Welcome to the Yeld:2nd Edition Pre-Order page!
The Magical Land of Yeld: 2nd Edition is an all-ages tabletop RPG with a focus on teamwork, exploration and shared storytelling. Our new edition refines and polishes the easy to learn Yeld ruleset and offers new Jobs, new art and lore, new monsters and plenty of quality of life improvements! Find out more at YeldStuff.com!
Pre-orders will start shipping in October. because of unexpected delays, pre-orders including boxed sets or expansions will ship in December. Contact us with questions!
Latest Updates from Our Project:
Good news, free content and more!
25 days ago
– Wed, Feb 19, 2025 at 06:48:25 PM
Hi everyone! I hope you're having a great February! Nick and I have been ridiculously busy, and I don't think that will change any time soon. Oh, what I wouldn't give for a day off! Maybe next month. But before this month is over we have a bunch of cool stuff to share with you, including a shipping update, free stuff, a new Yeld actual play series and more!
Shipping! Guess what? We finally have a date for our Yeld expansions! We expect to receive all Yeld expansions from our printer in the second week of March. Finally! Nick and I have already blocked out time to get your stuff packed up and out the door as soon as we receive these books. We have all our shipping supplies and postage ready to go! So hopefully you'll finally have all of your Yeld stuff by the end of next month! if you need to update your shipping address, now is the time!
Free stuff! Last month we asked for your help promoting Yeld, and you all really came through! We promised you cool free stuff as a thank you, and here it is! You can download the new Trade Jobs PDF, featuring the Mercenary Maid, from YeldStuff.com. Yeld Patreon supporters will receive a special version of the PDF which also includes the Deep Fisher job!
A new Yeld Adventure! Ready for a brand new adventure in the land of Yeld? Our friends at the Tiny Table podcast have launched their Yeld actual play series! The first episode is an excellent rules overview, and the game will start next episode with a custom adventure written by Yeld co-creator J. Richmond (that's me)! You can join their adventures and listen to new weekly episodes this month and next month! Listen for free here! Make sure to check it out and leave a comment or a review, or even share it with your friends! You should also support the Tiny Table patreon for more content (including an upcoming interview with Nick and Jake)!
Yeld at GAMA Expo: Nick and I will be in Kentucky for the GAMA Expo Feb 23rd-28th! For those of you who don't know, the GAMA Expo is the biggest tabletop gaming trade show in North America. We'll be presenting Yeld: 2nd Edition to retailers, distributors and media all week long. This is a huge deal for us, and we're really lucky to have the opportunity. Please wish us luck! If you happen to be attending the show, please stop by to see us at booth 453!
That's it for now! More Yeld news next month! Stay safe and warm!
- J. Richmond
Today is the day! All Yeld digital content now available!
about 1 month ago
– Wed, Feb 05, 2025 at 10:24:29 PM
Hi everyone! Today is a big day. You probably just got a bunch of emails from us via Backerkit, DrivethruRPG and Kickstarter. We've just sent out access to all (well, nearly all) of the digital content for the Yeld:2nd Edition Kickstater!
Right now you can download your files in the following ways:
Backerkit: You should have an email now with access to your digital files! I believe you can also check your Backerkit account to find them.
DrivethruRPG: You should have an email now with access to your digital files! I believe you can also go to DrivethruRPG and check your account to find them.
Dropbox: Check your Kickstarter messages to find Dopbox links!
Here's what we released today!
Yeld: 2nd Edition Rulebook (A slight update form the version we released last summer, with few typo fixes)
Black Mage Job Guide (updated for 2nd Edition, with revised rules and some new content)
White Mage Job Guide (updated for 2nd Edition, with revised rules and some new content)
Freelancer Job Guide (This was designed for 2nd Edition, so no updates were needed)
Shepherd Job Guide (updated for 2nd Edition, with revised rules and some new content)
Oathbreaker Job Guide (updated for 2nd Edition, with revised rules and some new content)
Soul Thief Job Guide (updated for 2nd Edition, with revised rules)
Witch Job Guide (updated for 2nd Edition, with revised rules)
Witch Hunter Job Guide (updated for 2nd Edition)
Sword Master Advanced Job Guide (updated for 2nd Edition, with revised rules and some new content)
Elves of Yeld (A slight update form the version we released last summer, with few typo fixes)
Towns & Territories (updated for 2nd Edition, with revised rules and some new content)
Quest (updated for 2nd Edition, with revised rules and some new content)
War Hare Ranch (updated for 2nd Edition, with revised rules)
Rank 1 Adventure Set (updated for 2nd Edition, with revised rules)
Magical Index (updated for 2nd Edition, with revised rules and some new content, including a bunch of new spells!)
