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We will draw ONE winner, on Wednesday 18th November 14:00 UK time.
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Today we’re going to take a look at a release for Jon Hodgson Maps, the Stone Circle Battle Map:
This 27″x27″ map features two levels: an ancient stone circle on a broken plateau, and beneath it spiraling triskele labyrinth studied with mysterious sacred stones.
The download includes: • 27 inch poster maps with plain, gridded, and hex versions • Convenient home printable poster maps in A4 and US Letter versions • There are also two 120dpi jpegs of the maps for Virtual Table Top (VTT) usage
We’ve got news for you on Forest Dragon Farmer, Handimonsters, A|State and BEOWULF: Age of Heroes!
BEOWULF: Age of Heroes
BEOWULF has surpassed another milestone in its quest for America! The books have cleared customs and should be ready to ship to the warehouse. We are hoping for another update to come soon, indicating that they’re on the way but we also know that there are challenges in this aspect of shipping too so we don’t want to speak out of turn.
We really appreciate our customers’ understanding and good will and we are preparing a little thank you for your patience. More news very soon.
We are having a special sale for our flexible dice trays. Full-colour printed with beautiful art (including a whole series of BEOWULF images and designs) they’re easy to transport and easy to use. As more and more opportunities arise for us to see each other, make sure your dice stay organised: Dice Trays
These are some of our most popular products, with our best selling designs, and they’re only sale right now (sale lasts until Wednesday morning, 0930 GMT)!
A|State Pledge Manager Open!
The A|State Pledge Manager is open and production on add-on items is underway! If you’re interested in joining us in The City, please get in as soon as possible.
Game Development Progress
We have begun the editing process on the completed sections of the manuscript as development is wrapping up. Production is ongoing for the add-ons and it’s all coming together for a timely delivery .
We anticipate PDF release in December, and remain on track for a June 2022 release.
Handimonsters
We are getting closer and closer to our anniversary. We have plans for a special product to celebrate and hope to have an official announcement later this week. Meanwhile, here’s a Dungeon Construct, the Knightmare:
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Forest Dragon Games
We’ve released a preview version of the Forest Dragon Farmer rules. Check out the website for more information and to download the rulebook!
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If you’ve been interested in a|state this is your opportunity to join us in The City. Take on roles like the Ghostfighter, the Lostfinder, the Activist, and the Sneakthief to defend your part of the city from selfish authorities, angry gangs and heartless industries, and deal with the spiralling consequences of your own actions as you struggle for a better tomorrow. And there’s lots of amazing things for a|state being worked on right now.
Add-ons: Received Prints and Production Notes
We’ve received the print run for The Three Coins, a roleplaying game that exists in the City. We also have production notes and diagrams from our friends at Campaign Coins, showing us how they’re going to produce the compass and the coins.
For details on these items, go to the Pledge Manager and scroll down – each add-on has a section all about it!
We remain on track for a June 2022 release.
Handimonsters
Our first anniversary is fast approaching! We have a plan for a special product to celebrate and should have an official announcement in about a week. Meanwhile, we ended our Legions of Autumn releases this year with the Soulseeker:
We’re taking the rest of the month to round out some of our monster collections, in anticipation of our exciting news, coming very soon!
When you join www.handimonsters.com you support us and our work, plus you’ll gain access to our entire backcatalogue of 5e monsters and receive a new monster every Monday!
Forest Dragon Farmer
We’ve received some very good news on Forest Dragon Farmer that has unlocked the potential for us to offer a level of production quality that we just didn’t have access to with earlier card game releases. We’ll have a big announcement for you, very soon!
BEOWULF
Will you be visiting family and friends over the upcoming holidays? Maybe you’ve got one special relation that you’ve always wanted to introduce to fantasy roleplaying but the logistics of putting together a big game would never work out? BEOWULF: Age of Heroes is designed for one player and one gamemaster. You can download the free introductory scenario The Hermit’s Sanctuary or order it Print On Demand. As long as you’re familiar with 5e, you can run the adventure by itself.
Orkenspalter TV recently featured BEOWULF in a review/skit. We asked a fan who’s a bit more proficient in German to give us the scoop and here’s what we heard back:
The scenario [The Three Ogre Brothers] reminds one of classical faerie tales, and would work well in other settings…
…Now we come to our favorite rule: The Hero always gets a spear – regardless of where one is. Either it’s given to them, there’s one lying around, or it’s improvised…
Beowulf is rich with fascinating, lively (or living), genre-setting mythology; the text is authentic and the pictures create such a fantastic atmosphere, that you just have to try it. We give it an 8.5 out of 10.
What a fun review!
As for our American shipment, the transportation fog remains strong. We know that the shipment arrived in Miami some time ago, and we have a mysterious message regarding paperwork dated in October, but things are still unclear. We know that there’s a tremendous backlog right now, and we’re still hoping for a bright ray of clarity to shine on us any day now. Or we’ll take a surprise truck visit.
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Ear of Stone for BEOWULF Age of Heroes was released in September. Today we’re talking about art.
Jon: When making art for a scenario it’s important to support the tone and feeling that the writing is trying to build.
When I first read Ear of Stone by KC Shi, I was struck by the desolate feel of many of the places. While the island location itself is of a modest size, many of the places had a wide open feel. Reading about them I can hear the soundtrack in my mind.
