Sorry about the lack of updates and the long wait, but after a pause we have an update on Sayuri’s Chest of Wonders.
We want to reassure backers that the ball is rolling again on this project. On a business level we’ve had to do a lot of re-building from the ground up, and we appreciate your patience.
We’re keeping this update straightforward just so we can get it out there. For the next one we’ll have a few new visuals to share.
Having spent the last few months taking stock of where things are at, we have the following schedule for Sayuri’s:
Last week of August: Finish Layout.
First week of September: PDF Proofed.
Last week of September: PDF Delivered.
October and November: Print Sample Received & Print Run Ordered & Possibly shipped!
In the meantime, we’ll continue to refine magic items, the adventures, and other writing and design. The entire book has gone through several drafts, but isn’t as clean as we had originally thought, se we’re reviewing and proofing again to make sure it’s the best it can be.
We’re also currently revisiting art requirements for the project, and though we already have a lot of art we’ll likely require a few more pieces. But we hope to have these in place ahead of the layout deadline in August. Again, we’ll have a clearer picture on this by the next update (in July).
Over the next few weeks, other outstanding digital products connected to this project will be delivered, just in case you see emails going out and wonder what’s going on.
But we’ll keep you abreast of those developments too.
Just wanted to keep you in the loop regarding development for this book.
The magic items are done and the adventure is well under way and is slated to go into editing next week.
We've been slowly chipping away at the magic item art and should be moving into the last few bits of custom art as per the reward tiers soon.
We're on course to publish the PDF by the end of September as planned. If anything changes on that front, however, we'll let you know.
The print books, of which there are only a handful since we wanted to keep them exclusive to those working with us on the art front, will take roughly a further month to process. It depends on how many samples we need to order before we're happy to go ahead with the print job. If the first one comes back as we want it, we'll go straight to print and since we're using a PoD service, you won't have to wait months on shipping. It'll go straight to you from whatever country you're in, unless you're in a country without a printer, in which case you'll have to wait an additional few weeks.
We're excited to see several projects cross the line over the coming weeks.
I'll post another update in September.
Cheers, Paddy and team Penny Dragon
P.S. if you missed the project, you'll be able to get the book in our store in October/November, so keep an eye out for it on there.
As we draw near to the end of this campaign, I want to draw your attention to our art tiers.
These are pretty special because you get to work with our team to create an awesome piece of content AND art that will be featured in the digital copy of the book and the physical if and when we do a print run.
BUT if you create art with us, we'll send you a physical copy so you can show your friends and players at your table.
We haven't included a hardcover tier simply because we don't want to commit to a print run until our other print runs are done and dusted. Those who passed their perception checks will know that this has been the case with all of our campaigns on Backerkit to date.
There's a big difference between printing 30 copies for higher tiers and 300 copied for a general hardcover tier.
The top tier even features a 3 slots where you can get your full party art and physical prints and a hard copy of the book at a steal. We've done this a few times in the past and it has always turned out to be a great experience to work with someone to create such a big art piece. You can see an example of one we did before on the tier graphics.
Also, a new stretch goal has been unlocked!
This means we'll add an additional area to the Ghost of Doroboshi adventure which will lend really well to connecting the 3 small adventures to make 1 longer adventure. I doubt we'll hit the stretch goal that connects them all together that way, but you never know what might happens!
In addition, the new stretch goal also unlocks the magic item, Shahnameh's Script (as previously stated, names may or may not be changed in the actual book).
We just got a great piece of art through from our art director, Darren Millar.
Feast your eyes on the Kabuto of the Spirit Crane.
Who needs a plague doctor mask when you can have this?
This is the level of quality you can expect when making a magic item with us...or any art for that matter.
Hopefully we'll hit a few much stretch goals in the last 24 hours!
Your Copy of Sake's Hoard & News on Whispers Upon the Waves
Congrats on making this campaign a great success!
To celebrate we've added a little something to the campaign as outlined at the bottom of this update :)
We're excited to watching Sayuri's take shape, and we're currently working on creating the additional content already unlocked by the stretch goals (thank you again for making that happen!).
