Realms of Pugmire Tabletop RPG (A New Edition of Pugmire!)
Created by Onyx Path - Realms of Pugmire
A streamlined fantasy rules system with an evocative setting that's both family-friendly and deep enough to create compelling stories.
Latest Updates from Our Project:
May '23 Regular Monthly Check In
over 1 year ago
– Tue, May 30, 2023 at 07:57:45 AM
Hello Good Doggos,
We're at the very start of the post-campaign phase, the beginning of the end, as it were. I'll continue to post updates at the end of each month, tracking the progress of the various projects we helped fund, until the very last piece is delivered to backers. There's a lot of steps and a lot of work behind the scenes, so most of these updates won't be very flashy, but it's important that communication is consistent throughout the process.
So, nothing too exciting this month, but let's get it all on the page...
If you need to review your information or pledge status, you can return to your survey by clicking the link in your survey email or requesting your survey link under "Lost your survey?" on our BackerKit project page at https://realms-of-pugmire.backerkit.com
Within your BackerKit Digital Rewards page, you'll find a link to the collected Draft manuscript for Realms of Pugmire. So anytime you need to access it, know that it's waiting for you in BackerKit.
REWARDS STILL PENDING
Our Stretch Goal powered jumpstart has now joined our main reward in post-editing development, so some progress there!
You can read Onyx Path's most recent monthly summary, covering all projects and their status up to that point here: <April 2023 Project Status Summary>
You can find the weekly Monday Meeting blog updates <here>, which note any projects with status changes since the previous Month End summary. The project statuses listed are current as of last Monday, so do check it out each Monday night to see if anything may have progressed!
I will continue to post regular updates every month until the final Stretch Goal reward has gone out.
ONYX PATH DISCUSSION CHANNELS
If you've got questions about the rules or setting, or just want to discuss this game with other fans (as well as the Onyx Path writers and developers!), you can check out these Onyx Path discussion zones:
Via Kickstarter: Click RichardThomas under the "Created By" heading on the main page, and then press the "Contact Me" button - the message will come to me!
Via BackerKit: Click "Need Help?" from your page, and then fill in the Contact Us form. BackerKit will pass your message along to me.
They Came from the RPG Anthology! is a little different than the previous entries in this series, and the clue’s in the title. This newest They Came From… isn’t another single genre piece, but a compilation of multiple genres, spanning the big screen, the small screen, the stage, and possibly even more besides! It also serves as the Core Rulebook for the They Came From game line, with the streamlined ruleset as well as they Storypath Ultra system.
Why “possibly”? Well, when our Kickstarter campaign launches, one of the first things you’ll likely read about is the polls we’ll be running throughout its duration. Every Monday another poll, and every poll adding a new genre to the book. They Came from the RPG Anthology! already includes:
They Came from Cowboy’s Gulch! (Westerns)
They Came from the Mean Streets! (Noir)
They Came from Bridgton Rectory! (Costume Dramas)
They Came from the Interstellar Starship! (Space Opera)
They Came from the Bard’s Quill! (Shakespearean Plays)
But we’ll be adding a further four chapters (at least) to this book from a selection of options you get to vote on!
That’s not all though. They Came From the RPG Anthology! provides two new system offerings for our loyal audiences:
The Quick Play System is a condensed, streamlined, and – as the name implies – quick system you can use for all your games of They Came From! So if you find the current system too complex for your games, you’ll enjoy this slimline version of character creation and the accompanying rules.
The Storypath Ultra System is the updated version of our existing Storypath System present in games such as They Came from Beneath the Sea!, Trinity Continuum, Scion, and Dystopia Rising: Evolution, and They Came From the RPG Anthology! is the first place you’ll find it in print! So if you’re interested in the future of Storypath, this is the campaign to back.
As always we’ll have a wide range of backer levels and an active comment section, so come on and join in!
For the remaining 10%, you can get a refreshing on filling in your survey <here>. We utilize BackerKit for all of our reward fulfillment, so it's important that you visit the page at some point to ensure it's all set up correctly for you.
If you need to review your information or pledge status, you can return to your survey by clicking the link in your survey email or requesting your survey link under "Lost your survey?" on our BackerKit project page at https://realms-of-pugmire.backerkit.com
Within your BackerKit Digital Rewards page, you'll find a link to the collected Draft manuscript for Realms of Pugmire. So anytime you need to access it, know that it's waiting for you in BackerKit.
REWARDS STILL PENDING
We're in the earliest stages of the post-campaign phase. Our main reward is in the final development phase, taking your feedback and the editor's work and ensuring the book has a consistent voice throughout. The jumpstart is currently in editing. Still lots of work ahead, but we'll check in monthly to see where all the pieces are sitting.
