Important: Add On Survey and Additional Stretch Goal
over 1 year ago – Tue, Aug 23, 2022 at 08:55:48 PM

Hi Backers!

New Stretch Goal

When we reached out recently about future stretch goals, a few of you mentioned bookmarks or tokens. Here’s a sneak peak at a couple different things Wes has made recently to give our physical playtesters for Beyond Deep. It’s a company scrip token from the Thunder Trove Mining Company. We’ve decided that at $6k, we’ll add a version of these to everyone’s physical reward as a thank you for making this happen, and you won’t even have to sell your soul to the company store to get it.

Survey for Potential Add On

Another option that people mentioned was some version of item cards. We really like this idea, but it isn’t a viable stretch goal we can just toss in. BUT, it is possibly an add on we could make happen. Click the survey below and answer the two questions to let us know if this is something you as backers would like.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ZYJZHXH

Thank you for the the continued support! Beyond Deep is shaping into a killer project that we are excited to deliver.

Chris

Update #4 - More Art!
over 1 year ago – Sun, Aug 21, 2022 at 10:25:29 AM

Good Morning Backers,

We have crossed our $3,500 stretch goal! That means we are adding another additonal 50% to our art budget, and we have doubled our art funds since we began. Cassa is exited and they are working away on all kinds of cool, creepy art. As more backers join the campaign, Beyond Deep keeps getting better and better. 

Thank you all for your support!

Chris Koger

Spotlight

In the spirit of mutual aid, and with love for the indie ttrpg community, we like to spotlight other creators with live projects that are part of Zine Quest 4.

Fungiable

A solo tabletop roleplaying/journaling game about exploring the horrors of cryptocurrency, NFTs, and tech culture. Just go look at the cover and art.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dicemaven/fungiable

Minion

Be the monster in this quick, easy to play RPG system based around playing literally any mook, monster or minion you can imagine. I love the super old school hand drawn art and vibe.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2090396194/minion-rpg-zine

A Torch in the Dark

A Torch in the Dark is a single player dungeon crawling tabletop role playing game. Using a variation of John Harper's Blades in the Dark rules, players quickly generate characters with unique skills and items. I'm a huge BitD fan, and excited to see a solo game that utilizes those rules.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/notwriting/a-torch-in-the-dark

500% Funded and a Monumental Stretch Goals Crossed
over 1 year ago – Sat, Aug 20, 2022 at 09:02:56 PM

We are 500% Funded

Our glorious backers have done it again! We originally set a funding goal and some initial stretch goals and our backers knocked them out. So, we set up some extended stretch goals and our backers blew right through them.  So we set up a monumental stretch goal for $5,000, and here we are again. Looks like Wulf_Mungus better get to work on some sick maps and a custom character sheet. 

Further Stretch Goals

Wes and I have been in the think tank for a couple of days now, discussing what would be best for the project going forward. On our last update a couple people asked what was next, and like the brain storming geniuses we are, we turned the question back to them. Feel free to hop on those comments or comment here if you have thoughts about what you'd like to see going forward. No guarantees obviously, but we'd love your thoughts. 

Also, be ready for a survey in the next couple of days about our next idea.

Thank You All,

Chris

Stretch Goal Success and Media Links
over 1 year ago – Fri, Aug 19, 2022 at 11:11:45 AM

Hi Everyone!

We have crossed our $4,000 stretch goal, and Wes and I will now be hard at work developing more encounter tools and madness tables to flesh out the town of Bereleah and the mine itself. We have run several play tests lately with great feedback, and we have lined up more to really hone in and tighten the book into its best version.

We are also happy to share some links to several different places that dive into who we are and what is in store with Beyond Deep.

• Head over to Third Kingdom Games and read Todd Leback’s “Meet the Pubiisher” piece on Spooky Bell Games.
• Read Dan Yocom's (Guild Master Gaming, Tabletops and Tentacles, and Tabletop United) review of a preview of Beyond Deep at Guild Master Gaming.
• Go watch us hang out with Garm on Cool Crowdfunding for the Midgardia Youtube Channel. We talk about Beyond Deep, gaming, crowdfunding, company towns, and a few terrible moments in history, while getting depressed a couple times and laughing even more.
• Listen to our conversation with Karl Rodriguez on the The GMologist Presents podcast at Spotify or Anchor. 

Thank you for the continued support!

--Chris Koger

Another Stretch Goal Passed!
over 1 year ago – Fri, Aug 19, 2022 at 11:11:20 AM

Hi Everyone,

Another day, another stretch goal successfully crossed off! Every stretch goal is exciting to me, and this is one I’ve been waiting on in particular. I really wanted be able to add more weird creatures to this book and dig into another couple of ideas I had around expanding the creepy things at the edges of the setting. So now more monsters are incoming and the bestiary is being expanded.

As we start to head into the middle of the campaign, during the next couple weeks we will also preview a couple more pieces of art that Cassa is working on. 

Thank you all again for your support!  

— Chris  

Spotlight

In the spirit of mutual aid, and with love for the indie ttrpg community, we like to spotlight other creators with live projects that are part of Zine Quest 4.

Worldlings: Tales of Tiny Gods

Designed for Cairn, Into the Odd, and 5e, "Worldlings" is a bestiary of tiny animistic gods with a built-in mystery generator that gives you an adorable fable-of-the-week style game. This checks so many boxes for me.  

Worldbreaker / Dark Tides of Zaratos

Both Zaratos and WORLDBREAKER are being developed for Old-School Essentials and 5e. From new rules exploring psychic powers to a step by step guide full of crazy ideas on how to destroy your campaign setting to breathe new life into it, I am exited for these books.  

Secret of the Black Crag

An island hopping sandbox adventure module centered around a mysterious dungeon risen from the sea. Written for OSE by Chance Dudinack. And it’s a smyth-sewn hardcover full of cool pirate stuff. Yes please.  

Lands of Loor

The Lands of Loor is a standalone dark role-playing game set in a weird-fantasy framework with a postapocalyptic touch. It tells a story of a savage, violent, once destroyed world, which is desperately trying to stand back on its feet. And the art is fantastic.