Endgame
18 days ago
– Sun, Apr 05, 2026 at 11:29:22 AM
For those of you that backed at the higher levels, you've now got my exclusive scenario Invasive, and for those of you that ordered it, you've got the collection of unreached stretch goals Beyond Reach. There's a bonus scenario in there by Matt Sanderson, which is one of my favourites.
Meanwhile, if you're in the United States, the distributor has started to send out the hardback books!
Now...having said that...they ran out of signed bookplates and I just sent them some more. That means that some of the books are waiting for a bookplate before they get sent out. In other words, don't panic if you see other people getting their books but yours haven't arrived. You'll get it shortly.
If you're outside the United States, I'm hoping you've got your book by now. Get in touch if there are any issues.
If you do need to get in touch, please send me an email at [email protected]. That's a much better way of getting issues sorted than leaving a Kickstarter comment: Kickstarter organises its comments really badly, so it's often hard for me to find your comment to reply to. (You're welcome to leave comments about other things, of course, or just to be enthusiastic, but it's best to email if you want me to sort something out.)
And I'm taking a break this coming week, so if you email me, I might not respond for a few days.
Finally, the Kickstarter for Play Unsafe, my guide to storytelling and playing TTRPGs, has just finished. You can still preorder the book if you'd like it.
We're nearly done with Cosmic Dark! If you'd like to keep in touch with my future stuff, join my mailing list.
Thanks and all the best
Graham
Play Unsafe: Two secret rates!
about 1 month ago
– Tue, Mar 17, 2026 at 10:22:52 AM
Hi all, I'm sorry for two emails in one day! When I posted earlier about the Play Unsafe Kickstarter, I gave you one secret rate, but not the other. So...
If you'd just like the Play Unsafe book, you can get that here at a discount.
If you'd like a signed copy of Play Unsafe, plus the lost chapter Playing Characters, you can get that here at a discount as well.
Hope that works for you! And I promise I'll get back to Cosmic Dark posts now.
Play Unsafe Kickstarter: Secret rate
about 1 month ago
– Tue, Mar 17, 2026 at 12:36:02 AM
This post is for backers only. Please visit Kickstarter.com and log in to read.
US shipping
about 2 months ago
– Mon, Mar 02, 2026 at 11:59:38 AM
If you're in the United States, your books are ready to ship. You'll get a charge in the next few days for shipping.
The charges are more - but only slightly more - than I wanted them to be. That's because we got hit with a customs charge and mailing rates have increased.
For most of you, the charge will be £11.50 ($15.50). That compares to my initial estimate of £9 (just over $12, although I also mentioned that shipping to the States was unpredictable). If you've ordered two books, you'll find the charge is £15 ($20), and for three, the charge is £18 ($24).
I hope that works for everyone! I've worked hard to keep them as low as I could and it's cheaper than shipping to the EU and the rest of the world.
If you're outside the States, you should have your books by now or at least we'll have spoken about it. Get in touch if you need to.
There's one thing remaining to deliver, I think, which is the Beyond Reach set of unreached stretch goals. I'm editing that now.
Meanwhile, I'd love you to back the Kickstarter for Play Unsafe, my book about how to play TTRPGs.
Thanks for your support. We're nearly done!
Stretch goals and Play Unsafe
3 months ago
– Mon, Feb 02, 2026 at 08:32:48 AM
You'll now find the Cosmic Dark stretch goals in BackerKit!
There are short scenarios from Kieron Gillen, Thomas M, Bridgett Jeffries, Gar Hanrahan, Alyssa Griffiths, Julian Simpson, Jon Ingold, Grant Howitt and Ella Watts. That's everyone except for Jeeyon Shim, who didn't manage to write her scenario: I'll replace that with one by the amazing Helen Gould, which you'll get shortly.
I asked them all for a two-page scenario, but, as you'll see, some of them went much longer than that. In all, you've got 45 pages worth of content.
That leaves just a few digital things left to deliver: my scenario Invasive and the add-on Beyond Reach, which consists of the unreached stretch goals. They're on their way.
If you're waiting for physical books, this is the latest state of things. If you're outside the US, you've either got your books or they're being posted. If you're in the US, your books have just cleared customs, so they should be on their way to the distributor shortly.
Meanwhile, I'm thinking ahead to the next thing.
When this Kickstarter is complete, I'll do a short, sharp Kickstarter for a twentieth anniversary edition of Play Unsafe, my book about storytelling, improvisation and roleplay. (If you ordered Play Unsafe through this Kickstarter, I'll give you a discount on this new edition).
If that sounds good to you, you can follow the Kickstarter here.
Follow the Play Unsafe Kickstarter!
Thanks for your support and I'll be in touch soon.
