Sorry for the quick and dirty update. I just got word that we're gonna have the Arcana Americana Beta PDF by end of next week - sorry for the teeny delay! The upshot is, I am expecting to have some preview content from both Chromatic Gamut and Restaurants & Retail next week as well, so stick with me and I'll bring you lots of treats (and maybe a trick or two) very soon!
As recompense, I am bringing you some TASTY art previews instead!
BEHOLD!
The Pits of Food vs. Man
A debate held over a drained reflecting pool
NOIR DRAGONS!!??
Bonus points for people who name this reference in the comments ;)
It's spooky season, and what could be spookier than a satirical DnD supplement looming in your inbox?
Actually, a lot of things. Clowns, for example. Or sea monsters. I hate those things.
Here's a sketch of a WIP piece from Chromatic Gamut as well, which I am REALLY enjoying lmao.
PDF Preview for Arcana Americana's Equipment & Treasure is here!
BOOM Look at us go, another month and another chapter preview. Also wanted to let you guys know that we've brought on two new layout artists and we're doing all three books in parallel now to guarantee we hit our milestones!
Rather than linking the preview, the PDF is being distributed through Backerkit. You should get an email with a link to the download shortly, if you haven't got it already. All future previews will be disseminated the same way (this helps cut down on our file storage costs).
This is a work-in-progress preview of the Equipment & Treasure Chapter of Arcana Americana. This chapter includes information on Murka's (troubled) economy as well as firearms rules, magic items and artifacts!
Some quick notes:
This is a work-in-progress.
Many of the elements you see here are still being re-worked or re-arranged. Some of the page elements are not final, and you may see art placeholders throughout. This is close to what the final product will look like, but expect some changes along the way!
If you find any concerns, issues, or errors, please tell us!
There is now a QR code at the beginning of the preview PDF, which you can use to provide us feedback! You can also leave a comment here, send me an email (jaron at valafoundry.com), reach out to us on the QuasiReal Discord, or send a carrier pigeon if you can manage it! Happy to take any feedback you have.
There's more where this came from!
We're hard at work figuring out exactly what our cadence for these updates will be. I want you guys to have a steady stream of preview material, but I have to reconcile that against asking our layout artist to provide frequent updates - please be patient while we keep figuring this out, we appreciate you!
Short update this time around, really just wanted to get this preview content into your hands.
I'm late, I'm late, for a very important date totally platonic professional Backerkit update with no romantic implications whatsoever!
What the hell is that rabbit doing here...?
New Astral Crystal Firearms! Art from the lovely Bianca Papalardo
The Murka fulfillment timeline is here!
First off, apologies for how long this took. As I'm sure you can imagine, there are a lot of moving pieces in putting together a schedule, organizing artwork, getting quotes from manufacturers, and coordinating with all the teams with hands on a given book—and we're making three books, so this took three times as long as I had originally estimated. That's on me; we've never taken on such a huge undertaking, and I underestimated what a lift it would be to get a complete picture.
But no more waiting, here are the major milestones you can look forward to, distilled into a TLDR;,
October 1st - Orders and Surveys are locked
October 18th - Arcana Americana Beta PDF is completed and released
December 6th - Chromatic Gamut and Restaurants & Retail Beta PDFs are both completed and released
December 20th - Books begin printing. After they're printed, the manufacturer will ship them overseas to us.
March 2nd - Books begin shipping from our warehouse here in the US to all backers
One of the biggest shifts we've made is hiring an additional layout artist to move us along quicker. This is going to allow both Chromatic Gamut and Restaurants & Retail to finish out their layout processes in parallel, saving us a boatload of time.
Expect some more preview content from us for Arcana Americana soon, as we're trying to get this material into your hands as quickly as possible. You can expect additional preview content for the other two books as we go as well!
Thanks for your patience and understanding - this has been a transformative process and a monumental effort from everyone involved. We're moving as quickly as possible, and there are a lot of hands on this project, but as it's coming together, I couldn't be more proud. I really, really think you guys are going to like what's on the way. And once the books are in your hands, I think you'll feel that it's worth the wait.
The updates will continue until morale improves. After that, they will continue to continue, because we make the rules.
