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Green Ronin Publishing
25 days ago
Page Layout Previews!
Hello backers, Today we’ve got three sample spreads from the rulebook for you. When we made the Fifth Season Quickstart for the crowdfunding campaign, Hal created a basic page ...
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Green Ronin Publishing
about 1 month ago
Fifth Season State of Play
Hello backers, Chris Pramas here. I’m the President of Green Ronin and I’ll be handling updates here moving ahead. In January we promised a more substantial update would be comi...
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Green Ronin Publishing
3 months ago
Fifth Season January 2024 Update
Hey all, Apologies for this one coming in at the last minute, but we have another status update for you all, with some more art to show off. Here's Joseph Carriker: Happy New ...
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Green Ronin Publishing
4 months ago
Fifth Season December 2023 Update
Hey everyone! 2023 is rapidly coming to a close, and while Green Ronin is taking a much needed break this week, we still wanted to make sure this month's update went out. It's ...
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Green Ronin Publishing
6 months ago
Fifth Season November 2023 Update
Happy Autumn! Let’s break down where we’re at with all the moving parts of this project, shall we? Core Rulebook: In Production. The core rulebook (including the bonus scenario...
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Green Ronin Publishing
7 months ago
Fifth Season October 2023 Update
Just a short update this month, but we're going to get back to regular updates going forward. Everyone has been working steadily to get the book ready to go to press, and to ...
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PROJECT UPDATE
Green Ronin Publishing
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about 1 year ago

Project Update: Missed the campaign? It's not too late!

For anyone who may have missed the campaign, but still wanted to get a copy of the game, we have launched the Pre-Order Store on Backerkit!

Check it out right here!


Note that if you are already a backer, this is not the place to add things to an existing pledge. We'll have the pledge manager up and running soon, and that will be where you can add any dice, books, or the GM Kit to your pledge, as well as enter your shipping info.
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Just to confirm, there has been no fulfilments accomplished so far for this campaign, correct? I am just going through my notes and making sure I didn't miss anything as this campaign has been going on since the end of 2022. Monies were collected for the campaign 2/2023 and S/H monies were collected 10/2023.

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PROJECT UPDATE
Green Ronin Publishing
CREATOR
24 days ago

Project Update: Page Layout Previews!

Hello backers,

Today we’ve got three sample spreads from the rulebook for you. When we made the Fifth Season Quickstart for the crowdfunding campaign, Hal created a basic page design for it. That was more a beginning than an ending though, so you can see here how the design has continued to evolve. I really like the shattering crystal effect he’s done for the sidebars. If I know Hal (and I’ve been working with him for 24 years, so I think I do!), he will continue to tinker and refine until we send the game off the printer.
Let us know what you think.

Chris Pramas
President
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PROJECT UPDATE
Green Ronin Publishing
CREATOR
about 1 month ago

Project Update: Fifth Season State of Play

Hello backers,

Chris Pramas here. I’m the President of Green Ronin and I’ll be handling updates here moving ahead. In January we promised a more substantial update would be coming, so let’s get to it.

We had an ambitious plan for 2023. Namely, to release three new RPGs in a year: Fifth Season, Cthulhu Awakens, and Fantasy AGE 2nd Edition. Towards the end of 2022, this seemed possible. Fantasy AGE 2E had been in development for many years at that point and was finally coming together. Cthulhu Awakens had been Kickstarted a year before Fifth Season and that was also nearing completion. Basically, as we launched the Fifth Season crowdfunder, both Fantasy AGE and Cthulhu were in layout, and it was something of a race to see which one would be finished first. Our plan was to release one game in the Spring, the next in the summer, and the final one in the Fall. 

Then January 2023, Wizards of the Coast tried to cancel the Open Game License and there were suddenly a lot of people looking for an alternate fantasy game and here we had one nearing completion. Fantasy AGE was also the game longest in development, so we decided to release that first, then Cthulhu Awakens, and finally Fifth Season. To be clear, work was happening on all three games throughout last year, but we had to allocate our resources to get it all done. 

What happened? Well, in short, we failed to get all the games out last year. Fantasy AGE came out in the summer. We had hoped to get Cthulhu Awakens out before Xmas at that point, but it didn’t ship from the printer until January. Fulfilment for the Cthulhu Awakens Kickstarter is complete and now it’s heading into stores. 

The reasons why it took that long to get Fantasy AGE and Cthulhu Awakens out are not unique or special. There are simply a lot of moving parts when making and launching an RPG. Relatively small delays, such as an extra week stuck in customs for one project and art coming in slowly on another, had a cascading effect down the line. Fifth Season suffered for being third in the queue, and it took longer to clear the decks for it than we anticipated. 

So, please let me personally apologize for the delays to this point. This hasn't gone the way we planned, obviously, but finishing Fifth Season is my number one priority. I am pressing to get the game shipped to backers in July and I will be here to keep you apprised as we reach our milestones in the weeks ahead.

The next update will be sample page spreads from the layout. Thanks for your patience.


Chris Pramas
Green Ronin Publishing

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Hi y'all, could we get an update on production, design, revised project timelines, or something to that effect? I think I'm not the only one that's getting a tad nervous about the combination of delayed goals, lack of updates, and not responding to backer inquiries. Thanks!

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I just want to stress that the projected delivery date was five months ago, and we have had no explanations and no updates about this. When you are late, the most basic form of respect is to acknowledge it and to offer explanations. It has not been done. I think it is past due time for the production team to face their responsibilities and offer some feedback.

