Hello Talents,
No big announcements this month, just our regular update while our Talents work behind the scenes to keep the machine running!
If you need to review your info...
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James Bell
about 2 months ago
March 2024 Monthly Update
Hello Talents,
As spring possibly begins to take hold where I live (not really, we're in something known as "false spring" to lure us into putting away our winter tires and coa...
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James Bell
2 months ago
Feb '24 Update
Hello Talents,
It's a leap year, so we're gonna leap right into this month's regular update. Nothing too exciting to tell you about - unless you're excited about just keeping ...
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James Bell
4 months ago
January 2024 Update
Hello Talents!
Welcome to our first update of 2024! Hopefully our updates this year will see step-by-step progress on our rewards as we get further into 2024.
I'll continue to...
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James Bell
5 months ago
December '23 Update
Hello Talents,
Squeezing in our regular month end update for the holiday season is in full swing. Everything's pretty quiet in December, so no big changes for this month. Hopef...
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James Bell
5 months ago
November '23 Monthly Update
Hello Talents,
It's time again for our regular monthly update. No big changes this month (things usually slow down as we get near the end of the year), but let's keep our commu...
No big announcements this month, just our regular update while our Talents work behind the scenes to keep the machine running!
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://trinity-continuum-player-s-guide.backerkit.com
You can read Onyx Path's most recent monthly summary, covering all projects and their status up to that point here: <March 2024 Project Status Summary>
You can find the weekly Monday Meeting blog updates <here>, which note any projects with status changes since the previous Month End summary. The project statuses listed are current as of last Monday, so do check it out each Monday night to see if anything may have progressed!
I will continue to post regular updates every month until the final reward has gone out.
ONYX PATH DISCUSSION CHANNELS
If you've got questions about the rules or setting, or just want to discuss this game with other fans (as well as the Onyx Path writers and developers!), you can check out these Onyx Path discussion zones:
As spring possibly begins to take hold where I live (not really, we're in something known as "false spring" to lure us into putting away our winter tires and coats), it's time for our monthly update. As mentioned when these post-crowdfunding updates first started, they will be pretty similar and maybe a bit boring, but it's important to keep in regular contact and keep us all on the same page.
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://trinity-continuum-player-s-guide.backerkit.com
You can read Onyx Path's most recent monthly summary, covering all projects and their status up to that point here: <February 2024 Project Status Summary>
You can find the weekly Monday Meeting blog updates <here>, which note any projects with status changes since the previous Month End summary. The project statuses listed are current as of last Monday, so do check it out each Monday night to see if anything may have progressed!
I will continue to post regular updates every month until the final reward has gone out.
ONYX PATH DISCUSSION CHANNELS
If you've got questions about the rules or setting, or just want to discuss this game with other fans (as well as the Onyx Path writers and developers!), you can check out these Onyx Path discussion zones:
It's a leap year, so we're gonna leap right into this month's regular update. Nothing too exciting to tell you about - unless you're excited about just keeping in touch. Even when there's no big news, I'll make sure to touch base each month so you know the Onyx Path team are working on our campaign projects, even if they're just dealing with the bits and pieces and things are moving forward slowly.
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://trinity-continuum-player-s-guide.backerkit.com
You can read Onyx Path's most recent monthly summary, covering all projects and their status up to that point here: <January 2024 Project Status Summary>
You can find the weekly Monday Meeting blog updates <here>, which note any projects with status changes since the previous Month End summary. The project statuses listed are current as of last Monday, so do check it out each Monday night to see if anything may have progressed!
I will continue to post regular updates every month until the final Stretch Goal reward has gone out.
ONYX PATH DISCUSSION CHANNELS
If you've got questions about the rules or setting, or just want to discuss this game with other fans (as well as the Onyx Path writers and developers!), you can check out these Onyx Path discussion zones:
If you've got a question about your pledge or BackerKit page or any part of the process, you can contact me with any of these methods
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.
CURRENTLY CROWDFUNDING
Trust your instincts. Reward loyalty. Respect an honest duel. And always, always pounce on the minions of the Unseen.
The Age of Man is long over. Cats – uplifted from our clever feline companions to use tools and language – now rule the world. In the Monarchies of Mau, cats study relics the Old Ones left behind to create new wonders, expand their understanding of the world, and combat the monsters and minions of the Unseen that threaten catkind. Curious cats explore ruins and set sail on the Acid Sea, or participate in games of intrigue against other houses, the dogs of Pugmire, and other rival species.
The world is full of mysteries and dangers, which excellent cats are eager to face.
