The Last Caravan: Westward Bound

Westward Bound Early Access And More!
about 1 month ago – Fri, Sep 18, 2026 at 07:26:54 AM

Travelers!

Thank you for your patience over the end of the summer. Carson, Graham and I have been hard at work and am so excited to share with you our Early Access version of Westward Bound! This is the ENTIRE BOOK -- a standalone TTRPG, with 8 playable imprints, designed adventures, and everything you need to start running your Westward Bound one-shots or campaign.

We are over the moon, to be honest. What started out as a goofy joke we all made has turned into a robust standalone game with some of my favorite design innovations of this whole cycle. We're in love with these character imprints and really hope folks enjoy them -- and port them into their core Last Caravan games. The entire game, top to bottom, is backwards compatible with Last Caravan and Lost Highway. So yes, if you're asking if you can do a caravan of only aliens and a cat, the answer is yes.

You will see some indicators of "Placeholder" in gameplay examples, a couple of empty spots where pending illustrations are going to go, and some places that need polish. If you funded at the Dog's Best Friend level, you may not yet find your dog -- we're still massaging those examples! But other than that, this is nearly what's going to go to the printer.

If you backed Westward Bound, you will have access to two new files in backerkit: the Westward Bound Beta and Westward Bound character sheets, designed by Carson Wright, who helped the core book in major ways and has been serving as editor for Westward Bound. All of us have had a blast playtesting and enjoying Westward Bound, and we hope you do too!

WHAT'S NEXT?

This is far from the only progress we've made. Over this summer, I have completed 95% of the writing and design work for Lost Highway. Some of the remaining work is with other designers who are contributing exciting scenarios, and some of it's on me. The second this update is out, we will be diving back into Lost Highway layout, which already has had a lot of progress. (Check out the beta on your backerkit digital downloads!)

Also, work progresses on our two additional products: the Wanderer's Atlas and Satchel Box. We have a lovely product designer working on the Satchel Box, I have a physical prototype from the printer, and I'm very excited to share more images of that with you soon.

Don't get me wrong. There's a lot of work ahead, and there are always possibilities for road blocks. But for the first time in this process, we can see our destination off in the distance, and we're on our way there.

Thank you so much for your patience and support. You'll be hearing from us very soon!

Ennies Emporium & Beyond!
4 months ago – Sun, Jul 05, 2026 at 12:01:31 PM

Hello all!

Some of you may have seen something about the upcoming event on Backerkit called the ENnies Emporium -- a crowdfunding event in which 2025 ENnie nominees, including ourselves, are participating. This is our page!

As Westward Bound backers, be aware that there's nothing in this small crowdfunder you haven't seen -- and in fact, everything we're offering is digital. This is because the ENnies Emporium event is a "ready-to-ship" event, meaning that we have to have inventory available to ship immediately. As you all know, The Last Caravan is sold out in the western hemisphere. The previews of the KS campaign we'll be sharing are things that you already have access to if you're backing Lost Highway or Westward Bound. If, however, you want to share, please feel free!

In other news, progress is bolting forward. One of my main hustles is linked to the school year, and ever since the year finished I have been able to devote my working time to development of Lost Highway and Westward Bound. We'll share more as soon as we have more to share.

Some reminders:

• playable character imprints for the Lost Highway aliens and the Westward Bound doggos are available in your digital downloads if you backed either expansion. Play with them!
• a playtest version of Homeworld Song is available at this link, and I'd love to hear your feedback at this link!

As always, hit me up with any questions. I try to respond as quickly as I can to anything on here. :)

Spring Update - Timeline and Homeworld Song Playtest
6 months ago – Tue, May 05, 2026 at 08:34:13 AM

Travelers, 

We've got a couple pieces news today, so let's start with the toughest.

Our production timeline is going to face a delay of several months. The primary reason is this -- layout on Lost Highway is proceeding, but needs to pause for some time due to changes in our team's availability. We knew there was a bottleneck we were trying to get to, and some summer obligations were always an expectation, but a number of unexpected complications outside the book -- and a number of exciting innovations inside the book -- tripped us up before we could finish our mad dash.

