Please visit the following link for more information on the Airship Campaigns hardcover book
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/skies-of-sordane/airship-campaigns/
This is the ONLY print run of this book. It's a limited edition print and will never be ordered again.
Latest Updates from Our Project:
Stretch Goal PDF Adventures 1 and 2 Released!
over 2 years ago
– Tue, Jul 26, 2022 at 05:51:25 AM
Happy Monday!
Hey everyone! Hope you're all doing well. Will have more information on manufacturing for you later today or tomorrow. Our contact at the manufacturer is on holiday today so she may get back to us about our two final files needing approval, she may not until tomorrow! =)
Stretch Goal PDF Adventures 1 and 2 Released
The big news for today is that we are releasing 2 of our 3 stretch goal PDF adventures. I am so very sorry for the delay in getting these to you. They ended up being both bigger than we expected and much longer to format and get ready due to some internal turnover with our graphic designers. All-in all, much delayed, but finally here!
NewPatreon Project(Frequent content!)
A quick plug for our Patreon relaunch (more info at the bottom of this post). We are relaunching our Patreon today with the adventure "Fool's Crystal" Please check out the bottom of the page for more info.
Difference between the Airship Campaign adventures and the Patreon Sordane Stories adventures?
These adventures are the beginnings on our Sordane Stories revamp on Patreon. They are a bit different from the content you will see in Sordane Stories. These are longer adventures and what we used to really grind our teeth on to hammer out, change and keep coming up with new stuff we wanted to try. Sordane Stories is our refined approach to making adventures. You will find that Sordane Stories is much smaller in initial scope. Each adventure only lasting 1-2 sessions while the Airship Campaign Stretch Goal Adventures are much longer spanning multiple levels for the party. Different, but both equally awesome =)
From Sewer to Sky
From Sewer to Sky is a 5th edition adventure for a party of four characters of 1st level. Over the adventure, the characters will advance to 3rd level. The adventure takes place in the sprawling metropolis of Ezdin, Bordair’s largest city and the capital of the Cin’darian Empire. Starting as nothing more than hired hands to help deal with an ever-growing infestation, the party will travel through multiple districts of Ezdin, following a trail of death and deceit. Eventually culminating in a final encounter in the Haggler’s Court; Ezdin’s sky-based marketplace overlooking the city.
Friends in High Places is a 5th edition adventure for a party of four characters of 1st level. Over the adventure, the characters will advance to 3rd level. Set in the peaceful town of Brightwood, the party is attempting to prove their worth to the Arrodan Syndicate; in hopes that they will be able to join them. They have been sent by Syndicate captain Evlar to steal the Crystal Maiden, a famous racing skiff that has reopened painful memories within the Arrodan Syndicate and is now on display again in Brightwood. As such, the party must investigate the town, gaining information and potential aid to circumvent the ship's protections and ultimately steal the Crystal Maiden for the Syndicate.
This ends the updates for Airship Campaigns! If you are curious about the Patreon - Sordane Stories, please continue reading further and consider supporting for more awesome content. We are really fine tuning exactly how we want to provide content for the world of Sordane! Check it out =)
Thanks to everyone who has supported Airship Campaigns and has remained patient and understanding of the project. Thank you all so very much!
Patreon Releases Today! - Early Bird Tiers!
We already have over 400 patrons waiting for this first release! Can't wait to share it with you all. If we get enough support over the next few months, we will start providing loyalty rewards and increasing the already crazy amount of content in each release!
LASTMINUTE INFO+ BONUS: This has not been announced before, but every time we put out a new release, we will also be providing a 40% off discount code for everything in our MMF store! Including the release we are putting out today =)
EARLYBIRD - 35% if you sign up now!
As mentioned in the last update, we have early bird tiers available for every level for the first releases and if you hold onto it, you will get the same discount on every release we do through the Patreon!
PDF Adventure - Usually in the format of a one-shot with 3-4 encounters in each one
10+STLs - Each release will have between 10 - 15/20 STLs. It will vary, but there will be minimum 10!
New Race / Subclass - Each release will have one or the other and STLs related to that race or subclass (included in the 10+)
Adventure Soundtrack - Each adventure will have its own soundtrack provided. Custom and themed for the style and atmosphere of the adventure!
New Creatures - Fun new creatures for DMs to run with beautiful creature art and stats for each of them.
