Base Building Rules free to playtest! Plus some Behind the Scenes on the Battlemap tiles!
11 days ago
– Tue, Nov 12, 2024 at 11:21:47 AM
Hello all!
I know we have been a tad quiet, but that is because we have been working hard on getting stuff done!
We have a number of artists working on a range of pieces for Gobber's Guide to Hearth and Home, our Battlemap partner, Venatus creating map tiles so you can build your base to do battle in. But biggest of all, we are full steam ahead on writing, and we are ready to share some of the fruits of our labor!
Base Building Playtest
Lets kick off with something that I know loads of people will be hyped to get their hands on. We have prepared and created the full playtest for base building rules. First of all, some of you may notice somethings missing from these that were talked about during the campaign. Not to worry. These playtest rules are just laser focused on the mechanical side of our system to help us find out what works, whats too over powered, too under powered etc. As well as get an idea of what abilities people are enjoying most.
The final rules will have a lot more of the roleplay aspects of base building, as well as rules for a base evolving over time, growing a community around it and the possible costs and challenges your players will need to overcome to grow and maintain their home. For now I have waffled enough, go check out the rules on our Patreon They are completely free, you will just need to become an unpaid member (we don't even mind if you unfollow us straight after!) Please share any thoughts and feedback you have here, on patreon, on our discord or just email us directly at [email protected]
New Artists
As we push ahead with writing the book, we have also started the ball rolling on getting all the incredible art you guys have come to expect from Unlimited Realms. This has meant that our little team is growing and we want to make sure exactly who's amazing work for you to look out for, so please, go give them a follow! (We are going to try and keep this list growing as more people come on board during our updates.)
Larily Art - Character and Scene Art
Mischi Art - Character and Item Art
Venatus Maps - Map tiles
Map Tile Behind the Scenes
So normally we like to show you some work in progress for artwork and pages during these updates, but nothing is in a position where that feels right yet. Instead, I thought people might enjoy a sample of some of the terrible sketches our artists have to work with! For this update, I thought I would share a couple of the map designs I produced for the amazing Venatus to work from. These are very rough sketches that I did myself, which Venatus is going to somehow wave a magic wand over and turn into a beautiful map tile!
I think you can all see why I simply write the books and rules, not illustrate them...
I hope you enjoyed this little insight into what has been happening with Gobbers! I am already excited to share you more goodies in our next update!
Till then, love you guys as always,
Mat from Unlimited Realms
Surveys, Play-testing and Pre-orders!
about 1 month ago
– Tue, Oct 15, 2024 at 09:56:25 AM
Hello friends!
First of all, apologies that things had gone a bit quiet last few weeks! As those of you on our discord server and patreon will already know, its been a tough time. I have found myself in a position where I have had to very rapidly look for a new place to live. In addition we were having some admin issues setting up our post kickstarter campaign on Backerkit.
This mean't I was unable to be as active on Social Media and provide as many updates, with my attention mainly being taken with sorting the Backerkit issues and continuing to write Gobbers! Thankfully we are now in a position to move forward! First off, it means that all 4 classes from Gobber are not fully ready to playtest. To take a look, head over to our Patreon. We are changing things up over there with all playtest material now available to people for free, simply follow us to gain access.
Surveys and Add-ons
So, first of all, most of you should have your Surveys through by now. These will be arriving by email from Backerkit. These will allow you to let us know any information we need, so we can get cracking on delivering Gobbers! If you have not seen this email, we advise you to check your spam folders and double check your email on Kickstarter is correct. If you still cannot find the reason, please feel free to reach out to us, either by DM her or by email at [email protected]
Through these emails, you will also be able to finally add add-ons to your rewards! This includes getting hold of some of our past products, without having the pay extra shipping fees, as well as copies of our map pack, both physical and digital, previously only availble as part of the larger rewards packages!
Flying Bases and Pre-Order store!
As promised, all money raised through add-ons and pre-orders (onto that in a moment!) will continue counting towards stretch goals! As such, we have already unlocked flying bases! This is a unique base type that will include special rules for your party to live among the clouds! Best of all we are already 2k towards our next stretch goal, which will unlock at an extra 10k.
This new stretch goal will be for the Bobbler Construction Force! Get your very own collection of bobblers that obey your command, building your home and serving you. Bobblers first appeared in our first book, Cyran's Magnificent Walking Marketplace, these cute but mysterious creatures just love to build and help adventurers. With this Stretch Goal, not only will you be able to higher bobblers to work for you, but discover more of their mysterious past and even add the first named NPC Bobbler to your campaign, just a cute little guy who has broken his bonds of servitude to go out into the world seeking adventure!
