Journey on Midgardr & Printing Date!!!
over 5 years ago – Sun, Aug 19, 2018 at 01:12:14 AM

Hey everybody, this is the first August update, many others are on their way!

The Journey on Midgardr 

Here we are with another preview, a huge one (page 90 to 155 of the book). You’ll find, in your email inbox or on the Download section of your BackerKit account, the preview of the Midgardr settings and adventure path. 

PLEASE NOTE: Page references are missing (you’ll note a “see page XXX”) as well as the Casual Encounters Tables names: soon we’re releasing the definitive version but this way you’re able to start reading it! The Magic Items appendix will be soon released too.

Error Hunters 

We are very grateful to all of you that are participating in the proofreading. Your help is being very important to us to ensure the best possible product. We’re getting close to the printing date, so we ask you once again for an eye on typos and mistake.

Printing Date 

We just got to an agreement with the printing company: they will start to print all the Journey To Ragnarok line (Hardcover books, GM screens, Artbooks…) on the 10th of September.

PDF Release 

As soon as we’ll send the executive files to the printing company, we’ll prepare the PDF files for the digital release. First comes the book, then the character sheets and then the tokens & maps pack.

What Happens Next 

The printing process should take around a month and we’re expecting all the products to arrive at our warehouse in late October. Taking into consideration that we’re at Lucca Comics and Games convention on the first week of November, we’ll probably start to ship in middle November Once we’ll have a more precise schedule on that, we’ll release a dedicated update.

Thank you all for your amazing support, the waiting is going to end!

Rune Divination Preview & subreddit
almost 6 years ago – Mon, Jul 16, 2018 at 08:53:58 PM

Hey everybody,

Here we are with another update!

The weather has gone hot here and so did our anvils! We’re working hard to reach the final goal. All we can say for now is that we’re very proud of our job! Soon we're releasing an exciting preview of the first steps in your Journey! But today also we have something to show you!

Check out your emails, the Rune Divination Preview is out!

Rune Divination System In Journey to Ragnarok every character is encouraged to choose one Rune from the Futhark alphabet. With the Rune Divination System, your characters are finally complete and ready to live the greatest adventure in Norse Mythology

The Rune Divination system comes with both a Ætt effect and a Rune Effect.

Ætt Effect
When the casted rune belongs to the Ætt to which the character is voted, it will be less influenced by it. The effect of the Ætt is to be intended as a starting point for role-playing and interpretation for the players to be introduced by the Game Master.

Rune Effect
When the rune to which the character is voted appears, he will be more influenced by it. The effect of the rune is added to the Ætt effect and has an influence on the game mechanics.

SubReddit

Thanks to the backer Alex Redenbaugh, we now have a subreddit!
Join the community at https://www.reddit.com/r/Journeytoragnarok/ !!!

It's still rough but many interesting topics have been opened!

Thank you all for your passion!
Skàl!

The Nine Worlds & People of Midgardr Chapters
almost 6 years ago – Wed, Jun 20, 2018 at 10:32:56 PM

Good evening everybody!

Check out your mail inbox! You should find the brand new preview of Journey To Ragnarok's first two chapters: The Nine Words and People of Midgardr (page 6 to 83 of the book).

Here you have a topics list:

The Nine Worlds

• The Prophecy of the Volva
• The Origins of the Worlds
• The Nine Worlds
• Death in the Nine Worlds
• Alignments
• The Nine Virtues
• Asatru Ability
• Optional Rule: Magic in the Nine Worlds

People Of Midgardr

(you already saw many of these)

• Clans
• Classes
• Backgrounds
• Equipment

We hope you'll be excited as we are! Please leave us feedback and send us a mail to [email protected] with all your comments (and typos report!).

Skàl!

Backgrounds Preview
almost 6 years ago – Mon, Jun 04, 2018 at 09:01:24 PM

Hey everybody!

Here we are with the Backgrounds preview!

Check out your inbox email for the link or go to your BackerKit account in the Digital Download Section!

In this chapter, we enter the depths of the characters’ minds, investigating from what point their history originates the source of the motivations that drive them to move in the world, pursuing a specific purpose, and the ideals that guide them on their journey.

