Final token sheet designs!
over 4 years ago – Mon, Aug 12, 2019 at 02:06:18 AM

We have added the digital tokens to the DriveThruRPG 'The Dungeon' title!

The tokens have been added to the digital Dungeon title on DriveThruRPG and should be available for download immediately. There are 122 tokens in total which come as 300 DPI PNG files in a single ZIP file.

To download, simply go to the Dungeon in your DriveThruRPG library and select the Token file.

Physical Token Sheets

We can now share with you the first complete images of the physical token sheets!

Not all of the tokens have made it to the physical sheets, mainly the open versions of the doors, as these took up a lot of space and for physical tokens you can just remove the token when the door is opened.

Now you may remember that during the Kickstarter we promised to include a pack of 4 token sheets with The Dungeon Pledge level (and 2 packs with the Double Dungeon). Well we have gone beyond that and we will be including a pack of 5 because we just couldn't fit everything we wanted onto 4 sheets, so there's another on on us in each pack :-)

Our tokens will be reusable as many times as your adventures require! We have included multiple doors as we know these will be one of the most used tokens!

We will also be releasing a video update in the coming days to show you more of the books in action and the tokens in use!

As the final checks are happening now as we start the print run we will keep you updated as we progress through production and fulfilment.

FAQ

Change of address - If you need to change your address we have not locked down addresses in Backerkit so you can go back into your survey and update your address details there.

Digital Dungeon - Your link to the Digital Dungeon would have been sent directly from DriveThruRPG on or after June 30. It may have ended up in promotions/clutter/junk or spam folders. If its not apparent please drop me a message on Kickstarter and I can resend your link for you.

If you need anything please reach out in the comments!

Tam & Matt

Loke BattleMats

Tokens update
over 4 years ago – Fri, Aug 02, 2019 at 03:36:07 AM

All of the tokens are complete, we should have them all sized and formatted ready to add to the Digital Dungeon next week.

We showed a couple of architecture sheets last time, so here's a sample of tokens from the Furniture, Danger and Special sheets.

We expect to be able to send out a printing update for you next week!

One Page Dungeon Contest

On a side note, Matt and John have managed to get into the winning entries of this years One Page Dungeon Contest, which ran earlier this year, with a not entirely serious entry based on a failed airship raid on a giant mechanical sky-whale. 

For anyone interested, it's a free one-pager on DriveThruRPG, use this link to find 'A Whale of a Time...'

Be warned, we went a little overboard on the whaley bad puns here!

Matt & Tam

Loke BattleMats

Our projected timeline and a first in detail look at the sticker sheets!
over 4 years ago – Thu, Jul 25, 2019 at 03:31:43 AM

Thanks to all of your support for the Kickstarter, and getting your BackerKit surveys completed so quickly, we have now been able to confirm numbers with the printers and we are SOOOOO close to starting the print run!

We are just dotting the i's and crossing the t's, so there is a lot of back and forth. This bit always takes longer than we expect (especially as we are really keen to get going), but its totally worth it in the end!

We have been pulling together a draft timeline which I am able to share, this is our estimated timings from the start of printing through to you receiving your book. So here is a step by step breakdown of what happens next and how long we expect it will take!

As we are a little later than we had hoped green lighting the print run the timeline has probably moved to October for you receiving your books I'm afraid. Its frustrating for us as we want to get going asap and we are so close to getting everything just as we want it, but we have to make really sure everything is perfect so we are taking our time to make sure the product we create is the best it can be!

So here's what you can expect - 

• Printing and finishing - 6 weeks

This is dehumidifying, printing, laminating, finishing and shrink wrapping the books in their slip cases. The print run covers all the Dungeon books and the add-ons as well as the extras we are ordering for retail.

You can expect some pictures from us of what's happening as we move through the process.

• Shipping (factory to Hubs) - 21 days

Directly from the factory the books will ship to our fulfilment hubs. We expect they will be on the water for approx 3 weeks. Hopefully we will be able to find out ship names as it is possible to track your Dungeon as it travels the world  (frankly that's loads of fun!)

• Unloading and customs - 1 week

This is a variable as we don't know how busy the ports and customs will be, we will allow 1 week although it could take a little longer. 

• Shipping (Fulfilment) - 3 weeks (plus shipping time to you)

Once the books hit the fulfilment centres it can take 3 weeks to process and pick all the pledges and ship from there. Then we add on the actual time in transit to you (this will vary depending on where you are, although we are planning to use 5 regional hubs so this will drastically reduce transit times). We are hard at work with our partners to minimise this processing time and hopefully we can save some time here.

What next for us?

We will be getting the last details finalised and then getting going with printing!

