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Squeaks in the Deep Tabletop Roleplaying Game

Created by Onyx Path - Squeaks in the Deep

Help fund the development and printing of Squeaks in the Deep, a Realms of Pugmire sourcebook, for fans and retail distribution

Latest Updates from Our Project:

Jan '22 Update: Realms of Pugmire, Monthly Update
about 1 year ago – Tue, Jan 31, 2023 at 09:26:19 AM

Hello Squeaky Toys,

It's the final day of January, so there's just enough time to sneak in our first monthly update of 2023. We've got one final stretch goal supplement in the works - the Squeaks Companion featuring rabbits! - and the Onyx Path team are in the process of getting the artwork and layout back on track for it. 

Let's jump into our regular tracking, and then I'll share what's going on in the Realms of Pugmire.

STRETCH GOAL REWARD STILL PENDING

The art direction notes from Onyx Path say that they're bringing in help to get this back on track, so hopefully we'll see it filling in dots soon.

REWARDS DISTIBUTED TO BACKERS

If you need 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://squeaks-in-the-deep.backerkit.com/

It's been 8 years since the world of Pugmire was introduced, launching on Kickstarter back in 2015. Since that time, the game has expanded and evolved, introducing cats and their nations in Monarchies of Mau, birds and lizards in the Pirates of Pugmire, and psionic mice in this project, Squeaks in the Deep. Over that time, Eddy Webb, the big brain behind the game, has been refining the rules and exploring the world and it's become time to revisit the dogs of Pugmire with an updated version.

Eddy talks more about launching this new edition: 

Let me be very clear: You can use your original Pugmire material with the new edition if you want.

This new edition isn’t starting over from scratch. It’s not me deciding to switch the whole thing over to Storypath or FATE or Powered by the Apocalypse or anything like that. It’s the same D&D-inspired mechanics you know from the first edition. Lots of people like that system. I do too, and so does Onyx Path – so much so that I’ve made some adjustments so that it might be used to power other tabletop RPGs in the future unrelated to Pugmire. Or maybe related to Pugmire. We’ll see how it goes.

Further, we will have Conversion Guide that walks you through how to update first edition material to second edition. Looking for a particular masterwork artifact that isn’t in the book? The Conversion Guide will tell you what it’s called now. 

The book will also have an appendix to help update characters, including cats and mice, using the rules for dogs. Want to make a Companion Artisan who can’t cast spells? Those options are all still available, and a few more besides. There’s a little work to update characters and adventures to the new edition, but I did what I could to make that as easy as possible.

You can see an example of converting from 1E to the new edition here:

To learn more about the Realms of Pugmire project, check out these resources:

If you're interested in checking out the new rules, you can check out the Realms of Pugmire on Kickstarter <HERE>.

ONYX PATH PROJECT TRACKING

You can read Onyx Path's last monthly summary, covering all projects and their status up to that point here: <December Project Status Summary>. I'm sure the January summary will be up either later today or tomorrow to see what projects have moved along.

You can find the weekly Monday Meeting blog updates <here>, which note any projects with status changes since the previous Month End summary. The project statuses listed are current as of last Monday, so do check it out each Monday night to see if anything may have progressed!

I will continue to post regular updates every month until the final Stretch Goal reward has 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:

TO CONTACT JAMES

If you've got a question about your pledge or BackerKit page or any part of the process, or if you have 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 Onyx Path 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.

Dec '22 Update: VTT Bundle Reward Distribution
over 1 year ago – Fri, Dec 16, 2022 at 07:44:36 AM

Hello Squeaky Toys,

A special treat for you during this holiday season! I've got a big bundle of VTT assets for you, taking care of all of our online play rewards. Lots and LOTS of tokens plus all of the maps you need to run the adventures from our Squeaks in the Deep book, plus more! With grids and without!

