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Confluence: The Living Archive

Created by Publishing Goblin, LLC

Confluence is an expansive tabletop roleplaying game of in-world artifacts and Atlases, built upon a world and a system that grows and changes as you explore. Shipping yet to be added or charged on orders-- will be adding and charging in 2025 closer to our ship date.

Latest Updates from Our Project:

Surveys Were Sent! | Our Lovely Wait
over 1 year ago – Tue, Dec 10, 2024 at 03:56:41 PM



Hello friends,

I'm Seven, I haven't been around for this campaign much at all, leaving it to the incredible Confluence team. And they had quite capable hands! But now that the project is done funding, it's my turn to take up the mantle of showrunner for these updates. 

So hello! I'm the Publishing Goblin, the person behind the project who paid all these amazing people to recreate this world from my old material. I tried to fund Confluence three times years ago, each time it did rather poorly. I didn't have it right just yet, the system was large and clunky, and I didn't have this amazing team. I was doing it all on my own. So needless to say, I am quite excited to see the project here and now.

Apologies for the radio silence as well, conventions have been quite busy for me and I'm home now, settling in and sighing a sigh of contentment with my good cat, Tom Bombadil, who has missed me ever so much.





Surveys Were Sent 


While I was in Philadelphia this weekend, we sent out Surveys to you all! These let you grab extra items if you wanted, put in an address, and get all ready for the future. Now, at this time we are quite a bit from shipping, or manufacturing for that matter. The team has recently gotten back to work on bringing in our Alpha/Beta testing feedback to the game system, layout, and Atlas. 

That means we'll be sharing monthly updates from here on as we head toward our manufacturing sometime next year. You will be made aware of our estimated schedule as we go, but our goal is to have games in people's hands in 2025. If in this next year of time you move, no worries-- simply go into your survey and adjust the address. We will be able to do that all the way up to when we head to shipping.

Also a reminder that we haven't added shipping to your orders yet, and that will be done and charged when we're more certain of when we're shipping, and the final weights for all items.





Our Lovely Wait


While we wait, consider showing friends the pre-order store! https://confluence.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders
People can put in late pledges here as pre-orders. Please note these are not your surveys, and if you place a preorder it will be separate from your pledge, and thus will charge for separate shipping and ship separately when it happens.

Then if you need ways to convince people, consider watching/sharing the incredibly awesome AA Voigt video on our Ephemeral canon... (text version here)

Or the time we were on Polygon's front page!

Or over on Bell of Lost Souls!

Or this video from Goblin Mixtape!

Or our release notice on Rascal!

Or when Kandi and Laya were on Dicey Banter with Valiant Dorian!

and I'd be remiss to not mention the currently live Misery Tarot here on Backerkit!

You can pledge to that here today, if you so desire!

Thank you for hanging out with us, we'll have updates on Confluence to share in the coming year!
Happy New Year our friends,

7DA
your pub gob



DICE NOW OPEN!!
over 1 year ago – Fri, Nov 15, 2024 at 11:59:36 AM

7 HOURS LEFT TO BACK! 


DICE UNLOCKED EARLY
In our final hours we've decided to open the Dice Stretch Goal early so you all have a chance to add your dice  without too much of a rush. Come and get them!! 

$8 for a set of 6 d6 and $40 for 5 sets of 6 d6

 

Thank you all so much for making this campaign happen. The team so appreciates all of your support, and we can't wait to get this game to you.

Don't forget to join us for our stream starting at 6:30 PST! We'll be streaming until the Backer Train ends. You can see us here on BackerKit or on our Youtube Channel https://www.youtube.com/@publishinggoblin1072 

See you all there! 

Day 32 Progress | Last Day! | Update #20
over 1 year ago – Fri, Nov 15, 2024 at 07:28:59 AM

TL;DR

  • 12 hours to go!
  • About to unlock Smol Inn Reviews at $65k. 
  • Need about $5k to unlock dice! 
  • The Team will be streaming on the BackerKit Page at 6:30pm PST/2:30am GMT tomorrow! There will be new discounted pledges and add-ons to end the campaign.
  • Strange Ecologies panel hosted by Gnome Anne with our Lore/QA Lead Kandi tomorrow, November 15th at 3pm PST/11pm GMT on YouTube or Twitch.
  • Back Fatebound and Confluence and get a free digital adventure. 
  • Check out the adventure game PICO on Kickstarter.
  • The winner of the Lineage Knockout Tournament is the Gods!

