Deviant: The Renegades - a tabletop roleplaying game
Created by Onyx Path Publishing - Deviant The Renegades
Pre-order Deviant: The Renegades, the newest game line for the Chronicles of Darkness.
Latest Updates from Our Project:
March 2022 Update
about 2 years ago
– Sat, Mar 26, 2022 at 10:09:48 AM
Hello Renegades,
We're in the final week of March, and time for our regular month end update. Following up on our quick note from earlier in the month, most of the backer who were waiting for their kickstarter hardcover reward should have it in hand at this point.
TRACKING INFORMATION
If you were set to receive a hardcover copy of Deviant:The Renegades as a kickstarter reward and had confirmed your shipping information by Feb 23, your book has shipped. If you haven't received it yet, please check your tracking and confirm that it's still en route. Sometimes I'll hear from backers that had no idea the book was being held at a local post office or had delivered to their next door neighbor. The courier and delivery companies keep tracking information for about 6 months, so if you've got any issues, please let me know as soon as possible so we can sort them out. See Contacting James below.
To review your information or pledge status, you can return to your survey by clicking the link in your survey email or requesting your survey link under "Lost your survey?" on our BackerKit project page at https://deviant-the-renegades.backerkit.com/
Since our last update, I've also been tweaking the way we present the "Still Pending" list. It should have a bit more of a visual flair, with our progress made and steps remaining a little easier to grasp.
REWARDS STILL PENDING
Alt text: Our two remaining stretch goal rewards and in post-editing development and will hopefully start art direction soon.
We've come a long way since our campaign concluded, but we've still got two final Stretch Goal projects to go. The manuscripts are fairly far along and almost finalized, and Onyx Path will hopefully be able to get the books into the production stages before too much longer.
ONYX PATH PROJECT TRACKING
Rich has modified the way he's running the Project Tracking this year. At the end of each month, Onyx Path will be posting an update showing the current status of all of their projects and where each sits on the project tracking chart. In the weekly Monday Meeting Notes blogs, Rich will note any projects that have changed status, sometimes with developer notes, since the big monthly summary.
I will continue to post an update each month until those final Stretch Goal rewards have gone out. Until then, enjoy your latest rewards and I'll be in touch next month with our regular update!
ONYX PATH DISCUSSION CHANNELS
If you've got questions about the rules or setting, or just want to discuss this game with other fans (as well as the Onyx Path writers and developers!), you can check out these Onyx Path discussion zones:
If you've got a question about your pledge or BackerKit page or any part of the process, or if you've got any issues with your hardcover delivery, you can contact me with any of these methods
Via E-Mail: Onyx.Kickstarter [at] gmail.com
Via Kickstarter: Click RichardThomas under the "Created By" heading on the main page, and then press the "Contact Me" button - the message will come to me!
Via BackerKit: Click "Need Help?" from your page, and then fill in the Contact Us form. BackerKit will pass your message along to me.
NOW ON KICKSTARTER
The They Came From... tabletop roleplaying games take your favorite movies, television shows, and pop culture touchstones and turn them into action-packed and wise-cracking opportunities to tell your own versions of these cinematic stories. Previous releases have explored B-movie atomic horror from the 1950s (They Came from Beneath the Sea!) and twisted tales of horror from the 1960s and '70s (They Came from Beyond the Grave!). With this campaign, Onyx Path is ready to introduce TWO new entries enabling you to take on quest-filled fantasy adventure stories with They Came from the Cyclops's Cave! and thrilling tales of world-saving espionage with They Came from [CLASSIFIED]!
Now you can help Onyx Path bring these games to life by supporting either - or both! - with this Double Feature crowdfunding campaign!
Quick Update - Tracking Information
about 2 years ago
– Fri, Mar 11, 2022 at 06:17:02 PM
Hello Renegades,
NOW SHIPPING
All orders for the hardcover book that were confirmed by Jan 19, paid for by Feb 9, and had delivery destinations confirmed by Feb 23 are now being prepped to be picked, packed, and shipped in March.
TRACKING INFORMATION
The first step in the pick/pack process is to print a packing slip... which generates a tracking number for US orders. So, there may be a tracking number assigned to your order a few weeks before it may even be in a box waiting for the carriers to pick it up. I expect orders to be sent out by the end of March, say March 25th. Until this point, your tracking information may be listed as "Pre-Shipment".
Normally, US backers would start seeing deliveries a week or two after the orders have left the warehouse, but the strain on delivery infrastructure during this pandemic has a cascading effect that's just slowing all processes down. That's also affecting tracking updates - but, I'm told, information should catch up as packages move through the system. Many of us may actually receive our books before the tracking status gets updated, but the good news is that, eventually, everything should be delivered and confirmed.
