Conversion Kits Unlocked!
4 months ago
– Wed, Nov 05, 2025 at 08:13:07 AM
Holy moly! We're beyond pleased that we've unlocked our final stretch goal, which means it will be easier than ever to explore Wildendrem using the system of your choice. The thing we're most excited about is the opportunity to work with Will and Michael, who are both Wildendrem experts and tremendous designers in their own right. To celebrate, I wanted to highlight some of my favorite work from these two vets.
Will Jobst is a game designer who publishes under Good Luck Press, and they have a catalog of fabulous games that's too long to list here. Their published work as well as their thinking about games has been tremendously influential to me as a designer and player of games. One of my personal faves is Black Mass, an experimental horror game that incorporates tarot, personas, and some of the most evocative writing I've encountered in RPGs. I also want to shout out the upcoming Plasmodics, which takes Will's wild sensibilities and situates them in an old-school-adjacent context to fantastic effect.
Michael Putlack, under Night Noon Games, has been publishing both excellent Shadowdark material and original TTRPGs. My favorite of his Shadowdark supplements is Creating & Adapting Monsters for Use in Shadowdark RPG, which shows a deep love for and understanding of the things that make Shadowdark a special game. My favorite of his original RPGs is Be Kind. Rewind, a thoughtful and compelling journalling game that tackles nostalgia and the deep personal connection we can form with cinema.
As you can tell, we're deeply psyched to work with these two. So, what's next? While we don't have any more official stretch goals, rest assured that any additional funds will continue to be invested in making the books as rich, beautiful, and useful as possible--this means more art, more writing, and more Wildendrem to explore!
Character Sheets Unlocked, One Stretch Goal Left!
5 months ago
– Mon, Oct 27, 2025 at 09:23:31 AM
And there’s another stretch goal down. Having those character sheets from Alderdoodle is going to be amazing. I’m certain we’ll be using them in our home games :)
That leaves us with just one goal remaining: conversion kits for Mythic Bastionland and Shadowdark. For this we’re turning to two excellent writers who have already dived deep into the cross-currents of these systems and the Wildendrem setting.
Mythic Bastionland
We're longtime fans of Chris McDowall's work, and ever since we first heard of Mythic Bastionland, we've hoped these two worlds could hang together. The Wildendrem books being statted for Cairn means there’s already some compatibility, and of course both works are steeped in the strangeness and wonder of Arthurian legend.
Will Jobst of Good Luck Press is currently running a Mythic Bastionland / Valley of Flowers campaign, and from what we’ve heard, that matchup is going very well indeed. We'd love to bring Will in to show us how it's done!
Shadowdark
And how cool would this be?
Michael Putlack of Night Noon Games ran a campaign spanning thirty-one sessions (CORRECTION: FORTY-ONE SESSIONS!) of The Valley of Flowers using Shadowdark, and it sounds like it was an amazing time. We’d love to welcome Shadowdark players into Wildendrem, so naturally we thought of Michael as the perfect guide.
Help Us Spread the Word?
If we reach 60k before the end of this campaign, we can hire Will and Michael to create these conversion kits (PDFs will be distributed to all backers). We really are going to have to stretch for this, and we’re grateful for any help spreading the word. Know folks who are playing Mythic Bastionland or Shadowdark, and who might enjoy the mythic weirdness of Wildendrem? Please let them know!
Wildendrem co-creator Jedediah Berry will soon be on tour in Italy for his latest novel, The Naming Song (La Canzone dei nomi). Any European backers planning to be at the Lucca Comics & Games Festival? If so, please say hello!
He also has appearances scheduled for Bologna (November 3rd) and Rome (November 4th). Full details on the Fazi Editore publisher site.
Quick Update for EU & UK Backers
5 months ago
– Sun, Oct 26, 2025 at 06:12:31 AM
We're happy to report that we're partnering with GamesQuest for fulfillment overseas, so we can now offer EU- and UK-friendly shipping. This means we'll be collecting VAT through our pledge manager to reduce the chances of unwelcome surprises upon delivery. We've also been able to lower our estimated shipping costs as follows:
Please note that Kickstarter does not allow us to change the estimated shipping costs shown when selecting reward tiers, so the old, higher prices still appear there. Those in the table above (and on our campaign page) are a more accurate reflection of what we expect.
Thank you for your patience as we've sorted out this piece of the puzzle!
Free Zine for You
5 months ago
– Fri, Oct 24, 2025 at 07:07:54 AM
Today we are pleased to present Rere Regardant: Five Character Backgrounds for Wildendrem. This free download is a preview from The Wildendrem Codex and is illustrated by Amanda Lee Franck.
We'll also have some free print copies at ArcaneCon in Northampton, MA, on November 7th and 8th. If you're planning to be there, be sure to stop by the Phantom Mill table and say hello!
Phantom Mill Games on Between Two Cairns
5 months ago
– Wed, Oct 22, 2025 at 12:22:28 PM
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