From the author of The Dungeon Dozen! A weird underworld adventure and campaign setting for Swords & Wizardry and other old school rpgs
Latest Updates from Our Project:
New Stretch Goals Added, Poag Headers Almost Reached!
over 7 years ago
– Sun, Nov 06, 2016 at 08:17:59 AM
Here’s an important update for everyone: we’ve just added a few additional stretch goals for these last few days of the Kickstarter. The spreadsheet on the front page has been updated, if you want to double-check what your pledge will get, at what funding.
At $16,000, backers at the Blue Anti-Chaos Pill ($25) and higher will receive a copy of the Dungeon Dozen in PDF (with lower tiers able to purchase it as an add-on).
At $17,500, we’ll still be creating a combined hardcover manuscript. Both Operation Unfathomable and The Odious Uplands, unified in a single tome crackling with barely-suppressed Chaotic energies!*
At $18,000, backers at the Blue Anti-Chaos Pill and higher will receive an early release, art-free preview PDF of The Dungeon Dozen Again! This second volume in the Dungeon Dozen series has not yet been released, but hit this level and it’ll be available - either as an add-on, or as part of your existing pledge.
Jason has the only copy...FOR NOW
At $19,000, backers at the Blue Anti-Chaos Pill and higher will receive the Operation Unfathomable Player’s Guide. This introductory primer, intended as a handout for new players, collects the new player options of the setting, a world map, and a four-page Operation Unfathomable mini-comic to bring your new players up to speed.
You've seen Part 1 - now see the full thing!
And at $20,000, we’ll still be releasing a conversion of Operation Unfathomable to the Dungeon Crawl Classics system. Operation Unfathomable has gotten a lot of love from the DCC community, and we think that this is a match made in...well, if not Heaven, then the bottomless stygian depths of the Underworld. One of the two.
As I write this, we’re currently at $14,960 - just a hair’s breadth away from $15,000 and unlocking Stefan Poag’s chapter headers. These are the last few days of the campaign here - spread the word! We’re extremely excited about all of the stretch goals we’re offering here, both old and new, but we need your help to make them happen.
If you're a new backer, welcome! Make sure to grab your draft copy of the Operation Unfathomable manuscript here.
As always, questions or concerns can be sent to us through Kickstarter, or by dropping us an email at [email protected]. (And don’t forget about the #sospakethantrix contest!)
-The OU Team
*Neither Jason Sholtis nor the Hydra Cooperative are responsible for any mutations, transcendant visions, or glimpses beyond both space and time into the unity of Primal Chaos that may transpire from exposure to these Chaotic energies. Remember: keep taking your anti-Chaos pills.
Jason's AMA Starts Shortly; #SoSpakeThrantrix Contest Clarifications
over 7 years ago
– Fri, Oct 28, 2016 at 10:16:59 PM
Hi folks,
1) Jason's Ask Me Anything (AMA) over at http://www.reddit.com/r/rpg is going to be starting in about 45 minutes from the time of this post. Swing by and check it out if you're so inclined!
2) We've really been enjoying the #SoSpakeThrantrix entries that people have been creating - some excellent work! Here is a slight clarification and reiteration of the contest.
SO SPAKE THRANTRIX
AN UNFATHOMABLE CONTEST
slightly modified from the previous announcement for additional sexiness
The Deal: to enter, concoct a juicy bit of dialogue for Thrantrix to utter and post it to G+, twitter, or FB using the hashtags #SoSpakeThrantrix #OperationUnfathomable
Submit as many times as you like.
The Spoils: The Hydra heads (as mercurial in their standards as any Chaos Godling) will select top entries for inclusion in the Operation Unfathomable book as "sample dialogue" with extra-glorious notation in the credits for the author. The contestant with the "best" quote will receive a model of Thrantrix used in the KS video, mounted for use as a 25mm or 28mm miniature figure if you're so inclined, or for display among your personal treasures.
