We hope you're doing amazing! We have a lot of new artwork coming in and we're "very" close of commissioning the official character sheets (the last test is today)!
There's still a bit of backend stuff to be done for the soundtrack, but it's coming! The tutorial scenario will also be starting THIS WEEK, so we'll soon be able to share parts of it with backers who have access to the DEV file. The actual cover is also into works!
Art
James has been hard at work designing new monsters for the book (and potential minis, who knows)! These new illustrations include development for the Witherman enemy, an update for the fallen Magical Girl, and the basic minion-style enemy.
A page of illustration development for the Witherman, including a small idol and personality tests.
An image of the Witherman's shadow with some notes.
First tests for minion variation fitting with various emotions.
Four designs of minions based on different emotions, from top right to bottom right: Rage (red), Hunger (purple), Sorrow (blue), Mania (yellow).
He also updated the fallen Magical Girl (Hopeless) design by switching around the scissors to make them functional and giving her a more interesting pose!
A new design for a fallen Magical Girl.
Thank you again so much for your support and your interest! We think it's setting out to be a really cool game and we're really happy to share it with you. If you were on the fence due to the price of the Hardcover book, don't forget that there's now a softcover version of the book in the pre-order store! (and the quantities are not limited)!
We got into a lot of logistics troubles following a bunch of new stuff coming for international shipping (especially in the EU and the new US tariffs), and completing our shipping contract for You Will Die in this Place was very important. We apologize for the later update! Last Hope is not shipping for a bit, so hopefully things will have settled. We're not currently planning on stopping shipping on ordered made during this campaign, we'll find ways, no need to worry!
There's also really cool news! Folks at Narrattiva, an Italian publisher, wants to make Last Hope in Italian! It's really cool, and we're eager to work with them on it when the times comes!
We got a small delay on the starter adventure, since Lex needed to finish a previous Kickstarter text, we'll keep you updated on this! A larger update to the DEV file should be released next week following this weekend's playtest!
We have our first panel for the intro comic, minus the dialog boxes, which features 5 of the iconic characters (which will have a pre-made sheet, the fifth one is not yet there)! This will serve as a "cutscene", going through character creation, rules, and some of the lore when playing the game for the first time.
You can see a bit more of Unmei's personality! They're not evil, just a bit special
We also have 6 of our 10 girls made. We'll then move on to the boys when the four missing ones are completed!
From left to right, Top: Angel Heart, Wild Heart, Tainted Heart. From left to right, bottom: Porcelain Heart, Tender Heart, Monarch Heart.
The next character will be the Envious Heart (Green Color) which won the poll, followed by the Beaming Heart (Blue Color), Unresting Heart (Orange Color), and the Golden Heart (Yellow Color). We'll be making another poll for the boys too, but the first one will be the Monarch, since he's supposed to be in the comic with the others, so we need his design!
We also received a first design for one of the Omamori: this one for Heroism. There will be a couple of changes, since the top left is a bit busy, but we like where it's going so far. They're made by Kathleen Breault (which art featured in the Galerie Jean-Tal de Montréal, Musée de la Civilisation, and won a Japanese Copics Markers contest in 2025- approved by Hiro Mashima, which is not nothing!).
Thank you again so much for your support and your patience! Making big projects with a small team is always a challenge, but we hope you will love the game as much as we do!
Don't forget that if you were on the fence due to the price of the Hardcover book during the campaign, there's now a softcover version in the pre-order store!
Dear Witches, take a little time to enjoy this update — it’s packed with news! Brew yourself a nice cup of tea, preferably something warm and spicy, and let’s begin...
The Lust Sabbath Pre-Order Shop on BackerKit will remain open for just a few more days!
If you're already a backer, this is your last chance to add extra products and rewards to your existing order before we close the shop and move forward with production and fulfillment.
If you're reading this update but didn't join the original campaign, you're still in time to enter the Sabbath!
Until the Pre-Order Shop closes, you can still purchase Lust Sabbath through BackerKit and receive the Stretch Goals and exclusive rewards unlocked during the campaign, just like our original backers.
And this really is your last chance to get them: the campaign-exclusive rewards will not be reprinted once they're gone.
🔥 Enter the Pre-Order Shop before it closes!
FILES UPDATE as requested by a few of you, we've improved the Last Sabbath – The Witches' RPG digital files of the handbook and the Scenarios!
Following your feedback, our graphic designer has created an additional version of these products with single pages instead of spreads, making it easier to read on tablets, e-readers, and other devices, as well as more convenient for personal printing.
You can automatically retrieve them directly from BackerKit here:
Simply follow the instructions on the page using the email address associated with your pledge/order.
We remember you that digital files are available only for locked orders with successfully completed payments. There are still a few hundred backers who haven't completed their surveys yet. We'll lock the next batch of orders next monday and send again the digital rewards to everyone who missed the last delivery and to the witches who joined the Coven through the preorder store.
PRODUCTION UPDATE
Meanwhile all of your gadgets, and every campaign-exclusive extra are already in production (or already in our warehouse). At this point, we're simply waiting for everything to be delivered, where we'll perform the final quality checks and prepare all rewards for shipment.
You're watching A LOT of witchy bags
The chockers unlocked in the final Stretch Goal (and included for free with every physical copy of Lust Sabbath) arrived today and they look absolutely amazing!
