You’ve done it again, unlocking another stretch goal to take us, yes, deeper still into the hills and hollers (and mines and caves) of our favorite chilling Appalachia. Come Hell or High Water will now include a poster map featuring several locations the book describes. We’ve made several upgrades and expansions to our three books throughout this campaign. Now, let us turn our attention to another worthy offering: the Old Gods of Appalachia Prop Set. This collection of documents—letters, tickets, stamps, bills, and other vintage, in-world items—immerses your game even further into its alternate Appalachia. For our next stretch goal, we’d like to grow it, adding even more items to pull you and your friends deeper still into your adventures.
We have many great ideas for expanding this item, and one of them is pictured above. Imagine the look on your players’ faces when you hand them an authentic card from the man in the impeccable charcoal-gray suit! (Or the look on your own face if it’s your GM handing it to you.) This is the sort of thing we’d like to bring you!
It’s common for the pace of a crowdfunding campaign to pick up in its final days, and this one is no exception. You unlocked a stretch goal just Monday! Get us to $690,000 to unlock this one, too!
And that’s hardly the last of it. We have plenty of other great upgrades awaiting their turn—perhaps including additional contributions from Old Gods of Appalachia creators Cam Collins and Steve Shell themselves. But remember: campaigns only reach those big results when their backers help them! We’re shouting from the rooftops to reach gamers and Old Gods of Appalachia fans, but there’s only so much we can accomplish. We need your help to reach these stretch goals.
Ever onward, ever forward!
Join Shanna, Cam, and Steve on Friday!
We’ll be streaming live via this campaign’s page Friday afternoon and evening, as the campaign draws to a close. Lead designer Shanna Germain, plus Old Gods of Appalachia creators Cam Collins and Steve Shell, will be dropping in. Join us—and if you know any other fans of the podcast, the RPG, Appalachian tales, or horror in general, be sure to invite them along!
Meet Melinda Clayton!
The books you’re funding through this campaign will include bits of color, inspiration, and atmosphere from a variety of Appalachian and horror creators. In our past updates, we’ve introduced several of these contributors, including including Cherie Priest, Lee Mondelo, Alder (Ash) Van Otterloo, Jeff Mann, and Tim Earley. Today we’re introducing Melinda Clayton!
A writer of primarily southern psychological suspense, Melinda Clayton’s work includes two series: The Cedar Hollow Series, which includes novels Appalachian Justice, Return to Crutcher Mountain, Entangled Thorns, and Shadow Days, and The Tennessee Delta Series, which includes Blessed Are the Wholly Broken, A Woman Misunderstood, and Child of Sorrow. Clayton is also a writing tutor, an editor, and an instructor for Southern New Hampshire University’s COCE MFA program. You can find her novels in print, ebook, and audiobook format on Amazon.
