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The Publishing Goblin's Oracle Dice

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Latest Updates from Our Project:

Looking at Day 1 | The Youth of Spring!
almost 2 years ago – Thu, Jun 16, 2022 at 11:23:35 AM

Putting it in Perspective


Because this is my favorite thing to do.
Day 1 of the Alleyman's Tarot, we hit just over $89,000. By the end of day yesterday, we hit $116,000! Now, the Alleyman's ramped up day 2 and then day 3 was the biggest, with a single day earning of $102,000 and $106,000 each. While this does make our day one on this project the most successful day ever on any Publishing Goblin project, it's also clear we're slowing our momentum quite a bit today. But honestly? I'm so okay with that! You all showed up day 1 like a whirlwind and swept this campaign off its feet. I am so thankful for all of your support, and we're making an indelible mark on this brand new platform! We will definitely be the divination campaign to beat on Backerkit for years to come! : P

But did you know? There's lots of hidden money on this project! Because many people are waiting until the post-campaign to get their add-ons instead of raising their pledges now, that means we beat the best 3 days of funding on the Alleyman's Tarot even while not having all the money counted in just yet! AND we did it with a lower average price point for pledges! And that's pretty awesome.

What Now?


Please, if you're so moved, keep sharing this project! If you use this link below, it will let me keep track of how many people are brought in on this campaign by all of you amazing people, and that's just a fun thing to know so I can share it later! : P
https://www.backerkit.com/c/publishing-goblin-llc/oracle-dice?ref=BK-Backer

In the meantime, I am planning a series of updates over the life of the campaign to share things!
  • The art of the remaining Lords.
  • The stone selection for the etched in stone tier.
  • The redesigned faces of the original set's dice.
  • The Community Copies and Community Funds.
  • The 22nd Die.
            What else would you like me to cover in updates? Some lore on the Lords, perhaps? Where they come from? Let me know!

What You All Came For


And yes, frolicking across the fields comes the wild and free Youth of Spring! Flowers and life, dance and... a remarkable codpiece, the Youth of Spring embodies newness, fertility, and the chance of new beginnings, paired with the inevitable naivete that comes with it! czarfunkle really kicked it out of the park yet again. They do not miss with these illustrations!


Not to be Annoying... But We are Gonna Break the First Stretch Goal!
almost 2 years ago – Wed, Jun 15, 2022 at 04:14:10 PM

100,000$?


I very concernedly put amounts to the stretch goals earlier today after we funded, barely 4 hours ago. I still don't know what funding on this new platform will be like. Will it run out of steam faster, will it be more consistent, will I lose a lot of possible pledges because we don't have Kickstarter's discovery driving people here? So many possibilities!

And yet, in the next hour, we'll be breaking 100,000$, the first stretch goal's amount! I'm pretty darn certain I'll be out of the house when the number actually ticks over 100,000$, but it's clearly about to get there in just an hour or less.

First, the Heir of Earth, Lord of the Elements Die, will be added to the print set. Anyone who is going to get the $20 print set is getting the Heir of Earth as part of that set, now. As soon as czarfunkle finishes the Youth of Spring and the Maid of Winter, they will be tackling the remaining lords in the order they're being unlocked.

Second, czarfunkle is getting a $2000 bonus for the amazing work they are doing on the Lords! (Once each of the artists who have taken part get their bundle bonus, remaining artist bonuses tied to stretch goals go to all of them!)

czarfunkle is hard at work on the Youth of Spring and the Maid of Winter, but was willing to preview the sketch on the Youth of Spring! Thanks again for all your hard work, so so so many people are obsessed with these Lords and can't wait to have these cards in hand, myself included!




I am keeping a very very close eye on the funding trend on this project, and I may as time goes on adjust stretch goals to better fit the likely funding trend of this project. This is just to say, I really want to keep the stretch goals within possibility, so I may adjust some of them to be smaller as time goes on. The funding aspect of this all is just so up in the air to me, with Kickstarter I felt like I knew it fairly well, but this is a new ballgame! I will only add more goal rewards or lower the numbers, I wont increase them or put anything out of reach! : )

Funded in just 2 1/2 hours!
almost 2 years ago – Wed, Jun 15, 2022 at 11:42:59 AM

Hello you amazing lovely wonderful incredible (and did I mention very very cool) people!


We did it in just barely 2 1/2 hours-- we broke the $50,000 funding goal!

As of this writing, we've blown past $60,000 as well! Thank you for joining Backerkit and your very thankful Publishing Goblin with your support on this new platform's journey! Over the next few weeks, I'll be sharing the newly updated dice faces for the original set of 14, the stone choices for the stone dice set, more and more art of the Lords, the new reading grid that will be on the reverse side of your reading cloth, and more!

For right now, I can answer a few questions I've been asked:
  1. You can update your pledge at any time, it won't change the date you pledged or cheat you of the free 21-Lord Oracle.
  2. The 21-Lord Oracle will feature all 21 Lords of the dice, as illustrated by czarfunkle.
  3. The Lord's Print Set currently features just the 7 prints it says on the tier it has, but as stretch goals unlock more prints, they will be automatically added to the print sets, no extra cost.
  4. Shipping will be charged post-campaign as per usual with Backerkit stuff, and you can see estimated shipping prices on the campaign page.
  5. Stretch goals will have their amounts revealed soon. I was suggested to wait until I saw how our momentum was going, and good thing I did! You have all knocked this far far out of the park!
  6. The dice are 16mm and are engraved.
  7. The dice in the original set that are receiving changes beyond just some updated symbol graphics are:
    1. Action Die is having Harmony become Raze.
    2. Autumn Die is having Blood become Stores.
    3. Fate Die is becoming the Gambler's Fate Die, and every face is changing. If you have the old one from the original set, you can use it as it used to be, but know the new one is utterly different.
    4. Obstacles Die is having Inner become Yet to Come and Outer become Emergence.
    5. Spring Die is having Wheel become Whimsy, as Wheel is moving to the Gambler's Die with the Roulette.
    6. Winter Die is having Obstacle/Wall become Snow (which will have the meaning Frost used to have, Frost is now about lack of mobility, frozen in place,) and Isolation become Memento.

And that's all for now! Oh wait, I think... yes, she's coming around the bend now. There she is, laughing in the heat of the intense sun and just a bit day-drunk, the Crone of Summer! Thanks again to czarfunkle for these incredible Lords illustrations! Look out for the Youth of Spring sometime soon!



If you are so moved, please copy the header image of the campaign and share it around to friends and family on social media, using this link! Let's see how far we can take day 1-- I think we can outdo the Alleyman's!
https://www.backerkit.com/c/publishing-goblin-llc/oracle-dice?ref=BK-Backer

Fondest and most thankful regards,
7DA,
your Publishing Goblin