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!

Thank you to all the backers of Designers & Dragons: Origins! As a thanks for backing now you can get immediate access to The Adventurers' Hoard, a backer-exclusive PDF containing selected chapters from all four volumes.

As we reach funding milestones, we’ll be hosting polls here on the BackerKit page so that you backers can choose which chapter you'd like to preview next. When the poll closes, we'll unlock the winning entry and add it to the exclusive backer PDF.

So, as we reach stretch goal milestones, The Adventurers’ Hoard will grow.

If and when we have additional material to share during the campaign, we’ll provide it in the same folder linked below.

Any questions? Let us know. We love questions! Join the BackerKit community discussion area for this project, or email us privately at [email protected].

And thank you as always for your support—it means a lot to us!