Welcome to our first update of 2024! Hopefully our updates this year will see step-by-step progress on our rewards as we get further into 2024.
I'll continue to post updates each month so that we're all on the same page and watching Onyx Path slowly move our rewards along the progress track.
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://trinity-continuum-player-s-guide.backerkit.com
You can read Onyx Path's most recent monthly summary, covering all projects and their status up to that point here: <December 2023 Project Status Summary>
You can find the weekly Monday Meeting blog updates <here>, which note any projects with status changes since the previous Month End summary. The project statuses listed are current as of last Monday, so do check it out each Monday night to see if anything may have progressed!
I will continue to post regular updates every month until the final Stretch Goal reward has gone out.
ONYX PATH DISCUSSION CHANNELS
If you've got questions about the rules or setting, or just want to discuss this game with other fans (as well as the Onyx Path writers and developers!), you can check out these Onyx Path discussion zones:
If you've got a question about your pledge or BackerKit page or any part of the process, you can contact me with any of these methods
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.
CURRENTLY CROWDFUNDING
We’re all out of the traditionally-printed copies of several of our core rulebooks from previous crowdfunding campaigns. So we’re going back for more!
This should help us fund a new print run for:
You, if you back this. Fulfillment, probably later this year. No development needed, just printing.
Other campaigns: we like adding core rulebooks as add-ons to other campaigns (we did a bunch of those on this campaign too!), and this helps us keep doing that.
Retailers: Put our games in front of other faces at physical game stores!
The books have all received minor edits to fix a few errors we’ve noticed over the years. This Friday's Onyx Pathcast will talk about these books and the possible minor edits that are being worked on. You can check out the campaign for one more week <here>.
Squeezing in our regular month end update for the holiday season is in full swing. Everything's pretty quiet in December, so no big changes for this month. Hopefully we'll see some fun stuff happening in 2024.
I've got one reward available to backers who added on the Trinity Continuum: Anima PDF during the campaign or in the Pledge Manager. The discounted Print-on-Demand links are now available in your BackerKit Digital Rewards page! Not a major reward, but one more little piece checked off the list.
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://trinity-continuum-player-s-guide.backerkit.com
The Art Direction phase is just beginning for our main book. The writers and developers are creating the art notes describing the various illustrations needed for the Art Direction to assign to artists.
You can read Onyx Path's most recent monthly summary, covering all projects and their status up to that point here: <November 2023 Project Status Summary>
You can find the weekly Monday Meeting blog updates <here>, which note any projects with status changes since the previous Month End summary. The project statuses listed are current as of last Monday, so do check it out each Monday night to see if anything may have progressed!
I will continue to post regular updates every month until the final Stretch Goal reward has gone out.
ONYX PATH DISCUSSION CHANNELS
If you've got questions about the rules or setting, or just want to discuss this game with other fans (as well as the Onyx Path writers and developers!), you can check out these Onyx Path discussion zones:
If you've got a question about your pledge or BackerKit page or any part of the process, you can contact me with any of these methods
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.
And, with that update, we're finished for 2023! Have a safe and happy holiday season and see you in the New Year!
FINAL HOURS
Never before has Creation known the perils of the Abyssal Exalted. They have emerged from the gloom of the Underworld as champions of death, sworn to the service of the Deathlords and the Neverborn. Each was offered the gift of the Bleak Exaltation at the moment of their own demise, and each chose to willingly become an agent of the apocalypse. Their motivations are as manifold as any others — they may seek destruction or domination, malice or justice, ancient secrets hidden and forbidden or sheer iron-willed survival.
In service to their lieges, these deathknights will grind the Underworld to heel and scour life from the face of Creation. Or…they might break from those oaths and set themselves up as death’s own Lawgivers, ruling empires of the dead as sages, arbiters, and reapers. All that can be known for sure is that with the Abyssal Exalted loosed upon the world, it will never be the same again.
It's time again for our regular monthly update. No big changes this month (things usually slow down as we get near the end of the year), but let's keep our communication constant and consistent so we're all on the same page.
PROJECT REWARDS STILL PENDING
The Art Direction phase is just beginning for our main book. The writers and developers are creating the art notes describing the various illustrations needed for the Art Direction to assign to artists.
[Add On] Trinity Continuum: Anima Backer PDF (see June '23 Monthly Update)
[Stretch Goal] TCPG Backer Shirt Link (see Sept 8 '23 update)
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://trinity-continuum-player-s-guide.backerkit.com
You can read Onyx Path's most recent monthly summary, covering all projects and their status up to that point here: <October 2023 Project Status Summary>
You can find the weekly Monday Meeting blog updates <here>, which note any projects with status changes since the previous Month End summary. The project statuses listed are current as of last Monday, so do check it out each Monday night to see if anything may have progressed!
