Crel Posted April 27, 2023 Share Posted April 27, 2023 (edited) The Queen's Star is now available on the Jonstown Compendium! A dream comes in the night. The shade of Kallyr Starbrow—once Prince of Sartar—asks the adventurers to be her hands in the Middle World. One of the noble Star Captains has gone missing… This new site-based adventure for RuneQuest invites the adventurers to travel to the Cinder Pits in the heart of Sartar to discover the fate of a star who fell from the Sky. It'll be around 30 pages. The manuscript is finished, and I'm currently commissioning art and working on graphic design. Depending on art schedules, The Queen's Star will release in May. Edited May 26, 2023 by Crel PDF release! 18 2 Quote Jonstown Compendium author. Find my publications here. Disclaimer: affiliate link. Social Media: Facebook Patreon Twitter Website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aprewett Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 In the Harn community, when fanon is being produced and the writer wants to add some top art, usually from the main setting artist, they put out a call for art sponsorship to help with the burden. We get a thank you on the credits page. Its all done via paypal to the artist direct. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crel Posted May 1, 2023 Author Share Posted May 1, 2023 20 hours ago, Aprewett said: In the Harn community, when fanon is being produced and the writer wants to add some top art, usually from the main setting artist, they put out a call for art sponsorship to help with the burden. We get a thank you on the credits page. Its all done via paypal to the artist direct. Oh, interesting. I'd never considered that type of pseudo-crowdfunding before. Thanks for the idea! I don't think I'll implement it with Queen's Star—I already kind of have in mind what I want to do—but I'll definitely keep it in mind for future work. @Nick Brooke just to check, would this suggestion step on any toes I'm not thinking of? I don't imagine it would, but always better to ask than to assume. Quote Jonstown Compendium author. Find my publications here. Disclaimer: affiliate link. Social Media: Facebook Patreon Twitter Website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Brooke Posted May 1, 2023 Share Posted May 1, 2023 5 hours ago, Crel said: @Nick Brooke just to check, would this suggestion step on any toes I'm not thinking of? I don't imagine it would, but always better to ask than to assume. Crowd-funded content is prohibited. If you want to explain why this isn’t really crowd-funding, you should reach out to DriveThruRPG and let them know what you have in mind. 1 Quote Community Ambassador - Jonstown Compendium, Chaosium, Inc. Email: nick.brooke@chaosium.com for community content queries Jonstown Compendium ⧖ Facebook Ф Twitter † old website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soltakss Posted May 1, 2023 Share Posted May 1, 2023 8 hours ago, Crel said: Oh, interesting. I'd never considered that type of pseudo-crowdfunding before. Thanks for the idea! I don't think I'll implement it with Queen's Star—I already kind of have in mind what I want to do—but I'll definitely keep it in mind for future work. That isn't really crowdfunding, though, it is more like a loan to a publisher to commission artwork. So, for example, I could send someone a DTRPG Gift Certificate for, say, $500 for artwork, they accept it and it just becomes their credit, then they could get a payout, convert it to PayPal and pay an artist. It would be paid back in the same way, DTRPG Royalties sent back to me as a DTRPG Gift Certificate. It is something that I have been thinking about, but I need more in my DTRPG Account to make it feasible. Quote Simon Phipp - Caldmore Chameleon - Wallowing in my elitism since 1982. Many Systems, One Family. Just a fanboy. www.soltakss.com/index.html Jonstown Compendium author. Find my contributions here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crel Posted May 1, 2023 Author Share Posted May 1, 2023 9 hours ago, Nick Brooke said: Crowd-funded content is prohibited. If you want to explain why this isn’t really crowd-funding, you should reach out to DriveThruRPG and let them know what you have in mind. Thanks for the clarification. Quote Jonstown Compendium author. Find my publications here. Disclaimer: affiliate link. Social Media: Facebook Patreon Twitter Website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crel Posted May 16, 2023 Author Share Posted May 16, 2023 Pleased to confirm that The Queen's Star will, in fact, release in May. 😄 Well, assuming nothing goes too sideways. But currently I'm feeling confident enough to actually announce a release date (so that's pretty confident!). 