Defy the Gods draws nigh

Published 5 months ago • 1 min read

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 kiss can change everything.

It's also over 150% funded and just passed its fourth stretch goal.

Read more about it on the Kickstarter page! There, you can download the Quick Start and see for yourself how it plays.

And get a load of the art. The art is amazing.

Best,
Chrys

Defy the Gods, Smoldering Queer Sword and Sorcery, with a mockup of the book and a scene in the Underworld

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