August/Hard Cap Date - Quick update
almost 4 years ago – Fri, Jul 31, 2020 at 12:05:13 AM

Hey everyone, just a short little report from us!

So, we are happy to say that all the writing is complete! We are at 320,000 words and 366 pages of content before any art is added. 

So, that is fabulous!!!!!! We are still thinking it will be around 450 pages after the art, tables, and appendix content are added.

We do have a playtest PDF for you all, so please just click here to download load the PLAYTESTING version for A Return to Mullodar!  We will have a few more of the dungeons in there very raw form soon and remember these are NOT FINAL VERSIONS. We wanted to give you a very raw form, so you can see how much work goes into the final versions. I think it is super important to see why things take the time that they do and to see the birth of this beautiful book from start to finish.

Art is rolling in like crazy from the awesome Teresa and we are thrilled with the work from her. We will do an art update very soon as well!

Hope everyone is safe and sound.

Regards,

Deep Dungeon Games 

Soft Cap Date - Quick Update
almost 4 years ago – Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 01:00:26 AM

This post is for backers only. Please visit Kickstarter.com and log in to read.

Shipping costs updated
almost 4 years ago – Fri, Jul 10, 2020 at 12:45:01 AM

Hey everyone! Thank you for getting your surveys in so quickly. At this point, we are only lacking around 16% of the surveys from being completed. 

Be sure to check out the new shipping costs that have been adjusted for international backers!

 See update 15 for detailed shipping information and more 

 See update 17 for detailed information about the addons 

We were able to cut down the shipping in half from the numbers. This is because we will be shipping one large package to individual zones and then we divide the cost of that package across the backers of that area. Then we just add the cost of what it would be to send that package locally and we will also be taking one final look before the soft cap date. 

At this point, we only have 27 who have backed the Organizations of the Earth! If you want this add on in the book and want some exclusives, then please consider backing. Remember you will not get charged for that stretch goal add on unless we hit 200 backers for it. 

So, the funds arrived from Kickstarter and while we have been hard at work the entire time, we can now really get to work on this project. Sadly we lost around 5k to 6k worth of backers due to whatever reason they had, but we still had enough funds to hit the 75k stretch goal.

That being said the final put us around only 19k away from hitting 100k but after we had quite a few backers drop off we are actually around 25k from that goal. Yet, if we can add 20k to this Backerkit stretch goal then we shall add the final stretch goal that was meant to be unlocked during the campaign. If we do not get the 200 backers of this addon to unlock the stretch goal, then this will it will be deleted and NO ONE will be charged for adding this on.

There will only be 200 of this level of content available and by selecting this add on you get:

• Enamel Pin Sets - This is a total of 8 pins.

• Exclusive Named Credit - Your name in the special thank you section of The Mineralogy Manual.
• Exclusive Art Print - signed by the writers, artists, and everyone else involved in the project.

• Exclusive Fantasy/Earthen Necklace - An exclusive Clear Quartz Crystal Ball Necklace by Overton Family Jewels 

Stretch Goal Information - So, if we get the 200 backers to support this stretch goal, then a new chapter named Organizations of the Earth will be added to The Mineralogy Manual. This introduces three fascinating new guilds who pursue crafting and creation with the primary components included in this book. Your character can join one or more of these guilds and gain certain benefits, advantages, and loyalties due to this joining. Also in this chapter, we will be adding sections like religious organizations, geopolitical organizations, secret organizations, and more!

Discord Server is live!

Also, in the hopes to help communicate, build a community, and solve issues quickly. We have launched a discord server if you would like to come to join us there. As a backer of our projects, you will be able to join our private Kickstarter backer text channel and will get information from us quickly!

We will get you sorted and just let us know what project you supported on if we do not get you sorted into the Kickstarter backer channel. It is a small team, so please be patient as we try something new and hopefully add tons to your games and tabletop.

Our next update should contain some playtesting material and let us know if you have any questions as we blow through the content.

Regards 

Deep Dungeon Games

Content Breakdown for BackerKit Add-ons
almost 4 years ago – Thu, Jul 02, 2020 at 01:39:32 AM

Hey everyone,

Below is a heap of information on the additional products purchasable on BackerKit.
 Books, Card decks and other add-ons are a great way to add to your game. Purchasing them now helps us not only reach our BackerKit stretch goal but also saves you on shipping if you would have otherwise purchased them later from our website.

