A few days ago I mentioned that 2018 would see a few unique projects coming from the team. Well, I’m pleased to announce one of the first. Starting in the new year, Ed will be running a Consortium game online! It’s going to be a great way for you to see some actual gameplay without…
This is my final week of news posts this year. We’ve had a fantastic time bringing you brand new games, comics, and expansions. Ed and the convention team have met loads of new fans and we’re excited to show everyone where we’re heading in the future. Thank you to everyone who’s helped support our projects…
Hi everyone! With Era: The Empowered’s release just around the corner (in the New Year), we’ve started a group that will give you the chance to find out all about it ahead of time! https://www.facebook.com/groups/2038903633009863/ In this group, you can see sneak peeks of the artwork, read some of the stories we’ve written over the…
Hello to all you amazing Consortium fans. With our last Kickstarter for the year and the final convention behind us you might think we’re winding down production for 2017. Well, you’d be mistaken. All our Universe of Expansions 2 books are currently being developed and I even have an image to share with you today….
Hi everyone! We’ve just opened the Era: The Empowered Facebook group in preparation for the game’s Kickstarter next year. You can join us there to chat with the creative team behind this awesome super-powered game, to see some early peaks at artwork and to find out all the latest news about our next game! https://www.facebook.com/groups/2038903633009863/ We…
Dragonmeet was our last convention of the year and it was a smash. Thank you to everyone who stopped by and had a chat or played a game. If you didn’t manage to come see us this time around you don’t have to worry because even though this convention season has run to an end…
Back in July I told you a few things about our upcoming audio drama based on the Consortium universe; Radio Free Taranis. I’m pleased to confirm that this project is well under way! We have just received the first round of feedback from our beta listeners and so far everyone has loved it! We’ve heard…
The year is officially coming to an end and that means we only have one more convention appearance for 2017. It’s been an amazing year and we’re thrilled to have met so many great fans at each of the events we’ve attended. If you haven’t been able to make one of these conventions I highly…
We’re getting down to the end of our Consortium Expansion Kickstarter event with only days left! There’s still time to join us and take advantage of all the amazing books we’re releasing such as; Time Travel Campaign book 4, Free Trader, New Worlds, and Predictive Genetic Algorithm. We’re even so close to another Stretch Goal…
It’s time once again for another Spotlight on a great Consortium Expansion book. Today I get to tell you a bit about what you’ll find inside the Sourcebook for Ximians, one of the Consortium’s most polarizing races. Before their tragic first meeting with humanity, the Ximians had travelled for tens of thousands of years on…
Thank you to everyone who turned out for AetherCon! It was a great event and our team had loads of fun running games and speaking on panels. The great thing about an online convention is that it can be easily recorded and shared with those of us who didn’t get a chance to attend. Ed…
Hi everyone! AetherCon was fantastic and we all had a great time. I hope all of you who joined us did, too! We were pleased and proud to have so many people looking at and playing our games! It’s always an inspiring thing to see. We’re almost done for our convention season this year, now,…
Hi everyone! Today is your last chance to grab our amazing AetherCon deals! Join us there at http://www.aethercon.com/news.asp! – Ed
By the time Humans had arrived in Damara the Eulutians were already there; having crashed some time before. Everything you know about this species starts at this point in history, but there are so many questions left unanswered for this advanced race! The Eulutian sourcebook will take you back in time before the crash on…
Hi everyone! AetherCon is now live, so come and visit us there for prizes, deals on our games and much more! http://www.aethercon.com/ Just a reminder of what we’re doing during this weekend: Join Lukasz on Saturday (11th November) at 9am EST for Era: The Empowered – “The Red Devil”. Face an awesomely powerful enemy in your first…
