Sorry for the spam....
almost 9 years ago – Tue, Jan 02, 2018 at 10:01:10 PM

So in super-fun Tuesday-is-Monday news...

Alan goofed and uploaded the interior file for our POD content instead of the actual PDF file with bookmarks, the cover, and more.

Sorry. :(

The file is still the correct content, but there's no cover images, no book marks, it's huge, and the aspect ration will be slightly off due to bleeds. 

We'll get the right file up as soon as possible. We'll just update the current link you have, so that link will still be valid and you can get the file now and it'll be automatically updated for you in DriveThru as soon as we can.

The layout designer is working on the right file now, so we're hoping to have it for you tomorrow (maybe later tonight)!

Sorry, but enjoy reading the full game!

End of December Update! + Important BackerKit
almost 9 years ago – Fri, Dec 29, 2017 at 06:18:49 PM

Hello!

First, an urgent BackerKit update.

Next Friday (January 5th, 2018), we will be closing and charging the BackerKit. Please ensure your card, address and order information is locked in and up to date. 

We will be charging cards on that date. 

If you've lost your BackerKit, you can recover it here: https://tinydungeon2e.backerkit.com/

Ok! So, let's go over the various pieces of the project and their status  

Tiny Dungeon 2e  

Tiny Dungeon 2e will be out in PDF next week (maybe as early as today, but more likely early next week.) We gave Robert (our layout artist) the final feedback yesterday, and he said it'd be fast to wrap in.

Tiny Frontiers: Revised 

Work continues. The rules have been handed off to the editor. Also want a work in progress of the cover?

• Micro-Settings: Some of our authors have started writing! 
• Art: Art for this book is underway. 

Oh, and we got a new logo!

Destiny of Tides Campaign Setting 

•  Art: Queued up behind Tiny Frontiers: Revised 
• Writing: Robert is writing away, and is delivering a first draft early next week! 

Tiny Dungeon 2e QuickStart 

• Writing: Edited and done.
• Art: Done! We just need to do a map or two. 
• This will go into layout next week after the corebook is finished.

Treasure Deck

• Art: Completed. 
•  Writing:First Draft Completed 

Bestiary Deck 

• Writing: Done! 
• Art: Done! 
• Layout: Prepped for editing then layout.

The App 

More revisions done on the app. This should finish quickly once we get out of the holidays. 

The Dice Bags 

The first third of the dicebags are done! The rest continue apace.

Tiny Dungeon: Hatchling Edition 

• Writing: Alana has assembled her team, and they've begun! 
•  Art: Alana has begun requesting work from her artists! 

Dice

We've started manufacturing the dice!

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SHIPPING UPDATE

At this juncture we're on track to receive the core elements of Wave 1 in time to meet our February delivery goals. However, it's likely fulfillment will slip into early March (we'll do our best to avoid that though.)

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Some folks had questions about various parts of the rulebook we posted last week. Due to feedback, we've clarified several parts of the rulebook (specifically around Brawler, Martial Artist, and other traits.)

However, one of the questions was around Critical Hits and Critical Fumbles, and the feeling that a character with Disadvantage enjoyed a proportionally higher chance of a Critical Hit (needing only 1 die to roll a "6", which is a ~16% chance.)

That is true. However, there are some factors to consider: 

• One must be using a Mastered Weapon for a Critical Hit. Due to the rules, if you're using a Mastered Weapon, you enjoy either 3d6 on attacks, or 1d6 (either Advantage or Disadvantage. It's binary at that point.) It's true that if you are using your Mastered Weapon with something that gives Disadvantage (say the Berserker trait), you have a higher chance of a Crit than with Advantage. 
• The same percentage chance applies to a Critical Fumble though if you have Disadvantage. (~16%). 

So a character, with their Mastered weapon in a situation which grants Disadvantage, has a roughly 16% chance of having that weapon miss and break (get dropped, etc.), thereby removing their ability to have a Critical Hit in the future, or they have the same chance of a Critical Hit. 

The dichotomy of being more likely to score a Critical Hit under Disadvantage might feel strange, but we liked that option because we felt it enforced a cinematic feeling of desperation. A Disadvantageous situation that results in a better effort is a cool feeling, and we feel the Critical Hit rule scratches that itch for us. 

Thanks everyone!

- The GKG Team

Early December Update!
almost 9 years ago – Fri, Dec 01, 2017 at 10:15:01 PM

Hello!

Ok! So, let's go over the various pieces of the project and their status

Tiny Dungeon 2e

• Micro-Settings: 100% turned in. 
• Stretch Goal Rules: Completed! Rolled into the corebook. 
• Core Book Writing: Complete, prepped for editing. 
• Extra Bestiary Monsters: 100% 
• Completed Art: All the art is in! 100% completed.
• Book is handed off the to editor! 

The editor is due to return the book Late Sunday/Early Monday, at which point we'll hand it off for layout! Below is a sample layout Robert Denton generated for us!

Tiny Frontiers: Revised

• Micro-Settings: Some of our authors have started writing! 
• Core Book Writing: Complete, and the changes are in playtesting! 
• Art: Art for this book is underway. 

Destiny of Tides Campaign Setting 

•  Art: Queued up behind Tiny Frontiers: Revised 
• Writing: Robert is writing away, and is delivering a first draft early next week!