I will continue to post regular updates every month until the final Stretch Goal reward has gone out.
ONYX PATH DISCUSSION CHANNELS
If you've got questions about the rules or setting, or just want to discuss this game with other fans (as well as the Onyx Path writers and developers!), you can check out these Onyx Path discussion zones:
If you've got a question about your pledge or BackerKit page or any part of the process, you can contact me with any of these methods
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.
CURRENTLY CROWDFUNDING
Join in on the latest Exalted expansion sourcebook
Never before has Creation known the perils of the Abyssal Exalted. They have emerged from the gloom of the Underworld as champions of death, sworn to the service of the Deathlords and the Neverborn. Each was offered the gift of the Bleak Exaltation at the moment of their own demise, and each chose to willingly become an agent of the apocalypse. Their motivations are as manifold as any others — they may seek destruction or domination, malice or justice, ancient secrets hidden and forbidden or sheer iron-willed survival.
In service to their lieges, these deathknights will grind the Underworld to heel and scour life from the face of Creation. Or…they might break from those oaths and set themselves up as death’s own Lawgivers, ruling empires of the dead as sages, arbiters, and reapers. All that can be known for sure is that with the Abyssal Exalted loosed upon the world, it will never be the same again.
No big announcements this month, so let's get straight to our monthly tracking
PROJECT REWARDS STILL PENDING
We'll fill in the dots as projects move from an idea to a completed project, and shift them from the Pending List to Delivered once they're in your hands.
[Add On] Trinity Continuum: Anima Backer PDF (see June '23 Monthly Update)
[Stretch Goal] TCPG Backer Shirt Link (see Sept 8 '23 update)
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://trinity-continuum-player-s-guide.backerkit.com
You can find the weekly Monday Meeting blog updates <here>, which note any projects with status changes since the previous Month End summary. The project statuses listed are current as of last Monday, so do check it out each Monday night to see if anything may have progressed!
I will continue to post regular updates every month until the final Stretch Goal reward has gone out.
ONYX PATH DISCUSSION CHANNELS
If you've got questions about the rules or setting, or just want to discuss this game with other fans (as well as the Onyx Path writers and developers!), you can check out these Onyx Path discussion zones:
If you've got a question about your pledge or BackerKit page or any part of the process, you can contact me with any of these methods
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.
CURRENTLY CROWDFUNDING
The World Below is a game of adversity, heroism, terror, and awe. Your characters will overcome or be defeated by terrible beasts, environmental calamities, and Kaos storms ravaging their surroundings and the souls around them. They will chart their journeys, chronicle their tales, and pass their stories down to their descendants, who will in turn become your characters when your old ones perish or retire.
The World Below provides. But you must dig. You must explore. You must map. You must build. You must defend.
The World Below provides, but only to the worthy. The unworthy fall, consumed by bugs, lava, acidic fog, the vagaries of Kaos, and the World Below’s convulsing tunnels.
The World Below is your home, your prison, and your alien world containing terrible threats and wondrous discoveries.
The World Below is a complete tabletop roleplaying game, and includes:
Numerous playable options, some from the traditional fantasy mold, others unique to the World Below.
The complete Storypath Ultra System, allowing you to play this game straight from the book.
A myriad of settings, monsters, powers, and abilities for use in your stories, which you can play as minimalist dungeon crawls or World Below-spanning expeditions.
We had our Backer T-Shirt reward go out a few weeks ago, so this regular update will be quick! Let's jump right in!
PROJECT REWARDS STILL PENDING
We'll fill in the dots as projects move from an idea to a completed project, and shift them from the Pending List to Delivered once they're in your hands.
[Add On] Trinity Continuum: Anima Backer PDF (see June '23 Monthly Update)
[Stretch Goal] TCPG Backer Shirt Link (see Sept 8 '23 update)
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://trinity-continuum-player-s-guide.backerkit.com
You can read Onyx Path's most recent monthly summary, covering all projects and their status up to that point here: <August 2023 Project Status Summary>
You can find the weekly Monday Meeting blog updates <here>, which note any projects with status changes since the previous Month End summary. The project statuses listed are current as of last Monday, so do check it out each Monday night to see if anything may have progressed!
I will continue to post regular updates every month until the final Stretch Goal reward has gone out.
