Welcome to the Release Roundup! This is where we update you on what we’ve been up to for the last month, from weekly releases to crowdfunding projects to production status updates.
This month’s Onyx Path releases include:
- They Came from the Cyclops’s Cave!: They Came from the Cyclops’s Cave! Rulebook (PDF/print)
- They Came from the Cyclops’s Cave!: They Came from the Cyclops’s Cave! Director’s Deck (Quips and Cinematics) (PDF/cards)
- They Came from the Cyclops’s Cave!: They Came from the Cyclops’s Cave! Director’s Deck (Fiendish Plots & Fantastic Settings) (PDF/cards)
- They Came from [CLASSIFIED]!: They Came from [CLASSIFIED]! Rulebook (PDF/print)
- They Came from [CLASSIFIED]!: Storypath Tasty Bit: The Ministry of Disorder (PDF)
- They Came from [CLASSIFIED]!: They Came from [CLASSIFIED]! Director’s Deck (Quips and Cinematics) (PDF/cards)
- They Came from [CLASSIFIED]!: They Came from [CLASSIFIED]! Director’s Deck (Fiendish Plots and Twists) (PDF/cards)
- Exalted: Many-Faced Strangers (print)
- Changeling: The Lost: The Hedge (PDF/print)
This month’s Community Content, from the Storypath Nexus, Slarecian Vault, and Canis Minor includes:
- Scarred Lands: 100 Knick-knacks for Hollowfaust
- Scion: The Orixá of Umbanda
- Trinity Continuum: Æon: Eidolons: Concepts Embodied
- Realms of Pugmire: A Ball to Die For
Crowdfunding Update
Coming to BackerKit May 7th: At the Gates! Sign up to be notified!
CURRENT PRODUCTION STATUS
Items in bold have changed in status since last month. Early stages, such as proposals, outlines, and approvals, are not shown here.
Development: These stages typically happen first in a project, and concern the words you’re going to be reading.
- First Draft: Writers turn in their initial drafts
- Scion: Dragon Lair 3 (September)
- Scion: Dragon Lair 4 (December)
- Exalted: Exalted Essay Collection
- Exalted: Champions of the Divine Flame
- Realms of Pugmire: Rumble in Riverwall/The Ghost Town
- Realms of Pugmire: Curious Cats of Mau Jumpstart
- Redlines: Developers make notes and desired changes to writers
- Storypath Ultra Core Manual
- Scion: Dragon Lair 2 (June)
- Exalted: The Exalted Essence Player’s Guide
- Exalted: Alchemicals
- Second/Final Draft: Writers turn in second drafts based on developer redlines
- Exalted: Exigents Jumpstart
- Exalted: Sidereals novella
- Exalted: Sidereals Companion
- Development: Developers tie everything together and make any desired final changes.
- The World Below: Underworld Adventures
- Scion: Mythic Shards
- Scion: Rock Gods and Side Quests
- Manuscript Approval: The developed manuscript goes to Content Leads, In-House Developers, and the Creative Director for final approval.
- The World Below: Ed Greenwood’s Monstrous Ecology of the World Below
- Post-Approval Development: If changes are requested from the previous stage, or additional miscellaneous development needs to be done.
- Editing: Editors check for typos, nomenclature, and formatting errors.
- The World Below: Enter the Dungeon Jumpstart
- They Came From…!: They Came from the RPG Anthology!
- Realms of Pugmire: The Curious Cats of Mau
- Post-Editing Development: Additional approval and minor fixes from developers.
- Trinity Continuum: Tasty Bit Compilation
- Exalted: Abyssals: Sworn to the Grave
Art Direction: These stages happen concurrently with the final stages of Development, and concern the visual appearance of the final product. Accordingly, some items may appear in both the Development and Art Direction lists.
- Art Notes Prep: Hand-off between production and art. Art notes are collected from developers, projects placed in a holding pattern as artist availability is managed. Sometimes a project might move back from to Prep from active Art Direction. Don’t panic.
- Scion: War Games: Titans Rising Origin and Hero Adventures
- Scion: Gifts of the Titans
- Scion: Wild Hunt
- Scion: Tasty Bit Compilation
- Scion: Dragon Companion
- Scion: Demigod Companion
- Scion: God: Divine Inspiration
- Scion: God Jumpstart
- Scion: God: Player’s Guide
- They Came From…: Heroes of Action and Wonder!
- They Came from the Cyclops’s Cave: VTT token pack
- They Came from the Cyclops’s Cave: They Came from Witchford Academy!
- They Came from [CLASSIFIED]!: VTT token pack
- They Came from [CLASSIFIED]!: They Came from the Danger Zone!
