Themed packs of huge terrain maps, and matching assets, for every environment! Easily create YOUR world!
Latest Updates from Our Project:
Project Update, Rewards, Failed Payments
about 2 months ago
– Tue, Jun 11, 2024 at 07:54:26 AM
Greetings world builders!
New update time! As a quick reminder, there are a few surveys, addresses, payments still incomplete on Backerkit - ***rewards cannot be distributed to backers with incomplete surveys/details/failed payments***. Make sure you complete your Backerkit details asap to ensure you get your digital and/or physical rewards :)
Where are we?
Production - Finishing touches are being made to some terrain and assets. I will not rest until these are the highest quality!! Once this is all complete our manufacturing partner will send us physical samples of every pack (all packs, all terrains, all assets, dice, everything...it'll be quite a bundle...), if everything is perfect we can push the green light for manufacturing! If changes need to be made, they will be made, and new samples will be sent of that edited item. *note - turnaround on sample production and delivery is a time consuming process, each phase of production and delivery can take a couple of weeks, so you can see how the calendar starts to fall away. Once everything has been signed off digitally I will get the manufacturers to start sample production, and let you all know that we're into the next phase :) The manufacturers are super busy but working hard to get all dice samples on their way to me for the new approval. I've upgraded the Gelatinous Icosahedron sharp d20 to an even bigger size because...well...I wanted to, and you deserve a big ooze. (This is not a 'chonk' die, but a larger d20 size - around 250mm instead of the 220mm standard).
Once we get these samples right, the thousands of dice will be expertly crafted by at least 3-4 goblins...who don't get breaks! They just love those dice THAT much!
Gelatinous Icosahedron sample die oozing around my desk
Shipping - We're on track to have everything manufactured and delivered by February 2025, as estimated. I hope to manufacture in the coming months (dependant on manufacturer factory timelines), and then it's just getting that time slot for delivery before or after the festive time of year (the dreaded global 'festive time' - November to February - is horror to any physical creator).
Backerkit Next Steps
Charging Cards - COMPLETE - Cards have been charged! Some of you still have incomplete addresses/details/failed payments, and your order can only be processed with all of this complete. Once your payment has been received your order will be processed (physical orders logged and allocated ready for shipment, and all digital items made available as soon as they are released).
Digital Items Release - Most digital items (terrain, assets, adventures, and extra goodies such as ATLAS battle maps, encounters, monster cards and tokens, etc) are ready to go and will be made available as soon as the orders are locked and cards have been successfully charged. Most of you already have your digital rewards, if you haven't received yours yet please check your Backerkit account and make sure everything is completed and your payment has been successful. Finishing touches are still being made on some rewards, and once these are completed and signed-off they will go straight to your mailbox :)
Project We Love - Adventures Await: Arcane Armaments
Arm yourselves with the most incredible magic items TTRPG has to offer! I don't know about you but I'm always stuck trying to find the perfect item for one of my players...not anymore!
Adventures Awaits: Arcane Armaments is a collection of 200 unique magic items for Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition. They’re perfect for filling the chests, vaults, and magical caches hidden across your world, or for spicing up encounters by giving the players’ adversaries tools and tricks they might not expect. Whether it’s enchanted swords, arcane-infused armors, or strange and intriguing wondrous items your campaign needs, this book has them all.
The base book contains the following:
50 Armor Sets From Light to Heavy
50 Weapons of Various Types and Sizes
50 Magical Focuses From Staves, to Orbs, to Rods and Holy Symbols
50 Wondrous Items From Cloaks to Rings, Masks and More
Stretch Goals and reward tiers will unlock even more items!
Mine are ordered already! Find out more here - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/adventuresawait/adventures-await-arcane-armaments-0?ref=8j2aah
Happy gaming!
Ollie (Moonlight Maps)
Charging Cards & Digital Rewards - SUPER QUICK UPDATE
about 2 months ago
– Fri, Jun 07, 2024 at 09:22:48 AM
Greetings world builders!
Cards are being charged! That means we're on our way!
Digital rewards are starting to be distributed, and you'll see many more pop up over the coming month.
Digital rewards available now -
Plain Terrain Assets - all packs + Ryoko bonus pack
Plain Terrain Adventures - all 3x stretch goal adventures
ATLAS Digital Battle Maps - all 100 battle maps
ATLAS Digital Encounters - all 80 encounter cards
ATLAS Digital Monsters - all 169 monster cards
ATLAS Digital Monster Tokens - all 400+ monster tokens
Digital rewards to come -
Digital Terrains - Astral, Desert, Fey Realm, The Dark
Plain Terrain VTT installations
ATLAS Battle Maps Mega Bundle
ATLAS Battle Maps VTT Installations
Now that rewards are distributing there's never been a better time to upgrade, or jump on board! Any rewards you add now will immediately be available, NO WAITING! What a time to be alive!
That's all for now. There'll be another post next week about project progress and timelines :)
Happy gaming!
Ollie (Moonlight Maps)
Digital Release & Backerkit Charging
3 months ago
– Tue, May 07, 2024 at 06:15:06 AM
Greetings world builders!
I wanted to give a quick update to show where we are (it's good), and how the next few steps will go (usually). As a quick reminder, there are a few surveys still incomplete on Backerkit - ***rewards cannot be distributed to backers with incomplete surveys/details***. Make sure you complete your Backerkit details asap to ensure you get your digital and/or physical rewards :)
Where are we?
