NEWSLETTER #5, Friday 30th August 2024
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Howdy there pardners! We continue to be busy, getting ready for the Kickstarter campaign! But we have some thrilling news!! We can now announce that the Tales of the Old West Kickstarter campaign will go live on: Tuesday 3rd September 2024, at 16.00 British Summer Time!! Thank you so much if you’ve already signed up to the pre-launch page - if you haven’t yet done that go to https://kickstarter.com/projects/effekt/tales-of-the-old-west - it’ll only take two clicks from here! IN OTHER NEWS! THE GAME: We continue to press ahead with the remaining artwork, with some beautiful pieces coming together. Here is the chapter spread for the core book adventure: GUEST WRITERS: We have been busy inviting some brilliant guest writers to add their talent and unique perspective to the game, commissioning each to create a Campaign Tale, giving the foundation of a story and plot hook to inspire GMs. We have top quality names in the mix, so watch the kickstarter page for more news - some will be in the book from the start, others will come on as stretchgoals. As always, thank you for being part of our growing Tales of the Old West community, and look out for more news soon! Dave & Matthew |
Effekt Publishing Ltd
Thee image we are adapting for the dice trays As people (in the Northern Hemisphere) face the longest night of the year, and hunker down for midwinter and the festivals that follow, it’s time to tell you about our progress. Some, or most of you will already have received the update we sent via Kickstarter earlier so most of this will be old news to you. But subscribers to our mailing list are growing, so I assume at least some of you are not Kickstarter backers. But here is a new bit of news...
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We thought it was time for an update on progress. An exciting thing happened at the beginning of the week - our bank account was credited with the funds from Kickstarter, minus their cut of course, and processing fees. In the spirit of openness, you might like to know how that breaks down. A Sheriff and a Lighthorseman are just two of the possibilities that the "Lawman" archetype presents You will remember that you pledged a total of £34,632.00. But sadly for nine backers, their credit card...