End Of Year Roadmap

Just a recap of my current plans - it's a lot to cram into the rest of the year, but I'll just keep working down the list

Sticker Club
I've put in a huge order of stickers for Christmas. I'll be asking for your addresses again, because it's been quite a while since the last one got sent out - sorry about that. I'll be sending Christmasy stuff early this year too because the American postal service has become a bit chaotic.

Quips!
I'm part of the early access for Patreon's new social features. Download the latest version of the app if you'd like to see my little behind the scenes quips. I'll mostly be using it to celebrate milestones and share what I'm working on.
Expect to see some collabs with other creators as part of feature testing.

Swordtember Part Two
2 more weeks of Swordtember! This should take us to Swords #975

Cut the Deck
We still haven't released the digital component of Swords: Cut the Deck, so I need to nudge the team to get this done. There are still about 300 unfulfilled orders we haven't been able to charge or contact too.
All of the artwork and rules are ready to go for printing an expansion, but I really feel like we can't move forward until we've done everything we can to do everything we said we would do. I think the future of the game can be something really special if we streamline some of the core gameplay just a bit more and we've had plenty of discussions on how to do that.

NZGDC - September 25-27
I don't have plans to go to NZGDC but if anyone is in the city and would like to catch up and/or play Cut the Deck (maybe at Caffeinated Dragon), let me know! I'm happy to make the time.

Great Games With Pals - October 4-5
I will be going to this convention in Wellington early October - come learn how to play Cut the Deck!

The Patreon Swor'nament Final Rounds
Viscount Varris vs. Zhar
Chépée the Pommeler vs. Hex
And then a winner is (finally) crowned!

Choplet's Dungeon RPG
I'll just be working on this when I can, but the deck is pretty stacked - I currently have about a dozen commissioned/bonus Choplets from the community to finish adding in. I've been working on Story Mode.
I'm still open to finding someone to make some battle music.

The Darkness Before Time
More of Kargob's timey-wimey adventures at Swords #978 (Time Knife episodes always end in -78)

The Final Qwest
Quest Sprout's main adventure will come to a close before Episode 1000... and then maybe something new will begin after including a certain character you've seen around... but one thing at a time! Qwest!!

Episode 1000 ~ M
We might get there in 2025, but time will tell! I'll try my best to surprise ya!!

Stars
I'll try to pick Stars up again in October. I haven't forgotten about it! I promise!

Unannounced Project With TheImmortalThinkTank
We're working on something. Possibly two somethings. More details later.

Makeship Campaign?
I have two plushies prepped for launch, but I'll wait for the right time. Maybe one to celebrate 1000 episodes, although December/January is a pretty bad time to launch.

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PS. Some things I'm not working on:

Swords: Pens & Papercuts
I've shelved working on a TTRPG for a couple of reasons:
- Cut the Deck has a TTRPG component in the works
- This needed to happen when DnD was still making big public missteps, but in the meantime Daggerheart, Final Fantasy XIV and other TTRPGs have stepped up to give people options
- Everyone told me to use GURPS which makes no sense to me when you're asking me to make an original TTRPG

Quest Sprout & The Big Soup
I was playing around with a Quest Sprout RPG Maker game a while back, but the Choplet one is much further along.

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And finally, the future:

Swords Reforged ~ The Rise Of Bread Knight
I will be remastering Bread Knight's original storyline, with all my new knowledge about comic making, worldbuilding, sword trivia and so on. Do you like this initial concept for more accurate clothing? Rest assured he'll still be collecting all the same gear in its canonical order - but the goal is to remaster those 15 pages into a 24 page book, so you'll definitely get to see some of his smaller adventures in between.

Thanks for being here! It's been a rough year for, well, everyone. Without your support I couldn't be thinking about doing any of this stuff. Let's make cool stuff!!!