Once the orders ship, you will get an e-mail with Tracking Information.
Your tracking information may take 2-5 days to update at any given time, but it should refresh as it travels and eventually delivers to you.
Again: You'll have your tracking numbers sent via the e-mail provided to Backerkit, and shortly thereafter, you will also be able to access your Tracking number in Backerkit by reviewing your Order Confirmation.
I'm gonna use the Legendlore page as an example, but it's the exact same for Deviant: The Renegades.
Your BackerKit Confirmation page will have:
The TRACKING NUMBER for your shipment (once it's been uploaded)
Your confirmed shipping address
A link to your digital redemption codes
A link back to the Community page
Again, you will receive an e-mail with this tracking information once ordersare preparing to ship.
To review your information or pledge status, you can return to your survey by clicking the link in your survey email or requesting your survey link under "Lost your survey?" on our BackerKit project page at https://deviant-the-renegades.backerkit.com/
That's the quick update for now - look for a tracking number to be e-mailed to you, know that your order may be shipped or shipping soon, keep track of your shipment as best possible to avoid any delivery issues, and please follow up with me if there are any problems or if your order hasn't shipped by the end of the month.
I'll be back at the end of the month with our regular update. I expect that our hardcovers will all be shipped by then! Pretty exciting!
TO CONTACT JAMES
If you've got a question about your pledge or BackerKit page or any part of the process, you can contact me with any of these methods
Via E-Mail: Onyx.Kickstarter [at] gmail.com
Via Kickstarter: Click RichardThomas under the "Created By" heading on the main page, and then press the "Contact Me" button - the message will come to me!
Via BackerKit: Click "Need Help?" from your page, and then fill in the Contact Us form. BackerKit will pass your message along to me.
The They Came From... tabletop roleplaying games take your favorite movies, television shows, and pop culture touchstones and turn them into action-packed and wise-cracking opportunities to tell your own versions of these cinematic stories. Previous releases have explored B-movie atomic horror from the 1950s (They Came from Beneath the Sea!) and twisted tales of horror from the 1960s and '70s (They Came from Beyond the Grave!). With this campaign, Onyx Path is ready to introduce TWO new entries enabling you to take on quest-filled fantasy adventure stories with They Came from the Cyclops's Cave! and thrilling tales of world-saving espionage with They Came from [CLASSIFIED]!
Now you can help Onyx Path bring these games to life by supporting either - or both! - with this Double Feature crowdfunding campaign!
February 2022 Update
about 2 years ago
– Wed, Feb 23, 2022 at 10:33:04 PM
Hello Renegades,
We're approaching the end of the month, so it's time for our regular month end update. Since it's the shortest month of the year, I'll try and keep the update short as well... though there's a lot of info still to go over.
Last year saw a lot of massive shifts in Onyx Path's project plans, with their print plan delayed by up to 13 months on some projects. The good news is that the 2021 slate is finally printed and books will soon be shipping out to backers!
(As an aside, <THIS SUMMARY> from Extra Credits gives a great overview of the issues that everyone's been dealing with. It primarily focuses on board game publishers, but the situation spills out across all industries and also carries through to affect distribution and retail as well. As a bonus, the script was written by Onyx Path's own Eddy Webb!)
KEY LOCKDOWN DATES
January 19 - Confirm Orders
February 9 - Process Outstanding Payments
February 23 - Confirm Shipping Information
Confirm Rewards / Confirm Orders - January 19, 2022
This step has been completed, and we've all locked in our final orders and Add Ons.
Process Outstanding Payments - February 9, 2022
This step has been completed, and we've mostly processed any outstanding payments.
Confirm Delivery Information - February 23, 2022
THIS IS TODAY!
Please ensure your shipping information is up-to-date with your expected address for March/April 2022. Please ensure that this information is entered and correct by February23. After this point, I will take the shipping information we have for you in BackerKit and provide that to our fulfillment partners, so they can schedule the picking and packing of orders, with plans to begin shipping hopefully not long thereafter.
Later today, I will send out a 48 HOUR NOTICE with the delivery information we have in the system and a link in case you need to update or modify. After those 48 hours, the delivery information will be considered confirmed and locked in our system.
IF YOUR ADDRESS IS CHANGING IN THE SPRING
If your shipping location will be changing during the March/April timeframe, please contact me at Onyx.Kickstarter [at] gmail.com. I will unlock your order and we'll hold off processing it until you're at your new location. If you have your new address and the effective date, let me know that too and I'll set it up. If you haven't confirmed your location yet, let me know that as well and I'll hold off the shipment until you're all sorted.
