We are in full production mode here at Shades of Vengeance with so many expansions being worked I can hardly keep track of them all! Each of our previous Spotlights have shown you a new Consortium Expansion book in our upcoming collection. Have you decided on a favorite yet? Maybe today’s book will be the…
Hi everyone! It’s the final day of #RPGaDay! I’d like to thank everyone who’s followed these posts. I hope they have been informative and a little bit of fun! I’d like to thank the folks over at the Casting Shadows Blog for their alternate questions as well as for the list in the first place….
Last week I hinted that I would be discussing a new game today, did you guess that I’d be talking about Era: Legends? Congratulations to those of you that did. Your superfan status has been confirmed. As I mentioned last time, this game is being created by Ed Jowett and Freddie Rawlins (contributor to Era:…
Hi everyone! This is a tough question for me, because most of the things I want to see, I’m working on! #RPGaDay 30: What is an RPG genre mash-up you would most like to see? Well, as Final Fantasy is a mash-up of genres in itself, I’m going to cop out and say that the…
Hi everyone! Era: The Consortium offers all genres of Sci-Fi and none of the material we’ve created for it show that better than Revival! Revival is now out on DriveThruRPG! http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/218923/Era-The-Consortium–Revival This 150-page expansion is a labour of love by myself and Johnathan Lewis. In the vein of games such as Alien and Dead Space,…
Hi everyone! #RPGaDay 29: What has been the best-run RPG Kickstarter you have backed? I was impressed and happy for James and his team for the recent Ghost-Ops RPG [ https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/458299077/ghost-ops-an-rpg-of-modern-day-covert-operations ]. They did a fantastic job of putting the concept across and deserved all of the success that they got! It’s great to see someone…
Hi everyone! #RPGaDay 28: What film/series is the biggest source of quotes in your group? Well… uh… We’re a pretty varied source of quotes, actually. The one that sticks in my mind is Firefly/Serenity… sort of. “It gets you right here” comes up relatively often, as does the phrase “Big Damn Heroes”. That said, we get…
Hi everyone! Our latest Tabletop RPG, Era: Balam, is now available on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/shadesofvengeance/jump-in-your-starfighter-for-era-balam-a-project-o In this space pilot RPG, you take control of a one-man fighter and head out to explore a solar system defend Humanity from an alien assault fleet! The rules of this game are compatible with Era: The Consortium, meaning you could integrate…
Hi everyone! I usually travel pretty light when gaming – a pile of D10s and character sheets. However, I do have one further thought… #RPGaDay 27: What are your essential tools for good gaming? I think there’s only one thing you always need: a character concept which is thought-out and understood in your own mind….
Hi everyone! The Patreon release for August 2017 is now available! That means that everyone can get hold of the second “Encounters on the Edge of Space” entry (by Matthew Knighton and myself), which provides an encounter and adventures seeds for Science Fiction games of all kinds! This month, the deadly and unique Tridamos Plague…
Hi everyone! Today, I’m talking non-rulebook resources for my games, and there’s a clear stand-out here! #RPGaDay 26: Which RPG provides the most useful resources? The resource I’m most proud of at the moment is the work that I’ve been doing with Matthew Knighton on our Patreon. I should say right now – this stuff…
Have you noticed that we’ve been releasing our Era: The Consortium expansions on DriveThruRPG? With all our recent spotlights on the upcoming expansion games I thought I might take a few minutes here and talk a bit about where you can find the first collection of expansions. So far at DriveThruRPG, you can find the…
Hi everyone! As a perpetual GM, today’s question is not necessarily the easiest one for me… however, I have a few suggestions… #RPGaDay 25: What is the best way to thank your GM? Well, it depends a little on the type of game! Personally, when I’m running a campaign and it gets to the end…
Hi everyone! Although neither of the main games I’m about to link to you actually answer this question. However, when I first encountered them, they absolutely did! #RPGaDay 24: Share a PWYW Publisher who should be charging more. When I first met Sanchit Sharma and John Serembe, they both had some great ideas for games…
Today I get to delve a little more into a game that we’ve introduced but which still remains a bit of a mystery. Era: The Chosen is our first game which really pulls back the layers of the horror genre and sinks its teeth into a dark universe. The book is being written by four…
