Designers & Dragons: Origins

Hello friends! We're at the midpoint of the campaign, there's just 13 days left! Thank you to the 800+ backers who have boosted us through four stretch goals.

That means we've added four more chapters to the backer-exclusive PDF we call The Adventurers' Hoard. That's in addition to the twelve chapters already included in this backer-only PDF.

With our most recent 120k stretch we added Shannon's entry on the initial release of G3: Hall of the Fire Giant King from 1978.

This was the first 16-page adventure TSR published. The concept was so ground-breaking, ads at the time had to explain what a pre-written adventure was.



If you want to find out more, backers can access the full entry (and the rest of the 140-page Adventurers' Hoard) using the instructions outlined in Backer Update #1.

And remember: every time we hit a stretch, backers get to vote on another piece of this seminal TTRPG history they'd like early access to.

Right now we're less than $3,000 away from our next goal.

Spread the word and help grow your share of the Adventurers' Hoard!

Hello friends, we are just on the brink of week two of this campaign and already pushing $123,000. Thank you so much for your support.

This is typically the period where the crowdfunding slows down a bit, so help us unlock new stretches (and new chapters) by spreading the word.

Thanks to the enthusiasm of fans like yourself, we've added three additional chapters to The Adventurers' Hoard! These entries cover Lankhmar: City of Adventure, Wrath of the Immortals, and B1: In Search of the Unknown.

That means the backer-exclusive PDF is now up to 134 pages - double the size of the free preview we have on the project page.

But we're not done yet.

Our next poll focuses on adventures. We've got an interesting selection of entries that cover classic (and some not so classic) adventures from across all four volumes of Designers & Dragons: Origins.

Pick your fave and on Wednesday night we'll crown another winner to add to The Adventurers' Hoard!

Good morning friends! The campaign continues to roll and we've got a quick poll to add another chapter to the backer-exclusive preview PDF.

Just a reminder that the backer preview is substantially larger than the free preview we offer up to everyone. (The free preview is 57 pages, the backer preview is 113 and growing!) At this moment it includes entries for:

And we just closed the poll for the $80k goal for Volume 3 so we're adding the history of B1: In Search of the Unknown! to the PDF.

It's time to vote on which entry to add for crossing the $100k stretch. We've selected ten chapters from Volume 4 which spans BECMI D&D, Black Box D&D, and Mystara.

Get your votes in, this one closes Sunday night!

Hello friends! Since our last update we've burned through two more stretch goals.

As of this writing the campaign for Designers & Dragons: Origins is sitting at $102,500 and growing. And that means we keep expanding the number of chapters available exclusively to our backers.

The results of the $65k poll came in and - by your command - we're adding Shannon's entry for Lankhmar: City of Adventure to your preview PDF. Thank you to everyone who voted. Our layout expert Cris Viana is working on it right now!

This next poll focuses on entries found in Volume 3, covering Holmes D&D, B/X D&D, and BECMI D&D (1977 - 1987). And once again we have ten tasty options.

We're going to close this one out tomorrow night at 7pm Pacific.

The quick turnaround is because we already funded our third stretch goal ($100k). We'll hold the poll for that over the weekend.

So take a quick minute to weigh in and we'll have more for you soon. Thank you for spreading the word!

Thank you to everyone who showed up today to support Designers & Dragons: Origins!

We not only funded but we pushed past our first stretch goal at the 9.5 hour mark. We really appreciate the enthusiasm you've shown in the 12 short hours the project has been live.

And now backers, it's your turn to sneak something out of the dragon's voluminous treasure trove of TTRPG history.

Scroll down for a Backer-only poll and vote on which product entry you'd most like to see added to the Adventurers' Hoard PDF. (You can also vote on the BackerKit page here.)

We have quite a bit of material from Volume 1 already in there, so for this round we're focusing on Volume 2. That book covers products TSR published for AD&D 1E from 1983-1988 and we think you'll find some fascinating options to choose from.

Vote now. The poll closes at noon on Thursday, October 23rd!

(And if you're wondering how you access your backer-exclusive PDF, you'll find all the details here in Update #1.)

Keep spreading the word. We're giving you another chance to loot the books at the $80k mark!