REWARD DISTRIBUTION

Your link to claim your Squeaks in the Deep VTT Megapack will be sent out by our BackerKit pledge manager over the next day. Since we are using our partners at DriveThruRPG as the host for this, you will need to set up a DriveThru account if you don't have one already. If you encounter any problems with downloading your rewards, please contact DTRPG's customer service to resolve the matter, they've always been top-rated for customer service. http://www.drivethrurpg.com/contact_us.php

Again, you will receive an e-mail from BackerKit with a link for this reward over the next 24 hours if it is on your expected list of rewards.

The easiest way to see if you've got digital downloads available is to login to your backerkit account: https://squeaks-in-the-deep.backerkit.com/backer/digital_rewards and it'll show anything available. Your backerkit account should also confirm all rewards that you should expect from your reward tier selected.

STRETCH GOAL REWARD STILL PENDING

Most of my gaming for the past three years has been online, so I'm really excited about more VTT assets to incorporate into my game! But, like most of us, I'm really really looking forward to the Squeaks Companion PDF, with the new rules for Rabbit characters. The Onyx Path team is currently busy sorting out the art and I'm hopeful we'll see the book early in the new year! Cannot wait!!

 REWARDS DISTIBUTED TO BACKERS

ONYX PATH PROJECT TRACKING

You can read Onyx Path's most recent monthly summary, covering all projects and their status up to that point here: <November Project Status Summary>

You can find the weekly Monday Meeting blog updates <here>, which note any projects with status changes since the previous Month End summary. The project statuses listed are current as of last Monday, so do check it out each Monday night to see if anything may have progressed!

I will continue to post regular updates every month until the final Stretch Goal reward has 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:

TO CONTACT JAMES

If you've got a question about your pledge or BackerKit page or any part of the process, or if you have 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 Onyx Path 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.

FINAL WEEK ON KICKSTARTER

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Nov '22 Update - Monthly Check In
over 1 year ago – Tue, Nov 29, 2022 at 05:31:49 AM

Hello Squeaky Toys,

We're in the final days of November, so it's time for our regular monthly check in. We had another reward go out last month, so this month will be a quiet and quick review as things keep moving in the background.

STRETCH GOAL REWARDS STILL PENDING

The reward we're most excited about, the companion with Rabbits and more Underground, is in post-editing development and preliminary art direction and slowly moving along. The Underground and Underneath VTT Map packs have now been combined into one project, which I'm just calling Underground VTT Map Pack here. It's in layout and should move along quickly. I expect the Token pack to start up once the Companion is done, and the Adventure VTT Implementation to follow after that.

REWARDS DISTIBUTED TO BACKERS

ONYX PATH PROJECT TRACKING

You can read Onyx Path's most recent monthly summary, covering all projects and their status up to that point here: <October Project Status Summary>

You can find the weekly Monday Meeting blog updates <here>, which note any projects with status changes since the previous Month End summary. The project statuses listed are current as of last Monday, so do check it out each Monday night to see if anything may have progressed!

I will continue to post regular updates every other month until the final Stretch Goal reward has 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:

TO CONTACT JAMES

If you've got a question about your pledge or BackerKit page or any part of the process, or if you have 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 Onyx Path 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.

CURRENTLY FUNDING

The Sidereal Exalted are many things: Starry-eyed seers gifted with insight into the nature of fate. Elite agents of Heaven, troubleshooting threats to destiny in Creation and beyond. Legendary martial artists, whose secret techniques strike the soul and shatter reality. Celestial powerbrokers and intriguers who treat with gods as equals. Puppetmasters who steer the course of nations with a word in a queen’s ear.

And yet it is their their curse to be forgotten by the world.

Sidereals: Charting Fate’s Course is an expansion for the Exalted Third Edition tabletop roleplaying game. It’s set in a mythic world where spirits walk openly among humanity, warring demigods topple kingdoms, and the restless dead roam on moonless nights. Heroes granted divine power contend against one another for the future of Creation. These are the Exalted!

