Update 9/25
over 6 years ago
– Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 11:31:01 PM
Greetings Backers!
Just a quick update today to fill you in on what we've been working on this past week and what we'll be up to until you hear from us next Monday. Last week, we released the PDF version of the Herald setting book and thanks to a few of you (you know who you are!) we identified a bunch more proofreading issues that needed to be fixed before we went to print. Well they've been fixed and the print-ready version is off to the printers as of today. Thanks so much for your help!
Aside from these final tweaks, we're working on the final layout for "Fistful of Dholes" the adventure by John Reilly and Pete Sauber. The lead time for printing these adventures will be shorter than the Herald books, so we shelved the final design until the other books were off to the printers. In the next week or two you'll get you pdf versions of Fistful of Dholes and we'll get them printed in time to coincide with the delivery of the main shipment of books. It's a great adventure, you're going to love it!
In the next update, we'll be releasing a second version of the Herald PDF which contains the fixes we've made to the book, so stay tuned!
As ever, if you have any questions or comments, feel free to email me directly at [email protected]
Until next week!
Lee Pruitt, Project Manager
Update 9/18
over 6 years ago
– Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 12:42:59 PM
Hello again, Backers!
The book is complete! All suggested changes and proofreading edits have been applied, so we're ready to blast off to the printers and get Herald the RPG down on paper! We will be submitting the print-ready pdf to our printer tomorrow, so we can estimate the delivery of the books to our warehouse as October 7th! All the other pieces, like the ceramic "bennies," the pewter miniatures, playing cards, etc are already hovering anxiously in the warehouse, waiting to leap into a box and head your way. We will be ready to start shipment as soon as the books arrive, so the week beginning October 7th is also our target to start shipping games!
It was our intention to get the pdf version of the game out to you in today's update, but we're still getting the hyperlinks applied as of the end of today, so I'll have it distributed to you just as soon as that is done. I have no doubt that this will be finished tomorrow, so start sharpening those pencils and plug in your Tesla coils cause you'll be playing in the Savage World of the Roaring Twenties in a matter of hours!
Lee Pruitt, Project Manager
P.S. Should this be our next game???
Update 9/11
over 6 years ago
– Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 12:58:34 AM
Howdy Folks!
The final proofreading passes that we mentioned previously are finished and these changes are being applied to the book as we speak. As soon as this is finished we'll get the PDFs out to you so you can start rolling those dice! So stay tuned for a backerkit email indicating that your PDFs are available for download, sometime in the next few days.
Since the book will have been sent off to print by then, next Monday's update will also have an estimated date for the arrival of the books at our warehouse. This means that we'll be able to tell you when the books should be shipping out to you!
Stay tuned for more info!
~Team Ravendesk
Update 9/6
over 6 years ago
– Wed, Sep 06, 2017 at 12:46:32 PM
Greetings Backers!
As we mentioned in our last update, Gen Con attendees were really pleased with the printed sample copy of the Herald book. Since then we have made a host of corrections and tweaks to the book and are currently in the process of collecting our final proofreading changes. These will be finished in a few days at which time we will be sending out the PDF copies to all backers. We will then wait for a week to give those of you who are interested a chance to spot any last issues and then we'll send it to the printers.
This means you'll be able to team up with H. P. and Nikola in just a few days time! In the meantime, here is a look at another of the hand drawn battlemaps by Dexter Weeks which are coming your way.
Standby for another update as soon as the PDF copies are sent out.
-Team Ravendesk
Update 8/24
over 6 years ago
– Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 07:08:50 PM
Greeting, backers!
We're just back from Gen Con 50 and it was a big success! We got the Ravendesk name out there and introduced Herald to a sold out crowd. We showed off a sample print of the book, as well as the add-ons and people were really excited about it!
We met several of you at the booth and we are really happy with Herald's reception. I know that you've been waiting patiently for your rewards and that we expected to have them started printing before the convention. Because we weren't quite ready, Gen Con has extended the delay a little. For such a small company, running a booth at a high-profile event like Gen Con is an important opportunity for us to let people see our products. This can translate into more success for the public release of Herald and that will mean we can go right into developing more material for the Herald: Lovecraft & Tesla game world!
At this final stage, we're going to take a little extra time to do another proofreading pass of the book which will make sure that it is perfect when you get your copies. We've been rushing to get it finished and we are going to make sure that nothing got missed while racing to finish by Gen Con.
I will post another update in a few days with specific dates from our production schedule. Thank you so much for your continued patience! We're almost there!
