Since we’ve last been on tumblr, Knight Realms has been working on a large number of updates! Here’s some of what we’ve been up to:
Updating our campsite, Camp Sacajawea in Sparta, NJ
Updating our website and forums
Updating the structure of our staff
We were featured on an episode of Cake Boss!
Publicly released in-game the True Cosmology of Arawyn, which has been our best-kept secret for the last nineteen years
Preparing to run the first Sparta NJ Renaissance Festival this September on our campsite
Releasing culture packets for the various playable races (this is still a work in progress)
In addition to all of the above, we’ve been moving towards the biggest rules update in Knight Realms’s history. We’re about halfway done, and ahead of schedule to have it released by our twentieth anniversary next April! Never before have we done something like this, and never have we ever incorporated player feedback in such a significant way.
By the end of April (or as soon as possible) we plan to have finished the Core Rulebook and will be releasing a PDF for people to begin familiarizing themselves. Over the next few months after that, we’ll be finalizing everything, working on setting up a rewrite process, and writing the Advanced Rulebook. Between this period and the next, we’ll release previews of the higher lists so that players can give feedback.
By the end of Summer 2017, we plan to have finished both the Core and Advanced Rulebooks, and at this time, the changes will go live! The Core Rulebook will be finalized by this point, and we’ll begin working on the layout.
As soon as possible after the rules are completed, we will be releasing a free EBook of the rulebook that will include hotlinks, indices, artwork, and more. A hard copy will be available for purchase, as well. It’s too far out to determine exactly how long this process will take, but we are aiming to have it complete by the end of the year.
During this process, we plan to use tumblr to talk about some of these changes, so stay tuned for more insight into the updates!
If you’d like to take a look at the changes we’ve released so far, check out this Q&A post on the forums which includes links to the relevant documentation. If you like what you see, or think something needs tweaking, please submit a feedback form (from the last link on that post) letting us know how you feel.
If you’re reading this and you’ve never heard of Knight Realms™ or LARP, or you’re interested in learning more about our game, check out our website or send us an ask!