Knights of the Kingdom Assemble!
over 1 year ago – Thu, Apr 13, 2023 at 03:13:02 PM

We did it! 

I'll be honest, I had no idea what the reaction would be to this book - the look is outside the norm and frankly, I just had a lot of fun playing with expectations on every page. It was a delight pulling in assorted creators and artists to scribble inside it and I just hoped it would do well enough to get a better quality print than the usual POD books I've done in the past. (Not that there's anything wrong with them!) Thanks to all of you we not only hit the goal but unlocked all of the stretch goals I had planned for the book including FOUR FREE printed pamphlet adventures, upgraded pages, foil, glow-in-the-dark, and upgraded cover details, and assorted stickers and mutation kits. Pretty damn awesome. 

What's next? 

Now that the project is over, I will coordinate with my adventure creators to get rolling on their contributions and I'll tidy up the interior cover art and tables I've been picking at for the last week. In about 2 weeks, Kickstarter will send the funds and my plan is to have the files ready to send to the printer at that point and the core book itself will be distributed to everyone at that time as well! At that point, I'll start with the final layout and options for the Mork Borg kit,  and start setting up the Pledge Manager. (I'll likely use Gamefound.) 

At that point, I'll be able to give you a solid timeline, official shipping costs, and hopefully digital versions of the adventures.

Thank you for joining me on this crusade! Now let's go crush some little green invaders!

Kris

More stretch goals fall before the alien assault!
almost 2 years ago – Mon, Apr 03, 2023 at 01:56:01 PM

Aided by the slime-slathered swords of the Mörk Borg Mutation add-ons, we've unlocked FIVE stretch goals! 

• UNLOCKED: The Mörk Borg MUTATION Pack! This stretch goal unlocks an optional add-on kit to bring darkness to the Lumen with an envelope of stickers, papers, and art to convert the game to Mörk Borg! Bring your own tape, staples, and blood!
• UNLOCKED: Better Pay For Art! The artists and creators who worked on the book will get a few extra alms in their pockets as well as their hat!

• UNLOCKED: Pamphlet Tables Extra! Lester Burton, creator of GROK?! will create a collection of Pamphlet Tables as a free digital extra! Lester will be hand-typing this on their typewriter! (But then I'll be sending it digitally - they won't be hand-typing one for each backer. They aren't insane, just weird!)
• UNLOCKED: BLACK! The endpapers of the book will now be sweet, edgy BLACK. I always wanted to be a goth, but was waaay too nerdy and into comics and fantasy to fit in, but who has black endpapers in their RPG now, Trevor??  (Unless we hit the later goal to add printed tables instead, in which case this will just fill you with a sense of contentment knowing it was once black.)
• UNLOCKED: Sticky! More Stickers! All physical tiers will get another free sticker. Mörk Borg Mutation backers will get an exclusive additional sticker in their envelope too!

MORE STRETCH GOALS TO COME

• Cover Upgrade! The cover will now be printed with silky, premium soft-touch lamination, one of my personal favorite finishes for books lately.
• WALLDEN Adventure! Marren MacAdam, creator of LORDSWORN will bring us the FREE digital pamphlet adventure Wallden.

• And More! Printed endsheets, a fourth pamphlet adventure, glow-in-the-dark, and other cool add-ons that will help keep you warm in the darkness of the post-apocalypse.

I HEAR YOU ASKING:

"Kris, how can I reach these lofty and largely cosmetic improvement goals?"

It's simple, my loyal, gallant knight! If you are interested in this book, please tell people about it. We aren't running promotions or advertising for the book in an effort to keep the money out of the hands of big tech jerks and secretly alien lizard people social media kings, so everyone that's spread the word about the project and mentioned it on their blogs, videos, pages and discords has been because you think this book looks cool, or fun or at least worth mentioning and I cannot thank you enough! 

RESIST THE INVADERS! 

Kris McClanahan, Knight of the Realm.

MUTTERING MÖRK BORG MUTATIONS
almost 2 years ago – Sun, Apr 02, 2023 at 08:27:51 AM

Greetings, knights! 

We have unlocked our first pamphlet adventure! Alan Bahr, creator of amazing games like Tiny Dungeon, Crescendo of Violence, Cold Shadows, Tiny Cthulhu, Shadows of a Dying Sun and dozens of others will be creating (And Illustrating!) a pamphlet sized adventure for the game! ALL BACKERS will get the digital copy of this reward, which can be easily printed on a single sheet of paper at home if desired. 

We are also close enough to the next goal that I've gone ahead and updated the pledge levels to reflect our MÖRK BORG MUTATION add-on! 

