We’re Not Really Here, Today. [Monday Meeting Notes]

Monday Meeting

Nope, here in the USA it is the Memorial Day holiday, and while I normally force all of the Onyx Path crew to work on Monday holidays because I’m cruel like that, we have enough of our gang with commitments for this one that we’re postponing our meetings until later this week. But that doesn’t mean I have nothing to say, or that the updates aren’t current – I do, and they are.

First off, we have one of the beautiful full page pieces by Michael William Kaluta that grace the pages of Mage: the Ascension Twentieth Anniversary Edition. You might recall that Mike was the original full page artist for Mage first edition, and we used variations of his pieces in every edition. He was also the first legendary comic book artist I brought into White Wolf‘s books, and I was so intimidated at the time that I’m amazed I was able to convince him to work with such a babbling fan-boy. Twenty years later, that relationship is still not that much different as I still respect and adore his art, although I have stopped babbling a little bit. The Mage 2oth Backer PDF went out last week, and despite a dumb mistake on my part with mixing up the links, it is in the hands of backers. Just shy of 700 pages, M20 has received some amazing accolades, and the KS backers are sending in all sorts of comments and concerns that will help us tweak the final version so that it is even better.

We talked last week about the Onyx Path panels for Gen Con this year, and here are the details:

SEM1572611 Freelancing for Onyx Path

Thu @ 1:00 PM

Location: Crowne Plaza

SEM1572614 World of Darkness Storytelling Tips & Tricks

Thu @ 4:00 PM

Location: Crowne Plaza

SEM1572616 What’s Up with Classic World of Darkness?

Fri @ 10:00 AM

Location: Crowne Plaza

SEM1572617 What’s Up with New World of Darkness?

Fri @ 3:00 PM

Location: Crowne Plaza :: Grand Central Blrm D

SEM1572633 What’s Up with Trinity, Scion, Scarred Lands, Exalted?

Sat @ 10:00 AM

Location: Crowne Plaza

SEM1572637 Dive into Pugmire & Cavaliers of Mars

Sat @ 3:00 PM

Location: Crowne Plaza :: Pennsylvania Stn

The above should be self explanatory as to what we’ll be doing with them, but feel free to ask away in the comments if you have any questions. And here are my Gen Con Industry Insider panels, all of which should be in the Indiana Convention Center, room 210 or 211:

SEM1580477 Kickstarting for Fun & Profit

Thursday @ 3:00 PM

Discuss the finer points of developing, running & fulfilling a kickstarter. Find out the nitty gritty on what works, what not to do & why you should both participate & do one!

SEM1580455 All Art Ain’t the Same: RPG Art Directing 101

Friday @ 5:00 PM

Different game lines & even different projects within those lines require different aesthetic choices. An in-depth look at how visual styles are determined in order to deliver the world as written.

SEM1580484 Return to the Return to the Castle of Gender Diversity in RPG Art

Saturday @ 12:00 Noon

This compelling and popular Q&A panel returns for the third year to examine how diversity, focusing on but not limited to gender diversity, matters in RPG art.

All of these panels listed above are slated for one hour, although I and many of the panelists will most likely extend our conversations afterwards, either in the hallway or at the Onyx Path booth. Hope to see you there!

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And now, the BLURBS!

Fear the dark places: the Beast: the Primordial Kickstarter is coming soon… we’re planning for late this week if we get everything approved in time.

Mage: the Ascension 20th Anniversary Edition KS backers: M20 PDFs went out to backers, and the response has been amazing! Thanks to all of you for your support and accolades. And also thanks to all of you intrepid eagle-eyed backers sending us notes on possible errors using the “Contact Me” button next to my picture on the M20 KS page. Your comments are great and much appreciated!

Look for the next Pugmire poster (#2 is Princess Yosha Pug) becoming available this week, and you can still get the first of the six Pugmire posters on DTRPG.com, and start spreading the Code of Man: http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/148516/Sister-Picassa-Collie-Pugmire-Poster-1

Sothis Ascends for Mummy: the Curse is on sale in both PDF and physical book PoD versions and thanks for the great response!

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And now, new project status updates!:

DEVELOPMENT STATUS FROM ROLLICKING ROSE (Projects in bold have changed listings)

First Draft (The first phase of a project that is about the work being done by writers, not dev prep)

M20 Book of Secrets (Mage: the Ascension 20th Anniversary Edition)

Exalted 3rd Novel by Matt Forbeck (Exalted 3rd Edition)

M20 Anthology (Mage: the Ascension 20th Anniversary Edition)

Pugmire Gen Con Materials (Be a Good Dog.)

CtL anthology (Changeling: the Lost 2nd Edition)

The Realm (Exalted 3rd Edition)

Dragon-Blooded (Exalted 3rd Edition)

Dark Eras Expansions (nWod Dark Eras)

VtM Lore of the Clans Expansions (Vampire: the Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition)

Pugmire Early Access

Redlines

Mummy Fiction Anthology (Mummy: the Curse)

Wraith: the Oblivion 20th Anniversary Edition

W20 Changing Ways (Werewolf: the Apocalypse 20th Anniversary Edition)

Cursed Necropolis: Rio (Mummy: the Curse)

Beckett’s Jyhad Diary (Vampire: the Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition)

Changeling: the Lost 2nd Edition, featuring the Huntsmen Chronicle (Changeling: the Lost 2nd Edition)- In Open Development

nWoD Hurt Locker (World of Darkness 2nd Edition)- In Open Development

W20 Pentex Employee Indoctrination Handbook (Werewolf: the Apocalypse 20th Anniversary Edition)

Scarred Lands Player’s Guide: Ghelspad

Second Draft

Arms of the Chosen (Exalted 3rd Edition)

Mage: the Awakening 2nd Edition, featuring the Fallen World Chronicle (Mage: the Awakening) – In Open Development

Secrets of the Covenants (Vampire: The Requiem 2nd Edition)

Development

Promethean: the Created 2nd Edition, featuring the Firestorm Chronicle (Promethean: the Created)

“Sardonyx” System Rules (Base rules set for Scion and the Trinity Continuum)

V20 Black Hand: Guide to the Tal’Mahe’Ra (Vampire: the Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition)

Demon Storytellers’ Guide (Demon: the Descent)

W20 Shattered Dreams (Werewolf: the Apocalypse 20th Anniversary Edition)

nWoD 2e core (New World of Darkness)

Editing

M20 How do you DO that? (Mage: the Ascension 20th Anniversary Edition)

V20 Ghouls (Vampire: the Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition)

W20 Novel by Mike Lee (Werewolf: the Apocalypse 20th Anniversary Edition)

Demon Translation Guide (Demon: the Fallen and Demon: the Descent)

Development (post-editing)

ART DIRECTION FROM MIRTHFUL MIKE

In Art Direction