- They Came from Beyond the Grave!: Storypath Tasty Bit: Cabin in the Woods (October)
- They Came from Beyond the Grave!: They Came from Camp Murder Lake! VTT Adventure
- Trinity Continuum: Aegis
- Trinity Continuum: Aegis: Aegis Atlas
- Trinity Continuum: Aether: The Aether Companion
- Trinity Continuum: Aether: Aether Player’s Guide
- Trinity Continuum: Aether: Audio Drama
- Trinity Continuum: Aether: The Aethernaut Collection
- Trinity Continuum: Adventure!: Danger Skies! (was Thrilling Tales)
- Trinity Continuum: Aberrant: Best At What I Do
- Trinity Continuum: Aberrant: From the Shadows
- Trinity Continuum: Aberrant: Hated and Feared
- Trinity Continuum: Anima: DLC
- Trinity Continuum: Anima Jumpstart: alt-AR (Cascade)
- Trinity Continuum: Anima Jumpstart: Shattered Seals (Terra Surge)
- Trinity Continuum: Æon: Storypath Tasty Bit: Spaceships (May)
- Mage: The Ascension: Forgotten and Forbidden Orders
- Mage: The Ascension: Faces of Magick
- M20 Victorian Age: Bizarre Tales and Unusual Characters
- M20 Victorian Age: Weird Wonders and Revolutionary Magick
- Exalted Essence: Deeds Yet Undone (Adventure Trilogy)
- Exalted: Miracles of Divine Flame (Exigents Companion)
- Exalted: Exigents: Streaming Overlay
- Exalted: Exigents: VTT Tokens
- Exalted: Exigents: Wallpapers
- Exalted: Abyssals: Sworn to the Grave
- Realms of Pugmire: Threats and Curs
- Realms of Pugmire: Realms of Pugmire Jumpstart
- Realms of Pugmire: Wallpapers
- Art Direction: Artists are hired according to the needs of the line and book. Art is created and turned in.
- At the Gates: At the Gates Rulebook (Crowdfunding)
- The World Below: The World Below Rulebook
- Scion: Path to Apotheosis (Demigod Scenarios)
- Scion: Titans Rising
- They Came from…!: They Came from the RPG Anthology!
- They Came from the Cyclops’s Cave!: Jumpstart
- They Came from [CLASSIFIED]!: Jumpstart
- Trinity Continuum: Aether Jumpstart
- Trinity Continuum: Adventure!: Adventure! Addendum
- Trinity Continuum: Trinity Continuum Player’s Guide
- Trinity Continuum: Aberrant: With Great Power
- Exalted Essence: Pillars of Creation (Essence Companion)
- Branch Riders (Crowdfunding)
- Realms of Pugmire: Realms of Pugmire 2e Core Rulebook
- Realms of Pugmire: Curious Cats of Mau (Crowdfunding)
- In Layout: Typeface, coloration, and art are chosen, added to the manuscript text, and laid out for visual appeal.
- Scion: No Gods, No Masters
- Trinity Continuum: Adventure!: Adventure! wallpaper
- Trinity Continuum: Community Content Style Guide
- Werewolf: The Apocalypse: Apocalyptic Record wallpaper
- Exalted Essence: Tomb of Memory Jumpstart
- Exalted: Essence: Essence Charm Cards
- Exalted: Exigents: ST Reference Screen
- Exalted: Sidereals: Charting Fate’s Course
- Chronicles of Darkness: Contagion Chronicle Ready-Made Characters
- Realms of Pugmire: Squeaks in the Deep Companion
- Proofing: The final book layout is checked over by the art director, creative director, and sometimes the developer to make sure everything appears as it should.
- Scarred Lands: Spiragos Collected Adventures
- M20 Victorian Age: M20VA Jumpstart
- Deviant: The Renegades: The Clades Companion
- Indexing: Larger rulebooks have a comprehensive index created.
- Scion: God 2e
- Trinity Continuum: Aether
- At Press: The final product is being sent to printers or being prepped for digital release.
- At the Gates Ashcan: PoD proofs on the way.
- Scion: Origin Reprint: Looking at proofs.
- They Cam from the Cyclops’s Cave!: Pinging printer about cover specs again.
- They Came from the Cyclops’s Cave!: Director Reference Screen: Sending info to screen printer for quotes.
- They Came from the Cyclops’s Cave!: Wallpaper: Going to backers this week.
- They Came from [CLASSIFIED]!: Pinging printer about cover specs again.
- They Came from [CLASSIFIED]!: Director Reference Screen: Sending info to screen printer for quotes.
- They Came from [CLASSIFIED]!: Wallpaper: Going to backers this week.
- Trinity Continuum Core Reprint: Looking at proofs.
- Trinity Continuum: Æon Reprint: Printer files uploaded.
- Trinity Continuum: Anima: Pinging printer about cover specs.
- Trinity Continuum: Anima: Terra Surge Reference Screen: Sending info to screen printer for quotes.
- Mage: The Ascension: Lore of the Traditions: Finished advances came in.
- Exalted: Crucible of Legends VTT Tokens
- Exalted: Exigents: Out of the Ashes: PoD proofs ordered.
- Exalted: Essence: Finished advances came in.
- Exalted: Essence Storyteller Screen: At Studio 2.