Good day, and what a day it has been! We've seen $1.5 million raised in less that 24 hours, which is no less than magnificent! I, of course, must thank everyone who has come out to pledge for the project. Our goal was to have an open market that has something for everyone, and I think the turnout so far lends some evidence to that conclusion.

What's really exciting, though, is that we're just getting started! We've got so much more to share and announce over the coming month, so sit back and enjoy the party with us!

There is so much news to share and imminent exciting things! But first, for those who may be overwhelmed by the amount of offerings on the page, a quick walkthrough of how to back the project.

Unlike Kickstarter where you select a pledge level and then have to wait until after the campaign for a pledge manager, in BackerKit, you get to do whatever pledge customization you want up-front, which is pretty helpful when there's so many things on offer! And if you do want to wait until later to do it, that's totally viable too. The pledge manager will remain open long after the campaign ends, and pledging for $1 now will give you access throughout, so be sure to at least do that!

                   

On to the exciting stuff! Did you know that the Frosthaven Play Surface Books, which allow you to play all the Frosthaven scenarios on the books themselves like in Jaws of the Lion, is available as an add-on? Well, it is! We've been working on laying those books out for quite a while now, and the work is nearly done, so we should be able to ship out the books in September along side the second printing of Frosthaven. Just one of the fun things you can find by exploring the page! You can add it to any pledge level, including the $1 pledge manager access level, as described above!

                   

So what else do you have to look forward to today? Well, first of all, I wanted to make sure you are aware that we are going to be streaming on Twitch every day of this campaign, and very often multiple times each day. Whenever that happens, the Twitch stream will appear right at the top of the page, and if you are logged into Twitch, you can interact with the chat right there as well, which is super-cool. And if you missed any stream, you can always catch up on the Cephalofair Twitch channel.

Yesterday we aired the character creation for a recurring RPG campaign that will air throughout the BackerKit project. I'm calling it "Gloomhaven RPG: Old School", because the group consists of my old high school friends, Adrian Francies and Jon Arana, who formed my first D&D group back in the day. We also brought in Alisandra Livingston from Rage Badger Gaming to round out the party, because I'm a big fan of her work. I had a lot of fun hanging out and doing some roleplaying with them.

And now that character creation is done, we'll be airing the first steps into the campaign today at 10am PST (which is, like, right now!). That's the big video for the day, but if you want more chill videos, you can also check out my fireside chat that aired last night. We'll be doing those twice a week on Tuesdays and Fridays at 4pm PST, where I just sit in front of a (fake) fire, run down what's been going on, and answer questions from chat.

                   

The other exciting thing dropping today is puzzles! If you were part of our Frosthaven Kickstarter, you may remember these. Essentially we give you a small setup with a single character (with a small set of cards) and some monsters (with preset cards for each round), and ask you to achieve a specific objective in a given number of rounds. We'll be dropping a new puzzle every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday of the campaign. And, seeing as it is Wednesday, you can find the first puzzle down on the page. Good luck!

                   

Next I just want to throw a quick shout-out to the character previews being done by Drew and Dennis for Gloomhaven: Second Edition. In the last week, they've shared the ability cards, perks, and design discussions for both the Mindthief and Saw (beware: Gloomhaven class spoilers!). So check that out for more details and insights into the character class redesign process.

Over the course of this project, we'll have lots more updates about changes to Gloomhaven: Second Edition, as well, so look forward to that!

                   

And I would be remiss if I didn't mention that just this morning, it was announced on Nintendo Direct that Gloomhaven Digital will be coming to the Switch September 18, which we are all super-stoked about!

In closing, I just want to thank everyone once again for coming out, backing this campaign, and having patience with us as we work through some of the hurdles of such a large project. We were working furiously today to fix things like: updating the add-on section to showcase more of our partners like Folded Space and Forteller, updating shipping for a number of countries that were not included in original graphic, and updating a handful of miniatures to show off the new sculpts. We're also working on getting all the add-ons for the campaign together into a more navigable area for clarity.

This beast of a project is always evolving, so be sure to check back often for new updates, videos, and more! Until next time, and have a great day!