This information, and more, can be found by clicking on the items on BackerKit.

And to re-iterate again: SHIPPING Costs are currently worst-case scenario; you will not be charged yet and those amounts should decrease once we are able to get more accurate numbers. The more people we ship to in the EU/AUS/CAN etc the cheaper it becomes. PLEASE FILL IN THE SURVEY.

Note: Any purchase of the physical decks or books will give you a copy of the PDF- print and play version.

Books:

The Environmental Series is a set of four books that takes a fantastic look at the real and natural world that out Non-Player Characters and Players interact with. These books heavily focus on the world building aspect of playing the game and we provide detailed art, descriptions, and real-world logic with a splash of fantasy to each of the creations in the books.

1. Harold the Halfling's Herbology Handbook – Focuses on the flora of fantasy worlds.

An RPG supplement with 70 different types of in-game flora ready for any fantasy-based tabletop game. This compendium, cleverly narrated by Harold himself, focuses on the types of flora your adventurers will commonly encounter trees, fungi, crops, fruits, vegetables, and more, detailing their origins, environments, and uses.

2. Niwri's Marvelous Menagerie of the Multiverse – Focuses on the fauna of fantasy worlds.

This volume will guide you through the lesser known and non-bestial fantasy creatures of the realms, narrated by the one and only Niwri Evets himself! A collection of fantasy creatures that you may never notice flying overhead or scurrying underfoot. The realms are full of mammals, fish, birds, amphibians, reptiles, and arthropods but unlike their more well-known beastly brethren, most of them do NOT want to kill anyone. In fact, the majority are probably more scared of you than you are of them.

3. The Mineralogy Manual– Focuses on the earth of fantasy worlds.

This supplement is our current project and is filled to the brim, including sections on fantasy elements, minerals, ores, mines, mining companies, and even a fully developed Dwarven language. Overall, it is a world-building guide to provide Dungeon Masters and Players with the tools to craft their worlds from the ground up (quite literally).

4. The Weavers Writings on the Wilds– Focuses on the more mechanical components of the environments.

This book is truly from the wilds or at least it is for those who aim to survive the wilds. You will find a story of surviving the wilds from the point of view from the narrator Ripley the Weaver of the Wilds. She aims to help adventurers survive the wilds during their travels, quests, and adventurers. The hope is she can help keep other heroes of the realms alive by informing them about aspects of survival like food, water, shelter, weather, dangers, and more.

The Diception Series is a trilogy of books that takes the standard 7 dice in an RPG dice set and adds game specific rules that are playable in any tabletop game (or even by themselves). Overall Diception is a collection of minimalist mini games for use in tabletop role-playing games that are easy to learn and fun to play using only the dice you already have!

1. Diception: Gamblers Gambit– Focuses on card games (in dice form) and other fun tavern games.

When your hero is sitting in a tavern and someone breaks out their dice to play a game of "7's" or the bar keeps challenges them to a game of "Heroes Risk" you can play for real!

2. Diception - Carnival Conquest– Focuses on carnival and festival games and makes them actually playable in game.

When your hero is enjoying a giant turkey leg, a mug of ale, and a giant festival, but it just is not enough. Now you as a player or DM can bust out some dice and play games inspired by some of the most common games one would find at a carnival.

3. Diception - Trials of the Gods– Focuses on Trials from powerful deities, fiends, celestials, or other entities and covers tropes one might see with that sort of powerful creature.

When your hero is at their worst or possibly their best is a good time the deities might try to test the adventure.

Other Standalone works:

Seven of Seven features a brand-new pantheon of gods for use in any fantasy role-playing game! Inside, you will find 56 never-before-seen deities that you can use however you need in your game: make them new gods, ancient gods, or perhaps powerful individuals whose affiliation remains a mysterious secret in your realm.

Tome of Magical Mysteries is the ultimate supplement of magic items. We took the beautiful art from the decks and wove it into a single guide to help Dungeon Masters and players alike. In this book, you will find 200+ custom magical items never before seen in any other supplement!

