Update 22: Monthly Progress Report
about 1 month ago
– Tue, Oct 22, 2024 at 01:53:05 PM
Dungeoneers,
Hello! I hope your summer has transitioned into fall with minimal issues and that you've been active in as many games as you can muster.
As I mentioned last time, I said I'd update everyone once I had the Starlit Spire zines. So, they're here!
With these, everything physical is officially printed, received, and ready to ship.
You should receive a charge to your card for shipping and any additional add-ons you've added to your order in the next few days. If not, please double-check your payment method on BackerKit to verify things are working.As a reminder, here's the timeline for shipping:
- Shipping and delivering all physical goods to backers will be no later than December 20.
Note that if you live somewhere that's difficult to reach or has a very robust customs process, your order could be delayed slightly. However, due to the relatively small size of the packages, I'm hoping we can avoid all that. We've been able to avoid it in the past, so I'm confident it shouldn't be too much of a problem.
That's it for me this month. Expect November to be a relatively quiet month as things should be jetting across the globe to your mailboxes and doorsteps. I'll still shoot over an update regardless, if not to tell everyone preemptive happy holidays.
Get out there and play some games in the meantime!
- Nate
Update 21: Monthly Progress Report
2 months ago
– Mon, Sep 23, 2024 at 02:37:08 AM
Dungeoneers,
Hello! I'm very excited to let you know that the Starlit Spire PDF was sent to backers last night (this morning?) for download! That's the last piece of content needed to make for the campaign and now physical fulfillment can begin in earnest.
As a reminder, here's the general schedule:
- Printing and arrival of Starlit Spire physical zines (to me) will be around October 18.
- Shipping and delivery of all physical goods to backers will be no later than December 20.
NOTE: October 18 is when the Starlit Spire physical zines will be coming to me from the printer, NOT when they're headed to your mailboxes.
I hope to get everything out the door before then, but anyone who's done any sort of shipping lately knows it is a beast and to complicate things we're headed into the holiday season over here in the U.S. Thankfully I've done it before, so it shouldn't be too big of a hassle (and this is a much smaller project than others before, so I'm not too worried).
Either way, I'm excited to (finally) move forward with the project. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for your patience and understanding as I rewrote (and rewrote and rewrote and rewrote...) Starlit Spire. I sincerely believe it ended up being a better product because I was able to go back and had the time to do so.
Oh! And because everyone know has access to the digital versions of files, I'll be adding product pages for the digital versions of Catalysts and Starlit Spire on itch.io and DriveThruRPG. If you've got friends who were excited about the campaign but missed out on the crowdfunding round, they have multiple options now:
- Head to the pre-order store (which will be closing in November!)
- Head over to itch.io
- Check out DriveThruRPG
That's it for me this month. I'll be back in a few weeks (likely around October 18) to show off the zines when they arrive and talk a little about how production and fulfillment is going.
In the meantime, get out there and play some games!
- Nate
Update 20: Brief Extension to PDF Fulfillment
3 months ago
– Fri, Sep 06, 2024 at 12:14:08 PM
Dungeoneers,
Hello! Due to a very busy past couple of weeks and some InDesign issues on my part, the Starlit Spire PDF will experience a brief delay and will instead be sent to backers on
September 13 -- one week from today. That will give me enough time to make sure everything looks good from an editing standpoint, as well as tie up a few loose threads.
So, again, here's the timetable:
- The Starlit Spire PDF will be sent to backers on September
6 13.
- Printing and arrival of Starlit Spire physical zines (to fulfillment) will be around October 18.
- Shipping and delivery of physical goods to backers will be no later than December 20.
Thanks for all the support and patience as we get this across the finish line. Here are a few spreads for you to take a look at to tide you over the next week.
- Nate
Update 19: Monthly Progress Report
3 months ago
– Thu, Aug 22, 2024 at 03:00:42 AM
Dungeoneers,
Hello! Another quick update for you, but excitedly this one has concrete dates:
- The Starlit Spire PDF will be sent to backers on September 6.
- Printing and arrival of Starlit Spire physical zines (to fulfillment) will be around October 18.
- Shipping and delivery of physical goods to backers will be no later than December 20.
Thanks for all the support and patience as we get this across the finish line. The next update you'll receive will be when the PDFs are available for you to download via the pledge manager.
Talk soon (and play some games!),
- Nate
Update 18: Biweekly Progress Report
4 months ago
– Tue, Jul 16, 2024 at 02:40:53 AM
Dungeoneers,
This is a very quick update as I don't have a ton to report beyond work on Starlit Spire continues! I've recently written an article over on my Substack talking about the rewrites, so if you're interested
please go check it out.
Otherwise, as I said, work continues on the Starlit Spire. I'm still 100% on track for delivery of the PDF in September and physical fulfillment between October-December 2024. That seems like a ways away, but this year is going
BLINDINGLY fast so it'll be here before we know it.
Thanks for your patience while I get this all wrapped up and get you your books. I genuinely appreciate your support!
Talk soon,
- Nate
