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Against the Darkmaster

Created by Open Ended Games

An Epic Fantasy tabletop RPG inspired by the great classic fantasy sagas, built for heroic action and Heavy Metal combat.

Latest Updates from Our Project:

Shipping Updated
over 3 years ago – Sat, Dec 19, 2020 at 03:40:09 PM

Greetings, heroes and welcome back to our monthly update!

Shipping Progress

Unfortunately, the global pandemic is slowing down the books’ delivery even more than what we anticipated. Several countries (including Greece, where our fulfillment center for Europe is based) are under lockdown, and this is affecting the speed at which the rewards are being shipped. Anyway, the good news is that the books are on their way and will get to you reasonably soon.

Here’s a quick summary of the current shipment status, divided into three macro-areas:

  • Australia: All out for delivery (yay!)
  • Europe/UK: Currently being processed at the fulfillment center
  • America/Rest of the World: Waiting for custom clearance

We’ll keep you updated on any major progress, and the fulfillment center will send a tracking number to the email address you provided us when they’ll ship your rewards.

Post-Kickstarter Physical Sales

This a question that keeps coming up and yes, physical books will be available to non-backers soon. Our webmaster is working hard to revamp our website (which has sadly been kinda neglected since the Kickstarter) and add a store section, where you’ll be able to order your copies of Against the Darkmaster. We expect it to become operational in the first months of 2021.


It’s been a hectic month, with lots of things happening all at once. We’ve got several new exciting projects coming up, but we’ll talk about those in our future updates. Farewell, for now, heroes, may your blades always strike true, and may your rolls always be Open-Ended!

The books are on the way!
over 3 years ago – Tue, Nov 17, 2020 at 06:59:01 PM

A glorious day, heroes!

The moment we’ve all been waiting for has finally arrived! The books are ready and are being sent to our fulfillment centers as I’m writing this.

They look gorgeous!

In the next few weeks, after taking a short rest in their Safe Havens, they’ll be ready to travel directly to your homes!

That’s it for today. The excitement here at the OEG headquarters is palpable, we’ll keep you posted as soon as we have more news.

Meanwhile, you can watch the short unboxing video we did on YouTube for the advance copies that came with the mail this morning:  https://youtu.be/9wc3-5tFPgA 

Last call to update shipping information
over 3 years ago – Fri, Oct 16, 2020 at 08:03:28 AM

A great day to you, heroes!

First of all, we wanted to thank you for your invaluable support in reporting typos and other errors!

We’ve uploaded a revised and updated version of the PDF on DrivethruRPG, be sure to check your DTRPG account and download the new files!

Locking Addresses

As we approach the final stage of production, we've started locking backers' addresses. You'll receive an email from Backerkit asking you to confirm your shipping address. If nothing is changed since you answered your survey, you won't have to do anything. Simply check if your address information is correct and you're good to go. If, on the other hand, you need to change your address, please notice that this is your last chance to update your information!

Licensing

The Powered by Open00 third party license is finally live.

That's right! Got a new adventure, Kin, Vocation, or rules hack you want to publish for free or sell? Go ahead! Just follow the rules you'll find on our Open License Page: https://www.vsdarkmaster.com/open-license/

We can't wait to see your awesome creations!

Digital copies delivery
over 3 years ago – Sat, Sep 26, 2020 at 02:46:17 AM

Valiant heroes, we’ve got wonderful news for you!

We’ve sent you an email to the address registered on your Backerkit survey, containing a link to download the Against the Darkmaster Core Rules (and GM Screen, if it was part of your rewards) PDF at DrivethruRPG.

Please note that the emails may take a few hours to process (we’re sending literally hundreds of them), so if you don’t receive it immediately, try checking again in a few hours. If you don’t see it 2-3 hours after this update, please check your spam folder and make sure you’ve confirmed your email address on Backerkit. If you still aren’t seeing it, send us a private message or email us at [email protected] and we’ll resend you the link.

What’s Next

The files are off to the printer. We’ll have to check with them that everything is alright, then the actual printing will finally start!

What about physical delivery? Originally, we were planning on shipping the books this month, which clearly isn’t happening. Looks like we’ll be about two months late, but we’ll have a better idea once we hear back from our printer.

Meanwhile, we sincerely hope you’ll enjoy the PDF, and we’ll be back to work on the remaining Stretch Goals!

Updated Character Sheet!
over 3 years ago – Thu, Aug 27, 2020 at 12:02:27 AM

Greetings, heroes!

Last month, UX designer Amber Seger joined our team to create a new, improved version of the Against the Darkmaster character sheet. We’re very happy to announce that the redesigned sheet is now available for download.

Amber did an amazing job creating a sheet that's both more readable and easier to use in play. Take a look at it by clicking on the link below! (Please note this is the

DOWNLOAD CHARACTER SHEET (Printer Friendly Version)

A copy of the new character sheet will be included in the Core Rules, while both a regular and form-fillable PDF version will be soon made available as free downloads on our website (vsdarkmaster.com).

If you passed a Challenging (-10) Perception Roll, you’ll also probably have noticed a few small changes in some of the mechanics presented in the sheet. This matches the various adjustments and corrections we’ve done during the editing phase. For example, you’ll notice the optional individual weapon versus armor modifiers are gone. That's because we’ve found them to be too invasive for an optional rule and required too much book-keeping, so we’ve substituted them with a couple of new weapon Qualities, which proved to work much better gameplay-wise.

Progress Update

The book’s layout is done, and we’ve started the final revision of the text while we’re waiting for the last pieces of art. Once we’ve finished with this stage, we’ll basically be ready for sending the files to the printer.

So, the goal is tantalizingly near, but we know this last process can take some time, as there may still be some last-minute adjustments to be made.

We’re, however, pretty close to the end, so your patience won’t be tested much longer!