Full Page Encounter Art - Each encounter in the adventure will have its own beautiful full page art to show to your players to help enrich the experience!
Encounter Maps - A slew of maps in each adventure expertly designed by our writers and map maker
Foundry VTT Support - You will receive a code to get the maps all on Foundry VTT if that's a tool that you and your playground use!
FreeShort Stories - A short story, completely FREE for patrons and the public alike. We really want to be able to start sharing more lore and stories from Sordane to help give you guys some ideas of your own when you're running games in Sordane. We will be releasing a short story along with every release on the Patreon. They will be hosted on our site and publically available all of the time =)
A wealthy sordalite baron has invited those from far and wide to seek riches in his mines promising great stores of precious sordalite for any who enter the mines. Many have flocked to take part in this crystal rush, excited by the prospect of striking it rich! But the baron is not as philanthropic as he seems…the baron is aware that there is almost no sordalite in the mines, in fact, there is little down there apart from monsters and other hazards that result in the deaths of any who enter. The baron’s helper drones have been collecting the belongings of those slain in the mine, meaning with every fool who enters the mine, the baron grows just a little bit richer… Can your adventurers uncover the baron’s treachery? Delve into the mines! Combat vicious shard mimics, burrowing earth rumblers, scuttling vitrunids, and more in this 5e adventure, Fool’s Crystal.
A group of abandoned have broken into a nearby shard beast factory, hoping to use the scrap within to rebuild their metallic bodies. But these abandoned got a great deal more than they bargained for when they entered the warehouse… a shard assembly drone, a metallic marvel used for building shard beasts and even airships has been alerted to their presence and activated shard beasts throughout the complex. Will the characters side with the abandoned and help them in escaping the warehouse or will they work for the owners of the factory and put an end to these interlopers? Either way, there is sure to be a fight! Get ready for rivet guns, canon-touting goblins, and massive, flame-throwing robots in this 5e adventure The Unassembly Line.
We are super excited about providing you all with frequent content. I encourage everyone to check it out if they are a bit interested! If it's not your bag, that's okay too! appreciate you all taking the time to look at our new ventures! (We also have new airhsips coming out soon... more on that later in a newsletter!)
Best
Benny and the AM team
Manufacturing Update! (Quick one)
over 2 years ago
– Sat, Jul 23, 2022 at 05:32:09 AM
Hey everyone! It's the end of the week. Just wanted to give you all an update! We are waiting on 2 files to be sent back to us from the manufacturer and once those 2, single page files, are approved, we go to print! Should have an update for you next week!
We finally got there! =)
Have a fantastic weekend, everyone!
Best
Benny and the AM team
Manufacturing THIS WEEK! Plus PDF Adventures release! Tribes + Patreon Launch Details!
over 2 years ago
– Tue, Jul 19, 2022 at 02:36:38 AM
Happy Monday!
Hope you all have been well and having a great summer! Apologies for the radio silence, but we basically didn't have anything new to report for the book and map tiles other than "we are tweaking them". We have been through several iterations over the last little couple of weeks!
Manufacturing Begins!
As you saw in the title, we are starting production this week! We just have to approve a couple more digital proofs today with the manufacturer and then we should be good to go! Expect the update this Friday notifying you of the details and what to expect going forward (including delivery time estimates)
Looking forward to bringing you all more details about manufacturing and a schedule on when things should be moving along! Exciting times! I can't wait to share the schedule with everyone. I want to see these books in your hands!
Please don't forget you can check the status of all the Kickstarter rewards here =)
Another long time coming piece of the stretch goals are the 3 PDF adventures From Sewer to Sky, The Lost Fleet, and Friends in High Places. Originally we intended these to be a little smaller, but they are each quite massive adventures in their own right! The first of these (we will try for all 3) will be ready this coming weekend. We are just wrapping up the layout of each one and then all of the maps, STLs and the PDFs themselves will be assigned to your accounts on MMF.
Very sorry for the delay in these. We decided to slow them down in order to match speed and style with the Patreon we are relaunch (more information below).
That's it for the Airship Campaign relevant updates. Below, I will go into detail for the relaunch of our Patreon and our up and coming Tribes as well. We really appreciate all of the support you have shown us and the patience you have given us while we get the book ready for printing. What an experience this has been. I thank you all so very much for everything!
