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…
Note that "Development Updates" will be displayed here until the complete fulfillment of The Sassoon Files Kickstarter Project.This last week we saw progress in art with the completion of NPC portraits and the Plague Pagoda. No new proofing took place but we are almost done with all CoC content additions…
The pillars of black smoke come from mounds of burning bodies; the smell of burning flesh is layered over the stench of rotting corpses. The sounds of chanting men and woman emanate from a garden near the city center… This is the newest image for The Sassoon Files, created by…
This post contains the section “Optional Rules: Lore Sheets” for The Sassoon Files campaign book. The first section of this post relays the optional rules of Lore Sheets, a mechanic which was developed for the upcoming “Rational Magic RPG”. Following these rules are more specific instructions for Kickstarter Backers who wish to…
This is the newest image for The Sassoon Files, created by our main artist, Breno Girafa.The picture depicts a battle between the noble soldiers of the People's Liberation Army as they fight against an unidentified imperialistic. "agent" of an unknown power. The picture is done in the style of propaganda posters…
I prepared a Chinese song playlist on our Sons of the Singularity website. This Youtube Playlist contains the song from which each of the Stretch Goals names are derived. . Additionally, this post contains a link to a compilation of jazz music from Buck Clayton, who played in Shanghai up to…
Intrigue and Horror in the Pearl of the Orient! The Sassoon Files will 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 international city of intrigue, espionage, style and violence. The Sassoon Files will use…
https://youtu.be/xMMMD6wtTwAIn Shanghai, the remnants of the Luoist reformed into aid societies for salt smugglers, dock hands, and migrant laborers. In the early 1900s, one of these aid societies evolved into the Green Gang; a secret criminal organization that came to control all “vice” in Shanghai.Shanghai was the perfect environment for…
I have not done much in Rational Magic for the last month as I have focused on getting the kickstarter ready for The Sassoon Files (which will start September 1st). I did get two decent play-test sessions down, where I re-verified the combat works and then focused on refinements to…
https://youtu.be/plxdTOYk-GwThe Sassoon Files will be a set of scenarios and campaign resources for Lovecraft and Cthulhu Mythos role-playing games (RPGs) set in historical 1920s Shanghai; an international city of intrigue, espionage, style and violence. The Sassoon Files will be based on the GUMSHOE SRD (found at http://www.pelgranepress.com/?p=12466), a product of Pelgrane Press, developed, written,…