As promised, your chance to play a game with us online will start tomorrow. We will be running a game of Era: Lyres, Era: The Empowered, and our flagship title Era: The Consortium. If you’ve ever had the urge to give one of our RPGs a go, there’s never been an easier opportunity! If you…
How well do you know the humans of the Consortium? It’s common knowledge that the first humans which landed on Taranis had been travelling for a considerably long time. But, the details of their journey have never fully been known. Even some of the Consortium’s greatest minds such as Benjamin Hayden and Gueya were unsure…
Hi everyone! In a week, we’re at AetherCon, a virtual convention (10-12 November)! It’s our first time there as exhibitors, but we have loads going on. Sick of not living in England so you miss seeing us at conventions? No longer! As a virtual convention, AetherCon takes place online over the whole weekend, so you…
Thank you to everyone who stopped by to meet Ed and our convention team at MCM Comicon in London. It was a fabulous event and we were thrilled to show our games to so many new folks. There are plenty of photos and a video on our Facebook page for anyone who wasn’t able to…
Hi everyone! Talking About Games has done another review of the Time Travel Campaign Part 1 book! You can find it here and I’d strongly recommend it if you’re unsure whether it is for you: – Ed
Have you ever wondered what the exploration ship, the Orion, encountered during its 90 year mission? Oh sure, they brought back some amazing finds such as the Vilithii on Albiorix. But, what else happened during their quest to chart and record the mysteries beyond Consortium space? In the Journey to Albiorix you will get to…
Tomorrow is the big day! Right now, Ed has everything prepped and ready for the crush of players and fans who will descend upon the Shades of Vengeance team at Stand #72. Are you going to join us? Ed and the rest of the Comicon team will be at MCM, ready to answer your burning…
This is it folks, the moment we’ve been waiting for. This is where all those previous Consortium Spotlight articles really come back around! Era: The Consortium – A Universe of Expansions 2 is up and running right now on Kickstarter! Feel free to go right now and check it out, I’ll wait for you to…
Hi everyone! If you didn’t yet get hold of the DriveThruRPG versions of Era: Survival and its expansions, there’s no better time than now, when they are at a reduced price! https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse.php?keywords=Era%3A+Survival&filters=0_0_0_0_0_45295&x=0&y=0&author=&artist=&pfrom=&pto= Will You Survive the horrors of the nightmarish world of Gaia? – Ed
One of our most anticipated new games developing over the coming months is “Era: Atlantis”. Brought to you by Ed Jowett and Guido Valetta (who you might remember from the last MCM Comicon), this game is based on an ancient legend but we’ve added plenty of new ideas to keep you interested. The world of…
Hi everyone! Now is your chance to get hold of the latest Era: The Consortium Expansions: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/shadesofvengeance/era-the-consortium-a-universe-of-expansions-2?ref=7x40cx I hope you’ll consider joining us in unlocking all of the expansions which The Oracle has been talking about for the last few months: everything that’s been mentioned is unlockable on this Kickstarter! See you there! – Ed
Hi everyone! The Swarm, the first Source Book for Era: Survival is now available on DriveThruRPG! http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/223219/Era-Survival–The-Swarm Join the only people who truly know how to survive the post-apocalyptic world of Gaia. Become an Abcediary, reprogramming recruits as needed, an Artificer who builds amazing weapons unlike those seen elsewhere on Gaia or an Administrator, making…
Hi everyone! Era: Hitman, our modern setting where you play as super-powered Hitmen, has just been released on DriveThruRPG! http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/222872/Era-Hitman–Pocket-Edition Join us, and fulfil the contract, in our 3rd Pocket Edition Rulebook! – Ed
Today I want to talk about an expansion item that we had offered during the last Consortium Kickstarter but didn’t quite unlock. If you’ve been following us through the years you’ll know that we hate to keep anything from you guys so if an item is posted under Stretch Goals and we don’t achieve it,…
Everyone loves Era: Survival. Now, that’s not just my opinion, that’s a fact. Survival has found its way into the hearts of fans and clung on with three-inch claws. This is why I’m excited to announce that Ed will be offering preview demos of Era: Survival – Colony at the upcoming MCM Comicon in London!…
