We Like Being Asked…Anything! [Monday Meeting Notes]

Monday Meeting, News

Thanks to everyone who joined us for our Reddit Ask Us Anything yesterday! As always, there was a frenzy of questions and answers and we had a great time answering your questions – everything from our relationship with the new White Wolf Publishing, to which Kith will be appearing in C20. You can read the whole AMA (AUA) here: https://www.reddit.com/r/rpg/comments/3xldx5/hi_its_onyx_path_back_again_ask_us_anything/ or you can go to this very nice compilation of excerpts here: http://elsewherenightly.com/p/onyx-path-does-a-reddit-ama-talks-changeling-gives-excerpts/ Thanks to Sam “Part Time Rogue” Swicegood for pulling that together!

To repeat one answer, because I think it is one that bears repeating: Onyx Path is continuing to create and publish cWoD 20th Anniversary projects, Exalted 3rd projects, and Chronicles of Darkness (nWoD) projects. Our license with the new White Wolf Publishing continues, fear not True believer!

It was a weekend of Q&A, not coincidently timed to remind folks about our Deluxe Changeling 20th Kickstarter (see below). The lovely “chat session” used as our art this week was illustrated by the supremely talented Rebecca Guay for Changeling in the past, and seemed appropriate for this week’s chatty blog.

On Saturday I sat down with Dave Martin and Josh Maxwell of Podcast: The Wreckoning: http://thewreckingcrew.org/podcasts/ptw-ep10-interview-with-rich-thomas-of-onyx-path-publishing/ We talked about the Chronicles of Darkness re-branding and the future of Chronicles of Darkness and Classic World of Darkness, the Changeling: The Dreaming Kickstarter campaign and the upcoming Kickstarter campaigns for Pugmire and Scarred Lands. And, because it’s the event where Dave and I get to hang out and even, <gasp>, game a bit together, we talked about Gen Con 2016. Poor Josh tried to keep Dave and I on target, but we do tend to ramble and joke. A lot.

Your response to our 12 Days of Onyx Contest has been fantastic! So many funny conditions perfectly themed for the holidays! The crew here are having a hard time picking the best ones, and they’ll be sending out an update tomorrow (Tuesday). I’m looking forward to see which 12 holiday Conditions make it to the PDF on the 25th!

I have not yet seen the new Star Wars movie (no spoilers in the comments, please), yet Fast Eddy Webb and I were still able to talk about the similarity between the reaction to the clean sweep of the Star Wars setting before this new movie and our own discussions when it comes to game settings. You can probably figure that we talked about the obvious engagement (or entitlement if it gets ugly) issues of arguing minutia, but we also wandered into something I found interesting.

Star Wars is huge. I mean just a mammoth franchise. Like there is just no way that a guy arguing on the internet, or protesting even, is going to move the creators of Star Wars projects one inch from their intentions. The vast corporate bureaucracies that are overseeing and powered by the huge sums that are generated by everything Star Wars, are just not set up to be responsive to the individual fan.

But we are. And by we I mean both Onyx Path and most of the companies, from one guy to hundreds, that create tabletop RPGs. With social media, our Open Dev Process, Kickstarters, and conventions, where you can talk right to the creators, our RPG community has a chance to impact and influence our creators in ways that is simply impossible in the bigger media arenas. We just had an AMA with a big slice of our developers and Onyx Path crew all together answering questions.

That’s just an amazing chance to interact, when you think about it. (We never could do that with E. Gary Gygax, back in the day, for instance.)

Let’s not waste it.

BLURBS!

Starting today, check out the Mage: the Ascension 2nd Edition Bundle of Holding! This is a great two-week chance to get classic 2nd Edition Mage PDFs but you want to jump in there early before the prices rise as more legendary titles are added to the Bundle! https://bundleofholding.com/presents/MageAscension

KICKSTARTER!

The Changeling: the Dreaming 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition Kickstarter just keeps charging forward! We’ve added sections on How To Create Your Own Kith, two more bookmarks, and Kith from two international CtD books to the Main book! We’ve unlocked a new Reward Tier that will offer signed prints by Tony DiTerlizzi! A C20 fiction anthology, and a How To Manage Your Freehold PDF, and more – we’re just getting started! And we haven’t even announced the dice yet!

ON SALE!

V20 Lore of the Clans in PDF and PoD versions goes on sale Wednesday! Red (blood) and green (marble) for the holidays!

M20 How Do You DO That? is coming to DTRPG in PDF and PoD versions hopefully this week!

