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Funding for this project was canceled by the project creator on August 17, 2010.
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Tin Level Supporter - For a $5 pledge, you get access to the exclusive World of Trexlin web-forums when launched, where you can follow along as the World of Trexlin develops. Additionally, your name will be noted on the "Patron" page in the World of Trexlin Sourcebook.
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Bronze Level Supporter - For $20 pledge - you not only get acknowledgement as Patron, a digital copy of the World of Trexlin Sourcebook, but instead of the standard version of the Xephyer Card Game - you get the Collector's Edition - complete with a pouch of 'Coins of Trexlin' - actual custom metal tokens to use when playing Xephyer, or as a prop in your campaign.
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Iron Level Supporter - For $45 pledge - not only do you get the Tin, Pewter, Copper, and Brass rewards - You also get a large (approximately 24" x 30") full color map of the World of Trexlin professionally printed on sturdy paper.
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Platinum Level Supporter - For $125 Pledge - You will receive all of the rewards of Gold Level Supporter PLUS you will have the opportunity to name (within reason, of course) a major NPC or Organization which will be featured in the World of Trexlin Sourcebook.
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Mithril Level Supporter - For $150 Pledge - You get all rewards entitled to Platinum Level Supporters AND you get a limited edition signed print of one of the pieces of original artwork from Xephyer Card Game or the World of Trexlin.
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Ruby Level Supporter - For a $200 Pledge - you get all the rewards from the Mithril Level PLUS you will have the opportunity to name (again, within reason) an area, ruin, town, river - or some other feature which will be included in the Large printed World of Trexlin Maps and in the World of Trexlin Sourcebook. Plus, you will be listed in the World of Trexlin sourcebook as a Contributing Patron.
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Emerald Level Supporter - for $300 Pledge - you get all of rewards of the Ruby Level PLUS you will get a framed ORIGINAL piece of artwork (signed by both the artist and the lead designer) from either the World of Trexlin or Xephyer Card Game.
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Saphire Level Supporter - for $450 Pledge - You get all the rewards of the Emerald Level PLUS you get to work closely with the World of Trexlin design team to design your own monster, ruin, dungeon, or organization which will be included in the World of Trexlin. Plus, you will be given credit, as a contributing author, in the World of Trexlin Sourcebook.
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Diamond Level Supporter - for $600 Pledge - you get all of the other rewards listed - PLUS - you get the one-of-a-kind, original, hand-sculpted World of Trexlin 3D map. This is a unique, hand-crafted map - sculpted by renowned fantasy artist William McAusland!
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Just a quick note to all. Since we have secured an alternative source of funding, we've decided to cancel the Kickstarter project.
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We've had a few questions on shipment of backer rewards:
All rewards will get <b>Free Shiping - Worldwide.</b>
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As a long time amateur game designer and worldsmith, I loved this idea and just had to support it. Times are tough, and I would love to have been able to pledge more, but I look forward to the finished product. I'm intrigued to see how your world will separate itself out from the pack. Not too long ago I sent the people at Paizo an email critiquing Kingmaker for doing nothing innovative and told them I was sick to death of Middle Earth Clones with 24 hour days, 7 day weeks, 12 month years, single moons, civilized and cultured wood-loving elves, cave dwelling mine-loving dwarves, and evil brutish orcs... to go along with a culture 90% human (typically the only race with any significant cultural drift). I don't know how much of that tiny micro-rant applies to Trexlin, but I'm prepared, especially after seeing your update, to hope for at least one or two things that are a little outside Tolkien's box.
BTW: their response was "People are Comfortable with what they know" to which the unspoken corollary is "So why should we bother to innovate."
Good Luck.
Thanks for addressing my questions. And yeah, it seems you're avoiding a lot of the cliches common to fantasy settings. Which is a good thing in my mind. I also like moral ambiguity and the lack of good guys/bad guys.
I'll be looking forward to the upcoming info. =)
Thanks for the comments! I know exactly what you are saying. Many settings do seem interchangeable - sharing the same overarching themes, stories, plot devices.
<br>I'm not suggesting that some of these don't make for a good adventure - but, what we are doing with Trexlin is trying to provide a foundation with more color and more shades of gray. For example, we don't have an inherently good Kingdom and an powerful evil kingdom locked in an endless struggle. Rather, we have cities, countries, kingdoms, and empires - all of which find themselves held in high regard by some, feared or hated by others, and held inconsequential by still others.<br>We are attempting to create a cohesive setting, with reason behind why things are as they are.<br>What we don't have in Trexlin are fair-skin elven bowman sequestered away in their forests; hairy-footed halflings eating, drinking and thieving; tinkering gnomes; cannon-fodder orcs; a big black tower with a supreme evil wizard out to control the lands; a doddering old wizard who can save the land in time of peril; an undead army poised to swarm the land; a rift between planes that threatens to destroy civilization; or any number of other "generic" fantasy cliches.<br>Again, I'm not suggesting that some of these can't make memorable settings and fun gaming sessions - and, with the World of Trexlin - while these things aren't detailed in the setting, there is nothing that says a GM couldn't add them -after all, the purpose is to provide a tool for the GM. However, what we are trying to do is to bring a fresh setting, with a dynamic and developed feel to it, as a foundation for GMs.
We have a lot of information we are going to be posting as we count down to funding. Some of it will be posted for all - and a lot of it will be private posts for project backers.<br>
Plans, at least at present, include posting snapshots of the following over the next couple of weeks:
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<li>A primer on the Zanne Race</li>
<li>Brief history of the Quem<li>
<li>Overview of the Principalities of Rallen</li>
<li>Introduction to the economy of the Federation of Coastal States</li>
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Thanks for your interest!
The Trexlin geography lesson was nice. But some more details would be great -- whe got the macro, now I want the micro. All these peoples you alluded to... what are they like? Can you give us snapshots of a couple of your kingdoms, races or groups? What makes them stand out? What's interesting about them?
No doubt you've put a great deal of work and effort into your setting. But I want to know more about it, and I'm sure other readers do. Fantasy settings tend to blur together after a while, the same struggles and tropes trotted out again and again. I'm not saying this is true of yours, since I've seen so little. And that's what I'm saying, I guess. What makes Trexlin stand out and deserve attention, what elements make it stand out from all the other richly detailed fantasy game settings out there? Please let us know. =)
I wish you luck in your endeavors, and I hope to see more.