Many of the characters too gave me the sense that there’s the potential for a big feeling of melancholy here. Ear of Stone at its heart is all about family relationships and tradition, and it has the potential to be a quite sad tale depending on how events unfold.
That’s a funny one to deal with in RPG art. It’s not something we see a lot of, and quite understandably. What was the line from the album notes I read in the 90s? “People don’t travel long distances to see flat landscapes”? Was it REM or Talking Heads? It was art school. I forget. And I’m not even sure that’s a real quote, but it’s something I think about.
It’s easy to understand why frenetic action and visually complex scenery is more commonly seen. It’s exciting! There’s lots of detail to pore over, and action gives us a sense of movement, excitement and power.
But sometimes it’s nice to change gear. And with the support of our BEOWULF backers, we’re able to make things a little differently. And so Ear of Stone has a quieter, hopefully more melancholic tone.
Time for the news! We’ve got news for you on BEOWULF, Forest Dragon Farmer, Handimonsters and A|State.
A|State Pledge Manager Is Now Open!
The A|State Pledge Manager is open now. If you’ve been interested in A|State this is your opportunity to join the project and join us in The City. A|State is a game about improving your small slice of a dystopian urban landscape, using a custom Forged in the Dark ruleset that makes caring about your fellow Troublemakers as important as anything else.
We have ordered the production runs of The Three Coins and associated metal coins, the compass and the playmat so everything is in process.
For details on these items, go to the Pledge Manager and scroll down – each add-on has a section all about it!
Final development is in progress and the project remains on track for a June 2022 release.
BEOWULF
Digital Pack 5 is available to everyone today! Head over to DriveThru to pick it up! More details are available here!
Work continues on The Triple Serpent from Gareth Hanrahan. Here’s a quick sneak peek!
With The Triple Serpent, we will have completed our commitments for the stretch goals from the Kickstarter. However, we don’t have any intention of stopping BEOWULF development. We’re currently investigating our options, including a subscription model, like we use for Handimonsters. Let us know what you would like: respond on our socials, or visit our Discord.
Discord-wise, if you’re not a member, just point your browser at www.discord.me/handiworkgamers and that will generate you an invite. Sometimes you have to cut and paste for the bot to do its magic.
For shipping news, we have not yet received any more updates, so it seems like the books are still in Miami. We realise this is very frustrating but we also know that everyone is working as hard as they can to clear the backlog and we’re hoping to learn any day that they’re on their way to the warehouse.
Handimonsters
We reaching our first anniversary with the Handimonsters project soon and we’ve got a special announcement coming soon. We are also wrapping up our releases for Legions of Autumn with our latest release, the Lord of Autumn themself!
And Monday releases will continue – we have one more member of the Legions to release, then a couple more Dungeon Constructs, another Member of the Wildfolk (plus bonus material to use them as player-character origins) and a special end-of-November (and our production year) release of a BEOWULF: Age of Heroes monster that also makes a dangerous foe for Handimonsters!
When you join www.handimonsters.com you support us and our work, plus you’ll gain access to our entire backcatalogue of 5e monsters and receive a new monster every Monday!
Missed the Kickstarter campaign? No problem. Head here and pledge for your copy of a|state 2e, along with a host of beautiful and useful accessories now.
About a|state second edition
Step inside a baroque urban nightmare, the world of a|state. In The City you’ll fight off threats to your canalside home, trying to make this grim and haunted place safer and better, somehow.
Create Troublemakers such as the deft and deadly Ghostfighter, the caring and curious Lostfinder, the persuasive and passionate Activist, and the striking and stealthy Sneakthief. If they can trust each other they might have a chance.
Powered by Forged in the Dark, a|state brings a new, hopeful approach to the much-loved Forged in the Dark ruleset. Your ability to Care counts as much as your ability to Fight.
These are a collection of poster-sized battle maps featuring medieval buildings in natural settings for virtual tabletops and print use. The ability to set your own price allows you to control your budget based on how useful these products are for you.
It’s newsletter day! We’ve got news for you on BEOWULF, , Forest Dragon Farmer, Handimonsters and A|State. First up:
A|State Pledge Manager Opening Thursday!
The A|State Pledge Manager will open later this week, allowing you to update your address, add on items to existing pledges or to make a late pledge if you weren’t able to join us when the Kickstarter was running. We’ll send out a project update as soon as the pledge manager goes live.
Work continues on finished up the rulebook and adding on the stretch goals.
Handimonsters
We released the free Half A Dozen More Handimonsters:
This collects the free monsters we’ve released over the last six months or so and allows you to have an idea of the quality and variety of monsters available through the Handimonsters project. Visit Half-A-Dozen (More) Handimonsters to get it today! Or got to www.handimonsters.com to join. You’ll gain access to our entire backcatalogue of 5e monsters and receive a new monster every Monday!
Speaking of Mondays, our October spooky days continue, with the release of the Lord of Autumn next week!
Forest Dragon Farmer
The Forest Dragon Farmer has returned to the playtest arena for final polishing. Sometimes it can be excellent to step away from a project for a little while and return with fresh eyes. And, sometimes, those fresh eyes see some opportunities:
BEOWULF
We are still hard at work on The Triple Serpent from Gareth Hanrahan and hope to show that off soon!
In shipping news for our US backers, we did receive a post-dated status change from the shipper, letting us know that the books are now with the Customs office in Miami, Florida. So there is some progress, as haphazard as it may seem and hopefully we will see the books arrive to our warehouse soon.
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