The Lesser Key of the Sandestin - A ZineQuest Double Feature

Early March Update: Where Things Are At
6 months ago – Wed, Mar 06, 2024 at 01:44:40 PM

Hi everyone, 

I wanted to give a short update on where things are at with the Lesser Key post-campaign. Here we go!

Puppethand's Guide: As I mentioned in the last update, this is finished. You're seen the preprint. No one noticed anything egregious, so we're ready to send to the printer. At the moment for what I assume are obvious reasons, we're waiting for Kickstarter to pay out before we do that, so right now that should be early next week. 

Restless Dead: Also finished, but we got back the proofreader edits, and we need to reconcile those. I'm waiting for the designer to tackle some of that. Once that's back, I'll drop the preprint of that for your eyes. My rough estimate on that is the middle of next week, but we'll see. 

Backerkit: The preorder store is open (yay!), which you can check out here: 

Important: If you are a backer of this campaign, then the preorder store isn't for you. Access to add-ons and paying for shipping will be in the Backerkit surveys. If you happen to know of anyone who missed the campaign and might like to still get on board, send them the link above. This is for them. :-) 

What's the timeline on surveys then? Well, Backerkit recommends waiting to send the smoke test (and then surveys) until after Kickstarter pays out, so we're waiting for that here also. Backerkit surveys are all set up; I just need to push a button, and things will go. I'll send another update with more specifics on that process as we get closer to surveys going out, which will most likely be at the end of next week.

Finally, here's a piece of art by Bill Spytma that ultimately didn't make it into the Puppethand's Guide. It's an umbral puppet (aka a shadow puppet). Enjoy!

 We're getting there! Until next time, folks. Stay safe!

Thank you!
6 months ago – Wed, Feb 28, 2024 at 02:54:57 PM

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Thank You, Everyone!
7 months ago – Wed, Feb 14, 2024 at 08:03:11 AM

A little over twenty-four hours out and we are already around 288% funded. Hot damn!

Thank you, everyone, for your continued interest in the Rainy City. We love playing and writing for this setting and are super pleased to be able to share it with you all. Despite mucking around with it for over fifteen years now (give or take), our enthusiasm for it hasn't waned. While playtesting some Puppethand Guide content a few weeks ago, we had perhaps the most outlandish, wild, and amazing Rainy City game session we've ever had (puppets, man...), and that's saying something considering some of the sessions we've had over the years (ask us about the Bombing of the Rainy City Parliament or the Red Sandestin's murder of the necromancer Meridian Grue sometime).

In terms of this campaign, please keep spreading the word to anyone you think might want to jump on the Rainy City bandwagon. We decided to keep this campaign rather simple, so we aren't doing any stretch goals. The zines are either done or almost done, so we'll be turning around fulfillment as quickly as we can when the campaign is done. Adding more stretch goals just pushes fulfillment out further than we want. 

Finally, here's a treat for you all. Since we designed the Lesser Key zines for use with Into the Odd by Chris McDowall, we had developed some Rainy City-specific starter packages and arcana to facilitate our internal playtesting. So, after cleaning up the material, we decided to release it into the wild, so you could use it in your Rainy City Into the Odd games. Here you go: 

• Rainy City Character Options for Into the Odd

Stay safe, everyone!