Looking & Leaping In Any Old Order [Monday Meeting Notes]

Monday Meeting, News

That’s a lovely illustration by Bryan Syme for the V20 Tal’Mahe’Ra Black Hand book, and also a visual metaphor for this day of leaping.

We stand here on the edge of February looking out over a promising March, so let’s jump into some hints about the coming month.

1- Very good chance, almost 99%, that the Demon Storytellers Guide PoD and PDF versions will be on sale on Weds. March 2nd.

2- Also a good chance that Beast: the Primordial will go on sale in PDF and PoD versions.

3- We expect at least one announcement about Onyx Path entering into a new sales venue.

4- A flood of projects going to the new White Wolf Publishing for approvals.

5- A different flood of new project pitches from our kooky cadre of consummate creators, because it is Pitch Season.

6- A big finish for the Pugmire kickstarter. Can we hit the Monarchies of Mau Early Access Stretch Goal we haven’t even announced yet?

I also think that this rare extra day is a good time to add an extra layer of responsiveness to what you need from the blog. I write this every week with the idea of an inside look at stuff that Onyx Path is doing (without stepping on the Open Dev Process blog posts the developers post during the week), and with updates to our projects in production and the sales, kickstarters, and conventions that are happening.

Sometimes I throw in some personal philosophy or other insights, even.

But now, on February 28th 2016, howzabout you tell me what you like and don’t about the Monday Meeting Notes?

More actual notes from the meetings I have earlier in the day? More random pieces of artwork just to share them? What I really think about Satyr Phil Brucato?

Let me know, and we’ll tawk.

BLURBS!

KICKSTARTER!

Tails are waggin’ and tongues are lollin’: it’s the Pugmire Kickstarter! Pledge to enable us to create a beautiful full color, hardcover, 180+ page, 7? x 10? core rulebook that we can also get into game stores. We’re at over 1100% and about to kick into high gear in the last week of this Kickstarter!

Backers can download the Pugmire Early Access PDF and get playing right away on the basic version of the game so check it out: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/200664283/pugmire-fantasy-tabletop-rpg

When will be adding the Monarchies of Mau Early Access PDF as a Stretch Goal? Soon, cat-lovers!

And here is a very in-depth interview that Pugmire creator Eddy Webb had with The Gentleman Gamer where Eddy also answers all sorts of questions about Pugmire, Sherlock Holmes, his work with EarPlay, and Vampire: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8ePtKD54Bg

And here is a video about how to make a character in Pugmire from super-fan Tercio2002: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXPrldy5sDs&feature=youtu.be&a

ON SALE!

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

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

The Pugmire Early Access book is for sale in both PDF and PoD formats! Backers will still get the PDF for free and a discount on the PoD versions until the Kickstarter is over!

Gauntlet of Spiragos is a 5E D&D adventure for the Scarred Lands and is now available free as a PDF and as a physical book PoD. http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/171523/Gauntlet-of-Spiragos-5E-OGL-adventure

Condition Card PDFs 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 DTRPG, with PoD cards soon to come!

If you are into the Pugmire KS, here are also six Pugmire posters available as free PDFs or $.99 physical posters, suitable for framing:

Spike Mutt: http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/150845/Spike-Mutt-Pugmire-Poster-6

Pan Dachshund: http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/150844/Pan-Dachshund-Pugmire-Poster-5

Jack Rat-Terrier: http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/150944/Jack-RatTerrier-Pugmire-Poster-4

Sgt. Leo Bulldog: http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/150843/Sgt-Leo-Bulldog-Pugmire-Poster-3

Princess Yosha Pug: http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/149750/Princess-Yosha-Pug-Pugmire-Poster-2

Sister Picassa Collie: http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/148516/Sister-Picassa-Collie-Pugmire-Poster-1

Start spreading the Code of Man!

CONVENTIONS!

Gen Con 2016 planning has started. We booked our rooms in record time, so we are sure of a place to sleep to recharge our tired Onyx brains!

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

Cleveland ConCoction ( March 11-13, 2016 , Cleveland, OH)

, Cleveland, OH) 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)

Redlines

Mummy Fiction Anthology (Mummy: the Curse)

Wraith: the Oblivion 20th Anniversary Edition

Changeling: the Dreaming 20th Anniversary Edition

Dagger of Spiragos (Scarred Lands)

EX3 Quickstart (Exalted 3rd Edition)

Second Draft

Arms of the Chosen (Exalted 3rd Edition)

The Realm (Exalted 3rd Edition)

Dragon-Blooded (Exalted 3rd Edition)

Signs of Sorcery (Mage: the Awakening Second 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)

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

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

CofD Hurt Locker (Chronicles of Darkness)

DA Tome of Secrets (Vampire 20th Dark Ages)

Scion: Alpha (Scion 2nd Edition)

Editing Dark Eras Companion (Chronicles of Darkness Dark Eras)

WtF The Pack (Werewolf: the Forsaken 2nd Edition)

V20 Ready Made Characters (Vampire: the Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition)

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)

Post-Editing Development:

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

EX3 Backer Charms (Exalted 3rd Edition)

Indexing:

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

ART DIRECTION FROM MIRTHFUL MIKE:

In Art Direction

V20 Ghouls

W20 Shattered Dreams

Promethean: the Created Second



Scarred Lands PG

Dark Eras Companion

The Pack

Secrets of the Covenants

Necropolis Rio

W20 Kinfolk

V20 Ready Made Characters

In Layout

Mage: the Awakening Second

V20 Black Hand

V20 Ghouls

Beast Anthology

Proofing



Ex 3 core book – From RichT: Indexing.

– From RichT: Indexing. Dark Eras

At Press

M20 Deluxe Edition

Chronicles of Darkness Cards

Gauntlet of Spiragos 5e

Forsaken 2 Condition Cards

Beast Screen

Lore of the Clans LtD Edition

Lore of the Clans Screen

Dreams of Avarice

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.