It’s the Windup, and the Pitch! [Monday Meeting Notes]

Monday Meeting, News

Did I ever use that title for a blog post before? I feel like maybe I have, but it fits so well for today I used it anyway.

So, our Onyx Path Weekly Meeting was 40 minutes about what to do with ideas that don’t make it into a book. 10 minutes on the evils of doxxing and 20 minutes about GenCon and other con prep. And about an hour going over where projects were in the process of creation.

But previously these last few weeks, we have been reviewing and discussing the developer pitches for new projects for the WW IP game lines. We’ve had some great ideas, I mean there really weren’t any bad ideas this go-around, just some that work better with our overall plans than others.

In the course of all that, we started discussing opening up Pitch Season to all of you.

First off, it’s not like the discovery of the Hidden Land, like in the art above, as there are caveats to this. One, any project idea you post here belongs to Onyx Path Publishing. Two, we only want you to suggest project ideas here in the Comments, not full pitches. Three, because there is no way to open up what we already have to you, because of legal-tude, we will not be crediting any ideas with whomever suggested them here.

Finally, fourth: because of where we are with the pitches, right now on this blog we only want suggestions for projects for the Chronicles of Darkness, Vampire: the Requiem 2nd, and Werewolf: the Forsaken 2nd game lines.

It’s possible that coming blogs may open this up, but right now the other lines are in phases of development where we already have big plans, or where we have a whole lot of projects already promised due to Kickstarter Stretch Goals. No reason to get everybody all worked up thinking they are contributing to the lines, when we aren’t actually in need of ideas for them.

So please give us your ideas here in these Comments about what those three CofD lines need in way of additional books, and we’ll chat.

Following up last week’s discussion of the Happy! Onyx Path logo, we expect to be offering a bunch of items featuring it on our RedBubble site this week. (As well as some items connected to the V20 Black Hand book we released as an Advance PDF last Wednesday).

And speaking of that.

Advance PDF. Please think about that if you are freaking out about an error here or there in the book and writing a review that focuses on that. We put out Advance PDFs now so that we have an extra round of proofing ably assisted by our eagle-eyed readers. It is part of our process, so why rush to critique it about errata until we fix the errata and do the final PDF? If those kinds of errors drive you to distraction…you might want to wait for the version where that stuff will be gone.

And so, I leave you with dinosaurs at war, because dinosaurs AT WAR!:

BLURBS!

SPECIAL SALE:

DriveThruRPG is having a special sale to benefit RAINN, and the 2016 Bundle features the God Machine Chronicle PDF! RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network) is the nation’s largest anti-sexual violence organization and was named one of America’s 100 best charities. Please contribute to this worthy cause, and especially if you always wanted to check out the God Machine Chronicle! http://drivethrurpg.com/product/179714/Rainn-2016-Rpg-bundle

ON SALE!

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/

The Black Hand returns! V20 The Black Hand: Guide to the Tal’Mahe’Ra Advance PDF is available on DTRPG! http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/179023/V20-The-Black-Hand-A-Guide-to-the-TalMaheRa

Beware the Beast: the Primordial PDFs and PoDs NOW on sale at DTRPG.com! http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/162443/Beast-The-Primordial

You are a Beast, and you must feed. Your Hunger drives you, and your Hunger might damn you. Indulge too lightly and your Horror will take matters into its own hands, roaming the Primordial Dream for sustenance and awakening murderous hatred in spiritually weak individuals. Feed too deeply and too often, and you become sluggish, sacrificing the raw edge of Hunger for the languor of Satiety. You must decide how to grow your Legend – will you be the monster incarnate, the thing that all other monsters fear? Or are you doomed to die under a Hero’s sword?

This book contains:

The complete guide to playing a Beast in Chronicles of Darkness

A game system designed for crossover with the other Chronicles of Darkness lines

A look at the Beasts and their broods all around the world, from Vancouver to Tokyo

Rules for Heroes, the deluded individuals who think that this is their story

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

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!

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:

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)

V20 Dark Ages Anthology (Vampire: the Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition)

CofD Dark Eras Companion Cleopatra Mummy content (Chronicles of Darkness)

Redlines

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

Changeling: the Dreaming 20th Anniversary Edition

Wraith: the Oblivion 20th Anniversary Edition

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)

Night Horrors: Conquering Heroes (Beast: the Primordial)

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

DA Tome of Secrets (Vampire 20th Dark Ages)

The Prince’s Gambit (Vampire: the Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition)

Post-Editing Development:

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

Indexing:

ART DIRECTION FROM MIRTHFUL MIKE:

In Art Direction

W20 Shattered Dreams

Promethean: the Created Second



Scarred Lands PG

Dark Eras Companion

Secrets of the Covenants

Necropolis Rio .

. W20 Kinfolk

V20 Ready Made Characters – Art at WWP for approval.

– Art at WWP for approval. EX3 Backer Charms – Finals coming in and being reviewed.

– Finals coming in and being reviewed. Beckett’s Jyhad Diary

CofD Hurt Locker

Mummy Novel

In Layout

Mage: the Awakening Second – Inputting 2nd proof corrections. When done, needs to go to WWP for approvals.

– Inputting 2nd proof corrections. When done, needs to go to WWP for approvals. Beast Prestige Edition – Putting together the duotone version of the interior this week.

– Putting together the duotone version of the interior this week. WtF2 The Pack – With Stew.

Proofing



Ex 3 core book – From RichT: Ordered revised PoD proofs, as they needed some color correction adjustments. Expect the PoDs not to be available for at least another week as we adjust and review the new PoD proofs being sent to us.

– From RichT: Ordered revised PoD proofs, as they needed some color correction adjustments. Expect the PoDs not to be available for at least another week as we adjust and review the new PoD proofs being sent to us. V20 Ghouls – Out for dev review.

Out for dev review. Curse of the Blue Nile – Proofing.

At Press

Beast Screen – At shipper.

– At shipper. Lore of the Clans LtD Edition – At shipper.

– At shipper. Lore of the Clans Screen – At shipper.

– At shipper. Beast Anthology – PDF version out to backers for errata, collecting and ending this week.

– PDF version out to backers for errata, collecting and ending this week. Dark Eras – Backer errata collection ending this week.

– Backer errata collection ending this week. V20 Black Hand – Advance PDF is live and collecting errata.

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

Wraith 20 – Art direction and layout can’t go further until art notes come in, still being developed by Rich Dansky.

Art direction and layout 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.