There Are New Ways To Get Our Stuff…[Monday Meeting Notes]

Monday Meeting, News

So, last week we announced that we’re working with these guys…

…to sell a selection of our Deluxe and Prestige Editions. These are from the original print runs for our Kickstarted projects, after we shipped all the backers their books, and we thought it better to make them available to retailers and our community than to try and sell them piecemeal at cons and such. Check out the link in the BLURBS! section, below.

If you’ve been following this blog regularly, and really you should you know, I’ve mentioned that Onyx Path is always looking for ways to get our projects to folks who can enjoy them, and that includes into sales venues and stores. But those efforts have to work with our overall business strategy and how we are set up. So right now, IPR is selling our already printed Deluxe and Prestige Editions, because that makes sense to us, and if this experiment works we hope to add more selections to their offerings.

We also announced last week that we are adding new merchandise to our RedBubble store! Specifically, we’re starting with mugs and phone cases with symbols and art on them. Just like with our mammoth selection of t-shirts, we’ll be starting with a few options and adding in new designs and choices as we can in the midst of our crazy release schedule. Full info here: http://theonyxpath.com/now-available-phone-skins-and-mugs-whaaaat/

As always, please bear in mind that we are limited by the templates RedBubble has available, so it is possible that your particular model of phone isn’t represented. (We still love you, though!)

Back in our usual sales channels, it is with great enthusiasm that I can announce that the Deluxe Mage 20th Anniversary Edition is shipping even as I write this. (It is with a lot less enthusiasm that I pay the shipping bill. That book is huge, and weighs a ton, and that costs a lot to ship!) This includes the M20 Q-Prime Ultra-Deluxe Editions as well, for those that were worried. And the M20 Screens, Dwight.

So, that kind of all brings together a lot of the stuff I’ve been hinting about lately about how we are stretching into different areas not just in terms of projects like Pugmire and Scion 2nd Edition, but into different sales venues and methods, all while getting on top of some of our bigger and tougher projects.

We’ve got a lot of amazing projects yet to come: just look at that powerful selection below in the Update Lists for the ones already in progress. But, yes, right now we are dedicated to delivering those biggies that have demanded a ton of attention through last year and were hit hardest by the slowdown tied to the WW IP ownership change.

It is happening!

Thanks to everyone for their comments on last week’s MMN blog about how we take a book (or any project really) from pitch to publishing. Glad to clear up any confusion, and please feel free to direct any of your friends to the blog if they are interested or have questions about our creation process.

BLURBS!

ON SALE!

Here’s the link to the press release we put out last week about selling through Indie Press Revolution: http://theonyxpath.com/press-release-onyx-path-limited-editions-now-available-through-indie-press-revolution/

The Demon Storyteller Guide has dropped its cover and is on sale as a PDF and a physical copy PoD on DTRPG! http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/170165/Demon-Storytellers-Guide

The Demon Storyteller’s Guide includes:

Expanded information on angels, including a look at how Incarnations apply to them

A extensive look at the spy genre and its permutations and how they apply to Demon

Three “setting hacks,” including an examination of Demon in the Bronze Age

Dreams of Avarice has risen from the sands and PDF and PoD versions are on sale now! http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/170167/Dreams-of-Avarice

Dreams of Avarice is a personal manifesto penned by the Arisen called the Heretic. This in-character richly illustrated 6? x 9? volume exposes secrets and hypocrisies that underlie the world of Mummy: the Curse.

The Chronicles of Darkness Core Rulebook looms out of the shadows, and is now on sale with PDF and PoD versions on DTRPG: http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/168428/Chronicles-of-Darkness

Chronicles of Darkness RPG rulebook contains:

A guide to creating characters to explore a world of modern horror, from hopes and fears to psychic powers.

Dramatic rules for investigation, social manipulation, and bone-crunching violence.

Over a dozen monsters straight out of weird fiction and urban legend… plus complete rules for creating your own.

The God-Machine Chronicle, a massive collection of sample characters and techgnostic adventures.

Formerly titled nWoD Core Rulebook 2nd Edition.

The Pugmire Early Access book is for sale in both PDF and PoD formats! Check out the beta-rules for our family-friendly fantasy game of uplifted dogs exploring a world they never made! Lord of the Rings meets Planet of the Apes, but with dogs!

Condition Card PDFs and physical card PoDs for both Chronicles of Darkness http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/171574/Chronicles-of-Darkness-Condition-Numina-and-Dread-Power-Cards and Werewolf: the Forsaken 2nd Edition http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/171573/Werewolf-the-Forsaken-2nd-Edition-Condition-Cards are now up dealt up at DTCards!

CONVENTIONS!

Gen Con 2016 planning has started. We’re starting to plan our booth demo schedule and our 2016-2017 Brochure.

