An epic 5E fantasy campaign setting by Chris Metzen.
Latest Updates from Our Project:
Production Update: June 6th
over 2 years ago
– Thu, Jun 09, 2022 at 08:35:11 PM
Hey all! Quick update on Auroboros production! There hasn't been much to say as we've been waiting for printers to finish, but we have what we hope will be the final timeline update now.
Good news! Printing has completed! The book is being bound now and will be finished this week and then packaged for distribution.
We expect it to arrive to regional distributors by the 2nd week of August.
This means we will lockaddressesinJuly! We'll keep you updated on that exact date. In the meantime, if you need to change your address, please login to your Backerkit account or contact them to modify your address if you are having issues.
With this timeline, we hope to have the book in your hands by September at the latest - barring unforeseen delays. We appreciate you bearing with us as we weather the constant production delays the entire industry is still going through.
-Warchief Gaming
Auroboros Printing Update!
over 2 years ago
– Sat, May 07, 2022 at 04:20:04 AM
Hey all!
As we said before, the printing for Auroboros is underway despite many delays! All of our add-ons are finished or nearly complete, and the book itself is being printed! In addition to the Kickstarter print run, which is due to finish today, we're also printing a large number of copies for our global release later this year!
We asked our factory to take some photos and they also delivered a video of the printing process!
Next Updates: Estimated Delivery Date & Sample Photos
We have a tentative shipping timeframe currently from our partners, but we're waiting until printing and everything is fully finished so they can assess the current freight situation. As you probably have seen from every other Kickstarter, the shipping situation around the world is incredibly tumultuous so we want to give the estimate based on the newest possible information rather than what we know now.
Additionally, I'll be getting the final, final, final samples of all of our items soon and will be taking photos of all of it. I'll do collected photos of each backer tier so you can see exactly what you're getting in the mail once I have all those samples!
Have a great weekend!
Warchief
Auroboros PDFs Updated!
over 2 years ago
– Wed, Apr 27, 2022 at 07:58:19 AM
Hey all!
Apologies for the long delay, we spent a few weeks collecting feedback from the community, and then the final files were delayed by COVID shutdowns at our print house and factory in China. The good news: we have final PDFs uploaded to BackerKit now! These should have over 100 changes based on feedback from your comments, those in our Discord server, and additional playtesting help.
We'll have more information on the progress of physical printing next week, along with some photos of some final physical items that we've received! Thank you so much for all of your support and feedback to help us making the best possible book it can be!
-Ryan @ Warchief
Digital Delivery: Complete!
over 2 years ago
– Sat, Mar 05, 2022 at 01:24:14 AM
Big news, Auroboros backers! The time has come!
If you check your email associated with your BackerKit account, you should see a link to your BackerKit downloads - and all Auroboros digital goods should be available NOW! If you didn't receive the email, simply logging into your BackerKit account will allow you to access them as well.
You may have checked as they were still being distributed and some things were missing - but it should all be ready for download now!
We have provided a two-page spread and one-page spread version of the PDF. The two-page spread version is how the book was designed to be viewed, but the one-page version has been provided for ease of use on tablets and phones. We recommend checking the two-page version out first to see it in all of its glory.
We will upload a Player's guide in one page format next week - the change has to be made by the print house but we can upload it when it's ready!
The Table of Contents in the Sourcebook has hyperlinks to each section. Use it to zip wherever you need to be quickly!
As a reminder, the STL miniatures have been created for personal use only. If you need to have them printed by a 3rd party, you may, but you may not resell or redistribute them (and we have no authorized resellers at this time).
If you have any issues, message us here on Kickstarter and we will do our best to take care of them.
We're really looking to hearing your thoughts, feedback, and hearing about your campaigns and creations in the coming months on our road to the physical delivery. We've got a community starting up on our Auroboros Discord server to discuss everything Auroboros, join us: https://discord.gg/fxPUWyYQ5Z!
We are still quite overwhelmed by the response to Auroboros and the fact that over 10,000 people will be able to read it today - well, it's quite incredible! Thank you for your support, we'll see you in Lawbrand!
WarchiefGaming
Auroboros Development Update: February (Digital Delivery Announcement)
over 2 years ago
– Tue, Mar 01, 2022 at 01:14:11 AM
Hey all,
Sorry for the delay, as you may have seen in our comments, we intended to post this on Friday but needed some finalization on a file to be confirmed.
Without further adieu...
Auroboros Digital Delivery Begins March 4th
That's right! This Friday, you'll receive an email with any and all digital goods listed above as well as a download link! You'll be able to start reading about the world of Lawbrand, and playing in it! We are overwhelmed with joy that we're finally here at this step and cannot wait to see what you create.
These items will be delivered to you via BackerKit's digital download system, so even if you don't receive an email on Friday for whatever reason, you should be able to access them there.
So what can you expect from the delivery, and is anything missing? We wanted to cover a few things..
This will feature the entire book. It's done. Finished. Off to the printers!
It also features the Player's Guide, which is a subset of the Heroes section of the book, bound as a separate book. This is perfect for GMs to hand out to their players so they have easy access to the rules they need to play their characters. The Player's Guide features the rules for Races, Classes, Spells, Sigils, and the Auroboros Mark of the Serpent system, as well as backgrounds and group origins.
The soundtrack is available in its entirety for those eligible, with 13 tracks ready to be queued up for your next game, or even while you read the book!
We've included a PDF containing black & white versions of all 5 character sheet designs by Francesca Baerald (based on feedback that you'd also like to see the race-specific versions included in this stretch goal). You can fill these in digitally or print them out and use pen & paper. Reminder that the physical ones available as an add-on are full-color!
Additionally, all of our STL miniature packs are complete and will be delivered in their own ZIP files. They all come pre-supported thanks to the hard work of Mountain 3D, with his own guide for printing them included. If possible, we'd like to include the original, non-supported versions as well, but it depends on BackerKit's ability to deliver very large files. More on that this Friday!
The one missing item here is the free starting adventure with pre-made characters. We are currently in the working on this particular piece of content, as there is more we'd like to do with adventure content in the future, and as such, we opted to finish the core products first. We hope to deliver this in the coming months and we'll keep you updated!
So what's next?
Address Lock
We've received a lot of questions about changing your address and rest assured, you can still do that. By logging into BackerKit, you should be able to see your pledge and your address - which can still be changed! As is standard, we are waiting until the last possible moment to lock addresses so that the trouble of moving affects as few people as possible. As such, we are currently looking at some time in late April to lock addresses - basically, we won't do it until the books are on their way to you!
If you have issues changing your address in BackerKit, send us a message here on Kickstarter. We'll be going through them this week and sorting out anybody who needs assistance.
Mass Market Release
A bit of news on the mass market front, you may have seen our book appearing on websites such as Target and Amazon! As mentioned before, we are targeting an October release for mass market, which will allow even more people to join on our adventures through Lawbrand (as well as those looking forward to VTT options).
What's very exciting about this is that it means we had to cook up a new cover for the mass market version of Under the Sun, the novel telling the original story of Chris' adventure through Lawbrand. Currently, you can only obtain a copy of this via the Collector's Edition, wherein the slipcase has a big fancy version with lots of original art from the campaign.
With that, here's a look at that cover, by Éva Kárpáti, whose work you will come to know very well via the sourcebook!
Under the Sun by Micky Neilson, Cover by Éva Kárpáti
The mass market version of Under the Sun will be a 320 page hardcover - an epic tale bursting at the seams with prose.
