The Worldbuilder's Almanac

A project in San Francisco, CA by S. Kaiya J.
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A worldbuilding handbook featuring a full year of weekly development prompts, historical inspiration, and 150+ instant story hooks!
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Backers: 355
Average Pledge Per Backer: $32

Funded: $11,533 of $3,000
Dates: Oct 2nd -> Oct 30th (28 days)
Project By: S. Kaiya J.
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Latest News

Funded! Late pledges! And what comes next...

October 30th - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you, everyone, for fully funding The Worldbuilder's Almanac, and then going beyond to hit nearly 400% of our original goal! I'm very honored and humbled by the enthusiastic response to my first crowdfunding campaign.  Although all tiers... (Read More)

Key of Creation artwork update!

October 29th - via: kickstarter.com
Fresh on the heels of the previous update comes more great news: Eshpur has finalized the stunning artwork for the Key of Creation! Look forward to seeing this gorgeous design on the book and on the die-cut stickers. Due to manufacturing constraints,... (Read More)

Third stretch goal unlocked: an extra month of prompts!

October 29th - via: kickstarter.com
And here we are: thanks to an amazing surge of backers yesterday, we've hit $10,000 and our final stretch goal: And time itself bends for your mastery. I promised you a full year of weekly worldbuilding prompts - and now you've unlocked a whole extra... (Read More)

Second stretch goal unlocked: Hardcover handbooks!

October 18th - via: kickstarter.com
This morning we reached $7,000 and our second stretch goal: Guard the treasure of wisdom securely. This means there's enough interest in The Worldbuilder's Almanac to justify trying out a small print run of hardcover versions of the Handbook Edition!... (Read More)

First stretch goal unlocked: Keys of Creation!

October 9th - via: kickstarter.com
This morning we crossed over the $5,000 threshold, unlocking the first of our three stretch goals: In your hands lie the keys to all creation. I've heard quite a bit of speculation on what that meant, and I'm pleased to announce that that description... (Read More)

100% funded in under 22 hours!

October 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
Did you know that there's zero evidence for the oft-repeated 'fact' that Roman soldiers were paid in salt and that's where our word "salary" comes from? There isn't even any evidence that their wages, their salarium, were meant as an allowance for... (Read More)

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