The Narrative This Week - August 3rd, 2026 (Patreon)

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Hello, everyone. Happy Monday! Today is August 3rd. We hope you had a good week and weekend. Here is our update for last week, this week, and the weeks after.

Quick note: I will have a dental procedure today and on August 5th. I will not be available on those two days. I wrote this update before my appointment.

Oopdates

The next Whisperwood recording is on August 8th. If I cannot speak well after the procedure, we will move the recording to August 22nd. The biweekly schedule will then continue from that date. We will tell you if the date changes but we SHOULD be fine.

August will be slow. Many crew members are away for conventions, business trips, and vacations. All crew members will be back after September 12th. Then we will record Chaos Odyssey again, and Rotgrind will continue at full strength.

Gen Con

Gen Con was last week. Thurston was at the Paizo booth for his Paizo work. Thank you to all who found him and spoke with him about the show.

The Book: Rotgrind Bestiary

Still not 100% confirmed, still working through logistics. The plan is to make a Rotgrind Bestiary first, not a full setting book. A setting book is more complex, and we want to do this work correctly.

Last week I made the plan and the spreadsheets for the book. The book meeting with the crew will occur later this month, after he has rest from his business trips.

Show Updates

Whisperwood — The recording is on August 8th. The backup date is August 22nd. Mikura will complete the last two Chaos Odyssey animatics. Then she will make animations for Whisperwood.

Dungeon Crawl Classics — We tentatively planned recordings for August 19th and August 24th. Not all players have confirmed the dates yet so if things adjust I'll let you guys know.

18 Omens — The episode is out. Paizo examined it and was very happy with it. We want to play more of it.

Imperial Maledictum — In September, we will start looking to do test sessions of the new 40K campaign. We will play the starter kit or an early adventure. This is a test of our character concepts and builds before the full campaign.

Patreon & Organization Updates

Last week I did a lot background work, mainly organizing and doing a lot of the behind the scenes prepping for the book.

Merch — Odo made an "I have many secrets" shirt. She wants to make one design for each crew member. I will speak with our merch partner about the community art pieces that are in the merch queue.

The Perfection Infection — I will look into remastering this adventure for the Pathfinder Second Edition Remaster. If you ran this adventure, please send us your feedback!

Thank You

A lot of behind the scenes work is going on, and I can't wait to show it all to you when it's done. Thank you all so much for your continued support! And I will see you next week.

— Zoran & the Narrative Declaration Team