News relating to Era: The Consortium
Hi everyone! The latest episode of Dice and Stuff involves some truly amazing failure on the part of the player characters… and then a very impressive recovery. Good fun, recommended, check it out! – Ed P.S. Don’t forget that the Consortium Kickstarter is live, if you want to play Era: The Consortium!
Hi everyone! The Era: The Consortium – The Secret War Kickstarter is finally live! Now’s your chance to play as a Shade, the elite operatives of Hayden Bank that have shaped Consortium history in the way the Hayden CEO has wanted since the beginning of the Consortium, or to play as a Phantom, a special…
Era: The Consortium’s first expansion, The Secret War, is heading to Kickstarter in just under one week! This event is absolutely PACKED with deals, bundles, and exclusive offers. Ed let me take a pre-launch look at the site and I have to say, this is the largest collection that he’s put together yet. You can…
This is it people, we’ve made it to the final day of 2015! Remember when everyone thought that 12/12/2012 would be the end of the world? Yeah… we’re so much smarter in 2015. Thank you to Ed for holding down the fort while I was away and I hope everyone had a truly lovely holiday….
Hi everyone! There is no episode of Dice and Stuff this week. On behalf of both Shades of Vengeance and the Dice and Stuff teams, we wish you a happy new year… and loads more episodes to come! – Ed
Hi everyone!I thought it might be a good idea to do a sort of “What have we done this year?” post. So I started looking over everything we have done, and my instant reaction was “Wow, that is a lot!” Well, here goes: This time last year, we had a lot of commitments – Era:…
Hi everyone! The newest episode of Dice and Stuff is out now – Episode 52. Think about that for a second – if you listened to one episode per week, it would take you a year… and Claymore Unit still have no idea what’s going on with the White Scythe or why they want Maria Hayden!…
I know you didn’t think that we’re the kind of people who would create something and then let it sit and get dusty, right? The Consortium is as much evolving today as it was when the very first copy was printed. During the initial creation process there were bound to be some minor errors or…
Hi everyone! Yet more Punisher references await, along with an indication about what is going on with Dain. What more could you want? Get over there! – Ed
Era: The Consortium’s first expansion, The Secret War, is locked loaded and ready to go! This is going to be our best Kickstarter yet, I can just feel it in my toes. We’ve pulled out all the stops and are using all the best ideas that we’ve gathered from each of our previous events. We’ve…
Hi everyone! A brand new episode of Dice and Stuff’s Consortium Campaign is up now! Half the group prepares to torture a guy, Punisher style, while Lanseer finally figures out the name of Urumlam’s old friend. Check it out! – Ed
Our first expansion to the Consortium universe is nearing the end of production! All the images will be completed within a week or so from this post and we will start work on the Kickstarter. Ed tells me that we can expect to see the Kickstarter event up and running in the new year so…
Raise your hand if you remember me talking to you about Ether! This game, which was being developed by one of our independent creators, is now coming onboard to work more directly with Ed and the team at Shades of Vengeance, becoming an “Era Game”. Our games are known for high quality art, storytelling, and a…
Hi everyone, Well, there’s no Dice and Stuff podcast this week. I assume they haven’t quite finished preparing the next Consortium episodes yet after the Empowered campaign ended. They are also running a Kickstarter right now for their latest game – consider checking it out here. See you all next week! – Ed
Our first major expansion to the world of the Consortium is close to completion. Ed is working with our artist on the final two pieces and he’s agreed to give us a bit of a sneak peak at one of them. It won’t be long before we’ll have this exciting addition available! As work continues…
It’s official. Ed told me just the other day that we are entering the UK Games Expo Awards! One of our games will have a chance to win this fantastic award. The question now is: which game will it be? We are only able to enter one of our games into the competition so we have…
Throughout the production history of Era: The Consortium we’ve struggled to find artists who could create and maintain the high quality we demand for our games. I’ll be honest with you, that’s part of the reason why Ed started working with our independent creators. For an indie developer, it’s incredibly difficult to find quality artwork…
Hi everyone! It’s been yet another very busy week for us all here at Shades of Vengeance. One day, I won’t say that and you’ll be surprised… (Yeah, I’m waiting for that day too!) So what’s going on? A lot! We’re looking at several things, mostly focused on 2016 activity now. I’m doing EraWriMo, as you…
We’re heading towards the last few days of our Kickstarter event. There isn’t much time left to get in on some of the best rewards we’ve made available yet. You can choose from rewards that let you make your own character and have it painted by the artist of the rulebook. There are opportunities to…
Car trouble on your way into work? Forgot to study for those end of semester finals? There are a lot of reasons why you could be walking into a really bad day… I guarantee this isn’t one of them. The artistic geniuses behind The Secret War expansion have just released one of their latest images….
Hi everyone! I’ve been super busy with writing a minimum of 1000 words per day every day of November! Amy talked a little about it in a recent news post. I’ve also been working on a couple of things for The Secret War – the logo, the book itself and, if I can get them…
The team here at Shades of Vengeance are gearing up for the last event of 2015. In just a few short weeks we will be arriving at Dragonmeet for a one day convention. You can listen to me talk all day long about how fabulous these games are but you really need to sit down…
Hi everyone, I strongly recommend giving the latest episode of Dice and Stuff’s Era: The Empowered campaign a listen this week. Monkeypaw gets chucked out of the restaurant… I am picturing something a bit like Beverly Hills Cop, when they throw him through a window and he gets arrested! The guys over at Dice and Stuff…
The Secret War is moving on to the Layout stage of development and I’m here to let you in on what you can expect to find. Keith, the artist behind the layout of our original book, has finished nearly all of the art for the expansion and is currently working on the details of putting…
There’s this point, the one at the end of a great gaming session, where you look around the table and think… “That was awesome, let’s keep going!” We know exactly how you feel and that’s part of the reason why Ed has created our Patreon campaign. Every month we work to give you something extra,…
The response we got at MCM Comicon was inspiring! So many people played and loved this game that we’re all getting pumped to finish the expansion and get it out as quick as we can. To that end, work is happening on the latest image for The Secret War and it’s coming along fantastically. Things…
Hi everyone! Obviously, last weekend I was at MCM Comicon. I have to be honest, this week I’ve not done a lot. I’ve been working on a few stories for Era: The Empowered – I’ve done 3 this week. Keith has done some awesome artwork of several of the characters in the game and it’s…
Last week’s MCM Comicon in London was an all-out success! I hope you got a chance to stop by our table and play a game or at least chat with a few of the great folks who were set up to answer questions. If you haven’t already, stop by our Facebook page to catch a…
The fun is almost done. Today is your last chance to come visit with us at MCM and play through a session with our mighty team of GM’s. There are lives to save and Stiletto Unit needs YOU. Besides, there won’t be another shot at this until December so put yourself on a train, a…
Ed and the team have been working up a sweat rolling and gaming with tons of folks at MCM. The Last Stand of Stiletto Unit is one of our toughest scenarios but we’ve had loads of people take on the challenge. To those of you who managed to become legends and save 14 billion lives:…