Last Day Live Stream and Overtime

Today is last day of the crowdfunding campaign and in Publishing Goblin fashion it will be a wild time. We will be live streaming on the BackerKit Page at 6:30pm PST/2:30am GMT. Keep an eye on the pledge levels and add-ons while we are live for some discounts on the game and accessories! If people are still pledging after the official end of the campaign we will go into overtime and you can still pledge.

Day 32 Progress and Stretch Goals

We are just a couple hundred dollars short of our next stretch goal so we should be hitting that soon.! If we hit it all PDF level or higher pledges will get the digital Smol Inn Review Book. Smol, the Fallen God of Good Sleep will give you a series of reviews of Inns across Motely Coast which come with new Focuses and ephemera! 

Strange Ecologies Panel hosted by Gnome Anne

Our Lore/QA Lead Kandi will be talking about some of the ecologies in Confluence today, November 15th at 3pm PST/11pm GMT on YouTube or Twitch.


Our cross collab partner Fatebound is also ending today. Make sure you check them out and if you pledge to both campaigns to you will get The Fates of Those Who Dream. An adventure set in both of our worlds and using both mechanics systems. 

Check out PICO on Kickstarter

PICO is a game of adventure, mystery, and bugs riding cats created by Felix Isaacs, the writer and designer of the Wildsea, and artist zkarab. Inspired in equal parts by the Legend of Zelda, Hollow Knight, pseudoentomology, and the curious joy of finding an unknown bug under a rock in a park and calling your friends over to look at it, the game takes the Wild Words formula and twists it into something smaller and friendlier, but no less weird. Players take on the role of adventuring bugs, traveling the realms of the post-mysteriocalypse atop a charming picotitan, a furry (or scaly, or feathery) beast that acts as friend, mount, and movable home. There are problems to solve, frogs to bargain with, and mysteries to uncover that will literally redefine the laws of the world - after all, every discovery is massive when you're the size of a bug, and every adventure is an epic.

Lineage Knockout Tournament: The Finals!

And the winner is... The Gods!

Day 31 Progress | First Stretch Goal Unlocked! | Update #19
over 1 year ago – Thu, Nov 14, 2024 at 11:16:00 AM

TL;DR

  • $60k Stretch Goal Unlocked!
  • All 8 "10 Things To Do In" Backer Achievements have been unlocked!
  • Less than $3k needed to unlock the next!! Smol Inn Reviews will be unlocked at 65k and only 8k to get DICE.
  • The Team will be streaming on the BackerKit Page at 6:30pm PST/2:30am GMT tomorrow! There will be new discounted pledges and add-ons to end the campaign.
  • Strange Ecologies panel hosted by Gnome Anne with our Lore/QA Lead Kandi tomorrow, November 15th at 3pm PST/11pm GMT on YouTube or Twitch.
  • Check out Ponderkind's Confluence One Shot VOD.
  • Vote on the winner of the Lineage Knockout Tournament between the Gods and Jernang!  
  • Fatebound is coming up on 11k, help them get even farther! 

Day 31 Progress and Stretch Goals

We met our 60k stretch goal!! Everyone pledging at PDF level or higher will get the digital comic Pulled: Mortalis by Shan Bennion and Seven Dane Asmund. 

We are already coming up on our next Stretch Goal at $65k, the Smol Inn Review Book which is also a digital freebie to all PDF level or higher pledges. Smol, the Fallen God of Good Sleep will give you a series of reviews of Inns across Motely Coast which come with new Focuses and ephemera! Patreon and Kofi subscribers will have first access to these reviews. 

Backer Achievement Update

All city/locations have been unlocked for the "10 Things To Do In" treatment! That is 80 new events, businesses, tourist traps, and more that will be added to increase the lore of Ajurea for your tables.

  1. Chrona - time bubble city UNLOCKED
  2. Color Dome - underwater domed city UNLOCKED
  3. Rgnb - a village based on conservation and nature UNLOCKED
  4. Delrun - city run by pirates UNLOCKED
  5. Gravity Isles - islands with gravity wells UNLOCKED
  6. Crop Circle Junction - city based on manufacturing and unions UNLOCKED
  7. Project C-1019 - science and research based center UNLOCKED
  8. Rockwater Isles - islands in the Swirling Sea UNLOCKED

Last Day Shenanigans

Tomorrow is the last day of the crowdfunding campaign and in Publishing Goblin fashion it will be a wild time. We will be live streaming on the BackerKit Page at 6:30pm PST/2:30am GMT. Keep an eye on the pledge levels and add-ons while we are live for some discounts on the game and accessories! If people are pledging after the official end of the campaign we will go into overtime and you can still pledge.

