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Latest Updates from Our Project:
PUGMIRE SHOW ON TWITCH! and Reminder!
over 5 years ago
– Tue, Oct 16, 2018 at 01:26:21 PM
PUGMIRE SHOW ON TWITCH!
Our friends at the Saving Throw Show are running a three-episode mini-series playing Pugmire called "Homeward Bound"!
It features Havana Mahoney as the Guide, Kelly Nugent as Pumpkin, Amy Vorpah as Twilly, Omar Najam as Safia, and Meghan Caves as Reynolds.
This is our first direct partnership with a group providing high-quality tabletop content featuring Onyx Path and Pugsteady games, and we're very excited about it! Coming to watch the live streams helps let the Saving Throw Show folks know that this is something you want. And who knows -- maybe we can work out more shows down the line.
In two days, Thursday the 18th, I'll be charging any remaining payments. This particularly applies to pre-orders who didn't go through the Kickstarter payment process. After that, no more new charges will be possible and the pre-order page will be turned off.
Two weeks after that, on November 1, I'll be locking shipping addresses and turning over the shipping info to our fulfillment shipper. If you need to change your shipping address, you MUST change it before Nov 1.
Thanks!
September Mau Update!
over 5 years ago
– Fri, Sep 28, 2018 at 12:21:40 AM
Hello Excellent Cats!
RichT here, with a brief reminder that next week, on Thursday October 4th, I am locking down the BackerKit site for both backer pledge and Add-on changes, and the Pre-Order part of the site. Nothing can be added to or changed with your reward after that.
Then, on October 18th, I'll be locking down and charging payments, and on November 1st, all addresses are locked and those files go to our fulfillment shipper and they can start the shipping process!
And now, Mr Eddy Webb with his monthly Realms of Pugmire news!
Realms of Pugmire Update (September 26, 2018)
by Eddy Webb
Who's a good dog? Who's an excellent cat? You are! And as a treat, here are some updates from the Realms of Pugmire!
PIRATES OF PUGMIRE
I spent the past month working on the outline for Pirates of Pugmire. If you missed it last time, Pirates of Pugmire is the next supplement for BOTH Pugmire and Monarchies of Mau! Pirates of Pugmire will feature a mini-chronicle of swashbuckling adventure. The book will also cover creating both dog and cat pirates, as well as other characters unaffiliated with either nation (such as lizards and birds). There will also be some rules and advice on exploration of the various lands over the Acid Sea.
Rich has been shooting me concept sketches, and we've had some great discussions of what could be in the book. I'll probably want to rewrite it one more time, just to be sure, and then it's off to find writers!
Pirates of Pugmire concept art
MONARCHIES OF MAU IS GETTING READY TO SHIP
We're locking down BackerKit in preparation for shipping Monarchies of Mau. The lock down will start on OCTOBER 4TH, 2018. If you're a backer and you haven't checked out Mau Update #35, please stalk your way over there to read some very important information!
I'm excited about this. We estimated delivery in May 2019, and it looks like we're going to beat that by a wide margin. Books will be coming your way sooner than expected!
PUGMIRE: HOMEWARD BOUND
Do you like watching people play games? Saving Throw will be hosting a three-part mini-series of Pugmire called "Homeward Bound!" It premeries on Tuesday, October 9th at 6pm PST. The episodes will also be made available as reruns on Twitch, and hosted on YouTube soon after. But if you want to watch it live, come check out Saving Throw's Twitch page! https://www.twitch.tv/savingthrowshow
Vana, the Guide for the show, is a HUGE fan of Pugmire -- in our first conversation, she told me how she tried to get a Pugmire screen at the last TWO Gen Cons! And one of our earliest fans, Amy Vorpahl, will be playing in the game as well. This is going to be a fantastic adventure for good dogs, and showing Saving Throw that viewers are interested in Pugmire content is a great way to encourage them to make more!
