A wizard can change the world for better...or worse. 120 new monsters affected by a strange curse for your 5th Edition game.
Latest Updates from Our Project:
The digital version of the book is done!
over 2 years ago
– Tue, Dec 21, 2021 at 01:31:15 PM
Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas all. We have a present for you! Our best case scenario has happened and the PDF for Monsters of the Wilderness is ready. We'll send those out today. If you chose the PDF as an add-on or pre-ordered it, we should get those out next week. We've even gone over the original target of 120 monsters, enjoy!
I'd especially like to thank all the backers, Travis Hanson, Gordon McAlpin, and Sarah Bagshaw. Our team worked really hard to get this done.
Printed Books
We're in the process of getting the files to our printing houses. Physical versions of the book will likely be ready to ship in February.
Thanks for your patience and support, Andrew and the team
Front cover illustrated by Travis Hanson
Back cover illustrated by Travis Hanson
Moving to Layout next! Getting there
over 2 years ago
– Tue, Dec 14, 2021 at 09:31:21 PM
Hey everyone, thanks for your patience and support. A quick update for you before the holidays. The last illustrations are being colored now and the book should get to the final layout phase shortly. All the editing and main layout is done already, so we hope that process will be relatively quick. PDF will come out first, shipping the physical books is likely pushed back to Feb.
We are sending out the Wilderness NPC PDF now, most people should have it already. Made the decision to hold off on sending the adventure, as you'll need some of the monsters from the book to use it. For the backers with online games and PC character sheets, we'll contact you soon. Lots of delays this year and we won't bore you with the details. In some ways I think we got lucky last year considering the current landscape.
Just discussed the last illustration of the book with Travis (who illustrates the entire book). Gave the approval for an epic image to finish our largest monster book yet.
Latest illustrations and pages:
Lava Dogs illustration by Travis Hanson
Marsh Hulk illustration by Travis Hanson
Selkie illustration by Travis Hanson
Ryssarav illustration by Travis Hanson. One of seven titans in the book, one for each region.
Enjoy your holidays, Andrew and the team
Good News! The Art is Almost Finished!
over 2 years ago
– Wed, Nov 03, 2021 at 09:27:58 PM
Hello, hello. I hope everyone is doing well. Travis has almost completed all the art, more examples of the pages are included below. After we get the art we can do the final edit and try to get the book to the printer early to mid December. There's a chance the PDF could be ready before Christmas as well. In the best case scenario we will ship the books and other physical rewards in January or February.
Other Rewards
In other news, the NPC book should be ready in about a week with the adventure coming afterwards. We've purchased all the mailers and other shipping supplies. Backers with custom PCs and online games will get an update soon.
Fantasy Grounds
We're happy to announce our Monsters of Feyland book is now available in VTT form on Fantasy Grounds.
We also plan to convert Monsters of Underworld and then we'll look at converting the rest of the Monster Series.
Monsters of Feyland FG version (including tokens)
More Pages from the Main Book
The Knucker, illustration by Travis Hanson
The Crocodile Queen, illustration by Travis Hanson
Thanks for your support and patience,
Andrew and the team
Progress Update
over 2 years ago
– Fri, Sep 24, 2021 at 11:10:35 AM
Hey everyone, hope you've had a good start to the fall. It looks like we'll be delayed as we mentioned in our last update. Delays have arisen mostly due to the pandemic, including two of our team moving this summer.
New Timeline
We're hoping to have all the art by mid-November. The text and layout are pretty much set so once we have the illustrations we can proceed quickly. It's possible the PDF could be ready early December but shipping the printed books will probably start in January.
Rewards Almost Finished
The NPC book is almost done, editing it this morning. Our 5E wilderness adventure should be done soon as well. We've already stocked the other physical rewards at our new office. Those will all be shipped with the books.
Book Preview
Here is a preview of some of the pages in the book. Two creatures from the Ocean Region and one from the Desert Region. #WIP
The Demon Crab. Illustration by Travis Hanson
The Dunewinder. Illustration by Travis Hanson
The Ghost Whale. Illustration by Travis Hanson
New Book (#5 in the Monster Series)
Some of our designers are moving on to the next book and we've already got the text and stat blocks finished for 50 monsters. We've started to work with the artist on the overall theme and plan to Kickstart this book next Feb or Mar. We aim to make it about the same size as the Wilderness book, about 100-120 monsters in 140-160 page book.
Take Care, Andrew and the team
End of Summer Update
over 2 years ago
– Fri, Sep 03, 2021 at 05:44:01 PM
Greetings everyone. We've finished the text and most of the layout. However, it is possible we'll have to delay shipping. COVID issues and two of the team moving this summer have thrown some challenges our way. Hopefully the PDF can be ready by October or November. But if the printed books aren't ready by late November, shipping will be pushed to January. We're working hard and hopefully we can keep to our original timeline and ship in November. The shipping depot is much closer now and that should help.
Other News
We are also finishing off the NPC book and the 5E adventure should be done by the end of this month. All the merchandise for the rewards is purchased and we're buying the shipping supplies. We've also begun work on the text for monsters for book #5 and planning that out. Discussions have already begun with the artist for that book.
