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Project Update: REWARD! THE WOLF YOU FEED Backer PDF and all Add On PDFs
Just over a month ago, we launched this Crowdfunding campaign to turn the rough draft of the Curseborne jumpstart into a PDF and softcover book. Nearly 450 fans came out to support this and made it happen in a quick two-week campaign.
Earlier this week, we launched the Pledge Manager for the post-campaign phase and started sending out backer surveys to everyone who pledged their support.
And today, to continue our rapid run for this project, I've got rewards ready to go out to you.
But not just the existing PDFs that were Add On options during the campaign (though I've got those too!), but our primary reward - the Curseborne Jumpstart: The Wolf You Feed!
Reward Distribution: CURSEBORNE JUMPSTART: THE WOLF YOIU FEED Backer PDF
Curseborne is a game about being unaplogetic monsters in a world where being monstrous is the least of your worries. In Cursborne, you play as Accursed, descendants of monstrous lineages lurking in a modern world that closely resembles our own. You rebel against the ancient feuds between these entwined families, as well as against the web of curses that binds you, while fending off inhuman antagonists seeking to claim - or reclaim - your power.
Inside this jumpstart you will find:
- Complete rules for playing a Curseborne adventure using the Storypath Ultra system.
- The Wolf You Feed, an introductory adventure which follows an investigation into the disappearance of Rosa Rivers.
- Five complete player characters, cover a range of achetypical monsters.
REWARD DISTRIBUTION
Again, you will receive an e-mail from BackerKit with links for this reward over the next 24 hours if it is on your expected list of rewards.
They are aware of any Page XX notations - those are left in to replace for the final version once any changes you've suggested are made, so they can reference the correct page if any shifts in layout result.
ADD ON REWARDS
- Curseborne core rulebook PDF
- Accursed Tales - Fiction Anthology
- Curseborne Tasty Bits Anthology PDF
- Curseborne Accursed Adventures PDF
- Storypath Ultra Core Manual PDF
- Onyx Path Jumpstart PDF Assortment (11 titles)
It's basically these Add On otions from our campaign page:
You may need to click the links two or three times to get them to add to the cart properly. In my experience, the first click ends up getting me to login to my DTRPG cart and I have to click the redemption link a second time while my cart is open to properly add it (in a new tab, usually). Just keep trying, you'll get there!
If you need to review your information or pledge status, you can return to your survey by clicking the link in your survey email or requesting your survey link under "Lost your survey?" on our BackerKit project page at https://curseborne-jumpstart.backerkit.com/
- BackerKit How-To: Reviewing and Updating Your Information <Download PDF Here>
- BackerKit How-To: Claiming Your Digital Rewards <Download PDF Here>
MONTHLY UPDATES
With the Pledge Manager up and running, in June I'll have our first "regular" update for our project. I'll send these updates out every month to let you know where we sit. We're still in the earliest stages of this post-campaign, where projects make incremental movements along the progress path. A lot of months will be pretty similar, just a quick note to let you know that the Onyx Path team is still working on it. Any time we have a new reward or something of interest to share, I'll include that as well.
Each month, I'll list our "Pending" rewards and our "Delivered" rewards. We'll track the project status of our pending rewards by filling in the stage dots, and I'll note which update (and include a link) with each delivered reward, in case you want to go back and re-read the relevant update for more information. If any of these rewards were on your pledge list, you can access download codes in your BackerKit Digital Rewards page. And once they've been added to your DriveThruRPG library, you can access them through your DTRPG digital library at any time.
That's for the end of next month, though. For now, enjoy PDFs!!
To Contact James
- Via E-Mail: Onyx.Kickstarter [at] gmail.com
- Via BackerKit: Click "Need Help?" from your page, and then fill in the Contact Us form. BackerKit will pass your message along to me.
JUST LAUNCHED
The Exalted: Essence Storyteller’s Guide is a resource for storytellers and play groups to expand, refine, and customize their games of Exalted: Essence. This book is a reexamination and expansion of Storyteller-facing rules, system, and advice, offering guidance and options for Storytellers and groups of all levels of experience.
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Project Update: Pledge Manager Surveys Coming This Week!
