Hi everyone! Today I’m going to talk about indexing! I know, boring, right? It’s certainly something that many creators don’t think is terribly important, judging by the indie roleplaying games I see. And yet, a good index at the end of a book greatly increases usability for anyone who wants to play that game. I’ve…
Ed and his team really did something special with this one. I thought the first Time Travel Campaign was pretty gruelling, but this time the stakes feel even higher. Many years after the first crisis, there are threats everywhere. While some are obvious, some are unseen forces working from the shadows. The Agents of Change’s…
Sometimes survival of the species means changing everything about the world you were born into.The Consortium is in an uncontrollable crisis and humanity is almost getting destroyed. Only you can go back and change the past to save the future.You’ll start a dynasty of characters, passing the mission from parent to child, and make choices…
We didn’t come here for glory. We came for clean water, a second chance, a piece of land to call our own. But the Consortium owns the pipes, the power, and the air we breathe.Now there’s talk of strikes. Sabotage. Resistance. Me? I don’t want war.I just want my daughter to grow up without a…
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This is no ordinary missionThe Consortium spreads across three star systems and is ruled by corporations that treat lives like credits on a ledgerI’m just one member of five species caught in their endless game of power and controlEvery decision feels like a gamble, trust is rare, and the Resistance is more than just a…
Hi everyone! I’ve been working hard for the last week at the day job, but still doing my best to find the time to look at various other things that need progressing. I’ve spent a lot of time working on Era: The Consortium expansions, especially the Armoury expansion, which now has several pieces of artwork…
Everyone has a favourite! And Ed’s favourite Era: The Consortium expansion is the terrifying and deadly REVIVAL. Containing both a campaign and a new set of rules for the Sci-Fi epic game, board a starship as a Search and Rescue team… and find yourself face-to-face with monsters as you try to save the crew! Find…
Roll the Dice! 🎲 Did you just discover the world of Era D10? Using our multiple d10 dice pool system, you roll more dice the more skilled you are, making the chances of success greater! Every role of the dice is not just a number… it was you exploring the world of superpowers, fantasy, and…
Hi everyone! It’s an exciting day, because the Era: The Consortium 10th Anniversary Kickstarter is here! We’ve got some awesome rewards, let me take you through what’s going on: Handy graphic by the ever awesome Leo Weiss! So what are you waiting for? Get into Era: The Consortium‘s vast universe to play any sub-genre of…
Hi everyone! Era: The Consortium is 10 years old! I really had no idea when I started that 10 years would produce 200 books, comics, audio dramas, miniatures, novels, art books and a movie! In fact, the full list for just Era: The Consortium is: Quite impressive, and there’s more still to come – even…
Hi everyone! I’ve just finished a novel in the Era: The Consortium universe and you can join us now to bring this story to life on Kickstarter! Earth is a distant memory, almost two thousand years passed. Humans and aliens in Empty Shell exist in an interstellar society called the Consortium. The rules and traditions…
Hi everyone! Today, we’re doing the third and final post about what’s coming this year, exploring what’s coming from Shades of Vengeance in terms of RPGs, Card Games, Novels and more! What games have we already had? We’ve had a pretty busy year! Delivering the artwork for the Era: Forbidden project has continued to be…
Hey everyone! This week we have a special #GamemasterMonday with not only a GM, but the creator of the Era Universe – Ed! Ed’s love for tabletop gaming can be traced back to his youth. When he was five, he received the RPG computer game Megatraveler 1 and fell in love with it. The expansive…
Hi everyone! We just launched a brand new Kickstarter for EraScapes: A Titan’s Rise Season 2! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/erascapes/a-titans-rise-season-2?ref=2q2x0s This is the culmination of almost 4 years of work, through adversity, the fall of governments, the pandemic and more, so we’re very happy to present this second chapter in the story of Elliot Draigon. But it’s more…
Hi everyone! I wanted to take a moment this week to talk about one of my favourite books that I’ve ever written, which is an expansion for Era: The Consortium called Revival. Initially, the plans were relatively modest – a 5-session campaign which explored the intersection of Era: The Consortium’s Science Fiction and Era: Survival’s…
