After a few days of watching the needle bounce back and forth, we've surged our way up to the next Stretch Goal! This time out we'll be adding a FREE Submerged Deep One model to both the Innsmouth Box and Deep One Booster.



This model nicely demonstrates one of the new terrain classifications we've added into the 2nd Edition of the game: Water. Terrain features containing water come in two flavours: Shallow and Deep. The deeper the water, the more it slows down models attempting to cross it, and the greater the risk that a crossing model will drown should they come to harm while still in the water. Water features can also have a current, which makes traversing them even more of a challenge. None of this bothers the Deep One though. He and his Innsmouth brethren are more at home in the water than on land, making them Aquatic. As a result, not only do they suffer no Movement penalties while in the water, they get the full measure of their normally random Movement instead of having to roll. Watch your backs Agents - pelagic peril awaits you! Might be time to consider some swimming lessons...

We've decided to start revealing our Stretch Goals a little further out, so two new Goals have appeared today. After the previously announced Arcane Relics box at $35,000 (that one is a doozy - lots of cool new stuff inside!) we have free Grubs for the Beast and Conqueror Worm Boosters at $37,500 (they do have something to do with the Worm, really - we'll explain when we get there), and a handy set of pocket-sized quick-references for both Threshold and Lurkers at $40,000.

Some other news while we have you reading: the Canadian dollar is in the midst of an ongoing tumble, and hit a 5-year low today. This is good news for those of you backing us in many other currencies, as the final cost of your pledge is actually decreasing by the day.

Now, back to work! Our revised Demo Kit is almost complete, and will be posted up later today with any luck. Then we'll have a little mid-campaign announcement coming Friday. Stay tuned!

- The Cult Librarian

Aeneades wrote:
With the poll having an option for a Dunwich Kindred I am hoping that means we may get to see a Dunwich Boxset at some point in the future.

 infinite_array wrote:
I'm in, finally. Had to go through Paypal, because somewhere in between my bank and Kickstarter my card won't work.

We're going to alter the Threshold Legend pledges, so instead of the current one-of-everything they'll instead include the same two Rulebooks + $1000 that comes with the Distinguished Service pledge. I'll be updating the graphic to reflect this shortly, but unfortunately I can't actually change the pledge text for anything but the Ultimate Agent (each level gets locked down as soon as somebody backs it).

This will amount to - at minimum - over $200 more in Add-ons for you versus what you would have received before.

NewTruthNeomaxim wrote:
My wife was someone proposing the flip-book. She'll be excited. She's been very high on the "roleplaying" quality of this game during play-testing. :-)

Free Model Poll Results

The Poll to choose the Free figure for Agent-level and up Backers closed last night, and it’s time to share the results with you. We had a very clear winner!

Exorcist Special Agent – 44.6%
Flamethrower Cultist – 26.9%
Chainsaw Kindred – 15.5%
Maniac Santa – 7.5%
Brute Special Agent – 5.5%

The Exorcist it is! Everyone that’s pledged at the Agent level or higher (including Early Birds) will receive this free model as part of their package. Exorcists are specialists at repelling (or dispelling!) Ghosts and Daemons, and this one will be modelled after our favourite film exorcist Peter Cushing. We’ll be setting our artist to work on this project posthaste, and aim to have concept art to reveal to you on Halloween!

That Flamethrower Cultist did put up a heck of a fight though, didn’t he? It’d seem a shame to leave him out in the cold (though he does have his own convenient heat source) after all that effort, and he was so popular with our Black Goat followers. But wait, there’s a free bonus model slot waiting to be filled in the Black Goat Membership package. What a perfect home for our little firebug! This means all existing Black Goat members pledging at Classical Antiquarian or higher will receive the Flamethrower Cultist as part of their package, and he’ll also be included in all Black Goat Boxes purchased through the Kickstarter.

Legendary Pledges get a Boost

After looking over the numbers, we’ve concluded that our Threshold Legend pledges were in need of a bit of sweetening to provide a good value to our Backers. With that in mind, we’ve dropped the previous one of each Box & Booster element and replaced it with the same 2 Rulebooks and $1,000 Add-on credit that the Distinguished Service pledge provides. Depending on how much more we unlock, this will amount to at least an additional $200 worth of goodies for Legendary backers at the close of the campaign.

Only four Legend positions remain: 2 Portraits, 1 Custom Miniature and the epic Ultimate Agent pledge. Will you be a Legend too?

250 Backer Bonus - Almost There!

We announced in the Comments yesterday that we’ve decided to offer a special bonus once our 250th Backer comes on board. The count currently stands at 246, so only 4 more new Backers and we’ll provide all Backers with a copy of the Morbid Adventures PDF to supplement their free 1st Edition Rulebook PDF at the conclusion of the campaign. Morbid Adventures introduces a wealth of new scenarios, plus the evil spells of the Necronomicon and their foul effects, and will give you even more to keep you occupied in the months between campaign close and fulfillment.

Aeneades wrote:
After that I have heard talk earlier on of possibly seeing an Alien or Dunwich box. Hopefully we see one of them in the final days.