Shipping Condition Unchanged - Still Waiting to Berth
almost 3 years ago – Wed, Jul 21, 2021 at 12:55:45 AM

So, sadly, our shipping vessel is STILL waiting to berth in Oakland, California. It's 10 days past the date they said we would be able to dock, but we are still in a "holding pattern" being told by the harbor, "any day now." I'd say you all can't feel our pain about how frustrating this is, however, I think you can, sadly. I deeply wish there was something we can do but we are at the mercy of the port. Once we get more information, however, we will let you all know ASAP. 

In the meantime, you can join our Discord Community by clicking HERE! We have a wonderful group of gamers all eagerly their copies of The Red Opera who are chatting up an Eldritch Storm in their excitement! Come on over and join us to join in the Warlock and Bardic festivities! 

Speaking of Bards, it's not too late to take a look at our EPIC project Sirens: Battle of the Bards! Below we have some videos showcasing some of our awesome loot, narrated by our very own Satine Phoenix! Wyrmwood, Campain Coins, Level Up Dice, and so much more! 

Below is a video of our special "Bard Transmutation Dice" designed by Satine Phoenix, Jamison Stone, and LevelUp Dice! Along with our custom polyhedron Salvata dice! We are so very proud of Sirens: Battle of the Bards and all of our add-ons, so please check them out! And if you or anyone else you know who might like this full campaign and setting, they can still pick up their pre-orders and own awesome loot right here: https://thebardbook.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders

Again, once we have more information about our The Red Opera shipping container docking in Oakland, CA, we will let you know immediately. However, if you'd like daily updates, head on over to our "Question-and-Answer" channel in our Apotheosis Studios Discord HERE! See you there!

Projects We Love

5e Condition Cards and Tokens by artist Phil Stone!

VI.Games and Artist Phil Stone are creating Cards and Miniature Tokens for 5e Conditions.

Phil Stone, master artist and Wizards of the Coast freelancer, has designed these exquisite and unique condition cards for 5th Edition Dungeons & Dragons. Phil Stone has been working in the industry for nearly a decade and has created Fantasy, Steampunk, Dieselpunk, and Modern RPG art for companies like Kobold Press, Frog God Games, and Wizards of the Coast! Players and Dungeon Masters alike will enhance their tabletop gameplay with incredible depictions of each of the 15 primary 5e conditions: Blinded · Charmed · Deafened · Exhaustion · Frightened · Grappled · Incapacitated · Invisible · Paralyzed · Petrified · Poisoned · Prone · Restrained · Stunned · Unconscious. Click HERE for more info!

Shipping Update! The boat has arrived in CA (but is waiting to berth)!
almost 3 years ago – Wed, Jul 07, 2021 at 07:12:54 PM

Hello everyone! Shipping update for The Red Opera! 

Great news! Our book's shipping vessel arrived at Oakland Port in California on June 29th and has been anchored in the bay since then. We are told it might berth any day, however, the tracking says the ship should berth by July 10th. Luckily, this means it can’t be delayed anymore by additional stops, however, we now are at the mercy of the port.

So, what does this mean for your books? According to our paperwork, our The Red Opera books should be offloaded into our Nord Games Distribution Wearhouse soon after July 10th (however, this is not guaranteed) and after that should be, within 7 days (but hopefully less) shipped out to all USA backers! While Nord is packing and shipping to USA backers, they will be preparing to ship to our International Distribution partners for our International Backers! That will be a longer process, but we will keep you updated!

As more info rolls in, we will be in touch with everyone ASAP. This is a very exciting time and we are so very excited for you all to enjoy your physical copies of The Red Opera! Thank you and more soon!

Shipping Update! Gilding Light Discord & Twitch!
almost 3 years ago – Thu, Jun 17, 2021 at 11:42:22 PM

Some very good news! Our The Red Opera books should be arriving at our Nord Games fulfillment center by the end of this month! And that means that domestic copies should be shipped out to you all early next month! Fantastic news, indeed! We are so excited for you all to be able to hold your copies soon!

We will continue to keep you updated, but a huge thank you to our printing partner, New Titan. They have done a fantastic job printing The Red Opera AND ensuring our books get to you all as quickly as possible, despite these troubling times! Thank you, New Titan! 

