Our Golden Age: An Ultraviolet Grasslands RPG []equel

From Babylon Beach 6 (35): Biomantica Laid Out + Still Waiting On Schedules
8 days ago – Sun, Oct 11, 2026 at 10:33:04 PM

• Good. Everything is well within budget, doable as initially planned.
• Expected. Had to clarify a few page counts, adjust a few of them, specify endpapers vs covers, things like that.
• Unfortunate, but Not Unexpected. Still waiting on final timeline I can share. Something about time zones, holidays in different countries, and so on (we had three long weekends in four weeks here in Korea).

• Prepping all the files, getting them print ready and plonking them into the production folders.
• Gonna make a happy little visual to motivate y'all as it gets done-er. Till then, here's the production folder for the meanwhiles ...

On that note, since I expected there to be some delay on the info, I did what should be done in such a situation: just kept working, because things needed doing.

Second, To Whit: Biomantica

That means the second zine (codex, hah!) laid out and ready to receive art.



The full codex, all 58 pages of it, awaits you in the backer-only content section. I'm pretty proud of some of these spells.







I'm still pondering whether I should add an endpaper / section repeating the dangerous magic and corruption sections of the Vastlands Guidebook. For this codex in particular having a lot of mutation structure here might be useful. However, that's a decision I'm going to make a little later, after I have the cover art and the referee screen nailed down.

Anyway, now that Biomantica has its final layout, I can tally up the pages ... 58 for Biomantica, 54 for Pananthropy, 260 for Our Golden Age, 174 for Vastlands Guidebook, 120 cards for Nemesis and Jubilee.

We're at 666 pages, folks!

I doubt we've got many more to go.

I'll post the next update as soon as I either have news on the timeline or I have another pretty piece laid out.

Till then, may the dragons be ever within you and not without,
—Luka

From Babylon Beach 5 (34): Waiting on Printer Schedules
28 days ago – Mon, Sep 21, 2026 at 11:38:30 PM

Dear Goldenagers,

TL;DR: Update on progress and still waiting on dates from printer. Plus links to all completed materials thus far in the backer-only content section, which will be a permanent feature of updates from now on.

Wow. Backerkit tells me it's been 25 days. What has happened to September?



This is one of those updates where I confess, it doesn't look like much has moved. I had the meeting with Exalted Funeral to review all our production specs because since our initial crowdfunding a few things have changed. On the global stage, the Big Beautiful Government of the United States has introduced some tariffs, among other shenanigans, while on my smaller stage Our Golden Age, the Vastlands Guidebook, and the Pananthropy all gained a few pages each.

We've aligned on the specs and are now waiting on production, shipping, and assembly timelines from our printers, shippers, warehouses, and so forth.

I put off getting back to you sooner because I hoped to have detailed numbers to share, and also because some post-moving issues (don't you love 'em?) and getting used to the new daycare schedules (more driving for yours truly) have left my regular creative schedule a bit disrupted.

Goes to show what I know, eh?



Anyway, I'll get the dates to you as soon as I have them. I can say that the dice will be the slowest item to produce due to the tooling, so there's a lesson for me.

Meanwhile, here's the news:

• I got Biomantica back from the editor and I'll share the edited and laid out version as soon as it's done. I've started doing tests on the technique I want to use to illustrate it. I'm a little bit inclined to working in pastels, but we'll see if that makes sense. In any case, it'll be a rougher, faster style than the Pananthropy. More messy biomancer's journal than pretty clacker's textbook.
• I've continued doing the art pieces for the Pananthropy. I admit: between production a bit slowed and some sleepless nights, I've been giving the art a bit more time here. Perhaps too much? We'll see.
• This week is Chuseok in Korea and since my wife's traveling for work, any progress I make this week is a bonus, not an expectation. Gotta say ... shepherding two toddlers and a dog is interesting. Especially with flu season approaching ...
• Oh, and a little bonus - I did write up the Silent City (attached below), so, I suppose that'll be a bit of a bonus for all you Circle Sea fans. The write-up got longer than the 2 pages I planned ...

OK. Onwards to the end. We're at around 450 pages + 100 cards of laid-out material by now. Last stretch. We got this, right?



Right, where was I before that interruption by the liches?

Oh, right ... happy Chuseok, everyone. Catch you after that one.

Peace and love, good humans!
—Luka.

