£150k!!! Monster Deck 2 in sight!
over 2 years ago – Fri, Nov 05, 2021 at 09:24:47 AM

£150k smashed! A new adventure for you all!!

'Undying Love' - Another unique adventure for ALL bundle tiers (everyone who has at least one ATLAS book included in their tier), bring tissues for this one, it's a rollercoaster! 

That's 2 adventures now! Hot dog! Done, done, on to the next one!

Next Stretch Goal £175k: Monster Deck #2!

A second deck!!

That's 75 + 75 fully illustrated monster cards each with at-a-glance stat blocks, 150 monsters in total! Your arsenal is going to be 100% more horrifying! These cards are a free extra reward for Game Ready, Deluxe, and All-In tiers (as well as the digital reward for Digital and All-In tiers)!

Project we love - Book of Ebon Tides

I'm really digging this project. The vibe and atmosphere for all of this is really potent, such a strong vibe! I'm a bit of a sucker for magical and mystical worlds!

The Plane of Shadow exists beside the mortal world, one step beyond the veil—and  your heroes can enter this otherworldly realm of fey shadows, undead horrors, and wild adventure!

The Book of Ebon Tides provides a complete guide to the people, places, heroes, magic, and monsters of the Plane of Shadow, a land where fey magic, illusion, and trickery are as potent as steel.

From shadow goblins to ghouls, from elves to bearfolk, this is a world of mystery and enchantment. On the muddy black riverbanks and along alleys paved with bone, new heroes wander in the light of the moon, summon lunar devils, and battle in crumbling castles.

Come explore a shadow world next door to every other, just one step down the shadow road. . . .

Check out their page here

Thank you, truly, you're doing amazing things!

Ollie (Moonlight Maps)

Week 3 update & let's look at STICKERS!
over 2 years ago – Thu, Nov 04, 2021 at 03:07:33 AM

• Three weeks
• £135k ($184k)
• 3 stretch goals
• 1656 backers
• 1348% funded
• 2632 map books
• 2012 encounter decks
• 1262 sets of sticker sheets

The end is in sight, with 1 week to go! Thank you so much for your support and for helping to shape the project thus far, you've taken this from a dream to a reality!

We're nearing the end of this journey now, the next weekly update will be the 'end of campaign' update and I can't wait to see what we will have achieved and unlocked by then!

The next stretch goal is in sight and very achievable, and we're currently on track to hopefully unlock all of the stretch goals - an extra deck of monster cards, & monster tokens! So make sure your DM friends know about ATLAS so we can knock those extra freebies out of the park and into your baskets!

This week we're taking a closer look at the Reusable Stickers, let's dive in!

STICKERS

What are they? 3 sheets of over 100 reusable physical stickers for your tabletop worlds. Use them to customise your ATLAS maps, or any maps for that matter...even your own sketches. Add further obstacles, or narrative points of interest, make your world your own - you're the boss!

How do they work? The stickers all make use of a natural 'static cling' technology. What does this mean? They're made of vinyl which has a natural 'grippy' static, there's no adhesive or sticky residue, this means that they can be used over and over again for life. This static keeps them where they are placed on your maps, and allows you to easily peel them back off to be put away or placed elsewhere!

The three sheets are (trying to find the most descriptive names :)  ) -

• Props and Objects
• Wilderness
• Rocks and obstacles

My aim for these, as with all of my products, is to make them as useful, and usable, as possible.

If you have any suggestions for items to add to the sheets let me know below. I can replace some duplicate items or move some things around to try to include some of the more popular suggestions :)

*note I'm adding a campfire and horses to the Wagons and Props sheet, in place of one of the wagons, which I think are much more usable :)

Thanks to you we're on our way to creating amazing products for the community. That's huge!

Happy gaming!

Ollie (Moonlight Maps)

Project we love - Zoontalis: Battle Royale

This awesome project has JUST ended, but you can still jump into their 'late pledge manager'! This is such fun, and it's constantly growing with new content coming out all the time, not to mention the numerous Kickstarters Andrew and the team have run before! Definitely worth checking out!

Patreon's only 3D printable, monthly skirmish game, Zoontalis: Battle Royale is a great introduction to youth orientated TTRPG!

Anthropormorphic adventuring guilds battle it out each month to recover the spoils of various environments!

Do battle in dungeons, explore ancient pyramids, raid opposing airships and so much more! Great riches await the fearless!

PRINT & PAINT THE MODELS AND THEN PLAY THE GAME!!!

Each month we release a new Scenario, models and terrain to use in the adventure!

For those of you that enjoy more role play, we also include a 5e Rules one shot version of the Scenario!

You can also discover more on their Patreon where they release regular content!