This $20 add-on option will include everything you need to channel your own inner serial killer and mutate your copy of Attack From Space to use MÖRK BORG's ruleset! The Lumen system that AFS is based on is excellent, and it fits the theme of the game nicely, but the MÖRK BORG version adds a deadlier twist to the game and makes it compatible with the hundreds of other 3rd party MÖRK BORG supplements! 

What is the MÖRK BORG Mutation Pack?

The MBMP will be an envelope of stickers, post-it notes, printed pages, notations, decals, and tip-ins that you will be able to use to physically modify your copy of Attack From Space into a MÖRK BORG compatible game! 

IMPORTANT NOTE: To fully enjoy and experience this add-on, you will have to tape, glue, staple, or otherwise adhere a number of items to the physical pages of your book, altering it forever. I considered doing an entirely separate print run of this version but decided that having the backers (you) join into the spirit and design of this game by mutating the pages yourselves was 100% in keeping with the spirit of the game. This mutation pack will include a selection of die-cut stickers, printed pages and notes as well as a pdf of how and where to apply each item to convert your book! It will also include a digital version of an altered Ditto ruleset with the MÖRK BORG version of the game! 

To add the MÖRK BORG MUTATION Pack, you can change your pledge and add it or select a new reward level that suits your needs. I've added three new tiers that you can select instead of adding the item if you want extra copies of the book or extras. 

$45-THE SCVM KNIGHT: Scvm Knights get Attack From Space in printed hardcover and the MÖRK BORG MUTATION PACK. They will also get digital editions of the Lumen version, the MÖRK BORG Ditto Digital version, and any unlocked stretch goals!

$73-SCVM KN1GHT COLLECTOR: You get two hardcover copies of Attack From Space - one to keep illuminated and a second to deface with the included MÖRK BORG Mutation pack! Also includes all digital editions and any unlocked stretch goals!

$100-THE RAVAGED KINGDOM: This reward includes everything! Two hardcover copies of the book, two printed versions of both ditto versions, the MÖRK BORG Mutation pack, all stretch goal rewards, an EXCLUSIVE METAL BOOKMARK, and 6 printed character sheets for each version of the game!

More to come after this, including our next Free Pamphlet reward; a collection of tables from the master of weird, Lester Burton, the creator of GROK?!

Kris!

Bookmarks, Adventures and Mutations coming!
almost 2 years ago – Tue, Mar 28, 2023 at 08:09:55 AM

Greetings, Knights! 

It's been a great first week and we have some RAD stretch goals coming! We've unlocked a sticker, better paper, extra alms for the artists and now, a free bookmark! Naturally, I had to keep it era-appropriate with an AFS spin on an old favorite: 

Brain Dwayne will be unlocked as a trading card sized bookmark for all physical backers! 

Our next reward is the first in a planned series of digital pamphlet-sized adventures and additions! ALAN BAHR, award-winning creator and designer responsible for games like Tiny Dungeon, Cold Shadows, Crescendo Of Violence and dozens of other games joins us first, with an adventure currently titled THE TOWER OF THE SEA DEMON! 

Want more? Just behind the portcullis awaits cool work from Leonard Peterson, Marren MacAdam and Harry Menear! 

The best way to reach these is to spread the word! Share the project on social media, discord or anywhere you think folks might dig this style of game!

Thanks for the support - with your help, we can defeat this alien menace. 

Kris!

Oh yeah... one other little note - at $4000, we unlock a Mörk Borg Mutation Kit as an optional add-on! Bwahahahaha More on that later! ;) 

The Quest Begins!
almost 2 years ago – Wed, Mar 22, 2023 at 08:14:49 AM

GREETINGS KNIGHTS!

We funded overnight and unlocked the enchanted deluxe volume of Attack From Space! This has been an absolute labor of love/madness for me for the last year and I'm really excited to see people join the table round and aid in defeating these nefarious and pretentious alien invaders.

We have a lot of fun stuff planned and hope to get some live plays of the game recorded as well to share during the campaign. I don't do a ton of updates on here and I am keeping stretch goals to a minimum - The book itself is completely ready for print formatting and backers will receive the digital copy as soon as Kickstarter confirms funds, so there is only so much padding we plan to do in terms of stretches. That said... a book inspired by my high school days absolutely begs for a few cheesy extras like bookmarks, pins, stickers, foil stamping, glow-in-the-dark, etc - so we will see what we can unlock! 

First up at $2000 - a Free Sticker with all physical rewards! 

After that - the artists who worked on the book - most of whom did it for fun and a copy of the game - will get a few extra alms in their hats!

Thank you for joining me on my crazy adventure - this is the first full-on hardcover offset printed RPG I've made and I can't wait to finish it.

Kris - In the eastern fields of Yvinland.