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Green Ronin Publishing
CREATOR
3 months ago

Project Update: Fifth Season January 2024 Update

Hey all,

Apologies for this one coming in at the last minute, but we have another status update for you all, with some more art to show off. Here's Joseph Carriker:

Happy New Year, one and all!

We’re still at that point in the creation process where layout is proceeding apace, and art is coming in. Since layout isn’t terribly exciting to look at (in other than a seeing-how-the-sausage-is-made sort of way), we’re sharing some more of our character art this update. 

One of the things we wanted to make sure of with these pieces was that they not only told a cogent story clearly rooted in Fifth Season’s setting of the Stillness, but that they also inspired a desire to tell stories there. They’re examples of the sorts of characters that players will be making themselves when the game is done, so they needed to be full of great, evocative imagery to fire imaginations.


The Yumenes Leder

The Somidlats Guardian

The Island Orogene




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Good morning or good evening ^_^, are there any news on the release of at least the PDFs of the basic manual? The release was expected for September 2023 (for the printed version) but 5 months have passed and there is no information beyond updates on the illustrations and layout. Thank you very much!

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Green Ronin Publishing
CREATOR
4 months ago

Project Update: Fifth Season December 2023 Update

Hey everyone!

2023 is rapidly coming to a close, and while Green Ronin is taking a much needed break this week, we still wanted to make sure this month's update went out. It's a super short one, but we do have some cool new character art to show off!

Here's Joseph Carriker;

"Probably the most exciting stuff we’ve got at the moment is some of the awesome and evocative art of the people of the Stillness coming in right now, so we thought we’d share some of the excitement.

As far as the rest of the project goes, we’re continuing work on the core rulebook in production, with the other projects at about the same spot they were last month (though further along in that process, naturally)."


We will be back in 2024 with more progress updates, but we hope everyone has been having a wonderful holiday so far, and that you'll all have an incredible New Year!

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PROJECT UPDATE
Green Ronin Publishing
CREATOR
6 months ago

Project Update: Fifth Season November 2023 Update

Happy Autumn! Let’s break down where we’re at with all the moving parts of this project, shall we?

Core Rulebook: In Production. The core rulebook (including the bonus scenario) is now in layout, and we are starting to figure out the art for everything. (If you didn’t catch the art samples last month, check out October’s update!)

Game Moderator’s Kit: In development. Once we’ve got the main book laid out, we’ll be pulling the important elements into the GM’s screen and the cards, and getting the scenario Ruin-Under laid out.

Map of the Stillness + Fifth Season Digital Map Pack: In Production. Art notes for all of these are wrapped and in Production’s hands. Once we start getting all of the art and cartography contracted out with our artists, this will be among them.

Comms of the Stillness + People of the Stillness: In drafts. These are nearly written and ready for an editor.

~Joseph D. Carriker, Jr.
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PROJECT UPDATE
Green Ronin Publishing
CREATOR
7 months ago

Project Update: Fifth Season October 2023 Update

Just a short update this month, but we're going to get back to regular updates going forward. Everyone has been working steadily to get the book ready to go to press, and to get that PDF out to backers at last.

In fact, you may have noticed that earlier this week we locked orders, which also means we're going to be charging cards for shipping and add-ons. We're getting very close!

Here's Joseph Carriker with the October update!


The spinning of plates continues, but we are happy to announce that we’ve crossed an important threshold:

The Fifth Season core rulebook is now in layout! We’ve also got full art notes for our map of the Stillness, and a whole bunch of other goodies we can’t wait to share.

We’re still hard at work getting the materials for the Game Moderator’s Kit and the various Stretch Goals lined up and ready to go. Not a lot to look at on that front quite yet, but we wanted to have something to show off, so we thought we’d share a couple of iconic characters.

One of the main things that these characters are intended to do is do some heavy lifting in describing the myriad peoples of the Stillness. As such, we’ve gone for a really wide range of people in their depiction, hopefully to jumpstart the imagination of players – even those who may not be as familiar with the setting.
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Just wonder what’s going on, any updates on delivery in the US?

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Hi Green Ronin Team! Any chance we can get an update on where this project is? The original delivery date was September (i.e. now) and so far none of the updates have suggested any delays or when we might actually see fulfillment. I saw one comment that was answered with a "November, maybe?" but that's all we have so far, and the "regular" monthly updates seem to have stopped abruptly in June/July.

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Green Ronin Publishing
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8 months ago

Project Update: Now shipping to Germany!

Exciting News!

We've worked out a solution to the issues involved with shipping to Germany, and we can now successfully send print books to that country! The downside is that international shipping to the EU is still pretty high, and we're unable to cover the VAT fees associated with your order, but we can at last remove this limitation on German backers.

If you are one of our backers currently residing in Germany, and would like to modify your order to include any physical books or add-ons, you can request a new link to survey details using the address below.

https://the-fifth-season-roleplaying-game.backerkit.com/

If you run into any issues with making changes to your pledge in Backerkit, please don't hesitate to reach out to us at [email protected].
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PROJECT UPDATE
Green Ronin Publishing
CREATOR
9 months ago

Project Update: Well that was unexpected!

Hey folks!

Quick update here to address a problem that many of you just pointed out to us!

So it looks like the early-backer offer for a free print copy of the Quickstart was causing the digital-only pledges (which didn't require a shipping address), to default to the maximum amount for shipping in your region by mistake. 

We've just now turned on "enter shipping info" for those $2, PDF only, and VTT only pledge tiers, just in case you qualified for the printed Quickstart, so that you can see the actual shipping amount, and not that very high, and very surprising number.

If you'd rather not receive the print copy of the Quickstart after all, send us an email to custserv AT greenronin DOT com, and we'll remove it for you. 

So sorry for the confusion!
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