Thank You for the ENNIES! Now, Onward to Layout and BackerKit!
7 months ago
– Fri, Aug 08, 2025 at 08:12:52 AM
Greetings Adventurers,
What a journey it’s been—and it’s only just beginning! With the campaign successfully wrapped, we’re diving straight into finishing art and layout, and prepping some truly exciting things behind the scenes.
🏆 We Won ENNIEs!!!
We were surrounded by a crowd of brilliant creators and contributors to the TTRPG space at Gen Con… we walked away as ENNIE Award winners! Thanks to YOU, we won:
Gold – Best Family Game
Gold – Monster/Adversary Book
Silver – Production Values
This isn’t just a win for our team—it’s a win for everyone who believes and delights in whimsical adventures, meaningful choices, and storytelling full of heroics and heart. We’re incredibly honored, humbled, and grateful for your support. Every nomination, every vote, every kind word—it all made a difference. From the bottom of our hearts: thank you.
Now, back to the adventure ahead!
Layout in Progress
The Dungeoneer Adventures Beginners Game and the Underlands Sandbox book are now in layout! We’re working hard to bring these books to life with vibrant design, clear navigation, and that signature Land of Eem style. Once the layout is complete, we’ll finish the remaining art and start proofreading! We’ll share previews along the way so you can see the magic unfold.
What’s Coming to BackerKit
We're also finalizing what will be available in BackerKit, where you’ll be able to select backer discounted add-ons and manage your shipping details. Here’s a sneak peek at what’s coming:
New Add-Ons!
- Dungeoneer Adventures Meeples (Set of 5)
- Land of Eem Dungeon Synth Music Album (Cassette Edition + Digital Download
- Dungeoneer Adventures Badges Sticker Sheets. Multiple sets of 13 badges to earn while playing and decorate the back of your character sheet as you go! More info on this soon!
Core Add-Ons
- Land of Eem Deluxe Box Set
- Dungeoneer Adventures Academy Collection
- Rickety Stitch Exalted Collection
- Land of Eem Core Rulebook
- Land of Eem Bestiary Vol. 1
- Land of Eem Mucklands Sandbox Campaign Setting
- Mucklands Map Game Board
- Mucklands GM Screen
- Mucklands Meeples Set
- Gelatinous Goo Dice Set
- Underlands Sandbox Campaign Setting
- Underlands Box Set
- Dungeoneer Adventures RPG Box Set
- Land of Eem Core Rulebook PDF
- Bestiary Vol. 1 PDF
- Mucklands Sandbox Campaign Setting PDF
- Underlands Sandbox Campaign Setting PDF
- Dungeoneer Adventures RPG PDF
- Adventures in the Mucklands PDF
- Mucklands Book of Random Encounters PDF
- Adventures in the Underlands PDF
- Underlands Book of Random Encounters PDF
ENNIE Celebration Unlock!
In celebration of our ENNIE wins, and as a huge thank you to the community, we’re unlocking the 3 additional character options and character sheet cards to the Dungeoneer Adventures Box Set! The bogril, the mushrum, and the gelatinous goo!
We’re thrilled about how much extra content we unlocked together—and we can’t wait to make it all available for you in BackerKit.
Your support means the world to us—and we’re just getting started.
Your Pals,
Ben and James
Campaign Complete, Meeples Unlocked, and What’s Next!
8 months ago
– Sat, Jul 19, 2025 at 03:17:46 PM
First Off… Thank You!
From the bottom of our hearts, thank you for joining us on this adventure. Whether you backed the Dungeoneer Adventures Beginner Box, the Underlands expansion, or everything Land of Eem, your support made this campaign a huge success.
The journey has been nothing short of amazing. Thanks to you, we’ve officially expanded the Land of Eem, and brought an accessible beginner RPG to life.
Late Pledges Are Now Open
Kickstarter has an awesome new feature that allows newcomers to still back the project! Anyone who pledges late here on Kickstarter will contribute to unlocking more stretch goals! Which brings us to the next bit of news…
The Meeples Have Been Unlocked!
Woohoo! With late pledges enabled, we’ve made it to $225,000 and the Dungeoneer Adventures Meeples have been unlocked! That means everyone who backed a physical pledge tier during the campaign, or with late pledges, will get a set of Coop, Daz, Oggie, Mindy, and Ingrid to collect! We know how excited everyone was for this stretch goal so it's amazing to see it happen!
Remaining Stretch Goals
As for the remaining stretch goals, there’s still time to unlock them with late pledges! If more folks decide to contribute with late pledges, the Land of Eem dungeon synth album, bonus adventures, bonus character cards, and the dungeon generator are still within reach!