Hi everyone! I'm pleased to announce that A New Dawn is now available on DriveThruRPG! http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/218922/Era-The-Consortium–A-New-Dawn With A New Dawn, any player can become a Psionic, gaining amazing powers… but risking insanity if they use them too much. Gain mind control, telepathy, remote vision and more with A New Dawn! And, as always, if you want the Paperback…
Hi everyone! Just a reminder that I’m primarily talking my RPGs in this #RPGaDay, so if you have any questions about anything I mention, shout, I’d be more than happy to answer! #RPGaDay 23: Which RPG has the most jaw-dropping layout? I have always loved the amazing work of Keith Draws, right from his first submission…
Hi everyone! The subject of my #RPGaDay today is a game I’m hoping to run at AetherCon! If you don’t know about AetherCon, it’s an online convention which runs at the beginning of November. I hope you’ll think about joining us there, we’ll have some great deals on our Era games! #RPGaDay 22: Which RPGs are the…
Hi everyone! As we enter the last days of the #RPGaDay Challenge, I’m going to mention another different game today! #RPGaDay 21: Which RPG does the most with the least words? There’s only one answer to that for me: Era: Silence. In Era: Silence, you’re not permitted to speak, meaning very few words indeed, as…
Hi everyone! I don’t think I’d be anywhere near as much help as most people would probably like on what the best source for out-of-print RPGs is, so I’m taking an alternate question today! #RPGaDay 20 (A): What do you want out of an RPG experience? For me, it’s very simple. I want to create a great…
Hi everyone! From right now, you can get hold of Era: The Consortium – Rapier in Digital Format on DriveThruRPG: [http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/218921/Era-The-Consortium–Rapier ] Rapier enhances the Cyberpunk aspects of Era: The Consortium, allowing players to enter the virtual environments inside computer systems and hack them from within! From miniature star systems and flying around inside fighters…
Hi everyone! Today, I’m once again going to avoid the obvious answer (still answering within the set of Era Games) of Era: The Consortium, which has some amazing writers, and instead focus on another game… #RPGaDay 19: Which RPG features the best writing? I’m going to talk about Era: Survival today, which was written by…
There are few things I enjoy more than a good underdog story and small bands of hopeful warriors fighting against the might of the powerfully corrupt are like music to my ears. That’s why today’s Consortium Expansion Spotlight is quite possibly my favorite topic; The Resistance. If you’ve ever wanted to get down into the…
Hi everyone! My answer to the question today will come as a surprise to absolutely no-one, I think! #RPGaDay 18: Which RPG have you played the most in your life? Hands down, there’s only one answer: Era: The Consortium! My first game, and its 5 content expansions, have taken a long time to develop, and…
Hi everyone! I’m back to the standard questions today! #RPGaDay 17: Which RPG have you owned the longest but not played? I’m usually pretty good with this one! The last game I got which I’ve not yet played is the new Conan RPG by Modiphius! I was interested from the start and backed their Kickstarter,…
Thanks to everyone for helping the Champion of Earth; Robots and Cyborgs Expansion Kickstarter event reach over 100% funding! There’s still time to help push this project into a Stretch Goal so stop on by and encourage anyone you think would enjoy this fun fast-paced card game to come check us out as well. […
Hi everyone! As Day 16’s question is the opposite to Day 15’s, I’m doing another alternate question today! #RPGaDay 16 (A): What would appear on an RPG book cover that would make you want to play it? I thought this was a brilliant question. And I excluded the obvious, which would be the Era d10 logo! I…
Hi everyone! I just wanted to let you know that the second expansion for Era: The Consortium, “The Fifth Race” has just been released on DriveThruRPG: http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/218920/Era-The-Consortium–The-Fifth-Race Of course, you can also pick it up on our Store, as well: https://www.shadesofvengeance.com/store The Fifth Race not only brings a brand new playable alien race to the Consortium –…
Hi everyone! As I said yesterday, I’m answering one of the alternate questions today, as I don’t really adapt RPGs very often! #RPGaDay 15 (A): Campaigns: do you prefer set-length or open-ended play? Personally, I prefer set-length campaigns, because I like to plan a storyline for the group which they will follow through slowly. I usually…
Hi everyone! I’m back with you for #RPGaDay 14! Tomorrow, I’m going to veer off the main sequence of questions and cover one of the alternates they offered this year! For today, however… #RPGaDay 14: Which RPG do you prefer for open-ended campaign play? I have enjoyed using Era: The Empowered for this purpose. The…
