Final 48 Hours
over 1 year ago – Tue, Aug 23, 2022 at 07:40:31 AM

Hey everyone,

We've reached the final 48 hours of the campaign! Our funding goal was hit back on day one, in the first hour, thanks to all of you.

Since then, the campaign has continued to grow, and I am so so so thankful for the support you have shown! RUNE is now my most backed Kickstarter in terms of number of backers. I'm still wrapping my head around that one.

As a thank you, I put together a little treat you all. Like I said in previous updates, I've been tinkering with the idea of mini Realms. These are lower stakes Realms that you could explore in a single sitting, or even during your lunch break. The best part? They fit entirely on a single sheet of paper! Just fold over the side flaps, and you have the intro and Realm rules on the front, map and point information inside, and a grid with enemy cards on the back!

Here are some pics of the first mini Realm, which I've made in both color and black & white.

Keep in mind I printed these are real crummy and cheap paper, so you can see through to the other side when you hold them up to light haha.

And now the Realm is yours! This Realm will only be available to you all, the backers of this campaign, and  I'll be making it available to my patreon supporters next month. Enjoy this bonus as a thank you.

PDFs for both the color and b&w versions can be downloaded from here.

Go explore the island, use the rules from the quick start, and get a little more RUNE in your life in these final hours of the campaign.

-Spencer

Day 4 Update
over 1 year ago – Mon, Aug 22, 2022 at 05:47:56 PM

Hey folks,

Got some fun stuff to show off today! 

Pamphlet Realm

As a fun side project, I've started brainstorming how to make a smaller scale Realm on a single sheet of paper. Something that you could play during your lunchbreak. You can watch the video of where I start to put that idea together here:

I've been tinkering with it, and have some concepts drawn off I can share that don't spoil the Realm. I plan on releasing this to all backers when I complete it. Keep in mind, this isn't one of the 6 Realms that comes in the Realm Collection, this is a bonus!

Coral Rock

Speaking of bonus Realms, the very talented Aaron Jolliffe has published his Coral Rock Realm on itch so that anyone can try it out. If you watched the actual play videos on the Kickstarter page, you might have seen me playing Aaron's Realm. Now you can try it for yourself! Check it out and give Aaron some love.

Cogrealm

I've started up another play through of a fan made Realm. This one is the Cogrealm of the Mechanist, and it's been really fun so far. I posted Part 1 on YouTube earlier, and you can find it below. I'll be taking a break this weekend, so you can expect a continuation of the videos next week!

Weekend Break

I'm going to be taking an internet break this weekend, which means I won't be doing much active promotion or work on RUNE. You all have made this campaign a huge success, and I'm so thankful. If you want to help boost the campaign over the weekend in my absence, I would appreciate it, and feel free to boost the announcement post on Twitter.

Until next time,

-Spencer

Day 1 Update
over 1 year ago – Sat, Aug 20, 2022 at 06:53:03 AM

Hey there,

Wow, what an incredible first day! I am so thankful for everyone's support on the launch of RUNE.

Not much to update on day 1 other than to say I'm going to eat a giant cake in celebration!

One thing I wanted to note. My internet has been the worst this week, and so my streams have been struggling. I know I mentioned trying to stream throughout the campaign, and I will, but just know it might drop a lot. So to compensate, I'll be doing some local recordings throughout the week and posting them up on my YouTube channel. Tonight I'm going to record myself playing some RUNE, so keep an eye out for a new actual play video really soon. After that, I think I might record making a "micro Realm", but we'll see where the week takes us!

Speaking of, the campaign only runs for a week! If you have any friends who would like RUNE, tell them to back sooner rather than later.

I'll post updates throughout this very short campaign, mostly about stuff getting  posted or things I'm working on. Once again, thank you all so so so much for your support!

-Spencer

Day 2 Update
over 1 year ago – Fri, Aug 19, 2022 at 05:25:48 AM

Hey everyone,

Day 2 of the campaign is coming to a close, and I continue to be blown away with all of the support you have been showing. Thank you!

I wanted point you towards some RUNE content coming up this week you should be on the lookout for.

YouTube

As I said yesterday, my streaming is real finicky lately. I managed to have a successful design stream today, and started cooking up a mini Realm for you all, as well as early ideas on pamphlet adventures for RUNE. 

Here's a sneak peak of the mini Realm I hope to release to you soon. This isn't one of the Realms from the Realm collection, but instead a little bonus to you all for your incredible support! It involves weird science and sentient forests.

All of my stuff will be uploaded to YouTube, in case you miss the streams, or the streams just don't work. I've uploaded the first two parts of my most recent play through of RUNE. Expect the finale to be posted tomorrow. Check out part 1:

Questions?

If you have a question about anything, the best way to get ahold of me sending me a message here on Kickstarter. A few folks have already reached out, and I wanted to let you know I'm more than happy to answer any questions you have!

We're approaching the "mid point" of the campaign, which is a funny thing to say for a week long Kickstarter. Things will slow down the next few days, and then hopefully we can have one last big push in the final days. I'll be working on that mini Realm in the next few days and will get it to you when I can. Thanks again!

-Spencer