BackerKit Pledge Manager
Just to clarify, the late pledges on Kickstarter are different from the BackerKit Pledge Manager, which will come later; add-ons and pre-orders on the BackerKit Pledge Manager will not count toward stretch goal content. Late pledges on Kickstarter will remain open until we open the BackerKit Pledge Manager, most likely in a month. But no need to worry—we’ll give you a clear heads-up.
Last Chance to Vote in the ENNIE Awards
Land of Eem has been nominated for five ENNIE Awards, including Product of the Year. It’s a tremendous honor, and it’s all thanks to this community. Voting ends TOMORROW July 20, and every vote makes a difference. If you haven’t already, please take a minute to vote here!
To the Land of Eem Community
We’re beyond grateful for your encouragement, feedback, creativity, and support. You’ve helped build something special here, and we can’t wait to share what comes next. To everyone who joins us for our live streams, actual plays, and contributes to the Discord, thank you!
Alright, that should cover most of the big stuff! Stay tuned—we’ll be back with updates on timelines, surveys, and more. Onward!
Your Pals,
Ben and James
Secret Surprise: A New Meeple!
8 months ago
– Tue, Jul 15, 2025 at 02:08:36 PM
Hey Adventurers!
You may have noticed we have been keeping a little secret up our sleeves on the Community Calendar, and we’re beyond excited to share it with you finally! As a special thank you for all of your amazing support, we’re unveiling an exclusive, free Flitterfolk meeple!
This adorable bat-folk character is ONLY available to backers who pledge for a physical tier before the campaign ends on July 18th. It’s a one-time-only, never-to-be-collected-again meeple, and we hope you’re as thrilled about this adorable little guy as much as we are.
Thank you for joining us on this journey. Let’s make the final days of this campaign truly magical. Please share with your friends, on your Discords, and social media! Let’s try and hit as many stretch goals as possible!
Your pals,
Ben & James
Weekly Update: STRETCH GOAL UNLOCKED + New Streams, Podcasts, and a Secret Surprise!?
8 months ago
– Thu, Jul 10, 2025 at 11:41:19 AM
Woohoo! We've reached $175K and unlocked the Land of Eem Underlands Adventures!
Which means we're on our way to unlock the 30 Additional Item cards for the Dungeoneer Adventures box set!
We also hope you’re all having a fantastic week—we sure are, because we’re still reeling from the news that Land of Eem has been nominated for 5 ENNIE Awards!
But wow, those ENNIEs! They’re such an incredible honor, and we’re beyond grateful for the support, creativity, and enthusiasm this community brings to everything we do. We are already making arrangements to attend Gen Con for the ENNIE Awards ceremony, so we can celebrate with all the amazing creators in person. Fingers crossed! We’ll be sure to share more details with you—and a link to vote—once voting officially begins.
In the meantime, we’ve been busy rolling out some great stuff to keep the adventure going. If you missed any of it, here’s what’s new:
Vintage RPG Podcast – A fun discussion about Land of Eem with one of our favorite podcasts.
Dungeoneer Adventures Actual Play – Watch the beginner-friendly RPG in action
Art Stream with Ben Costa – A behind-the-scenes look at creating NPCS for the Underlands
JP Coovert Interview – Chatting about Dragon Town, comics, and making adventures in the Land of Eem
And we’ve got a Secret Surprise coming your way next week on July 15th at 2pm PT. You won’t want to miss it.
Thank you all for continuing to make Land of Eem such a special project. We’re so excited to keep sharing everything we’ve been working on—and to celebrate with you every step of the way.
Stay tuned, stay adventurous, and see you soon!
Here’s to Adventure,
James and Ben
Land of Eem is nominated for 5 ENNIE Awards!
9 months ago
– Fri, Jul 04, 2025 at 10:57:51 AM
HUGE NEWS, EVERYONE!
We are beyond thrilled and humbled to share that Land of Eem has been nominated for 5 ENNIE Awards!
🏆 Best Cartography
🏆 Best Family Game/Product
🏆 Best Monster/Adversary
🏆 Best Production Values
🏆 Product of the Year
It’s such an honor to be recognized alongside so many amazing creators and games we admire.
A massive thank you to Exalted Funeral, all the talented contributors, artists, designers, editors, and the production team who poured their hearts into this project.
But most of all, thank YOU, our incredible community–from all of you backers, to everyone on Discord, and all the folks that join us on YouTube. Your enthusiasm, creativity, and support have been nothing short of heroic. You are truly the lifeblood of Land of Eem, and none of this would be possible without you.
The ENNIEs are community-driven awards, so when voting opens on July 11th, we’d be so grateful if you’d consider casting a vote for Land of Eem. Every single vote makes a difference.
From the bottom of our hearts—thank you for adventuring with us.
Weekly Roundup
And in case you missed it, we posted several videos in the past week!
Your Pals,
Ben and James
