Week 3: New Artists Announcement! $175,000 raised!
almost 3 years ago
– Tue, Jun 20, 2023 at 07:01:45 AM
Introducing: Artists of The Vault!
The Vault is growing! With all the stretch goals we've unlocked for the Core Rulebook, our existing art team won't be able to do every Anomaly as originally planned. So we've gone all in: 12 different artists for 12 different writers! Each of these artists will illustrate one of the Anomalies in the endless rooms of The Vault.
As you can see already, we're leaning into the wild and bizarre possibilities of Triangle Agency's Anomalies by combining a wide variety of styles and perspectives. We reached out to some of our dream collaborators and are so thrilled at the final list. We'll announce the other half of the Vault team later on in this campaign.
If you'd like to learn more about these artists, you can check out their work here:
All their individual bios will be on the main page later today!
A Triscendent Future
We are almost at the end of Stretch Goals 2. But we know, at the Agency, that following a two must always come another number. A stable number. A number we hold above all others. All this time we have been striving toward that number. Will we reach it?
Please keep spreading the word about Triangle Agency! This game, and these books, are extremely improved by the success we've had...and they were going to be great already!!! All of our success is being poured back into the game's future, as we hope you can see, and there's even more we can do.
Your help sharing the game has been a huge part of our success. Tell somebody new about the game today and make sure we have plenty of players for every table.
Agency-Approved Digital Decorations
We've used some of our team's creations to put together a pack of phone and desktop wallpapers, and Zoom/Discord virtual backgrounds, that you can download for free! Check them out here.
Shipping and Progress Updates
- We have several meetings this week to see our options and lock down our UK and EU distribution!
- Australia & NZ still have a little ways to go before we can work with a dedicated partner, so it's especially important to share with your friends in those regions!
- Several Vault Writers & Core Rulebook Artists have already begun work on their part of the project to get a head start! Will Jobst on the Vault side and Ryan Kingdom on the Art side have been putting in a ton of work organizing the guidelines and timelines for those teams.
Keep an eye on our Twitter and join the Haunted Table Discord for daily updates on the campaign, interviews, news coverage, actual plays, and more!
Thank you so, so much. Let's make the second half of this campaign even stronger than the first.
-Haunted Table
WEEK 2 BEGINS: New Stretch Goals! New Team Members!
almost 3 years ago
– Tue, Jun 13, 2023 at 07:10:54 AM
Greetings, Agents.
First: Stretch Goals 2!
If you're just here for the new Stretch Goals, here they are. Then we'll get to the details of how and why, for those of you who love to read about planning.
They fall into two categories: new illustrations for the Core Rulebook, and new playable content for The Vault. The images in the triangles on the left are to help you reference which artist is related to that goal!
Our plan with these stretch goals is obvious: this is going to be the most gorgeous and massively illustrated book it can possibly be. Every single one of these illustrations is something we dreamed about but cut from the initial plan when we thought our creative budget would need to be much lower.
Some of the descriptions are a little vague to keep things surprising, but know that we have very clear concepts for all of these illustrations, and in some cases artists have already begun early ideating! Beyond this there's more artwork, and we'll update with a new one each time one is complete. Let's get these things unlocked!!!
Next: two new team members making this possible!
Well, Ben was already on the team, but now his job has expanded.
Ben Mansky is taking over the layout for both books, and Will Jobst is going to be editing and helping to organize The Vault: Missions for Triangle Agency! Both of them are extremely talented folks you might have already heard of, and we're confident they'll help us keep Triangle Agency on track and on time.
So...New Stretch Goals! How? Why?
We spent a lot of time this weekend discussing what was possible for us. Most importantly, we want to improve the books to meet the level of energy y'all have brought while staying on track for fulfillment and making sure our team is taken care of. Through discussions with the artists and writers on the team, these goals are what we hit on.
Haunted Table uses a revenue-sharing system with everyone on the team. The artists, the writers, everybody. Because we have a relatively large group, many of us had room for additional work. As the creative team's revenue share increases, we've asked the people with time whether they'd be willing to match some of that with additional work to improve the book. We got tons of positive responses and are set to add a huge amount of art & writing when we can afford it!
These goals add two major challenges:
- More art means more layout work, which takes time, and also more pages. (We're okay to afford a few more pages.)
