Steven Alexander
CREATOR
about 1 month ago
Project Update: Huckleberry: A Season of Avarice - Download Now!
Howdy pardner,
Are you sick of hearing from me yet? This is the 4th Huckleberry update in 3 weeks! We're moving so quickly at this point that it can't be helped. Let's start with the best update, then we'll get to the rest of the (also good) updates.
Are you sick of hearing from me yet? This is the 4th Huckleberry update in 3 weeks! We're moving so quickly at this point that it can't be helped. Let's start with the best update, then we'll get to the rest of the (also good) updates.
A Season of Avarice is Delivered!
Isn't that cover incredible? George knocked it outta the park yet again!
As you might remember, during the campaign we expanded the digital rewards for the Critter and Folk tiers to include the PDFs for A Season of Avarice. That means if you backed Huckleberry at the digital tier or higher (basically everyone), then by now you should have received an email from DriveThruRPG with links to download the four remaining A Season of Avarice Bounties.
The printed book will clock in at 224 pages with all 10 full-length and standalone Bounties. To put that in perspective, Huckleberry's "Season" mechanic expects the players to pursue 3-4 Bounties each Season and a full campaign lasts 3-5 Seasons. Avarice has enough content to see your Mavericks go from unknown gunslingers to absolute legends of the Wyrd Frontier.
We also reformatted the previously released digital bounties from US Letter to A5 so that the softcover of A Season of Avarice will have similar dimensions to the hardcover corebook. This reformatting gave us the chance to touch up some of the older Bounties (Divine Comedy was originally released in 2024!) and bring them in-line with Huckleberry's current ruleset.
As always, each Bounty includes a printable poster and art handouts. As a bonus, I uploaded VTT-friendly assets for each scenario - even the scenarios that have been previously published. If you're using our Faro Board asset pack, you can easily incorporate this new content to your online game.
This is the first ever release for these Bounties (and three of the four were stretch goal unlocks). As a backer of the campaign, you are the first to receive Heart of the Marshes, Magnum Opus, Reap What You Sow (previously titled Make Hay While the Sun Shines), and Slaughterhouse. Each Bounty will receive a standalone public release on DriveThruRPG over the next few months, but you get it all right now. Happy Huntin'!
The full list of Bounties in A Season of Avarice:
As you might remember, during the campaign we expanded the digital rewards for the Critter and Folk tiers to include the PDFs for A Season of Avarice. That means if you backed Huckleberry at the digital tier or higher (basically everyone), then by now you should have received an email from DriveThruRPG with links to download the four remaining A Season of Avarice Bounties.
The printed book will clock in at 224 pages with all 10 full-length and standalone Bounties. To put that in perspective, Huckleberry's "Season" mechanic expects the players to pursue 3-4 Bounties each Season and a full campaign lasts 3-5 Seasons. Avarice has enough content to see your Mavericks go from unknown gunslingers to absolute legends of the Wyrd Frontier.
We also reformatted the previously released digital bounties from US Letter to A5 so that the softcover of A Season of Avarice will have similar dimensions to the hardcover corebook. This reformatting gave us the chance to touch up some of the older Bounties (Divine Comedy was originally released in 2024!) and bring them in-line with Huckleberry's current ruleset.
As always, each Bounty includes a printable poster and art handouts. As a bonus, I uploaded VTT-friendly assets for each scenario - even the scenarios that have been previously published. If you're using our Faro Board asset pack, you can easily incorporate this new content to your online game.
This is the first ever release for these Bounties (and three of the four were stretch goal unlocks). As a backer of the campaign, you are the first to receive Heart of the Marshes, Magnum Opus, Reap What You Sow (previously titled Make Hay While the Sun Shines), and Slaughterhouse. Each Bounty will receive a standalone public release on DriveThruRPG over the next few months, but you get it all right now. Happy Huntin'!
The full list of Bounties in A Season of Avarice:
- The Divine Comedy by Steven Alexander
- Showdown at High Moon by Steven Alexander
- Wranglin' Cattle by Morgan Eilish
- Whether the Weather by Dylan Halsted
- Reap What You Sow by Steven Alexander*
- The Whealing Wallow by Paul Ligorski
- The Slaughterhouse by Jaime Reyes Mondragon*
- Veils & Vengeance by Jeff Baker
- Heart of the Marshes by Jeff Baker*
- Magnum Opus by Eren Ahn*
* = Never before released
If you are missing any of these titles, double check your Backerkit email address for an email from DriveThruRPG. If no luck, shoot me an email and I'll resend your links.
Surveys
As of right now, 76% of backers have completed their survey. That's an incredible number, but I'd like to get it higher. If you haven't done so, please go to https://huckleberry-a-wyrd-west-rpg.backerkit.com/ and fill it out. I cannot deliver your rewards without the survey. Surveys will be locked down in a few weeks, so keep an eye out for the shipping charges. We're gonna be moving fast and you don't want to miss being in the first wave of deliveries!
Production
Both styles of dice are finished and currently being shipped overseas to our fulfilment partners. Manufacturing of the cards, trays, and All Rolled Ups is also complete, with the product safely stored at the warehouses. Some product still needs to be sent from US to UK and vice versa, but we're waiting for more completed surveys. Once our counts are set, then we'll make sure each hub has the correct amount of each product.
As for books, I have been working with the printer for the last couple weeks to finalize details on papers, formatting, and so on. I am on schedule to deliver the print PDFs by June 1st. The books are our final piece of the logistic and fulfilment puzzle. As soon as they are finished, they'll ship to fulfilment partners and delivery to backers begins.
If you haven't done so, please download Huckleberry's corebook and the Avarice titles, then give them a thorough read. The more typos we find now, the less we'll accidentally send to print! If you do find any bugs to be squashed, let me know on the discord where we have a forum chat dedicated specifically for typos and errors. Having all reports compiled in the same location does wonders for my sanity when I'm editing the files. ;)
As always, if you have any questions for me, shoot me an email at [email protected].
Much obliged,
Steven
Production
Both styles of dice are finished and currently being shipped overseas to our fulfilment partners. Manufacturing of the cards, trays, and All Rolled Ups is also complete, with the product safely stored at the warehouses. Some product still needs to be sent from US to UK and vice versa, but we're waiting for more completed surveys. Once our counts are set, then we'll make sure each hub has the correct amount of each product.
As for books, I have been working with the printer for the last couple weeks to finalize details on papers, formatting, and so on. I am on schedule to deliver the print PDFs by June 1st. The books are our final piece of the logistic and fulfilment puzzle. As soon as they are finished, they'll ship to fulfilment partners and delivery to backers begins.
If you haven't done so, please download Huckleberry's corebook and the Avarice titles, then give them a thorough read. The more typos we find now, the less we'll accidentally send to print! If you do find any bugs to be squashed, let me know on the discord where we have a forum chat dedicated specifically for typos and errors. Having all reports compiled in the same location does wonders for my sanity when I'm editing the files. ;)
As always, if you have any questions for me, shoot me an email at [email protected].
Much obliged,
Steven
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