It's just been a few weeks since our Crowdfunder ended and now it's time to start the next phase of the project - the Post-Campaign, where we track the progress of the various projects we helped fund and send out rewards as they become available.
To help with all of that we use BackerKit's Pledge Manager.
Today's Topics
- BackerKit Pledge Manager Surveys Coming Soon
- Digital Reward Redemptions Coming Next
BACKER SURVEYS
You don’t need to create a BackerKit account to fill out your survey (although you probably already have one from pledging to this campaign). When you receive the email with the survey, click the survey invitation link to respond. Answer the questions about your reward preferences and purchase add-on items if you like. You don’t have access to this survey link yet, but it will be available later this week via email!
After you respond to your survey, you can go back later and change your responses at any time before we close the surveys and get our final counts, and that won't happen until the books are being prepped for backer distribution.
If you need to review your information or pledge status, you can return to your survey by clicking the link in your survey email or requesting your survey link under "Lost your survey?" on our BackerKit project page at https://curseborne-jumpstart.backerkit.com/
If you have any other questions or concerns, you can post them to the comments for this update, the comment section, or message me via one of these methods:
TO CONTACT JAMES
- Via E-Mail: Onyx.Kickstarter [at] gmail.com
- Via BackerKit: Click "Need Help?" from your page, and then fill in the Contact Us form. BackerKit will pass your message along to me.
I've been mostly in a zombie state over the pst few weeks, and the chances of a few errors in the Pledge Manager set up are ... greater than zero ... so let me know if you see something off and I'll fix it as quickly as possible.
Within the BackerKit Survey and Pledge Manager, you can:
- Review your Pledge Tier Selection and Rewards
- Upgrade your Reward Tier pledge selection
- Confirm Add On selections
- Set up payment information for softcover reward shipping, any failed payments from the Crowdfunding campaign, or to pay for any new Add On options selected.
From the Pledge Manager welcome page you can choose to
- Review Your Pledge Level and Rewards by clicking your Pledge Level title
- Start Your Survey, confirming pledge rewards, confirming or selecting new Add On options, and confirming any shipping and payment info that may be needed
- Switch Your Pledge Level
If you click on your Pledge Level, you will see a list of all items included in your Pledge Rewards (including Stretch Goals and the Draft Manuscript), and also have the option to switch your Pledge Level, in case you've decided to get the corebook combo pledge instead of a PDF-only pledge tier for example.
Once you've confirmed that your Pledge Level is correct and where you want it to be, you can GET STARTED with your BackerKit Pledge Manager Survey.
PLEDGE QUESTIONS
As noted, the goal is to get the Curseborne Jumpstart backer PDF out to you quickly, and then get the softcover book in production. If all goes well, it could possibly deliver to our fulfillment partners in a timeframe that might make it possible to ship the softcover with the Curseborne hardcover books that many of you pledged for during that Kickstarter campaign.
If you backed the Curseborne corebook Kickstarter campaign and pledged for the softcover book Printed Start pledge, you'll have an option on your survey to get the softcover from this campaign moved over to the pledge manager for the Curseborne corebook and shipped together. It's a manual process, and I think I can swing it, but want to make sure I'm only adjusting those orders were I have your approval to do so. We'll see how it all goes, and I'll keep you updated as I work on it.
Anyone who pledged to the Corebook Start Print combo is set to receive a standard hardcover version of the Curseborne corebook. In your survey, you'll have the option of trading up to the Deluxe and paying the difference. Just making sure options are available for backers.
- Look for an e-mail invitation to BackerKit's Pledge Manager sometime over the next 1-3 days
- Get Started on your survey
- Confirm your Pledge Level (or SWITCH your Pledge Level if you want to change it)
- Confirm and Select Any Add On options
- Confirm Your Payment Information (if needed)
I will post an update at next week as I begin outlining the delivery of our first Add On rewards (the existing title PDFs, as noted above) and beginning distribution of those PDF rewards.
THE WOLF YOU FEED - A CURSEBORNE JUMPSTART
COMING NEXT
TO CONTACT JAMES
- Via E-Mail: Onyx.Kickstarter [at] gmail.com
- Via BackerKit: Click "Need Help?" from your page, and then fill in the Contact Us form. BackerKit will pass your message along to me.
