Good afternoon, Patsies Fearless Operatives!

We have been busy on Dark Conspiracy, getting everything ready for you to explore a world under attack and safeguard humanity. So, time for a progress report!

Add-Ons
All the Add-Ons that were pledged for have been sent and are now on their way to everyone if, indeed, you have not received them already!

Dark Conspiracy Core Rulebook
You have had this in your hands for a little while now, and we have been collating all your feedback and comments. Expect an update to your files later this month with your latest suggestions.

Field Ops
The mission book for Dark Conspiracy is in layout right now, and we are expecting to get everything to you in early December. The missions in this book will take you around the world and include investigations minor and disasters extreme. We have been playing around with the mission structure too, so not all will start with a simple briefing/dossier from The Company. To give you some idea of what your Operatives will be facing...

Operation Cracked Vessel: Amber. A cult in Nevada has taken over an otherwise safe and sleepy community, and your Operatives are dispatched to see what is going on. If you were at an event where we were playtesting Dark Conspiracy last year, this mission will be familiar. Speaking from experience, do take surveillance gear and don't drive flashy cars...

Operation Falling Timber: Green. Set in one of the scariest places in the world (Norwich), the Operatives will be infiltrating a distribution centre to see why the staff have been acting oddly.

Operation Shattered Antler: Black. Your Operatives are dispatched to the Italian Alps. This is not a holiday - they will be confronting the Demonground that has erupted on one of the peaks. One cell has already been destroyed by it - your Operatives will need both skills and heavy ordnance to prevail.

Operation Sundered Ship: Amber. The Contacts and Allies of your Operatives have gone dark, disappeared or are acting very strangely. Something is deliberately targeting them.

Operation Endless Sun: Green. You may have heard of the Beast of Bodmin. It is a myth, a story for tourists (seriously, Bella - the author of Field Ops - went to have a look). However, nearby Dartmoor is very different, and the British government have shut the area down and evacuated a lot of people. They are hiding something, and The Company thinks it knows what it is. Your Operatives are duly dispatched...

Operation Fighting Bison: Red. Even provocative podcasts are basically harmless, right? Well, maybe not when the Dark gets involved. The Operatives will be infiltrating a farmstead turned compound being used to host a podcast that teaches the world real traditional values. The Dark Minion at the centre of this is placing a heavy toll on the hosts.

Operation Hidden Anvil: Amber. The Operatives will be jetting off to Tokyo for this mission, to look into a mysterious set of disappearances (presumed murders) that have taken place at Shibuya, home to the world’s busiest pedestrian crossing. What they may find will test their resolve in what is perhaps the darkest of all these missions.

Dread Earth
And once you have mastered the missions that Field Ops throws at you, we have the first full campaign for Dark Conspiracy - Dread Earth. Set in the Appalachian Mountains, the Operatives will soon find themselves effectively cut off from the outside world where the presence of Demonground will be the least of their worries. A previously unknown dimension is pressing upon the Earth, directed by a true Minion Lord. This will be the toughest assignment your Operatives will have yet received.

Bella is putting the finishing touches on Dread Earth right now and will be handing the manuscript over later this month. We are lined up for editing and it should be entering layout before Christmas, with a PDF ready for all of you next year.

Stretch Goals
These are mostly complete and just awaiting layout and art - all going well, you will start seeing these before Christmas!

More news as it comes!