ONYX PATH DISCUSSION CHANNELS
If you've got questions about the rules or setting, or just want to discuss this game with other fans (as well as the Onyx Path writers and developers!), you can check out these Onyx Path discussion zones:
If you've got a question about your pledge or BackerKit page or any part of the process, you can contact me with any of these methods
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.
FINAL DAY ON KICKSTARTER
Final 24 Hours! Last chance to read the draft manuscript before the campaign ends! Join in and get all of the unlocked Stretch Goals - and maybe help unlock more! Check it out here - http://kck.st/3Pgf4JD
I know we're only a few weeks since our August month end but I didn't want to wait until the end of September to share our latest reward!
During our campaign, I try and throw in as many Stretch Goal targets as possible. Some are for big, exciting things, like new content (the Gadgets supplement) and useful online tools (like the VTT Token pack). Others keep up the enthusiasm and pace and help us mark milestones with full celebrations and additional opportunities to share some campaign love.
Remember this one?
Well, it's time to get a new shirt!
It you want the world to know you're a super Talent and proud to be a supporter for the Trinity Continuum Player's Guide, check out the design and various shirt options here: Trinity Continuum Player's Guide Backer T-Shirt <LINK>
AVAILABLE TO ORDER NOW - FOR A LIMITED TIME!
So, this Stretch Goals during the Crowdfunding campaign was for a special available-for-a-limited-time Trinity Continuum Player's Guide Backer T-Shirt <LINK>, but really there are more than just T-shirt options there (and more colors as well!)
If you click over to Onyx Path's REDBUBBLE T-shirt Shop using this link <TCPG Shirt> you will see the backer shirts, which will be available for a LIMITED TIME ONLY! You have ONE WEEK to order a shirt with this design if you'd like to announce you're a major talent!
If you scroll down a bit, you'll see other options - including hoodies and other styles - you can change the style, color, and size to make sure it works for you! Changing the style and size may change the cost, so be aware. Make sure you review your selection before you process payment to ensure you've got the correct images, style, color, and size.
One last time: This shirt will be available for a LIMITED TIME ONLY - please act quickly if you're interested!
Another reward to move from our Pending to Delivered list. September's month end update will shift a tiny bit!
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If you've got a question about your pledge or BackerKit page or any part of the process, you can contact me with any of these methods
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.
Back again for another regular month end update! Before I get to our regular round-up, I just wanted to note an interesting new release in the Trinity Continuum. A VTT jumpstart adventure with some bells and whistles set in the world of Assassins!
ASSASSINS JUMPSTART VTT NOW AVAILABLE
Now available in advance PDF from DriveThruRPG: Rat in a Burning Cage, a VTT adventure set for Trinity Continuum: Assassins!
Porvenir should be a sanctuary for those who dwell in the Shadow; a place for assassins to hide out, retire, and wile away their autumn years. This jungle town is far from the utopia it’s purported to be. Someone has crossed a line in Porvenir, and it’s for your assassins to pick up the pieces, even as every member of this Shadow community guns for you.
Rat in a Burning Cage is an introductory scenario for Trinity Continuum: Assassins designed to make its play easy and fun at in-person and virtual tabletops. Trinity Continuum: Assassins uses the Storypath System, provided in the pages of this book!
Rat in a Burning Cage includes:
Five playable characters complete with character sheets.
A story in three acts, perfect for a virtual tabletop one-shot or convention play.
Maps (both gridded and non gridded) and handouts for use in your virtual games.
Incidental sounds and music
Printable battlemap and handouts.
The complete TC Assassins Token set along with the 5 RMCs.
All the Masteries, Edges, and Storypath system mechanics you need.
This is something new for the Onyx Path team! More than a jumpstart, more than a PDF, there’s a lot going on here to make your experience as rich as possible. I'm hoping it's successful and we can see something like this for the other Trinity Continuum settings.
PROJECT REWARDS STILL PENDING
We'll fill in the dots as projects move from an idea to a completed project, and shift them from the Pending List to Delivered once they're in your hands.
[Add On] Trinity Continuum: Anima Backer PDF (see June '23 Monthly Update)
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://trinity-continuum-player-s-guide.backerkit.com
You can read Onyx Path's most recent monthly summary, covering all projects and their status up to that point here: <July 2023 Project Status Summary>
You can find the weekly Monday Meeting blog updates <here>, which note any projects with status changes since the previous Month End summary. The project statuses listed are current as of last Monday, so do check it out each Monday night to see if anything may have progressed!
I will continue to post regular updates every month until the final Stretch Goal reward has gone out.
