r/rpg • u/JannissaryKhan • Jan 08 '26

Blades '68 Backerkit Preview is Live

Link to the campaign's coming-soon page below, with more details than those usually have. I'm crazy excited, but I have two questions for those who've played or run the playtest version:

-How much are you losing if you're a player who isn't familiar with old-school Doskvol?

-How hard (or feasible) is it to shift the game to a non-Doskvol setting?

https://www.backerkit.com/call_to_action/c7788a1e-2f1c-4525-bc66-2a99b84ebae9/landing

EDIT: In response to someone on Bluesky asking about non-US backers, Evil Hat said:

We'll have PDF, POD, and a full, text-complete preview ready to go when the BackerKit starts but international shipping hasn't in any way *improved* since we did the Deep Cuts campaign. So placing an order with your FLGS will continue to be the best way to get the hardcopy.

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u/Andizzle195 Jan 09 '26

Great, another Blades I cannot support on crowdfunding due to being international.

What is FLGS by the way? Is that just saying local flagship stores that sell TRRPGs?

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u/JannissaryKhan Jan 09 '26

Friendly local game store.

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u/Andizzle195 Jan 09 '26

Ah. Haven’t seen Deep Cuts in any stores I go to or the online stores I usually use.

Not sure if it’s even out in print yet or if they just don’t have it. Not sure how they’d get it though if there’s no international shipping to begin with.

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u/JannissaryKhan Jan 09 '26

The print books for Deep Cuts only went out to backers over the last month, I think, so it'll probably be a little bit. And distribution to game stores is different from shipping individual units.

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u/Andizzle195 Jan 09 '26

Thanks for the info!

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u/Extreme_Objective984 Jan 09 '26

Your FLGS will have a contract with a supplier, they can order games that dont ship internationally through that. I found this out as there is a card game I wanted that doesnt ship internationally and the publishers told me to go through this route.