Each month, I'll list our "Pending" rewards and our "Delivered" rewards. We'll track the project status of our pending rewards by filling in the stage dots, and I'll note which update (and include a link) with each delivered reward, in case you want to go back and re-read the relevant update for more information. If any of these rewards were on your pledge list, you can access download codes in your BackerKit Digital Rewards page. And once they've been added to your DriveThruRPG library, you can access them through your DTRPG digital library at any time.
ONYX PATH PROJECT TRACKING
You can read Onyx Path's most recent monthly summary, covering all projects and their status up to that point here: <March 2023 Project Status Summary>
You can find the weekly Monday Meeting blog updates <here>, which note any projects with status changes since the previous Month End summary. The project statuses listed are current as of last Monday, so do check it out each Monday night to see if anything may have progressed!
I will continue to post regular updates every month until the final Stretch Goal reward has gone out.
ONYX PATH DISCUSSION CHANNELS
If you've got questions about the rules or setting, or just want to discuss this game with other fans (as well as the Onyx Path writers and developers!), you can check out these Onyx Path discussion zones:
Via Kickstarter: Click RichardThomas under the "Created By" heading on the main page, and then press the "Contact Me" button - the message will come to me!
Via BackerKit: Click "Need Help?" from your page, and then fill in the Contact Us form. BackerKit will pass your message along to me.
CURRENTLY CRO
Reward Distribution: Existing Digital Add Ons and Stretch Goals
over 1 year ago
– Fri, Apr 07, 2023 at 07:05:46 AM
Hopefully some reward distribution will help inspire you! Because I've got some rewards to send out!
If you need to review your information or pledge status, you can return to your survey by clicking the link in your survey email or requesting your survey link under "Lost your survey?" on our BackerKit project page at https://realms-of-pugmire.backerkit.com
Many of the rewards for our kickstarter projects take a lot of time and effort to complete. Usually, the kickstarter is a means of moving the project from an idea (even when it's a mostly-fully-written idea) into the actual channel that turns it into a project/product. It'll be a while before we're ready to talk about delivery on Realmsof Pugmire, and even longer for our projects generated via Stretch Goals (theAdventures, the jumpstart, and the rest).
That said, there are a few rewards that are available now, as they were mostly add-on PDFs or Stretch Goal bundles of existing products. And now we can work on getting those out to you over the weekend.
The following Add On Rewards WillBe Distributed This Weekend:
[Add On] Pugmire 1E Digital "Dog" Bundle
[Add On] Monarchies of Mau 1E Digital "Cat" Bundle
[Add On] Pirates of Pugmire 1E Digital "Bird" Bundle
[Add On] Squeaks in the Deep 1E Digital "Rodent" Bundle
[Stretch] Pugmire VTT Assets Bundle
[Stretch] Fetch Quest Print and Play Bundle
It's basically this section of the Add On menu from our campaign page:
Along with two of our Stretch Goal rewards:
It took me a bit to put together because, thanks to those bundles, there are a lot of codes to go out!
If you want any of these and didn't add them on during the campaign, you can still update your BackerKit page and add them to your rewards list. See the BackerKit How-To instructions above.
REWARD DISTRIBUTION
Your link to claim these digital rewards will be sent out by our BackerKit pledge manager over the nextfew days. Since we are using our partners at DriveThruRPG as the hosts for these, you will need to set up a DriveThru account if you don't have one already. If you encounter any problems with downloading your rewards, please contact DTRPG's customer service to resolve the matter, they've always been top-rated for customer service. http://www.drivethrurpg.com/contact_us.ph
Thebest way to ensure these redemption codes work smoothly is to log in to your DTRPG account first, and then click (or copy) the link shown in your BackerKit.
Again, you will receive an e-mail from BackerKit with links for these rewards over the next 2-3 days if any of them are on your expected list of rewards. I'll be releasing them in waves, so don't panic if you only see a couple links at first... the rest are coming. (We're in a digital world, but there are still a lot of manual processes. And there are manylinks to go out!!)
The easiest way to see if you've got digital downloads available is to login to your backerkit account: https://realms-of-pugmire.backerkit.com and it'll show anything available. Your backerkit account should also confirm all rewards that you should expect from your reward tier selected.