Once the books get to the Nord warehouse at the end of the month, Nord will also begin preparing to send our international books overseas again to our Nord International shipping partners, too. This will take some additional time, but we will keep you posted! All international merch will be bundled with the books when shipped overseas, so international backers can expect their merch around the same time as the books! 

Speaking of epic The Red Opera merchandise, all Domestic (USA) folks should have gotten their merch, except for a few people who have not filled out their surveys yet. If for some reason you have a USA address and have not received your merch, please email us at <[email protected]> Again, international merch will be sent out with your books, so if you are an international backer, please hang tight and we will have more info soon! Thanks!

In other news, we want to highlight one of our VERY favorite professional partners, Gilding Light!

Gilding Light has a truly fantastic TTRPG Twitch community and Discord Server, and we highly suggest you go and check them out! Click HERE or on the link below to join Satine Phoenix and the rest of the Gilding Light team as they spread Light and Hope through the Art of Storytelling & RPGs!

In addition to their awesome community space, they have a wonderful list of streaming shows on Twitch, which you can learn more about below, too! 

Above is a list of some of Gilding Light's shows, however, there are many more for you to watch HERE! Enjoy! We'll see you there!

Projects We Love

The Bard Chronicles: A Dungeons and Dragons Rap Album: Just a super hot lyrical trip through a bunch of tight narrative campaigns. Yeah, for real.

This isn’t just a rap album by a nerd, this is a narrative that tells a full fantasy D&D story through the medium of hip-hop.   Dizzy the Bard is a 15-year player and DM who loves storytelling and loves rapping and decided it was time to do both at once.  Help The Bard Chronicles continue fund to bring a finished 11-track album full of awesome music to the world! 

Dizzy is a huge friend of ours, and we are strong supporters of this project! He even did some music with us on our Sirens: Battle of the Bards album, too! He is a fantastic musician, but don't take our word for it, click HERE to learn more and listen for yourself! Enjoy!

Last Day of our Kickstarter, Sirens: Battle of the Bards!
almost 3 years ago – Mon, May 24, 2021 at 12:40:36 AM

Today is our last day for Sirens: Battle of the Bards! What a wonderful month this has been! We have unlocked all of our stretch goals, and will be making Sirens: Battle of the Bards into a THE definitive Bard Book for all to enjoy! If you have not backed it yet, this is your last chance, don't miss out!

To celebrate the success of our current Kickstarter AND Satine's Phoenix's birthday, we have a FULL DAY of Twitch streaming for you all! Head on over to Satine's Twitch Channel HERE to start watching RIGHT NOW! We have a full cast of amazing professional TTRPG players come and hang out with us over on Twitch!

Again, for those who have not checked out our current Kickstarter, Sirens: Battle of the Bards, it ends today, so this our last chance! Come take a look!

Merch & 'Sirens: Battle of the Bards' Kickstarter Ending in 4 days!
almost 3 years ago – Wed, May 19, 2021 at 10:30:52 AM

We have been shipping out merch orders, but we are very excited to announce that we have just received the last few items we were waiting on and can start shipping out ALL merch orders now! 

Our Level Up Dice, Campain Coins, Mixed Dimensions Minis, Prints and Posters, Dice Tower, DiAmorte The Red Opera CD, Coffee, and T-Shirts are all here! Yay!

You can still order much of our The Red Opera merchandise off of our website HERE if you missed our on any of it! We also have additional good news about our physical copies of The Red Opera, too! Our printing partners New Titan have secured transport for our books (there have been massive delays and cancelations, sadly) and books are estimated to arrive at Nord's distribution center in Mid to late June--shipping out to you all shortly after that! I will keep you posted as we have more info! Very exciting! 

Sirens: Battle of the Bards Kickstarter Only 4 Days Left!

Lastly, Sirens: Battle of the Bards, our very own 5E Campaign and Setting in a City of Artists where Bards Inspire Revolution, is ending on May 22nd! Pledge now before it's too late! 

We have blown past many of our stretch goals, but still have more to unlock! Please help us by pledging now before time runs out!

We have a BUCH of awesome guest writers and are so very excited to add more content. We even have more stretch goals to add if we unlock these ones above, too. Please pledge now and help us make Sirens: Battle of the Bards the best it can be!

Click HERE to check out our newest Kickstarter before it's too late! We also have a BUNCH of awesome merch, too, including Wyrmwood, Level Up Dice, Campain Coins, and a bunch of VTT platforms, too! Don't miss out!