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Motherload

Created by BiteSizedGaming

A Level 1-3 Adventure Zine for 5th Edition!

Latest Updates from Our Project:

Sequal(s) Coming Soon!
over 1 year ago – Tue, Sep 20, 2022 at 08:50:35 AM

Hello backers!

Last year, we dropped Evershift on you - a sequel to our Motherlode adventure. Since that time, we've heard back from quite a few of you and ran the series at several conventions. Overall, the feedback has been that we've created a dynamic adventure set that really streamlines the job of the Dungeon Master and empowers new DMs to feel confident in their role. 

What's more, we've received a lot of interest in the world of Ascension and what it will look like going forward. And now, as of this summer, we've nearly sold out of our initial mass print run of both adventures! We really, really appreciate your excitement and support.

To that end, we're getting ready to launch the next phase of this campaign!!

In the next few days, we're going to launch a short campaign for a reprint of the first two adventures (with another edit and layout pass and new covers), and also the newest adventure: Filigree! We're also rebranding the campaign as Shards of Ascension - a more unique title, since there's about a thousand "ascension" works out there.

We want this series to be the definitive, 5e, zine-based campaign setting, and to that end we've got some of the greatest talent in the industry to help us see this through. Filigree is penned by Andrew Bishkinskyi - Wizards of the Coasts' Dungeon Master Challenge winner, prolific Adventurer's League writer, and project lead on Den of Assassins and Deep & Dangerous.  Follow ups will see contributions from other AL alumni, including authors from the awe-inspiring Oracle of War Eberron storyline.

You won't want to miss the continuation of this series.

Click the link below to get notified as soon as it goes live, and thanks again for your continued patronage.

- Zac G

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bitesizedgaming/shards-of-ascension

Evershift Re-Announcement w/ New Link
about 3 years ago – Thu, Feb 11, 2021 at 03:36:39 PM

You probably saw a message in your Kickstarter inbox about this, but our next adventure that follows Motherlode is now firmly once again in the pre-launch phase. We had a hiccup in the Kickstarter system that caused our first attempt at pre-launch for error out. 

That being said, we are really excited to get this in front of you. The project goes live in a couple of weeks and you can click the link below to get notified as soon as it does. 

See you there!


Zac & Thomas


P.S. If for any reason you have not yet received your rewards for backing Motherlode, please shoot us a message ASAP.


https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thedriftersatlas/evershift-an-ascension-adventure-0

Sequel Announced! (And Other Things)
about 3 years ago – Tue, Feb 02, 2021 at 07:02:47 AM

Hello Motherlode backers!

We are pleased to announce, not one, not two, but four(!) new zine projects. While you may have heard of a few of them already, you are getting an exclusive preview of the sequel to Motherload entitled, Evershift! It picks up the story where our first adventure left off but can also function as a stand-alone module. 

Within Evershift, you'll be slipping into the Feywild, encountering denizens therein, and forging alliances with powerful fey factions. We are really, really excited to show this to you. It will launch later this month.

But wait, there's more!

We are working with some other folks to launch three more zines during ZineQuest! 

  • Scrap Rats: Live on 2/2 and written by Zac Goins and Joe Raso.
  • It Came From the Message Board: Live on 2/8 and written by Thomas Votaw and Bret Hess.
  • The Lights of Winthrop Manor: Live on 2/13 and written by JVC Perry and Stoneworks Gaming.

You can find links to all of these projects below. We'd love for you to sign up and get notified as soon as they go live.

Talk to you soon!

- Zac G.


https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/driftersquarterly/evershift-an-ascension-adventure

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bitesizedgaming/scrap-rats-rpg

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1830816663/it-came-from-the-message-board

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/stoneworksgaming/the-lights-of-winthrop-manor-5e

1-Shot and Upcoming Projects
about 3 years ago – Wed, Jan 06, 2021 at 12:30:01 PM

1-Shot Complete

Last night we were able to get our Motherlode 1-shot backers together and run through a special adventure set in our Ascension setting filled with mucus, worms, glassjaws, and a special hermit named Milvin. Thank you so much for allowing us to have this experience. 

If you've had a chance to run the adventure found in Motherlode, we'd love to hear about it as well!

Upcoming Project(s)

We're working with several folks on a host of projects for 2021. First and foremost is a new print magazine for RPGs! We're launching this project ourselves in about a week and would love to have you aboard.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/driftersquarterly/the-drifters-quarterly-vol-1and2

If that's not your thing, stay tuned, we've got more awesome adventures, archetypes, and beasties on the horizon! 2021 is going to see the launch of:

(1) A follow-up zine for Motherlode that dips into a bizarre iteration of the Fae Wild. (Feb 2021)

(2) A sci-fi zine called Scrap Rats that showcases a new level 0 system. (ZineQuest 2021)

(3) Collaborations with StoneWorks Gaming, David Barrentine, Daylight Publications, and others. (Feb-April 2021)

(4) A hardcover book that offers the complete Ascension setting and a level 1-12 adventure. (May-June 2021)

(5) A hardcover book of monsters called Dungeon Denizens designed for low-level play. (June-July 2021)

You can keep up with all of that by following The Drifters Atlas and Bite-Sized Gaming on Facebook. WE can't wait to show you everything we've got in store!


TTFN!


Zac G.

Books Have Shipped!
over 3 years ago – Tue, Oct 13, 2020 at 08:10:43 PM

Hello everybody!

The big news of the day is that 90% of the books are shipped! Keep an eye out over the next several days. If you think of it, we'd love for you to message us a picture of yourself with the book, or even shoot us a little note on what you thought of it. 

There's only a few things that haven't been shipped yet and we'll cover those really quickly:

1) If you haven't completed the BackerKit survey, there is a very good chance that your product isn't in the mail. Until you wrap that up, we don't have your address. 

2) Some of you added Knights of the Shadow Realm in BackerKit. If that's the case, you'll have to wait a bit longer for that product, as it is in the final stages of development. That being said, I'm here to tell you that you're going to be blown away by it. And you got a killer deal. Win all around.


That's it! We are really excited to show of Motherlode in all its glory. 

TTFN,

Zac G.