While the class will define how characters face the challenges that fate puts before them and gives the clans a choice of how to move, or not move, within a society and to who they ally themselves, the Backgrounds focus on the beginning of a characters story, the motivations that have led him to become what he is and what he was before leaving for adventure in this world held in the hard grip of Fimbulvetr.

On Midgardr a man is judged by his strength, his respect for the Nine Virtues and his social class, so a Background is designed to represent the characters belonging to the Norse social system and culture, based on honor and pride of independence.

Leading each settlement is the Jarlr, a unique and  exclusive title, inferior only to the Konungr (King). The Jarlr governs sitting at the head of Thing, an assembly of elected local councilors chosen from the freemen, such as the Bhondi, Gothi, Hersir, Huscarl, Vaeringjar and Vikingar.

However, not all men are born equal. Slaves and outcasts, Thrallr and Skògarmadhri occupy the lowest rungs on the competitive social ladder of Midgardr.

Every man is moved to a higher destiny that is written at the time of his birth, this chapter serves to define his first step, but the rest of the path is in the hands of the players.

To what glorious Fate will you lead your characters?

What's going on JTR?
almost 6 years ago – Fri, Jun 01, 2018 at 11:31:13 PM

Hi everybody!  

Here we are with another update. We know that more than a month passed since the last one and we apologize for that. The lack of updates can be discouraging. We are working so hard on the project that we lost the contact with you, and this was a huge mistake. We promise that we’ll our best to keep you updated on the project and to deliver as soon as possible. Here you have a look at the project sections and on their development. - A short essay on the Norse Mythology and our adaptation for a 5th Edition setting. We finished to write it and it’s in translation.

• The Nine Worlds setting, with 10 full-color world maps and 12 adventure maps. The setting and the maps are done, we’re editing and translating it. 
  

• Adventure Module. A 5th Edition campaign for characters from 1st to 15th level throughout the Nine Worlds. We’re translating the NPC section of the first third (that will be soon released) and editing the rest. We made many changes to the main storyline and did many playtests for the NPC. We got to a conclusion and now we’re putting in together. 

• 13 new Archetypes for 5e classes. Already released, final revision on work. 
  
  
• A brand new class, the Rune Master. Already released, final revision on work. 
  
  
• 8 exclusive Backgrounds based on the Norse social classes (not considered in the Kickstarter campaign). Done and translated, we’re finishing the layout. The goal is to release them today, tomorrow at last. 
  

• 6 clans of Midgardr. Already released. 
  
  
• Exclusive items reserved to clans’ honorable members (not considered in the Kickstarter campaign). We’re balancing the stats and they’ll be ready soon.
  
  
• Exotic items table. Done, they’ll come with the Equipment section. Rune divination System, compatible with 5th Edition. We’re finishing the layout, it’ll be released very very soon.
  
  
• Around 15 Magical Items. We’re balancing the stats and they’ll be ready soon.

Many of you are asking about the reasons for the delay and when we’ll be able to ship and to release digital downloads. What mainly caused the delay was that:

• We decided to add many contents, beyond what was provided to the initial project and its stretch goals. We hope that you love them as we do and that you’ll consider the delay worth it.  
• We decided to re-design the layout template we set as completed before the campaign, adding the wonderful knotwork by Milivoj Ceran and giving it a professional structure.  
• The illustration number is being raised up from 30-40 to more than 130, and the number of illustrators from one single to five.  
• Working with two languages meant to add the translation time, to double the editing time and to double the layout eating time. We started with an amateur translation and now we work with two professional translators. We knew that it would have been a long process, but in the end, it revealed to be longer than expected.  
• In November, an unexpected Italian 5th Edition version showed up, giving unexpected standards. We had to rewrite all the Italian mechanics and on that occasion, we started to discuss parts we considered as concluded. We really love this project and we’re putting everything in it. 
• My computer decided to shut down and died at the end of 2017. It took time to recover files and to get a new one because I was so lucky to receive a wrong order and to double the waiting time. More than a month passed and I stopped my work for that time.

In conclusion, this project born as a dream from a group of friends and now involves a professional team, with the only scope of bringing to you the best setting and adventure we can, beyond the initial expectation.

If you have any question about the development of the game, please write at [email protected]

We're still not able to give you a precise date, but we're putting all our effort into finishing this phase, releasing all the preview and into planning the delivery.

Thank you for your patience and for your support,

Mike.