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on February 5
BlackStar Studios
commented on a projectRobert, your timing is fantastic! I've just sent out an update to how things are going and wanted to say thank you for your New Year's wishes and continued support! Many thanks for the T-shirt size and we hope that when you get it, you'll wear it with pride! Thanks again for your continued support! We're exceptionally thankful! All the best, Chris
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on February 5
BlackStar Studios
Posted project update #11The New Year!
Hey Everyone!
Thanks so much to Robert Sistler for his great New Year's comment, the timing is perfect! As I write this (literally) one of our lead-game designers, Jaye Sonia, is working on bonus piece which we are giving as a free Thank-You to all of the wonderful people who donated to our Kickstarter. It's also his birthday today, so if you feel so inclined, drop him a line!
Some news to help tide you over the next few months....
Our hope is that by the end of this month we will be emailing all of you a new PDF -"The Shadowlands Conversion Guide", it's a short (roughly 10 page) document which is designed to help introduce GMs and Players to some of the differences in the Shadowlands and give you a taste of things to come.
Jaye Sonia has just finished writing a mini-adventure, what we're calling an Adventure Arc, and play tested it this past weekend. I don't want to spoil the details but I can tell you that the playtesters LOVED it! Jaye's adventure arc is set in the city of Tarina and is intended to supplement the adventure, "The Gates of Tarina". It should be released alongside the "Shadowlands Conversion Guide" at the end of February.
John Maki has also just completed and is getting ready to playtest his amazing Adventure Arc which presents a whole different side, the underside, of Tarina. I can tell you it looks like a rip-roaring fun time that PCs will love! We're hoping that this one should be good to go sometime around the end of March.Finally, cartographer Michael Arrington is putting his pen to paper for his own Adventure Arc and *he* will be releasing another mini-adventure, also set in Tarina, which will come out just prior to final publication. It sounds awesome!And art! Let me talk about art for a second. Ben Wootten is back and because he loves the Shadowlands so much has agreed to do a number of beautiful scenes and figures for the Shadowlands. He takes his amazing eye and years of gaming experience and has produced some stunning pieces that I can't wait to share with you.
We also have lined up a number of amazing new artists, Raluca Popan, Gabriel Dunston, and Blake Henriksen who have done some great pieces adding flavor to the Shadowlands. You can see Blake's gorgeous representation of a Shadowlands Durinn Dergatal (Hill Dwarf) on our Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/BlackStarGames. We encourage everyone to keep abreast of news via our Facebook page.
We've had a few drawbacks that we're working hard to overcome. Winter has been especially hard on our developers unfortunately. I've been sick for about a month and one of our lead designers on the "Tarina Guidebook" got so ill that he had to go to the hospital. Tragically, our cartographer and one of our interior artists, Jonathan Roberts, had his laptop stolen and has been put behind by at least 3 weeks. But work continues a pace and we're working really hard to try and not only meet our May deadline but also give you all a little something extra. That means that for the majority of you, not only will you receive the PDF &/or print editions of our books, but you'll also be getting at least THREE free bonus supplementary mini-adventures to go with the "Gates of Tarina" adventure &/or the "Tarina Guidebook". We'll put them up for download at cost on the Paizo store, but you will receive them via email for free.
John Cason will be working on the T-shirt design and sometime around late April or early May I will be emailing everyone at that donation level to get your shirt sizes. Thanks already to everyone who has passed on that information!Thanks again to all of you for your support, patience, and appreciation! It means the world to us and we promise to deliver you something which YOU will be proud of! You deserve nothing less!Happy New Year and stay tuned for more at the end of the month!Best Wishes,Chris MerwinPublisher, World-Builder, BlackStar Studios
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on January 1
BlackStar Studios
commented on a projectHi Joshua, Happy New Year! Thanks for your message and your following up. The last update I sent out 10 days ago has a lot of information about how things are progressing. You can find it here: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/shadowlands/shadowlands-adventure-game-campaign-setting/posts I am in the process of penning another update which should hopefully go out in the next few days, but generally, we are on track still for the announced May publication. We've had a few unfortunate set-backs, including a stolen laptop from one of our main artists, but we're trying to recover as quickly as possible from those. You can be expecting a few major announcements from us soon and some teaser products which we'll be giving away to non-corporate donors each month for the next few months. So, I'd say "Stay Tuned!" for this week's exciting announcements! Happy New Year to you and yours. I hope its a wonderful year for all of us! Chris BlackStar Publisher
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on December 21
BlackStar Studios
commented on a project updateLove the idea! We're super excited to have you on board for the ride Rory and hope to not disappoint your players. They may go on in kicking and screaming but we're pretty sure they'll love the end result!
