Every three months, through our Patreon, we release an adventure or other short supplement for Against the Dark Yogi, Shadows Over Sol or Age of Ambition. Patrons get early access to these supplements, receive both a PDF and "at cost" print copy, and always get them for cheaper than retail price.
Hello, friends, fans and gaming family! We're almost through the third quarter of 2025 and we've been busy!
The biggest news from this past quarter is the stunning success of Shadows Over Sol 2e. The Kickstarter closed with a little over 600 backers and $52,000 raised, making this both our most popular and highest grossing crowdfunding ever.
Meanwhile, our Patreon-funded releases have continued unabated. To the public we released four one-sheets in support of Siren's Call—Creeping Murder, The Ligeia Probe, Howling Deceit and Deep Sabotage—as well as Siren's Missions, a scenario compilation. We've also released three Age of Ambition one-sheets to the public—Blood on the Trade Road, The Concubine's Offer and The Lich's Proposal—while Patrons have seen a fourth: Friend of a Friend.
We also released the Shadows Over Sol 2e: Quick-Start and the Foundry VTT support for our games has seen some progress, with Foundry 13 compatibility underway.
Looking to the future, we're likely to remain extremely busy, at least through the end of the year.
As far as Patreon-funded releases go, Fantastic Exploits is a compilation of short scenarios for Dime Adventures. It's due to be sent to patrons later this month and will be available to the general public a weeks after that. We also have two full-length Age of Ambition supplements and a one-sheet queued up for editing and release later in the year.
Fulfillment of the Shadows Over Sol 2e Kickstarter, however, is likely to take up the bulk of our time. As of today, we've finished merging in the last of the backer-initiated edits to the core book and the draft text is ready to hand off to layout. We're also in the process of finalizing the layout contract, and compiling our existing art assets ahead of commissioning new artwork. All this and we haven't even received the Kickstarter funds yet, which are due to arrive next week.
Once the core book's text has been handed over to layout, and the first wave of art commissioned, we'll begin putting together the necessary specs and assets for the add-ons and unlocked extras. We'll start with the tokens, GM screen, cards and poster map, this way we can order proofs. Then we'll begin editing the two scenarios. Both are fully written, but still need editing and layout.
Meanwhile, we'll continue to iterate and improve on our Foundry VTT support, adapting our generic Saga Machine core to Shadows Over Sol, specifically.
All that is likely to keep us busy through the end of the year. But let's talk longer term planning for a second.
Siren's Missions is our final release for the first edition of Shadows Over Sol. Similarly, Fantastic Exploits will be our final release for Dime Adventures. We have no new Against the Dark Yogi releases planned. That leaves us with two active game lines: Shadows Over Sol 2e and Age of Ambition. Both should see support in the coming year.
What will the future beyond that hold? Time will tell. We're still too elbows-deep in Kickstarter fulfillment to give exact plans of timelines. But we do have ideas.
We have several more in-development worlds we'd like to see given releases as new games. There's a line of larger Shadows Over Sol 2e supplements we want to do. We'd also love to explore the possibility of giving Against the Dark Yogi a second edition. But how these ideas compete with each other is still to be determined.
And that's all for now. Have a great quarter, and good gaming, folks! Expect a weekly report on Shadows Over Sol 2e production to begin next week.
Tab Creations
