Camp-Capers: A Dare-Luck Club Triple-Dog-Dare

I owe you all a big apology, this project is WAY behind where I wanted it to be.

I am waiting on print proofs of the main adventure book from 2 different publishers and once I decide which one is best, the books will be printed in bulk and shipped out. Unfortunately, I had hoped to use a local printer on this one, but they just could not get within my operating costs. I have the poster maps, and other books, just not the Camp-Caper adventure book. So this process will involve at least 2 rounds of shipping. That means we are probably at the middle of November before things will be arriving at your homes.

PDFs should be in your email. Reach out to me at [email protected] if they are not.

I am very embarrassed about this and do not have many excuses other than life has been very busy for me lately (far more than I ever could have predicted) and there was a point where a map that had taken me days to work on was digitally ruined and had to be redone from scratch.
 
The good news is that I am very proud of the product you are getting. I think it looks sharp, the adventures are wonderful, the maps are cool, and I was even able to do an additional pre-gen (this has 5 instead of the promised 4).

I know it is no fun to have to wait so long for a product, but I am so very glad you have all remained so patient with me. I have decided from this (and two prior experiences where things were delayed further than I was comfortable with) to refine how and when I launch my next projects (getting them to a potential test print version before going to funding).

Thanks for all your support!

"Luau" Lou Hoefer
Dandyline Games

In October I have been hired to do layout for the DCC version of Dragon Kings - a spiritual successor to the old 2nd Ed. AD&D Dark Sun setting. With the original writers and John Watson behind the helm, this will be EPIC!
 

If you like DCC you may be interested in this project as well...

As some of you have noticed, we are locking down pledges and starting to move into the final stages of the “Camp-Capers” project. 

 

I need to be right up front with you all, this project is far behind the schedule I had hoped for. It looks like a late-September shipping is what will happen. I don’t want to make excuses, but I do want to let you all know that none of this is by design or desire. Turn around on some of the new art was much longer than expected and my day job has absolutely consumed my life due to a two-fold increase in demands there…

 

Where are we at? Well, I have been through many false starts with layout, trying to imagine a new look for this book while not completely abandoning the general feel of the Dare-Luck Club trade dress. Finally, after see a really cool trail guide from the late 70s, I landed on the look below. While it’s probably not much to excite the average viewer, for me, it hit right in that space I was looking for.

 

Anyhow, at this point there is still some editing I’m doing and few second passes on some parts. I hope some of you will be amazed at just what all I’m trying to pack into this! You have all the background and information for Camp Wallamanitu, You have random generators for camp staff and scoutmasters. You have a random trail encounter chart. You have a robust section detailing all you need to know about Ranger Scouts—their uniform, badges, motto, pledge, etc. You have maps of tents and cabins, and the mess hall, the ruins of the Victorian house on Witch Island, and the big ‘ol camp map itself. As I did with Minacious-Midway, I have tried to give 1-2 adventure hooks for every location on the map in addition to the location’s description. And then you have the 3 full-blown adventures; each of which is a perfect match to the themes and quality of our previous adventures most fans are used to.

 

Very soon this will go to press and then after a printer’s proof or two we’ll get it in the “warehouse” (my temperature controlled garage) and out the door to you all!  Thanks for your patience on this, I think it is going to be worth it!

So, things are moving along, but due to a few factors (many out of my hands), things are looking tight for an August delivery. That's not to say it can't happen, just that I'm still waiting on some art pieces and communication with backers who have paid to contribute characters to the project, and (if I'm honest) I'm still fiddling with layout.

For those that haven't been a backer on one of my projects before, please know I will deliver and that it will be as timely as possible. My goal is to get the product to you as close to the timeframe that I had set up as possible, WITHOUT losing any quality.

Here is a new illustration (one of several added thanks to your guys' funding) of the camp nurse...she's a woman with eccentric tastes to say the least! This art is by Santiago Iborra (one of many artists I am privileged to have worked with throughout so many projects!).

Hello, Dare-Luckers!
Camp-Capers is coming along nicely. Soon you will be getting surveys for your pledge, but I wanted to make sure everybody understood that the book is still slated to land at your house in August. There are a lot of art pieces out there to finish, and layout and rewrites are still in progress. I needed to get the survey going to collect some of the information I needed for folks that added-on things like getting a name drop in the book or a pregen designed after a loved one.

IF YOU WERE ONE OF THE GENEROUS FOLKS THAT PARTICIPATED IN THOSE ADD-ONS, PLEASE FILL OUT YOUR SURVEY OR CHECK YOUR EMAIL/SPAM FOR AN EMAIL FROM [email protected] ASKING FOR YOUR INPUT. Without this information it becomes hard to move forward and we only have about 60% of those replies back.

Meanwhile, if you know anyone that is interested in getting into the Dare-Luck Club RPG, please let them know that the preorder page (https://camp-capers-a-dare-luck-club-triple-dog-dare.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders) is currently open and offering special deals.

Coming up I have a project I am working on with some fellow RPG writers (the Ink Slingers) and my own separate adventure to go with David Baity's revised release of the Weird Frontiers RPG (look for that in August).

And if you want a weird, modern game set in the south and full of arcane grooviness, check out the last days on Matt Gullett's Eldritch Wastelands based on the Shadow Dark system...

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/caverns23/eldritch-wastelands-the-weird-south-rpg-for-shadowdark-rpg?ref=section-homepage-view-more-discovery-p1&category_id=Q2F0ZWdvcnktMzQ=