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on December 21
BlackStar Studios
Posted project update #10A very Happy Solstice update
Dear Friends,
It's been almost a month since the end of our Kickstarter, and what an exceptional month it's been! Last week I handed off one of the semi-final versions of our adventure, "The Gates of Tarina" to one of our developers for review and I have to say it looks HOT! Soon it will go to an Editor for final review and then hopefully some play-testing to give it that little extra dose of awesomeness. I'm also very happy to report that we have a new member of our development team on board, Clinton Boomer, who many of your almost certainly know from his exceptional work on Pathfinder's "Campaign Setting" and the incredible "Kingmaker Player's Guide". He'll be applying his exceptional writing talents to the "Tarina Guidebook" and will hopefully be joining us in 2012 as we plan some other super secret projects. It's already looking like next year will be incredible, so stay tuned!
The good news doesn't stop there though. Like I said, we've been busy, really busy. In order to give you all a thank-you treat of the wonders that are in store, and to continue to generate interest in Saemyyr and the first official Shadowlands releases, we've decided to give you some treats. We're currently working on a series of adventure-arcs, short little encounters that take place in and around Tarina of just a few encounters which are designed to really hook you into the city, the region of Tar Sequinus, and the World of Saemyyr and the Shadowlands Campaign Setting.
Designer Jaye Sonia is producing a rowdy adventure-arc that will have you running through the streets of Tarina in a darkly humorous escapade that is reminiscent of "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels" with some NPCs your players are sure to never forget. Our incredible cartographer, Michael Arrington (also a talented game designer and the genius behind Acacia Games), is also bringing you a short tale of danger and intrigue, exploring one of Tarina's harbor islands and what happens when an unknown outside group decides to pursue their own ends. Its the kind of mini-adventure that will have you begging for more! Want a little crunch, you say? Well, it's on its way! We've got a few delicious little treats on the back-burner that I don't want to spoil yet, but let's just say that not all of Tarina's underworld lives above the surface, and Ben Cacchione is working on new rules for factions which will leave your players rushing to up the ante!
You can start looking for these and more in the New Year and we'll be giving them away for FREE to everyone who pledged $25 or more (but not to our commercial donors). We'll have more exciting news and some more on the details for all of you in about a month, but we wanted to give you something to look forward to for the holidays and to once again say 'Thank You!" for all of your incredible support.
A very Happy Solstice to each of you and our best wishes to you and yours for this holiday season!
Happy Holidays
Chris, and everyone at BlackStar Studios
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BlackStar Studios on December 21
Love the idea! We're super excited to have you on board for the ride Rory and hope to not disappoint your players. They may go on in kicking and screaming but we're pretty sure they'll love the end result!
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on November 27
BlackStar Studios
Posted project update #9You never forget your first
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on November 24, 2011
BlackStar Studios
commented on a projectThank you all so much! You've helped a long held dream come into being and we hope, its our deepest desire, that we can provide you with many many years of shared experiences in the Shadowlands!
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on November 24, 2011
BlackStar Studios
Posted project update #8So much to be thankful for....
Dear Friends,
There is so much for us to be thankful for today. For many of you in the United States, today is Thanksgiving. The received story is that a harsh and difficult winter was made survivable by the assistance and generosity of unknown friends. That's the story that I chose to carry with us all today. You have helped to bring about not just a vision of a world, but to bring into being a long held Dream. We can't thank you enough for that.
There is much to be done, there is a great deal for us to prepare, to write, to gather together, and finally, to share with you - our supporters. But today is not the day for many of you to be worrying about that, we hope that you, like us, are with people you love and who give meaning to you. So rather than send out a flurry of emails, a bevy of information and requests for information, we'll say simply instead - thank you. Thank you so much for your trust and faith, thank you all for believing in us and getting us backed. We really couldn't have done it without you. We hope to preserve that faith and trust by giving you the very best we can, a product even better than what you expected. We hope to treat you with the same feast you have given to us.
So, thank you, enjoy this time with those close to you, and you'll be hearing from us soon, with exciting news, details, and much more trying to keep our end of the bargain.
Our deepest thanks and best of wishes, you'll hear more from us very soon.
Chris Merwin
Publisher, BlackStar Studios
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Paco Garcia Jaen on November 26
if anyone is deserving of the backing and the support, that's you. I know you'll make us all proud with Shadowlands. It great to be part of such Dream, my friend!
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on November 24, 2011Funded!
Shadowlands: Epic Fantasy Sci-Fi Mashup Setting by BlackStar Studios
Imagine a gritty harsh fantasy RPG world where magic is based in reality, politics are complicated, and nothing is as it seems.
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117% funded $11,772 pledged
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- Funded Nov 24, 2011
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BlackStar Studios
New York, NY
BlackStar Studios is the publisher of the Shadowlands Campaign Setting and is devoted to creating thought-provoking gaming experiences! The world of the Shadowlands is 15 years in the making, and is a multimedia experience of a whole new kind! Fr... view more
Sounds like you're all having a lot of fun working on this. Looking forward to seeing the finished product! The bonus extras sound fantastic-awesome. Keep up the great work!
P.S. If CON is your dump stat, you really feel it in the winter. :) Get well soon!