DUKK BÖRG

Dispatch from DUKK BÖRG #8
11 days ago – Fri, May 03, 2024 at 09:15:33 AM

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Dispatch from DUKK BÖRG #7 - a big one!
about 1 month ago – Wed, Apr 03, 2024 at 09:35:40 AM

Strap in, this is a big update!

WE GREW A SPINE!

Wait, what?

Ok, when we were conceptualizing the DUKK BÖRG expansions, we had an idea of how many pages we’d be adding and spec’d the project accordingly, as a 64 page zine + interior cover content - a module that added to, and required, MÖRK BORG to play.

Then the team started writing - wonderful, awful words - and illustrations flew in on molting wings - and our page count grew, and grew some more, and when we went back to the printers to re-spec the zine we found out that we’d been bumped out of staplebound zine territory and into perfect bound paperback book land. We’d grown a spine! A starved little spine not quite big enough for a title, but a spine nonetheless.

So we figured we had a choice: we could cut some content to get back down to zine size, or we could embrace the opportunity, add content we had held back on in the past, and grow our spine wide enough to fit a title.

We chose the latter.

What this means is that DUKK BÖRG is now an 80 page paperback book (plus inside cover content!) and a standalone game that compliments, but does not require, MÖRK BORG to play.

Here’s the new list of features threatening your ducks:

• All the rules necessary for play without needing to reference another book
• Full in-world character creation
• A full page of Powers in the form of Medallions
• A full page table of Cartoony Arcane Catastrophes
• All the original content updated to include relevant rules
• A full spread of "Build Your Own Dukk Börg Adventure" generative tables
• The whole Aeonian Citadel starter adventure of corporate horror
• The whole Bls. Anka Darkwing-inspired setting
• Another full spread of "Build Your Own Bls. Anka Adventure" generative tables
• An equipment/pricing appendix
• An index
• and more!

What does this mean for backers?

You get a bigger, better book than any of us expected!

Is it going to take longer?

Probably a little bit, but we’re making good, steady progress to have DUKK BÖRG in your hands this year as promised. We’ll keep updating you on that progress every month until we kick this baby bird out of the nest!

I’m one of the people who said “aw man, I’d back DUKK BÖRG if they were making a paperback, but not as a zine!”

GOOD NEWS, you can pre-order your paperback here for the same price as before, and share the link with your friends!

Should I still buy a copy of MÖRK BORG?

Absolutely, but because it’s awesome and you want to take your ducks to Galgenbeck, not because you need it to play DUKK BÖRG.

This is a decision we have taken very seriously, because it is a significant increase of labor - writing, editing, art, and layout - but we believe this will make DUKK BÖRG significantly better, and are excited to get it there through the opportunity this binding change has given us.

As always, if you've got any questions or concerns, the best way to reach us is at gemroomgames(@)gmail.com.

Thanks for sharing & supporting DUKK BÖRG! Tell your friends!

Dispatch from DUKK BÖRG #6
2 months ago – Thu, Mar 07, 2024 at 09:12:31 AM

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Four months in DUKK BÖRG
3 months ago – Mon, Feb 05, 2024 at 10:24:41 AM

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Three months in DUKK BÖRG
4 months ago – Sun, Jan 07, 2024 at 03:02:59 PM

It’s a new year in Calikota - time for a check-in!

•  The Aeonian Citadel is in edits! We’ve got so many encounter tables to prowl through.
•  Rob has delivered some awesome illustration drafts (we actually gasped at the new character class art!) and is fleshing them out for the expansion and adventure.
•  Kali is scouring public domain photography sources and museum websites to collage and photobash the rest of the new art.
• Also: layout masters are being set so we can break them with all the new art & words!
   

Beyond the manuscript,

• We’re prepping sticker files for print with Sticker Robot (who has printed beautiful stickers for us before),
•  Adding to Skruj’s coin collection for DUKK BLUR backers,
• And sketching out layout masters for the Plaintext Edition!
   

We'll be back next month with another update. Until then, you can always share the pre-order page with folks who’d like to get their own copy of DUKK BÖRG.

If you've got any questions or concerns, the best way to reach us is at gemroomgames(@)gmail.com. Thanks for the support!