From Babylon Beach 4 (33): More Pananthropy Art + Silent City Map (wip)
about 2 months ago – Fri, Aug 28, 2026 at 01:20:42 AM

Dear Goldinars,

A pleasure to be back. Getting settled in the new house continues, figuring out new routines, dropping off children, and so forth. Fortunately, some work has also been ongoing.

I got feedback from the editor and some noble typohunters on Pananthropy, so that's closer to done. Soon as I have all the art inside, it's ready. Then: Biomantica.



I've decided to play with a bit of a conceit, as mentioned, making visual tributes to some pieces of 20th century (or thereabouts) Human art that capture some of the essence of these far-lost branches of Humanity.





Some of the pieces were a bit more involved than I'd initially planned. I hope you will tolerate having slightly more involved and colorful art in the Pananthropy than was initially perhaps planned by yours truly.

You can download the latest PDF down below the fold.

The other thing that I did was ... almost finish the Silent City map. Haven't finished describing it yet, but this is kind of a bonus, since it's not strictly speaking a part of Our Golden Age, rather it is ... mmm ... an expansion or elaboration of a place described therein.



Next week I have a call scheduled with Exalted Funeral (I missed the last one due to moving-days-exhaustion + my calendar notifications didn't work because I don't have any notifications enabled on my "phone") to nail down the production outline. Once I have that, I'll be able to let you know more clearly on when we'll have the printed proofs in hand, and from there, the books and boxes!

Now that the books are done (well, apart from the cover, which I need to finish-finish-final version coloring), I can start getting the other pieces print ready. In production the books, as a rule, have the longest lead time, so once that's locked, all the other stuff is - comparatively - easy.

Hope to have more details on that soon.

And if not: it'll just be more pictures, more layouts, and closer to 100% done on the dig-ital front.

Wishing everyone a pleasant and not-too-hot or wildfire-infested end of summer.

—Luka,
The Best of All Possible Worlds*, Seoul

*La-la-la I keep my head in the sand and do not** see the news la-la-la

**for a certain definition of "not"

From Babylon Beach 3 (32): Cover Early Colors & Pananthropy Early Layout
3 months ago – Thu, Aug 06, 2026 at 02:18:40 AM

Dear Golden Folk,

I feel like the last two weeks have been a blur, with the moving and all, and one might think I have nothing to share. But it is not so. Nooo ...



I've gotten a decent start on the cover. Maybe another week and it'll be all done. Then I add the legends and the character sheets to the end of the book and that's all folks. Both are done.

One evening I also set up the indesign file for the Pananthropy zine. I reworked the Magitecnica / ERK style to fit better with the VLG and OGA books. It uses the same body font, but I decided to use different header fonts for each of the zines, to make them stand out a bit more.



You can get the laid out zine's PDF, sans most art, in the backer-only section down below.



As I might have mentioned somewhere, I did some work on the OGA character sheets. A version is also in the backer section below.

Finally, as part of the work on the stratometaship, the next illustrated map will be the Silent City. You can see it on the big map:



So ... it looks like the OGA is going to have expansions in the works!

It is, honestly, a relief to be writing again, not just doing layout and filling in spot art. That was a big project. Phew.

I hoped to have some more information about production today, but I borked my alarms last night and missed my call with Exalted Funeral, so I need to reschedule that. I'll probably have some news by the next update.

Now, take care if you're experiencing a heatwave, don your environment suit, and hydrate, hydrate, hydra.

Cheers,
-Luka

From Babylon Beach 2 (31): Cover Lineart & Such
3 months ago – Thu, Jul 23, 2026 at 02:05:28 AM

Hello Good Goldenagers,

Though it is summer and the monsoon is in full swing, I have nae forgotten you. While waiting for the editor on the zines, I've been tackling two things. Well, three things, but two related to the production of this tome.

One, the first:

Covers. All sorts of covers. I've finished finished the lineart on the OGA cover and it is glorious.


I'm working on the colors now. So ... that's coming along. Great. I'll share it once it's done.

Two, the second.

I realized I didn't include a proper OGA-themed character sheet in the OGA book! A dastardly oversight that I am correcting.



In the context of that OGA character sheet, I also want to prepare a proper manor / estate character sheet. So, that's a thing to do.

Three, and this is unrelated to the previous: we're moving. Well, my family and I are moving, in the offline world, in realspace. A place of our own and all that jazz. This is also taking up some energy, not going to lie.

The next update will be longer and from a new apartment. I may even include a photo of the new studioffice.

Oh, and with Gen Con coming up, Exalted Funeral is running a UVG game. I've whipped up some pre-gens for that, so if you're there, drop by and say hi.