THEY CAME FROM THE CYCLOPS'S CAVE and [CLASSIFIED]
Created by Onyx Path - Double Feature...
Help fund the development and production of TWO new rulebooks for the THEY CAME FROM... tabletop roleplaying game line.
Latest Updates from Our Project:
Nov '23 Update - They Came from [CLASSIFIED]! Backer PDF
20 days ago
– Tue, Nov 21, 2023 at 05:52:11 AM
Hello Eye Spies,
It's been about three weeks since we received our backer PDFs for They Came from the Cyclops's Cave!, and now it's time to check out the second part of this Double Feature!
Reward Distribution: THEY CAME FROM [CLASSIFIED]! Advance PDF
They Came from [CLASSIFIED]! is the latest in the They Came From… line of tabletop roleplaying games. [CLASSIFIED]! sees characters ranging from talented adventurers and agency quartermasters, to dashing spies and sexy provocateurs, embracing all the excitement, gadgets, and mayhem of the spy movies and detective TV shows prevalent from the 1960s onward. Whether you’re a Moore-era Bond fan, an aficionado of John Steed and Emma Peel’s adventures, or an Austin Powers-esque swinging cat, [CLASSIFIED]! has everything you need for a groovy, espionage-filled story.
They Came from [CLASSIFIED]! uses the Storypath System, which is contained in full in the pages of this book.
THEY CAME FROM [CLASSIFIED]! INCLUDES:
Five new playable Archetypes, introducing the Adventurer, the Detective, the Operative, the Provocateur, and the Quartermaster!
New Cinematics, Quips, Twists, and all new Fiendish Plots!
A rogues gallery of renegade agents, enemy spies, science fiction supervillains, and dastardly henchmen!
Everything a Director needs for running games ranging from the seriousness of The Ipcress File or Tinker, Tailor, Soldier Spy, to the innuendo of The Spy Who Loved Me and the silliness of Austin Powers!
• Two full missions you can run straight from this book!
REWARD DISTRIBUTION
If this PDF was on your list of rewards, your link to claim your They Came from [CLASSIFIED]! 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 links for this reward over the next 24hours 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.
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://double-feature.backerkit.com/
This is the first version of They Came from [CLASSIFIED]! 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 theThey Came from [CLASSIFIED]!Feedback Form!
Onyx Path will be launching a special [CLASSIFIED]Feedback Form!, which you will be able to access here: https://forms.gle/zvaijzHfXDA3EnpZ7
They are aware of the Page XX notations - those are left in to replace for the final version once any changes you've suggested are made, so they can reference the correct page if any shifts in layout result.
Onyx Path will keep errata collection open for the next week. Please submit your feedback as soon as possible so the team can get on to finalizing this file - and working on our print version as well!
They won't be collecting errata from other spots, just this specific form.
After any needed corrections are made (based on your feedback!), they 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.
SO: Look for your reward email over the next 24 hours, or check your BackerKit page to see your digital reward redemption links. Review the advance PDF and submit any feedback you have, and let's make this book as awesome as possible!
REWARDS STILL PENDING
Backer PDFs are about for both of our main books. Once your feedback is in, the team can finalize the text, sort all of the page references, lockdown the index, and get the files ready for Print-on-Demand and our hardcover print run. The teams will then be able to shift over to start burning through our Stretch Goals!
[Pledge] They Came from [CLASSIFIED]! Backer PDF(Update #54, Nov 21, '23)
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 2023 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 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:
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 RichThomas 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.
Never before has Creation known the perils of the Abyssal Exalted. They have emerged from the gloom of the Underworld as champions of death, sworn to the service of the Deathlords and the Neverborn. Each was offered the gift of the Bleak Exaltation at the moment of their own demise, and each chose to willingly become an agent of the apocalypse. Their motivations are as manifold as any others — they may seek destruction or domination, malice or justice, ancient secrets hidden and forbidden or sheer iron-willed survival.
In service to their lieges, these deathknights will grind the Underworld to heel and scour life from the face of Creation. Or…they might break from those oaths and set themselves up as death’s own Lawgivers, ruling empires of the dead as sages, arbiters, and reapers. All that can be known for sure is that with the Abyssal Exalted loosed upon the world, it will never be the same again.
Reward Distribution: They Came from the Cyclops's Cave! Backer PDF
about 1 month ago
– Wed, Nov 01, 2023 at 08:10:29 AM
Hey Eye Spies,
It hasn't quite been a week since our last update, and I noted that we were getting close to the backer release of They Came from the Cyclops's Cave! But I didn't know we were *this* close!
Because I'm about to send it out to you!
