Greetings from literally The Forge, if the color of the sky the past day is any indication. It's gross outside (we're in the Northeast on the border of the smoke zone), but at least we get a cool fiery-red sunset? I tried to take a photo with my phone but it didn't do it justice. If you're in the nastier areas of the air quality zone, stay safe!

Let me update you on where things are at!

Completion Progress

I'm going to list a bit of a comprehensive components manifest and where they are at, completion-wise. We're closing in on print-ready, but we still need a bit more time to wrap things up. 

To be clear, the things that are not done yet are layout/graphic design tasks, not playtesting work. As per our last update, work on the core sets is basically done, just a bit more rulebook work that I need to iron out, and some box updates to reflect additional legal information for both EU/US requirements that've changed recently.

Most of the rest of the layout work is the bonus materials Trove. We're pushing through, although the world has been consistent in its goals to throw rocks in our path outside the realm of work that inevitably sucks time away from our ability to get stuff done. This last month has been unkind to the folks around us, to say the least.

We should be able to tackle what's left over the next few weeks (Gen Con is eating up a big chunk of time in the middle), at which point we will push the print button we have wanted to mash for the better part of this year. I apologize that I haven't been able to get things done as fast as I wanted to get things done, and that it's resulted in all of you getting games later than you would like. As always, if this timeline is not good enough, you are welcome to request a full refund at any time. We're excited about the product we'll be delivering, and we thank each and every one of you for waiting so long for it.

Thank You / We're Sorry Gift

We've worked with our digital partners, Handelabra Games, to give every single backer at every level that's purchased at least one item a Steam key for the base One Deck Dungeon Digital. I know a bunch of you already have it - feel free to pass the key along to a friend! We're also going to give a direct download of the new soundtrack for the Relics expansion.

Both of these will go through the BackerKit system as soon as we can (we are waiting for Steam to generate the 4000 keys to give you).  It should be in the next day or so. I haven't used the digital reward system on BackerKit before, but I expect it to go smooth. Fingers crossed! 

You should get a separate email from BackerKit with instructions on how to download / get the key. You will also see a free $0 game & soundtrack item in your pledge manager if you check your order. It won't affect anything for shipping.

Relics of the Forge - Digital Release

Handelabra has been working on Relics of the Forge over the past year, as we've been working on the physical version of the game. Relics of the Forge will be releasing on Steam, iOS, and Android tomorrow, July 17. Typically we get the physical version out first, but circumstances conspired to put it in the other order this time.

One slight benefit of this, is if we see any serious balance issues over the next couple weeks while we're at Gen Con, we still have time to make a quick change to the print files before they go to press.

Next Update

My goal is to put a final version of the rulebook along with the PnP up for folks to review before I leave for Gen Con. I'll post a short update with those ideally next Friday, or during next weekend depending on how things go. I'll also have some Promo Hero news to share. 

If you're attending Gen Con, we'll be at booth #2555, and are always happy to see folks! If not, we hope you have a good middle of the summer.