Return to Norðlond with this detailed Norse-flavored setting for the Dungeon Fantasy RPG.
Latest Updates from Our Project:
Offset Print run: PILLAGED, by Oðinn!
about 5 years ago
– Sun, Mar 24, 2019 at 11:48:45 PM
Son of a gun. We did it!
So offset print it is. And with all of the Viking Raider pledges, I think I might need another batch of Hall of Judgment as well!
I'm going to publish the update below to a bunch of RPG sites. If folks want to come by (or post on your own!) and do a bit of a victory dance, I would not object a tiny bit.
Thanks for everyone who's jumped in so vigorously. Even beyond that, this is nearly 50% more funding than Hall of Judgment, and that only had 525 backers. Let's go rile up some folk!
The Kickstarter for the Powered-by-GURPS licensed adventure, The Citadel at Norðvorn, is in its final three hours. We just passed the stretch goal that includes an offset print run, which will see the book with a sewn, lay-flat binding and printed on 100-105# matte paper.
In the icy north of the realm, the dwarf-hewn fortress of Norðvörn anchors the defenses that ward against the predation of dragonkin and faerie alike. Three generations of relative quiet in the region have lulled the northerners and their defenders into a sense of stable peace.
That is about to change. Norðvorn needs your help.
The Citadel at Norðvorn is a licensed setting for the Dungeon Fantasy RPG. It consists of three major settlements, many small villages, at least one ruin, and two primary sources of conflict: The Hunted Lands to the northwest of The Palisade, and the Endalaus Forest, to the north and east of Audreyn’s Wall. Plus the lure of the endless wealth and magical treasure still lost in the Dragongrounds.
Within the book, find:
Detailed descriptions of Norðvorn and two important towns. Important locations and personalities. Culture and festivals. Places to live and shop.
Motivations and goals for key factions: the Wardens of Norðvorn, Faerie, Dragonkin, and foul fiends from Muspelheim and their human servitors.
The ruins of Elskadr, whose destruction woke threats from the dragonkin, and mystical forces long dormant.
Key NPCs and supporting cast, a bestiary, and an “instant village generator” for travel between towns.
This setting is easily portable to any game world needing a “wild Northmen” feel.
The Citadel at Nordvorn funded over a week ago, and just passed it's major stretch goal to deliver the offset print run! Back it now and push it farther! If you missed the prior work, Hall of Judgment, there's a "Viking Raider" level starting at $65 that also includes that book. There's also "Fantastic Dungeon Grappling" and other goodness on there.
Check it out!
That’s a wrap.
about 5 years ago
– Sun, Mar 24, 2019 at 11:48:30 PM
200% Funded.
Highest funding total of any of my prior KS.
600 backers. More by 75 than Hall of Judgment, my prior highest.
Thank you.
Last 14 hours! Offset print run only $1,412 away
about 5 years ago
– Sun, Mar 24, 2019 at 04:53:18 PM
This campaign has exceeded my expectations, and is encroaching on exceeding my hopes. I never really thought we'd be this close! But Hall of Judgment brought in over $2,000 in the final day . . . so who knows!
How can we get there?
There are still 339 followers who haven't pledged: If 102 of those come in at the PDF level, we get offset print.
If 68 of 168 PDF-only backers upgrade to Print, we get offset print
If only 33 people come in with Print, PDF, and Fantastic Dungeon grappling, we get offset print
If 20 people go for the Viking Raider pack, with FDG and a single bookmark, we get offset print
If 12 game stores go for a Retail Viking pledge, we get offset print
If 3 people join the Shield Guard, we get offset print.
There's enough latent demand out there, still - over $13,000 - to take us past the "no, really, that's the last goal" level for reprinting Hall of Judgment as well.
So jump on board! Share this campaign with your friends, drop by your Favorite Local Game Store with this handy Nordvorn Sell Sheetand see if they'll back the campaign. It won't take many!
New Final Stretch Goal: Hall of Judgment 2nd Edition ($35,000)
about 5 years ago
– Sat, Mar 23, 2019 at 11:25:03 PM
As we enter the final two days of the campaign, it has become clear that the "best we can do" figure is significantly in excess of the prior goal for the campaign at $30,000.
After thinking about it for a bit, I know what to do. At 35,000, I will get a reprint of Hall of Judgment done in the same style and quality as the offset run for Citadel at Norðvorn. Sewn and lay-flat binding. Heavy paper (100-105#, or 150-157gsm).
The new printing will include all of the new battle-maps done by Glynn Seal for the 2nd Edition of Lost Hall of Tyr, so the basic file is already done. If we hit this goal, everyone that already has a PDF of Hall of Judgment will get it upgraded to the new edition at no cost.
New maps?
Yes.
Old Map - Rival Claim (Ridge Path)
The new images show a lot more custom detail, all done by award-winning cartographer Glynn Seal (who has a Kickstarter of his own going on right now). He did the maps of Logiheimli in Hall of Judgment, and he's doing the maps in Citadel.
Full-page map of the new Rival Claim image.
If we hit the new goal, Hall of Judgment will have the maps inserted into the art spaces where the old maps were; I'll look into what it would take to get full-page maps in the back of the book as well, but no promises on that . . . it's already a full book and I'd need to add 16 pages to make it work.
But I'm not saying no either.
Regardless, a digital map pack will be available as well (HoJ PDF purchasers in the past may already have it; I uploaded it to Backerkit a while ago and sent it out).
"And That's All I Have to Say About That" (-F. Gump)
Wow. What a campaign. A potential offset print. Maybe a 144-page version of Citadel. Fantastic Dungeon Grappling in the boxed set itself (pinch me!), and contemplating awesome reprints of my old books.
No question: you guys are awesome.
However . . . to get the Big Goals, we need Big Conversion.
That means popping into Forum threads like these and commenting. A word from a backer goes so much further than a word from the creator. One is an endorsement; the other is spam. You know it, I know it, so I need your help:
There's also Social Media - tweet, facebook, etc. I'll be repeating this announcement in a blog post over at Gaming Ballistic, and that will show up at @GMingBallistic on Twitter, the Gaming Ballistic page on Facebook, and on my page and account on MeWe (and if you're looking for ALL the places to find me on the net, go here and you can see them all).
We have 36 hours.
Here we go. 48 hours . . .
about 5 years ago
– Sat, Mar 23, 2019 at 02:11:56 PM
Funding Progress: Smells like Offset
10pm tomorrow. That's when it ends. This campaign has already exceeded my expectations, and now it's starting to look like it may exceed my hopes. I thought it unlikely that we'd hit the $25,000 stretch goal for an offset print run. Now the "following but not pledged" plus "actual backers" total is well over $36,000 - and the more realistic "hey, we get 35-45% of the followers converted, plus those who backed but never followed" is looking like a range from a LOW of $23,750 to a high of $26,000.
It all will depend on fresh backers coming in that don't follow the project, and how many of our followers convert to pledges - especially print pledges - by tomorrow night.
New Stretch Goal: Hall of Judgment 2nd Edition: $35,000
I'm actually starting to run out of Hall of Judgment and my That Other Game book Dungeon Grappling. If we hit this goal, I'll reprint Hall of Judgment in the same offset print quality - sewn lay-flat binding, heavy paper, and all the new maps by Glynn Seal. While the retail price of the new edition will jump to $30, for this Kickstarter, the print price will remain $25 for you guys. If we hit it, it'll take 3 months to print, but the new editions will be printed and shipped at the same time as Citadel.