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Oct '22 Update - Reward Delivery, Tracking Reminder, Status Check In
over 1 year ago – Mon, Oct 31, 2022 at 11:35:03 PM

Hello Squeaky Toys,

Here we are on the very last day of the month, sneaking in our regular month end update. We ended up waiting just an extra day or two so that we could finish off the month with a nice Halloween treat - I've got a reward ready to go out to Kickstarter backers!

First up, a quick reminder that hardcover rewards have shipped. I'm currently watching a handful of orders try to find their way to New Zealand, but other than that most packages should have delivered by now.

TRACKING INFORMATION

If you were set to receive a hardcover copy of Squeaks in the Deep as a kickstarter reward, your book has shipped and should have delivered by now. 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. By, let's say, February we may not have access to full tracking information. At that point, I'm going to assume that everything went fine, so if you have an issue please contact me as soon as possible.

If you need to read a longer example of tracking your project and double-checking your Backerkit page, you can <click here> to review August's update, which went over that before books had prepped to ship.

REWARD DISTRIBUTION

Do you remember this Stretch Goal during the campaign? It was actually the second of a two-parter: first we unlocked a set of Ready-Made Characters for pick-up and play action, and then we added an intro scenario and basic rules to turn it into a full jumpstart supplement.

Well, it's ready to go out to backers!

CONNECTION LOST - A SQUEAKS IN THE DEEP JUMPSTART

Vayda Sax is known as the most luminous citizen of Rootsreach. A researcher, explorer, and teacher, she had the respect and admiration of every rodent in town. Years ago, she boasted of a discovery she proclaimed would usher in a new era not just for Rootsreach but for all rodents and mounted a solo expedition to retrieve it. She never returned.

Connection Lost is a Pugmire: Squeaks in the Deep story for three to five players. This jumpstart contains all the rules and characters you need to play — just grab some dice and go! You can also use this adventure with the full version of Squeaks in the Deep.

Connection Lost contains:

  • An evocative and mysterious setting that’s both family friendly and deep enough to create compelling stories.
  • A summary of Pugmire’s traditional fantasy rules system. It’s designed for streamlined play, with an emphasis on cooperation and action over competition and violence.
  • A complete adventure for a Guide to run for three to five players. Also useful for Guides running a full Squeaks in the Deep game of first or second level characters!
  • Five ready-to-play characters, so you can jump into the action.

It’s time to listen to the squeaks in the deep.

REWARD DISTRIBUTION

Your link to claim your Connection Lost Advance PDF will be sent out by our BackerKit pledge manager over the next day. Since we are using our partners at DriveThruRPG as the host for this, you will need to set up a DriveThru account if you don't have one already. If you encounter any problems with downloading your rewards, please contact DTRPG's customer service to resolve the matter, they've always been top-rated for customer service. http://www.drivethrurpg.com/contact_us.php

Again, you will receive an e-mail from BackerKit with a link for this reward over the next 24 hours if it is on your expected list of rewards.

The easiest way to see if you've got digital downloads available is to login to your backerkit account: https://squeaks-in-the-deep.backerkit.com/backer/digital_rewards and it'll show anything available. Your backerkit account should also confirm all rewards that you should expect from your reward tier selected.

ADVANCE PDF VERSION

This is the first version of Connection Lost to be released. The design and development teams have done their best to proofread and correct any errors and typos - but some always sneak through. If you catch any typos, incorrect math, visual glitches, and the like, we want to hear about them and correct them before we send the book off to print.

With that in mind, I'd like to introduce the Connection Lost Feedback Form!

Onyx Path has launched a special Connection Lost Feedback Form, which you can access here: https://forms.gle/7KrYTryPeq2poPd18

Please send your Feedback to the Development Team using this form

The team already knows about the Page XX notations - those will be completed and added in when this version is finalized based on your feedback. 

They expect to keep errata collection open for the next 2 weeks, so please report what you can as soon as possible to make sure we're getting everything covered.

They won't be collecting errata from other spots, just this specific form.

