🌈🚀 Reliable wonder engine. I make narrative role-playing games that imagine a weirder, queerer, more connected world.
after the frenzy, what's left?
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Hi Reader, Welcome! Please come in. It's rainy and blowy outside, and someone said we could get snow. But it's toasty in here. On the table, we have a pile of decorative gourds. I marked numbers on them with a Sharpie so you can roll them like dice. After months of frenzied work on Defy the Gods, I'm suddenly left with nothing to do. The text is complete, the book is laid out. We're waiting on the index and the last four pieces of art—out of 75! Sometime in the next 10 days, we'll submit the book to the printer. And some small, unfamiliar thing in me says it’s past time to pick up my old practices again. Weed the yard, exercise, and get back in touch with old friends. Let Me Tell You About ItIt's been an exciting time since I last sent you anything. Here's just a little of the amazing new art we've commissioned: It's gonna be such a beautiful book. I can't wait for you to see it. To that end, I'm raising the cover price. The price of RPGs has gone up steeply since a year ago, and the book is longer than I expected—over 300 pages!—with a lot more art. It'll include two chapters that we got as stretch goals: the guide to fantasy ancient Sumer and Ryan Khan's supper recipe. They felt important enough to the overall experience to include them in the book. For the GM, the book has scene ideas for several places your adventurers may go and trouble they may get into. All of which is to say—the book will be 50% more expensive than the Kickstarter price. if you want to get it at a steep discount, head to the pre-order page! In Other News: RaccoonsI’m startled to find that, if I want the new Raccoon Sky Pirates to be ready for Christmas season 2026—and I do—I need to plan the Kickstarter now. In fact, I'm already behind. It's been fun to work on prototypes for the new game. I have this idea that all the components should look like they were stolen from somewhere else—magazines, other games—and thrown in the box. But it's all coming up so soon! Things are never gonna calm down. Not if I’m lucky. Guess I’d better get back to all those things I was putting off. Talk to you soon! May your gourd ever roll high, |
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🌈🚀 Reliable wonder engine. I make narrative role-playing games that imagine a weirder, queerer, more connected world.
Hi Reader, Welcome! The daffodils are blooming in the front yard. They look good in this metal pitcher, don't you think? Defy the Gods is at the distributor's warehouse, at Plus One Exp in Philadelphia. I had a great talk with Tony last week, sorting out how distribution is going to work. They're a well organized team—they got this. Plus One Exp also brought a couple display copies of Defy the Gods to PAX East last weekend. Maybe I didn't print enough of the special edition! Tony said people...
Hi Reader, Welcome! Please, come in. Do you like the pantsuit? I got it at Ross. powered by Midjourney I'm glad you're here—you're just in time for a big announcement. Roll that podium over here, would you dear? In an effort to capitalize on market synergies, Hectic Electron is excited to announce two new games in our line-up: Defy the Raccoons and Queer Sky Pirates. The first one out the gate is Defy the Raccoons. In this game, inspired by Over the Hedge and the sensational,...
Hi Reader, Welcome! Please, come in. After some whipsaw weather, spring has gotten determined here. Nothing's blooming in the garden yet, but five years ago, M rescued an orchid from a gutter, and now it's blooming for the first time. So I've put it on the table. I'm still thinking about everything I saw at GAMA Expo. So much waste. It's amazing what sells. It's discouraging how few ideas are in most of it. But it's a privilege to be in this business. I'm so glad I get to make fun things for...