Charles M. Ryan

CREATOR

3 months ago

Project Update: New Art for Everyone! (And a New Stretch Goal)

Hello, everyone—

I’m happy to announce that yesterday we unlocked our stretch goal! Olivia will illustrate Etien, Compte de Namur, increasing the set of art prints from six to seven. And everyone’s getting an additional print. As a reminder, that means:

Backers at The Reeve or The Journeyman levels will get two prints of their choice (instead of just one)
Backers at The Ascetic will get four prints of their choice (instead of three)
Backers at The Squire and The Patron will get all seven!

Etien has not yet been illustrated, but hopefully we’ll have some sketches to show you in the coming week. Until then, for those who might not have seen them, here are the existing six illustrations:

I want to talk about our next stretch goal, but first:

It’s Our Final Week!

This campaign ends Thursday. There’s less than a week left to really make the most of it. Please, please, please, if you can spare a few moments, won’t you give this campaign a little shout-out to your friends and followers online? More on that below.

Word of mouth is what drives successful campaigns. And I’d really like to maximize this success, because…

Let’s Make Some Hardcovers!

Second only to an ironclad commitment to finishing The Angel of Ecbatana in a timely manner, which you all forced upon me (in the most wonderful way possible) by funding this campaign, the thing I most want from this campaign is to publish these books in hardcover.

In my day job, we make beautiful deluxe books and other game products all the time. I’ve been part of the team that built the stunning deluxe versions of the Old Gods of Appalachia Roleplaying Game, the forthcoming The Magnus Archives Roleplaying Game, Stealing Stories for the Devil, and Invisible Sun (which didn’t technically have a deluxe edition, because the standard version is one of the most deluxe RPG products ever published!). Not to mention the beautiful and unique deluxe version of The Weird, along with the Cypher System Rulebook and many others.

In other words, I know a thing or two about making great hardcovers. And I want to make them for YOU. (Well, and for me. I want them too!) But we’re still at least 100 backers away from that being practical.

So: at 200 backers, I’ll publish The Mason of New Orleans and The Angel of Ecbatana in hardcover. 200 backers is double where we are now—a big ask. Can we do it? Only with your help!

Here are some ways you can help spread the word:

Follow me on Facebook, and share some of the posts you find on my profile.
Follow me on Bluesky, and share some of what I post there.
Follow me on Instagram, and share some of those posts.
Follow Olivia on TikTok, and share some of her very funny videos.
Create your own posts on platforms you’re active on. Mention that you’ve backed this campaign, and why you dig these books. You can include some of the art below (right-click to copy or download it). Include this link: https://bit.ly/3X4VTqk
Finally, if you’ve read The Mason of New Orleans, posting a quick review on Goodreads or Amazon is the most amazing thing you can do. Be sure to post and share links to your review!

That’s the sort of thing it takes. If every backer gave it a few minutes, we’d hit this goal for sure! It would mean a lot to me.

Thanks so much for your support!

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