Production - Everything is pretty much ready to go. We're awaiting final physical samples of the terrain and assets (and some new editions of dice - previous design samples of a few of them didn't come out as I'd hoped so we made some changes) from our manufacturer, and once those are confirmed they will be locked in and ready for the manufacturing green light (the big green light means all manufacturing will begin). Once we confirm the physical samples we'll receive bundle boxes containing all physical items, exactly as you'll receive them, so we can make sure everything is perfect. With everything quality assured and signed-off, the green light will be lit for manufacturing.
Shipping - It's currently looking like we're on track to have everything manufactured and delivered by February 2025, and hopefully sooner! Those of you taking their first journey into manufacturing, shipping, and general global production and distribution will be unfamiliar with the length of this timeline, but I'll go into more detail with that in future updates :)
Backerkit Next Steps
Locking Orders - To receive your rewards (digital and/or physical) you ***MUST*** complete your Backerkit survey and details. You will need an up to date delivery address (where you want the delivery to be shipped to), and a valid payment method (valid, and with payment complete with no outstanding amounts), for rewards to be unlocked and processed.
***Orders will be locked in the next couple of weeks*** This action will notify you immediately, and you will be given a final opportunity to add items to your order before your order is locked.
Charging Cards - Once the orders are locked, your card will be charged. Once your payment has been received your order will be processed (physical orders logged and allocated ready for shipment, and all digital items made available as soon as they are released).
Digital Items Release - Digital items (terrain, assets, adventures, and extra goodies such as ATLAS battle maps, encounters, monster cards and tokens, etc) are all ready to go and will be made available as soon as the orders are locked and cards have been charged.
If you want to add anything extra to your order before everything is locked down, you can do that here - https://plain-terrain.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders
Project We Love - Into The Wilds
Tom is a great friend of mine, and someone who I've shared this TTRPG creator journey with. They have a wonderful selection of battle map books that are a fantastic addition to any adventure!
Into the Wilds is a collection of 9 fully customisable, biome and region themed physical battlemap books for your favourite TTRPG. They are ideal for pre-set or random encounters, so you can be fully prepared no matter which direction your players choose to head in.
Volume 3 Introduces three new Urban themed books to the series, while the returning Volumes 1 & 2 include Overworld and Underworld themed books. The maps are all completely hand-drawn by well known cartographer Tom Cartos, and are customisable with the included re-usable asset stickers, your own 3D terrain, or a dry erase marker.
I've got mine lined up! Find out more here - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/intothewilds-maps/into-the-wilds-battlemap-books-volume-3-urban-edition?ref=cwrh9e
Happy gaming!
Ollie (Moonlight Maps)
Quick Poll - What Would You Prefer?
3 months ago
– Fri, Apr 19, 2024 at 01:39:29 AM
Greetings World Builders!
Just a quick 1-question poll to see if you would rather have variants of physical maps, or purely unique maps, in your physical battle map packs.
Where are we - mini update
4 months ago
– Wed, Mar 20, 2024 at 09:36:06 AM
Greetings world builders!
"World Builders". That's truly something, isn't it? I think about what our GMs do every now and then and I'm staggered. Make sure you take time to step back once in a while and take that in. You're incredible.
Anyway, into the meat. I thought I'd check in with a little update and let you know where we're at. So here we go.
Where are we?
Assets are all completed, at least to the pre-production level. I'm currently awaiting a test run of all assets from the manufacturers in China so I can review EVERYTHING and see what needs to be adjusted. Adjustments will usually come in the form of making objects brighter if they're to dark, or redesigning an image that isn't perfectly readable when printed. The procedure for printing onto vinyl means that images come out darker than their digital origins, so this is a crucial step.
Terrain is all completed (we'll look at those in the next update)! Getting the detail and variation on these is a microscience. I don't think that's a word, but I'll take it. I want these to be reusable endlessly, for many years to come, so getting them just right is essential. I also really want them to be unique (for instance, the Grass terrain in the Shadow Realm pack is different from the Grass terrain in the Adventurer pack. It isn't just desaturated, we've added fog, vines, and other details to make sure it feels like a unique environment). No cutting corners here. I only make products I want to use myself, and my bar is high :)
Timeline - From experience, and having backed numerous KS projects myself, It's always a bad idea to get too into the timeline details because delays always happen (throw a dart at any global event over the last 4 years...). BUT having said that, I'm planning to be hitting manufacturing somewhere around the summer, which puts us bang on track for delivery :)
What Do You Want Next?
Listen. You guys steer the ship, you know what you want. The horizon is filled with my plans and dreams, but I'm curious where we're heading first. What is it YOU want? Let me know - https://forms.gle/1vM3yFFmK75xb7dF6
*You don't need to sign in, it's all anonymous. Your wishes are all that's required :)
Project We Love
SO excited for this to finally be available! These (Ennie nominated) guys are making some of the best worlds in the biz and this is no exception. Get your Littlings ready for adventure!
Adventures in the Household is a 5E supplement about Littlings, little folks living grand-tiny adventures in a big abandoned House. Set in a regency-like era, 100 years after the disappearance of the Master, Adventures in the Household features an immersive lore that takes players into a unique setting.
Adventures in the Household is the 5E conversion by Jacob Rodgers (Ruins of Symbaroum, Lord of the Rings Roleplaying) of the 2023 ENNIE Award nominated RPG Household, originally designed by Riccardo Sirignano and Simone Formicola (Outgunned, Inferno: Dante's Guide to Hell, Apocalisse), and beautifully illustrated by Daniela Giubellini.
If your players want something fresh to get their teeth into, this is it! Find out more here - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2lm/adventures-in-the-household-5e