The Yeld Coloring Book (which we posted last year, but here it is again!)
That's 17 different Yeld PDFs, all available RIGHT now!!!
Additionally, we've released the Modest Medusa Digital Library, which includes 9 PDFs : Modest Medusa Seasons 1-5, 24 Hour Medusa, 48 Hour Medusa, Modest Medusa Learns to Color and Pirates of Yeld!
So that's a total of 26 PDFs That's a lot for one day!
Are you missing some PDFs? If we forgot to send you a PDF, please let us know. Contact us here on Kickstarter or at YeldStuff.com and tell us what you're missing. We'll get you sorted fast!
Okay, so what's next? Well, we still have a lot to do. Over the next week I'll be posting all of these files to itch.io. If you'd like to add any of your Yeld PDFs to your library there was well, please let us know. I'll also be updating the fields on our Patreon and the Yeld Store, so if you previously purchased any of the there, expect an email about it.
More Kickstarter content is coming? Absolutely! We're working on the Fight School and Magical Academy expansions, as well as the Monster Parade PDF (which was a free stretch goal).At the moment we're not sure when those will be done, but we'd like to get them in the bag as soon as we can. At the same time we don't want to rush any of these projects. Expect more news about these as we get into Spring.
Where are the print expansions? We think that we'll finally be receiving all of our remaining print products late this month. We're ready to ship those to you as soon as they arrive. hopefully we'll have an update about this for you in a few weeks.
The Yeld January Promotion Drive: I'm happy to say that our January Promotion Drive was a success. Thank you all! At first we thought that we came short of our goal, but looking again we saw that so many people in our community both shared our posts in unexpected places and talked about our game in their own words. We really appreciate it. By the end of the month we saw an increase in visitors to the Yeld site, new patrons on Patreon, more sales on DrivethruRPG and itch, more conversation on our Discord. And more engagement with our posts on tumblr and Bluesky (the two main places we post). This is a real win for us! We really appreciate your support! We hope you'll keep telling people about Yeld. Word of mouth promotion is the best, and it mean the world to us!
We promised you free stuff if we hit our goal. Around the middle of this month we'll be releasing the Mercenary Maid Job Kit as a free PDF that anyone can download. This Job Kit will feature a brand new Trade Job that you can use in any Yeld game, including a Job Ability, Special dice and items, as well as new art and lore. You'll be able to download it for free from our site. Maybe other places too! We'll also be releasing the Deep Fisher Job Kit for members of the Yeld Patreon and all of you Kickstarter backers. The other two Job Kits we previewed, Dentist and Goat Squire, will show up eventually. probably later this year. Again, thank you all so much for your support!
That's it for now. Have fun downloading all that stuff! And thankyou all so much for your patience.
- Jake
Big update coming this week!
about 1 month ago
– Sat, Feb 01, 2025 at 07:23:13 PM
Hi everyone! We just wanted you to know that we have a big Kickstarter update coming for you this week. Stay tuned! And thanks for your patience!
-Jake
Yeld Promotion Drive. We could use your help!
2 months ago
– Fri, Jan 10, 2025 at 09:18:39 PM
Hi everyone. This month we have a special Yeld project we hope you'll help us with!
The Yeld Promotion Drive!
Yeld: 2nd Edition is brand new, and we need to get the word out. We really want you to help us, if you can. In exchange we have something cool to share with you (see below)!
We're a very small company, and we really rely on fan support and word of mouth to let people know about our game. You've all very generously supported us here on Kickstarter and we really appreciate it. We're hoping you'll be willing to help us with this promotion. This month we're doing a Promotion Drive! We would REALLY appreciate it if you'd take a few minutes to do one of the following:
- Record and share an unboxing video of your Yeld book or box set (if you have it. We're working to get packages out to the rest of you as fast as we can)!
- Honestly, just tell people about Yeld! In any way you can!
If you can help our posts get 300 combined shares on social media by the end of January*, we're going to release some cool new Yeld content for free! See below!
*If you share our post somewhere like a Discord channel, or you post a review, or you promote Yeld in some other way, please let us know!
Thank you so much for your help! We really appreciate it!
Okay, here's the cool new thing we're going to release for free!
Trade Jobs are a brand new type of Job for Yeld. They're not Heroic Jobs, but the kind of weird and interesting Jobs that the normal people of Yeld have. We've come up with 4 new Trade Jobs, and we'll let you vote on which ones you want to see for free this month! The most popular will be released as a free mini expansion for everyone. The second most popular will be released as new content for Yeld Patreon and Kickstarter backers this month! You can vote for your favorite on the Yeld Discord (or just tell us right here).
