Help Support Helena + Beta Quickstart Coming Soon!
Help Support Helena
Hi Everyone, Spencer here. Today as I write this, my co-designer Helena (pictured above) is moving into her new home in Canada, after coming all the way from Chile last month. However, moving and an immigration lawyer are very expensive, and while Helena's work for Dungeon World 2 and other companies are great, they don't/can't pay enough to cover her costs. Therefore, Helena started a GoFundMe campaign to help cover her basic expenses while she finds a job.
I'd ask everyone to go visit, even if you don't donate anything. Read her story, share it with others, and raise awareness overall. Helena never suggested plugging her campaign on this blog, but I wanted to give fans of Dungeon World and Helena a chance to show her their appreciation, especially during Pride month. And of course, Helena gave me her approval to write this.
Once again, here is the link to her GoFundMe Campaign: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-me-pay-my-lawyer-so-i-can-stay-in-canada
Beta Quickstart At Gen Con
We've been hard at work finishing up the DW2 Beta Quickstart in time for Gen Con. There's so much we want to add to it and refine, but printing deadlines are coming up if we want to make it in time, so here is the plan.
The Beta Quickstart will be available at Gen Con as printed Ashcan. You can pick it up at the Burning Wheel HQ Booth, similar to the first Alpha printout last year.
This Quickstart will have all of the rules needed to play the DW2 Beta, but will NOT be the entirety of the Beta itself. With the Quickstart, you can jump right into DW2 with all of the following:
- Our 5 foundational Classes (The Bard, The Cleric, The Fighter, The Rogue, and The Wizard), each complete with 3 Paths that help you specialize and refine PC concepts.
- The 20 Moves that make up most of the game’s mechanics. For ease of reference and onboarding, they've been divided into 9 Core, 8 Extra, and 3 Campaign Moves.
- Our usual suite of GM options and tools, a little bit more refined compared to the Alpha but not yet in their final state.
Once they are completed, all additional Beta materials will be uploaded online alongside the Quickstart and continuously updated, so anyone can download and use them. We're still finalizing the list, but the Beta will most likely include:
- The Quickstart itself
- Rewards, like magic items and Artifacts
- Updated Bonds and Struggles (formerly called Conflicts)
- Online Character Keeper and Digital GM Screen
- Simple procedure to create and stat NPCs, as well as plenty of examples
- Additional “Miniaturized Adventures”, with everything we think you need to run a short adventure—including descriptions, NPC stat blocks, and even Rewards—in just a single, double-sided sheet!
As usual, this is not the final text. Most of the Beta is a refinement of everything we've learned across each Alpha, but there are a few last experiments we're squeezing in at the last minute.
We'll delve into the details of the Beta in a series of blog posts starting in July.
Thanks for reading,
Spencer