The Rook & Rose pattern deck Kickstarter is live!
![A triptych of tarot-style cards: The Mask of Mirrors (a reflective face with no mouth), The Liar's Knot (an unraveling red noose-like knot above a watery background), and Labyrinth's Heart (a quiet, looping path amid low greenery)]()
Kickstarter doesn't let you schedule a campaign to launch at a set time -- you have to set it off manually -- so last night I did that right before I went to bed, and then deliberately left both my phone and my laptop downstairs in the den, as far away from the bedroom as they could get, so I wouldn't be tempted to just take a peek when I woke up in the middle of the night. This turned out to be a very good decision . . . and it meant that I woke up to the news that we were already about thirty percent funded! It's slowed down since then, of course, and I've had to impose a rule on myself that I have to do something useful (like writing this blog post, or tidying something around the house) before I'm allowed to refresh the page and see if we've acquired another backer, but we're now up to nearly forty percent, which is an excellent start.
In addition to the deck itself, we're offering a variety of other rewards, like signed books from the trilogy (or bookplates if you already own them/don't want to pay for shipping a book overseas), samples of our series-themed tea blends, your very own numinatrian horoscope, custom art, Tuckerization in one of my stories, and a frock coat sewn to your measurements in your choice of two gorgeous peacock brocades. For the truly splurgy (or groups of friends pooling their money), we'll run you a one-shot RPG in the Rook & Rose setting for up to five players! The add-ons can be selected even if you only back at the $1 level, so if the deck isn't of interest to you but other things are, you can always back minimally and then add on what you like.
And whether you back or not, signal-boosting is HUGELY appreciated! Right after social media cracks up like a frozen river in spring is uhhhh not a great time to be trying to make a project like this happen, so every bit of word of mouth is enormously helpful. We've got posts on Mastodon and The Service Formerly Known as Twitter, if you want to boost those, or just mention the deck anywhere you know of people who might find it appealing!
(originally posted at Swan Tower: https://is.gd/UnccyZ)
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Kickstarter doesn't let you schedule a campaign to launch at a set time -- you have to set it off manually -- so last night I did that right before I went to bed, and then deliberately left both my phone and my laptop downstairs in the den, as far away from the bedroom as they could get, so I wouldn't be tempted to just take a peek when I woke up in the middle of the night. This turned out to be a very good decision . . . and it meant that I woke up to the news that we were already about thirty percent funded! It's slowed down since then, of course, and I've had to impose a rule on myself that I have to do something useful (like writing this blog post, or tidying something around the house) before I'm allowed to refresh the page and see if we've acquired another backer, but we're now up to nearly forty percent, which is an excellent start.
In addition to the deck itself, we're offering a variety of other rewards, like signed books from the trilogy (or bookplates if you already own them/don't want to pay for shipping a book overseas), samples of our series-themed tea blends, your very own numinatrian horoscope, custom art, Tuckerization in one of my stories, and a frock coat sewn to your measurements in your choice of two gorgeous peacock brocades. For the truly splurgy (or groups of friends pooling their money), we'll run you a one-shot RPG in the Rook & Rose setting for up to five players! The add-ons can be selected even if you only back at the $1 level, so if the deck isn't of interest to you but other things are, you can always back minimally and then add on what you like.
And whether you back or not, signal-boosting is HUGELY appreciated! Right after social media cracks up like a frozen river in spring is uhhhh not a great time to be trying to make a project like this happen, so every bit of word of mouth is enormously helpful. We've got posts on Mastodon and The Service Formerly Known as Twitter, if you want to boost those, or just mention the deck anywhere you know of people who might find it appealing!
(originally posted at Swan Tower: https://is.gd/UnccyZ)