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Final Countdown!

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Keeping you in the loop!

Update #47 · Apr 1, 2013 · 2 comments

Progress update...

Writing and Art--

Ash is now working for Fire Opal Media, the design studio that is producing 13th Age. He's also working on the Pelgraine Press bestiary for 13th Age with such luminaries as Steve Townshend and Kenneth Hite. This is both good and bad. Good because he's receiving design input from a lot of industry veterans, bad because other projects are pulling on his time, but good again because those other projects dovetail neatly with this project. Some of the 13th Age stuff that Ash is currently working on has a knock-on effect on monsters and items that we'll need to incorporate. Once his desk is clear he's diving back in with renewed vigor. The writing on the Reliquary is standing at about 70% done.

We are still waiting on a few backers for items and the like for the Reliquary, but only a handful (if you pledged for an item and haven't contacted us do so right now).

This is a heads-up on where we are at. If things do end up delayed we'll think up something awesome as a thank-you for your patience, but we are working hard to make the deadlines. Chris has most of the art for the Bestiary sketched and prepped and ready to rock, and can dive into the Reliquary after that.

Costs--

When we budgeted costs for the two books we planned with the existing shipping rates, and budgeted extra in case they changed. Shipping costs did change (in some cases doubling!), and that change puts us way over budget. We are looking at various options on how to handle the increased costs and bring us back into budget, worse case scenario is the books will be in your hands and Chris and Ash will be poorer but wiser.

In summary--

We're keeping you updated on where we are at. All being well the books will be out close to on time.

Thanks for your support,

Ash & Chris

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Just keeping you in the loop!

Update #46 · Feb 13, 2013 · comment

Hey Folks!

Just a quick update.

We are about six weeks away from production on "The Reliquary"

We are starting on the bestiary next Monday and should be done with it by the end of March.

April will be the month that you will see it all come to fruition!

If you want to follow along you can see everything over on our forums at: http://community.rkdnstudios.com/categories

Also right now I am giving away free layout sketch art once a week over on the forums.

It will soon be the layouts from the Reliquary. You can see this weeks art poll for Ash Law's Slime Maidens at: 

http://community.rkdnstudios.com/discussion/99/win-free-art-slime-maidens#latest

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