But how will we raise more funds towards stretch goals? Well through Backerkit, we have officially opened our Pre-order store. Here people who were not able to back the Kickstarter can still pre-order Gobber's Guide To Hearth and Home! The more people that Pre-order, the more we can put in the book, so please share round the link to the Pre-order store:
Finally, to wrap up our update, we want to give a shout out to our friends at Gemhammer, who are just launching their newest Kickstarter, The Deck of Dynamic Dungeons. We have had the incredible honor to see their new deck ourselves and chat to the Gemhammer team in great depth about it and honestly, its really cool. The Gemhammer team certainly share a vibe with us, to the point where we have spent hours throwing ideas between each other (hopefully more on that in the future...) But in the meantime, I will let Gemhammer explain their new Kickstarter themselves:
Creating encounters for your players can be a pain, and building a campaign is a ton of work. Even the most skilled DMs and GMs can occasionally fail their Wisdom save against writer’s block. Sometimes, you just need a quick and dirty dungeon for your players to kill… err, I mean… CRAWL through on their way to the next BBEG.
But hold onto your Natural 20’s, because this is no mere quick and dirty dungeon generator. The Deck of Dynamic Dungeons is a complete 5e RPG adventure experience with no additional cards necessary. It’s packed with subtle story hooks and mini-quests, making it a standalone dungeon crawl campaign. Each deck even includes a set of illustrated 1st-level character cards, so you can kick off a fresh campaign anywhere, anytime! Need a quick session on the fly? Need a palate cleanser after a lengthy quest or a filler arc for your epic campaign? Want to get some new folks into playing DnD? Need to take some cocky players down a couple pegs? The Deck of Dynamic Dungeons is here to do all that and more.
The room and encounter cards are divided into tiers of Challenge Ratings, so you can easily tailor your dungeon to your party’s level. Unless, of course, you’re a particularly brutal Game Master. In that case, give your merciless little murder hobos all the cards, regardless of challenge rating, and watch them run screaming from things they can’t fight. Hey, it’s your game; play it your way!
With a deck of 100 dungeon generator cards and a hidden campaign, along with four Level 1 character cards, you can start playing a one-shot anywhere, anytime with no prep work on your part. Just break out the deck and start rolling your dice.
Back us on Kickstarter now and bring the Deck of Dynamic Dungeons to your table!
What next? This is where the fun begins.
2 months ago
– Mon, Sep 23, 2024 at 01:19:41 PM
Hello friends!
As promised, I wanted to follow up my last update with a few more details of whats coming, what our timeline should look like and what you can expect in the coming months!
First of all, Kickstarter should be contacting you about taking your pledges as we speak, please make sure your payment details are up to date, as any issues could cause delays when it comes to sending out your rewards!
Surveys, Add-ons and Pre-orders
Following this you should see Surveys beginning to arrive next week, between Monday-Wednesday. This will be to collect shipping addresses, and for those with the right tiers, this will also be to collect information about your custom base type and in book advert. Those that have these rewards, please make sure and respond promptly, so that we can begin to develop and write these into the book (We may need to contact you to discuss some details for these!)
As you fill out your survey, you will also have the opportunity to add add-ons to your order, while our add-ons are fairly simple, there were a couple things we have had requests for, such as being able to buy our base map tiles separately, but in physical form and digital, as well as pick up our previous book and Deck of Rumour cards to be added to your rewards, so you can pick them up without paying any additional shipping costs.
We will also be opening our Pre-order store, this means people who were unable to back, can pre-order a copy, which, along with the Add-ons, will continue to raise funds that unlock stretch goals! (we are going to be sharing the first of the new Stretch Goals after the Surveys)
Writing, Art and Playtesting
After the surveys are sent and Add-ons and Pre-orders are available, that's when our real work begins. We will begin full focus on writing and getting art commissioned. We are close to being done with the first 2 chapters of the book, minus artwork and any adjustments for play tested rules. As Artwork begins to roll in and more rules are ready for play testing, we will begin to share more, both here and on Patreon, keeping you frequently updated on how the book is shaping up, as well as lots of goodies for you to start playing with!
This process should take us up to the end of the year, and then we should start printing and distribution at the beginning of the new year, with shipping being charged when the books start to ship, currently on schedule for February (Again, you will get plenty of warning and info when this is coming.)
Winner winner, Chicken dinner!
Now for what I know a lot of you will be waiting for! The winner of our big back catalog competition!
Nayamek with their talkative guide and finder, Millek! You will receive a DM shortly so that we can get the details to send out your prices shortly!
But thats not all! For all your wonderful support, and because we had such an abundance of awesome ideas, we have randomly picked these other Backers to win their own Deck of Rumours Dominic Adorno and Sarah Stork. Keep an eye on your DMs shortly!
We are very excited to start this next journey with you all! Until the Surveys go out, we hope you have a wonderful week!
Many thanks,
Mat
FULLY FUNDED! THANK YOU!
2 months ago
– Wed, Sep 18, 2024 at 11:21:12 AM
Hello everybody!