Heroes Hoard is a massive 600+ collection of magic items themed for specific heroes of 5th edition. This collection brings the best of story, mechanics, and utility together in one hardback book. It's a perfect reference guide and study manual for the top Game Masters and Players.

Card Decks:

These decks are the perfect edition for those that like to have physical or digital cards to give to their players (or horde for yourself!). Adding that extra bit of enjoyment and depth to your game.

A number of these relate specifically to our amazing books and the content IS within the books. These are meant as a fun unique addition, as you most likely won’t want to cut your book up to hand out to the players.

1.) The Heroes Hoard

     a.) The Heroes Hoard Decks

2.) Tome of Magical Mystery

     a.) Decks of Magical Mystery

3.) Harold the Halflings Herbology Handbook

     a.) Decks of the Curious Consumables

4.) Mineralogy Manual

     a.) Decks of the Arbitrary Athenaeum,

     b.) Decks of Casual Characters

     c.) Decks of Dangerous Devices

          i. These relate to the ‘Sapper Class’ stretch goal

5.) Seven of Seven

     a.) Boon & Bane Decks. (note: These are not specifically apart of the book but are closely linked with its contents.)

Stand Alone Decks:

6.) D20 Status Effects Deck

Other Add-ons:

Fantasy Earthen Map Assets: 100 high-resolution fantasy map assets for your homebrew games and maps. Designed to create areas in size between regional and battle maps Town Asset and Map Pack deliver a complete and comprehensive creation kit for intermediate maps of classic fantasy woodland towns, dungeons, and maps. Hand drawn in the same style as my other map packs this will seamlessly transition from one scale to another for a complete and immersive experience.

Fantasy Earthen Dungeons: The collection of the digital dungeon maps from The Mineralogy Manual. These maps will be perfect additions for your game and your homebrew worlds. All the files will be high resolution and available for your home games.

Dungeon maps: You get 5 amazing digital copies of the dungeons maps for The Mineralogy Manual 

This full-color battle map in the first series of battle maps by Deep Dungeon Games. These maps are earthen inspired, double-sided, and dry-erasable. This installment features fantastic locations from The Mineralogy Manual. The map is 18 x 28 squares in size, with each 1-inch square scaled to represent 5 feet. It is provided in one print and is double-sided. So, basically you get two maps for the price of one.

The physical copies are double-sided and dry-erasable, 5 in total (all 10 maps).

Once again thank you all for your support and if you need more information you can click on the BackerKit add-on itself or ask.

Surveys out! Quick Update - Refer to update 15 for more detailed information
almost 4 years ago – Wed, Jul 01, 2020 at 11:08:34 PM

For a more detailed update see UPDATE 15 

Hey everyone, I hope all is well your way and I just wanted to send you all an email to let you know about the surveys going out. Some important notes to remember real quick:

• The current shipping cost are not the final shipping cost
• Timely completion of your surveys is imperative
• Your support is incredible and let us know how we can improve always
• Do not forget the amazing add-ons via your Backerkit survey
• Your feedback and playtesting is more useful than you know
• DO NOT FORGET THE ORGANIZATIONS OF THE REALMS STRETCH GOAL VIA BACKERKIT

Also, we sent out an extremely detailed update via the 15th update. So refer to that update if you need more detailed information that this notice update. 

One thing that I ask does not be upset with me about shipping costs until we update after the soft cap date. This year has been tough and normally we are happy to share a bit of the shipping cost, but after realizing the high cost of shipping. This is not the year to just eat that type of cost, we will do everything we can to lower those costs. The shipping to international backers is always the highest cost and we are open to new ideas and concepts to solve the issue. I know this will not curve the frustration with the high costs you will find on the survey, but just know YOU WILL NOT BE CHARGED UNTIL WE CONFIRM THE BEST DIRECTION TO GO FOR SHIPPING BASED OFF THE NUMBERS FROM THE SURVEYS. I just ask that you please be patient and complete the survey as you would like without knowing the shipping costs and once we confirm the numbers and costs. Another update will go out where you all can go back and change your surveys as you see fit. 

Let us know if you have any issues with the survey 

Regards 

Deep Dungeon Games