RosenMcStern Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 (edited) After his defeat at the hand of Oda Nobunaga, the great Daimyo Azai Nagamasa commits seppuku. The only hope for what is left of his retinue is a secret alliance with the Takeda clan, the only one strong enough to oppose Nobunaga. However, Takeda Shingen demands a hostage to guarantee the loyalty of Nagamasa’s former retainers. The hostage must reach the Shinano province without Nobunaga being aware of his presence, but the road passes through Oda territory. A group of brave adventurers must accompany the hostage in his dangerous journey. So begins the Rise of the Yōkai Koku campaign, a Revolution d100 roleplaying adventure set in the Sengoku period of the Japanese middle ages. Many adventures await our noble heroes on their path to restoring their clan fortunes, and not all threats will be human in nature. Rise of the Yōkai Koku was originally intended as a low-cost PDF using vintage artwork from 17th to 19th Century Japan and a stock picture as cover. However, if this crowdfunding campaign succeeds we will publish the 10-episode campaign booklet in print, too, with a shiny new cover drawn specifically for it. We will add other artwork and goodies as stretch goals if the funding exceeds our minimum target. Rise of the Yōkai Koku will start crowdfunding in the first half of June 2018, so keep your tachi well oiled and your prayer beads at hand. Edited June 1, 2019 by RosenMcStern 3 Quote Proud member of the Evil CompetitionTM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runeblogger Posted June 6, 2018 Share Posted June 6, 2018 I'm looking forward to reading this material. Quote Read my Runeblog about RuneQuest and Glorantha at: http://elruneblog.blogspot.com.es/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RosenMcStern Posted June 12, 2018 Author Share Posted June 12, 2018 The crowdfunding is now live! Face political intrigues and supernatural threats.in a fantastic journey to Sengoku Jidai Japan. https://www.ulule.com/rise-of-the-yokai-koku/ 1 Quote Proud member of the Evil CompetitionTM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarence Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 Good to see, Paolo! Quote FrostByte Books M–SPACE d100 Roleplaying in the Far Future Odd Soot Science Fiction Mystery in the 1920s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soltakss Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 Backed at PDF level, as I don't buy paper books any more. 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...
RosenMcStern Posted July 11, 2018 Author Share Posted July 11, 2018 As you can see, this campaign has not funded. Rise of the Yōkai Koku will appear, but in electronic format only. A pity, but not a catastrophe. You may have noticed that we have not pushed the campaign much in these last days. Maybe you are wondering whether a massive advertising campaign might have changed the final outcome. Perhaps, but there is a consideration we have made during the first half of the crowdfunding period. Unlike other projects, contributors to this one chose mainly the electronic format for their reward. In other words, even if the idea did generate some excitement among players, the format which this campaign intended to fund (a printed supplement) was not perceived as the best one for Rise of the Yōkai Koku. Please note that the number of contributors reached, if the usual percentage of 80% had chosen a printed reward, could have been sufficient to fund the project. With a percentage of 50% choosing the paper version, funding was much harder. With the basic premise of the campaign in doubt, we decided that it was not a good idea to use pure marketing techniques to reach the goal. If the majority of players preferred a PDF, then giving them a PDF was the way to go. And this we can do even without a successful crowdfunding. Now, the contributors who pledged for a physical copy will certainly ask one question: what about a print on demand version? Well, it is not entirely ruled out, but at the moment we have not organised any POD version for any product in the Revolution D100 line, except the combat cards. And the cards have sold poorly as a POD item, whereas the small print run which we have sold directly on RPG Meeting has sold out. That said, POD is possible, but not a priority. Especially with two other crowdfundings still to fulfill, for a total of five books and two accessories yet to produce. Let us go back to these before thinking about POD of other products. 1 Quote Proud member of the Evil CompetitionTM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarence Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 I’m sorry to hear that, but nice to get a digital version. Keep up the good work. Quote FrostByte Books M–SPACE d100 Roleplaying in the Far Future Odd Soot Science Fiction Mystery in the 1920s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHistorian Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 I didn't pledge because I didn't know about this project. Did you send messages to backers of prior projects? Quote 44/420 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RosenMcStern Posted August 2, 2018 Author Share Posted August 2, 2018 Maybe I forgot. But do not worry, we basically aborted the project because it became clear that the supporters were way more interested in the PDF edition than a hardcopy. So this crowdfunding became a big market survey, instead. The campaign is now ready for publishing, Ken Spencer managed to send me back the edited version before leaving for GenCon, so you will be able to purchase it in September, at most. I will keep everyone informed. 1 Quote Proud member of the Evil CompetitionTM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zit Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 when do you expect the pdf to be ready ? Quote Wind on the Steppes, role playing among the steppe Nomads. The running campaign and the blog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RosenMcStern Posted August 12, 2018 Author Share Posted August 12, 2018 Hopefully September. Ken managed to finish the editing pass before GenCon and I am laying it out right now. However, we are laying out three books at the same time so it will take some weeks. 1 Quote Proud member of the Evil CompetitionTM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xalabin Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 I'm interested on it when it will be available but i wasn't enough for wait all the crowdfunding process. Still, it is a sad notice but i hope it will be finished soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchw Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 Any updates on when this will be ready and how it will be sold? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RosenMcStern Posted September 21, 2018 Author Share Posted September 21, 2018 Drivethru, PDF only; within the end of September. Layout is in progress. 1 Quote Proud member of the Evil CompetitionTM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xalabin Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 Nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchw Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 Waiting (in)patiently with hand of the hilt of my katana..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RosenMcStern Posted September 29, 2018 Author Share Posted September 29, 2018 We will not be able to finish production within a couple of days, so the September deadline cannot be kept. The new temptative date is mid October to end October. 1 Quote Proud member of the Evil CompetitionTM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchw Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 Any updates on Yokai Koku? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RosenMcStern Posted October 29, 2018 Author Share Posted October 29, 2018 Unfortunately, finishing the Ninja Crusade in two different languages took much longer than expected and it will take another two weeks at least to have Yokai Koku ready. We are all leaving for Lucca in a few hours so we cannot be quicker than this. The good news is that I might be able to reuse some of the new graphic solutions we developed for Ninja Crusade to make it look nicer. 1 Quote Proud member of the Evil CompetitionTM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchw Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 Any updates? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RosenMcStern Posted December 17, 2018 Author Share Posted December 17, 2018 Still in the layout process. I would hate to delay it beyond Christmas, but we wish to do it right. Even if the product will sell only some dozens of PDF, it will serve as a template for the improved Revolution D100 "Look&Feel" we plan to adopt for all upcoming products. 1 Quote Proud member of the Evil CompetitionTM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogerDee Posted May 4, 2019 Share Posted May 4, 2019 Is this still available on Drivethru as i cannot see it, anywhere. Unless I am missing something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RosenMcStern Posted May 5, 2019 Author Share Posted May 5, 2019 I am revising the layout at this moment. The campaign will be available on DriveThru and RPG Meeting in a short time. 3 1 Quote Proud member of the Evil CompetitionTM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogerDee Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 3 hours ago, RosenMcStern said: I am revising the layout at this moment. The campaign will be available on DriveThru and RPG Meeting in a short time. I did find Ninja Crusade in French on D-thru. I presume this is the same item? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RosenMcStern Posted May 5, 2019 Author Share Posted May 5, 2019 Not at all. Ninja crusade is a Third Eye Games product which we translated. Cool stuff, but nothing to do with d100, it uses a d10 pool. Quote Proud member of the Evil CompetitionTM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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