Quick note on schedules and timelines
There's a lot going on - Onyx Path has SIX PROJECTS all finally catching up - all happening around the same time, so there will be lots of moving parts and potential issues. Right now, we're looking at each project taking 2-3 weeks to completely fulfill, so that could be about 3 months of process for these six releases. For Deviant, I'm hoping that everything will be out by the start of April, but that's predicated on everything running as smoothly as possible with no unforeseen issues. Whatever happens, I'll work with our fulfillment partners to get everything out as quickly as manageable. The delivery side of this may be an ongoing project, but we'll get there! Don't worry - we'll have lots of opportunities to make sure we're set up for success as long as the external factors all cooperate.
To review your information or pledge status, you can return to your survey by clicking the link in your survey email or requesting your survey link under "Lost your survey?" on our BackerKit project page at https://deviant-the-renegades.backerkit.com/
Deviant: The Renegades Hardcover - Shippedto Fulfillment partner
Deviant: The Renegades Storyteller Screen - Shippedto Fulfillment partner
Clades Companion PDF -In Post-EditingDevelopment phase of production
Devoted Companion PDF - In Post-EditingDevelopment phase of production
Dixie had a quick note on the Clades Companion: Looking forward to wrapping up this Kickstarter, and the Clades Companion is a small-but-mighty part of it. It’s chock full of more possibilities for creating all sorts of weird Deviant characters, as well as gear!
As noted, the books are printed! They exist! They're on a truck -somewhere- on the way to our fulfillment partner, Studio 2. Once they get there are are completely received, I'll pass along the order and delivery information we've confirmed in BackerKit and the Studio 2 team can begin the pick, pack, and ship process. There's still a *bit* to go, but the finish line is absolutely coming up on this.
ONYX PATH PROJECT TRACKING
Rich has modified the way he's running the Project Tracking this year. At the end of each month, Onyx Path will be posting an update showing the current status of all of their projects and where each sits on the project tracking chart. In the weekly Monday Meeting Notes blogs, Rich will note any projects that have changed status, sometimes with developer notes, since the big monthly summary.
I will continue to post an update each month until those final Stretch Goal rewards have gone out.
ONYX PATH DISCUSSION CHANNELS
If you've got questions about the rules or setting, or just want to discuss this game with other fans (as well as the Onyx Path writers and developers!), you can check out these Onyx Path discussion zones:
If you've got a question about your pledge or BackerKit page or any part of the process, you can contact me with any of these methods
Via E-Mail: Onyx.Kickstarter [at] gmail.com
Via Kickstarter: Click RichardThomas under the "Created By" heading on the main page, and then press the "Contact Me" button - the message will come to me!
Via BackerKit: Click "Need Help?" from your page, and then fill in the Contact Us form. BackerKit will pass your message along to me.
January 2022 Update
about 2 years ago
– Thu, Jan 27, 2022 at 09:00:47 AM
Hello Renegades,
Our first update of 2022, and there's a lot to go over! I'm also in the middle of tweaking the format of these month-end updates, so bear with me as I figure out the best way to present and link to information. But let's get right to it, because we are in the middle of our order lockdown process!
Because everything seems to be going smoothly, I'm going to slightly tweak the dates from our last update to make sure we're ready a bit sooner, just in case. See below for our new Address Confirmation date.
KEY LOCKDOWN DATES
January 19 - Confirm Orders
February 9 - Process Outstanding Payments
February 23 - Confirm Shipping Information
Confirm Rewards / Confirm Orders - January 19, 2022
This step has been completed, and we've all locked in our final orders and Add Ons.
Process Outstanding Payments - February 9, 2022
For any additions you made in BackerKit, pre-orders, or any payments that did not process at the end of the Kickstarter campaign, please ensure your payment information is up to date, valid, and ready to be processed by FEBRUARY 9, 2022. On that date, I will instruct BackerKit to lock down and process all outstanding payments.
Confirm Delivery Information - February 23, 2022
A bit earlier than we originally projected, please ensure your shipping information is up-to-date with your expected address for March/April/May 2022. Please ensure that this information is entered and correct by February23. After this point, I will take the shipping information we have for you in BackerKit and provide that to our fulfillment partners, so they can schedule the picking and packing of orders, with plans to begin shipping hopefully not long thereafter.
On February 23, I will send out a 48 HOUR NOTICE with the delivery information we have in the system and a link in case you need to update or modify. After those 48 hours, the delivery information will be considered confirmed and locked in our system.
