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Flying to Gencon tomorrow! We still got some tickets left for the live QnA and premier of ep.31 👀
(They're 0$ at least) So come and hang out to see the pain unfold before your eyes LIVE! I may or may not cry! WE SHALL SEE!!! :D TICKETS: https://www.gencon.com/events/242882
They finally released it.
The official Actual Play of GODS OF METAL: RAGNAROCK from Gen Con 2023, featuring Brennan Lee Mulligan, Michelle Nguyen Bradley, Jason Charles Miller, Ivan Van Norman, Luis Carazo, Noxweiler Berf, and Markeia McCarty.
So, Paizo announces that there will be a huge event in Golarion spanning several realms, from where a fucking core deity will not get out alive, and at the same time, that Shelyn, the goddess of art, who has dissapeared in the Starfinder timeline, will be returning as Zon-Shelyn and going full goth, AND I'M SUPPOSED TO CONTINUING MINDING MY OWN BUSINESS AS IF THOSE ARE NOT THE MOST IMPORTANT BITS OF LORE THAT THEY'VE ADDED TO THE SETTING IN THE LAST YEARS.
My autistic ass needs to know MORE, I NEED DETAILS, ALL OF THEM.
Worst part of it is that my swashbuckler/devoted muse half-elf from Korvosa started as an abandoned child who found hope and comfort in the Shelyn church, only to have that ripped from her through all the traumatic events she has lived under the rule of Queen Ileosa. In fact, she started as a paladin, but the corrupted city made her abandon law and pursue a path of almost vengeance against the people who hurt her friends, art, the city. She learned to dance and sing to cope with the pain during her infancy, then she used it to share hope and beauty with the people of the city... and now, she uses it to ease the darkness that's grown inside of her, after seeing the worst that people can get and do. I feel that if she survives the Curse of the Crimson Throne and lives long enough, she would be next to Zon-Shelyn, channeling the pain and darkest emotions into the most beautiful art.
Speed Painting: Reaper Miniatures
While I was at Gencon I entered a bunch of Speed Painting events, here were the two miniatures I painted from Reaper Miniatures. A Dwarf Baker and an Elf Archer. The archer was my first model I painted over the convention and I bit off more than I could chew with the highlighting on the cape and everything else I wanted to do.
The Dwarf baker I'm much more happy with, it was a blast to paint and I plan to go back and touch up on the details and add more blood CHERRY!
...it's definitely a cherry pie he's made. I actually have a bunch of fantasy chefs, I'll probably paint them all while I'm at it.
My GenCon bookstack!
There's a lot I can say about my first GenCon, but for now I just wanna talk about the cool games I picked up. Starting from the bottom:
Spire: the City Must Fall by Grant Howitt & Christopher Taylor
You got your oppressed elves and your ruling elves and a big ol fucked up city to skulk around in. Anyone who knows me knows I love the themes of this game. @monsterfactoryfanfic just did a fantastic video essay on the game that really highlights the politics and setting, which are what drew me to it in the first place. Grant and Chris signed this one for me, which was unexpected! I picked up Orc Borg for a friend at the same time.
Thousand Year Old Vampire by Tim Hutchings
The ultimate solo game; how could I resist? You are the titular vampire and you live lifetime after lifetime, trying and failing to hold onto memory. This book is so aesthetically pleasing! Very excited to crack it open and play.
Voidheart Symphony by Minerva McJanda
You have the real world and you have the Void, and you gotta try and rescue people from the Castle in the Void. Inspired by Persona! I'd heard of this one in name only - I kept conflating it with other games, though I couldn't tell you which ones. This one's also published by Rowan Rook & Deckard. I was intrigued by the mechanics of this one. Playbooks that change based on whether you're in the city or in the void? hell yeah, I'll give that a try. (also it was less expensive than Heart, which I was on the verge of buying)
Dream Askew/Dream Apart by Avery Alder and Benjamin Rosenbaum
Dream Askew has you playing queer post apocalyptic survivors in a community outside of what remains of society. Dream Apart is an alternate history of an Eastern European Jewish community. This is one I've been eyeing for a while. It felt like the gap in my game design knowledge - defining "belonging outside belonging" online turns into a cyclical discussion, so straight to the source I went.
CBR+PNK by Emanoel Melo
Technically my partner picked this one up, but I was an enabler for it. Love cyberpunk. Do not love six pages of rules for a machine gun (looking at you, Shadowrun). The design of this one is super tight, both in terms of game design and in its packaging/materials design. It comes with dry erasable character pamphlets!
Bang: The Duel by Emiliano Sciarra
Okay so it's a board game, not a book. my bad. I love the original game and my partner and I like playing two player games, so this was a fun find.
Void 1680 AM by Ken Lowery
I can't gush about this game enough. You play a lonely radio DJ taking calls from your listeners. It's a solo game where you build a playlist and it takes me back to my radio days! I was so excited to see this at the @indiepressrevolution booth at the con!
Hunt by Spencer Campbell
This one was also new to me, but I knew I'd buy something at the GilaRPGs booth. I was sold on it as Lumen 2.0, because I already adore the Lumen system. You play a doomed order of knights on a quest to slay a beast. If you succeed, the order is saved, and if not, it's doomed. The design of this one is really tight and modular, so even though it's a self-enclosed one-shot, you could certainly run it repeatedly with different combos every time.
I almost bought so many games, but I did have to be mindful of my spending! Honorable mentions I'll hopefully get in the future: Monster of the Week, Thirsty Sword Lesbians, Into the Wyrd and Wild, Anamnesis, Slayers, Moonlight on Roseville Beach, Cowboys with Big Hearts, Signal to Noise, I Have the High Ground, Apocalypse Keys, and more I'm sure I'm forgetting!
It was absolutely wild to see so many games I've got in PDF in print, and to meet a few designers and publishers I admire!
If you're going to Gencon this week, come find my work in the Art Show! I'll be there at table 76 all four days, so swing by and say hi if you get the chance.
(The display photo above is from a different con, but it'll look very similar!)
We're going to be at Gen Con this weekend! Come find us at booth 449 aka Indie Island along with Possum Creek Games, Possible Worlds Games, Matthew Gravelyn, Plus One Exp, and Resident Bard.
We're going to have over 180 different games with us this year, you can see the full list and all other info here: https://www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/GenCon-2023.html
Come stop by and say hi!
seriously emotional about the quiet room at gencon, it’s a dream for overstimulated people. the lights are low, no one is talking, they have puzzles and coloring pages set out. there are bins of earplugs and some filled with hard candies to give you a different sensation to focus on. they have exercise balls, pillow toys, weighted blankets, foam rollers and mats. chairs to sit in but also plenty of floor space. i love seeing the commitment to accessibility here