Tribes Launch - A New Ship Every Month! (Early Bird Lifetime Tiers)
Love all the ships you're getting from Skies of Sordane? Well, we have finally decided to make new ships! It's been almost a year since we released the last of the ships in Skies of Sordane.
WHAT IS TRIBES?
Tribes is a monthly Patreon-like subscription service on MyMiniFactory that allows customers to support creators by paying a monthly subscription fee to become a Tribe member and getting rewards. Our Tribe will be focused solely on making a new ship every month.
WHAT IS THE ARCANE MINIS TRIBES ABOUT?
As mentioned above, we are doing a new ship every single month! Yep. 1 new ship, every month for a massive discount on the final sale price (more than 75% off retail - oh yes!). There will be some added juicy bits as well like a full high-res maps for every ship, loyalty rewards and even lore and stats for the ship in question!
HOWOFTEN ARE RELEASES?
We will be putting out a new release every month! And, every 4 months, consecutive backers will receive a loyalty reward in the form of an entirely free ship! (the first loyalty reward will be a giant Sky Whale called a Korranir Dreadnought - the same one from the Aldarra Expansion - Savage Skies.
HOW MUCH IS IT?
We have 3 tiers currently that will suit most people!
Ship Only ($10 - Discounted to $6 for the Early Birds!)
Merchant Tier ($15 - NoDiscount)
Ship + Merchant Tier ($25 - Discounted to $21for the Early Birds!)
WHAT'S INCLUDED?
Each release will have the following!
1HUGE Airship - You'll get a brand new ship with playable interior. Expertly designed and sculpted by our team at Arcane Minis. We have PERFECTED the art of making large, playable ships with interiors and we want to share more of them with you
High-ResolutionShip Maps - Each release will have a beautiful high-resolution map created by Venatus Maps.
Airship Stats - Want to use your ship with your Airship Campaigns PDF / book? You will get a stat block for the airship to be used in your campaign!
Ship Lore - You will learn more about where this ship comes from, its uses in the world, what factions make use of it and more!
Loyalty Rewards - Every 4 months, you will receive a completely free additional ship (most likely massive Dreadnought size)
EARLY BIRD LIFETIME TIERS
If you get in now, before the end of August, you will get 40% off your Tribetier which you can hold onto for as long as you want and all releases going forward, you will get them for 40% off! You will have it until you cancel, so it's a lifetime early bird price!
FIRSTTRIBES RELEASE - AUGUST 1ST - 40% off Lifetime Tier
The first release will be one of our favourite factions - the Cuthari Hivemind. We released their first ship, the Cuthari Hivemind Reaper ship originally and we have now expanded their fleet with the Conchel Class Cruiser. A brutally large and imposing ship. Tentacles included, it's over a 100cm long! A beast of a ship... prepare your fleets...
Expectmore information on thisand the next release when we launch on August 1st!
As many of you may be aware, we started a Patreon last Fall, but put it on hiatus at the start of this year in order to focus on getting Airship Campaigns done and the Aldarra Kickstarter launched. We originally worked with DM Dave in creating written PDF adventures with STLs, but have since parted ways with Dave and his team and have gone completely in-house with a whole slate of adventures and awesome monsters planned for you all.
WHAT IS THE ARCANE MINIS PATREONABOUT?
The adventures will all be taking place in the world of Sordane to expand on the lore and universe we have built. The adventures can easily be used in any other setting you wish to! We are branding these adventures "Sordane Stories". This is how you know they will be set in the world of Sordane if we ever decide to expand into other genres or universes!
HOWOFTEN ARE RELEASES?
Currently, the plan is to release every 2-4 weeks. If we can get up to 1000 patrons, we can gaurantee 2 releases per month. Each including all of the items listed below!
HOWMUCH IS IT?
We have 3 tiers currently that will suit most people!
STLs Only ($8 - Discounted to $5 for the Early Birds!)
STLs + PDF Adventure ($12 - Discounted to $8 for the Early Birds!)
STLs + PDF Adventure + Foundry VTT Pack ($18 - Discounted to $12 for the Early Birds!)
PDF Adventure - Usually in the format of a one-shot with 3-4 encounters in each one
10+STLs - Each release will have between 10 - 15/20 STLs. It will vary, but there will be minimum 10!
