Hi everyone! I’m incredibly pleased to tell you that I’ve launched Cascade, Part 2 on Kickstarter after 3 and a half years of perfecting it. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sovcomics/cascade-part-2?ref=ept5e8 A lot has happened in that time, so I’m willing to forgive myself for being that amount of lazy! When I started working on Cascade with my good friend…
“Keep your Social Media active!” say all the marketing people. “Keep up your marketing and reaching out to the world.” I’m pretty sure they are right, but, as I said, it doesn’t come easily to me. I’ve tried a few things – having reminders to write something, having my friend Amy (“The Oracle”) write posts to make people excited…
But in the end, we’ve reached a point where, despite the fact I am working as hard as ever on producing amazing books, games and more, the website looks like it’s not had any activity since November.
Hi everyone! I’ve just launched a new anthology of comics called “Offcuts”! Over the last 10 years, while we’ve been publishing comics, not everything has been completed. I mean, obviously! These are the comics that were good ideas but, for various reasons, didn’t quite make it. They all have at least one arc (or are…
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…
As you know, we love telling stories! We’re lucky enough that the Audio Drama of our critically-acclaimed comic, Counting Down From One, was a target for an awesome cast dedicated to bringing it to life! Enter an uncertain universe, where travelling back in time is the only way to save the future. All the team…
Hi everyone! I’m thrilled to tell you that our next game is finally ready – Era: Friction! The world is in trouble! Enter a world of huge explosions, over-the-top villains and big guns, where you can bend the rules of reality to make sure you win! Step through the smoke to reveal your overly-muscled body,…
Hi everyone! I believe that everyone can be Creative! A lot of people ask me how I do it, and I like to help them wherever I can, because I always love to learn what others have come up with! Not just how I find the time, but how I build universes, ensure that they…
Shades of Vengeance, the innovative tabletop developer and publisher, made a resounding impact at the recent Con-Densed Summer convention. Our presence was felt throughout the event, with Era games featured in every slot. From the sci-fi adventures of Era: The Consortium to the post-apocalyptic struggles in Era: Survival, attendees had the opportunity to dive into…
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Era: Balam is on Kickstarter now! This space fighters game is an exciting and dynamic game of space-based dog fights against an unending alien armada bent on the destruction of humanity! But you won’t be playing as just a human in this game – you will experience the unshakeable bond between a pilot and their…
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! We’re never going to give up on telling stories! We’ve been working for 3 years on a new audio drama that I know you’re going to love. This project has been incredibly lucky to bring in the fantastic talents of Erin Nicole Lundquist, Lawrence “MasakoX” Simpson and Ryan Negrón, along with a fantastic…
Hi everyone! We’ve just launched our latest game, Era: Dragonsong, on Kickstarter. I say our latest game, but the truth is that this has been around for ten years, ever since shortly after I first wrote Era: The Consortium. Era: Dragonsong is a High Fantasy Tabletop RPG harnessing the power of the Era d10 system to…
Hi everyone! We’ve just launched our latest Kickstarter, and it’s a big one: the 5th Anniversary of Era: The Empowered has prompted us to go to Kickstarter with a new Definitive Edition book and awesome deals for anyone who wants to catch up with the world! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/shadesofvengeance/empowered-5th-anniversary?ref=cws5u1 I hope you’ll join us in bringing this…
Hi everyone! We’re still working away over here, and the team and I have been working in particular on the next novel that we want to bring to you from the world of Era: Lost Legend, Stardust Falling! This novel follows the main story of the Era: Lost Legend Core Rulebook, with some awesome and…
We believe that everyone has the ability to create! We feel that people should be helped bring their stories and visions to life as a creative project! After a decade of experience in publishing a variety of critically-acclaimed books, games, comics and audio dramas, we want to help others do the same! Our veteran creative…
Yeah, he does that! Seems he’s annoyed by the level of attention Violete is getting in “his” story! Make sure you check out the Kickstarter and soothe his ego! The Kickstarter ends on Sunday, so don’t forget to check it out! Rampage was voiced by the amazing Adam Dergiman, who also contributed this and a…
Hi everyone! We’ve just launched our latest Kickstarter, which is a brilliant audio dramatisation of Violete: Unstoppable. It’s the third and final of our Empowered shorts, so check it out and don’t forget to spread the word! We’ll be offering loads more samples as the days and weeks pass, so be sure to keep checking…
Hi everyone! We’ve just launched our latest Kickstarter, which is a brilliant audio dramatisation of Violete: Unstoppablehttps://www.kickstarter.com/projects/erascapes/violete-unstoppable-audio?ref=9se9ua It’s the third and final of our Empowered shorts, so check it out and don’t forget to spread the word! We’ll be offering loads more samples as the days and weeks pass, so be sure to keep checking…
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…
This #AudioDramaSunday, join Elliot Draigon as he enters Consortium society on Taranis, something which is much harder than he could ever realise as a 10-year-old child! A Titan’s Rise is one of our major audio dramas. It’s the best time to get acquainted with it, because we just funded Season 2! https://www.shadesofvengeance.com/product/a-titans-rise-1/ The Plot of…
Era d10 is a fantastically adaptable Rule Set! Over a decade, we’ve brought 10 different game lines to life with Era d10… and we’ve had dozens more ideas that we haven’t managed to publish yet! We’ve also published many issues of The Era Zone, bringing new content for each of our existing games. Building a…
This #AudioDramaSunday, you can experience the post-apocalypse in the safest possible way: listen to it, read by a scotsman! Life on Gaia explores the wasteland from our Tabletop RPG, Era: Survival. Check out Life on Gaia. We have produced both the original Audio Book and a smaller book with several extra stories: Tales of the…
This #AudioDramaSunday, you can enter the Consortium with Midnight Terry as your guide! Radio Free Taranis is an audio drama based around the life of a disenfranchised member of Taranis’s population. Midnight Terry speaks to anyone who wants to listen every week via pirate radio, informing them of the Big Eight’s activities, the Resistance’s faults…
Eleven years ago, Ed started writing Era: The Consortium. That was the first time you would would identify the game we now have. But the roots of the Six GM’s were asked to run a game of Firefly as part of a 24-hour event, but they decided to come up with their own sci-fi universe…
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’re running a session of Era: Hitman to celebrate our current Kickstarter on the 8th July at 7:30pm BST (2:30pm EDT)! Everyone is welcome to join us for that, for as long as there are spaces (and if we run out, we’ll be pleased to offer more sessions!). Just hop on Discord and…
It’s #GameMasterMonday here at Shades of Vengeance and this week, we’re shining a spotlight on Aearon, one of the outstanding game masters who works with us here at Shades of Vengeance. Aearon is originally from Guernsey, and they live with Dot – the cutest cat ever. They started playing Era games in 2020 at Contingency,…
Hi everyone! Ed here. I don’t believe that our games are finished when they are printed and sent into the world. The only way that the best quality can be delivered consistently is by being aware of what it takes beyond the playtesting and printing. Some of the additions that I created for The Era…
Hey everyone! It’s #GameMasterMonday here at #ShadesofVengeance – this week our #spotlight is on Leo! He has been part of the team that runs games at Conventions since 2014, and in that time, he’s had some amazing experiences, as well as bringing many to delighted players. For example, in 2015 he was asked to fill…