8 1 Quote Jonstown Compendium author. Find my publications here. Disclaimer: affiliate link. Social Media: Facebook Patreon Twitter Website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crel Posted May 24, 2023 Author Share Posted May 24, 2023 Coming this Friday to the Jonstown Compendium! Cover art by the delightful Zed Nope. The Queen's Star is a site-based adventure which describes one portion of the infamous Cinder Pits in the lands of the Colymar Tribe, in Sartar. This sandbox-style adventure gives the gamemaster the tools needed to discover whether the adventurers will use weapons or words to free an imprisoned Star Captain. It is designed for use with beginning adventurers (such as the RuneQuest Starter Set pregens), and to provide from 1 to 3 sessions of play. 6 4 Quote Jonstown Compendium author. Find my publications here. Disclaimer: affiliate link. Social Media: Facebook Patreon Twitter Website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crel Posted May 26, 2023 Author Share Posted May 26, 2023 And now it's out! You can get The Queen's Star here. (I'll also add a link in the OP, all the same link.) 6 1 Quote Jonstown Compendium author. Find my publications here. Disclaimer: affiliate link. Social Media: Facebook Patreon Twitter Website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomNumber Posted May 28, 2023 Share Posted May 28, 2023 I bought it this morning... from a quick page turn, I'm impressed. The presentation and layout are exceptional - it certainly narrows the gap between JC and 'official'. I'm looking forward to giving this a thorough read. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill the barbarian Posted May 28, 2023 Share Posted May 28, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, RandomNumber said: I bought it this morning... from a quick page turn, I'm impressed. The presentation and layout are exceptional - it certainly narrows the gap between JC and 'official'. I'm looking forward to giving this a thorough read. Having given it a thorough read, I assure you it will reward! Austin's stuff is great. Edited May 28, 2023 by Bill the barbarian 1 Quote ... remember, with a TARDIS, one is never late for breakfast! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crel Posted May 28, 2023 Author Share Posted May 28, 2023 15 hours ago, RandomNumber said: I bought it this morning... from a quick page turn, I'm impressed. The presentation and layout are exceptional - it certainly narrows the gap between JC and 'official'. I'm looking forward to giving this a thorough read. Thanks so much! I'm really grateful to everyone who has picked this up. Constantly improving my craft is important to me, and aiming at as professional a production I can. If you'd be willing to leave a rating or a few words of review after reading through, I'd really appreciate it! Reviews and ratings are a great, easy way to help me get the adventure into the hands of more gamers. (That does go for the rest of you who have picked this up, too. 😉 ) 4 Quote Jonstown Compendium author. Find my publications here. Disclaimer: affiliate link. Social Media: Facebook Patreon Twitter Website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted May 29, 2023 Share Posted May 29, 2023 This sounds so far up my street it's a must-buy for me. So I just bought it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crel Posted May 30, 2023 Author Share Posted May 30, 2023 The Queen's Star has earned its Copper Bestseller medal! Thanks to everyone who has picked up a copy. I really appreciate the support—it helps me be able to continue making more work! 6 Quote Jonstown Compendium author. Find my publications here. Disclaimer: affiliate link. Social Media: Facebook Patreon Twitter Website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crel Posted June 29, 2023 Author Share Posted June 29, 2023 People keep saying the nicest things about The Queen's Star. Thank you all, very much! Remember, if you've picked up a copy I'd love to hear what you thought! Reviews and ratings play a big role in helping me figure out what worked—or what didn't—in my Jonstown Compendium releases. 3 Quote Jonstown Compendium author. Find my publications here. Disclaimer: affiliate link. Social Media: Facebook Patreon Twitter Website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crel Posted August 23, 2023 Author Share Posted August 23, 2023 Oh hey, The Queen's Star earned its Silver medal. 😄 Thanks to everyone who picked it up! 4 Quote Jonstown Compendium author. Find my publications here. Disclaimer: affiliate link. Social Media: Facebook Patreon Twitter Website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jajagappa Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 18 minutes ago, Crel said: The Queen's Star earned its Silver medal. 😄 Thanks to everyone who picked it up! Congrats! (While I have picked it up, I've unfortunately been so heads-down in Nochet that I've yet to read through! One of these days... as it looks like an interesting adventure in a place that was very central to my Orlmarth campaign.) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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