Yeld: 2nd Edition Store

International Shipping
4 months ago – Tue, Jul 30, 2024 at 04:26:20 PM

Hi everyone. We don't have a big update for you today, but I wanted to address international shipping.

Many of you have contacted us to let us know that you are concerned about the cost of international shipping. We understand. We are too. The shipping rates shocked us. They are higher than they were a year ago, and certainly much higher than when we shipped the similar Mermaid Hunters products in 2021. The cost of postage has increased dramatically since then, including a big increase just this month. We also have a big heavy book, and the various box sets and expansions are heavy to. Some of you are getting very heavy packages!

We understand that these shipping costs are a lot to pay. We don't like it either. And to be clear, we're not charging you more than what USPS is asking us to pay (plus the cost of the shipping box and wrappings). No one has suggested that, but I know some Kickstarters really gouge backers on shipping, so its not unreasonable to wonder. 

Right now the shipping amounts you see in Backerkit are estimates based on current rates from USPS. I want to stress the "estimate" part. These rates are not yet set. If we can find a way to make this cheaper, we will. We've been really busy the last few weeks, but we have been looking into this a little and we will look into it more. Our hope is to find some way to lessen these costs for you. We'll have an update later in August to let you know what we've discovered, and we will not be locking shipping costs or charging your cards until the second half of September.

Thank you for your patience.

- Jake

July update: Backerkit is live! Download the new Freelancer Job Guide today!
4 months ago – Tue, Jul 16, 2024 at 08:42:32 PM

Important Update! Please Read!

Hi everyone! I hope you're enjoying the Summer. Nick and I sure aren't! Portland is in the middle of what seems like a never-ending heatwave, and we've been miserable! Still, thanks to the magic of air conditioning and working all night we've managed to get a lot done. In this update we'll be covering the Backerkit launch, the new Freelancer Job Guide and our shipping date!

Backerkit: We launched our Backerkit this afternoon. You should receive an email from Backerkit with all the information you need. If you didn't receive an email, please make sure you're using the same email you used for Kickstarter. Also, check your spam folder!

First, we'd like you to confirm your order in Backerkit. Make sure the items listed are what you're expecting to get. Second, confirm your shipping address. Make sure we're going to be sending your stuff to the right address. If you plan on moving before October, please give us a safe address to ship to!

Next, take a look at shipping costs. The listed shipping cost is an estimate. Shipping costs may change slightly before we ship. We may end up charging you slightly more, or we may be able to save you a bit. We'll confirm shipping costs before we lock orders. Take a look at this cost and let us know if it seems off to you! Especially if you live outside the US. We may be able to find you a better price depending on where you live and what you ordered.

You also have a chance to add extra items to your pledge, so feel free to add on an expansion you missed or upgrade your book to a box set! Remember, we added several items very late in the Kickstarter, like the Fight School and Magical Academy expansions and the Loot Deck. Don't miss out on these!

The Backerkit will be open for you to adjust until the beginning of September. We will be locking orders at that time so we can prepare for shipping. Around the middle of September we'll be posting final shipping costs, and then charging you for shipping and any add-ons you made through Backerkit. Don't worry, we'll give you plenty of notice before we lock orders and charge cards!

If you have any questions about Backerkit please contact us here on Kickstarter or at [email protected]. Nick and I will get you sorted out. There aren't any dumb questions! 

Shipping Date! Our printer has let us know that our books will be arriving in late September. Theres always a chance they could be late, but we think this date is pretty likely. Our plan is to start shipping that week, and continue shipping through early October. Our hope is that all your packages will be in the mail my October 15th! 

Freelancer Job Guide: As part of this Kickstarter we're refreshing all of our old expansions, and releasing several new ones. Today we released the Freelancer Job Guide, a brand new 32 page expansion. If the Freelancer Job Guide was part of your Kickstarter rewards, you can download it right now! By the time you read this you should have an email from DrivethruRPG with a complimentary copy of the book! Go ahead and download it now and check out all the new cool stuff for Freelancers to use in your game,. Plus some great new lore and art!

You'll also be able to download the Freelancer Job Guide (along with everything else) from Backerkit after we lock orders and charge your cards in late September. And we'll be sending you full Dropbox download links at the same time.

Right now we think that we'll be releasing most of our new and refreshed PDFs in September. if we end up finishing some of them before that, we'll get them to you early!

