If you missed the Kickstarter, but still want to preorder One Room One Shots, then here is your chance. Preorders will be shipped at the same time as fulfilment for the Kickstarter occurs. If we raise enough funds, then more items will be unlocked to preorder!
Latest Updates from Our Project:
March 2026 Update
27 days ago
– Sat, Mar 07, 2026 at 08:57:24 AM
Hello everyone! Thought we would do a small update on how we are doing.
At this time, Backerkit is 86% completed - there is no rush to get this filled in, we will remind everyone before we reach fulfilment. Having Backerkit live means we will soon be stopping our late pledges and switching to a pre-order page for non-backers. This will be the fastest way for those who missed the Kickstarter to receive the adventures when they are all done (using our planned retail price for everything).
A New Adventure Awakes!
After our first internal play test, the Haunting of Stump-Tree Tavern stretch goal adventure is currently well under way, with Matt working on his second revision and Alex working on various design briefs for the artwork. It is important for us to understand the tone of the adventure not just through the writing, but through play as well before getting the art done as it means we can be super specific with what we want and who we want to work with; ensuring that each adventure has it’s own flavour, but also feels true to the actual gameplay too.
Matt's fantastic artwork
From the initial play-testing, Matt is making changes to how the adventure begins and fleshing out the many NPCs you can meet and save from a shared nightmare within the tavern. Our players also discovered that Matt can't draw to scale, as - according to his assertions that each square on the grid is 5ft - his tavern's tables and chairs were almost 25ft in length... As fun as a tavern for giants would be, it's not quite right for what we want to do with this adventure!
Although, that does sound like another great idea for a future One Room One Shot...
As some of you highlighted in the comments during the campaign, not every player character needs sleep or can be magically put to sleep. With that in mind, we are adjusting to make sure the adventure works for all characters/species and a feature that may have appealed to your players is still handled in an interesting way.
During play-testing we did consult various tomes of knowledge (rulebooks) when discussing how elves and half-elves in particular would interact with a dream world. This made us curious: what do you think? Do you allow your elf characters to sleep or dream, even if they don’t need to? Despite being mechanically immune to charms or sleep, is this a rule you continue to enforce narratively?
Let us know your thoughts!
Our friends over at Ink Blade Publishing recently shared some top tips from various TTRPG creators and we felt very privileged to be asked to contribute our thoughts. It’s a great little insight into how different creators work, so do check it out!
That's all from us for now!
BackerKit Surveys Incoming
2 months ago
– Sat, Jan 31, 2026 at 12:08:26 AM
Hello everyone!
Apologies that this has taken a while, unfortunately, the team at No Short Rests! have been living up to our namesake recently and have been having a bit of a 'mare this past month...
Sunken Boats & Baby Blues...
From fishing out boats from the depths of the river Lee to late-night hospital visits with poorly babes, it's taken us a bit longer than we would have liked to get both BackerKit and the surveys up and ready.
Fear not adventurers, however, as time waits for no man and we've finally cobbled together enough to get BackerKit online!
It's Survey Time
BackerKit should soon be rolling out your pledge surveys where you'll be able to fill in all of those details needed for us to make sure your orders are all in perfect order and that everyone receives all of their special gifts and unlocks. Please make sure to fill these out as accurately as possible - in particular if you are a VIP or Chapelwick backer - so that we can cross-reference account/email details.
Beyond that, once the surveys are in and BackerKit is fully live, pre-orders will become publicly available. This will allow any friends or family that may have missed out on the campaign to pre-order any of the books or add-ons that were unlocked via Kickstarter's funding. Current backers will also be able to upgrade their pledges and add any additional items they may have had their eyes on too.
The Road Ahead
This marks the first major milestone of the project beyond actual funding and we can't thank you enough for your patience. You'll be glad to know that things aren't all doom and gloom over here, and that we have already begun work on developing the books further. Alex has been playing around with updating and refining the look of the layout as well as compiling and reaching out to new and current artists for more beautiful artwork.
Matt has been feverishly writing up even more adventure content, adding some more updates to our current adventures like Tomb of Grief and Temple of the Forgotten Depths as well as laying out the epic story and themes of our VIP Mythic One Hour Encounter. For all of our backers, you'll be pleased to hear he's also ready with our stretch goal adventure, Haunting of Stump-Tree Tavern and accompanying One Hour Encounter, The Barrow Smith to begin an internal, first round play test of both!
We haven't yet decided on what cadence of updates from us you will receive, but we are very excited to be able to share things as and when we are able to. It's going to be a fine balance for us as between full time work and the project itself, we don't want to end up diverting attention away from actual development of the books or feeling compelled to send out non-updates just for the sake of it. We want to make sure our updates always feel necessary or informative, so we will let you know of course what we figure out!
In the meantime, take care and much love from the No Short Rests! team.
Happy New Year Adventurers!