We do not yet have a specific timeline for fulfillment. The hope is that we will simply bump forward by a few months, but I don't want to give numbers before we have a more solid set of dates.

I know this is disappointing to me and I imagine it is to some of you -- even if the classic kickstarter production delay is essentially a meme at this point. Know that we are still totally dedicated to getting this project to you, and are more enthusiastic than ever about the games we'll be delivering.

And here's where we get to some more fun stuff.

We now have a playtest-ready playtest of Homeworld Song, the secret solo journaling game/lore chapters that will be nestled inside Lost Highway. This version is not pretty -- it's just a simple document that will be laid out later. If you want a more polished version, wait for a bit! But if you'd like to give us feedback to help develop the game, you can find the playtest here and give feedback at this link here!

Between this and the previews of Lost Highway, we hope that you won't feel the need to delay any campaigns you're starting. Thank you so much for your patience with us! We are so excited to get these games into your hands and to your tables!

Ted

April 18th Update - Lost Highway Part One Beta!
6 months ago – Sat, Apr 18, 2026 at 07:00:59 AM

Hello, travelers! Yesterday was my birthday, and so I wanted to send something your way as a little gift -- for folks who backed Lost Highway at any level, we are releasing a digital beta of Part One of the book! This includes our new caravan creation tools and our four new player archetypes: The Singer, the Survivor, the Verdant, and our new archetype, the Veil.

The Veil, an alien saboteur and master of disguise, can change into a human appearance, and uses mimicry and stealth to achieve their goals. This art piece (by James Firnhaber, of course) also features a new subspecies of Aernians that you'll learn more about in Part One. 

Part One also includes our expanded caravan and character creation tools. All of these elements are table ready! Put them in your game!

HOW DO I FIND THE BETA?

If you backed Lost Highway at any level, you should already have access to the PDF in your digital downloads on backerkit. You'll also find a pdf of the character sheets for the alien imprints there soon!

WHAT'S NEXT?

This is only a fragment of the work we've done so far, and more will be coming your way. Since there's a lot of versions of what comes next, I won't roadmap anything, but just know we're working on this every day and pushing it forward! We look forward to updating you all very soon.

Ted

March Update - New Cover, Lost Highway Scenarios, and More
8 months ago – Wed, Mar 04, 2026 at 03:35:33 PM

Travelers!

Hello and welcome to our latest update for The Last Caravan: Westward Bound. Today we have a few big and exciting reveals for you. 

HOMEWORLD SONG COVER
One of our stretch goals unlocked Homeworld Song, a mixed-purpose chapter in Lost Highway that will serve as both a deep dive on alien lore as well as a solo journaling game designed, playable standalone as well as good for creating alien player characters and NPCs for Last Caravan campaigns. Check it out!

We have already had several playtests of Homeworld Song and will eventually get a version out to backers. If you're interested in being part of playtests or running your own, join us on the Mythworks discord!

LOST HIGHWAY SCENARIOS

We are now deep into design work for Lost Highway, and wanted today to share some materials with you. This google drive link contains 3 scenarios, with one of them serving as a tutorial to explain how scenarios will work generally. We've already gotten some feedback from players on this and would love to hear more. The scenarios here are:

HAND-DELIVERED (you may recognize this if you've played LC with me at a convetnion)

WARSINGER ON MAIN STREET

CAMPER CARAVANSERAI

Again, the Mythworks discord is a great place to come discuss!

WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?

Generally, we are still on schedule. I had envisioned a world where we sent books off to the printer this month, but that's almost certainly not going to happen. However, that would have been an early fulfillment situation. While there are a number of factors up in the air, there's nothing going on that we didn't generally prepare for. Apologies for the vagueness, but the general truth is this: we are working hard to get this game to you and excited to share more soon.

Thank you all for your patience and support!
Ted