Following this we will be focused on quality control and staying in contact with the printers as they get to work to ensure everything goes smoothly and we are on track! You can expect videos and manufacturing updates from us and we will update the timeline if anything changes.

We will also be working with our fulfilment agent GamesQuest to make sure they have everything they need in order to get the logistics planned and in place. We have a lot to organise and plan so we can get fulfilment as smooth and quick as possible!

Oh and we'll be playtesting and releasing the module for the Digital Dungeon! It's all go at Loke HQ and we're so excited to get these books to you!

Updating/changing your address

We will leave addresses unlocked in Backerkit until the Books are on ships approaching the fulfilment centres so we can work with the most up to date information. We will give you a weeks notice at least of when we will be locking addresses in case you need to update your information.

Any questions please shout out!

Matt & Tam

Loke BattleMats

Oh and here's a first look at some of our final sticker sheets! These 2 are "architecture", the other themes for the sheets include "danger" and "furniture". We will share these soon as well and these will be added to The Dungeon title on DriveThruRPG in the coming days.

As you can see we have been sure to include multiples of walls and doors as we see these as the most used designs.

Interesting fact alert! The fallen door on the second sheet is actually the front door of Leeds castle in Kent UK!

Oh and if you're heading to GenCon swing by Albino Dragon on stand 158 and you can check out our very own Giant Book of Battle Mats!

A close up look at our final samples!
almost 5 years ago – Fri, Jul 12, 2019 at 11:12:01 PM

We are super excited to share a close up look at our final samples!

As per popular request this is our first video update! We show our final run samples for both books of The Dungeon, the slip case and a the first look at the hard cover Little Book.

These samples are digital prints and are hand made and hand laminated. This means The Dungeon print run - which will be an offset print and industrial laminate - will actually be of a higher quality.

Straight away seeing the samples there are a couple of tweaks we will be making, nothing major but we will be inverting the sea entrance pages (p3&4 book 2) so they line up with book 1, and make a couple of tweaks to colours. This is the stage where we have to be hyper critical with our work so we will be locked in the office for the weekend with tape measures, colour charts and magnifiers triple checking everything!!

We are very excited by how good these are looking! 

As I am sure you will ask where are the stickers? They have been delayed as we are still perfecting (don't laugh) the stickiness. We have to get the adhesive level just right as we want them to be easy to take off the books and there is a lot of communication with the factory to get that perfect before we print the samples. We aren't expecting this to hold things up at all as the stickers will be faster to print than the books.

Once we have gone through this with a fine tooth comb we will be approving the start of manufacturing. At this point we will be able to break down our timeline for you so you can see when we expect the books to leave the factory, arrive at fulfilment centres and get sent out to you. A full update on this will follow!

At this stage we are working on the timeline that we will ship the books to you (i.e. they will leave our fulfilment partners en route to you) at the end of September. How long they take to reach you will depend on where you are but at this stage its looking like we have the numbers to use 5 regional fulfilment hubs to speed things along!

I know its still really early days in terms of our production timeline, but I really can't wait to see pics of you guys using these, they make game planning and prep so much fun :-)

See you in the comments!

Tam & Matt

Loke BattleMats

Calling our Dungeoneers - We need your help with our ENnies nomination!
almost 5 years ago – Thu, Jul 11, 2019 at 01:29:46 AM

So we have been nominated for an ENnie Award this year!

This is clearly awesome and we are thrilled our very own Big Book of Sci-Fi Battle Mats has got the nod in the Best Aid/Accessory (non digital) category.

The award is decided by public vote so if you could spare a minute to vote for us that would be awesome!

http://www.ennie-awards.com/vote/2019/   We're nominated in the Best Aid/Accessory (non digital category). 

Looking at the Nominees list there are so many publishers and creators on there who we are big fans of, so do check them out :-)

It has been a epic year for us, with the ENnies nomination for The Big Book of Sci-Fi Battle Mats and the Giant Book of Battle Mats winning both Best accessory awards at the UK Games Expo. 

Thank you all for coming on this amazing journey with us! Frankly we're pretty humbled by all this!

Now back to work on getting The Dungeon Books of Battle Mats made :-)

Our final samples are due to reach us this week and we cannot wait to share them with you all! Then we just need to make sure everything is exactly how we want it and we can green light production and get going on making these amazing books!

I will finish with the usual reminder to complete your Backerkit survey! we are 95% complete now but it is worth reminding you that everyone has to fill it our, even if you just backed Digital and have no shipping address to supply! We will be locking and charging newly completed surveys every 2 weeks (the next lockdown date is July 13) and we will send out the digital content to newly completed surveys at the same time!

Any questions please shout us and thanks again for supporting us!

Tam & Matt

Loke BattleMats