Shadowdark RPG: The Western Reaches Setting

A project in Las Vegas, NV by The Arcane Library
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Drive back the darkness in a perilous land of cursed forests, haunted deserts, and brooding jungles. Your legend awaits!
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Dates: Mar 11th -> Apr 9th (30 days)
Project By: The Arcane Library
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Latest News

Mystery Monday and SoloDark Vote!

April 7th - via: kickstarter.com
Greetings, Western Reaches backers! Mystery MondayHere's our last Mystery Monday, which is an upgrade to the animated armor monster: Rebannak's Knights! I drew from my love of the Legend of Zelda games to inspire these guys. Blue Knuckles were my... (Read More)

Livestream Design: The Necromancer!

April 6th - via: kickstarter.com
Greetings, Western Reaches backers! According to our poll, the necromancer was the runaway winner for the spellcasting class we'll design on livestream! Join me today at 12pm Pacific as we dive into our necromancer design. Click below to check out... (Read More)

Community Mini-Dungeon Livestream Starting Soon!

April 4th - via: kickstarter.com
Greetings, Western Reaches backers! Please join me at 12pm Pacific (in about 15 minutes) for our stretch goal adventure design livestream. Your input will help shape the adventure! Click here to go to the video: P.S. Did you see we hit our $2... (Read More)

Mystery Monday and $2M Stretch Goal!

March 31st - via: kickstarter.com
Greetings, Western Reaches backers! Today's Mystery Monday download is a free mini-adventure designed by our friend and encounter designer extraordinaire, Zipperon Disney. Download Valley of the Red Scorpion by clicking the image below: $2 Million... (Read More)

Livestream Design: The Paladin!

March 30th - via: kickstarter.com
Greetings, Western Reaches backers! By popular vote, the paladin has won the poll for the martial class we'll design on livestream (it was a close run against the barbarian)! Join me today at 12pm Pacific as we dive into our paladin design. Click... (Read More)

Vote For Classes + Gary Con Recap!

March 27th - via: kickstarter.com
Greetings, Western Reaches backers! Thanks for your patience as I got re-situated from Gary Con and fought back against the mild case of con crud I've acquired. First off, I've finished collecting new ideas for voting on what we will design for the... (Read More)

Mystery Monday 2: Iron Skin

March 25th - via: kickstarter.com
Greetings, Western Reaches Backers! It's time to share our second Mystery Monday: a magical set of plate mail that even wizards and thieves can wear! But let's just hope they don't encounter a rust monster. Download the Iron Skin magic item by... (Read More)

Mystery Monday: Prince of the Five Winds

March 17th - via: kickstarter.com
Greetings, Western Reaches Backers! Today is our first Mystery Monday surprise, which is a unique little piece of gameable Western Reaches material you can download for free each Monday during the Kickstarter. Today's Mystery Monday is a legendary... (Read More)

Live AMA at 12pm Pacific Today on YouTube!

March 15th - via: kickstarter.com
Greetings, Western Reaches Backers!Please feel free to stop by today for our live Western Reaches AMA on YouTube, starting at 12pm Pacific and likely going for about an hour. I'll be answering any questions you have about whatever you'd like to hear!... (Read More)

Updated Australia and New Zealand Shipping Rates!

March 13th - via: kickstarter.com
Greetings, Western Reaches Backers!I'm very happy to announce that we were able to parter with an Australia-based fulfillment partner to greatly reduce our shipping costs to both Australia and New Zealand. The main project page has been updated with... (Read More)

Shadowdark smashes a million again with The Western Reaches setting and a premium edition

March 13th - via: geeknative.com
In 2023, Shadowdark hit $1.3 million on Kickstarter and won multiple awards. Two years later, and Kelsey Dionne‘s The Arcane Library looks set to repeat and better that tally with The Western Reaches setting. (Read More)

$1 Million?! My Mind is Blown!!

March 12th - via: kickstarter.com
Greetings, Western Reaches Backers!With our very first campaign update, I get to announce something deeply amazing that I didn't imagine could possibly happen.We've already broken $1 million in our first day of funding! In fact, this Kickstarter is... (Read More)

Kickstarter - Shadowdark RPG: The Western Reaches Setting

March 11th - via: tenkarstavern.com
I'm a HUGE ShadowDark fan. It's the only game we've live-streamed - twice - on The Tavern's YouTube Channel. I know Kelsey and consider her a friend. Which may mean I'm a bit biased :) (Read More)

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