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Watchtower on the Hill Late Pledge/Pre-Order Store

Created by Johnny Rook Games, LLC

Open for new backers that may have missed the campaign! Note: If you were a backer of the campaign, you can use the pre-order store but it is better if you wait for your survey around July 14th (ish) and use the Add-Ons function there.

Latest Updates from Our Project:

Nearly the end and NEW ADD-ONS!
over 1 year ago – Fri, Jul 01, 2022 at 02:43:26 AM

A little unexpected for us, but right at the last minute we got the OK to offer two art prints for the two new images made for the book during this KS campaign!  They are now available as add-ons in the pledge manager for $10 each, $15 for the set of two, or you can pick up all five prints for $40.  All prints are B&W, numbered, and signed by The Endless Slug.  Only 4 hours left to pledge or to change your pledge!


There are more images that will be added to the book but we had these early so we're offering them to you.  


Game on!

Johnny Rook Games, LLC

Only 24 Hours to Go!
over 1 year ago – Wed, Jun 29, 2022 at 10:59:42 PM

Greetings again from Johnny Rook Games!

We are at 24 hours remaining in our first campaign and are very excited to see what this last day holds.  There are still many followers out there that we'd like to see pledge, but besides that, we are in great shape for a successful campaign.  


This is an important time to check your pledge and make sure that it is correct.  You can click on the Manage Pledge button on the project's page to see and change what you have pledged.  We have several add-ons available in case you wanted to be printed in the book as a backer, have a character printed in the book as an NPC, to pick up extra copies of the book, or to add prints of the black and white artwork.


If you have joined our Discord Server, you can join us live for a final hours chat beginning at 8pm US Central time later tonight and continuing until the campaign's end at midnight.  If you have not joined yet, you can join the Johnny Rook Games server at:  https://discord.gg/u6SV6PxkzC

Discord is free to use after creating a simple account.  We had planned a YouTube stream for easier overall access for everyone, but at this time, using Discord was our best option.  Maybe in campaign 2...   


We will be in touch again shortly after the campaign closes with some final campaign thoughts and a look towards the next steps.


Thank you for your support!


Dom! Pelletier

Owner and Martini-Sipping Third-Chair Trombone,

Johnny Rook Games, LLC.

Close to the Finish!
over 1 year ago – Tue, Jun 28, 2022 at 01:02:15 AM

Hi everyone!  We have only 3 days left until the end of the campaign and we are very excited to see this all happen.  We had a weekend goal of getting 100 backers by last night and we did not quite make that getting only to 94, but that's OK!  We still got quite a few new backers in the process.  We'll be watching the next few days closely here at Johnny Rook Games HQ because we really have no idea what to expect and are taking diligent notes to use on future Kickstarters.  


As for the book, I've been continuing to tinker with it to make sure that it's the best that it can be.  The small revisions that I had intended for this project have increased to much larger revisions, and at this stage, I think I can clearly state that it is quite a different book from the original printing, and far, far stronger.  The story and dungeon layouts are all the same (for the most part), but I shifted around some of the monster statistics and numbers of monsters encountered, and added several sections to give a better context on the story itself and for GM's running the game, especially for novice or even first-time GMs.  This includes several new "boxed-text" entries, although the game is still intended to be "boxed-text light", so there aren't that many.  There are some new monster entries in the back of the book - and to clarify - these are new monster entries for the OSRIC game, not necessarily for other 1e/2e games, although a couple are completely new.  Hopefully, the new monsters can be used in any other game as well.  I always try to create monsters that can be more widely used or ported to other games easily.  


Illustrations are continuing to arrive and I expect all of them to be in before we get the funds released from Kickstarter later in July.  I'm even re-scanning the original inks from the first print this week and replacing them to make sharper images for the new print.  This should all be in perfect timing to get the completed book to the printers and get the process going and to have printed books at your door.  We'll be able to get the digital versions out around the same time in advance of the physical copies.


The only upcoming hurdle is BackerKit and only because we haven't used it before.  The account is all ready to receive the KS orders, but I can't do much with it until that time.  We should have some late pledge options available in case an order needs to be changed later, but I think this is only for adding items, not canceling anything.  For backers getting digital rewards, we will send out a link for a copy from DriveThruRPG.  You do not need to have an account there to activate this code and get your book, but an account is helpful in case we publish digital upgrades or further revisions to the game later.  


With that, we'll be out trying to hit the socials a bit and drum up some last minute pledges.  Please help us spread the word, and if you haven't pledged yet, please do so.  This is a passion project for us - a passion for great games.  We would like nothing better than for all of you have the chance to explore the watchtower with your friends.  


We'll update again after the campaign ends with some further information for all of the backers.  


Dom!

Owner and FNW (Frequent Nerd-Wrangler)

Johnny Rook Games, LLC

New Art Begins to Roll In!
almost 2 years ago – Thu, Jun 23, 2022 at 07:52:12 PM

Hello everyone, hope these hot June days (in the Midwest US) are finding you well!


Just a small but important update from Johnny Rook Games - the first of the new illustrations for the Watchtower revision are in and they are looking great.  

Slime Crawlers
A Father's Plea

More to come!


On the campaign:  We had set a weekend goal of reaching 100 backers and we are currently at 90, so we are very close and it's only Thursday.  We picked up a large number of followers though, which is also great.  After this weekend we will begin the final run into the last days of the campaign and try to push for at least one of our stretch goals.  At this point, we are looking excellent for at least a successful campaign and should have your books to you by the end of the summer.  


Game on!


-Dom!

Owner and Figment of His Own Imagination

Johnny Rook Games, LLC

We did it! 101% so far!
almost 2 years ago – Tue, Jun 21, 2022 at 05:01:22 AM

Apologies on the sudden additional update, but we here at Johnny Rook Games are excited to announce that we have met our funding goal of $3,500!  We thought we might hit 75-80% this weekend but did not expect a sudden burst of super-backer money to come in.  

We are just over the funding goal, however, and still need to make sure some additional pledges come in over the next 12 days, but we are in suddenly great shape for a completely successful campaign!


Thank you everyone!

Dom!

Owner and Master of Space, Time, Dimension, and Oxford Commas

Johnny Rook Games, LLC