Update - 05/05/2025

Hello, and welcome to another weekly update! I hope you all had a great weekend. Mine was super busy, actually. I spent most of it working on the Kickstarter for Riftbreakers 2e; yes, I've decided I'm organizing a short Kickstarter for it, to see if I can recoup some of the money I'm spending on its illustrations. I'm not sure when it will go live, but most likely it will be the 15th of this month. It will run for ten days, and then there's two weeks until I get the KS funds (if the game funds), so that's almost another month I have to wrap it all up, more than enough time. Of course, this matters little to you guys, since you will get the PDF as soon as it's ready, and the PoD codes as well, those eligible for them. Still, spread the word!

In any case, it's a lot of work, but I think I'm done with the KS page! It's looking pretty good, and I'm super excited to launch it. The game is going straight to DTRPG, so there's nothing fancy this time around, it's just a way to help me cover expenses, and maybe unlock a couple of cool stretch goals.

In other news, a new video went up on the official Blackoath YouTube channel, this one about the Ker Nethalas Quickstart. I honestly expected it to do better, but it doesn't look like it's going to catch up to the first one any time soon! That Machine Gods video was very successful. And speaking of Machine Gods, I should get the books from the printer really soon, maybe even this week! They are all virtually sold out already, so I have a few busy days ahead of me, making packages!

Last week I put up that poll asking what you guys want me to work on, and it's a tight race between more Ker Nethalas and Across a Thousand Hollow Vaults! Well, the good news is that as soon as I'm done with Tales from the Green and Riftbreakers 2e, I'm going to be working precisely on those games as my main focus. I was a bit surprised to see so little interest in Machine Gods, but I still want to wrap up the Advanced Rules for it, and hopefully work on new setting books, since I'm having a blast with that game.

Oh yeah, before I forget, the preparations for Solo RPG Day keep progressing at a steady pace, with a new official YouTube channel having gone live a couple of days ago. Check it out! Gwydion is doing an excellent job with it.

I think that's it for this week, have a great one!