We're looking for the kinds of things a Chaos Godling of her description might say to PCs, or perhaps mutterings overheard from a place of concealment such as: stinging adventurer put-downs, Underworld scuttlebutt, incomprehensible cosmic musings, weird worship requirements, gripes about rival Godlings too-big-for-their-britches, etc.
As a reminder, the draft manuscript for Operation Unfathomable is available for all backers to check out; see this update for the link.
And as always, if you have any questions or concerns, feel free to drop us a line through Kickstarter or to [email protected].
-The OU Team
Sometimes A Pill Is Just A Pill
over 7 years ago
– Fri, Oct 28, 2016 at 03:26:57 AM
Apparently there’s a concern that our Blue and Red Anti-Chaos Pill backer tiers are intended as a dogwhistle or crypto-signal to indicate support for GamerGate or the MRA movement.
We want to be absolutely, completely crystal-clear about this:
1. No. 2. HELL no.
As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact us at [email protected], or send us a message through Kickstarter.
-The OU Team
Day 15 - A Contest Begins; THRANTRIX HAS SPOKEN!
over 7 years ago
– Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 08:56:18 AM
Hi folks!
Firstly, here’s a little bonus for all of you: the pregen characters that Jason uses for Operation Unfathomable when he’s run it at conventions! Next time you need a quick first-level character, you can reach for Ruuthu, Templar of the Stark Lord of Inquiry, the Fighting-Neanderthal Mogogo of Mastodonia, or even the temporally displaced rocketeer “Smash” Hannigan! Grab these doomed schlu...er, highly skilled adventurers HERE.
Secondly, an update on funding. We're currently sitting at $12,250 - just $2,750 away from our next stretch goal, Stefan Poag's chapter headers! We're really excited about working with Stefan on this - from the beginning, Jason's vision of OPERATION UNFATHOMABLE has had Stefan adding his own touch to the work. We've got many other stretch goals down the pipeline, including a hardcover edition combining both OPERATION UNFATHOMABLE and the Odious Uplands.
Underworld Rangers press bravely into the unknown!
Thirdly, Jason is going to be holding an AMA (Ask Me Anything) over on Reddit's /r/rpg subreddit this Friday, Oct. 28, from about 8-11 PM EDT. Swing by, say hello, and ask anything that's been on your mind!
Finally, THRANTRIX THE INEFFABLE, our patron Chaos Godling (last seen starring in our Kickstarter video) has issued a command to us! Impatient with the lack of grovelling and worship emanating from beyond the Underworld, Thrantrix has commanded us to compile a book of her sayings. And as Chaos Godlings are wont to do, she has delegated that work to us.
So, we're running a contest.
We want to see your top quotes of Thrantrix the Ineffable; send them to us by posting them on G+, Twitter, or FB with the hashtags #SoSpakeThrantrix #OperationUnfathomable before the Kickstarter ends! We'll compile the submissions into a PDF that will be made freely available after the Kickstarter (the better to spread the word of Thrantrix of course!). The top submission will receive the actual model of Thrantrix that appeared in our Kickstarter video, once the campaign ends and a winner has been chosen!
As always, questions or concerns can be sent to us through Kickstarter, or by dropping us an email at [email protected].
-The OU Team
Stretch Goal Unlocked: Jez Gordon Maps!
over 7 years ago
– Sat, Oct 22, 2016 at 08:10:11 AM
As I write this, funding is at $11,239 -- we’ve passed $11,000 and unlocked Jez Gordon's cartography for OPERATION UNFATHOMABLE and the Odious Uplands!
Our next stretch goal, unlocking at $15,000, is chapter headers by Stefan Poag for both OPERATION UNFATHOMABLE and the Odious Uplands. Stefan’s dark vibrant work has graced products from Goodman Games, Kenzer & Company, La Marca del Este, and many more. His style meshes incredibly well with Jason’s aesthetic, and we’re very excited about bringing Stefan’s work into the final versions of both works. You can check out Stefan's portfolio here.
As always, questions or concerns can be sent to us through Kickstarter, or by dropping us an email at [email protected]. And don't forget to check out the draft manuscript sent out to backers last week! You can find a link to the draft here.
