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Hey everyone!

I know the Dark Carnival files have been out for a while, but everyone is still waiting on the real prize: The actual book + goodies.

WE HAVE FINALLY MADE IT PAST PRINT PROOF!

This means we are officially placing the order with the manufacturer to get the books printed and shipped. This process will take about 45-50 days of manufacturing and then hopefully 2-3 weeks to get everything into the warehouse.

We will update everyone on shipping stages as everything gets assembled into place at Studio 2's warehouse and then gets dispatched. The books look gorgeous, and Memory Thief, the Adventure Journal redo, Dark Carnival, Loot Boxes, Enamel Pins are all in this run.

Hopefully this means the books are in everyone's hands by August. (*Loot Box orders might take a bit, because we are packing those boys by hand in our garage first. Turns out adding Tea made things have an extra step, but it's worth it).

(If you haven't ordered it yet, you CAN find the PDF for sale on our website: www.storytellersforge.com)

Performance Check: Royalty Free Music for your TTRPG Tables:

You will be seeing a lot of collaboration between Nat19 and Storytellers Forge in the upcoming future after this last rounds of events. They make TT-JRPG's, we write epic storylines, and both of us want music in our games for other purposes. So it's a natural match. 

Performance Check is bringing royalty-free music to your TTRPG tables, streams, and private games! Nat19’s music team is launching a BackerKit campaign on June 1st to use their in-house music team to create JRPG-inspired soundtracks to give back to the TTRPG community - with any purchase, this music can be used freely in streams or in private games without being struck for copyright. Not only that, but the project’s $80 CAD tier also includes five of Nat19’s 5E D&D books, with over 1700 pages of 5E content to bring to your table among them! 

Come back Performance Check on June 1st to support the TTRPG stream community, and get D&D content to bring to your table!

Landing Page Link: https://www.backerkit.com/call_to_action/dc9809a1-0ef2-4c9d-a1f2-5f16faefbac6/landing

Their project Launches June 1st! And yeah, this one is the shout out that you should go follow their page on this one and check it out. 

I've got a little update!

We have finally made it through pre-production! It took a bit to get the files print ready and all the foil layers and extra stamping options. Our first, physical copy of the Dark Carnival Print Proof will be finished on May 20th, and then once they approve that: we are off to production!

For Loot Box Holders:

-The Tea has arrived
-The new adventure journal production has started and will be finished June 20th.
-Memory Thief prints approved and will enter production at the same time as DC
-The Enamel Pin production has passed it's greenlight.
-The Loot Box ITSELF has been greenlit and will be finished June 20th.

This means we have every accessory, soundtrack, and extra thingy from the campaigns made. Once May 20th hits, the factory has a 45-day lead time. Which means we are looking at an August Delivery of Physical books (they gotta sail here after all).

I think I've got that all lined up and it's really close to our projected date, but if anything goes wrong with shipping it might take a little bit longer.

Still...it's done, and it's getting started and that's the most important part.

RPG In A Castle!

Just a reminder for those who want to plan ahead, ST Forge will almost always be running at TTRPG in a Castle. I'm doing the June 19th for Red Opera, and they have some August dates, and just announced an October 23rd-25th dates.

You can check it out here!

https://www.tabletoprpginacastle.com/summer-adventures

THERE HATH BEEN MOVEMENT!

The final foil stamped covers and elements are being sent to the printer and we are starting the test run process. Some of you may notice that the mass-market version of the books are popping up on amazon / other retail stores - Yours are way fancier. Don't grab those unless you REALLY want a mass market edition.

Because nay, you backers get the special editions with the fancy colors and ribbons and foil stamped books. They just take longer to prep. We should still be on track to start shipping in July.

Black Ballad Second Chances: ONLY 6 DAYS LEFT! We are at 80% funded and this is absolutely the call to action!

Once the campaign ends, Second Chances goes up in price, and just like Dark Carnival - it's the delux edition that ships at the same time. After you kill your party in the Festival of the Forgotten: let them try their hand at a second chance.

Click Here to help us fund this project before time runs out!

Hello you gorgeous Darklings and Cryptids! Hopefully some of you have gotten a chance to crack open the PDF and see how gorgeous this book is! (If you didn't back and want a PDF copy of your own, you can now just order one HERE.)

We enter Phase 4 of the plan. Manufacturing. Getting the UV, sprayed edges, foiled stamped, beauty of a book through all the manufacturing process takes a bit - so bear with us on that. It's a lot of technical bits.

HOWEVER! If you like what we do and you want a good idea to make the transition from 5E into a new system - consider a TPK! The Black Ballad: Second Chances is almost at it's 50% goal for funding over on Kickstarter and it's the herald to our Red Opera: Reforged campaign.

Within this splat book you'll get crossway coins, more music, a reusable oneshot, an all of the Black Ballad converted over into Shadowdark in a wickedly cool stylized fashion.

We need your support to make it happen! This project is already finished creatively, and our goal is to print it at the same time we order the Dark Carnival books.

So if your a Shadowdark fan, or just like helping indie studios and collecting cool stuff...

Click Here to help us get closer to the finish line!

(Don't worry, it's much cheaper and our goal is NOT the same goal we had with Dark Carnival. This is a much simpler project).

Check your emails (promotion and spam) if you didn't see the digital download link from Backerkit a few minutes ago!

The final PDF package is released containing:

Other backers with different digital rewards also got theirs! We officially did it! (Albeit a little later than we wanted to, but hey, who is complaining about more art!)

If you MISSED your chance during the crowdfunding: You can pick up the PDF right now on our store by clicking here: https://www.storytellersforge.com/shop/p/darkcarnivalpdf

Or, you can still preorder the hardcover right here.

BUT THAT IS NOT ALL!

If you don't know about Black Ballad Shadowdark that we are launching THIS month, we could really use everyone's support on March 17th. If you are reading this, please click the link below and follow along Kickstarter so that you get notified the second we turn the campaign live.

The first 12 hours of a Kickstarter are vital for the whole campaign...and all of you lovely people make up our core supporters!

Click this link right here to sign up! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/stforge/the-black-ballad-for-shadowdark-rpg?ref=8d4mgv

If you haven't seen the official trailer for it that David Granjo made: ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5RBJMSaZZc )