Funded!
about 2 years ago – Wed, Oct 05, 2022 at 02:46:15 PM

We are so excited to announce that Venture Society has officially funded! Thank you all so much!

That means everyone will get form-fillable and printer friendly versions of the character sheets. Now on to stretch goals!

It's been a while since we announced these, so here is some clarification. 

$20,000 - Add 16 more cards to the adventure prompt card deck

• These adventure prompts can help you create an NPC (non-player character), location, or full adventure quickly. Simply choose 3 cards - an animal, a location, and a situation.  An example could be a sad duck, at the lake, and there is a thunderstorm. 

$21,000 - Add a TEACHER FOCUSED mini-campaign of 4 adventures

• Designer Erin Gilbert and adventurer writer Doug Levandowski team up and use their teaching knowledge to create a series of 4 adventures tailored for use in the classroom. These could of course be used by anyone and in any situation too! 

$22,000 - Add new PDF adventure written by Michelle Nephew of Atlas Games

• Michelle is a mother of three and co-owner of Atlas Games. Venture Society is a game she can see working well for her children and has offered to write an adventure for the game! 

~9th Level Games & the Venture Society design team 

October is Here!
about 2 years ago – Wed, Oct 05, 2022 at 02:15:04 AM

We launched Venture Society 3 weeks ago way back in September. As of right now we are over 93% and closing in on funding thanks to all of you! 

Backer Thank You 

In case you missed it, we sent a SPECIAL BACKER ONLY UPDATE #1 that includes a coupon code for the 9th Level Games webstore. This is our thank you for making Venture Society a reality! 

Upcoming Interview 

This Wednesday night at 9pm Eastern, Heather O'Neill & Timothy Grant join fellow adventure writer Sen Foong-Lim on MEEPLE SYRUP! 

Important Reminders 

 ✅ The shipping charges have not yet been included. These will be charged in our pledge manager in early 2023. 

 ✅ We are using BACKERKIT as our pledge manager. You'll be able to add-on items in addition to paying for shipping and adding your address. 

 ✅ You are able to update your pledge via Kickstarter until the campaign ends on October 13th. See the steps below on how to make the change. 

• When logged into Kickstarter choose Manage Your Pledge. 
• Then choose Change Your Pledge. Here you will confirm your reward level amount.    
• Once your reward level is confirmed you'll see the Configure Reward page which is where you select and deselect Add-ons.  
• Click Continue when finished to confirm.    
   

Thank you for your support! 

~9th Level Games 

Actual Play Weekend
about 2 years ago – Sat, Oct 01, 2022 at 02:11:45 AM

We are just about 85% funded as of right now. Under $2900 left to fund! Woohoo! 

Actual Play Weekend

It's an actual play weekend full of fun Venture Society adventures! 

9/20/22 - TODAY 5PM EASTERN 

First up Heather joins the American Library Association's Gaming Round Table in an all-librarian game of Venture Society.  Watch here: https://www.twitch.tv/ALAGameRT

10/1/22 - SATURDAY 3PM EASTERN 

Timothy Grant runs the CASTT Group through a very mysterious adventure of Venture Society! Oh...spooky! It is October after all.  Watch here: https://www.twitch.tv/casst

Have fun watching! Don't worry, if you miss them we'll have these embedded into the Kickstarter page. 

~9th Level Games

Two Weeks of Animal Adventures!
about 2 years ago – Wed, Sep 28, 2022 at 07:52:33 AM

We are at the 2 week mark and have just cleared 80%! We still have until October 13th to fund and we know we can do it with everyone's support! 

 🐨 Remember to share this link with your friends: https://bit.ly/VentureKS

Interviews & Actual Plays 

ICYMI 

• Sunday 9/25 Timothy Grant was on Alexandria RPG show.  

• Monday 9/26 Heather O'Neill talked to Randomworlds, read the interview HERE. 

Upcoming 

• Friday 9/30, watch a live actual play of Venture Society with the Gaming Round Table of the American Library Association. 
• Saturday 10/1, watch a live actual play of Venture Society with CASST, the Community of Applied, Spiritual, & Therapeutic Tabletop Gamers. 

Some questions we'd love you to answer:

As we start to think past just the base game, we would love to get your feedback on some other ideas we have had for Venture Society. Please answer in the comments below, thank you! 

1. Would you be interested in a GM's kit?  

• It would include a more substantial screen that could hold image cards, either map tiles or a dry erase map, sticker clings for the map, and animal standees (possibly more). 

2. Would you be interested in stuffed animals?

3. If we released more adventures solely as PDF's would you want the ability buy them in printed volumes of 4-6 adventures? 

• If PDF only is OK for you, would you like them to be available on DriveThruRPG or Roll20? 

Thank you, 

9th Level Games

Venture Society Artist Spotlight & Animal Styling
about 2 years ago – Fri, Sep 23, 2022 at 05:37:12 AM

We interrupt our regularly scheduled updates for an artist spotlight.

Artist Spotlight: James Stowe

James Stowe has worked with 9th Level Games on many projects including Schrodinger's Cats, Meeple Party, and Pavlov's Dogs.  We felt his adorable animal art was perfect for Venture Society. 

James Stowe a full-time (and freelance) illustrator, husband, and father  of two. He has produced RPG fantasy and horror illustrations throughout the 1990s and early 2000s with more than 100 published works. For the past few years has dedicated himself to cartooning, art education, and sharing RPG gaming with the next generation through my ongoing webcomic and roleplaying game Sidekick Quests. Become a fan by following on Twitter @jamesstowe.

Creating the animals of Venture Society

Venture Society is a fantasy cartoon world in which the setting is meant to be modern but whimsical to allow players to create a lot in this world. There are no airplanes or computers shown BUT if a player says they have an iPad or video game with them that is absolutely allowed in this world. 

• It was important to show CUTE ANIMALS without this game looking like was only for 5-7 year olds. We wanted this to appeal to those who enjoy Animal Crossing, Craig of the Creek, Adventure Time, Teen Titans Go!, Avatar the Last Airbender, KIPO, Hilda, etc. 
• The animals wear clothes but they don't have to be FULLY CLOTHED and if they are not it's fine since they are animals.  You may see a horse with just a hat on for example, or a bird with a messenger bag. 
• While some animals stand like humans, others walk and stand on all fours as they naturally would.  We present only real-world animals, but if a player wants to be a unicorn or dragon that would fit into the parameters of the game and would ultimately be up the Guide (GM).