DRAFT MANUSCRIPT
In addition to redemption links for these digital rewards, all backers will be receiving a link to the compiled draft manuscript. This link can be found in your BackerKit digital rewards page, and you'll receive an e-mail linking to that with the first wave of rewards going out. Again, this isn't a new manuscript, it's just all of the pieces we shared during the campaign put together in order. Your link to the draft manuscript will be available in your BackerKit digital rewards page until our final reward goes out, so you'll be able to access it even after the book is in your hands.
TO CONTACT JAMES
If there are any issues with your digital reward redemption links, please let me know asap and I'll get them sorted over the weekend. You can either contact me at one of the methods below or just comment on this update post. As mentioned, there are a LOT of links going at the same time, and I may have messed one up. They can usually be fixed within 24 hours, so just drop word below and then check back in a day.
Via E-Mail: Onyx.Kickstarter [at] gmail.com
Via Kickstarter: Click RichardThomas under the "Created By" heading on the main page, and then press the "Contact Me" button - the message will come to me!
Via BackerKit: Click "Need Help?" from your page, and then fill in the Contact Us form. BackerKit will pass your message along to me.
March '23 Update: Surveys Coming Next Week, Month End Progress Report
over 1 year ago
– Fri, Mar 31, 2023 at 11:50:06 AM
Hello Good Doggos,
I've got a big update for you today. We're going to start our regular monthly summary updates, but we've also got the Pledge Manager survey coming next week, so lots of instructions and reminders coming your way in this post. I'll try and keep it organized.
Today's Topics
BackerKit Pledge Manager SurveysComing Next Week
CompiledDraft Manuscript (available in BackerKit Digital Rewards)
Monthly Progress Report
BACKER SURVEYS
Over the firstweek of April, you’ll receive an email from us with a special link to your BackerKit survey. It’s important to respond to your survey as quickly as you can since we need this information to fulfill your rewards.
You don’t need to create a BackerKit account to fill out your survey (although that may help keep things organized if you've got multiple projects going.) When you receive the email with the survey, click the survey invitation link to respond. Answer the questions about your reward preferences, provide shipping information, and purchase add-on items if you like. You don’t have access to this survey link yet, but it will be available nextweek via email!
The e-mail will look something like this:
After you respond to your survey, you can go back later and change your responses at any time before we close the surveys and get our final counts, and that won't happen until the books are being printed and we're preparing to ship.
If you need to review your information or pledge status, you can return to your survey by clicking the link in your survey email or requesting your survey link under "Lost your survey?" on our BackerKit project page at https://realms-of-pugmire.backerkit.com
If you have any other questions or concerns, you can post them to the comments for this update, the comment section, or message me via one of these methods:
TO CONTACT JAMES
Via E-Mail: Onyx.Kickstarter [at] gmail.com
Via Kickstarter: Click RichardThomas under the "Created By" heading on the main page, and then press the "Contact Me" button - the message will come to me!
Via BackerKit: Click "Need Help?" from your page, and then fill in the Contact Us form. BackerKit will pass your message along to me.
If there are any issues you find with the Pledge Manager, please contact me as soon as possible to let me know. It rolls out in waves so that I can correct issues on the fly and make it work as best possible as people come on board.
Within the BackerKit Survey and Pledge Manager, you can:
Review your Pledge Tier Selection and Rewards
Upgrade your Reward Tier pledge selection
Confirm Add On selections
Set up payment information for any failed payments from the Kickstarter campaign or to pay for any new Add On options selected.
Whenyou click on your BackerKit invitation link,you should see something like this...
From the BackerKit welcome page you can choose to
Review Your Pledge Level and Rewards
Start Your Survey, confirming pledge rewards, confirming or selecting new Add On options, and confirming any shipping and payment info that may be needed
Switch Your Pledge Level
If you've pledged to a reward tier that includes physical rewards, you can enter your shipping country at this stage. As noted during our campaign, we haven't set international shipping costs yet - those will be calculated and added in when we're preparing to ship the book. That won't be for a long time, though, and there will be plenty of opportunity - and notice - for you to make changes.
If you click on your Pledge Level, you will see a list of all items included in your Pledge Rewards, and also have the option to switch your Pledge Level, in case you've decided to get the deluxe edition instead of the regular hardcover version for example.
Once you've confirmed that your Pledge Level is correct and where you want it to be, you can GETSTARTED with your BackerKit Pledge Manager Survey.
Once we've got a fair response to our survey and collected a reasonable amount of info, I'll be working on fulfilling rewards that are available now - like the PDFs of the titles included in our Add On section (for example, Dog,Cat, Bird, and Rodent digital bundles, and some of the Stretch Goals...). THAT will be coming around mid-April.
