Closing in on Keshanar!
7 months ago
– Fri, Nov 21, 2025 at 07:09:47 PM
Hi there Keshites!
As we close in on the end of the year I wanted to give you some project updates. Lots of good stuff happening!
Where's Dave?
Our fearless leader is on his way back to Egypt to talk to some Egyptologists about what we're doing. Both for more on-the-ground inspiration and to explore ways we can support real world archeological research. So yeah, he's going to be doing his next bit of writing by the pyramids of Giza. I'm totally lime green Jell-O, but at least I can admit it (looking at you chip).
Upcoming Conventions
We'll be loading up Conshu and Heading to Scarab Con 2026 come see us January 16th-18th in Columbia, SC. We had a blast at this one last year and I mean, come on, Scarab? We've gotta show up for that!
Gary Con is a go! We consider this our home convention and are proud to sponsor it once again. I mean it takes me two days to drive Conshu up there, but it feels like home. This was the very first con we ever did and this will be our third year. We'll have a booth and we'll be running a metric ton of games, so come see us March 19th - 22nd in Lake Geneva, WS.
Play Tests
We completed our closed playtest of our mechanical content and I am so grateful for all the fantastic feedback we got! I'm really happy with the state of what we're going to deliver. I've also started an open play test of Keshanar's favorite blood sport Murderball. We've gone through so many iterations of this mini game over the years and I think this will be something fun for players in and out of Keshanar. So come down to our Discord to take a look and tell us what you think.
Pre Order Store
In order to prepare for production we'll be closing our pre-order store on December 1st 2025.
Production Timeline
Good progress is being made around all the physical accessories and we're working with our fulfillment and shipping partners to prepare for delivery. The STL modeling is also making great progress. The most important items are, of course, the books. The source book has been the thing we've devoted most of our time to and I expect us to have a well polished product ready to go to print by the end of the year. The source book has taken so much more of our attention than we had anticipated, so we ended up needing to make a decision. We could split our attention between the source book and campaign module and potentially deliver sub par content, or we could focus fully on the source book until it was done and then give the module the proper care and play testing. We decided to go with the first option. This means the books will be done at different times, which means they'll have to ship at different times. We're going to cover whatever addition shipping this will incur. It's important to us to get you the core of Keshanar so you can start playing it at your tables. Once the book goes to the printers, a PDF of it will not be far behind. So We're still aiming for a digital release in January 2026 and to start shipping physical items in March 2026, but that won't include the campaign module. I don't have a timeline on that book yet, but I expect I should have a better handle of that by the first couple months of the year.
As always we appreciate your support and your patience so much. It's been a long process, and we've learned so much. I can't express how exciting it is to see a light at the end of the tunnel.
Thank you all!
Marx Brothers (no relation)
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