In case you missed the announcement, the
Goblins card game Kickstarter now includes a nifty bonus from Thunt and Danielle. Anyone pledging at the $11 level or higher will now receive, in addition to all other rewards, download codes for free copies of the Goblins PDFs.
It's a great way to read or reread the comic, with no lag between pages. And the PDFs have exclusive bonus content not found anywhere else, even the physical softcover editions. You get extra Goblins short stories, running commentary from Thunt on Book 2, the early draft version of Goblins (when the story was Kobolds), behind the scenes information, and more!
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"Not-Walter" Screams Like A Little Girl: A 10-page short story starring everyone's favorite pit demon.
Inside/background info from Thunt (including the name of the Drow Babe)
Fumbles' Fumble Char: An extensive random table of d8 fumble results
Thunt's messy draft pages: A look at some pages from the sketch notebook Thunt uses for story and layout notes
Early concept sketches for the Drow Adventuring Party, Minmax, and Forgath.
Kobolds - Life Through Their Eyes: A look at the early draft version of the comic we've come to know and love
Shut Up, You're Dead: One of Thunt's early early attempts at a comic, which he describes as so embarrassingly terrible he had to share.
Minor Spoilers for the comic: Much of this has already happened, but there are hints of things yet to come.
Running creator commentary on Book 2: A short note every few pages. Silly stories, interesting little details, background information - what you'd expect from a DVD commentary track, more or less.
Younglings: A three page short story about the Cryptic Fall goblins when they were younglings in training.
Draft sketches: Selected strips from the comic compared with draft layouts, with some additional notes.
Tempts Fate extras: Draft sketches, an early version ofTempts, notes on what might have been, a secret challenge that no one figured out, and a look at a hastily deleted attempt to promote the comic through a Tempts fate extra which turned out not to be such a good idea...
Why Do Goblin Eyes Turn Black? A short explanation.
Also included is Danielle's ebook, the Hyper Halfling's Book of Lists. It's a giant crosslinked collection of random tables. An invaluable resource for a GM, designed to let you randomly generate all sorts of items, NPCs, places, and more on the fly. Your party walks into a new town. What's the tavern called? What about that inn down the street? Who is the bartender there? They waylay a stranger in the street to ask for directions. What's his name, race, description, and occupation? They fight off a mugger and find a helpless victim unconscious in an alley. What's in her backpack? Figure out all that and more in a matter of seconds!
All that for $11. Plus your name in the game credits. And a personalized badge to identify you as a supporter of the campaign. And the right to purchase anything from the campaign (the game, expansion sets, t-shirts, etc.) after the campaign closes but before it hits the shelves. And any additional "instant rewards" bonus content released during the rest of the campaign.
This is a good way to support Thunt. Besides his share of the money from the campaign and royalties from the game, this is a good opportunity to bring in new readers and fans. And to prove the marketability of the property, which could help other projects down the road.
So, if you've got $11 to spare, this is a great deal all around.
