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Hi Reader, Welcome! Please, come in. I'll put the kettle on ... you're an hour early, aren't you? No? It's me? I'm an hour behind? I'm still tripping over the time change. Last week, I went to GAMA Expo, the business con for tabletop games. I got to show off the advance copies of Defy the Gods and collect pre-orders. I also got to tell people a new version of Raccoon Sky Pirates is coming! I drove down with Faye of Goblin Door Games, a Horizons Fellows this year who I've mentioned before. Her anti-cosmic horror game Before the Worms got a fantastic response! Road trips are a wonderful, intense experience in a moving bubble. We eat snacks. We talk about deep stuff, with hours to kill. Avery Alder's Ribbon Drive captures the big feelings and infinite possibility of the open highway. Defy the Gods is on its own road trip, across the Pacific. I'm so excited to share it with you! Everyone at GAMA cooed over the art. Queer sword & sorcery never looked so good! It'll go out in May. The enormity of what we've made is starting to hit me. It's got so much: a sourcebook for the setting; creatures and enemies; scene ideas; a one-shot scenario starter; and a cursed arc of doom for each adventurer to travel. It's. Just. I mean, it's a lot. You'll see for yourself soon, when you get to hold it in your hands! Meanwhile, we're banging away on Raccoon Sky Pirates. So many raccoons to stuff in the box!
It's so trashy. And so luxe. Luxurious trash! We're currently planning to launch the Kickstarter in May. It depends how fast we can get the prototype together. Sign up here to be notified when it goes live! A retailer friend at the Expo advised me to re-issue the original mailer box version too. What do you think? "Total Chaos Edition" and "Classic Janky Edition"? I want to price it the same as it was, but I still have to get quotes and see. The price of paper's gone up since five years ago! But it'd definitely be a lot cheaper than the Total Chaos Edition. Otherwise there's no point. More soon! xoxoxo P.S. At GAMA Expo, I also talked up Cole's work as a project manager. If you're making an ambitious game, you need a project manager. Cole's a good one. P.P.S. Get excited for Raccoon Sky Pirates! Sign up to be notified here! |
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🌈🚀 Reliable wonder engine. I make narrative role-playing games that imagine a weirder, queerer, more connected world.
Hi Reader, Welcome! Please, come in, have a seat. The snow is finally starting to melt around here. On the table, we have a tin of shortbread cookies, and in the kitchen, your choice of tea, coffee or hot cocoa. So hey, a few weeks ago I got a little preachy about promises and contracts. Although I wasn’t talking mainly about Jay Dragon, I did imply she'd done some things, or failed to, based on conclusions I drew from the Rascal article I mentioned. I was too hasty. The Rascal piece was more...
Hi Reader, Welcome! Please, come in. On the table, I have a bowl of kiwis—the indie game designer of fruits. They're hard to peel, but I swear it’s worth it. (If you’re into OSR, just beast it and bite right through the fuzzy skin.) I know this talented up-and-coming game designer named Faye Weaver. Faye is a Horizons Fellow this year, like I was last year. And she’s been getting frustrated about, well, the crickets. I think everyone who puts a game out there feels this way sometimes, so I...
Hi Reader, Welcome! Please, come in, out of that snow. My it's cold out there—winter is biting down. But it's cozy in here. Have some hot cocoa. I made it with warm milk this time. Did you read the Rascal article about Yazeba's Bed & Breakfast? It's the kind of cautionary tale that keeps me up at night. If you don't have a Rascal subscription, do get one. But for now, here's my best sum-up: Possum Creek Games, led by Jay Dragon, made some big promises to the writers and artists who helped...