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Overclock: A Steam-Powered Campaign Guide

Created by Mage Armoire

Overclock: A Steam-Powered Campaign Guide introduces Aela, a skybound metropolis alive with steam-driven wonders, for Fifth Edition play, adding rules for airships, clockwork pets, and mechanical upgrades that fuel new adventures in the heart of industry

Latest Updates from Our Project:

Backer Pass Part 3 of 3 has been released for digital download! (2 of 3 is coming soon)
6 months ago – Wed, Oct 01, 2025 at 08:20:16 AM

Hey friends,

Parts 1 and 3 are now out. Part 2, the adventure, is still in proofing and should be ready in a couple weeks, giving all of you time to digest this section of the book—the final two chapters plus the appendices with all the fun new spells and monsters—find any errors that might be there, and help us make an necessary improvements.

If you find any mistakes that need fixing, send an email with the subject "Overclock Mistakes" to [email protected], pointing out anything you've seen that seems wrong with this chunk of pages and your name. If we utilize the fixes, we'll credit you in the book.

Naturally, there's no obligation to assist. But in my experience, there's always one or two things you miss, no matter how many times you stare at a document, so an extra pair of eyes never hurts!

A quick reminder that all of the dice and pendants are already finished. So all we'll have to wait on is the book. We're optimistic about the timeline, but with uncertainty surrounding trade, it'll be hard to pinpoint when the printed book will arrive.

Thanks again, everyone! I think you're really going to enjoy this book.

 - Dave and Mage Armoire

Backer Pass Part 1 of 3 has been released for digital download!
7 months ago – Tue, Sep 16, 2025 at 07:14:03 AM

Hey friends,

I'm just letting you all know that we've just shared the first third of the book, containing pages 1 to 156. We're only doing a chunk at a time to give you all a chance to digest, find any errors that might be there, and help us make any necessary improvements.

We expect to release part 2 (the adventure) in a couple of weeks and part 3 (appendices) a little later. Once we've collected feedback and fixed any lingering typos (this will be our fifth proofing round!), it's off to the printers.

If you find any mistakes that need fixing, send an email with the subject "Overclock Mistakes" to [email protected], pointing out anything you've seen that seems wrong with this chunk of pages and your name. If we utilize the fixes, we'll credit you in the book.

Naturally, there's no obligation to assist. But in my experience, there's always one or two things you miss, no matter how many times you stare at a document, so an extra pair of eyes never hurts!

A quick reminder that all of the dice and pendants are already finished. So all we'll have to wait on is the book. We're optimistic about the timeline, but with uncertainty surrounding trade, it'll be hard to pinpoint when the printed book will arrive.

Thanks again, everyone! I think you're really going to enjoy this book.

 - Dave and Mage Armoire

Charging this week, then dropping first major chunk of the book for your review
7 months ago – Tue, Sep 09, 2025 at 06:56:27 AM

Hey everyone,

I'm just letting you know that we're charging cards for shipping this week. This will allow us to start sending digital rewards while we're printing the books. There is no timeline yet on when the books will ship, but hopefully, we'll have them printed and at our fulfillment center before the year's end. All the add-ons are already at the location, so it's just book printing at this point. Dave had another book printed with the printer we're using, and it turned out great, so hopefully lightning strikes twice!

As soon as everything is charged, we can release the PDFs. We'll start with the first six chapters, covering the bulk of the book's lore and new mechanics. This will give you all a chance to review, find anything weird (we didn't see with our proofing), and help us make the requisite fixes. 

Shortly after, we'll release the last two parts, the big adventure from DMDave, and the appendix, which includes the new spells, monsters, and other details. 

If you have any questions or need to change anything with your order, make sure to reach out to Aubrey at [email protected]

Thanks, everyone!

 - Mage Armoire and Dave

Backerkit Closing Early Next Week... Shooting for First Pass PDF at the end of the week (proofing pending)
8 months ago – Fri, Aug 15, 2025 at 07:39:58 AM

Hey friends,

Just a heads-up! With most (if not all) of the shipping issues corrected, we'll lock orders early next week and charge shortly after that. Once we've charged on the back end, we can start delivering the PDFs. 

The first PDF will be a "first pass" PDF. This will be sort of a penultimate draft that we've already edited and proofed, and we want to get additional eyes on it. After a couple of weeks of having that, we'll make any corrections based on your comments and suggestions, and then send the final version. At the same time, we'll send that final version to the printer. From there, we're unsure how long it will take to fulfill. The trade issues still have things backed up pretty badly, but either way, we'll keep you posted. Fortunately, all the dice and pendants are in-house, so we must wait on the one book.

If you have any additional issues with anything, make sure to reach out to us before Monday so we can correct them before clicking the lock and charge buttons. Bree, our wonderful CS rep, can be reached at [email protected]

Thanks again, everyone! We look forward to showing you this fantastic book that Chase and Kes worked so hard on.

Dave and Mage Armoire

You should all see some prices go down for shipping (fixed an error)...
8 months ago – Thu, Jul 31, 2025 at 12:26:15 PM

Turns out that Backerkit's system uses ounces instead of pounds. So I had all the shipping prices set for 5 oz and under instead of 5 pounds (or 80 ounces). This should significantly reduce many of the shipping prices across the board.

Give it a couple days. If it still looks relatively high by Monday, hit us up at [email protected].

Sorry for the mistake!

 - Dave