ONYX PATH DISCUSSION CHANNELS
If you've got questions about the rules or setting, or just want to discuss this game with other fans (as well as the Onyx Path writers and developers!), you can check out these Onyx Path discussion zones:
Back again for another regular month end update! Before I get to our regular round-up, I wanted to let you know about our latest Crowdfunding project on Backerkit! Trinity Continuum: Aegis is the latest - or earliest, if you're looking at a timeline - setting/genre for the Trinity Continuum.
Trinity Continuum: Aegis is a game of epic adventure and exploration set during Greece’s Iron Age. The setting features figures and events from history and mythology, viewed through the lens of the Trinity Continuum. In this game you’ll play Champions, Oracles, and Olympians — characters who have come into contact with the mysterious substance called ambrosia and been transformed into Inspired individuals with powers similar to Talents, Psiads, and Novas millennia ahead of their counterparts’ times. These characters live in an age of wonder and discovery. People in the ancient world made amazing strides in science, exploration, and philosophy, all while grappling (sometimes literally!) with gods and monsters. About a decade ago, bright streaks flashed across the sky and a fiery object crashed into Mount Olympus. Other pieces landed throughout the world, creating heroes and horrors wherever they touched down.
Trinity Continuum: Aegis continues to explore the Trinity Continuum’s themes of hope, sacrifice, and unity — in an age where societies are in decline and survival sometimes feels uncertain, these are the tenets under which people band together.
Epic Adventure. This is a game about big, sweeping actions and over-the-top stories. Monsters are real and roam the world. Some are strange creatures, others are human. The characters face these things head on, using their wits, strength, and daring to forge stories that will echo through the ages.
Exploration and Discovery; Curiosity and Wonder. The world is huge, and much of it is uncharted. Characters who set sail run the risk of being blown off course in a storm and washing up on an island where a sorceress makes her home. That old cave no one ever ventures too far into holds a monster’s lair or the door to an Underworld. The cautious and the fearful stay far away; a Champion checks her map, lights her torch, and ventures within. She wants to know: What’s at the center of the labyrinth? Can you reason with Medusa? What’s the view like from atop Olympus?
Recognizing Your Potential. So, what makes a hero, exactly? Is it strength, cleverness, doing the right thing when the odds are against you? What are you capable of when you’re sure you’ve given it all you’ve got? What heights can you reach, that you didn’t know were within your grasp? Aegis encourages players to explore the answers.
We'll fill in the dots as projects move from an idea to a completed project, and shift them from the Pending List to Delivered once they're in your hands.
[Add On] Trinity Continuum: Anima Backer PDF (see June '23 Monthly Update)
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://trinity-continuum-player-s-guide.backerkit.com
You can read Onyx Path's most recent monthly summary, covering all projects and their status up to that point here: <June 2023 Project Status Summary>
You can find the weekly Monday Meeting blog updates <here>, which note any projects with status changes since the previous Month End summary. The project statuses listed are current as of last Monday, so do check it out each Monday night to see if anything may have progressed!
I will continue to post regular updates every month until the final Stretch Goal reward has gone out.
ONYX PATH DISCUSSION CHANNELS
If you've got questions about the rules or setting, or just want to discuss this game with other fans (as well as the Onyx Path writers and developers!), you can check out these Onyx Path discussion zones:
With the Pledge Manager open for about a month now, and the existing backer rewards distributed a few weeks ago, it's time to begin our regular month end update process.
MONTHLY UPDATES
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.
At the end of each month, I'll include a summary of our rewards and their current status (they'll either be delivered or marked as still pending, possibly with additional details if I know more). I'll also list any relevant Update posts, in case you want to go back and check into something.
In addition to notes on our reward status, each month I'll also include the BackerKit links and my How To PDF notes, as well as contact information in case you need to get in touch.
While many of these updates may get repetitive, it's important that communication stay constant and consistent as we work our way through our commitments and eventual delivery.
So, let's review where we stand!
PROJECT REWARDS STILL PENDING
We'll fill in the dots as projects move from an idea to a completed project, and shift them from the Pending List to Delivered once they're in your hands. Right now, our main project is in the post-editing development stage, where the editors have done their passes to provide grammatical consistency, and now the developers have one final pass to ensure the book has a consistent voice and also to prepare art notes to begin the Art Direction phase.
For those who added the Trinity Continuum: Anima PDF to their reward options via BackerKit Add On, we'll be distributing the backer PDF for that project over the next 24 hours, so look for an e-mail from BackerKit or check your BackerKit digital rewards page for a download code.