MAU FICTION EXCERPT
After the project status updates, we have a special treat: an excerpt from "Listening In," a Monarchies of Mau short story by Aaron Rosenberg. So stick around after the updates!
PROJECT STATUS
Speaking of which, here's the status of all the Pugmire-related projects we can talk about, drawn directly from our meeting notes on Monday!
First Draft (The first phase of a project that is about the work being done by writers, not dev prep)
Tales of Excellent Cats (Monarchies of Mau)
Second Draft
Tales of Good Dogs – Pugmire Fiction Anthology (Pugmire)
Development
Adventures for Curious Cats (Monarchies of Mau)
Post-Editing Development
Roll of Good Dogs and Excellent Cats (Pugmire/Monarchies of Mau)
Proofing
Fetch Quest – Package design done
At Press
Monarchies of Mau – Printing.
Mau Dice and buttons – Printing.
Monarchies of Mau Screen – At Studio2
"LISTENING IN" EXCERPT
The word that made Dusktip’s ears prick up was “Trailblazer.”
That pivotal phrase had come from a pair of Korats brushing past her on Mau City’s busy streets—one of them tall and stocky, the other small and lean like Dusktip herself, but both grizzled and hardened and bearing the scars that proved their worth to their House.
The taller cat had been the one speaking, and she continued to do so as Dusktip pivoted on her heel and loped quickly after them, sliding into the pair’s shadow and slowing down to keep pace. As usual, she wore her hood far enough forward to shade her face and obscure her features, but far enough back so as not to be seen as skulking. That was the key, to walk that fine line between subtle and suspicious, crafty and conspicuous.
It was a walk Dusktip had learned to excel at.
“…don’t know why he does not stay at his safehouse, as is custom,” the tall one was saying, gesturing sharply back toward the city’s largest residential district. “Why insist upon taking shelter with us instead?”
“Maybe he doesn’t want his castellan to know he’s back,” the shorter one offered, his rushed words a sharp contrast to his slow, lazy gaze that had already raked across Dusktip once without even a second’s pause. “Maybe he’s in trouble, and that’s why he needs protection?”
The taller one considered this. “Could be,” she agreed finally. “I mean, clearly he’d be safest with us.” She chuckled, as did her companion, and their talk shifted to boasts of strength and putdowns of other Korat soldiers. Dusktip decreased her speed still further, and the pair slowly pulled ahead, their combined shadow sliding off her like warm blankets being tugged from a sleepy kit by irritable parents. Only once the crowd had all but swallowed the two soldiers did Dusktip turn and move away, instinctively twisting to slip between cats without being noticed.
She had a lot to think about…
Pre-Shipping Update #1 - Surveys and Lockdowns!
over 5 years ago
– Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 08:14:48 PM
Hello Excellent Cats:
RichT here, and I'm going to crib the format established by our excellent Kickstarter Concierge, Jammin' James Bell, as you can see below:
Looking back at our initial campaign, we had the estimated delivery for the Monarchies of Mau hardcover book set to May 2019. As we talked about at the time, we had built in room for any issues or problems that would come up, and hoped to actually deliver sooner.
Well, we'll probably be sooner. Like, around half a year, is what I'm thinking. Because we're still in 2018 and I'm getting ready to start locking in information in anticipation of shipping in November.
SURVEY REVIEW & LOCK DOWN
It's very important that everyone review their BackerKit survey to confirm rewards and lock in information. Information below on how to access your Survey again, but key follow-up steps are:
1. CONFIRM REWARDS - I'll be locking down all Reward Lists, so if you wanted to add any additional rewards, please do so by OCTOBER 4th, 2018. In two weeks time, I will lock down all reward lists and you won't be able to adjust or add anything after that time.
2. CONFIRM ALL PAYMENT INFORMATION - For any additions you made in BackerKit, or any payments that did not process at the end of the Kickstarter campaign, please ensure your payment information is up to date, valid, and ready to be processed by OCTOBER 18th, 2018. In four weeks time, I will instruct BackerKit to lock down all outstanding payments.
