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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, make yourself at home. On the table, next to some humble, xeroxed character sheets, is a tiny ceramic pot holding a lush orchid. I've been thinking about the densely packed experience lately. Like movies. Even though they're today's prestige storytelling format, even a great movie is just two hours (okay, two and a half) of light and sound. But in that time, it takes you on a rollercoaster. When it drops you off at the end, you feel richerânot twenty...
Hi Reader, Welcome! Please, come in. Make yourself comfortable. On the table, we have peonies and sheet cake. I'm celebrating (re)launching the Defy the Gods Kickstarter! Sorry I already ate half the cake. I lost control at 2 a.m. after I uploaded the last assets to the Kickstarter campaign. (If you're sick of hearing about Defy the Godsâor you're just mad about the cakeâclick here. I haven't tried it before, but my email service should take you off the list.) To make it up to you about the...
Hi Reader, Welcome to my regular newsletter! It's a cheery place where we can talk about games and good vibes. I land in your inbox somewhere between once a week and once a month. Please, come in. Sit down. I've put a bunch of garden stars-of-Bethlehem in a bowl of cold water. There's a bowl of dice next to them. Don't put your hand in the wrong one! Tuesday, June 10th is my target date to relaunch Defy the Gods on Kickstarter. That gives us two weeks. With that ramping up, I'm getting into...