- More writing means a bigger lift editing & organizing. The Vault, especially if we increase its word count, is shaping up to be a novel-sized tome written by 12 different people.
So, we've added Ben and Will! For the Delta Test, Caleb handled the layout with Michael's assistance, shared the writing with Sean, and organized the team. Caleb and Sean are also handling the business side of Haunted Table. By sharing the layout and editing work, we're able to handle the increased fulfillment, content, and management challenges smoothly.
And if you loved the look of the Delta Test, don't worry. Ben understands the story we're telling, and Caleb & Michael will be heavily involved in developing the mood and style! Ben is much faster, brings a great design sense of his own, and is much more experienced with the software that will make the text function perfectly on books and screens.
Who knows what the rest of this campaign will hold, but we're confident we're ready to match the gift we've been given. Thank you all so much.
If you have any questions, as always, let us know!
- Haunted Table
EU/UK Shipping Partner on the way - AUS/NZ Shipping Update
almost 3 years ago
– Mon, Jun 12, 2023 at 07:58:11 AM
Hi, everyone!
Wanted to give a quick update on shipping:
We've crossed the threshold for finding a dedicated shipping partner in the EU/UK and are actively looking for one.
We don't know exactly how much shipping prices will change yet but they are likely to lower some. As we've said before, we won't take shipping payments until closer to fulfillment time, which means you'll get the most up-to-date costs then.
We are about halfway toward the number of backers needed to find a dedicated shipping partner in the AUS/NZ region.
We're starting the process of contacting one just in case, but it's a great time to tell your friends and try to get shipping costs down!
Bigger update tomorrow with some plans for week two of the campaign. Thanks so everyone for your support, thanks to those of you backing internationally for your patience, and let us know if you have any questions! (Or fulfillment partner suggestions.)
-Haunted Table
$99,999. PROJECT 3WN.
almost 3 years ago
– Fri, Jun 09, 2023 at 02:56:37 PM
Triangle Agency: Three Weeks Notice is the first expansion game for Triangle Agency. A standalone story told in the same universe, 3WN will investigate what happens to those outside of the Agency's control who bond with Anomalies and have to fend for themselves. It is a sitcom, a reality show, and a deadly struggle to survive all at your table.
In addition to being a standalone experience, it will be designed as a place characters can go once they reach the end of their careers as Field Agents. Not every character qualifies for Three Weeks Notice, but many of them will. Exactly how that happens will be discovered during play.
Stay tuned.
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Thank you so, so much. We genuinely did not think we would make it here.
What this $99,999 stretch goal represents for us at Haunted Table is confidence in the future. 3WN is the clearest expression of our goals: this world has more stories to tell, and we will be supporting this game to keep it fresh at your table for years to come.
3WN isn't being added to this campaign; it's a future project with its own life ahead. But we want you to know that we are ready with a plan to match your faith in us with a path forward you can get excited about, too.
And also, we're in day four!!! Y'all, what!!!!!
We're in conversation to see if there are ways we can spice up the rest of the campaign for you, but from this point we are hoping to focus on getting to work and making sure the team can feel this success, too. We are already giving you what we believe is the best version of this game, and don't want to overburden it.
Please join us in our celebrations, find a play group, or join the theorizing crew on the Discord. Let us know how you're feeling about the Delta Test, and point folks our way so we can start saving up a budget and building our team for 3WN.
Thank you again. From the bottom of our triangular hearts.
-Haunted Table
$77,777 REACHED! Classified Dice Unlocked!
almost 3 years ago
– Thu, Jun 08, 2023 at 09:23:27 AM
Congratulations, Agent. Time for your reward.
The Classified Dice are a free gift we will give everyone at the Complete set tier or above, as a thank you for how well this campaign has gone. Because part of the fun is that you find out about these during play, we don't want to give away the surprise of their design or specifics just yet.
Because we've received some requests, we will add the Classified Dice as a paid add-on as well, but please understand that these are a mystery object and are a nice addition to your campaign, but not necessary to have and not game-breaking to lose. We're working on making them serve their purpose well, but they are a relatively simple thing. We'll also probably have some extras for sale after release, so only add extras if you really want to!
Our next Triscendent Stretch Goal is all the way at $99,999...but keep an eye on the page. You might see some changes between now and then.
Thank you so much for all of your support. We have cried exactly three times and paused until we can work up the energy to cry exactly three more.
More soon.
- Haunted Table