We specifically requested a unisex size designed to fit every kind of witch perfectly, from the most petite to the most voluptuous
The chocker is really gourgeous!!!
AND LUST SABBATH?
Lust Sabbath is currently in an advanced stage of playtesting and revision.
Thanks to your incredible support during the campaign, we unlocked two entirely new Covens, along with a huge number of additional mechanics and expanded content.
As development progressed, it became clear that these additions required a few extra weeks of work compared to our original schedule. We want to make sure that every new mechanic, rule, and Coven receives the proper amount of testing, balancing, and revision rather than rushing them just to meet the initial timeline.
As already mentioned in one of our previous updates, we are still aiming to complete and close the rulebook during September.
Thank you once again for making Lust Sabbath a much bigger and richer project than we originally planned. We’re now focused on giving all this new material the care it deserves before delivering the final book.
It’s hard for me to believe it, but we suddenly find ourselves at the end of the campaign! As of this week, there are no more books left to post, and I have given a refund to the last backer I couldn’t get in contact with to process their shipping.
As I sit here, my desk is devoid of books, wrapping paper, bubble wrap, and boxes. It’s a bittersweet feeling to be sure. On the one hand I’m thrilled all the books are on route to you, but on the other, this has been a huge undertaking for me. It's been a constant in my life for the better part of a year! I look at Midnight in Jubilation now and see it not only as one of my proudest achievements as a new game writer, but also as the culmination of all I've learned, and all the kindness I've received along the way.
I truly can't thank you all enough for the incredible support you’ve shown for my first ever campaign. From those who have followed me from the very beginning, to those who came to support me through the pre-order store at the end. You are what has made this campaign, this game, possible. You’ve also given me the joy of knowing that there are many other roleplayers out there who share my love for urban horror stories, and strange, sinister towns.
I sincerely hope I will get to hear about your playthroughs of Midnight in Jubilation, and that if you enjoy it, you will let others know about my little corner of the internet. But if we don’t happen to cross paths again in this Jubilation, or the next, I wish you all the very best.
This is Dorian Blackwood, signing off by saying that you’ve been listening to Jubilation Radio. We are here and so are you.
*Soundwave graphic created by @kjpargeter. Profile art by Natalie Chenard.
Hey. I was trying to find it in the discussions/updates, but I can't seem to and my memory is a sieve (partially due to my crowdfunding habits). Were Lust Sabbath and the physical goods planned for some time November currently?
Just wanting to plan in case shipping costs need to raise due to couriers being greedy. I'm not expecting them to, but I also don't expect Officina Meningi to eat the costs if shipping triples.
Thanks.
Cosmo is hard at work finishing up the illustrations for Weymiss the Merciful's Officers and is nearly done with the Arcton Character Cards. After that, it's full speed ahead to finish cards for the Hulse Booklet and other stretch goals like the Solo campaign: The Helm of Echoes (Which I'm helping write!)
Before we show you any sneak peek of those, we'll be continuing to post previews of the next 6 liches through the month leading up to the spooky month of October- which is the current estimate of when we finish up everything for fulfillment.
In the meantime, we wrap up the week to give our backers a preview of Fraye, the capital of Arcton, where Hakon, Tarantella and Ceilli reign.
Next week, we'll show off our next Lich! (Hint hint, this next one is going to have more combat potential!)
Today we'd like to open up the doors to our humble Discord server for our backers, where we hope to post the weekly previews we have lined up of new content including the new character cards of the Encounter kit we're putting together among other previews that simply wouldn't fit in just these update posts!
We'd also love to talk tabletop games with you all, worldbuilding brainstorms as well as hearing your own thoughts about the project! Check out the exclusive content for backers in today's post to join in!
Speaking of previews, today we bring you a exclusive sneak peek at Hakon's Officer and celebrity superstar of Fraye Tarantella and his student and backup musician Ceili. Yes, we have bard necromancers here in Arcton.
Hello everyone! I'm Stellar, Cosmo's partner in crime, and I'm going to be helping with managing more Backerkit posts so Cosmo can focus on working hard on the rest of the Arcton Encounter kit!
As of today, all 8 Liches of Arcton are now fully illustrated, and we're excited to introduce them to you in these upcoming updates alongside their officers (11 out of 14 officer illustrations done) and regions they respectively rule. They're all very diverse from their aesthetic, the magical domains they master and the various flavors of horror they encapsulate. There will most definitely be a lich for all the different campaigns you'd want run in Arcton, whether they be combat heavy scenarios or dramatic social encounters that rely on wits and investigation, so check back often to see them all and decide which you like best!
For this update, The lich we're introducing for our backers is Hakon the Conduit, representing Arcton’s foreign interests and affairs in gatherings and political meetings. This lich inhabits the prison of Ironnorth and oversees the region of Fraye, the capital of Arcton.
Along Wemyss the Merciful, Hakon is meant to be an approachable lich for players to face early on, as its influence is more political and the ways you can "fight" it can take on more social approaches. But just like any enemy, you can absolutely go for the hit-it-'till-it-falls route if that's what the players want to do!
For the next update this week, we'd like to talk about Hakon's officers and the capital of Fraye so you can have a bit more context of what you can expect for your player characters arriving to the city.
(We'd also like to officially open up the Discord server to backers later this week, stay tuned!)
