Win a special piece of Megan McKay's art! See prompt below 👇🏽
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What prophesized reunion is this book linked to? And why is it smiling? 😏
This is the Smiling Tome. No gods are allowed to read it. It has been forgotten in storage at the back of the Serpent God's ruined office. And it is in fact responsible for bringing that of...
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Miroki
about 17 hours ago
Win art! What message does our hyena messenger need to deliver?
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We have a hyena messenger character, who is incredibly strong and smol. They are a poor judge of character and cute tufty hair. They run messages for the Serpent of the Cold Flame (Coldbra), the building granola eating camel and other deities of the corporation.
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Miroki
about 18 hours ago
*No more asterisks! It's allllllll here! + Live drawing with Megan McKay 🎨
The Bridge Trifecta is here! 🥳
Our Lore Master's Deck campaign passed $400,000 overnight - and that means we've unlocked our final Bridge Expansion! The Story & World Bridge w...
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Miroki
about 17 hours ago
Name the species of our Lore Camel and win a piece of Megan McKay's art!
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What is this species? 🐪🪶
It's a feathered species of camel. It feeds on, but also guards, ancient ruins (Quote from Megan: The ruins are the granola of buildings!) It digests these ruins through its acid drool. Lives in mostly damp or swampy areas.
Comment below...
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Miroki
about 17 hours ago
Win a piece of Megan McKay's art from our livestream - What is the name of the deity's office corporation?
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Our lovely snake deity named Colbra just wants to hibernate, but those pesky mortals keep waking him up with their worship and wishes. To top it all off, the results for "Best Deity of the Year" will be published soon, and his ratings are quite low. Dang that god-r...
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Miroki
2 days ago
By the powers vested in us we're launching the CONJURE 🪄 and DEVOUR 👾 tiers!
Hi everyone! Quickie update from us today, since a few cool things have happened in the last 24 hours 🤘🏼
• New Pledge Levels!
• Reminder: Share for our Lore Blooper Cards
• Worl...
I'm excited to celebrate a phenomenal day 2 of the campaign with you! Here's what we cover in today's update:
Stretch goal progress
Expanded FAQ
Updated expansion sneak peek
Storage update
Meet the guest writers from our next stretch goal!
Let's get into it!
Stretch Goal Progress
We've just smashed through the $200,000 stretch goal, adding 16 cards to Lore Master's Deck for a total of 284 cards.
Next up: we're full steam ahead toward adding 3 guest writers to the project to bring a wider range of interesting, evocative, imaginative cues to the deck! You can learn more about their work at the end of this update!
We're also thrilled to share that the pledge reached a campaign high of 1200 last night, and as promised, we hosted a livestream demo-ing the deck with a twist: wine pairings! The Story Engine's CEO Miroki Tong is a wine expert who runs an Instagram account called @9ouncesplease.
We created a faction, a pair of edible creatures, and a vineyard location, and Miroki paired wines for each of them. We talked about how food and drink are essential components of lore and culture, with threads to climate, industry, lifestyle, and more.
Want to know what kind of wine to pair with an iridescent-scaled crocodile garnished with a rare flaming-hot seaweed that grows every 100 years and seeds itself through salt crystals? You can catch the livestream recording.
We've been expanding our FAQ as your questions roll in! For now, you can learn more about storage, delivery timelines, and our decision to make a digital version of the early bird promo pack cards available as a PDF. If you have any questions you'd like us to add, let us know in the comments!
Updated expansion sneak peek
I've added a little more material about the expansions to the campaign page! Check out the Expansions section of our campaign page to take a look! For now, here's a look at a sample drawing using the Master of Names: Namesakes Expansion.
These card types operate in the same way Wildcards from the main Lore Master's Deck do, but instead are paired with the primary cue to create a unique nickname.
Example: The Faction on the left is named the Chantry of the Sheathed Blade. Perhaps they are pacifists or mages who only resort to steel as a last resort? The creature on the right is named the Frost Raptor. Perhaps it is an arctic hawk or a dinosaur capable of surviving cold climates or ice ages.
Storage update
We've received a lot of helpful feedback about storage solutions, especially from our fans who own the complete Story Engine and Deck of Worlds deck systems and adding the new Lore Master's Deck cards to their collection.
We are currently preparing designs for a new stretch goal featuring a new storage box design intended for larger collections. It likely won't be a one-box-to-hold-them-all design, because we wouldn't want to render it obsolete as we continue to release decks, but it will be much better suited to holding large collections (including sleeved cards). We'll release those details as we confirm them.
We've updated our add-ons to indicate how many cards each box holds.
We've renamed our "Collector's Storage Box" so it's now called the "Tray Storage Box." We acknowledge the original name was confusing for folks who thought it could hold the whole collection.
We've added our basic Folding Storage Boxes to the pledge manager, and also updated the capacity estimate to 540 cards as this is a more comfortable fit when you account for the included card dividers and saving wiggle room for easily getting cards in and out.
If you're new to the card system and you're just picking up the Lore Master's Deck and/or The Story Engine/Deck of Worlds main decks, don't worry—you don't need any storage boxes. The main deck boxes each have some extra room. Even enough to fit sleeved cards.