Here are some cons Fast Eddy Webb will be attending! Talk to him about V20 and Pugmire and Sherlock Holmes and Oxford Commas:

AggieCon 47 ( April 1-3, 2016 , Bryan, TX)

, Bryan, TX) ECGC ( April 19-21, 2016 , Raleigh, NC)

, Raleigh, NC) MomoCon ( May 26-29, 2016 , Atlanta, GA)

And now, the new project status updates!

DEVELOPMENT STATUS FROM ROLLICKING ROSE (projects in bold have changed status since last week):

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)

CtL fiction anthology (Changeling: the Lost 2nd Edition)

Ring of Spiragos (Scarred Lands)

VtM Endless Ages fiction anthology (Vampire: the Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition)

BtP Building a Legend (Beast: the Primordial)

Scarred Lands Player’s Guide 5E: Ghelspad (Scarred Lands 2nd Edition)

Trinity Continuum Core Rulebook (The Trinity Continuum)

DA V20 Dark Ages Companion (Vampire 20th Dark Ages)

Trinity Continuum: Aeon Rulebook (The Trinity Continuum)

M20 Gods and Monsters (Mage: the Ascension 20th Anniversary Edition)

Redlines

Wraith: the Oblivion 20th Anniversary Edition

Changeling: the Dreaming 20th Anniversary Edition

Dagger of Spiragos – Pathfinder Version (Scarred Lands)

EX3 Quickstart (Exalted 3rd Edition)

Scarred Lands The Wise and the Wicked (Scarred Lands 2nd Edition)

Second Draft

Arms of the Chosen (Exalted 3rd Edition)

The Realm (Exalted 3rd Edition)

Dragon-Blooded (Exalted 3rd Edition)

Cavaliers of Mars

Night Horrors: Conquering Heroes (Beast: the Primordial)

Development

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

V20 Lore of the Bloodlines (Vampire: the Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition)

Beast Ready Made Characters (Beast: the Primordial)

Changeling: the Lost 2nd Edition, featuring the Huntsmen Chronicle (Changeling: the Lost 2nd Edition)

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

CofD Hurt Locker (Chronicles of Darkness)

Scion: Alpha (Scion 2nd Edition)

Signs of Sorcery (Mage: the Awakening Second Edition)

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

Shattered Dreams in-book stretch goals (Werewolf: the Apocalypse 20th Anniversary Edition)

W20 Kinfolk (Werewolf: the Apocalypse 20th Anniversary Edition)

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

Mummy Fiction Anthology (Mummy: the Curse)

DA Tome of Secrets (Vampire 20th Dark Ages)

Post-Editing Development:

Scarred Lands Player’s Guide: Ghelspad (Scarred Lands 2nd Edition)

Indexing:

Beast: the Primordial Core Book (Beast: the Primordial)

ART DIRECTION FROM MIRTHFUL MIKE:

In Art Direction

W20 Shattered Dreams – Still trying to get the remaining artwork in for expansions.

– Still trying to get the remaining artwork in for expansions. Promethean: the Created Second



Scarred Lands PG

Dark Eras Companion

Secrets of the Covenants – Last of the art should be in this week.

– Last of the art should be in this week. Necropolis Rio – Cover contracted

– Cover contracted W20 Kinfolk – Sketches coming in… so far so good.

– Sketches coming in… so far so good. V20 Ready Made Characters – Couple of corrections on the sketches, but nothing major.

– Couple of corrections on the sketches, but nothing major. EX3 Backer Charms – Art notes out to artists.

– Art notes out to artists. Beckett’s Jyhad Diary – Have to read through it before I buy art for it.

In Layout

Mage: the Awakening Second – In progress.

In progress. V20 Ghouls – In progress

In progress WtF2 The Pack – In Progress.

– In Progress. Beast – Wrapping everything up.

Proofing



Ex 3 core book – From RichT: Looks like the Index is coming in this week and work will move forward on the printer files for both the Deluxes and the PoD versions.

– From RichT: Looks like the Index is coming in this week and work will move forward on the printer files for both the Deluxes and the PoD versions. Dark Eras – At WWP for approval.

– At WWP for approval. Beast Anthology – At WWP for approval.

– At WWP for approval. V20 Black Hand – At WWP for approval.

At Press

M20 Deluxe Edition – finishing shipping right now.

finishing shipping right now. Beast Screen – proofs approved, being printed.

proofs approved, being printed. Lore of the Clans LtD Edition – shipping from printer to shipper.

shipping from printer to shipper. Lore of the Clans Screen – proofs approved, being printed.

Special- projects on hold in the art and production area until an external factor is resolved

Wraith 20 – Can’t go further until art notes come in, still being developed by Rich Dansky.

Can’t go further until art notes come in, still being developed by Rich Dansky. Pentex Employee Indoctrination Manual – Some added and amended text needs to come in.