Early Rewards Coming and a Progress Update
5 months ago
– Fri, Jun 21, 2024 at 01:06:13 PM
Hello, backers—
Here’s a quick update on the books you funded and some other cool news. We also have a few things to fill you in on regarding existing rewards and the pledge manager.
First, the books! We’ve been moving quickly, and Neon Rain is nearly through the design process. It soon moves into the development stage, which generally takes just a few weeks, and then it’ll head into editing.
The next one in the pipeline is High Noon at Midnight. This title is also pretty far along the design track—in fact, Bruce was just telling the team today that he’s working on an adventure for that book tentatively titled “Showdown in Alchemy Alley.”
Initial planning has been completed for Gunslinger Knights, and it’s looking to be very cool. The design team digs into it deeply next month.
In other Cypher System news, we’re continuing to grow and improve
the Cypher Tools suite. This week we started rolling out the pregen characters feature on the
Cypher System Character Builder. Making a Cypher System character using the Character Builder takes only a few minutes, but if you need a character
right now, you can grab a pregen in just a few clicks. There are scores of options! This feature is still being tweaked and streamlined, but it's available for you to use right now.
In related news, we’ve added the creatures from the forthcoming
It’s Only Magic, a modern-magic sourcebook for the Cypher System, to the
Cypher System Creature Index. Curious to know what you’ll discover in that book? Want to get a quick peek at the Television Thoughtform, Witchfox, Haunted Car, or Zorp?
Check out the Creature Index now!
And with
It’s Only Magic coming out before the end of the month, we’re also prepping its rules content to be added to the CSRD for the
Cypher System Open License!
We’re Charging Cards
If you’ve completed the pledge manager and made any changes to your pledge (pledge upgrades or add-ons), please note that we’re locking those orders today, and will charge your credit card.
And That Means Early Rewards Are Coming!
If your rewards include any existing products (the PDF of the
Cypher System Rulebook, for almost all backers, as well as add-ons such as the NPC Deck or
The Weird), keep an eye on your email for fulfillment of those rewards starting in the next week or so. If you haven’t completed the
pledge manager, do it now to get those rewards in this round of fulfillment!
And Lastly: Happy Anniversary, D&D!
You may have heard: 2024 marks the 50th anniversary of the world’s first roleplaying game. The one that spawned the entire pastime—the entire industry! The game that launched millions of players into the hobby, and thousands of gaming professionals into their careers—many of us, here at MCG, included! Dungeons & Dragons holds a special place in the hearts of almost every tabletop RPG player.
So MCG is celebrating with a big sale on our 5E-compatible products. Given this momentous 50th anniversary, it seems like such a sale deserves and equally momentous discount. How about up to 50% off? Seems like a good fit for a 50th anniversary.
Our big 5E sale is going on now!
Thanks again for your support!
—Team MCG
Pledge Manager Surveys Sending Now
6 months ago
– Mon, May 13, 2024 at 12:34:39 PM
Greetings backers,
Thank you very much for supporting Knights of Dust and Neon on BackerKit Crowdfunding.
This is a mini-update to let you know that we're opening the pledge manager for this campaign. Through the pledge manager, we collect the
email you use on the MCG Shop (we don't collect shipping addresses). Want to know why we don't collect shipping addresses via the pledge manager? Check out this
article on our fulfillment process.
[The first step in opening the pledge manager happened last week, when we sent out the Smoke Test, which is when BackerKit sends surveys to 5% of backers from each pledge level (the 5% of backers to receive surveys is selected at random). This step collates data and lets us know if the survey and pledge questions are working appropriately. It went well, so it's time to open it to everyone.]
It will take most of today for BackerKit to invite everyone involved in the campaign to the pledge manager, so please don't panic if the invitation isn't in your inbox now.
If the invitation to the pledge manager isn't in your inbox by tomorrow (May 14th), you can use this
recovery link to join it.
In the coming weeks, we'll have more product-related updates for you, but for now please know that the design team is hard at work creating all of the cool titles you brought to life through this campaign.
In the meantime if you need us, please reach out through our
Contact Us page and we'll be glad to help you.
Thanks again,
Tammie and Team MCG
What a Great End to this Awesome Campaign! INCLUDES IMPORTANT INFO
7 months ago
– Fri, Apr 12, 2024 at 05:00:29 PM
Hello, backers—
We have some VERY IMPORTANT info for you below. But first:
What a fast-paced last day we’ve had! It came down to the wire, but we made it: we unlocked our final stretch goal, upgrading just about everything this campaign is funding. We:
- Increased the page count of Neon Rain
- And for High Noon at Midnight
- Made the poster map in Gunslinger Knights double-sided
- Added a couple more maps to the handful already in the Hacker’s Matrix
- Added more images to the Otherworldly Sites Pack.