3. CONFIRM SHIPPING INFORMATION - Please ensure your shipping information is up-to-date with your expected address for November 2018. Please ensure that this information is entered and correct by NOVEMBER 1st, 2018. In six weeks time, I will take the shipping information we have for you in BackerKit and provide that to our fulfillment partners.
ADDRESS CONFIRMATION & DELIVERY OBLIGATIONS.
Consider this the six week warning to update your information, after which point, you agree that our responsibility to you is to ship your order as entered into our pledge manager system to the address listed in BackerKit, that title and risk passes to you upon delivery to a common carrier for such shipment, and you are responsible for import duties or any other duties that may be payable to the relevant tax authorities, providing correct address information and ensuring this address is deliverable by normal methods. Failure to confirm mailing address prior to November 1, 2018 will be taken as agreement that all obligations have been met and no further action or effort is required on the part of Onyx Path.
(Of course, if you're getting digital rewards only, you don't need to worry about your address. This is just for the physical rewards).
SHIPPING UPDATE TO COME
This is all in anticipation of shipping in the upcoming months. I will send another update when the books are actually ready to go and will begin shipping, but we need to have this information locked down prior to that stage. If you find yourself in an unusual circumstance or your residence unexpectedly changes between November 1st and the date I send out the shipping update, contact me to see what I can do at that time.
BACKERKIT REVIEW
To review your information or pledge status, you can return to your survey by clicking the link in your survey email or requesting your survey link under "Lost your survey?" on our BackerKit project page at https://monarchies-of-mau.backerkit.com/. You can also access your available DOWNLOADS from your BackerKit page, so you can check those.
I'll continue to monitor the comment section for this campaign and answer any questions that come up. If you have any issues or problems with your digital downloads or other aspects of the project, please let me know via the CONTACT ME button under the creator link on the main page.
As always we'll be sending out our regular month-end Realms of Pugmire update with progress on all rewards noted, as well as a reminder about BackerKit information lock down dates.
Until then, continue to knock things off tables, you fine felines!
August (just a whisker late) Mau Update!
over 5 years ago
– Wed, Sep 05, 2018 at 01:50:24 PM
Greeting, good dogs and excellent cats!
Time for a Realms of Pugmire update, isn't it?
GEN CON
Gen Con was a lot of fun, as always. I demoed a lot of Pugmire and Fetch Quest, and the Wrecking Crew did their usual amazing job of running both Pugmire and Monarchies of Mau. Lots of people were eager to get their claws into Mau, too. And the wonderful Kevin Siembieda (designer of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles RPG) even asked for my autograph! Talk about an exciting time!
I also had a lot of meetings about potential new products. Nothing we can announce yet, but there was one thing we DID announce....
PIRATES OF PUGMIRE
Grab your scurvy seadogs and your cat cutlasses, it's time to sail the Acid Sea! That's right, I've started work on an outline for the next supplement for BOTH Pugmire and Monarchies of Mau! Pirates of Pugmire will feature a mini-chronicle of swashbuckling adventure. The book will also cover creating both dog and cat pirates, as well as other characters unaffiliated with either nation (such as lizards and birds). There will also be some rules and advice on exploration of the various lands over the Acid Sea.
Right now, I'm deep in sorting out what'll actually end up in the book, and talking over art styles with Rich, so everything's pretty murky at the moment. More details as I firm things up!
PROJECT STATUS
Here's the status of all the Pugmire-related projects we can talk about, drawn directly from our meeting notes on Monday!
First Draft (The first phase of a project that is about the work being done by writers, not dev prep)
Tales of Excellent Cats (Monarchies of Mau)
Second Draft
Tales of Good Dogs – Pugmire Fiction Anthology (Pugmire)
Development
Adventures for Curious Cats (Monarchies of Mau)
Editing
Dog and Cat Ready Made Characters (Monarchies of Mau) (With Eddy)
In Layout
Fetch Quest
At Press
Monarchies of Mau – Printing.