Reward Distribution: THEY CAME FROM THE CYCLOPS'S CAVE! Advance PDF
They Came from the Cyclops’s Cave! is the latest in the They Came From… line of tabletop roleplaying games. Cyclops’s Cave! sees characters ranging from heroic swordsmen and cunning sorceresses to charming minstrels and agile scoundrels, embarking on quests designed to evoke the majesty of fantasy movies and television shows from the 1940s onward. Whether you’re looking to channel an epic like The Thief of Bagdad or grim fantasy such as The Sword and the Sorcerer, Cyclops’s Cave! has everything you need for swashbuckling, noble heroism, and monster slaying.
They Came from the Cyclops’s Cave! uses the Storypath System, which is contain in full in the pages of this book.
They Came from the Cyclops’s Cave! includes:
Six new playable Archetypes, introducing the Champion, the Dreamer, the Inhuman, the Puppet, the Sage, and the Scoundrel!
New Cinematics, Quips, Fiendish Plots, and all new Magical Effects and Fantastic Settings!
A deep bestiary of creatures and critters from trolls, chimeras, and giants, to dragons, orx, and necromancers!
Everything a Director needs for running games ranging from the epic feel of Clash of the Titans or The 7th Voyage of Sinbad, to the sword and sorcery of Krull and Conan and the campness of Xena: Warrior Princess!
Two full quests you can run straight from this book!
REWARD DISTRIBUTION
If this PDF was on your list of rewards, your link to claim your They Came from the Cyclops’s Cave! 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 links for this reward over the next 24hours 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.
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://double-feature.backerkit.com/
This is the first version of They Came from the Cyclops’s Cave! 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 theThey Came from the Cyclops’s Cave!Feedback Form!
Onyx Path will be launching a special Cyclops's CaveFeedback Form!, which you will be able to access here: https://forms.gle/kTEuQD16hLGQumqDA
They are aware of the Page XX notations - those are left in to replace for the final version once any changes you've suggested are made, so they can reference the correct page if any shifts in layout result.
Onyx Path will keep errata collection open for the next week. Please submit your feedback as soon as possible so the team can get on to finalizing this file - and working on our print version as well!
They won't be collecting errata from other spots, just this specific form.
After any needed corrections are made (based on your feedback!), they 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.
SO: Look for your reward email over the next 24 hours, or check your BackerKit page to see your digital reward redemption links. Review the advance PDF and submit any feedback you have, and let's make this book as awesome as possible!
TO CONTACT JAMES
If you've got a question about your pledge or BackerKit page or any part of that process, you can contact me with any of these methods
Via E-Mail: Onyx.Kickstarter [at] gmail.com
Via Kickstarter: Click OnyxPath 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 CROWDFUNDING
The World Below is a game of adversity, heroism, terror, and awe. Your characters will overcome or be defeated by terrible beasts, environmental calamities, and Kaos storms ravaging their surroundings and the souls around them. They will chart their journeys, chronicle their tales, and pass their stories down to their descendants, who will in turn become your characters when your old ones perish or retire.
The World Below provides. But you must dig. You must explore. You must map. You must build. You must defend.
The World Below provides, but only to the worthy.
The unworthy fall, consumed by bugs, lava, acidic fog, the vagaries of Kaos, and the World Below’s convulsing tunnels.
The World Below is your home, your prison, and your alien world containing terrible threats and wondrous discoveries.
The World Below is a complete tabletop roleplaying game, and includes:
Numerous playable options, some from the traditional fantasy mold, others unique to the World Below.
The complete Storypath Ultra System, allowing you to play this game straight from the book.
A myriad of settings, monsters, powers, and abilities for use in your stories, which you can play as minimalist dungeon crawls or World Below-spanning expeditions.
October '23 Update
about 2 months ago
– Thu, Oct 26, 2023 at 09:47:00 AM
Hello Eye Spies,
I've said before that you can tell we're getting close when artwork previews start to sneak out. So look at these...
They Came From the Cyclops’ Cave! art by Larry Blamire
They Came From the Cyclops’ Cave! art by Luis Sanz
And one more...
They Came From the Cyclops’ Cave! art by Brian LeBlanc
In fact, if you want a clue as to how close the Onyx Path team is to having PDFs for backer distribution, check out this...
Right now, both books are in Proofing, where the team tries to catch any graphic glitches or big errors before they prep it for distribution to us. So it's not quite ready for October... but maybe we'll have it in November's update?
Let's get October sorted...
DRAFT MANUSCRIPT LINK
I'm gonna start posting a link back to the draft manuscripts in these updates because it's been a while and folks are starting to misplace any downloaded copies. I'll keep this bit here in future updates until our backer PDFs go out.
