UPDATE 10: "Good enough" is not good enough! Printing!
Hello Heretics!
Hope you are all prepared to receive your rewards - especially those physical. If not - worry not, we have the Pledge Manage...
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Paweł Kicman | Heltung Storytelling
about 2 months ago
UPDATE 9: Digital version is live!
Dear backers,
We are done. The book is now finished*.
And we just sent the digital files over through DriveThruRPG**!
Thank you for your support, patience, and - hones...
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Paweł Kicman | Heltung Storytelling
3 months ago
Update 8: Pledge Manager is open!
Quick note - we've just opened Pledge Manager!
We will lock orders as soon as we go to print, which should be in a few weeks. We have literally 3 pages to finish, script is e...
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Paweł Kicman | Heltung Storytelling
4 months ago
UPDATE 7: Last update?
Hello Heretics!
I hope you have an amazing summer/winter, and that you are rarely lost traversing the Dying Lands (some people call it Poland), or any other country where you ...
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Paweł Kicman | Heltung Storytelling
6 months ago
UDPATE 6: Work, work, work!
Hi, dear Heretics!
We hope you are doing well and you've entered a summer (or winter, depending on where you are) with good health and good mood. Quick update from us on your ...
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Paweł Kicman | Heltung Storytelling
8 months ago
UPDATE 5: Progress!
Hi everyone,
Quick one today. We continue to work on the book and it's looking better and better everyday! Don't believe us? Have a look!
Vault Crawler is really working his ma...
Hope you are all prepared to receive your rewards - especially those physical. If not - worry not, we have the Pledge Manager still open. Find your invite and work your way through it!
Ok, having that out the way - we have good news and slightly worse news.
Good news, we have the FINAL version ready to print and we are scanning for the last minute mistakes to correct before we send it over to print.
Worse news, we have the FINAL version ready much later than we anticipated. Why? So we've sent the 0.9 PDF version to all backers a while ago which is basically the completed book. However, after receiving a test print (that took a loooong time to get...), we noticed that while everything looks good on screen, we still have to adjust every single page so it looks better in a physical form. Don't get us wrong, the test print looked really, really well... but we felt we can do better. So we made adjustments to margins, spacing etc. so the final product would look as good as it can. Sorry for that, but also not sorry - better late than half-baked!
With that in mind, we will start shipping your rewards either straight before Christmas or right after. So no Guide under the Christmas tree (or an equivalent), apologies, but the production takes around a month, and shipping will take 3-21 days depending on your location. That adds up... so yeah.
TL;DR: We are ready, the book is looking great, we made adjusments to the layouts so it looks even better in print. We will start shipping as soon as we receive the books, so close to the end of the year.
We are done. The book is now finished*. And we just sent the digital files over through DriveThruRPG**!
Thank you for your support, patience, and - honestly - for everything. Creating for people like you, people passionate about indie games, people supporting creators like us... that's something very special. We appreciate every single pledge and in return, we tried to create the best possible MÖRK BORG supplement. We honestly believe this book will become an essential addition to your tabletops.
What's next? Next up, we spend the next couple of days looking for the last, smallest errors, and then - on Monday - we rush to print. Printing should take around 3-4 weeks and immediately after we receive the books, packing and sending your physical zines starts. EU & UK backers should wait around a week, US & ROW 2-4 weeks before the package is delivered.
For those of you who didn't finish the Pledge Manager - no worries, there is still time. We will lock orders in around two weeks. But please finish that within that timeframe to ensure we send your book as soon as possible.
Once again, thank you! Paweł Kicman & Vault Crawler
--- *The current version is 0.9, which means there are still some little tweaks to be done before we send it for print. We will update the PDF file accordingly, adding bookmarks, hyperlinks etc. **If you didn't receive an email, check SPAM. The title of the email should be Free Digital Download from Heltung Storytelling at DriveThruRPG.com
We will lock orders as soon as we go to print, which should be in a few weeks. We have literally 3 pages to finish, script is edited and proofed, so we are almost there!
I hope you have an amazing summer/winter, and that you are rarely lost traversing the Dying Lands (some people call it Poland), or any other country where you spend your holiday. If you're not spending your holiday now... well, we're sorry... :( Anyways...
We've got news. Big news. We are almost done with the book! There is around 8 pages left to make, proofreading, and... we send this whole thing for printing! We will release the digital copies as soon as we are ready. Our best estimate is - you'll see the fruits of our efforts in around a month. Excited much?
Here are some (pre-proofed) spreads to make the wait a bit easier.
We will launch the Pledge Manager and pre-orders in a few weeks.
We hope you are doing well and you've entered a summer (or winter, depending on where you are) with good health and good mood. Quick update from us on your Guide to Dying Lands!
We are making a slow progress, much slower than we anticipated. But there is a good reason for that. We don't want to rush it. That's why we spend a lot of time discussing, writing, and drawing. Paweł is making sure that every table is coherent, unique, and useful, and Vault Crawler is putting all his heart (figuratively, but who knows) to make the most stunning art. We have only one shot at this and we want the Guide to be a go-to tool for the MORK BORG community. To make it right, we need some more time.
So we are looking for Q3 for the release, I hope that's ok with everyone. To sweeten the deal, we have some sample, pre-edited pages to showcase, and some good news - we will be able to offer decent shipping rates, way below 10 USD/EUR for most countries! Hurray!
