7th Sea Adventures!, The Grand Design Chapter 2, and More Announcements to Come!
about 6 years ago – Tue, Sep 18, 2018 at 01:09:27 AM

Hey folks, this is John.

We've recently had to go through some rather dramatic changes. We're rebuilding in a lot of ways. I'll be your primary contact for the immediate future. I'll detail more on that when I have more information.

In the meantime, I want to let you in on something rather cool. Something you folks have been asking for... NEW 7TH SEA ADVENTURES!

We'll be releasing regular adventures EXCLUSIVELY on JWP.com. And by "regular," I mean you'll see them about once per week. And for the first one, we've got a doozie. PART 2 OF THE GRAND DESIGN!

The War of the Cross nearly destroyed Théah. In the end, nearly eight million people died. But what many do not know is the secret reason behind the War…

This is the second chapter of THE GRAND DESIGN, a multi-part campaign that leads your Heroes toward the dark and terrible secret of the War of the Cross. In this chapter, the Heroes receive a mysterious request: protect a Montaigne noble from assassination. Seems simple enough…until they discover what kind of man they’re protecting.

Written by John Wick, creator of 7th Sea, Montaigne Blood is an adventure of breath-taking adventure, harrowing escapes and hard moral choices.

This adventure includes:

• 3 possible assassins for your players to foil 
• In game props 
• GM advice from the creator of the game.

We'll have the second adventure up next week!

As for more announcements, I'll be letting you know shortly. There have been a lot of changes and a lot of stuff not ready to talk about yet. I want to make sure to get everything right.

If you have any questions, be sure to let me know.

Take care,

John

September Production Update
about 6 years ago – Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 11:49:32 PM

It’s the end of August, so time for another production & schedule update!  

Production Schedule  

• Secret Societies: awaiting art, PDF delivery estimated October 2018 
• The Colonies: in layout, PDF delivery estimated January 2019 
• Cities of Faith - Vaticine City: awaiting art, delivery estimated September 2018 
• Cities of Faith - Iskandar: awaiting art, delivery estimated September 2018 
• Cities of Faith - Quamontaigne: release date moved to coincide with The Colonies, delivery estimated January 2019 
• Maps: waiting on proofs from printers, delivery estimated September 2018 
• The Gossamer Empire: in layout, estimated TBD 

August was a busy month, with most of the the senior and production staff traveling to GenCon the first week of the month. We were able to showcase new adventures in our 7th Sea Organized Play room there, and hope to have those available on DriveThruRPG soon. Secret Societies is on track, with layout completed this month. Once art has come in for Secret Societies, we’ll be proceeding with art for The Colonies. Cities of Faith is proceeding steadily. We’re now waiting on art for both Vaticine City and Iskandar as well. 

Some of you might have seen the beautiful maps on display at GenCon. Our cartographer, Mark Richardson, burned the midnight oil to finish the files right before the convention. The files are finished! The Map Pack will be available soon through Backerkit for backers who backed at that level. On the physical production side, we went back to the original printer we received quotes from in 2015. When we received the new updated quotes for 2018, figures had changed. The rest of this month has involved us getting updated quotes from a variety of printers to ensure we’re getting the best maps at the best price. We’ve also been communicating with our shipper about how to package and ship the maps in the best way, both economically and to prevent damages. If there are problems in the proofing and shipping process this month, we'll communicate those with everyone. We're hopeful for smooth sailing from this point on. 

Now that Secret Societies is laid out, we wanted to share some more snippets of what is coming. Here is the first half of a field report from an agent of Die Kreuzritter:

August Production Update
over 6 years ago – Tue, Jul 31, 2018 at 12:09:44 AM

Hello everyone! 

 This week is hectic for the 7th Sea team, as most of us will be at GenCon. If you’re at the show, make sure to stop by booth #2459 and say hello! Not only that, but games of 7th Sea will be going on in room ICC 124, so stop by and play.

Before the convention, it’s time for another production update!  

Production Schedule 

• Cities of Faith - Vaticine City: awaiting art, delivery estimate September 2018 
• The Colonies: delayed for content review*, PDF delivery estimated January 2019 
• Secret Societies: waiting on art, PDF delivery estimated October 2018
• Cities of Faith - Iskandar: in layout, delivery estimated by September 2018 
• Cities of Faith - Quamontaigne: dev editing, delivery TBD 
• Maps: Colonies map final review, delivery estimated August 2018 
• The Gossamer Empire: layout, estimated TBD 

Cities of Faith are proceeding as expected, and we should be able to have PDFs available by the end of September. The Colonies has experienced delays unfortunately. The development team has been working hard to make sure due respect and consideration is given to all of the cultures referenced in The Colonies. Experts in First Nations history have been consulted; the care in representation and paying proper homage means the production process is taking much longer than we initially estimated. It’s because of this quality control that we’re rescheduling The Colonies to release in January 2019. 

With the delay in The Colonies, we’re focusing our efforts on making sure Secret Societies releases this year. We’re still waiting on art, but estimated publication is October for PDF, November for physical copies this year. As a thanks for your patience, here’s a sneak peak of some content from Secret Societies: 

Modus Operandi 

And last, but not least – MAPS are back on schedule and proceeding. We’re looking at late August for maps to start shipping. 

 Thanks again for all your support with this campaign, and see some of you at GenCon!

War of the Cross is Live
over 6 years ago – Mon, Jul 23, 2018 at 11:44:19 PM

 War of the Cross is now live! Head on over to the Kickstarter page to back it.

7th Sea Miniatures in War of the Cross
over 6 years ago – Sat, Jul 21, 2018 at 01:11:58 AM

We've received some feedback on our War of the Cross kickstarter preview that the Hero miniatures would be fun for RPGs. If you have a moment, we'd love your feedback on our Hoarder of Heroes Pledge tier for our War of the Cross Kickstarter that goes live on Monday.

We wouldn't be where we are today without your support, and we value our backers enthusiasm. Tell us what you think!