we're going to give it until Halloween to report that final number. So spooky winged folks and goofy lizard kids shouldn't despair! There's still time. <3

Once again, thank you. We're going to build something truly remarkable, and we're going to do it together. Long live love, delvers.

Your humble chief for as long as you'll have me,

Cullen McGuire

Pre-Orders, Pledge Manager, and more!
over 2 years ago – Mon, Oct 04, 2021 at 07:58:37 PM

Hey everyone!

Pre-orders are now up

I wanted to let you know that pre-orders are now up, and we are counting up to bats and kobolds once again. You can reach the pre-order page from the Kickstarter, or you can follow this link directly:  

https://thedelversguide.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders/364469 

If you're already a backer and want to add more stuff onto your pledge, hold on just a little while longer. The Pledge Manager only opens up once we've handed over Backerkit's fee, which we can't do until the Kickstarter funds drop. That will be in about two weeks. If you mistakenly preorder something completely new, it's alright—we can merge your orders together when all is said and done.  

However, if you missed your chance to pledge altogether, this is the opportunity! By the way... there might be some previously unavailable stuff on that preorder store page... I heard a rumor.  

Some notes about pledges with selections, commissions, and character cards.

Keep an eye on your email. I will be sending an email when Pledge Manager opens up, which will let you choose stuff that requires choosing (such as which plush you want if you're getting one of the two characters, or which poster you want, etc.)   You can make changes to that until about February 2022, so don't worry if you can't decide for now. In particular, those getting posters may want to wait until they can see all the final pieces.  If your character is part of the project, either because of a commission tier or character card, stay tuned. Next week I'm going to be sending those folks an email with the first step of that process. There are a lot of people whose characters need to get into the book and cards, so I'm going to be streamlining the process with some Google Forms. Don't worry! If there's something in particular you want that might be an exception, there will be a way to talk to me directly about it too.  

Thank you, Furry Nexus!

I wanted to talk a little about one of the servers who helped us out a ton during the campaign. There will be another one of these announcements in a bit, but for today I want to give a shout-out to Jammy , who is the administrator of The Furry Nexus. It's a really big furry Discord server (I mean really big) and they helped us out a whole ton. Thank you Jammy! You can join The Furry Nexus here, if you're one of the few furries on planet Earth not aleady in it:  

https://discord.gg/ypCX7wMNBt To thank Jammy and The Furry Nexus for their bark during the campaign, we're using their Minecraft server for the official Littfeld server! I might pop in during downtime and try and make a wagon caravan. >_>

You can find that server and other Minecraft info in our server as well in the Minecraft channel, so come hang out in the Beast World discord with us here: 

https://discord.gg/beastworld 

And that's all I got for now! Unless I forgot something which I really hope I didn't.  

I probably didn't.  

Yeah, I think we're good.  

More updates soon, about playtesting and pledge managing. Also, maybe some pics of our new office space???? 

Long Live Love, 

Cullen

helo evryone, this is red kobold. last too days for plejing! new strech gole for 500,000 gp is kobolds! last gole!
over 2 years ago – Sun, Oct 03, 2021 at 01:48:00 PM

dear delvers,

helo, this is red kobold. cullen got up to do snacks and nap. i am puting an update out.

cullen says if we could get 500,000 gold circles, he will put red kobold and friends in delver's guyed. he told silver kobold this is the last strech gole. 

kobolds ar strong and good friends for delvers. we never take gold circles that isn't ours, except for one time. and also the other time.

thank you for reading my update. i hope you enjoyed reading it so much that i enjoyed typing it.

eat pray love,

-red kobold

(Last stretch goal. $500,000. Beast World Kobolds.)

A very quick update for our last day: Bats in the Beast World's Belfry. And... a SECOND Deck of Delvers.
over 2 years ago – Sat, Oct 02, 2021 at 01:43:20 AM

They told me not to post updates right before the campaign closes.

But I just wanted to let you know... 24 hours left to go. And if we hit 500k... I'll put bats in the Beast World. 

Also, it made me sad that not everyone who wanted one got the Your Character on a Card add-on. Therefore, I just added 55 more slots to that add-on. Since I can't put 110 cards in a single deck... I'm going to do a Deck of Delvers 2.

If you're pledging at a commission tier, you will get both decks for free. For anyone else, they are a new add-on for only $16 during the campaign! You can also pick which one you get in Backerkit before we ship.

I want everyone possible to be a part of this. Your enthusiasm is an inspiration to me.

LLL,

Cullen

Want a bit more content for use in the Beast World? I'm going to help make it happen- cross-over with Valda's Spire of Secrets!
over 2 years ago – Fri, Oct 01, 2021 at 04:59:43 PM

And one more thing...

As we go into these last couple of days, I want to announce something really cool we're doing.

I've been following this campaign that's been running alongside ours, for a book called Valda's Spire of Secrets by Mage Hand Press . The author Mike was kind enough to let me see a pre-release, and I was so filled with ideas for the stuff in this book that I decided to propose a cross-over.

I'm going to write a free compatibility packet for the content included in Valda's Spire of Secrets.

This book is fantastic. It's got new spells, new classes, new subclasses, and a bunch of other stuff. It's very setting-neutral, so I was able to easily draft up how our systems might play with their new content. The compatibility packet will include:

• 20+ extra pages of book-quality content, complete with art
• Cross-over content for using the new classes in Valda's with the teamwork maneuvers from the Delver's Guide.
• Species and Homeland features for some of the new races introduced in Valda's, for non-canon games

One of their new classes is the Gunslinger, which is a magnificent way to play a brethren focused on the use of guns and other Broken World curios. I'm going to be writing teamwork maneuvers special-made to use their features.

This packet will be absolutely free, coming 2022. I want other small developers' work to be compatible with The Delver's Guide to Beast World as much as possible. I think our gaming ecosystem thrives best with cooperation. So, if you're interested in getting some more author-sanctioned content for your game, check it out! It's available here:

 Valda's Spire of Secrets Kickstarter 

I hope you'll take a look!

Cullen