Now this is the interesting and neat parts. I'll try to keep it brief so I can actually get back to working on some of this stuff.

Call to Power

So as some of you may know, I started Hedron because I also had my own rule system. I call it "Call to Power" -- it's a game about Fate and Death. I mean all TTRPGs are to some degree, but I really made it all above Fate and Death.

Personifying Gods and the forces of Fate/Death has always been my jam, as they say.

So what's going on? Well, earlier this year, I decided that after Hedron's crowdfunding and some of the major initial milestones, I would publish Call to Power. And to that end, I've been starting to work on it more seriously -- fully automating it in Hedron, etc.

Why? Because I hate having a personal life... just kidding -- but I could probably fool most.

The reality is, I've actually more or less finished writing Call to Power a long time ago. I only do minor tweaks and re-balances. It's also been fairly rigorously stress-tested by a lot of players, both new to TTRPGs and veterans. So the process of taking this "nearly-complete" system, editing it, formatting it, getting art done, and having it printed is actually not too much more work (especially because I can't draw, and so have to outsource it).

And the timeline is pretty relaxed-- thinking it won't be done till late 2025.

And the benefits having CTP get published are pretty significant: it creates a synergistic relationship with Hedron. More specifically:

Being a Hedron publisher myself, it will give a better insight into Publisher needs/wants/etc -- which means I can deliver a better experience for others looking to publish
Because CTP would be Hedron-exclusive, its fandom also becomes a Hedron fandom -- which is good for us.
CTP being a very modular system also takes advantage of a lot of Hedron's functionalities regarding Homebrew, so it working well in Hedron also helps showcase Hedron...
...WHICH makes it a prime candidate for a system to demo at conventions with Hedron. Such positive demos will either get CTP more fans or get Hedron more fans -- either way, Hedron wins!
(It's also a passion project of mine so it would be pretty cool to see it come to life. And me having a good and positive mental state means I can work harder and better!)

Hopefully that all makes sense. And don't worry, it won't ever take precedence over Hedron.

It's just a project I'll be doing when I'm pondering some Hedron problems like how to design this or that.

And hey, maybe some of y'all would like the system. Or at least, like seeing a full system working in Hedron.

All to say, I've had a fair bit of work to do on CTP this past month. In preparation for PAX (more on this later), I decided to take all the feelings I've had in the past month and, like a good writer, channeled it into "Seeking Color", an "adventure-path"/"narrative" that will be published alongside the CTP Quickstart (whenever that happens). If you end up at PAXU, you can play it there!

TBH, I'm pretty proud of it.

DICE AND NEW DICE!

Meanwhile, while I've been writing and editing "Seeking Color", I also have been coordinating ALL THE DICE!

No seriously. In the words of a Discord user, "We're watching this company transform into a top tier dice producer and I'm here for it lol. These dice look beautiful" (LOL).

But it's true. We did our first wave of domestic Dice-only shipments a few weeks ago (you should already have these!)

Now, we're wrapping up and sending out our International shipments and Dice+Shirt Shipments (you should get these in a week or two!)

And let me say, there's a lot that goes on behind the scenes of these kinds of big shipments. I (and some IRL friends) pretty much hand-packed each tin of dice, printed each label, and shipped each one out... all 100+ of them! It's a tiring and hectic process, but hopefully it's worth it for everyone!

Not to mention ironing out the complexities of people who didn't want to pay for shipping, people who didn't answer the Backerkit Survey, etc. etc.

BUT, with all that said, we've handled the bulk of it by now... JUST IN TIME FOR NEW DICE!

Launching tomorrow, DEC 2ND / CYBER MONDAY 2024, we have not one, but SIX NEW DICE SETS.

Ranging from Resin to Gemstones to Glass, we have brand new dice for anyone to get! And if you got the Blue Labradorite Dice, you can get yourself a 20% off discount by posting your dice to social media, tagging us, and adding #polyhedrons!

OR you can grab these dice at a discount at PAXU! So check us out at the Gehenna Gaming booth if you don't want to grab them online!

PAX Unplugged

So all this has been about PAX Unplugged. So let's talk about all the stuff we're doing this upcoming weekend for PAXU.

What is PAX Unplugged? It's a board game convention of around 30,000 attendees, taking place in Philadelphia, US.

And here's all the things we're doing there:

Selling the First Official Hedron Merch! Dice Sets and Enamel Pins will be available in-person at our Booth! With a special PAXU Discount!
Running Games of CTP with Hedron on Tablets
Networking with Potential Hedron Partners (I've got over 30 meetings, not to mention the industry only afterparty that we are sponsoring!)

Now of course, doing these things wasn't easy. Pretty much everything that could have gone wrong, did. Here's all of it:

The Tablet Order kept being cancelled, over and over -- for a whole 2 weeks. We talked to over 15 Samsung Employees, before giving up. We still haven't gotten tablets from them. I honestly don't really want to work with them directly again.
Our Amazon Business Account got locked -- why? I have no idea. I think it's because we rebranded from "Tabletop Mirror, LLC." to "Hedron, LLC." and some automated system didn't like it. This also made us unable to get Tablets in time from Amazon.
Best Buy had some technical difficulties so they kept glitching out when we placed an order.
Hedron's Bank Account got Locked... because of the repeat charges from Samsung / Amazon...
USPS has our package of merch just stuck in Indiana... it's been 2+ WEEKS at this one location. No idea why.
Business Cards got lost in the mail, so had to order new ones -- at least we got a refund.

Now, besides that USPS thing, we did actually get it all sorted out by the time of writing this. And even that, we have a back-up solution, so it would be annoying, but not disastrous if it doesn't get sorted out by PAX.

So why did I deal with all these hassles to make this happen?

The hope is that these things, put together at PAX will do a few things:

Increase Awareness of Hedron
Earn some more users for Hedron
Generate Revenue through Merch Sales
Spread Awareness of CTP for all the nice nice perks mentioned above

But that's half of it...

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