Tower of the Moon is a stand-alone, 16-page Gothic horror adventure for The Fantasy Trip: In the Labyrinth, produced under license - and with plenty of support - from Steve Jackson Games. It is intended to challenge three to five 32–35 point characters, or a pair of 36–39 point adventurers, including at least one wizard.

The adventure is written, edited, laid out, the art is complete, and the PDF is hyperlinked. What's left to do?

Nothing. That's why we're skipping Kickstarter and jumping right to Backerkit - see below for more details. This is an experiment, both to test out the capabilities of Backerkit Launch, as well as to offer "immediate gratification" instead of the usual wait.

Tower of the Moon launches Friday, September 3 at 9am!

Tower of the Moon is finished. Not "written, awaiting, X, Y, and Z." It's finished. Done. Ready to go.

There's no need to build in the campaign period, the wait for funds to collect, and then another "pre-order" and "survey" phase, followed by other production-related delays ... so we won't.

Backerkit Launch lets us jump right to the survey phase, which takes you, when the campaign launches, to what is the "pre-order" phase from prior campaigns. There you will be able to add Tower of the Moon to your cart, and if you like, select from several "package" deals (including Retail levels) or shop a la carte for any of the items in the Gaming Ballistic product catalog.

Retail Packages

Game stores don't always love Kickstarters. The money is committed, delivery is uncertain in both quality and time. Retail is not in the business of letting money sit idle. I get that ... and it's a primary reason why I want to try out the Backerkit Launch vector.

Retail orders ship immediately (this may include a second package in case Tower of the Moon isn't in hand when you order!). Individual customer orders will be consolidated into a single shipment.

International shipping of physical items is not available for this campaign; see below for more details on how that might work in the future. If you can ship to a freight forwarder with a US address ... that's fine!



The wolf-cult of the moon-goddess Lukariel Sherikira held sway in the Barony; with the Tower of the Moon their high holy temple. After a night of screams and horror, the tower—and its rumored riches—stood abandoned.

The locals all know the way to the Tower. They also know to avoid it.

Rumors of trouble coming from the tower spread through the local village of Waldrand. An important person is missing, her last known destination, the Tower of the Moon.

Can you find her? Is it already too late? Who will unlock the secrets of the lost cult of Lukariel Sherikira?

The adventure includes

• Suggestions on where to place Waldrand and the Tower so it blends into your campaign
• Just enough background to inform the scenario and give the characters some hooks
• Rumors both true and wildly exaggerated
• Detailed maps of the tower, both in isometric view and top-down melee-scale hex size
• A room-by room adventure

This is a classic side-quest horror adventure; it makes a fantastic diversion as part of any longer journey, or a one-shot. And Halloween is coming ...

The Tower of the Moon adventure was first published by Night Owl Games for Swords and Wizardry, but was substantially rewritten to be compatible with The Fantasy Trip. If you are interested in the original version, it will also be available on the order page, which is provided by Backerkit Launch.

Tower of the Moon (TFT)

• Written by David Pulver (Published by Gaming Ballistic, LLC)
• 16 pages
• ISBN: 978-1-950368-50-1 (Softcover); 978-1-950368-51-8 (PDF)
• PDF: $7.49; Print+PDF: $15.00
• GBL0061 (P/S)

Featuring art by Billy Blue, maps by Thomas Denmark, and writing by David Pulver, author of ... a whole lot of great stuff for TFT.

A project isn't a project without a timeline.

• Campaign Launch: Friday, September 3

The campaign will "launch" on Friday, September 3, and orders will be taken through Thursday, September 30.

• Campaign End: Thursday, September 30 (5pm Central Time)

At campaign end, I shall place the final physical orders for the new books. Order Lock, Card Charge, and PDF distribution shall be done continually through the campaign.

• First Printing: 100 copies, in-hand Sept 9-12
• Supplemental Printing: October 2021
• Final Shipping, Fulfillment, and Delivery: November 2021

Every effort will be made to beat these times.

Please join me in making this new vector for product launch a success!