New Race / Subclass - Each release will have one or the other and STLs related to that race or subclass (included in the 10+)
Adventure Soundtrack - Each adventure will have its own soundtrack provided. Custom and themed for the style and atmosphere of the adventure!
New Creatures - Fun new creatures for DMs to run with beautiful creature art and stats for each of them.
Full Page Encounter Art - Each encounter in the adventure will have its own beautiful full page art to show to your players to help enrich the experience!
Encounter Maps - A slew of maps in each adventure expertly designed by our writers and map maker
Foundry VTT Support - You will receive a code to get the maps all on Foundry VTT if that's a tool that you and your playground use!
FreeShort Stories - A short story, completely FREE for patrons and the public alike. We really want to be able to start sharing more lore and stories from Sordane to help give you guys some ideas of your own when you're running games in Sordane. We will be releasing a short story along with every release on the Patreon. They will be hosted on our site and publically available all of the time =)
EARLY BIRD LIFETIME TIERS
If you get in now, or on any of the first 3 releases (before the end of August), you will get 35% off your Patron tier which you can hold onto for as long as you want and all releases going forward, you will get them for 35% off! You will have it until you cancel, so it's a lifetime early bird price! We feel it necessary to make sure our most faithful have an easier time supporting our projects! Having said that, even at full price, we have packed so much content, art and STLs into these releases, they will be more than worth it for you!
FIRST PATREON RELEASE - JULY 25TH - Fool's Crystal
A wealthy sordalite baron has invited those from far and wide to seek riches in his mines promising great stores of precious sordalite for any who enter the mines. Many have flocked to take part in this crystal rush, excited by the prospect of striking it rich! But the baron is not as philanthropic as he seems…the baron is aware that there is almost no sordalite in the mines, in fact, there is little down there apart from monsters and other hazards that result in the deaths of any who enter. The baron’s helper drones have been collecting the belongings of those slain in the mine, meaning with every fool who enters the mine, the baron grows just a little bit richer… Can your adventurers uncover the baron’s treachery? Delve into the mines! Combat vicious shard mimics, burrowing earth rumblers, scuttling vitrunids, and more in this 5e adventure, Fool’s Crystal.
That's all the updates for today everyone. I know it's a lot of information regarding our new Tribe and Patreon, but we would love to have you continue to support us if you feel like the value from what you have received so far has been worth it! We would love your support in this new adventure of making frequent content for our fans and supporters!
Best
Benny and the AM team
Manufacturing Update #15 (small one!)
over 2 years ago
– Fri, Jun 24, 2022 at 11:49:45 PM
Hey there, backers!
Sorry for the delay in updates, everyone! We haven't had much to report so I didn't want to blast you all with needed words!
The map tiles and book are pretty much finished now. The extensive extra work I mentioned in the last update were due to switching the stickers from white backgrounds to clear ones. Originally when the manufacturer sold us the product, they assumed we wanted white background reusable stickers for the map tile sets, which wasn't going to fly with me - I wanted the clear ones for our project. So we had to go through a very complicated process of actually getting the manufacture to edit the files, having them edited insufficiently, getting the files redone by our team internally, and then getting them reverified by the manufacturer. Needless to say, it's a huge headache and a pain in the butt. Overall, I am very happy with the product, there are just some tiny small things left to work through in order to get it completely finished and signed off. Once we press the print button, it's pressed and there is no going back!
I know 99% of you say "better late and done properly than rushed and messed up" but I still feel very bad about the delays. As you know this is our first physical product and we have learned a massive amount on what to do and not to do and also finding the right people to actually collab with in a timely manner is a HUGE factor.
Regardless, I want to thank you all again so much for being patient during this process. I promise the final product will not disappoint!
Best
Benny and the AM team
Manufacturing Update #14
over 2 years ago
– Sat, Jun 11, 2022 at 05:43:32 AM
Hey all! Have a quick update today.
The slight changes we need to make to the stickers are actually a bit more extensive that originally thought. There are some modifications we need to make to the actual art of the sticker sheets. (they basically weren't done right the first time). Making them see-through on the edges instead of having a white background is a more involved process than we originally thought, but we are going through it now =)
We are currently working through the sheets. Will update you all next week. We are juuuust about there. This is the final thing we need to fix. Sorry again for the delay! Have a fantastic weekend everyone =)