After any needed corrections are made (based on your feedback!), we will prepare an updated final PDF version of the book and you will receive a notice from DrivethruRPG that you can re-download your file with the latest version.

You've already made the book a reality with your Kickstarter support. Now you can make it even better by helping us crowdsource any minor errors and corrections.

STRETCH GOAL REWARDS STILL PENDING

With the jumpstart off to backers, the main focus will be finishing up the art direction and starting layout on the Companion supplement, which includes the rabbits and underground expansion rules. And then all of the VTT packs and implementations can get sorted and finalized. I expect it to scurry along fairly quickly.

REWARDS DISTIBUTED TO BACKERS

ONYX PATH PROJECT TRACKING

You can read Onyx Path's last completed monthly summary, covering all projects and their status up to that point here: <September Project Status Summary>

You can find the weekly Monday Meeting blog updates <here>, which note any projects with status changes since the previous Month End summary.

I will continue to post regular updates every month until the final Stretch Goal reward has 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:

TO CONTACT JAMES

If you've got a question about your pledge or BackerKit page or any part of the process, or if you have 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 Onyx Path 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.

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Sept '22 Update: Pugmire Month ends, Squeaks Ships Out, Project Tracking
over 1 year ago – Thu, Sep 29, 2022 at 06:52:54 PM

Hello Squeaky Toys,

A few things to go over in this monthly update. Let's cover the Pugmire sale first, since it ends very very soon!

As part of Onyx Path's 10th Anniversary celebration, they're offering a bunch of titles at 10% of their normal price (that's 90% off!) They switch up the titles every month, and right now they've got a deal on the dog territories of the Realms of Pugmire! Click this link to see which titles are being offered:

PUGMIRE GOOD DOGGY SALE (OPP10 September)

You'll see the Pugmire core rulebook, Pan's Guide for New Pioneers, Buried Bones, Secret of Vinsen's Tomb and more on sale. In fact, you can get nine titles for under $5 total, which includes the Pugmire Core Rulebook for only $1.50!

Again, they switch these up every month, so you've only got a few days left if you want to grab any of these. A new list goes on sale in October, so act quickly!

HARDCOVER REWARDS ARE SHIPPING

As noted last month, the hardcover books, guide screens, and bookmark sets for Squeaks in the deep all delivered to the warehouse in September and Onyx Path's fulfillment partners have been busy with order prep, picking, and packing. They're about halfway through order picking this week, and I expect the rest of the orders will be put together over the next week and everything should be shipped out by October 15 (if not sooner).

TRACKING INFORMATION

If you were set to receive a hardcover copy of Squeaks in the Deep as a kickstarter reward, your book will ship within the next 3 weeks. If you haven't received it by the end of the month, 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. By, let's say, February we may not have access to full tracking information. At that point, I'm going to assume that everything went fine, so if you have an issue please contact me as soon as possible.

If you need to read a longer example of tracking your project and double-checking your Backerkit page, you can <click here> to review last month's update, which went over that before books had prepped to ship.

STRETCH GOAL REWARDS STILL PENDING

So the hardcovers, bookmarks, and screens are being packed in boxes and about to ship out. For the Stretch Goals, we've got the Rabbits + Underground areas companion in preliminary art direction while the manuscript gets one last pass, and the Jumpstart is currently in layout. Once those are done, the team will start to work through the VTT elements. 

REWARDS DISTIBUTED TO BACKERS

If you need 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://squeaks-in-the-deep.backerkit.com/

ONYX PATH PROJECT TRACKING

You can read Onyx Path's last completed monthly summary, covering all projects and their status up to that point here: <August Project Status Summary>

You can find the weekly Monday Meeting blog updates <here>, which note any projects with status changes since the previous Month End summary.

I will continue to post regular updates every 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:

TO CONTACT JAMES

If you've got a question about your pledge or BackerKit page or any part of the process, or if you have 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 Onyx Path 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.

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