Why are physical copies only available in the United States?
It’s complicated. And I don’t mean it’s complicated to answer. The reason is that international shipping is complicated.
Criminal Spirits is my first crowdfunding release, and the universal advice I have gotten both online and in person is that the biggest problems come from shipping. I am one man who has never had to personally handle running an internation business. I also cannot, at the minimum funding levels, afford to hire a 3rd party service to handle registration, taxes and importation outside the US.
In order to keep problems to a minimum and delivery on time, I have decided that I need to keep things simple. Physical copies may be available outside of the US through 3rd-party distributors following the final publication, but will not be available during crowdfunding.
Last updated: August 28, 2026 14:49
Is this game compatible with Fate?
Criminal Spirits can be easily used as a sourcebook, without any major adjustments needed to NPCs or rules, for games using Fate Accelerated. While there are substantial differences between Criminal Spirits and Fate Accelerated in how Actions are handled, characters and NPCs are very similar.
The NPCs from Criminal Spirits can be used almost unchanged in Fate Accelerated, needing you to only: - Add Stress Boxes. - Change the names of the Approaches, if the NPC has specific Approaches. - Restrict the Stunt to specific Actions and Approaches. I would actually recommend ignoring this and simply using the Stunt as written in Criminal Spirits, Characters in Criminal Spirits have one broadly applicable Stunt compared to the three much more restrictive Stunts in Fate Accelerated.
Last updated: August 28, 2026 14:58
What is the Expected Timeline for Criminal Spirits?
October 1st-October 7th: I make sure everyone who backed the PDF Add-ons gets their link to DriveThru RPG. October 7th: All Patron and Night at the Bar backers should have heard from me directly to work out details of their rewards. October 14th: Surveys go out. November: Full chapter and art samples should begin being shared to backers through the campaign Updates. January: A complete draft/early access version of the PDF will be shared with backers. February: Files will be sent to the printers and review copies ordered. Late February: Final decisions on shipping will be made and shipping surveys go out to backers for physical copies. March or April, depending on the speed of edits and reprints of the review copies: Criminal Spirits books will be shipped to backers.
Last updated: September 27, 2026 14:02
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