Cinderedge - Solo Survival Role-playing Game

Thank You and Next Steps
9 months ago – Tue, Nov 11, 2025 at 04:56:28 AM

Hey everyone! Thank you so much for all of your support. I'm very excited to see Cinderedge do so well. There isn't much to share, but I just wanted to let you know what's next:

Survey Development

The first matter of business is developing the survey. This is your chance to customize and confirm your pledge. Keep an eye on your email for a message from Backerkit! The quicker you fill this out the quicker I can get you your PDF.

PDF Delivery

The digital edition, sans stretch goals, will be distributed via DTRPG as soon as the surveys are done. This is the complete, play-ready Cinderedge, only missing some bonus appendix content. Totally sufficient to die alone in a fire with.

PAX U

I will be at PAX U with a couple of sample copies if you'd like to say hello or thumb through! Booth: 3662

Timeline

I am aiming to have the stretch goal content finished this month, and production started before the end of the year. As you can see I've set safe estimates that allow for a couple hiccups. My goal is to have everything to you all early, but the world of manufacturing and shipping has been difficult to predict the last year or two, so no promises, just my best effort =)

🖊️ November '25 - Stretch Goal Development Complete
💯 December '25 - Samples Approved, Production Starts
🛠️ March '26 - Production Completed 
🛥️ May '26 - All Goods Received
 📦June '26 - Fulfillment Complete

Thanks, everyone! I will update next in December

Final 48 Hours
10 months ago – Thu, Oct 30, 2025 at 05:48:15 AM

The End is Here

This is the final stretch! Cinderedge ends at Midnight on Halloween. 

Thanks, everyone, for all the incredible support. We surpassed my goals and expectations for Cinderedge and unlocked every stretch goal:

• Bookmark Ribbon for the hardcover
• Short Story of the First Ward Keeper
• Gilded Edges for the hardcover
• New co-op prompts, so you can now die alone, together
• +50 Pages on the journal & upgraded interior pages
• OST Expansion, +5 Mood Tracks 

New Reviews!

Reviewers have loved Cinderedge. I was honestly surprised that I didn't wind up with any negative reviews. Something so niche, terrible, and edgy I thought would be bound to have a few haters. 

But seriously, thank everyone who took the time to make a video or write an article about Cinderedge. It meant a lot to me. You were all very easy to work with, provided some excellent feedback, and heck, I think I made a couple new friends.

The three final reviews I have to post are from Geek Peek, Squirrel Plays, and a written article from Pixigonal.

New Stretch Goal Decision & New Reviews from Cozy RPG & Dave Thaumavore
10 months ago – Wed, Oct 15, 2025 at 09:26:42 AM

New Stretch Goals

Hey everyone, I have decided not to do any new stretch goals for Cinderedge. I am mainly hyper-aware of turnaround and shipping times, which leads me to think adding more content isn't the best idea. I am, of course, watching tariff news and want to be careful about adding costs with book upgrades. We're all good as of now, let's keep it that way instead of pushing our luck.

And boy howdy, there's nothing that gets you in the mood to play a game about trying to take care of yourself while the world burns, then watching the news about tariffs while trying to independently make games.

That said, I really believe in the project as it exists now, and I'm really happy with the stretch goals we unlocked, so in a very atypical Grant move (IYKYK), I am just going to let this one exist and be happy with what we accomplished together. 

Thank you all so much for backing the project. We have exceeded my goals for this and unlocked everything I wanted to do. Hope you have a beautiful autumn and spooky season!

New Reviews

We have some new reviews, takes, and peeks into Cinderedge. Check them out! Huge thanks to Cozy RPGs (I could listen to this voice ALL DAY) and Dave for checking the game out.  

🔥 All Stretch Goals Unlocked
10 months ago – Thu, Oct 09, 2025 at 06:51:54 AM

Well...That's it. That's the campaign. You unlocked all my stretch goals in 2 days 😅. Book upgrades, Journal Upgrade, Soundtrack upgrade...Thank you. I am going to take the weekend and perhaps come back with some new ideas, but I want to make sure I don't do additions that would delay my production schedule.

Thank you, everyone. Seriously. 

New Review from Man Alone!

Did I just enjoy a solo journaling game?

Uhhhhh yall? 😅 SLOW DOWN (Kidding, Don't really do that)
10 months ago – Wed, Oct 08, 2025 at 07:40:43 AM

1 - Early bird is still going! 
2 - I am running out of stretch goals fast! This is going faster than I anticipated... but I am certainly not complaining. 

I am, however, running out of stretch goals... fast.

The Hardcover edition now has all of the upgrades I wanted to do!

• Bookmark Ribbon, I am thinking gold, but maybe black would be cool... What do you think?
• Gilded Pages - Definitely gold
• A short story added to the end!! Thank you all so much. I really wanted to do this.
• Co-op prompts. I am very excited for this, I am going to write some alternative rules and new prompts for SPADES, which are the cards that deal primarily with MIND, that change create an alternate experience. Harry might get his very own Kim (IYKYK) and perhaps even some alternative endings. 

The Final Two Stretch Goals

...For now at least.

Both of these were actual stretch goals that I wasn't sure we'd reach, and in my opinion, they're really exciting. While it will change the height of the boxes, I really always wanted to do 120-page journals, and it's looking quite possible! 

I'm really proud of how this is all coming together. Thank you all for making it possible!

Thanks all!