Week 2 update & let's look at encounters
over 2 years ago – Thu, Oct 28, 2021 at 12:57:14 AM

• Two weeks
• £115k ($160k)
• 3 Stretch Goals
• 1441 backers
• 2300 map books
• 1721 encounter decks
• 1007 sets of sticker sheets

Thank you!

We're off to a great start! Barely half way through and we've already unlocked so much! There's plenty to come, and thanks to you all spreading the word and Landon's very kind stat updates, it looks like we'll unlock a bunch more before we're threw!

Thank you all so much for making this a reality! I can't wait for those bundles to be in your hands and on your tables!

Encounter cards

What are encounter cards?
Encounter cards can work a number of ways - they can get you out of a sticky spot if you haven't had time to prep for a session, or buy yourself time when your party heads somewhere unexpected, for a random battle you might fancy, or as inspiration for a side-quest or adventure storyline!
With my deck of 80 encounter cards you get 80 opportunities for more storylines, more quests, and more hooks for your players to be excited about delving deeper into your world! 

Intriguing storylines
I love Goblins, don't get me wrong, they'll feature somewhere in the decks for sure, but I didn't want these encounters to be "a pack of Goblins jumps out from the bushes...ATTACK" cards. Oh that has it's place, I love a good Goblin attack, but you don't need a deck of cards to do that.
What I really wanted from these encounter cards was to inspire, to excite, to make your players wonder, to give you ideas for other storylines, to add to your world, and more! 

You can see from the Ritual Interrupted card above that what the players will probably assume is a sacrifice is actually a cleansing, and if they stop the ritual they suffer the moral and physical consequences of the moment, a reputation from some of the local population, & the wrath of further encounters because of their actions. This might make your players think twice about their reactions and judging more carefully what they see. 

My aim really is to get your players to see that your world is a real, vibrant, complex, & living, world!

But which map should I use?

Ah. We've got you covered! Our cards suggest the ideal recommended map for each encounter (as shown above), so you can grab that one ahead of time if you're in a rush, and everything will work smoothly. 

As well as terrain which would naturally suit this encounter (the colourful pips above - the design of these is a work in progress), so if you're in a particular environment you know the card you've drawn will work, and you can choose any of the maps with the corresponding coloured pip! Of course you can mix and match, and bend our rules to your whim. You're the boss after all! Use these recommended maps, and terrain pips, as a guide for when you have less time to prep!

How are they balanced?

We've got a particular formula (yes, there's a formula, and lots of maths involved...) and various tools to make sure our array of enemies are balanced for each level, as set by the official 5e content. 

All you keen DMs out there will know the struggles of balancing combat for your party, and you'll know it's hard, really hard. The guide to combat balancing is precisely that - a guide. What makes that guide harder to stick to? Magic items. 

You know your party better than anyone, and you know that letting your Barbarian have a +3 Greatsword that gives them advantage on DEX saves and automatically casts Shield 3 times per day was a grave mistake. 

So use the encounters enemy composition as a guide to save you time, a jumping off point. If your party walk through a particular enemy on the table, add another one, or change one of them for something else you know gives them chills.

Thank you again, all of you. For allowing me to build something for you all, and the greater community! I can't wait to hear your adventure stories! Keep talking about ATLAS, and let your DM friends know what they're missing!

Happy gaming!

Ollie (Moonlight Maps)

Project we love - The Lazy DMs Companion

The Lazy DM's Companion includes guidelines to help streamline your 5e D&D games, and inspirational generators to help you build your own D&D adventures and campaigns. Each set of guidelines makes it easier to focus your game on the fantastic stories shared with your friends, while the generators help you break out of creative ruts and build unique adventures and campaigns.

There's only a couple of days left before this project closes, so head over and check it out!

New ultimate tier, & map book contents guide!
over 2 years ago – Tue, Oct 26, 2021 at 05:15:38 PM

Greetings world builders!

There's been wonderful feedback from this community so far, it's been very useful for me as a first time ...Kickstarter...er...especially as a one-man team! I've read & listened to everything that's been sent in, and I'm doing my very best to implement the new features and suggestions in a timely manner! 

One such request, which many of you have asked for, was to have an 'All In' tier to include all of the items available, and to save you having to add extra items to your pledges as more awesome things get released as stretch goals! 