BRAZILIAN BACKERS
To all our backers in Brazil, please include your CPF number alongside your name in your shipping information. As you know, it's expensive to ship to Brazil from the US, and any missing information will cause the shipment to be rejected or possibly destroyed at the border, so let's avoid any possible issues in this shipping process.
I'll double-check these as best I can, but if you're ahead of me, that helps out immensely.
IF YOUR ADDRESS IS CHANGING IN THE SPRING
If your shipping location will be changing during the March/April/May timeframe, please contact me at Onyx.Kickstarter [at] gmail.com. I will unlock your order and we'll hold off processing it until you're at your new location. If you have your new address and the effective date, let me know that too and I'll set it up. If you haven't confirmed your location yet, let me know that as well and I'll hold off the shipment until you're all sorted.
Quick note on schedules and timelines
I don't have to say too much here, do I? I'm moving forward with a lot of assumptions that things will work out as planned, but we've learned that unexpected complications are lurking around every corner. I'll keep in touch with Onyx Path as best possible and we can adjust these dates as/if needed. Still, I'm hopeful that our patience and perseverance will be rewarded and we'll have our books in hand at some point in the near future.
For now, just review your BakerKit to make sure all necessary information is included and up to date. I'll send out the 48 Hour Notices as mentioned. Also, I'm here to help. If there are any issues, get in touch and I'll sort everything as best I can.
There's a lot going on - SIX PROJECTS - all happening around the same time, so there will be lots of moving parts and potential issues. I don't know exactly how long it'll take to ship things out or what will go first. But I'll work with our fulfillment partners to get everything out as quickly as manageable. The delivery side of this may be an ongoing project, but we'll get there! Don't worry - we'll have lots of opportunities to make sure we're set up for success as long as the external factors all cooperate.
To review your information or pledge status, you can return to your survey by clicking the link in your survey email or requesting your survey link under "Lost your survey?" on our BackerKit project page at https://deviant-the-renegades.backerkit.com/
Rich has modified the way he's running the Project Tracking this year. At the end of each month, Onyx Path will be posting an update showing the current status of all of their projects and where each sits on the project tracking chart. In the weekly Monday Meeting Notes blogs, Rich will note any projects that have changed status, sometimes with developer notes, since the big monthly summary.
I will continue to post an update each month until those final Stretch Goal rewards have gone out.
ONYX PATH DISCUSSION CHANNELS
If you've got questions about the rules or setting, or just want to discuss this game with other fans (as well as the Onyx Path writers and developers!), you can check out these Onyx Path discussion zones:
If you've got a question about your pledge or BackerKit page or any part of the process, you can contact me with any of these methods
Via E-Mail: Onyx.Kickstarter [at] gmail.com
Via Kickstarter: Click RichardThomas under the "Created By" heading on the main page, and then press the "Contact Me" button - the message will come to me!
Via BackerKit: Click "Need Help?" from your page, and then fill in the Contact Us form. BackerKit will pass your message along to me.
2021 Year End Update - Lockdown Schedule Take 2
over 2 years ago
– Fri, Dec 31, 2021 at 04:13:57 AM
Hello Renegades,
Not quite a year ago we received our backer PDFs for Deviant: The Renegades and optimistically prepared for 2021, a year we all assumed couldn't help be better than 2020.
Well, surprise! While "better" is a shifting target, the past year was certainly full of different challenges and changes and had massive impacts on many projects from the Onyx Path team. It was in the spring when Onyx Path started to learn about the massive paper shortage and printing challenges that were affecting so many game companies, and our book suffered as the printing schedule was adjusted by 9-12 months.
All of that said, let's not dwell too much, though, and instead do a quick summary of where we stand and what's left to accomplish in 2022 and then a fast review of some of the successes of 2021.
2022 LOCKDOWN SCHEDULE - Preparing for Printing and Hardcover Rewards
In danger of repeating myself from earlier in the year, I'm going into 2022 optimistic that our patience will pay off and our book will be printed in the next few months. So, with fingers crossed and eyes bright, let's look at a revised lockdown schedule for 2022.
Over the next several weeks, we're going to confirm all order quantities and rewards, process any outstanding Backer Kit payments, and then confirm shipping information with the expectation of the books being printed and available to ship by spring.
To review your information or pledge status, you can return to your survey by clicking the link in your survey email or requesting your survey link under "Lost your survey?" on our BackerKit project page at https://deviant-the-renegades.backerkit.com/
If you used your Facebook credentials to log in to your Kickstarter account, the BackerKit survey is sent to the email address you use for your Facebook account. If you have another email address that you prefer to use, please contact support at https://deviant-the-renegades.backerkit.com/faq
LOCKDOWN SCHEDULE
1. CONFIRM REWARDS - I'll be locking down all Reward Lists, so if you wanted to add any additional rewards, please do so by JANUARY19, 2022. In just under three weeks, I will lock down all reward lists and you won't be able to adjust or add anything after that time.
