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The Devil's Bridge: A 5th Edition Slavic Adventure

Created by Yellow Madhouse

A haunting tale combining Slavic folklore with classic DnD fantasy. Inspired by myths & legends ingrained in real historical locations.

Latest Updates from Our Project:

Progress Update 32: Digital 2.1 is out!!! Physical edition update!
about 1 year ago – Thu, Feb 16, 2023 at 02:57:04 PM

Greetings fellow Adventurers!

The Devil's Bridge Digital 2.1 is out!

We will be completely honest with you - we never expected that we would have issues with the updates of backer names. When we came up with the idea of everyone entering their preferred names in the survey, we definitely underestimated the task - lesson learned and going forward we will know how to tackle this task in the best way! Thank you for  your patience and support as we learn the ins and outs of publishing an adventure.

This being said - the final and updated The Devil's Bridge 2.1 is out and you should have received an e-mail with a download link. 

Physical Update

Our resident Half-Elf Rogue Lucas made a quick trip to Bulgaria to retrieve the first and only example print of the hardcover book. He landed in London at 1:30pm, got home, showered and came straight to our team meeting where we had a first look at it. 

We were expecting to find lots of little bits and pieces that we would like changed, have to return a list of amendments, have to wait for a second print and begin a loooooong process ALAS it was perfect! We tried hard to find issues with it,  over the last nearly 2 weeks, but we are extremely surprised to say that we are  100% happy with it. 

We have given the printing company the thumbs up to begin production!

We will keep you updated with any progress.

With all our love,

The Yellow Madhouse team

Progress Update 31: OGL, Backer Names and Physical Edition
about 1 year ago – Sun, Jan 29, 2023 at 05:33:41 AM

Greetings fellow Adventurers,

What a start of the year we've had as a community! Alongside the entire TTRPG community we have been scared, worried and panicking around everything that transpired around the OGL (Open Gaming License) which is the license that we are releasing The Devil's Bridge under and the license on which we have planned all future projects. It is with immense happiness however that we can say - everything is good! 

We want to express sour never-ending gratitude to the community of fans and creators, this has all happened thanks to you!  We are lucky to be part of such a family. 

The Devil's Bridge will not be affected by the recent developments surrounding the OGL.

Final Digital Edition

After digging into the database issues we've had with the backer names, we've identified everything that went wrong and are nearly done with all the changes. If the Gods will it, he final Digital Edition of The Devil's Bridge will be with in February

Physical Edition Progress

We've been hard at work at starting the printing process and have something exciting to show you! The way the process works is that the printing company creates an example mock-up print created with a digital printer, and once we approve of the example (materials used, colours, layout etc.) they can start the mass manufacturing process. The example print has been created and it's on its way via mail to us. Once we have it in our hands we'll be able to provide feedback and make a start on the production of the books! Here's a sneak peak ;) (examples are made with a blank cover)

Thank you so much for standing by our side and helping us complete this beast of a quest!

With all our love,

The Yellow Madhouse team

Progress Update 30: Backer Names Update
over 1 year ago – Sat, Dec 17, 2022 at 11:13:39 AM

Greetings fellow adventurers,   

We’ve had a slight hiccup, no worries though, it’s very easy to fix!  We have had some technical difficulties and we've made errors with the names of some of our backers in the thanks section of the adventure.   

Put simply, we messed up and we wholeheartedly apologise for this.  We are now working on fixing this issue. 

The names need to be fixed by us before we print the book! This is very important to us as we want to feature the correct/chosen names of all who supported us on our journey, and once ink is on paper we sadly cannot change them.  In order to be able to start the printing process on time, we need a deadline for the form submissions and your choice of name via backerkit. You have time to do so until the 1st of January 2023 23:59 GMT. After the deadline we'll lock the orders and make a quick change to the digital edition and send it out, and then edit the physical edition before the printing has began!  We thank you for your patience and unwavering support. 

All of our love,  

The Yellow Madhouse team

Progress Update 29: The Digital Version 2.0 is Out!
over 1 year ago – Mon, Dec 12, 2022 at 11:43:20 AM

Greetings fellow adventurers!

The time is here! We’ve finally finished all the editing on the digital version of the adventure and finished the design and editing of the character sheet.

We’ve sent the files over the same way we sent the first version.

What’s new:

  1. We’ve made the PDF in a single page format while the illustration spreads are kept in double page format
  2. We’ve added interactive bookmarks which make browsing the adventure much easier including lots of key locations on the PDF. This will make it a lot easier to navigate between the hyperlinks in the text and go back to where you were in the first place!
  3. We’ve fully revamped the design of the Fairytales in Appendix F turning them into scrolls which can be used as immersive handouts
  4. We’ve created a Character sheet and Spell sheet which are both printable and digitally editable for those of you who like to type in all the details digitally!
  5. We’ve fixed all the little errors that all of you amazing people noticed and highlighted to us for which we are eternally grateful!
  6. We’ve added a digital art pack compiling all of the amazing artwork we’ve used in the adventure. Some of the art in the book is edited to fit the design but in this pack we have added the original art in its full fabulousness!

We hope you enjoy the digital version of The Devil’s Bridge as much as we do! This would not be possible without every single one of you and we want to thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your support and never-ending understanding, patience and positivity!

The Physical Edition:

We’re now ready with the final design for the physical hardcover of the adventure. This means that we can now start the work process with the printing company which begins with quotations, number of print copies, and getting settled on a deal. We are going to make a start on these talks this coming Monday and are hopefully going to be ready to start printing in the beginning of 2023.

We will keep you updated and let you know the news in the new year.

Until then, have a lovely holiday season, a beautiful New Year and stay awesome, because you are!

With all our love,

The Yellow Madhouse team

Progress Update 28: Revised PDF DONE! Final VTT design touches! Pre-print preparation!
over 1 year ago – Sat, Nov 05, 2022 at 03:02:15 AM

Greetings fellow adventurers,

Digital edition news:

Over the last month we have completed the new PDF design including the feedback we received from you and spoke about in our previous updates and it looks absolutely gorgeous. All that is left now is for us to finish the design of the Character Sheet and then the Devil's Bridge digital edition will be complete! 

Physical edition news:

We've already started working on the pre-print preparation and there is one last thing to do before we're ready for print which is finishing the back cover design as needed for the physical copy. Once this is done, we'll be ready to do the handover to the printing company.

Other than this, we're all set! Not long left now! 

All our love,

The Yellow Madhouse team