PDFs are in distribution
about 2 years ago – Wed, Oct 26, 2022 at 04:37:16 AM

Hello!

If you backed us during this campaign or pre-ordered DIE, you should now have access to the PDF of the game through Backerkit. Here's how to get it.

STEP ONE. Check your email. Backerkit emails you when you get access to new digital downloads. It may well be in your junk mail inbox because it looks generic enough to be spam. But it's not! It's got a link to a game in it. Click on that link, download it and have fun.

OPTIONAL STEP TWO. If you can't find the email, you can go directly to https://die-rpg.backerkit.com/, log in, and access your downloads from there.

EVEN MORE OPTIONAL STEP THREE. If you can't find the email and you can't download the game by logging into Backerkit, ask yourself: did I actually back this game on Kickstarter or pre-order it? If the answer is no, that's your problem right there. If the answer is yes, send an email to [email protected] listing the email address you used on Kickstarter/Backerkit and we'll look into the problem.

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RETAILERS

If you're a retail backer for DIE, you should already have had an email with a link to a retail order form. If not, you can make your own - click here to make a copy of our retail order form, fill it in and email it back to [email protected], and we'll take care of it from there.

IF YOU FIND ANY ERRORS, issues, typos, misprints or other aberrations in the text then you can go to the official DIE Discord (not the RRD Discord as I said on Sunday, apologies) and list them in the specific channel. Please do this before Friday October 28th! We have a tight print schedule on this.

That's all for now. We hope you like what we've done with it!

- Grant, Kieron, Maz, Stephanie, Zach and all of us at RRD

DIE RPG PDF on Tuesday!
about 2 years ago – Wed, Oct 26, 2022 at 02:56:20 AM

It's happening! It's been a challenge getting here but: we'll be releasing the PDF for the DIE RPG on Tuesday afternoon UK time!

WHAT HAPPENS NOW? 

You should receive an email from Backerkit shortly warning you that your order will lock in 48 hours time. Check you've got everything you want and that you've got the right payment info attached. Then, on Tuesday, your card will be charged and you'll get an email with your download details for the DIE RPG PDF (and a bunch of player resources to go with it, and anything else you've ordered from us). This gives us time to make sure that everyone's payments have gone through and we aren't accidentally giving away the PDF for free.

Once you've got the PDF, enjoy it! Read it! Look at the pictures! And if you spot any typos or errors in the text, you can post them in our DIE RPG CORRECTIONS Discord channel. (Thankfully, our extensive passes from multiple editors means that we've managed to pull down the number of errors. But nobody's perfect, eh.) 

Print deadline is imminent so there's only a limited time for backer preview. Get your corrections in quickly. (And: thank you for your service.)

PHYSICAL BOOK SCHEDULE

We're planning to print in November/December which means fulfillment will likely begin in February to allow enough time for us to move a bunch of books around the world. (Getting that many books into the States is especially difficult and time-consuming.) Fulfillment is likely to happen in stages as UK, US & AU based partners will potentially receive items at different times and we will get parcels out as soon as is practical in each place. We'll keep you updated as we go.

Now for some specific updates:

RETAILERS 

If you backed Die as a retailer, you should receive an email shortly with an order form for you to fill in. This includes space for you to order directly all DIE products as well as any RR&D and UFO Press items you'd like to add to your order. Please fill this in and return it to us on email, and we will invoice you accordingly and get your books prepped to ship at the same time as non-retail backers, which will be ahead of general release. Speaking of general release: we're hoping that from March the DIE RPG book and some of the campaign add-ons will be available from both Diamond and Alliance. We'll be sending out sales info sheets along with order confirmations so you have some materials to help you sell the game to your customers.

PEOPLE WHO HAVE ORDERED BOTH DIE AND NON-DIE ITEMS 

Firstly, thanks! Secondly - we're planning to split your orders so that you'll receive the non-DIE parts sooner. All being well, you'll get items you've ordered from RR&D's back catalogue in the course of the next few weeks. That means we will need to lock the address tied to your order shortly, so please check your address is correct now. Once this part of your order is complete, we will unlock the address for editing so you can change it before your second parcel ships.

That's all for now. Keep an eye on your inboxes come Tuesday!

- Grant, Kieron, Stephanie, Zach, Maz and everyone at RRD

Outrageously close to completion
over 2 years ago – Mon, Oct 10, 2022 at 03:35:52 AM

We've just had Will's last editing pass over the manuscript (delivered ahead of schedule, thanks Will, you're a class act) and Lone is making the final changes required to the PDF. As keen-eyed readers will have clocked, Kieron's taken his last pass over the document too and tweeted out a bunch of his jokes that made it through the rigorous editing passes.

