Update - 08/07/2024

Welcome to another weekly update! How have you all been? It's been awfully hot here in Madrid, these last few days, so I'm really grateful I have AC now. I don't know how I managed all these years without it... This weekend I spent it in crunch mode, trying to wrap up all the Carnage & Aether rules. The last bit was the Elite combat behavior, and it's finally done! It looks pretty great on paper, but as usual, we will not know until we put it to the test. I tried to capture that Monster Hunter feeling of having to chop off parts to weaken the creature, and then having different fight stages. Let's hope it works! One thing's for sure, though: this week we'll have enough material to start playtesting! A few of you have approached me already saying you want to help me playtest this, so I will be contacting you. If anyone else wants to help, please let me know! But only approach me if you are really going to have time to test the game. If you just want to take a look at the rules, please wait until I release them, since Patreon members (at the Evocatus and higher tiers) will have access to them either way.

I still need to write a whole bunch of creature stat blocks, but it feels really good to be this close to finally finishing this. It started as a simple spinoff, an expansion actually, and it turned into a pretty detailed tactical arena game, so I think it's going to be really cool and fun.

Oh yeah, and in case you missed it, Across a Thousand Dead Worlds has been nominated for an Ennie for best cover! I really had hoped for something a bit more consequential (it hasn't really reflected on the sales at all), especially considering the layout is fantastic and I think the setting is pretty cool as well, but it's better than nothing. Voting starts next Friday, so I'll let you know so you can help me win this! Although going against that fantastic Eat the Reich cover is going to be tough...

So this week I'll focus on getting the C&A PDF ready for playtesting (with just a handful of encounters, not the full list), and do a whole bunch of playtesting. I might finally get the last illustration for The Vaelorian Codex #2, so I'd be sending you guys the finished PDF as well, and send it to Glynn so he can prepare the DTRPG and Amazon files. I can't wait to hold it in my hands!

So that's it for this week, I hope summer treats you well!