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Update: I've got a candidate file that is significantly snappier when scrolling or magnifying. The only place where I notice a lack of fidelity is the ridgelines--they look a bit softer. This week, I'm going to test it on various tablets and with various apps. (One thing we learned in this...

Dave Noonan here--I'll take a look at the PDF, Hussar. If I remember right, we updated the PDF shortly after release, because the original was (no surprise) set up for an actual printing press. I bet you've got the updated version, though, so I'll take a look at the files this weekend to see...

Hi! Dave Noonan here. Two things you should know about me: 1) I've written a lot of D&D stuff for 3e, 4e, and 5e; and 2) I hate press releases. Despite that hatred, I do want to briefly mention that I've written the Player's Guide to Gith, and it's available on DM's Guild. In addition to all...

I wrote a couple monster books for DM's Guild (Monster Mausoleum and Tome of Templates) specifically because I needed more monsters than the 5e Monster Manual was giving me. For Monster Mausoleum, the entire creative brief was basically: "The MM has no undead between CR 5 and CR 13, so let's fix...

I agree with this sentiment whole-heartedly. As someone who's experimenting with content on DM's Guild (the Monster Mausoleum, and another mini-book going up soon), seeing reviews--both of my stuff and of other people's stuff--helps guide me when I'm trying to figure out what to do next...

Mostly the same, but with one big difference: no publisher listed beyond "DMs Guild." If you want to follow someone's work, you have to track them as an author or artist. If big multi-creator compilations start showing up, that'll be less effective. --David Noonan.

I think the theory is that the review/ratings system will let the really good content float to the top. Sometimes that works in a marketplace like this; sometimes it doesn't. It all depends on the mindset of the community that coalesces around it. As someone with content up on DMs Guild right...

Speaking as part of two indie publishing outfits: • DASTOW Games is dipping its toes in the water--actually, we're diving right in! We wanted to get something up on DM's Guild right away, so we've created the Monster Mausoleum, 17 undead monsters (mostly from previous incarnations of D&D) to...

ChapolimX has it right. We really have only a limited supply of the DM screen and Quodeth poster map. We're bringing some to Gencon, and the rest will go to those backers. We're soliciting quotes on getting more of 'em printed, but we're sensitive to timeframe (especially for a Far East...

The Thule Companion stretch goal is squarely in our sights right now. (Shameless link to the KS page here.) As we gain backers throughout the next few weeks, we're gonna make it bigger and better. We're checking with various vendors about other potential stretch goals/add-ons, so if there's...

The KS campaign for 5e Primeval Thule will go live Thursday morning (Pacific time), folks! With Cthulhu confirmed on Pluto, it's clear: THE STARS ARE RIGHT! I'll put a link here when it's up. Again, thanks for all the enthusiasm, everyone. Can't wait to make this book! --David Noonan...

All core races and classes allowed...and Primeval Thule has a new race: Atlantean. That said, not every race is equally prevalent. Thule has a lot of untamed wilderness, and it's conceivable that more obscure races are found in only one part of the continent. (I often play PCs like that..."I'm...

Thanks for the kind words, everyone! We'll get some preview material together to share here once we pull the lever on the KS campaign. If there's something specific you'd like to see, let us know and we'll see what we can do. We can't preview *everything*, but we might as well preview what...

I am. I had a great time at PaizoCon last weekend, and I'm helping bring Primeval Thule (shameless plug: kck.st/11dxIWq) to life for Pathfinder tables. --Dave. (@davidnoonan on Twitter)

You may be on to something there, Dragonblade. Primeval Thule is really a focused take on the broader D&D genre. Think of it as less Tolkien to provide room to double-down on Conan and Cthulhu. And I don't want to speak for Rob and Jonathan, but when I read through 13th Age, I see a parallel...

I've been tackling this on the macro level for a couple months now, because we're taking a campaign setting, Primeval Thule, and designing it simultaneously for 13th Age, Pathfinder, and 4e. The good news? Really, it's all fundamentally D&D (tell no one!). The rules differences matter, sure...

Thanks, Water Bob. And you're right--the rules are easily portable, and the setting is strongly influenced by REH in general and the Conan stories in particular. Thule's other primary inspiration comes from the same source—Weird Tales magazine. There's a lot of H.P. Lovecraft in the...

Great to see 13A get its own tag! (Even though Primeval Thule is designed to confound the whole tagging process—mua ha ha ha!) And Manabarbs, that summary hits all the high notes. David Noonan Sasquatch Game Studio Twitter: @DavidNoonan

One other note on Primeval Thule--it's a big beast of a thing. Depending on how you choose to measure, Thule might be the biggest 4e release of its year--or the year before. We're cooking up plenty of 4e stuff, and we're playing 4e every week. I suspect we aren't alone! David Noonan...

He was definitely more challenged by the "bard" part than the "half-orc" part. But that probably says more about him than the system. The really interesting thing is going to be next month, when our table sees what happens with Systole's #3 above. When we start a FATE game, how does my friend's...