One-Page TTRPG Bundle Vol. 2

Hey there friends, I just wanted to pop in here to let you all know that shipping of the games has officially begun! I'm doing everything in batches (the joys of being sans car in Europe), so backers in Germany and the UK have already been shipped out yesterday, with more to follow shortly.
 


Today is a holiday in Germany, but tomorrow, I'll be off to the post office with another batch of orders. My goal is to get everything shipped out by the end of next week. Feel free to tag me on social media as you receive your orders! I'd love to see what you think of the games. :) You can find me everywhere online at lalionnecosplay, with the exception of BlueSky, where I am lalionnepublishing.itch.io.

Just a reminder that there are still seven of you who haven't filled out your surveys yet; you can double-check if yours is completed by going to the Your Surveys page! I can't get your rewards, digital or physical, to you without this step being completed, so be sure to check and confirm!

That's it from me for now! 

Anya

Hello friends, exciting news! As of this week, all of the one-pagers have been completed, and those that aren’t already published are off to the printers to do so! Most cards have been charged at this point, though 10 people still need to fill out their surveys, and a couple have had their cards rejected (this happens with crowdfunding campaigns! It usually just means you need to update your card info held on BackerKit. 😊) Be sure to check your surveys to make sure your orders and payments have gone through!

PDFs of the games have started going out in batches, first to digital rewards-only folks, and next up will be everyone else whose pledges are locked and cards charged. The stretch goal bonus game—“Well, I Heard a Rumor…”—may show multiple times on your PDF downloads pages. 😅 Apologies for that; when I was creating the distribution rules, I discovered that I couldn’t select multiple pledge levels and created a distribution rule for each level.

I’ll be in Atlanta for MomoCon (as an attendee) next week, followed immediately by vending at Dokomi in Düsseldorf the following weekend. If you’re attending either of those, let me know! I’d love to say hi. 🥰 My booth at Dokomi is in Halle 10, booth number 10N23. It’s a bit of an odd spot because it’s the Book Nook overflow (Halle 3 my beloved 🥲🥲🥲), but I was assured that my booth is surrounded by similarly-themed booths! I’m also participating in a TTRPG-themed stamp rally with fellow vendors, and if you buy something from all of us (€5 or more), we have reward gift bags valued at around €35 of merch from all of us! The goodie bags can be picked up at either my booth or Totoroki's in Halle 3, while supplies last.

Shipping of physical games will begin the week after Dokomi, and I will be locking down shipping addresses around that time. Thank you all so much for supporting this Zinetopia project!! I appreciate all of you. 🥰

Anya

Hello friends! I just wanted to update you all with some good news. Five of the ten one-pagers for this BackerKit project (including the Zinetopia bundle zine bonus game, A Mischief of Magpies) are 100% completed and either already printed and in my hands or were just sent off to be printed yesterday. :)
 

As I continue writing and designing the layouts for these games, I've been experimenting with creating a layout (and color scheme) that suits the stories you will be telling while playing the games. "Read Receipts and Replay Highlights" (the middle game in the graphic above) certainly pops in that regard, with its text conversation bubbles and phone screens! I'm going to be shifting away from the parchment/gold/yellow colors you can see in four of the games already completed with the remaining one-pagers. I hadn't realized just how prevalent that color was in my designs until I lined them all up together!

Additionally, the as-yet-untitled ghost-hunting cats game was playtested at an event in the U.K. last weekend (thank you to Lola for the feedback from your players!), and I'll incorporate the playtest comments as I move forward with editing and formatting the game.

Most everyone has completed their surveys at this point, but there are still 18 backers who haven't filled out their information yet. You still have plenty of time, but if you aren't sure if you've completed your survey, you can click on "Your Pledges & Surveys" in the BackerKit website menu and then the "Your Surveys" tab to check your survey status.

For those who were unable to pledge during Zinetopia, the Pre-Order Store is also open, and you can place orders for the bundles at your leisure!

That is all from me for now, and I can't wait to share all of these games with you!

-Anya

P.S. Apologies if you also backed Beyond the Lighthouse and are getting two updates from me today!

Hey everyone, just a quick update from me today. 😊  Smoke tests for the project have officially gone out, so if you're one of the 5% of backers who received your surveys already, it would be a huge help to me if you fill out your surveys today so that I can see if there are any changes that I need to make before sending out the rest of the surveys!

Also, just a note: six backers need to update their payment methods; please do so ASAP so that you can receive your pledge items! 💕 I believe that you should be able to do this during the survey phase as well, but don't quote me on that. 😅 

Writing on the games is steadily coming along! I now have 9/10 of the one-page games for this project (including the cross-collab, early bird, stretch goal, and Zinetopia ones) written to varying degrees, from rough drafts to fully completed and finished layouts. I'm really excited about the range of games I have for you all, and I can't wait to see what you think of them!

Thank you all so much for supporting the project, and keep an eye out for surveys coming out for everyone in the next day or two.

Anya

Thank you again to everyone who backed this project. I'm currently working on getting the pledge manager up and running, but it shouldn't take too long, given the limited pledge levels/add-ons.

We have our results from the poll! It was flipping back and forth between the game show where everything goes wrong and ghost-hunting cats for a while, but in the end, the cats prevailed! That being said, given how much people liked the idea of the game show, I decided to use both ideas for games in the project! This rounds out all the one-pagers I'll be writing for this crowdfunding campaign, and I'll be sharing progress as I finish the rest of the games along the way.

At the moment, I'm working on the layout design for Read Receipts & Replay Highlights, a 2-player game of mutual pining between two athletes who are absolutely, catastrophically in love. I'm sorting out the mechanics addition that will allow the game to be for more than two players with my playtesters. :)

Lastly, I want to highlight a project over on Kickstarter that my friend DC Bradshaw has been working on for the last four years: Little but Fierce, a kid-friendly adaptation of D&D 5th Edition with streamlined rules, simplified language, and a family-friendly tone. There has been a lot of thought and care put into this project, and Dave's been working on it for as long as I've known him, so I know it is going to be an incredible project worth your backing!



Be on the lookout for the smoke test for the BackerKit surveys! They should be coming out in the next couple of weeks. :) As a reminder, if you also backed Beyond the Lighthouse, you can combine shipping with the two projects! Keep in mind that if you pick this option, you will likely receive the one-page bundle a little later, as we are still working on formatting the book and getting the last of the modules written and edited, but this way you'll only have to pay for shipping once! :)

- Anya