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Project Update: The Wolf Has Been Fed
A two-week campaign, built for speed! Many of you jumped in early and we funded in minutes, and then word kept spreading and more and more backers jumped on over these past weeks. We even had alittle Backer Train going at the end that took us past our planned end time! Fun!!
Working together and supporting Onyx Path, the Curseborne jumpstart is going to make a pretty rapid transition from manuscript to PDF and once we've all reviewed that and submitted our feedback, they're going to start work on turning it into a softcover book.
There's more to celebrate! Not only did we fund the project on the first day, we unlocked all three Stretch Goals over the campaign.
Achieved!! - At $1,000 in Funding - STREAMING OVERLAY
STREAMING OVERLAY - A set of themed overlays for your online game will be created, for your use when streaming your Curseborne session. This will be added to the rewards list for all backers.
Achieved!! -At $3,000 in Funding - STORYGUIDE REFERENCE PDF
STORYGUIDE REFERENCE PDF - The PDF version of the Curseborne Storyguide Reference screen will be added to the rewards list of all backers pledged to receive the Curseborne Jumpstart softcover book.
Achieved!! -At $6,000 in Funding - VTT TOKEN PACK
VTT TOKEN PACK - Digital assets will be created to support online play for the Curseborne Jumpstart, including key character and creature tokens from the book. This online asset pack will be added to the rewards list of all backers
So a huge congratulations to Onyx Path and the team on this project, and to all of the backers who've joined in to make this possible. I'm happy about the goals we hit and rewards we introduced, but I'm also always excited and delighted about having nearly 450 backers join in to support this game, especially with a such a fast campaign.
COMMUNICATION
TO CONTACT ME
- Via E-Mail: Onyx.Kickstarter [at] gmail.com
- Via BackerKit: Click "Need Help?" from your forthcoming survey page, and then fill in the Contact Us form. BackerKit will pass your message along to me.
ONYX PATH DISCUSSION CHANNELS
Backers make it better! Now, get ready to jump in and Feed Your Wolf!
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Project Update: FINAL HOURS: CHECKLIST & WHAT COMES NEXT
Welcome to the final hours of this campaign! We've had a fast and fun ride - this two week campaign has really sped by.
FINAL DAY CHECKLIST
1. KNOW WHAT YOU'RE SUPPORTING
Backers can read the entire current drafts of the manuscripts <HERE>. Please make sure you read the manuscript before the campaign concludes so you know exactly what you're pledging to support.
2. PLEDGE TIERS and ADD ONS
With that decision in mind, we've got a few reward tiers to choose from:
A DIGITAL START
This is the PDF-only reward path. So, if you're saving trees or saving shelf space - or avoiding the shipping charges that are absolutely ever-increasing - this is the reward path option that you should begin with. The PDF will be fulfilled by our partners at DriveThruRPG.com - when it is ready, you will receive a link to add it to your DTRPG library at no cost for you to download at your leisure.
A PRINTED START
Our main focus for this campaign, this reward path includes the traditionally-printed softcover version of this book. Shipping costs ARE NOT included in the cost of your pledge. You will be charged for shipping after the campaign through the pledge manager. In addition, this option also includes the PDF version, so you will get a digital copy as described above.
COREBOOK START DIGITAL COMBO
A digital entry into Cruseborne, this pledge path contains PDF versions of both the Curseborne Jumpstart as well as the Curseborne Core Rules.
COREBOOK START PRINT COMBO
This pledge path will get you both the PDF and softcover book for the Curseborne Jumpstart as well as Curseborne Core Rules PDF and standard hardcover book. Quantities are limited, and shipping costs are not included in your pledge and will be added prior to fulfillment in the Pledge Manager.
ADD-ON OPTIONS - The other half of our Reward Tiers update, including information on the second step of pledging. There are a few Add On options that you can add as part of your pledging process, including the Curseborne Deluxe Hardcover Edition, the Accursed Adventures scenario PDF, or the Accursed Tales digital fiction anthology, plus the Curseborne Tasty Bits compilation which features a dozen new adversaries for your game. We also have a few other books that feature the same system as Curseborne - the Storypath Ultra Core Manual PDF, and They Came From the RPG Anthology! PDF.