(Literally, we wrote all of the rules in these books.)
A mockup of what the Deluxe Edition cover of Arcana Americana will look like! Foil on clothbound cover. Still a ways to go before we finalize it, but it's coming together!
PDF Preview for Chapters 3, 4, and 5 of Arcana Americana is here!
Our layout artist is absolutely CRUISIN' along right now, and has put together a nice, new, sizable preview update for your enjoyment!
Rather than linking the preview, the PDF is being distributed through Backerkit. You should get an email with a link to the download shortly, if you haven't got it already. All future previews will be disseminated the same way (this helps cut down on our file storage costs).
This is a work-in-progress preview of Chapters 3, 4, and 5 of Arcana Americana. This contains information about the three main setting locations: Washtown (the capital of Murka), Sea Addled (the jewel of the pacific northwest), and Holly Woods (the dark heart of Murkan mass entertainment).
Some quick notes:
This is a work-in-progress.
Many of the elements you see here are still being re-worked or re-arranged. Some of the page elements are not final, and you may see art placeholders throughout. This is close to what the final product will look like, but expect some changes along the way!
If you find any concerns, issues, or errors, please tell us!
There is now a QR code at the beginning of the preview PDF, which you can use to provide us feedback! You can also leave a comment here, send me an email (jaron at valafoundry.com), reach out to us on the QuasiReal Discord, or send a carrier pigeon if you can manage it! Happy to take any feedback you have.
There's more where this came from!
We're hard at work figuring out exactly what our cadence for these updates will be. I want you guys to have a steady stream of preview material, but I have to reconcile that against asking our layout artist to provide frequent updates - please be patient while we keep figuring this out, we appreciate you!
Short update this time around, really just wanted to get this preview content into your hands.
Okay so look, I am acutely aware that I am late to this particular posting party, BUT!!! If Ohio can show up 150 years late to *checks notes* becoming a legitimate state, then I politely ask for forgiveness for my week of tardiness. Please have mercy!
Look we all know why you clicked this update. You know it. I know it. Your neighbor's cat is somehow vaguely aware of it. You wanna see this PDF preview. I'm glad to hear it!
This is a work-in-progress preview of Chapter 1 for Arcana Americana. This contains some of the setting and history of Murka, updated from the first book to encompass some of the more-recent (but not PRECISELY recent because otherwise we'd be writing and rewriting indefinitely) events that the kingdom of Murka has faced.
Some quick notes:
This is a work-in-progress.
Many of the elements you see here are still being re-worked or re-arranged. Some text wraps incorrectly, like on page 23. Some of the page elements are not final. This is close to what the final product will look like, but expect some changes along the way!
We're planning on replacing the chapter image for this with that Murkan Gothiccc piece I shared in the last update—if you haven't seen it yet, go check it out!
If you find any concerns, issues, or errors, please tell us!
You can leave a comment here, send me an email (jaron at valafoundry.com), reach out to us on the QuasiReal Discord, or send a carrier pigeon if you can manage it! Happy to take any feedback you have.
There's more where this came from!
We're hard at work figuring out exactly what our cadence for these updates will be. I want you guys to have a steady stream of preview material, but I have to reconcile that against asking our layout artist to provide frequent updates - please be patient while we keep figuring this out, we appreciate you!
The Roadmap
... is coming soon! Sorry about this. Vala Foundry, QuasiReal, and Vala Marketing are in our busiest season, which also happens to coincide with vacation season. We're still putting this together, we just need a bit more time. The main thing we're trying to do as we build this roadmap is figure out the most efficient path towards finishing this book as quickly as possible—the last thing we want is to bring you a roadmap that's like "Yeah okay, so we'll have the finished books done sometime in 2029, enjoy waiting!" because that would suck for everyone, lol.
So, seriously, I apologize for the delay. I promise this is on the way. The person who is in charge of this roadmap (and like a million other things), Cheyenne, has been working SO hard to get all of this put together, there's just a lot of moving parts, and she's got a lot on her plate. Please send some love her way in the comments.
Thanks again for everything. Your support, your kind words, your patience—I can't thank you guys enough.
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