What else? Nick has been working hard on refreshing our older expansions, like the other Job Guides, Magical Index, Quest and more. Each of these is receiving some editing and layout changes, some adjustments to fit with the new 2nd Edition rulebook and a little fine tuning. If you have older versions of these books, they'll still work just fine. There will be a few differences, but those will be obvious and easy to spot. It was important to use that you'd still be able to use your collection of Yeld expansions that you invested in. We don't like invalidating anyone's collection.  We'll be releasing a small list of changes for each expansion.

We're also hard at work on the new expansions. I'm plowing through Elves of Yeld while Nick works on Magical Academy. We'll turn our attention to Fight School after those are complete. We should have stuff to share about thise books next month.

Last, but not least: Please make sure to check out the Yeld Patreon. Each month we offer new original Yeld content for our Patrons. Last month we revised our Patreon to start offering a bunch of new stuff, including monthly short stories, miniatures and more behind-the-scenes stuff! The Yeld Patreon has years worth of content for you to discover! Its also a great way to support the work of our team.
 

That's it for now. We'll be back next month with another update. In the meantime, let us know if you have nay questions!

Thanks,

Jake

PDF now available from DrivethruRPG! New video!
5 months ago – Fri, Jun 14, 2024 at 10:45:54 PM

Hi everyone. Today we're releasing the Yeld:2nd Edition PDF for sale! This means that gamers can now buy the PDF from YeldStuff.com, DrivethruRPG and itch.io! Hopefully a whole bunch of new gamers will be discovering Yeld soon!

Of course, you all don't need to buy the game! If you haven't already downloaded the PDF, you can now get it from DrivethruRPG. You should have received an email from DrivethruRPG this evening letting you know that your PDF is available for download.

Do you want to do us a huge favor? Leave a comment or review on the Yeld:2nd Edition DrivethruRPG page. Comments and reviews REALLY HELP! We'd really appreciate it!

Yeld 2nd Edition is a big book! 400 pages! Its a simple system, but that's still a  LOT to take in. So Nick and I recorded a video where we go through the book page by page. We talk about changes we made in this new edition, what makes Yeld fun and point out some of our favorite art. Its 2 HOURS of commentary. That's so much!

We'll be back around the end of the month with another update and some more news for you!

Jake

Updated Yeld: 2nd Edition PDF now available!
6 months ago – Thu, Jun 06, 2024 at 01:30:42 PM

Hi everyone! Hope you're having a good week. We have a quick update for you today, covering the new version of the Yeld: 2nd Edition PDF and big changes to our Patreon.

New PDF: yesterday I accidentally deleted the Yeld:2nd Edition PDf from our dropbox. So if you haven't had a chance to download it yet, the link no longer works! The good news is that we have a new version of the PDF for you to download, and you can find the dropbox link in your messages now. This is the same version we'll be releasing for sale on the 15th, and includes bookmarks and hyperlinks, as well as a few typo fixes. You can download teh PDF now, but it will also be available from DrivethruRPG later.

Patreon update: Earlier this week we announced big changes to the Yeld Patreon to go with Yeld:2nd Edition. We're offering a whole bunch of new Yeld content, including:

- Monthly Yeld rules updates
- Monthly Yeld short stories
- Monthly Yeld miniatures, in the form of printable .STL files.
- A living PDF of every Monster of the Month
- New Yeld PDF expansions a few times a year.
- A 10% discount onthe Yeld store.

And for patrons that want something physical, we have tiers that offer print expansions and physical miniatures mailed to your door!

We'll be rolling out this new content starting this month. Supporting our Patreon helps us keep producing new Yeld content! You can check out our Patreon here!

That's it for now! We'll have more news for you later this month!

Jake
 

The new Yeld:2nd Edition PDF is here!
6 months ago – Mon, May 27, 2024 at 12:30:21 PM

Hi everyone! I hope you had a nice weekend! Today is my birthday, but we have something special for you instead! Check your Kickstarter messages for a dropbox link to the Yeld:2nd Edition PDF!

This new PDF is the complete 2nd Edition rulebook! Download it and start playing today!

Here's the stats: 
Pages: 400 
Spells: 107 
Special dice: 248 
Monsters: 68 
Items: 493 
Comics: 24 
illustrations: 802

Next month (June) we'll be releasing the Yeld: 2nd Edition PDF for sale. It will be the exact same book, except with hyperlinks. You'll be able to download that version for free from DrivethruRPG and (I think) itch.io. The file will also be available to you later through Backerkit.

We'll also be releasing a video overview of the  new PDF soon.

That's it for now. We'll be back early next month with a big update! Until then, we hope you enjoy the new PDF. Please stop by the Yeld Discord to tell us what you think!

-Jake