Chances are good that you’re familiar with Era: The Empowered. A year ago, Ed released a Rulebook Primer for the game and since then we’ve been slowly introducing some of the characters and concepts of the world. Then again, perhaps you’ve been out of country for the last year or perhaps you’ve been locked away in…
I have some great news for you today. The first four expansion books from our Consortium Kickstarter are finished! Ed and the team have worked hard to bring you these fabulous additions and we’re quite proud of the final products. Digital copies are ready to be sent out and the paperback edition has been requested…
So, the end of 2016 is heading our way. We’ve attended a ton of conventions, made an amazing amount of games, expansions, comics, and we’re not slowing down yet! It’s been an unprecedented year for conventions. We met loads of fantastic players and got a chance to speak with many fans. Thank you to everyone…
Comics are a great way to get inside the world of an RPG and we love creating them! Ed and a few of our writers are expanding our Era: The Consortium comic collection. They are currently working on a story that details the history of Hai-Xang Hayden, one of the most influential leaders of Hayden…
In parts of the world November is National Novel Writing Month, but here at Shades of Vengeance Ed has declared that November is Era Writing Month. He has been steadily writing each day in between working, during his morning commute and every other spare moment he can find. He has added content to expansions, tightened…
By now I’m sure you’re aware that the Kickstarter for Era: The Consortium ended in spectacular fashion, generating an extra five books for all those above the first level. I’d like to thank everyone again who backed us. It’s only because of the support of our fans that we’re able to continue making these great…
I don’t want to start out sounding dramatic or anything but… if you missed us at MCM London you missed out on the biggest event we’ve ever done! We had more games and more participants than ever before. It was amazing, but you don’t have to just take my word for it. Ed and the…
At this very moment, Ed and Leo are just finalizing the setup of our booth at MCM Comicon in London. You can find us at Stand 1232. We’ll be there through the entire weekend so you’ll have plenty of time to stop in and check us out. For the first time ever, you can check…
With just under two weeks left to go, Era: The Consortium’s Expansion Kickstarter has just busted down the door of its next Stretch Goal. This means that everyone above the £1 level will get six books for no more than the cost of their initial support! That’s a ton of content, but we’re not just…
As 2016 begins the slow wind down to the next year, Ed is hard at work planning and developing some great new material. One of our projects will be a source book for Era: Survival. This book, titled The Swarm, will cover the Swarm faction in detail, giving you all you ever needed to know…
Hi everyone! I’m pleased to tell you that out Era: The Consortium – A Universe of Expansions has reached its £6000 Stretch Goal and unlocked a brand new Expansion Book – the Time Travel Campaign Part 2. We’re incredibly pleased and hope that you’ll consider joining us! We’re now offering 6 books for a £10…
Era: The Consortium’s expansion Kickstarter is charging full steam ahead and getting quite a bit of attention lately. We’re not at all surprised because this event has some amazing benefits. We’re offering the potential to get more games than we ever have before. I’m talking twelve brand new expansions and six never-before-seen source books. The…
The Kickstarter for our second Era: The Empowered comic is over. Thank you to everyone who joined us in giving Penumbra her own story. She’s a special favorite among the crew and it was great being able to bring her to life. For all those fabulous backers who are joining us today, welcome! We’ll be…
Continuing our week of art! Today I get to share with you some new pieces for our Era: The Consortium expansions. It’s not all story artwork and card game images around here. Ed has decided to pre-release some of the finished logos! These familiar Consortium images each have a bit of tweaking to make them…
Today begins a week of art for Shades of Vengeance. It’s been awhile since we gave you some delicious images to snack on, so Ed’s taken pity on us and handed out a whole crate full! Perhaps you’ll remember Champion of Earth? It’s one of our upcoming games and is certainly getting a lot of…
“Did it hurt?” Nico leaned closer to the fabulous creature in the pink tank top and fire engine lip color. Her eyes scrunched up, thinking. “Ok, I give up… did what hurt?” “When you fell from heaven.” Nico smiled with all his teeth and leaned in close but the girl just rolled her black lined…
Sozu tracked six blazing red shots headed in a straight line for his chest. In the chaos of battle, there are moments which slow down to micro-speed level. The shouts of the other soldiers. The smell of burned fuel. The bursts of explosions. They all happen with detached exaggeration. This was one of those moments….
Everything had been going so well. The virtual environment for the Keegan and Rogue law firm was precisely as Maia had expected. There were large windows overlooking an impressive duplicate of the Taranis skyline. Busy personnel in crisp suits shuffled back and forth between desks and offices. Everything from the layout of the floorplan to…
Senator George Winston was an unpopular official. His elitist views, narrow minded rhetoric, and flashy opulence made him an enemy of most of the district he was supposed to represent. However, as much as he was disliked among the regular people, it wasn’t until recently that he’d begun to gain a few high-dollar enemies. The…
The Durance was cold and lifeless. Silence filled the empty halls and save for emergency lighting, the massive mining vessel was dark. It was built to hold several hundred laborers and management personnel. As a result, there was generally some activity happening at all hours. But, for three weeks there had been no sign of…
In a dusty warehouse by the side of a brown and stagnant river, a gang of muscled thieves labored to load priceless works of art into the back of three, covered pickup trucks. A vase tipped from the hands of a clumsy thug and shattered into large, less expensive pieces. No sooner had the sound…
Now that the Fifth Race is in the capable hands of Conan RPG editor Sally Christensen, Ed is taking the time to run both the Psionics and Rapier expansions through another round of intense editing. I once read “Editing is where the magic happens”. I absolutely agree with that. The difference between a solid first…
“At 2:30 this morning, Cutlass unit was compromised.” Commander Nihil’s words, given through a video feed, to a Resistance debriefing room shocked the gathered members. “What?” “How did this happen?” “That’s impossible!” “The members of Cutlass unit had been deep undercover for the past three months infiltrating a high level Smertios Security research vessel.” Murmuring…
“Don’t take it so hard, Ace.” Penumbra relaxed across the ledge of a rooftop. Salt from the soft pretzel in her hand drifted down to the quiet evening street below. “Having powers and being powerful are two very different things.” “I hate it when you start talking like a fortune cookie.” Lacuna complained. “What does…
“The stabilizers have gone out. Watch yourself!” Tristra shouted to Anitiri as the Ximian tumbled through the level 12 elevator doors. The world tipped and reeled. Heavy metal canisters broke away from their braces and shot across the open floor to crash against the ship’s deck and burst into flames. Smoke billowed and choked the…
Hi everyone! Ed here, to explain what’s going on! For the next month, I thought it would be fun to turn our writers loose with an image from one of our upcoming games that relates to something that they probably don’t know about yet. So, Amy has volunteered to pick up every post for this month…
Ed is working to put together the absolute best group of writers for our Era: The Consortium expansions. Not only will you get stories from our original team but you’ll also be getting them from some well known people in the business. Today I get to introduce you to two of the new faces that…
It’s not every day that I get to hit you up with so much detail about one of our new games so I’m excited to share! Our latest project (working title “Hitman”)is an assassin-style game which has been inspired by titles such as Hitman: Codename 47*. In this game, players are going to need to…
The time to pull up a chair and join in on all our Consortium Expansions is swiftly approaching. Five of those expansions have already gone on to Keith for preliminary layout! If you haven’t been around for one of these events you’ll want to stop in frequently for plenty of behind the scenes information, crowd…
Hi everyone! I have been very involved in writing Kickstarters lately, and am about to go, in a week, to a convention where I am likely to be asked how to run a Kickstarter. Instead of covering that right now (maybe I will do it after the convention, when I am reminded of all the…