So, here it is, by popular demand: The All In tier! And here's what it includes -

The All-In Tier includes all physical & digital content, and all upcoming stretch rewards:

• The Dusk hardcover map book containing all 50 maps (25" x 25")
• The Twilight hardcover map book containing all 50 maps (18" x 22")
• The 'Combat' encounter deck: 50 encounter cards 
• The 'Mystery' encounter deck: 30 encounter cards 
•  Removable stickers (3 sheets)
• Set of 7 'Midnight' resin dice & velvet dice bag
• Pack of 3 enamel Moon Boy pins 
• ATLAS GM screen 
• All 75 physical monster cards 
• All 200+ physical monster tokens 
• All digital maps
• All digital encounters
• All digital adventures
• All digital monster cards
• All digital monster tokens
• Either Foundry VTT or Roll20 pre-built ATLAS VTT map packs
• A soundtrack of 10 loopable Soundscapes
• All unlocked current and future stretch goals!
   

That's quite the bundle! It's going to look like Christmas morning when you're unpacking all of that :)

You folks have also, rightly, been asking about the contents of my map books Dusk and Twilight. I've taken the opportunity to talk with many of you via the comment sections here and on the main campaign page, as well as our Discord server (accessed via the link at the end of the campaign page), to see what sorts of maps would be most useful to you. And the ideas you've given me has helped shape my vision of these books immensely :)

Now, I'm a big fan of reusability with the maps I draw, and I've always thought it a shame to have awesome maps that you only get to use once, this is a big reason for me releasing maps with as many versions for narrative options as possible. I want you to be able to revisit and reuse these maps! So with your input, and my own current (and future) maps, I've put together a (wip) list of maps so you can get a good idea of what you'll get to explore with your players! 

This list is organic and can/will change depending on community feedback and the balance of the selection, and I will keep you updated with how it's all shaping up in upcoming updates! :) 

I've also left some space in each book for the community to continue to shape (I have many, many, existing maps at hand to fill any remaining space so don't worry about that :) I thought it would be nice to continue to see what you think would be most useful). So please do let me know of any maps and areas you like to regularly play on and revisit, or you think just might be missing from the books so far, and I'll see what I can rustle up (either from my existing collection, or something new)!    :)

Thank you all for being so involved, and for making this project a reality!

Happy gaming!

Ollie (Moonlight Maps)

 Project we love - Magical Oddities

Although this project just ended, you can still 'late pledge' to this awesome campaign and make sure you get some of those incredible item decks!

Dungeon Scribe: Magical Oddities Decks are a culmination of a passion project to deliver Multiple Card Decks of exciting unique magical items to enhance your 5E games. Discover fully-illustrated items with quick reference icons, all designed for multiple tiered expansive varieties of play. Grow your table's arsenal, dole out new items with ease, and empower both players and NPCs in bold new ways.

Check it out here - https://kickstarter.dungeon-scribe.com/backerstore

(You can also find more details on the Kickstarter page here, but you can order straight away on the Backerkit link above)

£100k! Tokens everywhere!
over 2 years ago – Thu, Oct 21, 2021 at 10:59:12 PM

£100k achieved!!!!!!! That’s ANOTHER stretch goal unlocked!!

"You're doing it Peter!" Look at how we're shaping up now with bonus Monster Card decks AND Monster Tokens, on top of the 2x Encounter Decks, 2x Map Books, Stickers, dice, GM screen, pins...! HoooWeee our tabletops have never looked so good!

New Stretch Goal £200k: Monster Tokens #2!

Even more tokens! Another 200+ physical tokens being cooked up, that'll be over 400 monster tokens in total! Taken from the official monsters SRD, and each one beautifully illustrated by Splattered Ink, these tokens mean that you always have a terrifying amount of pogs (that's thick card tokens to you and me) to bury your party with!

Next Stretch Goal £150k: 'Undying Love' - Adventure #2!

This unique adventure is going to get you right in the feels. Right smack bang in the feels! This adventure is going to take your party through an emotional rollercoaster (and a combat one, of course), and will be available as a bonus reward for All Tiers (everyone who has a copy of one of the ATLAS books - Dusk and/or Twilight)!

Project we love - Fools Gold

Who DOESN'T love Dingo Doodles?! *distant bell-tower chimes* THAT'S RIGHT! Nobody.

This campaign setting (and a whole buttload more!) is shaping up to be something truly special, and if you're a fan of the show...we all are...then this is an essential adventure!

Oh and our maps and encounters are all compatible!

Fools Gold: Into the Bellowing Wilds is an exciting new 5e adventure that takes place in the world’s deadliest jungle where everything wants to kill you! Fun! Enhance your games with this jungle campaign setting, including a buttload of new content. We’ve also got brand new wilder magic & curse charts that will definitely excite GMs while the players pray to the dice gods.
Delve into the Bellowing Wilds, discover the rich lore of the world, and find out what happened to the ancient Foreclaimers who disappeared thousands of years ago, leaving ruins, mysteries, MECHANICAL DRAGONS AND DINOSAURS, and awesome treasures behind…

Go check it out here!

Thanks again everyone! You are kicking all the butts!

Ollie (Moonlight Maps)