- Upgraded the Midnight Deck
- Improved the already-upgraded GM Campaign Journal
It’s been an exciting few weeks for the Cypher System and for us, what with the launch of the
Character Creator, the announcement of
Old Gods of Appalachia: Deeper Still and
CypherCon 1.0, and the release of new products and pending release of the excellent
Cypher System Bestiary. And this fantastic campaign is the icing on the cake! We welcome the many new Cypher System gamers who have joined us through this campaign, and extend our thanks to you and to the thousands of existing fans who helped make
Neon Rain,
Gunslinger Knights, and
High Noon at Midnight a reality—and to build them out to our ambitious vision for the gaming experiences these titles will bring to your game table.
IMPORTANT: PLEASE READ the next couple of sections. We have some other info to share after that, but what follows here is critical.
What's Next? The Important Stuff
Over the next few weeks, we’ll be getting the pledge manager fully set up.
- The pledge manager is vital to getting your rewards. We CANNOT FULFILL your rewards if you don’t respond to the pledge manager!
- In the pledge manager, we’re going to ask for your email address. YOU MUST provide an address you can use later at the MCG Shop. DO NOT use an email proxy (like Apple Hide My Email), or an address you won’t have access to (like a school-issued address)—or you won’t be able to claim your rewards!
- Be sure to add [email protected] to your email safe list, so you get our communications. Responding to these emails is vital for you to claim your rewards.
Here’s what else happens going forward:
The Immediate Future
Running a crowdfunding campaign is hard work. We’re looking forward to the weekend, and next week when we’re all getting together for our company summit! You may not hear from us for a little while, but don’t worry. The design team is already at work on these titles. We’ll post updates when we have something exciting to share.
We’ve delivered on over two dozen large crowdfunding campaigns over the past 10+ years, and we’ll be working diligently on your rewards in the weeks and months to come.
The Next Few Weeks
BackerKit began collecting pledges the moment the campaign closed. But it takes them a full two weeks to release those funds, along with the data on our backers.
In the meantime, we will get the pledge manager fully set up. The pledge manager gives us information we need to fulfill your pledge and lets you manage your add-ons and make any pledge upgrades you want. We’ll notify you when we open the pledge manager, which should be in about three weeks.
The Next Few Months
Once you’ve completed the pledge manager survey, we won’t need anything else from you until it’s time to start fulfilling rewards. We’ll be busy crafting your products and rewards in the months to come. We’ll post regular updates, but if you don’t hear anything for a few weeks, don’t fret.
At the same time, please pay attention when you do get communications from us. Our emails and updates include critical information about your rewards.
When Your Rewards Ship
Every time a reward is ready for you, we’ll contact you by email to begin the fulfillment process. Generally, we’ll direct you to the MCG Shop, where you’ll log in, “buy” the product (for free, because you’ve already paid for it through this campaign), and check out.
This is an important part of the process because it ensures we have accurate delivery information for every item we send out. (With thousands of backers getting rewards, it's amazing how many people will change their address over the fulfillment period.) You'll pay for shipping at that time.
Make sure to pay attention to communications from us—don't let our updates or emails go to your spam folder, or otherwise ignore them, because if you do you could miss out on some of your rewards.
OK, Enough Business—Now Some Fun Stuff
First, some thanks:
While this campaign was underway, Monte and the design team (Sean, Bruce, Shanna, and Dominique) have been working on our current projects, such as The Wellspring (for Invisible Sun), as well as Neon Rain, High Noon at Midnight, and Gunslinger Knights.
Bear, supported by Javier (and the many great illustrators they work with), coordinated the artwork and handled the graphic design of this campaign, while they were also busy getting titles like It’s Only Magic off to press.
Teri and Tammie wrangled words and logistics of this campaign, and Jen, Olivia, and Kate provided answers and support to you, our wonderful community, here and everywhere gamers congregate online. The man behind the curtain of this campaign is Charles, who has planned and run this campaign.
All of us at MCG want to express our thanks to you, our backers. We really appreciate your support for the Cypher System and Monte Cook Games. That support continues to grow our amazing community!
And In Case You Missed It
Join us for our next campaign, delving deeper into the alternate Appalachia of the
Old Gods of Appalachia Roleplaying Game.
Sign up to be notified when the campaign launches this summer!
Thanks again for your support!
—The Monte Cook Games team
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