Strange Ecologies Panel hosted by Gnome Anne

Our Lore/QA Lead Kandi will be talking about some of the ecologies in Confluence tomorrow, November 15th at 3pm PST/11pm GMT on YouTube or Twitch.

Ponderkind Confluence One Shot

If you didn't get a chance to watch Ponderkind's one shot here is the link to the VOD to watch at your convenience.

Lineage Knockout Tournament: The Finals!

Don't forget to vote on your favorite lineage! The poll ends tomorrow morning so you still have plenty of time. If you need to know more about these lineages check out Update #18.

Day 30 Progress | Confluence One Shot | Update #18
over 1 year ago – Wed, Nov 13, 2024 at 12:17:44 PM

TL;DR

  • Less than $1k to unlock the digital comic of a Pull in action!
  • Next two stretch goals are Smol's Inn Reviews at $65k and an add-on unlock for Motley Coast themed dice at $70k.
  • Unlocked another city for "10 Things To Do In" and only 26 backers needed to unlock the last two.
  • Confluence One Shot on Twitch at 12:30am PST Thursday, November 14th by Ponderkind.
  • The finalists for the lineage tournament is the Gods Vs. the Jernang! Vote today.

Day 30 Progress

We just hit $59k so that means we are less than $1k from our first stretch goal! Everyone who pledges at PDF level or higher will receive a digital copy of Pulled: Mortals, a comic showing a Pull in action. The next two stretch goals are Smol's Inn Review Book at $65k and an add-on unlock for our Motley Coast themed dice at $70k. Smol Inn Review Book is the digital collected works of our “Fallen God of Good Sleep” that expands hotels and keepers in the Motley Coast. Explore 12 new locations with focuses to match!  


Backer Achievement Update

We unlocked Crop Circle Junction yesterday and we need more backer needed to unlock Project C-1019, then we need 25 more to unlock the last city to get the "10 Things To Do In" treatment!
  1. Chrona - time bubble city UNLOCKED
  2. Color Dome - underwater domed city UNLOCKED
  3. Rgnb - a village based on conservation and nature UNLOCKED
  4. Delrun - city run by pirates UNLOCKED
  5. Gravity Isles - islands with gravity wells UNLOCKED
  6. Crop Circle Junction - city based on manufacturing and unions UNLOCKED
  7. Project C-1019 - science and research based center (Unlocks at 650 backers)
  8. Rockwater Isles - islands in the Swirling Sea (Unlocks at 675 backers)

Confluence One Shot by Ponderkind

Our friend Ponderkind is streaming a Confluence One Shot on Twitch at 12:30am PST Thursday, November 14th. We know that is late/early for the west so we will have a link to the VOD in tomorrow's update! 

Lineage Knockout Tournament: The Finals!

Our top two lineages that are going to duke it out are the Gods Vs. the Jernang! Who will be the most favored lineage in Confluence? Find out the winner on Friday's update.


Fallen and Full Gods
Divinity is an interesting concept in Ajurea, as there truly are full gods just walking among everyone, living their own lives. Fallen gods are a popular lineage and are an exploration of the concept of mortality and the idea of one’s own finite existence. In Ajurea, divinity is an expendable resource. Once a god or fallen god has used up their divinity, they die and are reduced to an object with their lingering essence. Divine beings are incredibly diverse, as you can be the god of basically anything in this game, and take on any type of physical form, from a towering mountain-sized fallen god slowly giving way to slumber to a small mote of sparkling dust, causing mischief wherever you please.

Jernang are birthed in the water, where they spend their first few years as shark-like pups, growing their small legs until they can walk on land. Their tall frames feature two pairs of shoulder-mounted arms that come in during pubescence. The secondary arms allow Jernang to wield their massive weapons.

While they can live on land, and often do, they never stray too far from water; their smooth seal-like skin always has a wet sheen to it as a result. Their tall rabbit-like ears give them acute hearing, and their all-black eyes have great sight at long distances. Their bodies already appear strong, but their muscles and digits are all incredibly dense, giving them even greater strength than expected. 

Their long tails let them navigate waters with complete fluidity, and their plated chests and lower legs offer them more aquadynamic movement. They have prominent whiskers on their face. Unlike any whiskers I have seen on Earth, their whiskers detect changes in the weather and allow them to get to safety when needed.