Towns & Taverns. 2 Modular Books of Battle Mats for Roleplay
Created by BattleMats
Attention Adventurers! Encounter 2 adaptive battle map books for tabletop roleplay which align to create 1 epic evolving urban map.
Latest Updates from Our Project:
Manufacturing draws to a close! The Books will be on ships soon!
over 3 years ago
– Thu, Sep 03, 2020 at 06:36:49 PM
Very excitingly we are now very close to completing the manufacturing process! The factory expect to clear everything by September 12.
Right now we have locked addresses and manipulated the data to ship out to our fulfilment hubs. Our factory are packing the pallets to get to the hubs and once this is complete we will send to the ships!!
Here is a little insight from the factory of what they have been busy working on, these are the books before they are packed in to boxes:
They've also shared some 'studio' shots of the books.
What this means -
We are on schedule to ship out to backers in November
From this point if you need to change your address please direct message me on Kickstarter. It is possible but I need to put you on the "updates" spreadsheet.........
And Finally a little more good news! The Dungeon won Best New Accessory (people's choice) at the UK Games Expo online last month, which is pretty awesome!
Please check your address is correct!
over 3 years ago
– Sat, Aug 29, 2020 at 06:20:34 PM
We are now starting to prepare for the fulfilment stage.
The books will be clearing the factory at the beginning of September and we currently expect to have the books to you in November.
As the books are going on the water we need to lock addresses so we can share the data with our fulfilment partners in preparation for posting the books to you.
Please can you log into your BackerKit survey and confirm your address details are correct here - https://towns-and-taverns.backerkit.com/
Virtually Expo
Last weekend was Virtually Expo, the online version of the UK Games Expo, and as part of the show we streamed a live dungeon drawing session (this is now on our YouTube channel).
This is the map created during the live drawing session, which is available for free on DriveThruRPG.
Our timeline, GenCon Videos and More.
over 3 years ago
– Sun, Aug 16, 2020 at 03:16:18 AM
Thanks for your patience as there was no update at the end of last week, there is a heatwave here in the UK and it has affected productivity at Loke HQ somewhat (no air conditioning)
We remain on-track to clear the factory at the start of September and get everything on ships heading to the fulfilment centres.
The timeline at the moment looks like this -
Books clear factory and leave China - Start September (6 weeks shipping)
Customs, in country transport and processing at fulfilment centres - Mid October (3 weeks)
Shipping out to customers - November
This is pretty top line but hopefully it will help!
In the meantime we have some news to share. We're delighted to say our previous Kickstarter The Dungeon won an ENnie last weekend, which we are pretty thrilled about! If you're familiar with our work you'll know the Dungeon and Towns & Taverns can be used together and here are some images of the sort of maps you can make -
GenCon Online Videos
Also, our two Twitch events from GenCon Online are now available on YouTube:
In the first one, Matt drew a map; that Map is available for free here. There is also a sneak look at a couple of pages that will be going in to our next modular book set, Wilderness (at about 1:54 of this 2 hour video).
In this second video, Tam went over our upcoming releases and future products, including a look at the Towns & Taverns books and the decal sheets.
UK Games Expo Online
And Finally for this years UK Games Expo we'll be running a couple more events on Twitch. Matt will be designing and drawing a new dungeon and I'll be giving another sneak look ahead to our new products!
Take care and stay safe out there!
Tam & Matt
Loke BattleMats
More on the stickers and Housekeeping - Update your addresses!
over 3 years ago
– Wed, Jul 29, 2020 at 12:41:09 AM
Good Afternoon Adventurers!
After last weeks video update I promised some more pictures of the stickers to show the scale and how they work in a little more detail so that will be the focus of this update.
A quick reminder to update your address details, we'll be locking addresses at the end of next month as the books travel to the fulfilment hubs! Update your address in your BackerKit Survey, you can find it here - https://towns-and-taverns.backerkit.com/
And now onto a closer look at the decals!
I have taken some before and after shots. Our roof sections are modular, so can be used alone for smaller buildings or combined for larger ones.
With roof decals
without decals
A whole page made up
How they size up on a square grid
And a sneak peek at War & Siege and Magic Effects, seen on the Giant Book of Battle Mats Volume 2 -
War & Siege decals
And Finally Magic Effects -
Lots going on here!
GenCon Online
As it is GenCon Online this weekend we'll be running a couple of events on our Twitch Channel over the weekend. Our Twitch is here - https://www.twitch.tv/lokebattlemats
Matt will be hosting a Dungeon Drawing demonstration and I'll be running through our new products for 2020/21! Hopefully we'll see some of you there!
Design and Draw a Dungeon - 2hrs - Sat 1st August - 14:00 EDT (18:00 GMT / 19:00 BST)
Upcoming from Loke BattleMats with Q&A - 1hr - Sun 2nd August - 14:00 EDT (18:00 GMT / 19:00 BST)
These are both also in the GenCon Online event calendar if you're managing multiple events there.
Take care and stay safe out there!
Tam & Matt
Loke BattleMats
It's a video update this week! Here are the decal samples.....
almost 4 years ago
– Thu, Jul 23, 2020 at 07:34:15 PM
Introducing our decal packs!
If you can't watch me chatting for 7 minutes the headlines are -
The decal samples are here and we're working to get those signed off this week so production can start.
We are working with our factory on timelines. We are currently working to get the books and decals cleared and on the water around the end of August/Start of September. (yes we'll share ship names and tracking links so you can track the ships as they head to the fulfilment hubs!)
Please make sure your address details are up to date. We have to share your details with our partners at the start of September so this is your 6 week address lock warning! Go here to access your BackerKit survey to check/change address (https://towns-and-taverns.backerkit.com/).
