🌈🚀 Reliable wonder engine. I make narrative role-playing games that imagine a weirder, queerer, more connected world.
after the fundraising marathon, a sprint to the finish
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Hi Reader, Welcome! Please come in, sit down. Have some cold fizzy water—it's way too hot out there. On the table are echinacea blooms—they're back! Since the Defy the Gods Kickstarter wrapped, I've been keeping a low profile. Writing the text, fixing things, finishing sections that were rough. I mean, that's what I'm doing now. At first, I just took the weekend off. Went to a movie. I found myself working on an old card game idea—a fast-paced sword duel played in real time instead of turns. Clearly, my brain needed a break. But now I'm back to defying the gods with a will! I'm in love with it again—but I'm also clear-eyed about all the things that can't happen till after I get to final text: layout, diagrams, last illustrations, printer's proofs, printing, shipping, distribution. I'm tempted to update the game based on stuff I've learned recently. I feel like I'm learning all the time, and the state of the art keeps changing. But at a certain point, it has to be done. Especially since every new design or mechanic needs playtesting. A lot. How much is "a lot"? Jay Dragon's design diary on Patreon reminded me. Jay's games raise my sights for what's possible. At the same time, it's reassuring to know even Jay can feel daunted after a developmental editor rakes their red pen over the text. Ok, I'm back at it! More soon! Best, P.S. I almost forgot—I set up pre-orders on BackerKit! If you missed the Kickstarter, you can get most of the items at the preorder store! Thanks! |
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🌈🚀 Reliable wonder engine. I make narrative role-playing games that imagine a weirder, queerer, more connected world.
Hi Reader, What began as a silent shaking in the earth has grown to thunderous, resounding hoofbeats. The armies of Doom approach. Time to draw steel. That is—the Defy the Gods Kickstarter ends on Thursday! If you haven't read my emails for the last year, or I just didn't tell you, Defy the Gods is a queer sword & sorcery tabletop role-playing game set in fantasy ancient Mesopotamia—a game full of daring adventure, messy romance, and cursed power. It's a game where a single sword stroke or...
Hi Reader, It's good to see you. Please, have a seat. Have some iced tea. On the table is a little succulent called, I shit you not, goblin fingers. Other name, for real: Gollum jade. It's the most tabletop role-playing game plant I've ever met. The Defy the Gods Kickstarter ends on Thursday. It's been a roller coaster. In these last four days, I need to tell as many people as possible about it. Expect a few more emails from me this week. If you don't want to get them, you can opt out here....
Hi Reader, Welcome! Please, come in. Sit down. We've got some cold fizzy water and some pizza from this place up the road. On the table and chairs there's an oiled bronze sword, a boiled leather shield, a skeleton key mottled in verdigris ... let me get all that out of the way. There. As you can tell by all the detritus—We're just a week and a half away from the end of the Defy the Gods Kickstarter! So far, we've unlocked an embroidered patch, a spot-gloss upgrade for the standard edition, a...