When the PDFs are ready, I'll send out backer links so that we can download them and provide feedback to the Onyx Path team. They'll use our errata and notes to finalize the books - filling in any references and correcting any issues. Once that's done and all of the "See Page XX" notes are fixed, the screens and card decks will come together fairly quickly. Once the screen is set up for print, the digital wallpaper will follow right after, along with the VTT Token pack. What I'm saying is that things should move at a decent pace once we've got our PDFs and are sending in feedback! Hopefully soon!
[Stretch] They Came from the Cyclops's Cave! Backer Shirt Link(Update 51, Sept 27, '23)
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://double-feature.backerkit.com/
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:
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 RichThomas 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 CROWDFUNDUNG
The World Below is a game of adversity, heroism, terror, and awe. Your characters will overcome or be defeated by terrible beasts, environmental calamities, and Kaos storms ravaging their surroundings and the souls around them. They will chart their journeys, chronicle their tales, and pass their stories down to their descendants, who will in turn become your characters when your old ones perish or retire.
The World Below provides. But you must dig. You must explore. You must map. You must build. You must defend.
The World Below provides, but only to the worthy.
The unworthy fall, consumed by bugs, lava, acidic fog, the vagaries of Kaos, and the World Below’s convulsing tunnels.
The World Below is your home, your prison, and your alien world containing terrible threats and wondrous discoveries.
The World Below is a complete tabletop roleplaying game, and includes:
Numerous playable options, some from the traditional fantasy mold, others unique to the World Below.
The complete Storypath Ultra System, allowing you to play this game straight from the book.
A myriad of settings, monsters, powers, and abilities for use in your stories, which you can play as minimalist dungeon crawls or World Below-spanning expeditions.
Sept '23 Update: Cyclops's T-Shirt, Artwork Sneak Peek, Monthly Update
3 months ago
– Wed, Sep 27, 2023 at 10:33:57 AM
Hello Eye Spies,
End of the month, time for our regular month end update. I do have a few goodies for you, though. Like last month, I've got a few new artwork sneak peeks from our upcoming books. But I've also got a reward ready to go out. Remember this from our Kickstarter campaign?
Well, we unlocked that, along with a bunch of other fun things! But this one is now ready for you!
So, this Stretch Goal during the Crowdfunding campaign was for a special available-for-a-limited-time They Came from the Cyclops's Cave Backer T-Shirt <LINK>, but really there are more than just T-shirt options there (and more colors as well!)
If you click over to Onyx Path's REDBUBBLE T-shirt Shop using this link <Cyclops's Cave Shirt> you will see the backer shirts, which will be available for a LIMITED TIME ONLY! You have ONE WEEK to order a shirt with this design if you'd like to announce you've undergone apotheosis!
If you scroll down a bit, you'll see other options - including hoodies and other styles - you can change the style, color, and size to make sure it works for you! Changing the style and size may change the cost, so be aware. Make sure you review your selection before you process payment to ensure you've got the correct images, style, color, and size.
One last time: This shirt will be available for a LIMITED TIME ONLY - please act quickly if you're interested!
They Came from the Cyclops's Cave interior illustration
DRAFT MANUSCRIPT LINK
I'm gonna start posting a link back to the draft manuscripts in these updates because it's been a while and folks are starting to misplace any downloaded copies. I'll keep this bit here in future updates until our backer PDFs go out.
Well, one fewer item to track on our chart. I expect Cyclops's Cave! to move to layout soon, alongside [CLASSIFIED]. You know things are moving along when we start to see artwork sneaking out.
[Stretch] They Came from the Cyclops's Cave! Backer Shirt Link(Update 51, Sept 27, '23)
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://double-feature.backerkit.com/
You can read Onyx Path's most recent monthly summary, covering all projects and their status up to that point here: <August 2023 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:
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 RichThomas 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.
August '23 Update
3 months ago
– Tue, Aug 29, 2023 at 11:47:11 AM
Hello Eye Spies,
We've reached the end of the month yet again, so time for our regular monthly summary. No big news to share quite yet, but getting closer on a few projects. In fact, as layout has begun on They Came From [CLASSIFIED]!, I've got some sneak peek artwork for you!
DRAFT MANUSCRIPT LINK
I'm gonna start posting a link back to the draft manuscripts in these updates because it's been a while and folks are starting to misplace any downloaded copies. I'll keep this bit here in future updates until our backer PDFs go out.
Layout has begun on CLASSIFIED, and our Heroes of Action & Wonder supplement is in post-editing development. And now for another artwork sneak peek....
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://double-feature.backerkit.com/
You can read Onyx Path's most recent monthly summary, covering all projects and their status up to that point here: <July 2023 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:
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 RichThomas 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.
