Behind the scenes I have been busy at work, and continued to stay eager to lend an ear and help fellow publishers out with things both big and small. Aside from my main gig as Customer Support Manager for the wonderful team at Free League Publishing, I have spent the days working on some products for my own company, together with a team of talented writers, illustrators and artists – of which I want to let you all know you are much appreciated for your talent, kindness and uncomplicated approach at teamwork. After all, all our products are the result of the effort everyone puts into the different projects.
That being said, we have quite a few projects in the pipeline.
Creatures of the Northern Wilds
Our translator is almost finished with Creatures of the Northern Wilds. This means that we will soon be able to start with the layouts and should be able to share the PDF with you early this summer.
Hardships of Wilderness
The main texts for Hardships of Wilderness (Swedish version) have been sent back to me by our editor, and I’m about to dive in and make the necessary changes and updates. Once all the texts are updated, we will send them to the translator for the English version.
Secrets of Luvaatan
The next step is to work on Secrets of Luvaatan. As I said, these adventures are mostly finished. However, we are thinking about adding a new adventure site for it. It will add more excitement to the story, and since we’re in such a good place, it won’t delay the project. Once it is done, this text will also be sent for translation.
Printing is still expected to take place at the end of September for fulfillment in November this year.
The Pledge Manager for Luvaatan
We will soon perform a smoke test for the PledgeManager, so a few of you should receive invitations so we can see that all things are working properly, before opening up for the rest of you and for late pledges.
The Chronicles of Sorrow
We are also working on our next Kickstarter for Dragonbane, The Chronicles of Sorrow. A four-part epic campaign, previously published in Swedish (well, the first three parts, the last book will be published in Swedish at the same time as it’s English counterpart). You can follow the Kickstarter here (click on the image):
Alea Masona – adventures for young players, a supplement for Dragonbane
We also have another project we’re working on, which is a less dark and gritty campaign than The Chronicles of Sorrow: Alea Masona. This project is made up of three books: Alea Masona – Adventures for Young Players, Monsters in Masona and Adventures in Masona. Three exciting books for young players and families, based on our bestselling Swedish RPG Sagospelet Äventyr. We ran this project through Kickstarter, and while we had most things in place for this project, we ran into delays. Mostly because I miscalculated how much work it would take to convert all the text into both Swedish and English and keep it consistent. However, we are getting close to release and hope to see the books in print in November.
The Last Song from Planet Earth
On another note, we have been working on a title we’re very proud with for a while. It’s a game based on a Swedish Science Fiction classic from the seventies, for the first time presented in English. It’s a dystopian world with some unique features, originally from the author George Johansson but now adapted by Daniel Lehto and Mikael Bergström for an RPG titled The Last Song from Planet Earth and compatible with Mörk Borg. Originally published in Swedish as a supplement for Sagospelet Rymd, we have tweaked, updated and expanded the setting for a mature audience. The game will be presented in a hardcover book, beautifully illustrated by talented David Jansén.
GothCon
Lastly, we’re preparing for meeting some of you at Swedens oldest convention GothCon in Gothenburg, where we are celebrating the release of our Swedish kickstarter Tjuvar och Lönnmördare (and yes, this too will be published in English).
Finally, a shoutout or two!
Some people have gone beyond what can be expected, and I feel they should be recognized for this, especially since life is not always easy and when the darkness comes visiting, I know they have a shoulder to lean on. Send them some love and kudos!
Ola Stafhammar – the reason we are visiting GothCon this year, as my personal life and depressions has been somewhat complicated for too long a time – without him shouldering the heavy lifting we wouldn’t be there!
Lasse Partanen – Lasse can also be found at GothCon, where you can buy drawings of your roleplaying character. Lasse is an awesome artist and easy to work with, always seeing to the best of the product!
Marie Östling – a great editor and writer, always eager to put her soul into projects and bring stories to life. Without her, our products would lack a lot.
Peter Svärd – his kindness and understanding is great, aside from being a fantastic illustrator.
Richard Svensson – we started our journey with Sagospelet Äventyr 2011, and we’re still going strong! Richard puts his heart and soul into his work, and he always lend an ear for my selfdoubts.
Jörgen Karlsson at Dunderdagar who goes above and beyond. Together we’ll bring the world of Mervalde to life!
Worldofboardgames – to Måns and Martin (and everyone else at Worldofboardgames) for all help, advise and your incredible willingness to help out.
Kind regards,
Daniel
Lehto Spel och Media