A gender inclusive witch-centered urban horror Forged in the Dark tabletop role-playing game! A core rulebook, tarot deck & dice set!
Latest Updates from Our Project:
Witches of Midnight Tarot Mini-Update
2 months ago
– Fri, Mar 08, 2024 at 06:19:01 PM
We wanted to share the awesome line art @robot_Rainbows has been working on for the Witches of Midnight Tarot Deck (this is just line art, the final art is ready for most of these, but we're saving them for now). If you want to see one drawn live tomorrow, follow them on Twitch:
We're so excited to share layout updates with you all just as soon as we have something awesome to show off!
Have a lovely and wonderful weekend,
-Gavin (and the rest of the Balsamic Moon Games Collective team)
Welcome to 2024 from the Witches of Midnight Team!
5 months ago
– Mon, Jan 01, 2024 at 08:01:42 AM
We want to first apologize for the silence over the holidays. The holidays have always been a difficult for us (on the emotional front), but this year brought additional challenges that we were not prepared for. More info on that after a Content Warning later in the post.
As far as our progress on the game and tarot deck goes; we are very close to still being on schedule aside from the manuscript being delayed slightly. Francita still has more than enough time to do the layout and Andrea and Mia have been working diligently on the tarot deck!
I'll be refocusing my efforts back onto the Witches of Midnight manuscript in the coming days with a final manuscript to be sent out to backers no later than Monday January 15th, 2024. I apologize for that delay and I hope it hasn't ruined anyone's plans to play.
During the last few weeks, we were traveling for an emergency (more on that below) and I didn't have my work computer (read: access to the manuscript), so I started working on an I had for a new game, Glitch City Uprising! It's a GM-less narrative cyberpunk fantasy game about revolution and I'm very proud of it. I'm not going to hype it up here, but if you want more info or to join in the playtests, please join our Discord (link in a past update) or message me here on Kickstarter for a link.
Thank you all for sticking with us through the radio silence. We'll endeavor to make updates more quickly in the coming months with a major update on the tarot deck coming very soon. Mia has been extremely diligent about making tarot cards, some weeks making two or even three. Andrea is ahead of Mia on the guide book and card descriptions, so there are plenty of items in the hopper for Mia to choose from and be inspired by. Tarot streams on our Discord are still happening on a nearly weekly basis, so please join in and help shape the deck!
Please accept my apologies and stay with us as we try to stick the landing on this project. If you need to peace out after the content warnings, just know that we love you and appreciate your support and we are working hard to make sure that we don't disappoint.
Please let your witchy friends know that the game is still available on BackerKit for pre-order and every single dollar pledged is appreciated and will help us bring this game to life in the coming months.
Let's make 2024 the Year of the Dragon Witch!
Hugs and Love,
-Gavin and team @ Balsamic Moon Games Collective
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Content Warning: Cancer, Death, Mental Health Issues (depression, medication), Grief and Job Loss
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In late October, just as we were coming to the last stages on the manuscript, I (Gavin) lost my high paying IT job and had to focus on different ways to bring in income. I tried a lot of side hustles and applied to a *lot* of job listings, but with the other tech layoffs happening in my field and the looming holidays I found that not many companies were hiring in my niche. At the same time, we had just moved and were denied for all types of state financial assistance, and lost our healthcare (and any prescriptions that couldn't transfer from another state).
As we were dealing with the fallout of job loss, my partner's father's brain cancer returned and we learned that it was terminal. We ended up travelling across multiple states repeatedly to bring them anything they needed and help out as we could afford. We happily burned through what little savings we had so that we could help them, and then we had to rely on the kindness of family (and internet family) to get us through the holidays. I don't have specific permission to name them (and some of them will receive this email), but I want to thank them profusely here for keeping us afloat.
My partner's father died a couple of days before xmas and we couldn't leave his widow behind in an empty house, so they came to live with us. Now we are a household of 8 and things are going relatively well (though we are still struggling with debilitating grief on a nearly daily basis).
We don't tell you this to make excuses, but to elucidate you on our situation.
Thank you for staying on this long ride with us! We have so much love for all of you!
Big News!
8 months ago
– Fri, Sep 29, 2023 at 08:46:41 AM
Witches of Midnight's first expansion is coming to #Witchstarter on Kickstarter on October 1st!
This new book will delve into many of the factors that created the city of Midnight and one of its most powerful and overlooked factions, Keepers of the Old Ways. You'll also learn how Iceland's unique location and openly practiced witchcraft (by Galdr and Seiðr) almost led to an earlier Awakened Age and Fae Wylding.
We will be giving away three sets of hand-made resin runes to three of our early backers (within the first 24 hours). If any of the winners also backed or pre-ordered Witches of Midnight (at any tier) we will fill the box we ship it in with other BalsamicGames goodies!
Mastery of Galdr will be the main focus of the book with the conceit being that an ancestor spirit has reached out to us to dictate it, something like the various available editions of "The Necronomicon".
Our goal is to reach 66 followers before launch on Sunday, with your help we can do it!
-Gavin
p.s. if you haven't received/answered your BackerKit Survey email (80% of you have), please message [email protected] if you need help.
BackerKit Surveys & Pre-Order Shop is Open!
9 months ago
– Wed, Aug 23, 2023 at 07:17:44 AM
We wanted to take this opportunity to thank you all for such a wonderful first Kickstarter campaign. We nearly doubled our goal of $6,666 and our freelancers and guest devs are hard at work finishing up the last bit of game content for you!
The Carnicula Grimoire is complete and heading into playtesting soon. The Augur Grimoire is 60% complete and the Hellgrinder Grimoire is @ 30%. I finished up the Asterian Heritage Grimoire last week, called Chimera and I'll be working on the Mandrake Heritage Grimoire today, called Calyx.
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If you backed the project, you should receive an email from BackerKit today (or tomorrow). These surveys help us figure out how exact numbers of rewards and confirm shipping addresses to make sure you get those rewards. Please respond promptly :)
There are a small number of limited rewards remaining:
2x Join Morningstar's Coven remain @ $666: You and a friend will join the virtual tabletop of Morningstar and Megan to play a session of Witches of Midnight with either Gavin or Andrea as your Lore Weaver! A Faction Leader will be made in your likeness / to your specifications! The coven will sign your rulebook, and you'll also receive a Tarot Deck & Custom Dice Set
14x Custom Grimoire remain @ $333: Gavin will make a custom Grimoire for you based on your likes, hobbies and personal practice. The devs will sign your rulebook, and you'll also receive a Tarot Deck & Custom Dice Set
Additional Upgrades and Pre-Orders allow us to make all of the rewards even better for everyone, so please send everyone you know over to the pre-order store!
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When you finish the survey, you will be prompted to download the Witches of Midnight Manuscript Alpha. This zipped file includes a PDF of the alpha manuscript rulebook (sans art and layout), 20 form-fillable Grimoires (playbooks) and a form-fillable Coven sheet; everything you need to start running a game of Witches of Midnight. If you have any feedback on the alpha edition (or just want to tell us all about your coven and their exploits), please put "alpha" in the subject of an email to [email protected].
Feel free to respond here with any questions about the limited rewards or pre-order shop.
-Gavin and Andrea
Manuscript Release Day
9 months ago
– Tue, Aug 15, 2023 at 06:46:54 AM
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