3 months ago
– Mon, Jan 05, 2026 at 01:16:20 PM
Happy New Year everyone! We hope you all enjoyed your holidays and are excited for what the New Year brings.
Here at No Short Rests! we’ve gone against the grain, and given ourselves a Long Rest after an intense year of work and a marathon Kickstarter, other than poor Matt who had to work all through the festive season!
That doesn’t mean that we’ve been completely inactive when it comes to One Room One Shots though. We’ve been working together on our plan for the next year and figuring out not just the best way to get this project fulfilled, but how we can provide you with updates and meaningful content during the process.
The next, and most imminent update from us, will be for our pledge manager to go live. In the coming weeks, you should receive a questionnaire from us that will ask you to confirm details that will then be fed into the pledge manager. For VIPs, this will mean confirming your emails so that we can make sure that the Mythic One Hour Encounter is included with your pledge. Following these, we should have the pledge manager up and running where you’ll be able to track the progress of the project.
Having reached 2026, we have a lot of exciting work ahead of us, so stay tuned for more detailed updates coming very soon!
Quick Update - Late Pledges & Resolving Payment Issues
4 months ago
– Thu, Dec 04, 2025 at 07:52:25 AM
Hello everyone,
Hope you’re having a wonderful start to the festive season!
This is just a quick update from us, we are currently in the process of having a much needed long rest following the culmination of our Kickstarter campaign and attending the always amazing Dragonmeet in London.
Our plan is to launch our pledge manager after the festive period, giving us time to choose the best option that provides everything we need and to be as simple as possible for all of you who have supported us so far!
On that note, late pledges are now live on the campaign page. We will keep this open for as long as we can, and our intention is that if we do gain enough post-launch backers to reach our planned tiers to unlock additional adventures, then we will still do so at no extra cost for all backers!
Make Sure to Resolve Payment Issues
There are a small number of backers who have had their pledges errored. This can be due to out of date card details or the banks flagging it as an unknown or unusual transaction. Payment issues will need to be resolved by 4pm UTC, Sunday 7th December otherwise Kickstarter will automatically cancel your pledge, so please check and make sure all your details are correct as we don’t want anyone to miss out on their rewards when fulfilment arrives!
We are so grateful and excited for our next steps, so thank you once again for being with us as we start this epic adventure!
Team at No Short Rests
THANK YOU!!
4 months ago
– Sun, Nov 30, 2025 at 12:33:16 PM
We did it! A huge, heartfelt thank you to all of you who backed One Room One Shots. We’re beyond grateful for your support and belief in the project - it means the world to us.
This campaign has been an absolute rollercoaster and through every twist and turn, you have been the constant that kept us going. Seeing your enthusiasm, your comments and your belief in One Room One Shots has meant more than we can express.
Crowdfunding is never a straight line and this journey reminded us just how powerful and supportive a community can be. You helped us reach milestones we only dreamed about and reminded us why we wanted to create this project in the first place. We’re genuinely grateful for every single one of you.
We’re also excited to share that late pledges have officially begun! If there’s anyone you know who regretted missing the campaign - or someone you think would love these books - now’s the perfect time for them to hop in. Please continue sharing the campaign; every share helps the project grow even more.
Project Updates
Staying up to date with One Room One Shots will be super easy! We will communicate with you throughout fulfilment in several ways.
Discord- This will be the BEST place to get project updates, ask us questions directly, talk with the minds behind One Room One Shots and receive play-test updates!
Email - We'll be adding all of you to our email list automatically once we get your data from Kickstarter. Be sure to mark our emails as not "spam" or "promotions" or you might miss critical updates.
Kickstarter Updates - We'll also continue to post updates right here! You can check back occasionally and we'll keep you posted on how things are going.
Post-Campaign Pledge Manager Surveys
In the coming weeks, you will receive pledge manager surveys which will allow you to…
Confirm the pledge you made when backing the campaign
Choose extras and add-ons
Confirm your shipping information
To ensure we stay on track with production and shipping, it's very important that you complete these surveys quickly.
Project We Love
Check out Gothica: Plagueworlds by our friends at Ink Blade Publishing!
Gothica: Plagueworlds is a ‘Gothic Gaslamp Fantasy’ 5e compatible TTRPG, that aims to bring disease, despair and darkness to your table. Featuring new mechanics and new content, all playable within the 5e system.
Gothica presents:
🛡️ 3 New Classes ⚔️ 30 Class Archetypes 🧬 18 Bloodlines (Each with unique genetic traits) ☠️ New Afflictions and Conditions 🦠 New Plague Mechanics 👗 Victorian England Themes and Equipment 🎨 Incredible Artwork, Created by Humans
Gothica is live on Kickstarter now and heading into it's final days:
From the bottom of our hearts, thank you again for your support, your encouragement and your belief in One Room One Shots. We truly can’t wait to bring this project to life with you.