So: we're very close to getting a PDF into your hands. (Onto your eyes? I dunno.) Please enjoy several more screenshots of the PDF as a sort of proof-of-life:

Right. That's all for now. PDF soon. 

Lots of love,

- Grant (and the rest of us here at RRD)

September Update
over 2 years ago – Sun, Sep 25, 2022 at 10:57:12 PM

Hello folks,

Some news from our production team:

• We're doing a extra proof pass to make sure things are consistent, clear and as mistake-free as possible.  Please enjoy these pretty images of layout, specifically the Emotion Knight's class pages:

• The book is now 400 pages, not 300. This has caused some issues.
  
• Delivery time now looking at mid-October, not mid-late September. We'll keep you updated on physical delivery dates, but these are likely to be pushed back. This is due to both the extra work to make the book as good as it can be, and the extra paper we need to source to make it longer.
  
• Production on Dice, Coins and GM Screen has started!  If you signed up to the waitlist, we'll be getting in touch to upgrade you on BackerKit (Sign up here if you haven't yet!)
  

- Grant (and the rest of the team at RRD)

August Update
over 2 years ago – Thu, Aug 18, 2022 at 02:26:54 AM

Lots of news since we got back from the states, so strap in:

LAYOUT

We're getting there! We want the book to be absolutely gorgeous so we're taking multiple passes at it. Please enjoy these nice spreads taken from Lone's work-in-progress:

We've also received the intro comic, which sets up the "story" of the new iconic paragons in the DIE RPG - a drama club reunion. Kind of fun to be able to just commission more DIE from the author and the artist, not gonna lie. Here's a snippet:

 MORE GRANDMASTER DICE?

Look: we didn't expect the fancy holographic dice to be so popular, and for that, we were fools. After a chat with the folks at Level Up Dice, we're looking into securing more raw materials and production time to make a few more sets. 

If you're interested in picking up a set of Grandmaster dice in holographic glass and obisidian, you can sign up to the waitlist here. There's no guarantees at present so this solely registering interest, but it'll let you get your name on the list if you'd like to have a bunch of ridiculously pretty dice.

NEW, FATTER COINS

We ordered some prototype Fair Gold coins from Campaign Coins, and: they just weren't big enough. They felt a bit skinny and insubstantial, and seeing as Fair Gold can magically draw people to it by feeling better than whatever it is they most desire, we thought that the physical version deserved to live up to that promise. Nothing against Campaign Coins, you understand: we ordered coins that were too thin.

So! We ordered some more. (Pictured on the right, above.) These ones are 3mm wider and 1mm thicker, which (because of "physics") doubles the weight of each coin. And they're perfect, now. They have an excellent heft to them, and they make a nice "ting" noise when you flick them with your thumb.

(It's higher-pitched than that, but you get the idea.) This means that there are about twenty official counterfeit Fair Gold coins in existence, and once this RPG replaces Dungeons and Dragons, we can sell them for thousands of dollars each as items of massive cultural relevance. Probably.

RETAILERS!

We have a mailing list for retailers now - please sign up to that if you'd like information about our newest products and a direct line to order them at reduced rates. Here's the link.
There's also a special retail-only tier in the DIE RPG pre-order store (scroll all the way down to the bottom, you'll find it) which lets you pick up five hardcovers for DIE for £120 and also asks a few bonus questions which will let you order additional stuff in bulk if you'd like.

We're setting up deals with the following distributors to make it easier to get your hands on our stuff:

- Diamond for UK and US comic stores

- Studio 2 Publishing consolidating in the US, which allows purchase through Alliance and BNW

- Indie Press Revolution, also in the US

- Aetherworx in APAC

- Asmodee in the UK and, potentially, EU

TIMELINE UPDATE

We're currently looking to release the PDF to backers in mid- to late-September. Once the PDF is released we'll lock orders and charge cards through Backerkit and distribute the document through their digital downloads service. We'll warn you via an update a couple of days beforehand so you'll have a chance to make sure your details are correct on the pledge manager.

The Pre-Order store will stay open until we go to print on DIE. You'll be able to put in new orders until then, and if your order has been locked and your card has been charged we're still able to modify it but you'll have to get in touch ([email protected]) so we can do it manually on the backend.

Once we've locked orders and addresses, we'll ship out any non-DIE products to those backers (so if you added Spire or Heart to your order, for example, you'll get a copy of that as soon as possible). DIE products will follow later once we can confirm the final production schedule.

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That's everything for now. More as and when we know it. 

- Grant (and everyone else at RRD)