Airships, ruins, and a new Crusade on the horizon. Ruin: REBORN features the complete TTRPG running on our own brand new AWE system, and a signed, illustrated Collector's Edition novel alongside it. The realm is breaking, and spoils are ripe.
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Ruin REBORN - Collector's Edition & TTRPG · 814 following
To us, this campaign is a celebration of Steampunk, a genre of mechanical curiosity, eccentricity of character and good ol' fashioned memorable CHAOS. RUIN is a vast setting modelled after the bygone era of worlds like Treasure Planet and Atlantis: The Lost Empire. These were experimental times in popular culture, and we think it's about time we bring that risk back.
So welcome to the experimental renaissance. Let's make some awesome stuff together.
We got the Quickstart out there! Simply follow the campaign and the 100 page doc will be available in your Backerkit inventory.
This campaign will be launching soon, and there's so much more to show you. But until then, we're going to continue gathering support for this project so we can have the best launch possible.
To that end, we are offering special perks to those who follow the project or reserve their pledge.
Have a look below! It may seem odd to offer a project reward PRIOR to the campaign beginning, but running reservations like this mean I get more accurate data for what kind of launch we are in for. This then allows me to negotiate better with our suppliers and fulfilment partners ahead of time to bring down costs for everyone.
So if you are already on-board and want the solo module for FREE, then reserve your pledge ahead of time and that will be automatically added to your pledge cart during the campaign.
Everything you've seen here was made by a handful of people who care about this world far too much, and it only exists because readers backed the first Ruin campaign four years ago. So thank you for reading, and for your support in our creative adventures.
There's more coming before launch: a free AWE Quickstart Guide so you can try the game for yourself, more spreads from both books, and a look at what we're unlocking together along the way.
Speak soon!
Joseph & The Authocracy Team
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Joseph from Authocracy
2 days ago
The Quickstart Is Here (Free 100 Pages)
Hey!
The campaign for RUIN REBORN goes live in just under 2 weeks time.
As promised, you can now download the QUICKSTART from your Backerkit inventory.
Launch Date Moved! (Plus a look inside the Quickstart)
Hey everyone!
Joseph here. I wanted to let you know some important news.
After looking at where we are at and how far along we are in art production, we have decided to move our launch date to September 22nd.
Here's the reason:
We've got one experimental goal with this campaign, and it's a bold one, but we think we can do it.
There's a good chance we can send this entire project off to print as soon as the campaign closes.
Now that's dependant, obviously. I just want to let you know that that is what we're working towards. We're a small team (there's literally just a handful of us) but we've been around for a while, and we've always dreamed of being able to go: campaign finished, off to print, woo! That's what we want to do from here on out. It's ambitious, but not out of our reach.
Those of you who know what we do, we've gone slow in the past. Call us old fashioned, but we're 100% anti-AI and do all our stuff by hand. Concepts, illustration, typesetting (I do that bit!) and print preparation. It's all a lengthy process that we're getting increasingly fast at. But that affects where in the production line we launch campaigns. Otherwise it's not fair on backers, and its not fair on us to be hustling like crazy all the time. The end result is always sweeter if we're not all running on caffeine, instant noodles and hopium.
At the end of the day, this gives this project more time in the oven, and more time for us to absolutely sure up our supply networks to ensure it gets to backers as soon as possible and at better shipping rates.
So, thank you for your patience. This was the right thing to do for this project, absolutely.
Anyway, here's a sneak peak at the Quickstart Guide. These are all works in progress of course (our editor will kill me if she knows I've shown pre-edited stuff), but I like showing off the process.
So here you are...
And that concludes our quick sneak peek.
So from myself (Joseph), author Brandon Berryhill, illustrator Brandon Ellis, editor Amelia Roth, game designer Alex Norman and the rest of the Authocracy team, thank you again for your support.
