Hi everyone! Progress is continuing nicely on Era: The Empowered. Tales of the Empowered physical books have now been sent out to all backers of the Tales of the Empowered Kickstarter, and are ready for the backers who requested it from the Era: The Empowered Core Rulebook Kickstarter! The Player’s Guide has now gone out…
In case you haven’t checked your mailbox lately, you should know that the Empowered Player’s Guide was released and delivered to backers this week! This is a fantastic book with loads of great additions and has absolutely everything you will need to play the game. So, just what’s inside? Ed and the team have written…
The Home Base Expansion book has been one of our more ambitious books in this latest series and I’m pleased to announce that it has officially been declared finished! The Home Base book is filled with numerous pieces of artwork and playable details that you’re going to enjoy. Ed and the team have worked hard…
Hi everyone! Today, I’m talking about the D’Aoust Clan who, I think it’s fair to say, are not generally viewed in a positive light by the other Clans… “They are dwarfed by what they have found, small men made big by picking the bones of what came before.” The D’aousts are primarily dedicated to the…
Well folks, we’re gathering ourselves together for another amazing MCM experience. In just over three short weeks time we’ll be answering questions, meeting fans, and running sessions of our most popular games. We will be inside N4 with all our Era games and N1 with our collection of comics for the entire 3 day event….
As I promised you on Thursday, today I’m going to go over some of the ideas that Ed has for the Consortium’s next few books. We’d like your input into where we should head next so take down notes and feel free to give us a shout with your favorites! First up is the Company…
Hi everyone! The Lost Lands: what are they, how did they come to be? The answer to the second question, no-one really knows*. Theories abound, but they are all baseless. This area is some kind of “bridge dimension” between the mutually destructive dimensions of Aether and Erebus. Our universe is young, expanding and full of…
Last week I gave you all a brief rundown of what we’ve done so far with our Empowered comics. Today I have a chance to do the same for our Era: The Consortium comics series. The Consortium was the first title in the Era line of games and it’s only right that it was also…
Hi everyone… I’m really sorry to have to announce this, but several risks I have been monitoring for a while have unfortunately come to fruition and we won’t be able to deliver the Core Rulebooks before the end of May. I could try to rush this, but it would mean cutting out a LOT of…
It’s time to mark down another successfully completed Expansion book! The team has worked hard and finished Time Travel Part 4 which has now been sent out to all backers. The printers are currently working on producing the physical copies. That’s one more Consortium Expansion down! Home Base is still being developed but we’re getting…
Hi everyone! I’ll get back to another of the clans soon, but by now, you’re probably wanting a little more information on what the Anonassi are. They are the denizens of the dark dimension known as “Erebus”. Upon discovering the Lost Lands and the humans who live within it, they conquered it and began to…
In just a few weeks Shades of Vengeance will be appearing at MCM Comicon in London with our first-ever booth inside the Comics Village. In celebration of our upcoming comic book showcase I’m going to take today and talk entirely about what we’ve already created as well as where we’re heading in the world of…
Hi everyone! Here I am with another update. Today, I’m going to talk Equipment – we’ve been working through it over the last few days and it’s looking fantastic! Here are a few samples: As always, we have a nice selection of equipment, alongside the Empowered Abilities, which you can use as well or instead…
As the Home Base Expansion book continues to take shape we’re also looking forward to an increase in available adventures for the entire Consortium series. Ed has put out a general call for writers to join this project and several people have already come forward to help out. We’re looking to grow the number of…
Hi everyone! I’m finally ready to talk clans with you guys, and I’m starting with the Garcia Clan! Danielle, who you already met, is at the end of the timeline, in the final of the three eras. The clan, however, has been a central part of the war with the Anonassi since the very beginning:…
Hello, all you fabulous game lovers out there. Today we’re heading in many different directions so hold on as I take you through a bunch of great things that we’re currently working on. As I mentioned last week, the Battlecruiser Alamo RPG Kickstarter is well underway and has been growing steadily. Thank you to everyone…
Hi everyone! Here’s the latest on the Era: The Empowered Core Rulebook development, right from the source. We’ve been working hard, and we’re making some great progress. I’ve finished all of the Locations in the game now, so that brings the Part 1 writing to completion, apart from 5 more stories, all of which are…
I’m taking the day off from Consortium announcements today to talk about one of our biggest events of the year; the MCM Comicon convention in London. Ed and the event team spend countless hours going over every detail to make sure your experience with us is top notch. When you visit our booth we’re ready…
The first days of the Battlecruiser Alamo Kickstarter have already been great. This fantastic RPG based on Richard Tongue’s expansive military sci-fi novel series is your first-ever chance to experience the author’s vision of his universe through an immersive style of gaming. There will even be some newly added details that everyone, including steady followers…
Hi everyone! Today, I wanted to show you what I’ve been spending a lot of time on recently – a Power Tree for the Core Rulebook. This is one for a more unusual power out of the 45 I’m doing: Psychometry. This power was suggested by one of our playtesters, Mark Haines, and was very interesting…
Hi everyone! This is Part 2 of the “The Truth Behind the Legends” story. I’ve also included the title image here, because that is Danielle Garcia herself, one of the greatest Chosen of the gun-toting Garcia Clan! Each of the Clans has its own identity, which I’m sure I’ll explain to you in the near…
All of our remaining Expansion books are hard at work in their separate development processes. Things are chugging along well and even on the project that has seen some delay we are still expecting to finish well in advance of our commitment date of October. So, where are we at now? Ed has just confirmed…
Hi everyone! This is very first official post of Era: The Chosen content, and I felt it is appropriate that it’s Part 1, Section 1 of the Rulebook – “The Truth Behind the Legends”. This story serves as an introduction to the world, and I’ll be posting it in 2 parts, as it’s a little long…
The latest Era game from Shades of Vengeance is starting to unfold and in the coming weeks I will have more news and weekly updates for you about this brand-new horror rpg. For a more constant feed about this game you can join its growing Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/erathechosen/ where posts will start appearing on…
Hi everyone! With the delivery of all of the Blue-Shift rewards, the SoV Comics guys have launched their next Kickstarter! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sovcomics/violete-unstoppable?ref=3etsak Violete is the story of a hero who is trying to help a city that doesn’t want help. She has powers and feels the need to stop crime, but the police just want to…
Hi everyone! As promised, here is the first weekly update. Writing is about 80% complete on the Core Rulebook, with most sections being laid out at the moment. I hope to finish that and send it off to proofreading before much longer – that doesn’t have necessarily to wait for the artwork to be…
Every week we seem to be moving ahead with Consortium Expansion books in leaps and bounds. Today is certainly no exception! The New Worlds proof has now arrived with Ed! He has been taking a close look at this finished product to make sure everything is exactly as we want it and has signed off…
We’ve made it to the end of two more successful Kickstarters! Both Era: The Empowered’s full rulebook and Blue-Shift’s comic have now finished their events. Thank you to everyone who stopped in to check these out, passed along the campaigns, or helped these projects by becoming a backer. Your support means that we can keep…
Hi everyone! Today, I’ve got a little bit of artwork from the Core Rulebook to get us started on exploring the world of Era: The Chosen! As you know, the game is set across three time periods, roughly analogous to the Renaissance, Victorian and Modern eras. Each of these offers different technologies. When the war…
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