As you know, Sake's Hoard is a small taster of additional magic items that Sake, the little luck dragon, has managed to collect on his own time. The PDF has turned out to be as cute as he is. As a backer, you'll find a link below, in the backer only section of this update.
We've passed the midway point for this campaign and we still have so many stretch goals to unlock.
We've already unlocked a LOAD of additional new magic items and we're only a few $100 from unlocking a new location for the adventure section of the book. In fact, if we keep going like this, Sayuri's might have over 200 magic items in it!
So, please, share with your gaming friend on Discord and let's unlock more stretch goals!
As you already likely know, Aizendore's Vault and Gizcog's Wandering Emporium are already published, so you'll receive these a couple of weeks after the campaign ends and Backerkit payments clear. Sayuri's will take a little longer as per the deadline in each tier.
We've also added something special to the add-ons.
Since Whispers Upon the Waves is almost over the line (will be fulfilled next week after final tweaks to layout), we've added that into the mix.
It's an adventure for 4 - 6 characters at level 5. Well, that's how it started anyway, but it turned into a much bigger adventure than was originally intended, meaning it can work for a party at level 3 and see them climb to level 6.
This cray not-so-little adventure sees the party investigate the mystery of the Seaheart Gem and the Curse of Captain Grimsbeard as he and his phantom crew haunt the seaport city of Vandermire. It has tons of information on setting, lore, deities, peoples and features several maps. These include a labelled map of the small city, a map of the secret smuggler catacombs under the city, and two battle maps (one for the ghost ship and one for combat on the city's cobbled streets).
If pirates and cursed ships are your jam, consider updating your add-ons to include it. That way, you'll get it before it goes live on our website at the end of June.
Otherwise, we want to wish you all a great start to your summer.
Congrats on unlocking 2 more stretch goals since we last published an update!
That adds 10 new magic items to those already planned...not to mentioned the specific items unlocked by the goals which means 12 new magic items unlocked by these 2 stretch goals alone!
AND a magic item cards PDF so you can print those for your table for some practicality and immersion.
Next up, as you can probably guess, is an additional new area for one of the adventures which will expand The Ghosts of Doroboshi from 3 to 4 locations thus giving players more areas to explore.
And we aren't too far off that stretch goal.
I wonder if we can hit it by the end of the third day?
I guess time will tell :)
Thank you again for your support.
Cheers, Paddy & Team Penny Dragon
P.S. The poll is closing soon. Be sure to cast your vote while it's still open! :)
You will now receive the Haenyeo's Grace magic item (bringing total number of additional new magic items unlocked to 11) and a digital map pack to include all the maps in the book unlabelled and ready for printing for your table...if that's your jam.
Don't tell anyone I revealed this because I don't know if we can get anywhere near it, but there IS a stretch goal around the $50,000 mark where we add a silly number of additional new magic items to the book...which would significantly increase the number of pages. And when I say significant...think 20+ pages.
I don't think anything short of a share by a few heavy hitters in the D&D arena will get us there...but you never know :)
Speaking of more magic items, we're so close to the next stretch goal which will add a bunch more!
Also, in case you haven't noticed. You CAN get a physical copy of Sayuri's Chest of Wonders on this campaign, but they are exclusive to the art tiers to keep it to just a few copies which means these will be SUPER expensive to produce since it'll be a per-person basis rather than an offset print run.
The Merchant tier seems to be getting a lot of love today for that reason.
I'll write a proper update about those art tiers later today because I don't think we've communicated just how cool they are.
And hopefully we'll have a solid update about PoD later in the week.
Sorry about the lack of updates and the long wait, but after a pause we have an update on Sayuri’s Chest of Wonders.
We want to reassure backers that the ball is rolling again on this project. On a business level we’ve had to do a lot of re-building from the ground up, and we appreciate your patience.
We’re keeping this update straightforward just so we can get it out there. For the next one we’ll have a few new visuals to share.
Having spent the last few months taking stock of where things are at, we have the following schedule for Sayuri’s:
Last week of August: Finish Layout.
First week of September: PDF Proofed.