Mage: the Ascension 20th Anniversary Edition PDF & Standard and Premium PoD physical book editions are NOW AVAILABLE on DTRPG! http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/149562/Mage-the-Ascension-20th-Anniversary-Edition

The Pugmire Pamphlet we had available at Gen Con is now ready for PDF download. Read about the world of Pugmire from the enthusiastic and optimistic pen of Princess Yosha Pug, as well as notes from the gruff and worldly hunter Pan Daschund: http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/153518/Pugmire-Gen-Con-Brochure

There 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!

3 WEEKS TO GO! We’re one of the Contributing Sponsors at Midwinter Con this year this January in Milwaukee! RichT, Fast Eddy Webb, and Newlywed Neall Raemonn Price will be there at our booth as well as running demo games of Scion and Pugmire. Right now we are planning panels for What’s Up With Onyx Path?, WoD 20th Anniversary Games and a Pugmire/Scion/StoryPath System one. In the meantime, check out the show here: http://www.midwintergamingconvention.com/

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 anthology (Changeling: the Lost 2nd Edition)

Night Horrors: Conquering Heroes (Beast: the Primordial)

Scion: Alpha (Scion 2nd Edition Playtest Alpha Slice)

Dagger of Spiragos (Scarred Lands)

EX3 Quickstart (Exalted 3rd Edition)

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

Ring of Spiragos (Scarred Lands)

Redlines

Mummy Fiction Anthology (Mummy: the Curse)

Wraith: the Oblivion 20th Anniversary Edition

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

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

Cavaliers of Mars

Signs of Sorcery (Mage: the Awakening Second Edition)

Changeling: the Dreaming 20th Anniversary Edition

Second Draft

Arms of the Chosen (Exalted 3rd Edition)

The Realm (Exalted 3rd Edition)

Dragon-Blooded (Exalted 3rd Edition)

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

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

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

Development

StoryPath System Rules (Base rules set for Scion and the Trinity Continuum)

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

CofD Hurt Locker (Chronicles of Darkness)

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

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

Beast Ready Made Characters (Beast: the Primordial)

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

Dark Eras Expansions (Chronicles of Darkness Dark Eras)

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

Beast Fiction Anthology (Beast: the Primordial)

Dark Eras Companion (Chronicles of Darkness Dark Eras)

Post-Editing Development:

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

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

ART DIRECTION FROM MIRTHFUL MIKE:

In Art Direction

V20 Ghouls – Awaiting text.

– Awaiting text. W20 Shattered Dreams – Awaiting artnotes for Ch. 5.

– Awaiting artnotes for Ch. 5. Mage: the Awakening Second – Art approved…need CofD swapped in.

– Art approved…need CofD swapped in. Promethean: the Created Second – Pinging Ron to see where the splats are…



– Pinging Ron to see where the splats are… Scarred Lands PG – more finals and sketches rolling in. Should see a big uptick in that over the next two weeks.

– more finals and sketches rolling in. Should see a big uptick in that over the next two weeks. Dark Eras – Contracting artists for new sections.

Pugmire Early Access – sketches and finals rolling in.

– sketches and finals rolling in. Dark Eras Companion – Sorting through that art buy.

In Layout

Dreams of Avarice – Wrapping that up and hopefully getting it out for approval.

– Wrapping that up and hopefully getting it out for approval. Guide to the Black Hand – Working on it.

– Working on it. Chronicles of Darkness Condition Cards – After the errata pass is done on CofD core.

After the errata pass is done on CofD core. Ex 3 Anthology – Awaiting reformatted file.

– Awaiting reformatted file. Beast Screen – Awaiting feedback but almost done.

Awaiting feedback but almost done. Truth Beyond Paradox – Proofing with Phil.

Proofing with Phil. Awakening Second – Once updated text is in, this will move into the layout queue.

Proofing



Beast: The Primordial – At Paradox for Approval.

– At Paradox for Approval. Demon STG – At Paradox for Approval.

At Paradox for Approval. Ex 3 core book – From RichT: Got Dev notes and am reviewing those and adding my own art/design/backer names notes to the proofing PDF. Art corrections finishing up.

At Press

M20 – Deluxes printing (Screen is finished and awaiting book).

– Deluxes printing (Screen is finished and awaiting book). M20 How Do You Do That ?!? – Maybe this week, our PoD printer is slammed with holiday orders.

– Maybe this week, our PoD printer is slammed with holiday orders. V20 Lore of the Clans – PDF and PoD versions on sale this week.

– PDF and PoD versions on sale this week. Chronicles of Darkness – Available in PDF format and the errata phase ends this Weds.

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.