February Update
5 months ago – Mon, Feb 26, 2024 at 11:12:23 AM

The big map of Titan Port is done! I've spent February working on getting the last bits of cartography done for the zine. Kickstarter won't let me upload a high-res version of the map on here without compressing it into a near-unreadable mess of pixels, so I've cut it up into some smaller images for you to get an idea of the level of detail. I'll post a high-res version on the CULT OF THE LIZARD KING Discord for those who would like to see the whole thing :)

As you can see, I made the mistake of not abstracting any of it and having to draw all these little houses by hand. However, as a result, this map looks sweet and I can't wait to see it in print!

Another map I've worked on this month is the map that accompanies the second adventure "The Tower of Tursar Settru". The map details the inside of the tower players are asked to steal a precious object from.

Speaking of the second adventure, Ava is still hard at work editing the remaining text. Due to some personal matters editing has been slow, but progress has been made regardless. We estimate it will take at least another month to get it all finished, but the end is in sight!

What's next?

With most of the art finished (only a handful of commissioned pieces are still waiting to be delivered) and Ava busy with editing, I'll be shifting my attention away from art towards layout and putting all the bits together into a zine. As it looks now, the zine will probably end up as a thick 80-84 page zine. This is at least 12 pages more than what I originally planned, so I'll also be looking into if that will even be possible to print the same way I printed the first issue.

Thank you so much for your support!

Talk again soon!

- Emiel

January Update
6 months ago – Mon, Jan 29, 2024 at 12:58:22 AM

Hey!

In the three weeks since the last update there hasn't been a lot of progress. Ava and I did some good work in the first week, but quickly after that progress slowed to a halt when Ava had to deal with the ungodly cold Canadian weather and I got struck down by covid. So over the last two weeks there hasn't been much progress to show you all.

I'm almost back to normal now (except for a persistent cough that doesn't want to leave), so I'm going to try to make up for lost time in the next weeks.

So yeah, a bit of a short update this month. Thank you for your support, and I hope you stay healthy and safe!

Talk again soon!

-Emiel

December Update
7 months ago – Fri, Jan 05, 2024 at 03:16:47 AM

Hey!

I'm excited to announce that there is now a new preview PDF available through the BackerKit! The PDF includes the first official TEA adventure called The Grafter's Tomb, and two pages of additional information regarding the art of fleshcraft (including a new downtime action to undergo fleshgraft surgery). 

I spent the last weeks of last year getting this adventure ready for publication and I'm really happy with how it turned out. After having played through it three times with different groups, am excited to hear about your experiences with Volca and her experiments!

If you have any trouble finding the new PDF on BackerKit, please let me know!

What is next?

Another thing I worked on last month was the map of Titan Port. I, naively, decided to draw all the buildings by hand instead of abstracting them, which turns out to require a lot more man-hours than I anticipated. I'd like to say I'm halfway done, but I think it is more like a good third, so I expect to be occupied with drawing that map for most of January. Ava is hard at work editing and rewriting the remaining text for the zine. She is currently reorganizing the heist scenario I wrote and making it a lot clearer to run. All in all, it seems like the final push is taking a little more time to give every bit of the zine the polish it deserves. So the estimated PDF delivery time is moving up to the end of March, with printing following some time in the month after. I'm sorry for this delay, but I'd rather have the zine be a little late than it being rushed. I hope these regular updates help keep you informed enough and show that I'm not just running off with your money. TEA 02 is coming, we're hard at work making it that happen, it's just taking more time than I anticipated when I set up this campaign. Thank you for your patience :)

That's it for now! Let me know if you read the new PDF adventure. I'd love to hear your thoughts on it, or about your adventures if you run it :)

Talk again soon!

- Emiel

Happy Holidays!
7 months ago – Thu, Dec 28, 2023 at 12:18:00 AM

Hey! 

This month has been a bit more busy than expected, so the December update will be coming in the first week of January :)

I want to take this opportunity to wish you a Happy New Year, and thank you again for your support throughout 2023!

Talk soon!

- Emiel

November Update
8 months ago – Wed, Nov 29, 2023 at 03:49:47 AM

Hey! 

The writing is done! I finished the remaining bits earlier this month and I have passed over all my writings for issue 02 over to Ava for editing! Even though there is still much to be done before the zine is finished, it feels like we are in the final stretch, where most of the work left is making it read well and look pretty AKA the fun part :)

I've spent the rest of this month making some more illustrations and drawing the final map for The Grafter's Tomb. 

Speaking of the Grafter's Tomb: except for some layout things I will finish in the next few weeks, it is completely finished. So I will be uploading it as a new Playtest PDF to the Backerkit next month (like the TEA 02 Rules PDF you got in June)! I'm very excited about getting this in your hands after working on it for so long :)

Project Status

What's Next

Besides getting the Grafter's Tomb PDF ready, I'll be working on the zine's remaining illustrations while Ava will be editing the text we wrote. The remaining illustrations include the map of Titan Port, one of the illustrations I've been looking forward to most!

The Awards 2023

In related news, The Electrum Archive Issue 01 was selected as one of the winners of The Awards 2023! I'm a big fan of Ben Laurence's Through Ultan's Door zines which were among the winners this year and the year before, so having TEA 01 featured alongside those was a big honor :)

That's all for now :) Thank you so much for your support!

Talk again soon!

- Emiel