Tiny Dungeon 2e QuickStart 

• Writing: First draft done. Alan gave feedback and we're working on the second draft. 
• Art: Done! We just need to do a map or two. 

Treasure Deck 

•  Art: Completed. 
• Writing:First Draft Completed 

Bestiary Deck 

• Writing: Done! 
• Art: Done! 
•  Layout: Prepped for editing then layout. 

The App

Alan met with the designer of the app and we reviewed some options and looked at some prototype work. This will start moving once the corebook is finalized so we can input all the pieces. 

The Dice Bags

• Dice bags are 35% done!

Tiny Dungeon: Hatchling Edition 

• Writing: Alana has assembled her team, and they've begun! 
•  Art: Alana has begun requesting work from her artists! 

Dice 

These will be manufactured once we have a final count.

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I know we said we'd provide a feedback form, but since we're waiting for the editor to finalize the text for us, we'll post the edited rules when they come in and provide the feedback form then. 

We'd likely just be duplicating a lot of work if we let you give feedback on the unedited text!

- The GKG Team

Time for your Early November Update!
almost 9 years ago – Fri, Nov 03, 2017 at 04:33:31 PM

Hello!  

Let's go over the various pieces of the project and their status:  

Tiny Dungeon 2e

• Micro-Settings: 100% turned in. Being reviewed by Alan this weekend/early next week for author feedback, then prepped for editing. 
• Stretch Goal Rules: Completed! Rolled into the corebook.
• Core Book Writing: Complete, prepped for editing. 
• Extra Bestiary Monsters: 100% Completed
• Art: All the art is in! 100% completed.

Tiny Frontiers: Revised 

• Micro-Settings: We're sourcing some authors now for this and compiling our list! 
• Core Book Writing: Complete, and the changes are in playtesting! 
• Art: Art for this book is underway

Destiny of Tides Campaign Setting 

• Outline is complete and Robert knows what to write! 
• Art: Queued up behind Tiny Frontiers: Revised 

Tiny Dungeon 2e QuickStart 

•  Writing: Brian has started outlining and writing! 
• Art: Once a draft is finished we will queue this up. 

Treasure Deck 

• Writing: First Draft Completed
• Art: Not much art needed for this (just one piece for the backs.) 

Bestiary Deck 

• Writing: Done! 
• Art: Done! 
• Layout: Prepped for editing then layout. 

The App 

• Alan met with the designer of the app and we reviewed some options and looked at some prototype work. This will start moving Monday. 

The Dice Bags 

• Those will be started after Black Friday (when our seamstress will score a great deal on fabric!) 

Tiny Dungeon: Hatchling Edition 

• Writing: Alana has assembled her team, and they've begun! 
• Art: Alana has begun requesting work from her artists! 

Dice 

• These will be manufactured once we have a final count. 

Tiny Dungeon 2e Community Content

IMPORTANT LEGAL THINGY: Anything you submit through here is confidential and if we accept it, any work is property of Gallant Knight Games. This means you own it til we hire you, then we own it. 

That being said, we're often working on lots of ideas, so anything too similar to what we're developing usually gets rejected. 

If you want to submit a pitch for the TD2e Community Content we've unlocked, please do so at THIS LINK:

LINK THINGY HERE

Just fill out the form. We'll be leaving this open for a good long while, so there's no rush. You have time to prep and workshop your ideas if you want.

Next update, we'll put out an unedited "final" draft of the rules text for you backers, so you can see what you'll be able to work with!

Thanks everyone!

- Alan & the Tiny Dungeon 2e Team

The Future!
almost 9 years ago – Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 11:16:53 PM

Hello!

Thanks for your patience. This is the first of your bi-weekly updates (every two weeks) that we'll be sending out. If you've been with us on a GKG project before, you know how this works. 

Kickstarter transferred the funds today, so work can begin in earnest. 

Let's go over the various pieces of the project and their status:

Tiny Dungeon 2e:

• Micro-Settings: Our authors have til the end of the month, but so far, several have already turned them in! We're about 30% complete here. 
• Stretch Goal Rules: Completed! Rolled into the corebook.
• Core Book Writing: Complete, preparing for editing. 
• Extra Bestiary Monsters: Complete!
• Art: Almost all the art (including stretch goal art) is now in! We're very close. 

Tiny Frontiers: Revised

• Micro-Settings: We're sourcing some authors now for this and compiling our list!
• Core Book Writing: Complete, and the changes are in playtesting!
• Art: Art for this book will be starting next month. 

Destiny of Tides Campaign Setting

• Writing: Outline is complete and Robert knows what to write!
• Art: Queued up behind Tiny Frontiers: Revised

Tiny Dungeon 2e QuickStart

• Writing: Brian has started outlining and writing!
• Art: Once a draft is finished we will queue this up. 

Treasure Deck

• Writing: Alan has started writing on this. 
• Art: Not much art needed for this (just one piece for the backs.)

• Writing: Done!
• Art: Almost finished!

• This has yet to be started. 

• Those will be started after Black Friday (when our seamstress will score a great deal on fabric!)

• Writing: Alana has assembled her team, and they've begun!
• Art: Alana has begun requesting work from her artists!

• These will be manufactured once we have a final count.