So, in summary:
Look for an e-mail invitation to BackerKit sometime next week
Get Started on your survey
Confirm your Pledge Level (or SWITCH your Pledge Level if you want to change it)
Confirm and Select Any Add On options
Confirm Your Shipping Information (if needed)
Confirm Your Payment Information (if needed)
I will post an update in another week or two as I begin outlining the delivery of our first Add On rewards (the existing PDF titles, as noted above) and beginning distribution of those PDF rewards.
DRAFT MANUSCRIPT
Looking in the example pledge list above, you can see a listing for the Kickstarter Draft Manuscript. In your BackerKit digital rewards page, you will have access to the compiled draft manuscript. It won't be different from the one that was shared during the campaign - it'll just be all gathered together in one big file. The Draft Manuscript link may not be active when you first login to your BackerKit survey, but I'll throw the switch and it'll send you a notice next week after all of the invitations have gone out.
I will talk about how to access your BackerKit digital rewards links in an update coming mid-April, when I send out the first wave of available rewards.
MONTHLY PROJECT CHECK IN
And with the surveys going out next week and the wave of existing titles coming to backers in a few weeks, it's time to monitor the monthly progress on our Kickstarter rewards from this campaign. There's still a long road ahead and a lot of work to be done on these projects, but we're going to have these regular updates at the end of each month to keep track of where we sit on our rewards.
MONTHLY UPDATES
We're still in the earliest stages of this post-campaign, where projects make incremental movements along the progress path. A lot of months will be pretty similar, just a quick note to let you know that the Onyx Path team is still working on it. Any time we have a new reward or something of interest to share, I'll include that as well.
At the end of each month, I'll include a summary of our rewards and their current status (they'll either be delivered or marked as still pending, possibly with additional details if I know more). I'll also list any relevant Update posts, in case you want to go back and check into something.
In addition to notes on our reward status, each month I'll also include the BackerKit links and my How To PDF notes, as well as contact information in case you need to get in touch.
PROJECT REWARDS STILL PENDING
This is our monthly project progress character sheet. We'll be filling in the dots as the Onyx Path team moves the project through the stages of development and production. As noted, we're in the very earliest stages of this project. Our main reward, the Realms of Pugmire book, is in editing, which means the latest manuscript draft has been reviewed and approved by all of the bosses and developers and Good Dogs of Pugmire and has undergone one more round of development to ensure the book is written in a consistent voice throughout, and is now with the editing team to correct any spelling or grammar issues and make sure everything's as clear as can be. A lot of this work is guided by your Feedback Form submissions during the campaign, so thanks for that!
The Realms of Pugmire book will eventually come to us in four forms - first, the PDF, which will be sent out as an Advance PDF to all backers when it's ready and allow us one last chance to review and offer suggestions and corrections before it's finalized. Once that's done, work will begin on the finalizing the Print-On-Demand version of the PDF which will be released through DriveThruRPG via their printing partners, and of course the two big rewards, the standard and deluxe hardcover books which will come when all of the dots are filled in across the top row. It'll take some time, but we'll get to see that slowly happen month to month.
In terms of our Stretch Goals, these books are in the earliest stages. We just brought them from concept into project status with our support during the campaign, so now the developers have to take our Stretch Goals and turn them into outlines and start assigning writers and creating contracts. Then the writers begin writing drafts and the developers help guide with feedback (redlines) until a final draft is reached, when the developers bring everything together to turn it into one big manuscript.
The team has already jumped on the Jumpstart and moved that along quickly, already catching up to our main book. The other Stretch Goals from the campaign are still being sorted out. I expect that the two Adventure PDFs may get combined into a single release containing both parts of the duology, but that'll get decided as it's outlined and assigned.
In addition to the Realms of Pugmire-specific rewards listed here, there are also the other rewards that'll be coming in a few weeks. Those are already existing projects, complete and ready to go, so I'll just be setting up distribution for them and providing more information in two weeks' time. So don't worry about those - they haven't been forgotten, they're just a few weeks away.
ONYX PATH PROJECT TRACKING
You can read Onyx Path's most recent monthly summary, covering all projects and their status up to that point here: <February 2023 Project Status Summary>
You can find the weekly Monday Meeting blog updates <here>, which note any projects with status changes since the previous Month End summary. The project statuses listed are current as of last Monday, so do check it out each Monday night to see if anything may have progressed!
I will continue to post regular updates every month until the final Stretch Goal reward has gone out.
ONYX PATH DISCUSSION CHANNELS
If you've got questions about the rules or setting, or just want to discuss this game with other fans (as well as the Onyx Path writers and developers!), you can check out these Onyx Path discussion zones:
Via Kickstarter: Click RichardThomas under the "Created By" heading on the main page, and then press the "Contact Me" button - the message will come to me!
