Sandwich Masters: Bread Roles!
almost 5 years ago – Tue, Jun 29, 2021 at 09:49:44 PM

Hey guys,

Slightly different update from me today. Another game I worked on (helped to design and did the art for) is on Kickstarter right now, Sandwich Masters: Bread Roles! Very different to Colostle; this is a daft, multiplayer party game about making disgusting sandwiches and trying to stay one step ahead of the health inspector for your food crimes!

The observant among you might have noticed that I have already done a shout-out about this in the past but we ended up cancelling that campaign in order to come back even stronger with an even better price and a better designed campaign and we’re live now!

I really hope you’ll take a look and consider supporting it. Although it is nothing like Colostle, I’m a big fan of all kinds of tabletop games and lend my artwork to huge variety of projects!

You can view the campaign here.

Thanks guys!

Nich x

FIRST PATREON CONTENT + Discord for physical players!
almost 5 years ago – Tue, Jun 29, 2021 at 09:00:45 PM

Hey Roomlanders!

I'm over the moon to see that a lot of you are starting to receive your physical paperback copies of the book. Your comments have been entirely positive and i'm over the moon that you are all happy with how it looks! It fills my heart to see.

I wanted to quickly post an update to tell those backers who were waiting to play until they had their physical copies, about the Colostle Discord server! We have a thriving community over on Discord, specifically for and about Colostle and its an amazing place to talk to other Roomlanders, discuss the rules, talk about homebrew rules, share your stories and artwork and also ask me questions as the creator!

So if you'd like to head on over and join the community simply follow this link! to join the fun! I will be using it as something of a hub for the fandom of Colostle and although I will keep posting here for big Colostle announcements, its a great place to keep up with the smaller developments of the game as they happen.

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In other news, the first piece of additional monthly content for the game came out via Patreon this month! Without spoiling it, this module adds a whole new biome type of Room to the game with unique game mechanics, tougher enemies and a whole new way to add exciting stories to your adventures! If you're just tearing into your physical copies now and new monthly additional content sounds good to you, then I hope you'll consider checking the Patreon out!

Its only £2 a month and this month's content was 11 pages of new content along with brand new illustrations! So its a pretty good deal!

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Thanks again for all your support and enjoyment of Colostle and I can't wait to see you all out in the Roomlands,

Nich x

Shipping has begun!
almost 5 years ago – Thu, Jun 24, 2021 at 11:53:08 PM

Roomlanders!

All of this weekend just gone was spent packaging and preparing all of the paperback orders for shipping and it was a heck of a job but we got it all done and they are now on their way to you! With some help from some good friends and the loan of some office space we spent about 10 hours sorting, packing and labelling all of the paperback orders:

When we brought all the orders back to my house ready for pickup by Royal Mail, this is how my dining room looked:

But we got it all done. Royal Mail picked up all of these parcels yesterday and they are now on their way to you. UK backers should probably receive your rewards within the next week. International backers will be longer, it depends on where you are but it could be as much as a few weeks before it arrives.

Next up is the hardback orders. I haven't received the hardbacks from the printer yet (should be start of July I get them) and then I will begin the whole process again with them. I will let you know and share pics once I have them!

Ok, back to work on this month's Patreon content! I can tell you now, its gonna be a doozy!

Nich x

General Update!
almost 5 years ago – Wed, Jun 09, 2021 at 04:41:42 PM

Roomlanders!

Sorry its been a bit quiet from me lately! This is only because everything is going so smoothly and I have nothing specific to report! That said, I do want to keep you all up to date with everything there is to know, so I thought I'd come on here with another state-of-play update.

First up, my house is full of boxes of these:

All the paperbacks, journals and decks of cards have arrived with me! And there's a lot of them! 

I was going to use a fulfilment company to get these out to you all, but sadly none of the companies I talked to could reassure me they were a good fit for this job, so I will be handling fulfilment myself. If anything, I think this will end up better for you and for delivery in general as I can double check every shipment and be the first port of call for you guys if anything goes wrong.