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://trinity-continuum-player-s-guide.backerkit.com
You can read Onyx Path's most recent monthly summary, covering all projects and their status up to that point here: <May 2023 Project Status Summary>
You can find the weekly Monday Meeting blog updates <here>, which note any projects with status changes since the previous Month End summary. The project statuses listed are current as of last Monday, so do check it out each Monday night to see if anything may have progressed!
I will continue to post regular updates every month until the final Stretch Goal reward has gone out.
ONYX PATH DISCUSSION CHANNELS
If you've got questions about the rules or setting, or just want to discuss this game with other fans (as well as the Onyx Path writers and developers!), you can check out these Onyx Path discussion zones:
If you've got a question about your pledge or BackerKit page or any part of the process, you can contact me with any of these methods
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.
NEXT UP - TRINITY CONTINUUM: AEGIS
Trinity Continuum: Aegis is a game of adventure and exploration set in Greece’s Iron Age. Ten years ago, streaks of fire lit up the skies, setting alight the night. The largest of these crashed into Mount Olympus, and pools of glowing golden liquid appeared in their path. Those who came into contact with the substance were forever changed, and now they use their incredible powers to fight monsters, protect their communities, and explore the world.
Trinity Continuum: Aegis will be Onyx Path's next crowdfunded project, coming to BackerKit soon!
It's been not-quite two weeks since I announced our Pledge Manager would be launching, and just over a week since surveys started rolling out. Check out our previous update if you need to refresh your memory. We're just about at the 82% response marker, so there's still many Talents that need to check their email and complete the survey.
Hopefully some reward distribution will help Inspire you! Because I've got some rewards to send out!
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://trinity-continuum-player-s-guide.backerkit.com
Many of the rewards for our Crowdfunding projects take a lot of time and effort to complete. Usually, the campaign is a means of moving the project from an idea (even when it's a mostly-fully-written idea) into the actual channel that turns it into a project/product. It'll be a while before we're ready to talk about delivery on the Trinity Continuum Player's Guide, and even longer for our projects generated via Stretch Goals (theGear and Gifts supplement, and the rest).
That said, there are a few rewards that are available now, as they were mostly add-on PDFs or bundles of existing products. And now we can work on getting those out to you over the weekend.
The following Add On Rewards WillBe Distributed This Week:
[Add On] Trinity Continuum Core Rulebook PDF (and discounted PoD Link)
[Add On] Trinity Continuum: Aberrant PDF (and discounted PoD Link)
[Add On] Trinity Continuum: Æon PDF (and discounted PoD Link)
[Add On] Trinity Continuum: Adventure! PDF (and discounted PoD Link)
[Add On] Trinity Continuum: Assassins PDF (and discounted PoD Link)
[Add On] Trinity Continuum: Anima Draft Manuscript Link
[Add On] Trinity Continuum: Aether Draft Manuscript Link
[Add On] Contemporary PDF Bundle
[Add On] Aberrant PDF Bundle
[Add On] Æon PDF Bundle
[Incentive] Early Bird Bonus Jumpstart PDF Bundle
It's a big list, and a really really long list once I broke out all of the pieces for the various bundles. A *lot* of download codes to go out.
If you want any of these and didn't add them on during the campaign, you can still update your BackerKit page and add them to your rewards list. See the BackerKit How-To instructions above.
REWARD DISTRIBUTION
Your link to claim these digital rewards will be sent out by our BackerKit pledge manager over the nextfew days. Since we are using our partners at DriveThruRPG as the hosts for these, you will need to set up a DriveThru account if you don't have one already. If you encounter any problems with downloading your rewards, please contact DTRPG's customer service to resolve the matter, they've always been top-rated for customer service. http://www.drivethrurpg.com/contact_us.ph
Thebest way to ensure these redemption codes work smoothly is to log in to your DTRPG account first, and then click (or copy) the link shown in your BackerKit.
Again, you will receive an e-mail from BackerKit with links for these rewards over the next 2-3 days if any of them are on your expected list of rewards. I'll be releasing them in waves, so don't panic if you only see a couple links at first... the rest are coming. (We're in a digital world, but there are still a lot of manual processes. And there are manylinks to go out!!)
The easiest way to see if you've got digital downloads available is to login to your backerkit account: https://trinity-continuum-player-s-guide.backerkit.com and it'll show anything available. Your backerkit account should also confirm all rewards that you should expect from your reward tier selected.
DRAFT MANUSCRIPT
In addition to redemption links for these digital rewards, all backers will be receiving a link to the compiled draft manuscript. This link can be found in your BackerKit digital rewards page, and you'll receive an e-mail linking to that with the first wave of rewards going out. Again, this isn't a new manuscript, it's just all of the pieces we shared during the campaign put together in order. It's the same link that I share at the bottom of these campaign updates, but I want to make sure you have access to it in any place that makes sense.
