Hey everyone! Hope you all had a fantastic January! ❄️
Starting this month, we’re going to start our Monthly Backer Updates on the first Tuesday of every month to keep you ...
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Crossed Paths
19 days ago
January Update
Happy New Year, everyone! I’m Ruby, the new Marketing Lead here at Crossed Paths. I’m super excited to be joining the team and keeping you in the loop with all the updates fo...
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Crossed Paths
about 2 months ago
December Update - Playtest V1 is now available!
Hello Scions! Want to play some Ashes?
Download available in Backer Only Content of this Update, please view the whole update to see it.
Thanks to your patience and support,...
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Crossed Paths
3 months ago
October Update - A quick showcase of some changes
Hey everyone,
It's been a while so I just wanted to show you a quick state of play and tell you where things are at.
The Game
While I was finishing off th...
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Crossed Paths
5 months ago
September Update - Surveys are coming!
Hello everyone!
Just a few core update on where things are at!
I am currently working to complete an Alpha V0.1 that will be ready for backer release!
The first plan before ...
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Crossed Paths
7 months ago
First Post-Campaign Update!
Hello Scions,
Thank you for your support through the campaign and I am just blown away at what we managed to achieve.
I wanted to cover some points as we are now officially po...
Happy New Year, everyone! I’m Ruby, the new Marketing Lead here at Crossed Paths. I’m super excited to be joining the team and keeping you in the loop with all the updates for Ashes!
Let’s jump right in:
🃏 Playtesting Round 1: We’ve officially wrapped up the first round of playtesting! A massive thank you to everyone who took part - your feedback is key to helping us make Ashes the best game it can be. We’ll be sending out playtest surveys over the next two weeks to collect your thoughts so keep your eyes peeled!
📦 Pledge Manager Opens Mid-Feb: We’ve been working hard behind the scenes to partner with fantastic shipping providers in Canada and the US. The Pledge Manager (where we’ll gather your shipping info) is set to open in mid-February to make sure everything runs smoothly when we’re ready to ship things out!
🎨 Behind the Scenes - Art Process: Our art team puts so much effort into the artwork for Ashes, and we wanted to give you a peek behind the curtain. Here's how Úlfrik came to life - from reference to the final piece.
Art Process for Úlfrik
💼 Welcome to the Team: Crossed Paths has also spent some time on the hiring train and is finally growing with two new team members!
Jan, our In-House Artist, is already working on stunning illustrations and concept art.
Ruby (that’s me!) is here to keep you updated, share behind-the-scenes peeks, and make sure you’re always in the know.
2025 is already shaping up to be an amazing year for Ashes and we’ll have more updates soon - so stay tuned!
Hey everyone! Hope you all had a fantastic January! ❄️
Starting this month, we’re going to start our Monthly Backer Updates on the first Tuesday of every month to keep you in the loop with all things Ashes! 🔥
⚔️Playtesting Extention ⚔️
Due to popular demand, we’re keeping playtesting open for another month! 🎉 More and more groups are starting to play the game together, and your feedback will be key to fine-tuning those multiplayer rules! 🙌
While the multiplayer phase is still rolling, we’ve hit pause on the playtesting surveys. Once we wrap up, we’ll be sending those your way to gather your thoughts and feedback.
🛍️ Pledge Manager Update 🛍️
Our Pledge Manager is in the works, and we’re adjusting for the new tax rules and tariff changes under the new U.S. administration to keep everything smooth for you!
If you’ve got any questions, drop a comment below or hit us up on our socials! 🙌
Download available in Backer Only Content of this Update, please view the whole update to see it.
Thanks to your patience and support, we are happy to present to you…a chunk of the final game. It’s all the items and classes but only the first dungeon boss.
As you know we have an additional 12 bosses, and an extra expansion for those who backed Throne of Luster!
This Playtest doesn't have a Character Sheet available, the reason for that is until we get feedback on core mechanic changes that may need to happen, it made more sense to leave it free for players to simply write details on paper for now then once finalised for the next playtest we can put something together that's more visual.
I want to also be clear that this game has not been tested in it's current state, for those of you who playtested the Pre-Alpha, alot is different and I do hope the new changes are something you feel comfortable with but please do feel free to always provide feedback!
We’ll be making a thread area in the Discord to log your feedback on this build but you can also email us with anything you find. You’ll have until 12AM GMT on January 18th to note any feedback.
At this stage, the feedback we're looking for is related directly to gameplay. Spelling errors, layout etc can be logged but definetly not a priority for this round of playtesting.
With all this said I wanted to make one more announcement; As a Christmas Present in our first post-playtest update we will also include a Free Expansion - Lord of the First Shiver.
Cover Art for the next FREE Expansion
This expansion will take your Scion to the lost Empire of Erstone, a frozen wasteland that was once commanded by an Eilir Lord until The Shiver froze it over for the rest of it's existence.
You will explore the deep caves to try and find the visage of this Lord and fight it for dominance over it's soul. One of the many things you need to restore Mayfalls.
I hope you enjoy a sneak peak at the final Boss Design!
The Lord of Erstone
That’s it! We can’t wait to see what you think of this title but more importantly, how we can improve the mechanics.
Thanks for coming on this journey with us. Thanks for being the best community. -Ash
So as Throw is said to be 3d6+Stat.
A light attack costs 1 Stamina and does the weapon harm damage.
A Heavy Attack says to make a throw (with the appropriate stat) and add that to the attack, for 3 Stamina.
So...a take a Long Sword that does 2d6+1.
A Light attack (1 Stamina) = 2d6+1 harm
A Heavy Attack (3 Stamina) = 5d6 + 1 + Appropriate Stst harm
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What am I missing or misunderstanding? A Heavy Attack is ALWAYS a better idea than a Light attack.
It's been a while so I just wanted to show you a quick state of play and tell you where things are at.
The Game
While I was finishing off the game's core design I realised something was missing. It didn't feel like a game that invoked the OSR inspiration that initially led to it's creation but with that added magic that grounds it inside my world so I am currently redesigning the game's layout from scratch to meet the expectations I had and give you a game that is more than just text blocks.
Here is a sneak peak on how vividly I've redesigned things!
Ashes Internal Redesign
I cannot wait to get this cleaned up and send over the playtest version to everyone here!
An update on the Solo Campaign Stretch Goal
We were literally 23 backers away from that goal and I feel like with an extra hour or two it could have been reached. As to not rush anything I will say that if I can get this game finished ahead of my internal timelines then I will write the expansion as part of the core book.
If things end up taking time then I will still write the expansion but as a free release later down the line. It will happen, not promising any timings yet!
Surveys
Surveys will be on hold until this is finished, our goal is to only send the surveys out when we have solid dates for PDF delivery and can create a well built timeline to cover all aspects because there's no point sending out a survey then having you wait months to get the PDFs, it should be one experience.
I don't currently have an ETA on when this will be finished as I am away next week but I will say I am 90% done with core rules as the first dungeon run and when I'm back it will be at the top of my priority list.
I want to thank everyone for their ongoing support and I really hope you like the new layout, I poured my love for the narrative and game design into this so I hope it shows!
