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Hi Reader, Welcome! The daffodils are blooming in the front yard. They look good in this metal pitcher, don't you think? Defy the Gods is at the distributor's warehouse, at Plus One Exp in Philadelphia. I had a great talk with Tony last week, sorting out how distribution is going to work. They're a well organized team—they got this. Plus One Exp also brought a couple display copies of Defy the Gods to PAX East last weekend. Maybe I didn't print enough of the special edition! Tony said people would see the gold foil-covered book, stop in their tracks and go, "This looks really gay. What's it about?" That's a cover that's doing its job. Eternal thanks to Thalie! Meanwhile in China, Boda Games is working on the prototype for Raccoon Sky Pirates. We'll get it in two to three weeks. Reader, there are a lot of components in this game. I stuffed every raccoon I could find into it. I can't wait to show them to you! As part of publicizing the Kickstarter, I wrote a verrry short story about Raccoon Sky Pirates on Tumblr. It shows how the adventure starts, in the junkyard. If you're curious how Raccoon Sky Pirates manifest in other media, check it out. It features Robbi's portraits! On the progress bar below, the Dumpster fire is trundling forward. We've got oven mitts on our hands and we're heads down, pushing it as hard as we can. Once it gets going, the only hard part will be stopping it. If you haven't already, please click here to join the crew and be notified when the Kickstarter launches! Best wishes, |
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🌈🚀 Reliable wonder engine. I make narrative role-playing games that imagine a weirder, queerer, more connected world.
Hi Reader, Imagine it's after dark on the eve of All Hallows. Your car broke down, and now you're tramping through the woods in search of shelter. Ice-cold rain soaks through your too-summery clothes and into your bones. A sudden shock: Lightning outlines a looming manor house. Deafening thunder—or is it the manse's baleful façade?—roots you to the spot. Brambles choke its walls. Mazy gables top narrow windows from which fell figures stare out. And then...like an ill omen...a Chevy Bluebird...
Hi Reader, Particle accelerator, but make it flowers. Please come in. Have some ice-cold fizzy water. Yesterday, I went to Yellow Springs, Ohio. From their creek, I brought back messy stalks of orange jewelweed. They're floating in a ceramic bowl of cool water on the table. Little gems. Lyla McBeath Fujiwara is brilliant. I recently read her Substack post about playtesting tactics. Lyla has worked at the mind-boggling scale of the Cosmere RPG. She generously shares that experience, with...
Hi Reader, Welcome! Please, come in. Have some fizzy water. I brought back a tall hollyhock stalk from Sweden and put it in a glass carafe on the table. Don't mind the stray leptons shooting around. The particle accelerator in the basement has lost focus again. I'd tune it, but the leptons show the hollyhock in such a nice light. This past weekend was Gen Con! And I wasn’t there! Instead, I went to the town of Visby, on the island of Gotland in Sweden, to see two dear friends get married....