2. CONFIRM ALL PAYMENT INFORMATION - For any additions you made in BackerKit, pre-orders, or any payments that did not process at the end of the Kickstarter campaign, please ensure your payment information is up to date, valid, and ready to be processed by FEBRUARY 9, 2022. In six weeks, I will instruct BackerKit to lock down and process all outstanding payments.
3. CONFIRM SHIPPING INFORMATION - Please ensure your shipping information is up-to-date with your expected address for March/April 2022. Please ensure that this information is entered and correct by MARCH2, 2022. In nine weeks, I will take the shipping information we have for you in BackerKit and provide that to our fulfillment partners, so they can schedule the picking and packing of orders, with plans to begin shipping hopefully not long thereafter.
Quick note on schedules and timelines
I don't have to say too much here, do I? I'm moving forward with a lot of assumptions that things will work out as planned, but we've learned that unexpected complications are lurking around every corner. I'll keep in touch with Onyx Path as best possible and we can adjust these dates as/if needed. Still, I'm hopeful that our patience and perseverance will be rewarded and we'll have our books in hand at some point in the near future.
For now, just review your BakerKit order list and ensure that it's got everything you want. I'll send a final review out before the lockdown date. I'll also have two monthly updates before the payments are processed or shipping info is confirmed, so I'll absolutely be in touch before anything critical needs to be confirmed. Don't worry - we'll have lots of opportunities to make sure we're set up for success as long as the external factors all cooperate.
And I'll absolutely talk about these next steps more as we carry on through these first months of 2022.
REWARD TRACKING - Completed Rewards (Sent to Backers)
"Celebration of Darkness" PDF Rewards (Update #38, posted 11/27/19)
Backer T-Shirt Redbubble Link (Update #43, posted 4/17/20)
Deviant: The Renegades Backer PDF (Update #53, 01/04/21)
Dearly Bleak - a Deviant: The Renegades Novella (Update #62, 08/17/21)
Deviant: The Renegades Print-on-Demand Discount Coupon (Update #63, 08/26/21)
Digital Wallpaper (Update #64, 09/07/21)
REWARD TRACKING - PENDING
Deviant: The Renegades Hardcover - Scheduled to Print in 2022
Deviant: The Renegades Storyteller Screen - Scheduled to Print in 2022
Clades Companion PDF - in Editing phase of production
Devoted Companion PDF - In Post-EditingDevelopment phase of production
TO CONTACT JAMES
Via E-Mail: Onyx.Kickstarter [at] gmail.com
Via Kickstarter: Click RichardThomas under the "Created By" heading on the main page, and then press the "Contact Me" button - the message will come to me!
Via BackerKit: Click "Need Help?" from your page, and then fill in the Contact Us form. BackerKit will pass your message along to me.
ONYX PATH CROWDFUNDING IN 2021
Another challenging year. While there were some moments of taking two steps forward and one step back, at least there was some forward momentum. Onyx Path spent the previous year restructuring and adapting their processes to better function during the pandemic, but still external issues presented (and continue to present) challenges. Paper shortages, manufacturing difficulties, shipping and storage problems. The new normal.
Despite all of that, Onyx Path was able to get some products out, at least digitally, during the year.
While the massive paper shortage and manufacturing issues kept many of these from seeing print in 2021, they're all currently scheduled to attain physical form in early 2022. Here's hoping the process keeps moving forward and we can finally ship these rewards. Even with that caveat, that's still a pretty impressive list of stuff that's out and available to play.
Another solid year and another batch of fun and interesting projects added to Onyx Path's future release list. In supporting these during the crowdfunding phase, we've also managed to add these extra projects to the schedule:
Scion: Dragon Companion
Scion: Dragon Jumpstart
Whispers from the Darkness (Masks of the Mythos Companion)
Victorian Mage Jumpstart
Bizarre Tales & Unusual Characters
Weird Wonders & Revolutionary Magick
Trinity Continuum: Adventure! Jumpstart
Adventure Addendum
Thrilling Tales
Exalted: Essence Novella Trilogy
Exalted: Essence Jumpstart
Exalted: Essence Adventure Scenario Trilogy
Exalted: Essence Companion
Squeaks in the Deep Companion
Squeaks in the Deep Jumpstart
Icons of Rage
Howls of the Apocalypse
Anima Companion
That's a long list of supplements and expansions that wouldn't exist without your support!
I hope your year ends well, and all the best for 2022!
