The Walking and Scrapping Dead [Monday Meeting Notes]

Monday Meeting, News

A couple of meanings to the “Scrapping” part of the blog title this week. First of all, not the “scraping dead” which is probably a kind of zombie. Pretty sure I’ve seen some scraped zombies on TV…but that’s not the type I’m talking about.

Scrapping as in “scrappy”, though, is one of the ways I mean it. As in tough and fighty. In Dystopia Rising: Evolution, which is rolling along quite well with its Kickstarter – thanks for asking, the undead have various tiers of scrappy, and of intelligence. That’s one of the cool parts of the setting, and one of the several reasons we at Onyx Path had for deciding to work with Eschaton Media to create the Dystopia Rising: Evolution tabletop RPG.

If we haven’t yet released the portion of the manuscript containing the zombies to backers during the Kickstarter, stay tuned, because we will. Like most of our latest Kickstarters, the whole text will be revealed to backers before the KS is over. We like to think that doing that gives backers a good chance to make an informed backing decision.

Which means less backers coming back to us when the Backer PDF is released to tell us that it’s not what they thought they were backing. We’d prefer a backer drop their pledge than be unhappy after the KS is over.

Scrapping, also like in dealing with scrap materials: which in Dystopia Rising: Evolution‘s world is a vital part of survival. So much so that developer Fast Eddy Webb and his creative team modified the Storypath System to provide in-depth rules for salvaging materials in order to create a working piece of equipment. For this sort of setting, I love that there are baked-in scavenging rules!

It’s great because it evokes the day-to-day needs of characters in this world, but it’s also great for us in that it brings to us a facet of the Storypath System that hasn’t come up yet in the Trinity Continuum, Scion, or They Came From Beneath the Sea! game lines that also use Storypath. Although, I could see the scavenging rules show up in TC: Aeon; either for use in devastated Europe or for salvage in space.

Even though it took a lot longer to develop Storypath than we had expected, it is gratifying how almost every game designer who gets a chance to work with it sees new possibilities and potential to add new elements on that cover another genre or style of game setting. That’s so awesome to hear from our teams: it means the time and effort spent creating Storypath were well worth it – and it means we still have a lot of different games to create and explore.

The Trinity Continuum has a lot of room as a setting that spans history and other worlds and dimensions to encompass so many new settings, and Scion has so much more potential than we ever had a chance to explore back in first edition.

Stay with us as we get their KS’d books out and add to those central setting projects – we’ll get to the new stuff once we all have the core books in hand! Meanwhile, look to projects like Dystopia Rising: Evolution and They Came From Beneath the Sea! as both new game settings AND our chance to take Storypath for a test run and to see if these additions to the rules are setting specific or can be ported over to other Storypath lines.

(Also, we hope that those of you who love to homebrew your games tinker with Storypath too – and let us know what you come up with).

(Also, also, you can hear a great in-depth discussion about Dystopia Rising: Evolution on last Friday’s episode of the Onyx Pathcast, if you haven’t already listened. The Terrifyingly Terrific Trio are absolutely hitting on all cylinders and having a hilarious time while Eddy goes deep into the way he approached creating DR:E. For game design theory presented in an enjoyable way alone, it’s worth an hour-ish to listen in on your favorite podcast service or direct on PodBean https://www.podbean.com).

Some happy progress in that section below, for a wide variety of game lines – projects for WoD, for Exalted, for CofD, and for the Trinity Continuum. The range not being surprising, since we are known for:

Many Worlds, One Path!

BLURBS!

KICKSTARTER:

The Dystopia Rising: Evolution Kickstarter funded in less than a day, and has already passed a couple of Stretch Goals including the first section of the Threat Guide companion PDF which is a first-person guide with mechanics to the various threats facing survivors in the DR:E world, so we’re pretty excited to get started with that!

Dystopia Rising is a post-apocalyptic roleplaying game that quickly grew into a live-action sensation. Now, Onyx Path is pleased to update the live-action setting with Dystopia Rising: Evolution, a tabletop roleplaying game that presents a fresh and exciting take on the post-apocalypse genre.

Dystopia Rising: Evolution will be powered by Onyx Path’s Storypath system, and includes all the rules you need to play as a survivor in the post-apocalypse, including rules for creating characters for up to 24 different Strains, variations on humanity that survived the Fall. It also has details on the powers of faith and psionics, along with advice on running action-adventure stories, webs of personal intrigue, or procedural investigations. And, finally, dozens of antagonists, including a variety of zombies and raiders to use in your series.

Throughout this Kickstarter campaign, we will be posting complete previews of the Dystopia Rising: Evolution manuscript as backer-only updates.

ELECTRONIC GAMING:

As we find ways to enable our community to more easily play our games, the Onyx Dice Rolling App is now live! Our dev team has been doing updates since we launched based on the excellent use-case comments by our community, and this thing is both rolling and rocking!