Hi everyone! I’m back with another update on the general state of Shades of Vengeance! As I said in the last post, I’m hoping to do these every week from now on. A lot has happened in the last week (it’s amazing how often I say that sort of thing!). Era: Lost Legend has now…
Hi everyone! It’s been a while since I last made a post, and I thought it was about time I got things moving again in terms of updates, because we are still working hard! COVID-19 has been very hard on everyone, of course, and it’s changed the landscape a lot for us. We’ve done a…
Hi everyone! I only recently had a conversation on Discord (feel free to join if you’d like to play, by the way! We run regular games! https://discord.gg/JMNnbsB) about my most dramatic tabletop moment. Today, I’m wearing my GM hat, and don’t worry, I’m not just going to tell you a story of sessions gone by,…
The Era: The Consortium Living Campaign has now been running for just under 3 months and we’ve seen a lot of changes to the Consortium as a result!(Asking “What is the Living Campaign?”? – read this! https://www.shadesofvengeance.com/era-the-consortium/living-campaign/) We’re about to publish the first official update of the position in The Era Zone Issue #5, and…
Hi everyone! Did you know that we’re offering daily games online at the moment? We’re trying to combat the insanity invoked by staying inside all day every day – I feel it as keenly as you, believe me! – by offering a wide range of Era games via our Discord: https://discord.gg/6C4H9Cv For those who don’t…
Hi everyone! We have a wonderful new team member, Angel, and she’s been helping me to get several of the books that we never quite got up on the website onto the store! As a result, you’ll see quite a few new items if you look at the store now, particularly a lot of “Character…
Hi everyone! Era: The Consortium’s Living Campaign has just launched, and that means anyone can get involved with the universe! All you have to do is play a game set in 451CE, where the Consortium has decided to eliminate the Resistance, and the Resistance is not going to give up easily. Focus on an outpost…
Good Evening! With Valentine’s Day only a month away (!) This spotlight is for all you cyber-cupids out there; on Radio Free Taranis you can join anti-Consortium lothario Midnight Terry for the best pick up lines this side of the future. Get suggestions for conversation starters and memorable opening lines you’d never have thought of,…
Encountering alien races is an incredibly important part of much of Sci-Fi. I would argue it is an attempt to answer to one of the greatest questions of the genre. As Arthur C. Clarke once said, “There are two possibilities: we are alone in the universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” First…
As the New Year brings new opportunities for all, there are more futures to consider. One way to make your mark is to change the Consortium forever: our Living Campaign will start at the end of January 2020! A Living Campaign allows YOU to shape the future of the Consortium by sending us the results…
Hi everyone! Today, I’m going to be talking about 5 Sci-Fi sub-genres, why I think they’re interesting, and what ways are used within Era: The Consortium to handle them well! There are obviously many more than seven sub-genres of Sci-Fi, and I have said many times that Era: The Consortium handles every sub-genre of Sci-Fi…
by Fred Harvey Learning a new system can always be difficult. Whether it’s gripping the mechanics, the lore or just running the session in general, challenges can spring from many places. I have been lucky enough to play quite a lot of Era D10 Games and hone my skills as a GM with them, so…
Hi everyone! You might have noticed that we’ve been particularly busy this year, and there’s a good reason for it. With The Bug War #3: Mobilisation, Era: Lyres Definitive Edition, The Era Zone and Blue-Shift #2 all within the last 2 months, you might think we’ve gone crazy! Knowing that we’re also delivering rewards from…
Ka’tal has found a heavily fortified building and Reluflissy is walking towards an unknown location after buying a “thought-detecting tracking device”. Neither seem to have made much progress towards saving Nara (although we did answer whether they want to!). Find out what happens next in this week’s episode… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPAIBpP7YLg Audio-only (Podbean): https://shadesofvengeance.podbean.com/e/stiletto-unit-447ce-episode-33/?token=b8c937aaf4d0eb1dd93803f48ccc0e1a – Ed
Oh no! Nara has been captured by Slicer! What will the team be able to do? Can they save her in time, before he exacts his revenge? More importantly, will they want to? It is Nara, after all! Find out in the latest episode of Stiletto Unit 447CE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3ANFMRKKJY Audio-only (Podbean): https://shadesofvengeance.podbean.com/e/stiletto-unit-447ce-episode-32/?token=194e45ca085c3ca55a11f78c58df13d3&fbclid=IwAR3-nrSHNaAEOYSuyFv3qpem7CunhipHwstexQZG2J4Csrcxy1YHTBI4pas – Ed