Well first off, thank you so much for your support! Each and everyone of you have made this Kickstarter a success and I am so excited to say, we are fully funded! THANK YOU!
What next?
In short, a lot. This is only the start of our adventure, and now the work really begins. We will follow up in a day or two with some more in depth information, as our team is pretty small, we try and give everyone a day or two to decompress, especially when the last week of a Kickstarter can be the most hectic. However, I never want to leave you guys in the dark, so Ill briefly go over what will happen in the coming week or so.
Survey, Add-ons and Late backing.
This weekend, you should start getting the survey through, this is so we can collect any information we need to deliver your rewards! This will include shipping info, any extra info we need for anyone pledging for the custom ads etc. While the shipping info is less urgent, we do ask you get these done as soon as possible, especially those backing for custom content. A long side this, after some requests and suggestions, we will be launching add-ons. This will be an opportunity to add any of our other products, such as Cyran's Magnficent Walking Marketplace or Add-ons for Gobbers, such as base map tiles and extra books. We are even going to include some things not available for general sale, such as our magic item cards from previous campaigns.
Any add-ons should be shipped along with Gobber's, which as listed on the Kickstarter, is expected early next year. Once we have gotten that ball rolling, we will be launching the Pre-order/late backing store. This will mean people will be able to start ordering their copy while development continues.
Stretch Goals and Continued development.
Now, with the Pre-order store and Add-ons, this is going to allow us to continue raising money while the book is being tested, art is being finished, all the way up to completion and distribution early next year. And we have already had a few people ask, will these funds raised count towards Stretch Goals. The answer is yes! We have a lot of features we want to include, and if we continue to raise funds to allow us to implement them, we are determined to get you the best product possible! Starting with Floating bases. The campaign came in at just under 1k short of unlocking them, but if we see that made through Add-ons and Pre-orders, we will be adding it into the book!
But how will you know when things are unlocked? And what about updates about the development of the book? Well while they may not be as frequent at weekly, we will be continuing to update here on all things Gobbers, as art is made and chapters are finished, you will hear about it all here, this includes when we unlock new stretch goals! Alternatively you can still sign up to our patreon and our discord if you are looking for more granular communications!
We are so excited and having so much fun cooking up some DND goodness for you all. A little note on the give away, I will be announcing the winner (plus a few extra prizes to say thank you!) In our update this weekend, because honestly we are loving the responses and want to give people that extra day or two to share their ideas!
Love you all,
Mat from Unlimited Realms
Weekly Update: Mid-campaign lull, Ready for a Big finish!
3 months ago
– Fri, Sep 06, 2024 at 09:39:36 AM
Hey Everyone!
For those in the US, we hope you had a great Labour Day and for everyone else, we hope you had an awesome week still!
This will be a short update, because, as you will all see, the Kickstarter has slowed down this week. Firstly, do not worry, we expected there to be a lull in this period of the Kickstarter, it always happens in the campaign and as such we had no marketing and things scheduled during this period, because such things always under perform in this period! But we have not wasted this time! Ive spend the last week putting the finishing touches to another chapter of the book and we have been putting more play-testing up on our Patreon and on our Discord server. Including more like these rules for the first 3 levels of our College of the Hearth bard!
BIG FINAL PUSH
As we come down to the last week of the campaign, you should see movement pick up once again, with our marketing campaign beginning to go back up to top gear! As such, this will be our last weekly update until the end of the campaign! (unless something major happens!) To help finish strong, please keep sharing and commenting on the campaign (more on that in a moment!) as these are the things that will not only help spread word of mouth, but grow our visibility on the search function on Kickstarter!
Competition time!
First of all, I can confirm we have a winner of our Special Edition of Cyran's Magnificent Walking Marketplace! We can confirm that the winner posted about Gobber's on Twitter, but for their own privacy, we will not be sharing their username here, but those that posted, please check your mentions now as we have messaged you on Twitter to confirm what address to send your prize to!
The Final Competition!
So to finish strong, for our final campaign we are going BIG. For our final competition of the campaign, we are going to giving away what we are calling, the complete Unlimited Realms Collection! This includes The Special Edition of Cyrans, The deck of 250 Item Cards for Cyrans and the Cyran's dice set, currently not available outside the Kickstarter, Plus all 5 Deck of Rumours
To enter, share a name and idea for an NPC you would like to have live in your base for Gobbers, they could be staff, family or other. Best part, all entries will be included in Gobbers (some changes may be made, Everything must be family friendly and we cant have 20 chefs appear in the book, but some part of your NPC will appear in the book!) Please post your ideas in the main comment page of the Kickstarter, as this will help build hype and make the campaign more visible on Kickstarter!
We cannot wait to hear your ideas! And here is to finishing strong!
Many thanks,
Mat from Unlimited Realms