Via BackerKit: Click "Need Help?" from your page, and then fill in the Contact Us form. BackerKit will pass your message along to me.
We Did It!
almost 2 years ago
– Thu, Feb 23, 2023 at 11:05:09 AM
Hello Good Doggos!
What a finish! With just an hour to go, we unlocked another Stretch Goal! That means everyone who's supported this campaign gets another bonus reward added to their reward list!
ACHIEVED! - At $65,000 in Funding – FETCH QUEST CARD GAME – As a bonus, all backers will receive the Print & Play PDF versions of the Fetch Quest card game, along with the Heroes of Pugmire Booster PDF. In addition, backers will also receive a code to order print versions of both at a discounted cost.
That brings our Stretch Goal total up to a doggy dozen! Great work!
Over the past 30 days, more than 1,050 backers came together and helped this project achieve more than 215% of it's base funding target, enabling Pugsteady and the Onyx Path crew to add additional rewards (like the jumpstart and two new adventures) plus some cool add ons (like the screen and a DICE SET!) as well as other Onyx Path staples like a backer T-shirt and digital wallpapers.
But the most important thing...
REALMS OF PUGMIRE
Working together, we funded the development and printing of two different versions of this book - the "standard" edition, which will go out to many backers and be available at retail, as well as the limited edition deluxe version! I've mentioned it before, but the original Pugmire RPG was the first Onyx Path campaign I joined as a backer just over 8 years ago, and I'm really happy to join with all of you to bring forth this new edition and evolution of Eddy's vision for this game.
And, as noted above, we unlocked a doggy dozen Stretch Goals in the process. I know that I had our Stretch Goal review just yesterday, but let's look at this list again... with today's new entry!
NEW ADD ONS
These Add Ons were made available during the campaign, and will also be available in the Pledge Manager once it's up and running.
A three-panel Guide Reference Screen with charts and information for running a Realms of Pugmire game will be created and offered as an Add On to the hardcover reward tiers for +$25
A special Realms of Pugmire Dice Set will be created and offered as an Add On to the hardcover reward tiers for +$20. Additional options, such as a Realms of Pugmire Dice Set with Dice Bag for +$25 as well as a Realms of PumgireCollapsible Dice Tray for +$25 will also be made available.
MILESTONE MARKERS
I'll send out update notifications when these items are added to Redbubble or made available for digital download in our Pledge Manager when that's up and running.
ONLINE GAMING TOOLS
These online tools will automatically be added to the rewards list of all backers.
ADDITONAL NEW CONTENT
These bonus rewards will automatically be added to the rewards list for all backers receiving the Realms of Pugmire PDF as part of their rewards list.
LET'S CELEBRATE!
So a huge congratulations to Eddy and the creative team on this project, and to all of the backers who've joined in to make this possible. I'm happy about the goals we hit and rewards we introduced, but I'm also always amazed and excited about having more than a thousand backers join in during this campaign! Crossing that 1,000 Backer Count is a big achievement, and one we never take for granted!
AN EXTRA THANK YOU!
So, thank you to all the backers who supported us and made this happen. And a personal thanks to everyone who participated online, either in the comments section of the kickstarter, and on social media around the web. Thanks to everyone who's provided feedback using the Feedback Form - you'll help the developers shepherd the book through the next stages of development and editing and make the book better for everyone! Thanks to those who come out, time after time, to support Onyx Path and these projects. We had a ton of great discussion in the comments and a ton of sharing online, and I loved it all!
As mentioned, there's obviously a lot going on all the time lately, but it's been really great to see the community come together to support this project and turn it into a big success.
COMMUNICATION
So, as noted in today's earlier update, I'll be sending out updates once a month and whenever we've got a new goal, survey, or other item to cover. If you have any questions or need clarification on something related to the kickstarter, feel free to get in touch. I may take a bit to answer as take a bit of a break and recover from this past month, but I'll eventually have an answer!
TO CONTACT ME
Via E-Mail: Onyx.Kickstarter [at] gmail.com
Via Kickstarter: Click RichardThomas under the "Created By" heading on the main page, and then press the "Contact Me" button - the message will come to me!
For setting stuff and questions about the game itself, it's probably best to visit one of these Onyx Path discussion zones:
So, huge thanks to everyone for joining our pack and making this Realms of Pugmire project happen!
Now to attend to other business and eventually collapse for a few hours and recover from the awesomeness of the last couple days! High fives in the comment section, and you'll hear from me again around the end of March!
