Hello, Forge community! The Forge is officially five years old! 🎊🎂🎈

That’s five years of forging epic stories, casting code-like spells, and building the most magical hosting platform for Foundry VTT.

And of course, we celebrated the best way we know how: With a livestream packed with updates, sneak peeks, giveaways, and... Surprises! 🎉

If you missed the livestream, don’t worry - we’ll be posting it on YouTube soon, so that you can catch up.

Now that the confetti has settled, here’s a recap of all the incredible things we shared.

Anniversary Bazaar Sale

First, we are celebrating with big savings! As with every year, we are holding an anniversary sale featuring all of your favorite creators, selling Foundry-ready content from our Bazaar. Our 5th Anniversary Bazaar Sale runs from May 19th to May 26th. Don't miss your chance to grab amazing content at discounted prices! 🔥

You can grab discounted content from any of our incredible creators across the TTRPG community here.

Foundry Version 13 - Now Available on The Forge🎊

Foundry VTT’s V13 release is the talk of the realm, and we’ve been deep in the dungeons getting The Forge fully compatible.

Our dev team tackled it from all angles:

• Updates to the file picker, ensuring both Application V1 and V2 are supported.
• Fixing module deprecation warnings to ensure everything plays nicely with the latest code.
• Addressing Bazaar install hiccups, which mostly stem from renamed functions and renamed features.
• And finally, chasing down those last bugs in the dynamic token rings - the gremlin that never dies.

Thanks to our developer team in being so fast to address these issues, we are proud to say that Foundry VTT’s version 13 is now released on The Forge! 🎉

We will be recommending this version to our Forge subscribers in the next few weeks (as of this posting). Of course, adventurous users are welcome to upgrade early, though we recommend checking to make sure all of your favorite systems and modules are updated for V13.

And whether you upgrade early, or wait until we recommend V13, BACKUP your content! Worlds and compendiums no longer work in previous versions after they have been updated, meaning backups are the only way to go back.

The Forge is hiring!

Once again, The Forge is hiring, this time for three positions. We are recruiting for the following positions:

• Senior DevOps
• Senior UI/UX Specialist
• And an administrative assistant - specifically from Quebec, to help with various administrative tasks, especially those concerning Quebecois or Canadian government compliance.

If any of these positions sound like the fit for you, feel free to check out our Jobs page for more information. We hope to see you working alongside us soon!

Bazaar Card Redesign, and Upgrades

We’ve started rolling out improvements to The Bazaar, including clearer installation toasts (confirmations), and better feedback when installing premium packages through Foundry Gaming's system.

Next up? A rework of our package cards, based on a sleek new design that will make browsing and discovering content even more enjoyable. They'll help showcase the amazing content on the Bazaar even better, displaying information in a comfortable, yet compact fashion.

In the interest of ensuring that everything is good to go on this release, we will be rolling it out within a week or two.

Notification Drawer Phase 2: More Ding, Less Clutter

We’re aiming to have Notification Drawer Phase 2 polished up and ready soon. Here’s what that means:

• We are implementing optional channels with opt-in/out support, so that users can sign up only for what matters to them.
• Adding automated messages like subscription renewal reminders, and in the future, potentially update you if your favorite creator releases new content.
• Adding separate channels for blogs, service updates, and more to keep our messaging clean and relevant.

We hope to use these notifications to keep our users in the loop, and hope you'll agree that it does so. As with the Bazaar Card redesign, you can expect to see these improvements debut in the next week or two.

A New Game Emerges?

Remember Solitaire, our cozy New Year’s gift?

For our 5th anniversary, the Forge team is back with something even more daring: A fast-paced, dungeon-crawling card game inspired by Scoundrel, in a version we are calling Dungeon Solitaire.

In Dungeon Solitaire, you explore a dungeon dictated by the cards, using what has been dealt to you by the cards to survive, and make your way out. The game is easy to pick up, hard to master, and will be built right into The Forge as a celebration of the adventures we've shared over the past five years.

Ready your sword (and your draw pile)!

Bazaar Showcase

We showcased the following packages during our Anniversary Livestream:

And a free package - Universal Battlemap Importer, by Moo Man and a number of other contributors.

A New One-Shot Adventure - Just for You 🫶

Finally, to mark the occasion, we’ve cooked up a little gift for all our users: An original one-shot adventure called Snowbound Sortie, for OSE, D&D, and PF2e, created by Wyrmisis and Rughalt for The Forge.

The premise?

Your party stumbles upon a village known for its annual flower festival - only to find it buried under a strange and unyielding winter. The villagers blame everything from old gods to mad mages, but all signs point to the nearby ruins.

This chilling tale is free for all Forge subscribers, and available exclusively through The Bazaar. It's our way of saying thank you for five amazing years.

We hope you like it!

And that's it!

From all of us here at The Forge - Thank You! 💚

Whether you joined us five years ago, or five days ago, you’re part of this incredible journey.

Here’s to more sessions, more stories, and more rolling with advantage. Happy anniversary!

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