Happy New Years! (and Future Plans) Happy holidays to all of our supporters!This update is to let you know what we did in the previous year, and what we hope to accomplish in the coming year.In 2019, we delivered The Sassoon Files – a campaign book for Call of Cthulhu…
We will launch “The Camlann Chronicles” Kickstarter in February of 2020. The Camlann Chronicles are a Welsh Arthurian fantasy adventure for 5e and for a d100 RPG (“Lore 100”) we are developing. Players are knights and advisors who will help their noble king and their allied Fey of Avalon against…
The Rational Magic Campaign PDF is now on DTRPG for Backers! We have sent out the complimentary copy links today. Along with the PDF are character sheets for 5e and Lore System and the Lore System rules as a stand-alone book. We will wait 2 weeks for feedback to correct any…
The Kickstarter is complete!We have funded our second Kickstarter, in the last 24 hours of the project. This is a reason to celebrate. I’m going to drink some wine and sing, although, the singing will take place in the shower. Now that the Kickstarter campaign is completed, there is still some…
The Kickstarter for the Rational Magic is now LIVE! Rational Magic is a campaign filled with investigation, intrigue, and espionage set in a gritty dystopian fantasy world; a world that evolved from a traditional sword and sorcery setting. Players are Operatives who work either to maintain the status quo or…
The Sassoon Files and the Brother of Jesus PDFs are now available on DriveThruRPG! Horror in the Pearl of the East! The Sassoon Files is be a set of scenarios and campaign resources for Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition and GUMSHOE role-playing games (RPGs) set in historical 1920s Shanghai; an…
The Kickstarter for the Rational Magic Campaign will start on June 28th, 2019. Rational Magic is a campaign filled with investigation, intrigue, and espionage set in a gritty dystopian fantasy world; a world that evolved from a traditional sword and sorcery setting. Players are Operatives who work either to maintain the…
"The Guild Representative" if the first art work finished for the Rational Magic campaign book, and it might be the cover image. The artist Jennifer S. Lange, knocked it out of the park by creating a character I would like to play, who exists in a world I want to…
The Sassoon Files and the Brother of Jesus PDFs are now available on DriveThruRPG! Horror in the Pearl of the East! The Sassoon Files is be a set of scenarios and campaign resources for Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition and GUMSHOE role-playing games (RPGs) set in historical 1920s Shanghai; an…
We have suffered an unfortunate and unexpected setback with the off-set print run. On March 20th, the Chinese government ordered the destruction of our books. Although the printer returned our deposit, we need to find another printer and this will result in a delay in fulfillment. We are committed to…
Brother of JesusThe Brother of Jesus add-on scenario is completed! We have uploaded the Brother of Jesus scenario to The Sassoon Files Kickstarter PDF package on DriveThru RPG. Check it out! Also the main Sassoon Files pdfs have been updated. This update contains a few minor edits, changes to some…
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We are close to submitting The Sassoon Files main book to the printers. Our content and layout is nearing completion and in final pre-print review.There is one last page we need to create: The Acknowledgements. If you want us to use a different name than your Kickstarter account name, please…
We are pleased to report that all the pre-gens are created. Our "front" sections, including primary settings, timelines, additional hooks, and historical & dramatic figures is completed. The first draft of "The Brother of Jesus" is done.For art, all the character portraits (including the portraits for the 20 pre-gens) are…
Art Development The guide traces his fingers over the ancient script carved into the stone, “this place is Jinsha, under the protection of the empire of the three-star people. Be warned of the Curse of the Peacock’s Eye.” The guide’s face now beams with excitement, but you feel a foreboding…
Note that "Development Updates" will be displayed here until the complete fulfillment of The Sassoon Files Kickstarter Project.This last week we saw progress on planning and preparation tasks more than development tasks. We are reviewing our plan on how to best fit together the player factions, settings, and main scenario…
My favorite quote, in Chinese, is 人生几何对酒当歌。General Caocao said “The lives of people are limited, so face your drink with song”. We have funded in the first 24 hours, gained over 500 Backers, and made all of our Stretch Goals. So after this Kickstarter, we have a lot of reason…
This is Mary Xie, before her transformation. Mary and her band are playing at the Belt King Social Club, a known hang-out of The Four Seas Gang.
It’s the last 48 hours of The Sassoon Files Kickstarter. Many thanks to our Backers, supporters, contributors and friends for helping us get to this point. The project has already been a great success, but with a little more backing, we can do an off-set print run, producing higher quality…
This was the FIRST art piece create for us be Breno Girafa. I realized I never publicized it here.The picture depicts jazz-singer Mary Xie and an avatar of the god Y'golonac.As part of the Kickstarter progress, we believe we will have a more joyous picture of Mary Xie and her jazz…