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Our Golden Age: An Ultraviolet Grasslands RPG []equel

Created by Exalted Funeral

Experience fantascience roleplaying at the end of time. Escape the end of history. The eternal civilization is perfect. So say the gods, the machines. Will you defy the endless circle of awakening and forgetting? Can you kick a hole through the sky?

Latest Updates from Our Project:

From Babylon Beach 1 (30): Back to Climbing the Tower
19 days ago – Thu, Jul 02, 2026 at 01:26:04 AM

Good Goldenagers,

I took a week off to do some summer things with the family and a bit of time to do some creative work again: drawing a map for a future project. A dozen sites with descriptions that fit into different parts of the Vastlands.

This one was the stratometaship, a self-contained mobile residence-plex in the void. Conveniently also something that will let me illustrate the chapter on the void that got cut from the OGA to save space with an actual location.

The full-size map along with the accompanying text is in the backers-only section down-down beyond the footer.



It was good to do some purely creative work again. Now I feel like I have the mojo to finish the last steps, which are almost all layout:
  1. some final feedback from close readers to implement in the books
  2. the two zines are with the editor. After they finish, I'll lay them out.
  3. meanwhile: legends for the Big Map and layout
  4. layout Mirror man
  5. layout Referee Screen
  6. layout Reference Cards
  7. layout Notebook
  8. layout Golden Box
  9. finalize Limited Edition foil art for covers and box

Am I missing anything? I might be missing something small there in between ... well, I'm sure I'll be reminded in due course. I'm aiming to finish the above in the next weeks. Let's see how that goes!

Take care, good backers,
Luka,
Seoul, July, 2026

From the Project Quarry 9 (29): Endpapers Papered
about 1 month ago – Thu, Jun 11, 2026 at 04:48:54 AM

Good Backers!

There's only one thing left to do on the books: a legend for the maps in Our Golden Age. Otherwise, the Endpapers are done, and with that we're in the field of cosmetix.

<<TL;DR?: Skip to the end for the latest PDFs!>>

Doing the Endpapers was, frankly, really hard. I struggled to wrangle the tables into shape, to motivate myself to go through with a fine tooth comb, to pixel-push till the pixels screamed and my eyes turned square and cloudstruck like dying cathode tubes.

But, they do now summarize most of the Vastlands Guidebook and also serve as a visual table of contents / table index.

Behold, front endpapers:



and the rear endpapers:



You may also notice some tweaked tables



Not just spot art, I also redid some of the chapter art in the OGA. I'll probably redo 3 more pieces (Yellow Land, Purple Land, Circle Sea section art) to make them more striking.



I added some really addled spot art ...



Some of it is also in color. And I also ended up coloring some pieces while procrastinating from doing the endpapers, which was ... oh, god, I struggled to motivate myself to push those pixels.



All told, if you go through the most recent PDFs (backer-only content section), you'll find about 20 new pieces of spot art or newly colored line art. Yeah, I really struggled to get to work on the endpapers some days.

The proofreaders, typohunters and knights grammarian over on the discord have also been active, catching all manner of strange beasties, from a rare the-the to several exotic missingas.

Can't believe I got an update out on Thursday (Korean Time). Such speed.

Onwards, to the glorious and eternal future that is here and now!

Luka,
Seoul, June, 2026

From the Project Quarry 8 (28): Books and Maps
about 2 months ago – Tue, May 26, 2026 at 03:05:48 AM

Dear goldenagers!

The weeks churned by so fast, this is three updates in one.
  1. The indices are done.
  2. The final map is done and integrated in the book.
  3. I've added navigation overlays (tabs) to the books.
  4. I've added more spot art.

I've uploaded the latest versions of the book PDFs and the map to the dropbox and added the links in the backer-only section below.

What's left for the books:
  1. Proofreading! We're at the end. Those keen to participate, we've got a channel for the knights grammarian (the grammarchy) on the stratometaship discord server.
  2. The endpapers for the VLG - tables! Some to match the referee screen, some just for the book. Got a table you want to see? This is the time to share your table. Coffee table? Dining table? Card table? All sorts of tables. Even ttrpg tables.
  3. And I'm going to cram in more spot art, but ... that's easy peasy. I'll do it as I get other stuff done.

Then it's just the other side bits. Soon the whole project will head over to the production team to get turned into paper and glue and ink and other bits of physical rawstuff! Exciting! Atlasting!

But now, pictures that may (or may not?) speak for themselves.












Hope you enjoyed this update. I did!

More good news soon, I trust.

Luka,
Seoul, May, 2026

From the Project Quarry 7 (27): Indications and Indices
2 months ago – Thu, May 07, 2026 at 01:39:25 AM

Dear Goldenagers,

Another technical update, which - to be fair - isn't bad. Last week I finished reviewing all the edits. All the way, to the last page, and the 1077th comment. Here is where it was at:

At the same time as I was editing the book, I also found quite a few strange concepts, creatures, and places needed to join the Lexicon of the Vastlands. The UVG had a moderately sized glossary, but it has since (and over some books) grown to the extent that it wouldn't fit in the OGA and scattering the glossaries over multiple books feels ... messy. So I've put the whole thing into its own file. I've attached the latest version for the interested.

This last week has been a bit more scattered, with many holidays, so I've focused on some less visible tasks: updating my database of documents and files, clearing up some admin, and reviewing the map of the circle sea. I suppose I have also been putting off tackling the index a little bit. Building indices is never among my favorite tasks, hah hah hah.

Anyway, revised next few steps:
1) the final final FINAL map - and updating it within the book. I need to go through the book and check which locations are already in the map, which need to be added, which don't ... and I'm also reviewing a few of the icons on the map. Oh, and it will need a legend. And a pretty border.
2) make the final proofready PDF - that's going to be a big deal. A 300dpi version, ready for printing.
3) the referee screen - this one will assemble tables from the VLG and OGA, and I need to do the final art. That'll probably be a few days of drawing.
4) reference cards - to match the referee screen!
5) the adventurers' notebook - putting it together for your adventuring delectation
6) final cover art and box art - this will be a big step.
7) layout on the two zines - this will be the last thing.

Sooo ... looks like we're down to less then 10 updates from my end remaining!

I hope you'll miss my dulcet keyboard strokes in your inbocces :P

Cheers,
Luka

From the Project Quarry 6 (26): House of the Grand Editor
3 months ago – Fri, Apr 24, 2026 at 02:26:27 AM

Dear Goldenagers,

This is an update from the weeds. I'm slowly working through the thorough and helpful and exhausting and exasperating editorial comments for Our Golden Age. This is one of those things that just takes its time.

It ranges from classics like:



To interesting clarifications like:



To mood-boosting comments:



To places where strange mechanics, like the toady-accumulation engine, get discussed:



I literally have nothing to say. After a few hours of this, I replace my brain, mulch the old one, and resume. I think I'm getting close to the end. 70 pages or so left.

After that, it's:

1) the final final FINAL map - and updating it within the book
2) make the final proofready PDF
3) the referee screen
4) the adventurers' notebook
5) layout on the two zines
6) final cover art and box art

For now, I'll just leave you with the final FINAL version of the card backs:



Till next time, be good y'all ...
—Luka