Last week of September: PDF Delivered.
October and November: Print Sample Received & Print Run Ordered & Possibly shipped!
In the meantime, we’ll continue to refine magic items, the adventures, and other writing and design. The entire book has gone through several drafts, but isn’t as clean as we had originally thought, se we’re reviewing and proofing again to make sure it’s the best it can be.
We’re also currently revisiting art requirements for the project, and though we already have a lot of art we’ll likely require a few more pieces. But we hope to have these in place ahead of the layout deadline in August. Again, we’ll have a clearer picture on this by the next update (in July).
Over the next few weeks, other outstanding digital products connected to this project will be delivered, just in case you see emails going out and wonder what’s going on.
But we’ll keep you abreast of those developments too.
It is now November 2024, the funds were collected months ago, yet there is no update as to an ETA for delivery.
Still outstanding from the "We Wish You a Merry One Shot!" BackerKit project:
- Whispers Upon the Waves PDF (Add-on)
- A Wraithmas Carol PDF (Add-on)
- The Frostville Snowman Massacre PDF (Add-on)
The creator has not responded to requests for an update, hasn't responded to comments, has not answered inquiries by email, or other social media that are still active. Their Reddit, Discord, Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook sites are no longer active or available. There are 2 KickStarter projects that funded, are not completed/delivered, and are no longer updated: "Vagabond's Guide to Dalriada" and "Davian's Treatise of Peoples". The latter's KickStarter page states: "Davian's Treatise of Peoples - NPC Book for DnD 5e is the subject of an intellectual property dispute and is currently unavailable."
Just wanted to keep you in the loop regarding development for this book.
The magic items are done and the adventure is well under way and is slated to go into editing next week.
We've been slowly chipping away at the magic item art and should be moving into the last few bits of custom art as per the reward tiers soon.
We're on course to publish the PDF by the end of September as planned. If anything changes on that front, however, we'll let you know.
The print books, of which there are only a handful since we wanted to keep them exclusive to those working with us on the art front, will take roughly a further month to process. It depends on how many samples we need to order before we're happy to go ahead with the print job. If the first one comes back as we want it, we'll go straight to print and since we're using a PoD service, you won't have to wait months on shipping. It'll go straight to you from whatever country you're in, unless you're in a country without a printer, in which case you'll have to wait an additional few weeks.
We're excited to see several projects cross the line over the coming weeks.
I'll post another update in September.
Cheers, Paddy and team Penny Dragon
P.S. if you missed the project, you'll be able to get the book in our store in October/November, so keep an eye out for it on there.
It has been a busy few weeks in Penny Dragon land with a number of other projects all in varying stages of being closed out. This is both pretty darn exciting and a tad overwhelming for a small team of creatives. There's no better feeling than hitting that upload button on a finished project, though!
The writing and art for Sayuri's Chest of Wonders is well underway. The writing for the magic items is complete with a few requiring the final once over. The magic item art with take several more weeks to reach completion on the project as expected.
I just received the latest WIP for our resident Lorekeeper, Alluminora. She features across a number of our publications and Sayuri's Chest is no different. I love that our artist, Liam, has added Sake to this one. He's a sneaky little devil that Sake!
We're looking forward to sharing a few more of the magic item pieces in the coming weeks, too.
Sneaky peeks
The project continues to progress well and we're eager to get some spreads together later in July so you can get a better feel for the finished product.
Surveys have gone out and all your digital rewards, bar Sayuri's Chest of Wonders, are now on their way to you. Yay!
The art team are working on the magic item pieces at the moment and I will have a few more of those to share with you next week.
There will also be several pieces of art featuring Sake, Sayuri's little luck dragon, featured (hidden) throughout this book. We look forward to seeing who can spot all of them once this one is published. We enjoy bringing a little bit of fun into the things we create and this one is no different.
A Quick Note
Those of you that backed a tier that includes an art submission for your magic item or NPC to be included in Sayuri's Chest will submit your writing via the survey questions. There is a closing date for 1st of July on these so that we can ensure no delays when it comes to getting this project to layout.