The new Trade Jobs are:
Mercenary Maid: “My services include cleaning clocks and taking out the trash.” Mercenary Maids are brawling caretakers that sell their services to the highest bidder!
Deep Fisher: “Opportunity lay just below the surface for those who have the patience to wait for it.” Deep Fishers hunt the most notorious and dangerous fish on behalf of the Deep!
Dentist: “A tooth a day keeps the Dentists at bay." Dentists use skills learned from Toothfacers to harvest teeth. They can use their own teeth to cast Math Magic!
Goat Squire:“Being liked by a Goat is better than being liked by your own parents." When a goat chooses you to be their squire, you don't say no!
Each Trade Job will include a full Job profile, new background, Special dice, art and more!
Thanks so much for your help and support. We're hoping this promotion drive can put some new eyes on Yeld!
-Jake
January Update: Happy New Year!
2 months ago
– Sat, Jan 04, 2025 at 07:24:28 PM
Happy New Year, everyone! I hope you have a great end of the year and were able to spend time with the people you care about. Nick and I the holidays with our family and managed to grab a few days off. Although are holidays with your family every really relaxing?
Well, we're back to work and we have some updates for you. Here's the basics:
- About 2/3rds of Kickstarter packages are out the door! - Printing for expansions is still delayed. We're hoping for February. - All Digital content should be ready to deliver by the end of this month! - Turns out shipping is even more expensive than we thought. - Magical Academy and Fight School are delayed.
Let me go into more detail:
Packages out the door: We've shipped about 2/3rds of our total physical rewards. This includes every Core Rulebook Pledge and every Box Set Pledge. There are a few exceptions. 1st, there's a few of you who either haven't given us your address, or haven't paid for shipping. We've tried to reach out to you, and we'll keep trying. There are also a few pledges that includes one or 2 expansions. These have not shipped yet, because...
Expansions are still delayed: As I mentioned in our last 2 updates, the printer who is handling our expansions is suffering some significant delays. Right now we think that we'll probably get our expansions sometime next month. We are ready to ship all orders that include expansions as soon as we have them.
I know a lot of you pledged for rewards that include expansions, and you're probably disappointed that they're not ready to go yet. We are too. Here's what we can do. If you'd like us to ship the part of your pledge that we have right now, we can do that.* So if you pledged for the Yeld Box Set AND the Expansion Box (for example), we can ship you the Yeld Box Set now, and the Expansion Box when we have it. We won't charge you extra for this. To be clear, if you don't mind waiting so we can ship everything together, we'd appreciate it. Shipping isn't cheap. But if you're tired of waiting, we get it. Please send us a message if you'd like us to ship your non-expansion rewards now.
*Unfortunately, we just can't offer to split orders like this for international customers. Shipping is so expansive right now. We appreciate your patience and we'll get your full order to you as fast as we can.
Speaking of expensive shipping: Thanks to holiday shipping price increases, shipping for this project has been significantly more than we hoped. So much higher. I'm honestly astounded. We are not planning to charge you any more for shipping. We're just going to eat this extra cost. I know absolutely no one has been happy about shipping costs for this project. This has been very frustrating for all of us. We will absolutely have to figure out another solution for the future.
Digital Content: We've been pretty busy, so finishing up digital content has unfortunately been on the backburner since November. But we're making it a priority this month, and we expect all digital rewards to be available for download around the end of this month. These will be available through DrivethruRPG, Backerkit, itch.io, and as Dropbox links right here in your Kickstarter messages. This will include the Core Rulebook, all expansions, the Modest Medusa Library, both card decks and more. We'll have another update for you as soon as these are available.
Fight School and Magical Academy: These two expansions are delayed. I think I mentioned before that this project ended up being so much larger than we anticipated. We started work on these two expansions last Summer, but had to put them aside to focus on other work. We were rushing to complete them, but we're not very happy with how they're turning out. These are currently not up to our standards, and honestly there's stuff Nick and I want to do with both of these expansions which we just have not had time for yet. So we've decided we're going to delay both of these. Our plan is to focus on both after we get the digital content out to you. We're not exactly sure when these will be released, but it will be sometime this Spring. If you ordered physical copies we will mail them to you separately at no extra cost to you. I'm sorry for the delay, but I think it will be worth the wait.
That's it for now. I hope you're able to settle into the new year and get some gaming in. If you have your Yeld book and like it, we'd love it if you'd tell people about it. The more word-of-mouth we can get, the better!
