October Updates
5 months ago
– Wed, Oct 01, 2025 at 03:28:42 AM
Hi hi hi
Updates for this month
Layout on chapter 5 is 99% finalized, Chapter 4 first layout pass is done and now is in an editing pass, chapters 3, 2, and the appendices are all in different stages of almost having their first pass done. Manchae and Francita are doing an incredible job with it, as are Ben, Elizabeth, and Kaithzer with looking at the passes for polish and adjustments. It's gonna be a beautiful book/pdf y'all.
With a first pass in Chapter 4 done, I thought I'd share a preview of it with you all. Chapter 4 is a unique chapter. It is a collection of essays about Koboa, whether they be short stories, analysis of different aspects of Koboa, or tips on running Koboa from different perspectives. Today I'll be sharing two of those articles with you - Centering Indigenous Joy & Healing from Colonization in Collaborative Storytelling by Angel Amore and On Playing Indigenous Characters by Daniel Delgado. These two articles were the winners in the mini-survey we did in our discord channel to determine what should get previewed, so be sure to join the channel if you want to participate in that input. Or to give us feedback, we love feedback!
Without further ado, you can find the two preview articles here.
We're still looking into options for production. We are waiting to see how the situation settles before we resume work on the PF2 conversion (need to get an idea of what the impact on our budget will be with regards to tariffs and international shipping in particular) and will be starting our Spanish localization for chapters as soon as each chapter is finished. We had a meeting with our Brazilian partners that went very well, I'm very excited for our Brazilian audience to find out what's in store.
For this month, I'd like to spotlight a project by.... me! Turns out I am a member of the community, and I just released something I'm excited to share with y'all.
Until next month,
Adrián
No gods, no devils. Just beasts.
In Beasts you play a group of teenage child soldiers fighting an insidious enemy hellbent on the silent conquest of humanity. The enemy is a secretive organization, covertly taking control of people’s minds, bodies, and will. Should the enemy’s invasion ever become known to society at large, they would shift their strategy to full-out war against humanity, something you know that would result in the loss of a staggering amount of lives. You and your friends have the power to transform into animals. Will this power be enough to turn the tides of the invasion? Probably not, but you are our only hope.
How far will you go to win this war? And what will be left of you when it is over?
Beasts is a Powered by the Apocalypse game inspired by the Animorphs book series.
The barebones (for now) 19-page quickstart guide has all you need to play a session with your friends.
- Beautifully designed Character Sheets
- Session 0 information for building a world
- Character creation rules
- 16 moves for a full gameplay experience
- GM tips and information for running a multi-session campaign with a climactic ending
Tell the story of teenagers who try to hold on to their convictions in an impossible war. The question is not whether they will get through this with their humanity unscathed - but rather how far they will have to go to have any chance of winning.
With the ability to turn into animals, you'll use your animal forms to spy on the Enemy, discovering their secret plots, and use the gathered intel on missions to sabotage them. Be careful to keep your cover, though. You still need to go to school and pretend everything is OK. You never know who's head the Enemy is already in.
You might turn into an eagle to follow someone from above, sneak into a secret meeting as a mouse, or fight off dangerous otherworldly monsters as a bear.
Why No Crowdfunding?
Let's be honest here. Big crowdfunding campaigns are stressful and expensive.
* Rather than spend 20-50% of any crowdfunding funds on stuff that isn't the book, we'd rather a bigger percentage of that go to making this book happen.
* Rather than ask you to risk your money in a product that may never exist, we'd rather give you something tangible for your money.
Thus,
Purchase the quickstart guide now to help fund the full book.
If funding goals are met, we'll get to work on a full PDF (or maybe even a print run if things go super well). Owning the $7 quickstart guide will give you a $15 discount on the finalized PDF or printed out book, when they are eventually (we hope!) funded and created. So you don't have to pay for the full PDF until it is made, and you'll pay less than if you wait.
August Updates
6 months ago
– Sun, Sep 07, 2025 at 06:52:49 AM
Hey everyone!
Updates this month remain the same - Manchae and Francita are working hard on Layout while our editing team is working hard on making passes through the text, Kaithzer and the artists on the project are adding additional art in places where we identify we need more art, and Shawn and I are looking into options given the whole tariff situation.
I am excited for you all to see this book and will be sure to get the PDFs in your hand as soon as they're finalized, hopefully by then we'll have a good plan as to what we'll do regarding physical production.
Once the PDF for 5e in english is finalized we'll start the Spanish localization effort and send the text to our partners in Brazil for the Portuguese localization.
Meanwhile, we've got two new creatures for you to preview from chapter five.
We'd love to hear your thoughts in our discord channel.
Until next time
Adrián Mejía
Our community spotlight this month is a repeat because I am so dang excited about this project and it is finally out for crowdfunding. They've had superb first few days for their crowdfunding and I think we can help them do spectacularly. It always makes me ultra happy to see these sorts of projects that really care and respect their cultural source material make it into the mainstream.
The Black Market Guide to Immortality is a 5e/PF2e sourcebook that explores the obsession for eternal life that has captivated East Asian faith and mythologies. Magic merchant (criminal), Shin Seul-ki, shares all the hidden secrets of the divine including: new ancestries/species, subclasses, a bestiary of 100+ creatures, and additional lore expanding on settings based on China, Japan, and Korea!
Back the project now.
August 2025 Update
7 months ago
– Thu, Aug 07, 2025 at 03:49:12 PM
Hi all!
Gencon was cool, Shawn from the team was there and made a bunch of good connections.
Meanwhile Manchae and Francita have been very hard at work laying out the book.
Chapter 5 (Creatures) is mostly done and is now being proofread for any small editing changes we might need. Meanwhile Chapter 6 (appendices) is mostly done and Chapters 3 and 4 are underway. After that all we need are Chapters 1 and 2 and we are good to go and get a PDF out to all of y'all. I am so excited for you to see what we have.
So excited in fact, that I'm sharing a link to a preview of two of our creatures, the Anillere and the Ajuyay. Please note that we are still proofreading the text a little bit and the artwork isn't fully finalized yet. You can see the preview here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=11soI4kuL73lR-q_UsXFpGGWIxGsgx84B&usp=drive_fs
Until next time friends!
Adrián Mejía