If you're also picking up the Lore Mastery expansions, you can keep the extra cards in their tuck boxes or get the optional Lore Mastery Expansion Collector's Box. If you're also getting the Bridge Expansions, keep in mind those expansions only feature cards of existing card types, so they can easily be stored in with those matching card types.
Meet the 3 guest writers from our next stretch goal
We're thrilled to be approaching our first contributors' stretch goal: bringing in 3 writers to punch up the deck with a range of additional imaginative and creative prompts. We worked with many of these writers on Deck of Worlds and their contributions were phenomenal!
If enough people request it, I was told the Outtakes & Oddities Expansion pdf from the Deck of Worlds would be added to the pledge manager.
So like this post and/or comment to show them this is something we'd like the option for please!
For this achievement, we'll release a free PDF expansion of 60 outtake lore cards. Click below to visit our sharing portal with quick share buttons and further details.
Hi everyone! Quickie update from us today, since a few cool things have happened in the last 24 hours 🤘🏼
New Pledge Levels!
Reminder: Share for our Lore Blooper Cards
World Building and Breaking Livestream today at 2:30PM ET
You want it all?
You've got it all! The CONJURE and DEVOUR tiers are here! The new CONJURE Pledge Tier is perfect for anyone who already has The Story Engine Deck and Deck of Worlds and wants to pick up the new decks, accessories, and collectibles to fill out their collection. 👉🏽 Find out more here.
The DEVOUR Pledge Level, on the other hand, is for newcomers who are ready to go all-in with The Story Engine. This tier includes everything in the CONJURE Tier, along with The Story Engine Deck and Deck of Worlds, all 15 of their respective Expansions, and all 12 Story Engine Boosters. You'll also get all three playmats, since you'll be getting our Tell Your Story and Build Your World mats with our Weave Your Lore mat to complete the set.
This is the tier for you if you've never purchased one of our products and want to get caught up on everything you missed. The DEVOUR Pledge Level is the best price we've ever offered for our entire collection, so you don't want to miss this opportunity!
Wanna see the prompts that didn't make it? Help us spread the word! We'll release a FREE outtake PDF if 500 backers share the BackerKit campaign before we end on Friday, and we're almost 20% of the way there already!
Every backer gets us closer to another stretch goal, and we will make fools of ourselves (in writing) to provide a little extra incentive!
TODAY we'll be live at 2:30pm ET! We'll be joined by special guest Jordan Shiveley, who will be helping us build a new world - and then demonstrating how you can use Lore Master's Deck to break that world to unlock a better story!
You'll be hearing from us lots this week! The countdown is on to our Wrap Party this Friday, starting at 9PM ET! Bring your confetti poppers! 🎉🎉🎉 See you soon!
Will the Story-World expansion added a single PDF add on? I've backed the All Lore Master's Decks tier which is missing only that expansion and I don't see it as a PDF add on on its own
We have a hyena messenger character, who is incredibly strong and smol. They are a poor judge of character and cute tufty hair. They run messages for the Serpent of the Cold Flame (Coldbra), the building granola eating camel and other deities of the corporation. Tell us what the next message they have to deliver it, and what quest it will take them on for having to deliver it?
Comment below with your pitches, and we will pick a winner in the next 24 hours for a chance to win Megan McKay's adorable sketch card featuring this character created by Lore Master's Deck!
It's a feathered species of camel. It feeds on, but also guards, ancient ruins (Quote from Megan: The ruins are the granola of buildings!) It digests these ruins through its acid drool. Lives in mostly damp or swampy areas.
Comment below with your species name, and in 24 hours and we will select her favourite. The winner gets an awesome sketch card created by our Lore Master's Deck prompt!
Megan is an incredible webcomic artist and the creator of Doodle For Food.
Our lovely snake deity named Colbra just wants to hibernate, but those pesky mortals keep waking him up with their worship and wishes. To top it all off, the results for "Best Deity of the Year" will be published soon, and his ratings are quite low. Dang that god-reviewer Toby and his nasty eviscerations of his character on his weekly column.
What's the name of Coldbra's corporate god Office Hideout?
Comment below with your ideas for a chance to win this awesome sketch card by Megan McKay! We'll pick a winner in 24 hours 🐍
I know it's been brought up in various threads but rather than dig through those I thought I'd ask the question itself. Do all physical decks come with their matching PDF files, whether they're part of the pledge or purchased as add-ons?
If I commit to the All Old + New Decks Mega-Bundle, will I have to wait until the end of 2024 to receive all items or will the old decks be shipped sooner due to their current availability?
At 2pm ET we'll be discussing how to create great tabletop RPG settings with game designer Connor Alexander (Coyote & Crow) and artist Eren Angiolini (ArtVenturing Guild, Justice League, Critical Role)! We'll also be using the deck to quickly live-create a setting and discuss what aspects would make for the best basis for roleplay storytelling.
Let us know if you have any questions for our panelists! You can also ask questions in the chat!
I've gotten a close look at the Story Engine and... it feels a lot like Lore Master is a more refined version of the Story Deck.
Am I mistaken in concluding that there is a great deal of overlap between the two? I feel as if Lore Master can serve much the same functions.
Hello all. I just switched to the new conjure tier and noticed I could take off some add ons to get some more boxes. Does anyone know how to do this? If not I will always take duplicate cards and just give them away.