Dice and buttons printing.
Monarchies of Mau Screen – At Studio2
SPEAKING OF THE APOCALYPSE
If you're into games that are a little more obviously post-apocalyptic than the Realms of Pugmire, check out our latest Kickstarter! Dystopia Rising: Evolution is another game I'm working on which is a lot more Mad Max and Walking Dead.
Here's a teaser:
No one knows how long it's been since the world was blasted with nuclear radiation and became infected with the undead. Major cities were all but destroyed; transit is reduced to animals, wagons, and the occasional iron horse. The survivors of the Fall were the first strain of deviation from the human condition and were able to make it through the rapidly spreading epidemic. Humanity has just started to rebuild, but large sections of the world are still irradiated or completely overrun by the undead. Small communities come together in a world where the concepts such as "democracy," "freedom," and "government" are newly reborn. Finding a community of decent size in this world is rare; finding one that has any concept of equality or morality is rarer still. Oh, and people have the unnerving ability to come back from the dead, regrown from the very virus that destroyed the world. This is dystopia. The world is broken. It is up to you to pick up the pieces and make a new world from the remains of the old.
If you're interested, go to the Kickstarter and learn more! We're already funded, so this is definitely going to happen, but we have some great stretch goals in mind!
July Mau Update!
almost 6 years ago
– Wed, Jul 25, 2018 at 11:16:13 PM
Realms of Pugmire Update (July 2018) from Eddy Webb
My, how time flies. It feels like just yesterday that we were doing the Fetch Quest Kickstarter. Now, at the time I'm writing this, it's less than a week until Gen Con, so I'm whipping up a quick Realms of Pugmire update for you all!
As a reminder, now that we have three Kickstarters related to the Realms of Pugmire, I'll be doing my usual monthly updates for all three at once. If we have updates related to a specific Kickstarter campaign, you'll still see those separately.
GEN CON
For the past several years we've always had fun Realms of Pugmire stuff, and this year is no exception! There will be demos of Pugmire, Monarchies of Mau, and Fetch Quest, both at the booth [BOOTH 501] and by our talented demo team The Wrecking Crew. We'll also have a variety of Pugmire products for sale. And I'll be there to answer any questions you have about the games and talk about Mau and Fetch Quest as we're finishing them up. And if you can hit one of our What's Up with Onyx Path? panels, I may tell you about the NEXT Pugmire product....
FETCH QUEST
Now that things have calmed down a bit, I had a meeting with Mike Chaney, the art director, and we went over the last bits of art we need to switch out. We're also collecting information from the people who pledged to have custom pioneer cards made of their pets. It'll be a bit while that final art comes in, but once it does we'll send all the cards to an editor for last-minute corrections, and we'll be on our way.
MONARCHIES OF MAU
I just sent off the last proofing comments for the final Mau layout, now that all the art's in and we have an index. And it's looking amazing! There weren't many errata corrections, but I appreciate everyone who took the time to send those in. If you were a Mau backer at the appropriate level, you should be seeing a separate update soon with your final PDF. Then it's off to the printers!
PROJECT STATUS
Here's the status of all the Pugmire-related projects we can talk about, drawn directly from our meeting notes on Monday!
First Draft (The first phase of a project that is about the work being done by writers, not dev prep)
Tales of Excellent Cats - Mau Fiction Anthology (Monarchies of Mau)
Redlines (The developer is editing and making comments on the first draft)
Adventures for Curious Cats (Monarchies of Mau)
Second Draft
Tales of Good Dogs – Pugmire Fiction Anthology (Pugmire)
Development
Fetch Quest
Roll of Good Dogs and Excellent Cats (Pugmire/Monarchies of Mau)
In Layout
Fetch Quest – Met with Eddy…. got a good idea of what new art we’ll need. Gonna do the shirt up shortly and we can get that SG out of the way.
At Press
Monarchies of Mau – Final PDF links to backers soon.
