And that’s it! The Spire’s End: Volume 1 Special Edition campaign has officially come to an end. We didn’t quite reach 2,000 backers, (like WOAH, 1998 - so close!!!) which means I regret to inform you that the Mad Baroness of SeaCrest will not be issuing pardons. The good news is that the Festival of the Eclipse will proceed exactly as planned. The Baroness, for one, is delighted.

Your names remain on the Festival of the Eclipse program, the pillories are being reinforced, and I’m told the executioners have been asked to remain on standby.

But enough about that.

What matters is that this campaign turned into something far bigger than I expected when it began. The Special Edition is happening, packed with everything we unlocked along the way: the reworked finale, new Ending Story Card, alternate cards, Stretch Goals, Marge Merriwether’s celebration card, and plenty more.

And Marge is apparently wasting no time. She’s already gearing up for the planned Spire’s End celebration at Solemn Oath Brewery next spring and, from what I understand, has quite a few ideas for the occasion. All of them should be greeted with immediate enthusiasm and showered with praise. It’s simply safer that way.

I also want to thank my good friends at Solemn Oath Brewery in advance for their interest and enthusiasm. There are still plenty of details to work out, and I’ll share more as plans come together.

Of course, I know most of you won’t be able to make it to Chicago for the event. That’s exactly why every Special Edition will include the alternate Marge Merriwether card, so everyone who backed the campaign gets a little memento of the celebration wherever you happen to be.

More importantly, thousands of you showed up for a game I first released years ago and gave me the opportunity to revisit it, rebuild parts of it, and give the story that started Spire’s End another life.

That means a hell of a lot to me.

There will be plenty of production updates ahead as everything moves toward manufacturing and fulfillment. For now, I’m going to enjoy this one.

Thank you for backing it, sharing it, talking about it, and helping push this thing as far as it went.

The Special Edition is happening. Everything we unlocked is coming with it.

As for the Baroness...I’d enjoy the Festival of the Eclipse while you can.

I’m sure everything will be fine.

~Greg