All for Anvil: an adventure book

A project in Norwich, UK by Harry Harrold
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It's a book, a game, and a friendly and informative introduction to the rules and world of Empire live-roleplaying events.
Backers: 179
Average Pledge Per Backer: £42

Funded: £7,441 of £5,500
Dates: Jan 28th -> Feb 29th (33 days)
Project By: Harry Harrold
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Latest News

None... Give or take 23 and a bit hours.

February 28th - via: kickstarter.com
None of days left. This is it. The last stretch. The final countdown. Believe me gentlebeings, there’s nothing penultimate about this one, if you know what I mean! Ha! This is the proverbial it. Nothing left to say apart from... Well, one more... (Read More)

One...

February 27th - via: kickstarter.com
...whole day to go, and a few hours too. Very nearly all she wrote. Thanks so much for all your pledges. We're within spitting distance of dice - another £350 or so, and everyone who's getting a book gets an Empire branded dice to play the book... (Read More)

Two...

February 26th - via: kickstarter.com
...days to go, another stretch goal hit, new rewards to grab, and so here's what's next... Dice! Next stretch goal is dice. If we hit £7,000, everyone who gets a book, gets a dice too. It'll be purple, with the one spot replace by an Imperial... (Read More)

Three...

February 25th - via: kickstarter.com
...days to go, they say, and yesterday we hit another stretch goal. Extra pages and appendix are in: rules, line or two on each nation, virtue, realm, and lineage. All accurate, no bias. Then a couple of sheet blank for your own notes.  After a good... (Read More)

A dummy front cover, and there's the first stretch goal!

February 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
Still feeling the buzz of funding, and today we hit a stretchgoal! It's quite a modest one: £5650 just means we double the cheese budget, and adds a bit to the creatives' budget to cover the cost of extra illustration and writing. That doesn't mean... (Read More)

Thank you so much and meet the team: the wordcrafters.

February 21st - via: kickstarter.com
Tomorrow, the 23rd of February 2020 is this fella's 14th birthday. Lincin of Urizen aka Bill Harrold He says "Thanks!" Thanks to you, he's got a Kickstarter funded before he's 14. Thank you, thank you, thank you. If you're hungry for a cheese-based... (Read More)

Meet the team: default photographer.

February 20th - via: kickstarter.com
Splattered all over the updates, and usable for the "Your character appears as an artwork" are the works of Oli Facey. He's one of a growing band of photographers who document the hobby: Charlie Gray, Beth Dooner, Tom Garnett are the others I know... (Read More)

Meet the team: the one without whom...

February 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Nora Black will handle the page layout. She is a professional graphic designer as Moxie Creative. It's fair to say that without someone with actual print experience, this KIckstarter wouldn't be happening. She's absolutely key, and I'm very grateful... (Read More)

Meet the team: the colour cover artist

February 18th - via: kickstarter.com
There's such a community of artists around Empire LRP. It's one of the joys of the game. You'll find them at Empire LRP: The Illustration Board or at Empire Calligraphers and Artists and probably elsewhere too. Their stuff shows up all over the... (Read More)

Meet the team: the checkerfolk

February 17th - via: kickstarter.com
[Updated to add: We hit 90% funded since posting this update. Thanks to those moved to back by Emma and John. See what confidence does? I knew we'd got the right folk for the job…] Every set of author's thanks I can remember reading includes a line... (Read More)

Meet the team: Tom Butterworth and Bill Thomas.

February 16th - via: kickstarter.com
Larp is built on favours for mates. Back in the day, I produced the trailer for Empire using favours from a load of people I knew, and a load of people they knew, many of whom don't even *do* Empire any more. my goodness, what fun. Then someone... (Read More)

Half way through and 75% funded.

February 15th - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you, thank you, thank you. We're starting to think we might get funded, and stretching some writing muscles with a little early sandpaper on the sections Bill and I have already written. Later this weekend, it'll be time for sme scaffolding... (Read More)

More about a reward: 21st century pleather.

February 11th - via: kickstarter.com
I promised to share pleather covers last week in the "Meet the binder folk" update. Here's the deal... The "Pleather-bound book" reward gets you a hardback copy of All For Anvil, hand-bound in burgundy vegan pleather, lettered in gold spine and front... (Read More)

...60% there and a positive side-effect.

February 8th - via: kickstarter.com
Steph Morris is responsible for a stack of the line art used on the wiki - all of which we have available for us. She's also behind a Facebook group you should know more about - the Imperial Letterbox. It's a couple of years old now, and Steph... (Read More)

Meet the team; the binder-folk.

February 1st - via: kickstarter.com
First up - we hit £2,000 today. I don't know what that pace really means for the rest of the Kickstarter, but it's got us writing again. More news on that later on in the week. For now: mee the binder-folk. Down the road from me there's a sign on a... (Read More)

Meet the team, more about a reward...

January 30th - via: kickstarter.com
Day 2 and £2k is a only fiver away. It's an amazing start. Thank you so much, all of you. The majority of the rewards are going; some of them faster than others. Fastest is "You can choose to have your character appear as an artwork in the book".... (Read More)

Bill was literally cackling with delight, I'm so grateful, what a start.

January 29th - via: kickstarter.com
Thanks to everyone who backed us on Day 1. To be a third of the way there is way more than I was expecting at this stage, and I'll be in touch with those of you who've pledged for character sketches for the photo of you we need to get that started. I... (Read More)

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