Monarchies of Mau Screen – Printing.
Special Sneak Peek from Tales of Excellent Cats:
Writers are deep in writing on the Tales of Excellent Cats anthology. I've gotten a chance to read a bit of "Where the Heart Is," a story by Joseph D. Carriker, Jr. (an amazing writer and a dear friend). I enjoyed it so much that I'm passing it on for everyone else to read as well! This is a section from the pre-edited manuscript, so some things may change between now and the final release, but I think you'll like what you see. Enjoy!
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Minister Hanji Toyger von Korat really should have known better.
She looked her best for the occasion, naturally. She was graceful (not delicate, her mother’s favorite term for her, undermining her with the faintest of praise) and well-groomed, with brilliant orange-red fur and black stripes like permanent, dramatic shadows across her form. Her minister’s robes were of a genial forest green, embroidered with copper threading and lovely little discs of copper in clusters here and there. They tinkled merrily as she walked and caught the light most fetchingly.
Her eyes were bright and amber and missed nothing. Which was very good, for Minister Hanji was the spy-mistress of the Monarchy of Korat, charged with the security and protection of the Seat of Korat against espionage, while actively deploying her own agents to garner intelligence of use to the Seat. As such, she was accustomed to the ins and outs of paranoid and altogether curious sorts: spies, agents provocateur, long-term moles, and all the rest of them.
As such she was fairly sure the visit of Diplomat Illiad Bombay von Korat was something she was prepared to handle, despite his reputation. Even among his own people, Illiad was accorded a…curiosity. Relentlessly polite and altogether too inquisitive for his own good, the foremost diplomat of the Monarchies to the dogs of Pugmire was – not to put too fine a point on it – a spy.
Which meant his mission largely fell under Minister Hanji’s bailiwick. Though she was relatively younger than the notorious diplomat, she occupied a position of authority over him, mostly because he wasn’t in the Monarchies to play the political games needed to secure the position. Indeed, they’d never had the chance to actually meet face-to-face since she’d come to occupy that ranking, though they did know one another casually from before (all the spyfolk did seem to know one another, at the end of the day). So she was here to get things off on the right foot, and to perhaps even ensure a little regard was attached to her name for taking the sometimes headstrong and…independently creative diplomat-spy firmly in hand.
Thus, here she stood, next to some lout in an ugly indigo wrap. In and among the others who were waiting for the caravan gate to be opened in the great wall surrounding Korat proper. The caravan outside was mostly merchants, but also included a small group of travelers returning to the Monarchies from faraway places, including Pugmire. According to his last letter, Diplomat Illiad said he would be among them, and Minister Hanji wanted to make sure she was here to greet him.
The great gates finally clanked and groaned as they were opened, and then stopped. Dead.
Meanwhile, At Our Latest Kickstarter:
THERE'S LESS THAN ONE WEEK LEFT for the Geist: The Sin-Eaters 2nd Edition Kickstarter and we’ve funded the project and achieved ten Stretch Goals so far! Thanks to all of our backers out there spreading the word! We are in good shape to be able to make a great looking hardcover edition, and get that into stores, even while we’re giving backers first look at the complete text and other fun benefits: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/200664283/geist-the-sin-eaters-2nd-edition
Geist: The Sin-Eaters 2nd Edition includes all the rules you need to play as one of the Bound: Five Burdens reflecting the cause that pulled you back from the grave, five krewe Archetypes for building your own mystery religion, and the Haunts, Keys, and Ceremonies that provide the Bound with their macabre powers.
It also includes the Chronicle of the Dead, featuring the Sin-Eaters’ struggle against the all-consuming Underworld and a variety of terrifying threats. In addition, for the first time in the Chronicles of Darkness lines, ghosts are presented as playable characters.
Like I said, the game is already funded, and now we're working at unlocking Stretch Goals - including additional rules and setting material in a Companion book, Memento Mori. If you haven't already, come by and check us out and hopefully join in on the fun!
