Our ship is getting ready to set sail! So I invite you all, you wild lot, to the christening of our ship’s maiden voyage! And there will be parties for us to attend—and to crash! Har-har-har! :D
So, what is this Update about? I want to use several new BackerKit features to make this campaign about more than just watching numbers go up (hopefully) and down (devil forbid).
For that, I’d like to use Teams and Trivia Challenges, newly implemented on BackerKit. So let’s talk about how this will work.
⚓ Factions / Teams
After you pledge, you’ll be able to join one of several teams. For that you need to click "Trivia Challenge" at Backerkit page. There you will be able to join one of the factions.
These teams are based on the major factions of Dark Caribbean:
French
British
Brethren of Coast
Spanish
Wretched
🏴☠️Trivia Battles
There will be trivia question every other day that you can answer as part of your team.
The questions will be based on real pirate/nautical history, so you will even learn somethign from this! Isnt it wonderful? :D
And there will be several incentives to take part!
💰First treasure (Cover modification):
I will be commissioning a cover illustration featuring two ships locked in battle.
The team with the most correct answers will have its flag and sails flown by the victorious ship.
The team with the fewest correct answers will be the ship receiving the beating. (hehe, so, if its looking like your team cannot win, try to tank them, to at least somehow get to the cover, right? :D )
The winning and losing teams will be revealed at the end of the campaign.
Original inspiration is this magnificient drawing from Cornelius Verbeek. The commisioned cover will be simillar, but more Piratey Borg! :)
Here is the first draft/concept of the cover by Łukasz Piwiński and I love it already!
WIP...duh! :D
🦜Second treasure (Campaign choices):
During the campaign, there will be polls deciding what extra content gets included in the project—things like an extra henchman, a ship’s pet, and more.
We will vote then, which to include. The Team with the most correct answers at that time, will have their votes counted as two.
💀Last treasure (Captain prizes):
At the end, the three sailors with the most correct answers overall will receive a special reward from me! And also, three other sailors with the most engagement and funniest comments in the trivia discussion etc. will have the same reward (who is the chosen by me and other authors and/or community poll - will decide on that togetehr later)
I will show, what is this reward, during the campaign. But it will be something hand made and personalized by me. I will send it (on my expenses) to the winners via mail. :) Maybe a treasure map...tied with some short adventure...featuring stuff from the module to introduce it to your players...maybe? ;-)
PDF versions of the reward will be made available to all backers, so no one misses out on usable game content!
🚩 Stretch Goals
There will, of course, be stretch goals—but only a portion of them will be tied directly to funding.
Other stretch goals will unlock based on things like:
Number of trivia participants
Overall player engagement (voting, ideas, discussions, ...)
Sharing on other platforms.
So gather your crew, spread the word, and let’s assemble the largest pirate fleet the Caribbean has ever seen!!!
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🚙 One extra thing, I NEED TO POSTPONE START OF CAMPAIGN by one week. My car stopped working and my girl and I (and both dogs) had a vacation coming up...planned with a car. So, instead of polishing the backerkit page, my head was running on a bit different thoughts. Its almost ready, but would like to have a week extra to clear my head. Sorry for this!
My Beloved Ship...Car. On a way to Dry Dock for repairs.
Also, our cover artist is co-running this fantastic undeground brutal RPG! Go check it out and bask in its glory! :) (and back it :D )
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