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Hi Reader, Welcome! Please, come in. I've put some pink daylilies in a vase for Pride month. Dayliliesâpretty, but impossible to kill. We're all saying "Happy Pride!" with extra daylily-determination this year. It's a happy Pride, but with grit. Before it was a party, Pride was a protest. And 5,000 years before that, in a land you build at the table, it was a battlecry against the gods! If you can't tell, I'm pumped to be re-launching Defy the Gods during Pride month. I didn't plan it this way, but it's the best kind of accident. I just wrapped a three-session run of Defy the Gods with Tony, Sarah and Richard of Plus One EXP. You can see it on YouTubeâ
If you want more context, check out the full episodes Episode 1 (character creation, world-building and World Scene), 2, and 3. Just one more week before the Kickstarter launches. If you're excitedâyay! I'm excited too. If you're non-plussed by this new campaign over a month after I asked for your pledge alreadyâthank you for sticking with me. This has been a learning experience on an ambitious project. June 10th will be itâthe last time I ask you to help me print this book. You're gonna love the results. I'm planning better, too, setting us up for a strong opening day. I'm writing a stronger campaign story. Cris is laying out a fuller Quick Start PDF so I can share it with you. I'll post it on Itch where the shorter Quick Start is. If you download that one, Itch will email you when the new one's ready. For the new, cooler video, I'm excited to say my old friend Yuri Lowenthal is doing the voice over! This is the same Yuri who plays Peter Parker on the Spider-Man video game series, as well as so many other indelible characters. I can't show you the video yet, but I'll post it on the Kickstarter page when it launches. Hooray for Pride month! I'm glad Defy the Gods can be a teeny part of something bigger, getting gay-romance cooties all over people's epic fantasy. I can't wait to queer Conan the Barbarian. This Pride, be loud, proud, visible and safe. And, when you get a few hours of peace with your friends, go topple some gods. xoxoxo P.S. If you haven't already, go follow the Kickstarter here so you'll be notified when it goes live! |
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đđ Reliable wonder engine. I make narrative role-playing games that imagine a weirder, queerer, more connected world.
Hi Reader, Welcome! Please come in, sit down. Have some cold fizzy waterâit's way too hot out there. On the table are echinacea bloomsâthey'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 ideaâa fast-paced sword duel played in real time instead of turns....
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 isâthe 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 Mesopotamiaâa 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....