SO: Ensure that you've selected the Reward Tier you want, and select any Add On options you wish to include. AND - make sure that you are comfortable with the Pledge amount, in terms of it covering everything you want and the affordability of the pledge at this moment!
Be Financially Responsible
- Choose a Reward Tier You Can Afford
- Read the Manuscripts and Make Sure You Know What You're Getting
- Be Aware of the Projected Delivery Date (Onyx Path will try to deliver earlier than this, but these two books will take some time to get perfect, and we're dealing with an imperfect world. Schedules sometimes go awry)
3. PAYMENT AND CONTACT INFORMATION
4. OVERTIME MODE
You’ll know we’re in Overtime Mode when the campaign’s Backer Train counter displays a bright rainbow border and a new countdown that resets to 10 minutes after each new backer joins that final Backer Train ride.
So, we've scheduled the campaign to conclude on May 5th at 2:00 PM Eastern Time, but it'll be extended in 10 minute chunks as long as backers keep pledging. Will we add an extra 10 minutes? An extra 20? Or will it all finish up as planned? Who knows, but we'll find out together! Even as we finish, there's an opportunity for a new start!
WHAT COMES NEXT?
5. AFTER THE CAMPAIGN ENDS
In addition to providing the crowdfunding platform for this campaign, BackerKit is also Onyx Path's regular Pledge Manager partner.
BackerKit provides a robust fulfillment integration and pledge management program that will allow us to work with all of the data and distribute the rewards to you. It will take me about a week to set the project up. Once I've got it all entered and built, the team from BackerKit will review to ensure I didn't mess anything up too badly, and then I'll make any changes they've suggested and we can move on to the Survey stage.
6. BACKERKIT SURVEYS
7. REWARD DISTRIBUTION
Eventually, we will have a completed PDFs of The Wolf You Feed - the Curseborne Jumpstart. Onyx Path is working hard to get the PDF ready for backers as quickly as possible. Together, we'll will take some time to distribute, review, and compile any errata or corrections that need to be made. When they've made any necessary changes, they'll make an updated versions of the PDFs available in your DriveThruRPG digital library and then begin creating print-ready files for the Print-on-Demand hardcover versions.
So - one final time - please spread the word to any potential backers and fans, and thanks so much for a great campaign!
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Project Update: The Wolf You Feed
Today is our final manuscript preview day. With today's download link, the entire draft manuscript for the Curseborne Jumpstart is now available for you to read - before any pledges are processed or payments collected. From this point forward, you're on the inside and part of the community of this book right until it's in your hands (or on your screens) and being played at your table.
Before we jump into that, let's jump back a bit and go over a few things to make sure we're all on the same page.
Make sure you read last Friday's update post about Pledge Tiers and Add Ons. We've about 30 hours to go as I type this up, likely less when you read it, so make sure you're all set up before we get to the end.
I'll have one more post tomorrow before we finish up, sort of a checklist to go over and some notes on what to expect after the campaign ends.
The Campaign ends on May 5th at 2:00 PM Eastern Time... sort of.
Overtime Mode extends the campaign past its original end time to give backers a final chance to make their pledge and adds an interesting twist to the end of the campaign. How long will it extend? That’s entirely up to backers: The campaign will keep going for an additional 10 minutes as long as pledges keep coming in – a chain of back-to-back pledges is called the Backer Train. The campaign will end only when the Backer Train stops after a period of 10 minutes passing without any pledges.
You’ll know we’re in Overtime Mode when the campaign’s Backer Train counter displays a bright rainbow border and a new countdown that resets to 10 minutes after each new backer joins that final Backer Train ride.
Shipping Costs will be Collected in the Pledge Manager
The best we can do at this point is to plan carefully, advise everyone up front with our best shipping cost estimates (see our projections on the main page - I've already factored in the EU's upcoming low value parcel charge) and only charge what it costs us when the time comes. We’ll be charging for shipping in the Pledge Manager once the books are being printed and we can deal with the actual shipping charges rather than using our best-guesses this far out. If you aren't sure you want one of the softcover editions, you can pledge to the PDF tier now and upgrade your pledge in the Pledge Manager once we know the final shipping costs.
The Wolf You Feedback
You can access the Feedback Form here: https://forms.gle/24ghLqRxkxtoCJpP9
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