Onyx Path Virtual Convention (June 16th – 18th) will be focusing primarily on Storypath, Exalted, and Pugmire, but any OPP game works! As well as tons of panels, games, and other events, we’ll have slots opens for folks to run games, so start making your plans now!
I highly recommend checking out the Opening Ceremonies (Friday at 5:00 PM), the What's Up With Onyx Path? panel (Saturday at 1:00 PM), the Storypath Q&A panel (Saturday at 2:30 PM) and the Trinity Continuum panel (Saturday at 4:00 PM).
In addition, if you want to watch some actual plays (including the first peek at Trinity Continuum: Aegis), check out the schedule below.
I'll be back at the end of the month with the first of our regular status report updates. We'll track the progress of each project on a monthly basis to ensure we're all on the same page. It'll be pretty repetitive, and mostly just a note that everything's still being worked on, but I want to ensure communication is consistent throughout this stage of the project.
ONYX PATH DISCUSSION CHANNELS
If you've got questions about the rules or setting, or just want to discuss this game with other fans (as well as the Onyx Path writers and developers!), you can check out these Onyx Path discussion zones:
Well, it's been a little bit longer than I'd anticipated, but here we are in the final day of May and I've just finished hammering the BackerKit Pledge Manager into shape and have begun prepping it for launch next week.
This will likely be the first of two updates over the next two weeks. Once we've got a healthy survey response - something like 85% - I'll prepare our first wave of rewards: the existing PDFs that were offered as Add Ons and bonuses (like the other Trinity Continuum books and the supplements). I'll send out an update when that process is about to begin.
Beyond that, starting at the end of June 2023, I will send out the first of our regular month end updates. Near the end of each month, I will be sending out an update with status notes on our main projects as well as the Stretch Goal projects we added. As noted in previous updates, these projects take a long time to put together. You've seen the manuscript preview PDFs, but there are still many moving pieces and puzzles to solve in turning these manuscripts into awesome books. These month-end updates ensure that communication is constant and consistent, and that we're all on the same page with regards to where we stand.
That's info for next month,though. Let's talk about this now instead, because...
I will be sending out the BackerKit Pledge Manager surveys starting next week!
But, before we begin all of that - I hope everyone's keeping safe and managing through these busy times as best possible. I know I've had a busier May than I'd planned, and wish I'd had a Player's Guide for real life! But we made it through to the end, so bonus XP for all of us!
BACKER SURVEYS
Starting next week, you’ll receive an email from us with a special link to your BackerKit survey. It’s important to respond to your survey as quickly as you can since we need this information to fulfill your rewards.
I think everyone has a BackerKit login, thanks to backing this project, but if you don't for some reason, you won’t need to create a BackerKit account to fill out your survey (although that may help keep things organized if you've got multiple projects going.) When you receive the email with the survey, click the survey invitation link to respond. Answer the questions about your reward preferences, provide shipping information, and purchase add-on items if you like. You don’t have access to this survey link yet, but it will be available soon via email!
The e-mail will look something like this: 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 printing and we're preparing to ship.
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://trinity-continuum-player-s-guide.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.
If there are any issues you find with the Pledge Manager, please contact me as soon as possible to let me know. It rolls out in waves so that I can correct issues on the fly and make it work as best possible as people come on board.
Please send me an e-mail (to the address above) if there were any tweaks or changes that need to be made to your BackerKit survey that we talked about during the campaign. I have aged at light speed over the past three years and my memory is... not as good as I'd like.
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 any failed payments from the Crowdfunding campaign or to pay for any new Add On options selected.
Whenyou click on your BackerKit Survey invitation link,you should see something like this...
From the BackerKit Survey welcome page you can choose to
Review Your Pledge Level and Rewards
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've pledged to a reward tier that includes physical rewards, you can enter your shipping country at this stage. As noted during our campaign, we haven't set international shipping costs yet - those will be calculated and added in when we're preparing to ship the book. That won't be for a long time, though, and there will be plenty of opportunity - and notice - for you to make changes.
If you select your Pledge Level, you will see a list of all items included in your Pledge Rewards, and also have the option to upgrade your Pledge Level, in case you've decided to get the hardcover instead of just the PDF for example.
Again, I suggest you don't switch any pledge levels at this stage, and instead wait until the books are preparing to print and we have set up international shipping costs so you'll know exactly what your final costs will be before we lock down orders.
Once you've confirmed that your Pledge Level is correct and where you want it to be, you can GETSTARTED with your BackerKit Pledge Manager Survey.