Here are the links for the Apple and Android versions:

http://theappstore.site/app/1296692067/onyx-dice

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.onyxpathpublishing.onyxdice&hl=en

Three different screenshots, above.

ON AMAZON AND BARNES & NOBLE:

You can now read our fiction from the comfort and convenience of your Kindle (from Amazon) and Nook (from Barnes & Noble).

If you enjoy these or any other of our books, please help us by writing reviews on the site of the sales venue you bought it from. Reviews really, really help us with getting folks interested in our amazing fiction!

Our selection includes these fiction books:

Vampire: The Masquerade: The Endless Ages Anthology (Kindle, Nook)

(Kindle, Nook) Werewolf: The Apocalypse: Rites of Renown: When Will You Rage II (Kindle, Nook)

(Kindle, Nook) Mage: The Ascension: Truth Beyond Paradox (Kindle, Nook)

(Kindle, Nook) Chronicles of Darkness: The God-Machine Chronicle Anthology (Kindle, Nook)

(Kindle, Nook) Mummy: The Curse: Curse of the Blue Nile (Kindle, Nook)

(Kindle, Nook) Beast: The Primordial: The Primordial Feast Anthology (Kindle, Nook)

(Kindle, Nook) Vampire: The Masquerade: Of Predators and Prey: The Hunters Hunted II Anthology (Kindle, Nook)

(Kindle, Nook) Werewolf: The Apocalypse: The Poison Tree (Kindle, Nook)

(Kindle, Nook) Werewolf: The Apocalypse: Songs of the Sun and Moon: Tales of the Changing Breeds (Kindle, Nook)

(Kindle, Nook) Vampire: The Requiem: The Strix Chronicle Anthology (Kindle, Nook)

(Kindle, Nook) Werewolf: The Forsaken: The Idigam Chronicle Anthology (Kindle, Nook)

(Kindle, Nook) Mage: The Awakening: The Fallen World Chronicle Anthology (Kindle, Nook)

(Kindle, Nook) Vampire: The Masquerade: The Beast Within Anthology (Kindle, Nook)

(Kindle, Nook) Werewolf: The Apocalypse: W20 Cookbook (Kindle, Nook)

(Kindle, Nook) Exalted: Tales from the Age of Sorrows (Kindle, Nook)

(Kindle, Nook) Chronicles of Darkness: Tales of the Dark Eras (Kindle, Nook)

(Kindle, Nook) Promethean: The Created: The Firestorm Chronicle Anthology (Kindle, Nook)

(Kindle, Nook) Demon: The Descent: Demon: Interface (Kindle, Nook)

(Kindle, Nook) Scarred Lands: Death in the Walled Warren (Kindle, Nook)

(Kindle, Nook) V20 Dark Ages: Cainite Conspiracies (Kindle, Nook)

(Kindle, Nook) Chronicles of Darkness: Strangeness in the Proportion (Kindle, Nook)

(Kindle, Nook) Vampire: The Requiem: Silent Knife (Kindle, Nook)

(Kindle, Nook) Mummy: The Curse: Dawn of Heresies (Kindle, Nook)

OUR SALES PARTNERS:

We’re working with Studio2 to get Pugmire out into stores, as well as to individuals through their online store. You can pick up the traditionally printed main book, the Screen, and the official Pugmire dice through our friends there!

https://studio2publishing.com/search?q=pugmire

Looking for our Deluxe or Prestige Edition books? Try this link! http://www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/Onyx-Path-Publishing/

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

And you can now order Pugmire: the book, the screen, and the dice! http://www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/manufacturers.php?manufacturerid=296

DRIVETHRURPG.COM:

This week we have the next in our blank journal series on our RedBubble store: C20 Journals for the Kiths available on Wednesday!

CONVENTIONS! From Fast Eddy Webb, we have these: Broadleaf Writers Conference ( September 22-23 ) in Decatur, GA. He’ll be there to talk about writing for interactive fiction, and hanging out with other writers who have far more illustrious careers. Eddy will be speaking at) in Decatur, GA. He’ll be there to talk about writing for interactive fiction, and hanging out with other writers who have far more illustrious careers. http://broadleafwriters.com/ 3rd-annual-broadleaf-writers- conference/3rd-annual- broadleaf-writers-conference- speakers/ Save Against Fear ( October 12-14 ) in Harrisburg, PA. He’ll be running some Pugmire games, be available for autographs, and will sometimes accept free drinks. Eddy will also be a featured guest at) in Harrisburg, PA. He’ll be running somegames, be available for autographs, and will sometimes accept free drinks. http://www. thebodhanagroup.org/about-the- convention

Dixie Cochran will be at High Level Games Con in Atlantic City October 12-14, running a Women in Game Design panel, Eddy’s RPG Developer Bootcamp, and possibly making a surprise appearance at another event!