Don't get me wrong, its a huge job and I'm having to pack parcels in my evenings and weekends between my day job hours but its the right decision.

Delivery is going happen in waves now, not all at once. I'm starting with all the orders that are JUST paperbacks, as I don't have the Hardbacks yet. The plan is, I will start shipping the first wave of paperbacks in a week or so. So for some of you, you will receive your rewards earlier than the estimated July. I am still on track for ALL deliveries to have left me before the end of July, and depending on where you are in the world, you should receive them before then too.

So basically, we're still on track, not long to wait now! But please bear with me as I am doing it myself and its not a small job!

DISCORD & REDDIT

In other news, the Discord and Reddit are thriving, and if you are playing your digital version why not go check out the greater Colostle community? There are some incredible stories up there, as well as some really cool art of people's characters and Rooklings! As the creator of the game, it totally blows me away to see people interacting with it and loving it as much as they are! I am honoured and humbled and just over the moon that this little idea has captured the imaginations of so many! Here's a fresh link for the Discord if you're interested in joining: https://discord.gg/aeYaTj5x

PATREON

Finally, for those that missed the announcement, the Colostle Patreon is now live! https://www.patreon.com/colostle Please sign up if you want to receive new encounter tables for new areas of the Colostle every month, along with new art, items, NPCs, and every now and then; EVENTS! I'm working on this month's content at the moment and it is gonna be special! Whole new things you'll never see coming, along with brand new ways to play and even tougher enemies! Plus, by signing up to the Patreon you're supporting me and the game and it allows me to make even more for you guys, so here's a personal heartfelt thank you to all of you that have signed up. Thank you. You are awesome!

Right! Thats enough from me, enjoy your adventures out in the Roomlands and I'll check in next once shipping has begun!

Nich x

DISCORD & PATREON
almost 5 years ago – Sun, May 30, 2021 at 01:23:41 AM

Roomlanders!

The game is out there in the world and the feedback has been amazing! Thank you for all your positivity, good vibes and enjoyment! And a few of you have posted some of your journals of your adventures and they are all without exception, EXCELLENT. I LOVE reading about what your characters are getting up to out there in the Roomlands and some of the ideas you guys are coming up with completely separate of my prompts are stunning. Really impressed. Thank you for really getting into this and making it such a fun community, you guys really are the best!

DISCORD

So, following on from that, Colostle now has a Discord server! The invite link is here: https://discord.gg/X8hChufx

Any and all players of Colostle are welcome so feel free to share this link around. It is a great place to discuss the game in general, suggest additions and expansions to me, post your stories and art and generally just hang out with a load of other Roomlanders! So please sign up! I will also be using it as a place to announce Colostle news and new content, along with these updates, my Instagram and the Reddit, so keep an eye out, more content is definitely coming!

PATREON

The Colostle Patreon is now live! With the work on the base book complete and the digital version out in the world, I felt it was the right time to start thinking about the future of Colostle. This initial Kickstarter is by no means the end of my ideas on this, and if you'll have me, I'd love to bring you more world, more game and more art!

To that end, I thought a Patreon would be a great way for you to help and support me with the creation of this new material, and it will benefit you guys by getting new Colostle additions and art bits to your inbox every month! You can check out the Patreon page here: https://www.patreon.com/colostle 

I'm only asking for £2 a month, there's just the one tier and that gets you everything I'm offering, so its super simple. At the moment, everything I do on Colostle I do in my spare time, after work at my day job. Which makes it slow and tough. But with your support, that could change! So I hope you'll consider it, equally I totally understand if you can't afford it, these are challenging times for us all!

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Finally, here's a pic of the freshly printed card deck which will be making its way to some of you when shipping starts. I'm supper happy with the quality and feel of these, they have come out so nice, the box is lovely too with a delightful matt-laminate finish! I have hundreds of these filling my house and the books haven't even arrived yet! This is going to be interesting!

Thanks again for all your support and positive vibes, will check in again soon,

thanks,

Nich x