Hello everyone!

This month has been a big boost of progress on Helm of Echoes Solo Adventure. We managed to run plenty of playtests with friends at Discord, Cosmo finished up all the artwork and editing, and it's been sent off for the first print run!

This little stretch goal that's going to be included in the encounter kit turned into something really special and bigger than we thought, from what we originally believed was going to be around a small 20 page minigame turned into a full 84 page book chock full of content and prompts you could run a full one-shot for and plenty of encounters you could bring to a full game as well.

Because it's a heftier book than we anticipated, we decided it's only going to be included in the encounter kit for this Backerkit only, and afterwards it'll be sold separately, and/or increase the overall cost of the encounter kit. That means you guys will be getting the best deal when you supported us through the project. Thank you all so much!

We'd also like to take a moment to highlight our guest artist for this gorgeous Inner cover of the book: 

Luny is a dear friend of ours that has played many tabletop games with us over the years, and was part of our first Arcton campaign. We were excited to have him playtest the game as a bumbling skeleton man with many rat friends, and make us a cover based on his playtest run- and he totally knocked it out of the park!

If you're unfamiliar with Luny's work, he's the author and writer of Knights of the Wandering Castle, and it has a backerkit going right now that you can help support!

Luny is a fantastic artist and storyteller, and if you're a fan of fantasy settings with unique and fleshed out magic systems, nuanced politics and colonial themes, stylish action and characters brimming with life, I can't recommend it enough.
 
The characters in the story are very dear to us as we've been able to meet them throughout tabletop games. And if you're familiar with out feisty Hulsian plague doctor Mortimer Mycovelli, he even makes a cameo in the comic as Snowy's personal doctor friend and wingman. (wait no, full bird)

Do check it out and if you can, support his backerkit and show him some love!

That's all for now. We're very close to reaching the stage we can start setting up pledge managers and get ready for fulfillment. We'll update you all once we're at a closer stage. Thank you guys so much for your patience and we're excited to have these books in your hands!