Huge Update: International Pledges, Perfect Binding, New Stretch Goal, Giveaway
over 1 year ago – Fri, Aug 19, 2022 at 12:03:39 AM

Hi Everyone!

We have a ton of exciting news to share today! We have unlocked our final extended stretch goal, added a new $5,000 stretch goal, added an international pledge tier with print on demand, started a giveaway for a free copy of Beyond Deep, and our podcast episode of RPG Ramblings is up.

Thank you,

Chris Koger

Perfect Binding 

The terrific support of our backers has carried us past our final extended stretch goal of $4,500, which means Beyond Deep is now going to be perfect bound. With the amount of pages we are packing into this book, perfect binding will be the perfect fit.

International Pledge Tier

We have had several people ask about international pledges and the possibility of a print on demand option, so we have added a pledge level for backers who live outside the United States.

• International fulfillment and shipping will be handled through the DriveThruRPG print on demand service.
• Your $15 pledge will get you a credit for a copy of Beyond Deep on DriveThru RPG once it is released.
• You will then pay to have it printed (about $3) and pay whatever your actual shipping is.

New Stretch Goal

At $5,000 we will bring Wulf_Mungus on to do a custom themed Mörk Borg character sheet for Beyond Deep, and they will take over the art for all of our maps. Wulf_Mungus is a great artist and previously worked on the Mörk Borg project The Holy Artifacts of the Sacred Tragedies.

Podcast

Head over to Apple or Anchor to hear us hang out with Jeff Jones on the RPG Ramblings Podcast and talk about Beyond Deep, crowdfunding,  Spooky Bell Games, and being small, independent publishers.

Giveaway

Head over to Gygax_Confirmed on Instagram and follow the post directions for a chance to win a free copy of Beyond Deep.

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.

Scourge of the Northland is a sandbox style adventure campaign designed for OSE and compatible with your favorite OSR, created for low level characters and approachable for players and DM's new to the hobby. The module is over 60 pages of keyed adventure locations, dungeons, strongholds, important NPCs, treasure maps, magic items, all with unique and evocative art.

CERES: THE PLANET THAT NEVER SLEEPS is a 40+ page setting and bounty module for our 90s anime-inspired scifi jazz fusion bounty hunter TTRPG SEE YOU, SPACE COWBOY… but can easily be used in any space or scifi TTRPG system.

Borne From Ashes: Frontier Battles is a player vs player open-model table top skirmish game with RPG elements. It's set in the Heroic Age of the post-apocalypse. The game focuses on intense battles between small bands of highly skilled warriors known as Praetorians. Fight for weapons and resources, or just try to stay alive as ancient technologies run wild.

Tales from the Dungeon is a 5e compatible zine that is heavily inspired by gritty RPG art, classic sword and sorcery films, and fantastical mythology! he theme for this issue is Monsters! Inside you will find 28+ A5-sized pages filled with vile,deadly, and exciting monsters and encounters you can drop into your adventures!

Update #3 - New Stretch Goals
over 1 year ago – Thu, Aug 04, 2022 at 06:01:55 PM

Hi Backers,

We continue to be blown away by all of your support for this project. We are now at over 300% of our funding goal.

To celebrate, we are announcing new stretch goals that will take this project to the next level. 

New Stretch Goals

•  $3500 - We will increase our art budget another 50%, doubling the original amount.
•  $3750 - We will expand our bestiary with more creatures and new thematic, folklore-inspired beings. 
•  $4000 - We will add expanded encounter tables for the town, and add bizarre new madness tables for the mines.
•  $4500 - We upgrade the binding from saddle stitch to perfect bound.

Spotlight

In the spirit of mutual aid and support for other creators, we wanted to spotlight a few other Zine Quest 2022 projects that we are supporting or think are really cool.

Lo! Thy Dread Empire

Lo! Thy Dread Empire is a narrative wargame and tactical role-play game where you fight The Skeleton War against The Death Cult of Capitalism! It has really interesting mechanics and killer ideas. Tanya Floaker, the creator, really works within the independent creator community and was the inspiration for us doing these spotlights on other creators.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/floaker/lo-thy-dread-empire

Hunters of the Occult

Hunters of the Occult is a Victorian era monster hunting game that utilizes a lean, d6 system built to fit the flavor and narrative of the theme. Storeywood, the people behind the game, are creators with several successful campaigns already under their belt, and work in our local community to organize meetups for creators and designers. They were an inspiration for us to get our project finished and up on Kickstarter. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/psalm4-1/hunters-of-the-occult

Ball of the Wild

In Ball of the Wild, you and your gorgeous, talented, and totally gag-worthy friends will collaboratively tell the story of animals who dress up as other animals. Animals that dress in drag, I mean, come on. Ball of the Wild is Powered by Polymorph, which means you’ll create characters quickly, learn to play fast — and there’s never any math. This system focuses on improvisational storytelling and a collaborative roleplaying experience that also introduces choice, chance, and excitement into every action.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/natmesnard/ball-of-the-wild

We are looking forward to the rest of Zine Quest, and cant wait to see how far this project will go. We will also highlight a few more projects on our next update! Have a great one.

Thank You,

Chris

All Stretch Goals Unlocked!
almost 2 years ago – Tue, Aug 02, 2022 at 07:46:21 AM

Hi Backers,

Great Verhu, we did it! I woke up this morning only 24 hours into the campaign and all of the stretch goals are unlocked. So what does that mean?

• We are designing a d66 table of themed mundane items, and several additional weird magical items.
• The PDF will now have printable maps and creature info sheets to give the players without all of the DM hidden secrets on them.
• We have now increased the art budget by 50%. That means more radical art for items, NPCs, creatures, and more.
• We will now upgrade the whole book to high quality 80lb interior pages, and a 110lb laminated cover.

Thank you everyone for your support. You’ve paved the way for us to put out the best version of Beyond Deep. And who knows, maybe Wes and I are now looking at more options for the project heading forward.

- Chris

We are Funded!
almost 2 years ago – Mon, Aug 01, 2022 at 08:59:29 AM

Hi Backers,

We are blown away by the support for Beyond Deep! 

We launched this morning and just over four hours later we were funded. Thank you for believing in us and this project. 

Now let’s smash some stretch goals and make this the coolest book it can be! 

- Chris and Wes