Once we've got a fair response to our survey and collected a reasonable amount of info, I'll be working on fulfilling rewards that are available now - like the PDFs of the titles included in our Add On section (for example, Trinity Continuum Core Rules, TC: Æon, TC: Aberrant, TC: Adventure!, TC: Assassins, and the Add On Bundle options that were offered). I'll send out another e-mail when we're about to get into that.
So, in summary:
Look for an e-mail invitation to the BackerKit Pledge Manager sometime over the next few 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 Shipping Information (if needed)
Confirm Your Payment Information (if needed)
I will post an update within a week or two as I begin outlining the delivery of our first Add On rewards (the existing PDF titles, as noted above) and beginning distribution of those PDF rewards.
We did it! Working together, more than 900 backers came together to help fund the development and production of the Trinity Continuum Player's Guide, a brand new rules expansion for the Trinity Continuum tabletop RPG.
And there's more to celebrate! Not only did we fund this project (in just over 4 hours!), but we also unlocked a variety of fun Stretch Goals. From some standard Onyx Path milestone markers to a brand new supplement for the team to develop and write, we've come together and hit every Achievement target that had been set up!
Some Milestone Markers
And Online Gaming Tools
Additional and Expanded Content
That's pretty great! That's pretty inspiring! But what more could I'd expect nothing else from Trinity Continuum players and fans?!
This was a smaller project for the Trinity Continuum - the first book they've crowdfunded that didn't introduce another era or genre within the Trinity Continuum - so it's never a sure thing. Not only did it get great support and fund in hours, but all NINE Stretch Goal Achievements were unlocked over the course of this campaign. We kept a solid pace throughout and unlocked our final goal last night! What a ride!
NINE STRETCH GOALS!
That's excellent! We were only at seven a few days ago! It's been a fantastic few final days!
Those celebrations and milestone markers along the way are fun - I certainly like having something to mark our accomplishments during the campaign and they help keep the enthusiasm up. But I really really love when we can add additional content, especially an equipment book for this setting! And to get streamlined crafting rules and some Advanced Gifts as well? Awesome!
And all of that is, of course, on top of our main purpose here - the creating of the actual book itself! This is the real reward - everything else is a bonus!
So a huge congratulations to the creative 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 amazed and excited about having more than 935 backers join in during this campaign. The Trinity Continuum is alive and well, and I'm looking forward to testing out some of the options presented here and hearing about others doing the same!
AN EXTRA THANK YOU!
So, thank you to all the backers who supported us and made this happen. And an extra thanks to everyone who participated online, either in the Community comments section of the campaign, and on social media around the web. Thanks to everyone who talked about the project on the Discord and in the Onyx Path forum, and everyone who submitted questions to Danielle's live Q&A Stream.
And a huge thank you to Danielle and Travis for putting together the Q&A and all of the livestreamed events during the campaign. They're the best! Truly!
And speaking of streams, don't forget that the final episodes of the Trinity Continuum twitch shows we've simulcast on our page are coming over the next five days! You can watch the action-packed conclusions to each of these tales and see the TCPG rules in action on Onyx Path's Twitch channel.
This may be surprising with all of the amazing options, but the contemporary setting from the Trinity Continuum Core Rulebook is actually my favorite setting within the entire game line. I have a longtime love for TC: Adventure! and think TC: Aberrant is really interesting and TC: Æon is amazing, and I'm really intrigued by TC: Aether and the dual worlds of TC: Anima, but I can't help but think of endless adventures and possibilities in the plain ol' vanilla TC Core setting. Reading through the TCPG, I think, just underlines how expansive and flexible it is. It can handle so many different genres and approaches, and I think this book really multiplies those new ideas! Anyway, I'm inspired by the game. What can I say?
COMMUNICATION
So, as noted in today's earlier update, I'll be sending out updates once a month and whenever we've got a new goal, survey, or other item to cover. If you have any questions or need clarification on something related to the campaign, feel free to get in touch. I may take a bit to answer as I recover from these past three weeks, but I'll eventually have an answer!
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
If you've got questions about the rules or setting, or just want to discuss this game with other fans (as well as the Onyx Path writers and developers!), you can check out these Onyx Path discussion zones:
So, thanks to everyone for helping maintain this Inspiring Allegiance!
BackerKit will begin collected pledges and processing payments later tonight, so be ready for that.
Now to attend to other business and eventually collapse for a few hours and recover from the awesomeness of the last couple days! High fives in the comment section, and you'll hear from me again in May when we start the survey process and launch the Pledge Manager!
