Hey everyone, just a quick note that you should be receiving an email from Backerkit with all of your digital rewards. This includes The Real Thing, Angel Dust...
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Jason Ward (Accidental Cyclops Games)
about 2 months ago
And we're off! (Things are headed to print)
Hey folks,
Just a quick note to let you all know that nearly everything is off to the printers! Woohoo! I'll have an update soon as to when we should expect shipping to s...
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Jason Ward (Accidental Cyclops Games)
3 months ago
Final Update before we go to print!
Hey folks, sorry for the delay in sending this update. It has been a jam-packed few weeks!
I'll be quick.
First, every single bit of writing is complete for both books! The c...
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Jason Ward (Accidental Cyclops Games)
5 months ago
New content update, fun projects to back, and Angel Dust digital ready for download!
Hey folks!
Just a quick update...
First, you will all (who ordered Angel Dust) receive your v0.9 version of the Angel Dust book shortly!
Keep an eye out for a BackerKit email ...
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Jason Ward (Accidental Cyclops Games)
5 months ago
Shirts and Stickers!
Hey folks! Quick note here...
While we've been a bit delayed on the writing/editing, we do have some stuff coming in hot! Here are sneak peeks at the shirts and stickers. The S...
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Jason Ward (Accidental Cyclops Games)
6 months ago
Still very close... a bit slower than we hoped
Hi folks,
This will be a quick update. Unfortunately, we haven't hit the mark on getting Angel Dust fully proofed nor the initial editing done for King for a Day. It has been a...
Hey everyone, just a quick note that you should be receiving an email from Backerkit with all of your digital rewards. This includes The Real Thing, Angel Dust, King for a Day, and all of the relevant sheets and rules guides for those who ordered each.
Give it a couple of days, in case of delays. If you haven't gotten them by 11/12/24, please message us. Check your spam as well!
Just a quick note to let you all know that nearly everything is off to the printers! Woohoo! I'll have an update soon as to when we should expect shipping to start. There could be some delays in freight from China as well as domestic and international shipping, based on where things stand with logistics and shipping companies. I'm just not sure yet.
One more quick note... We had to change course on the King for a Day book a bit. We had originally intended to have two one-shot adventures in the book, in addition to the conclusion of The Real Thing adventure. After doing the layout, we only had room for one of the one-shots, and we still came in 16 pages longer than we planned! So, Woodpecker from Mars will be in the KFAD book, but Zombie Eaters will not. That said, we'll be issuing Zombie Eaters as a PDF-only adventure to all backers, once it it laid out and proffed.
Hey folks, sorry for the delay in sending this update. It has been a jam-packed few weeks!
I'll be quick.
First, every single bit of writing is complete for both books! The content is great, and we are very excited about the main Angel Dust and KFAD stories as well as Woodpecker from Mars and Zombie Eaters. You're going to love them!
Second, the editing is nearly complete. I (Jason W.) have finished editing all of the main book content last month. I am almost done with Woodpecker from Mars. Zombie Eaters will be done by the end of next week. All in all, the editing has been slower than I would have liked. A good bit of the slowness has the struggle to shorten everything. I've had to train my brain to say things in more concise ways, which has been difficult. Both Jason P. and I tend to be long-winded, and that has been working against us in these last two books. All that said, we're getting close!
Layout is set to commence in two weeks and will be done in September. As you all saw with the (nearly) complete PDF of Angel Dust, we're producing a quality product that sticks to the design and format of The Real Thing book one. The Real Thing came in at 128 pages. Angel Dust us at 136. My hope is to get King for a Day down to 128 or 136... but right now it is closer to 150. That's not ideal. Cross your fingers for me!
So, it looks like we're going to print in October. This is well behind our initial estimates. My hope is that you will all forgive me once you have the books in your hands. They are going to be epic!
First, you will all (who ordered Angel Dust) receive your v0.9 version of the Angel Dust book shortly!
Keep an eye out for a BackerKit email letting you download the file. Please do not share it outside of this group, as it is not 100% final (not until it goes to print). We would love your feedback and commentary. Feel free to send it to [email protected].
Second, we have the drafts for the two additional stories (not Angel Dust or King for a Day) completed, and they are in the editing phases!
That's great news because it means we are a mere 40 pages of content editing and rewrites away from having AD and KFAD ready for print!
The first of these stories is Woodpecker from Mars, written by our own Jason Peercy. It is a sci-fi one-shot that leverages the Real Thing engine to tell a bit of a space horror story. It's about as metal as the song from which it takes its name! There will also be an additional 4 - 6 pieces of custom art created for this story.
The second piece is Zombie Eaters, written by our friend Sean Jaffe of Nerdy City Games. It is a glorious 90s romp that features flavors and functionaries of the late 80s and early 90s music scene in San Francisco. It also blends the world of The Real Thing with Nerdy City's world of the Holomatixx. Holomatixx is the newest installment of Nerdy City's universe-spanning series of games based on 1980s toys and cartoons such as Transformers (Commandroids) and Gem and the Holograms (Holomatixx). This story has been drafted and will be completed very soon. It will also feature all-new artwork!
There are 3 days left at the time I am writing this. Help Nerdy City (Sean and Megan) finish super strong! We are fans and backers, so we have at least one leg to stand on when we ask you to be as well. If you are feeling extra supportive, you can back their whole line of games in softcover (5 titles + other goodies) for just $100! It would be truly, truly, truly outrageous if you did!
For fans of fantasy stories, art, and RPGs, this project is amazing! We assembled a team of true luminaries for the fiction and game design, including Ed Greenwood, Erin Roberts, Bryan CP Steele, and Shawn Merwin, among others. You really can't go wrong. Go pre-order it now!
