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…
We’ve already produced several successful comics for both our Era: The Consortium and Era: Empowered universes and we just can’t seem to stop! The comics division of Shades of Vengeance is working double time to increase production and throughout this upcoming year, Ed plans to significantly ramp up the number of comics we’re creating. He…
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! Our latest comic is now available on Kickstarter! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sovcomics/penumbra-fear-the-bunny-lord?ref=sgkkxg Join Penumbra on her latest adventure and find out what happens when she faces someone who can ignore her best abilities! – Ed
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! You may have already seen this from Amy’s posts, but we’re going to be at MCM Comicon London this October (27th-29th). You can find us at Stand 721! We’ll be running all of our RPGs and we’re offering our brand new card game, Evil Overlord, along with Champion of Earth for anyone who wants…
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!…
Hi everyone! You have probably seen a few posts from Amy recently, letting you know that we’ll be at AetherCon, the online convention. If you’ve ever wanted to play with us but not been able to get to a local convention, or if you just can’t resist playing one more time, this is the place…
Hi everyone! There’s a review update on A New Dawn, done by Talking About Games, which was just released. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZyyXexaArY Previously, he’d seen v0.4, and he’s now commenting on the differences between that version and the final v1.0.1, which you can get from our store or Kickstarters! I’d strongly recommend it if you’re unsure about…
Raise your hand if you love getting loot! One of the things I always enjoyed about playing RPGs was getting to build a character from the ground up and advance to higher levels where I could employ an increasingly impressive array of skills as well as tools. Now that might not trip everyone’s fancy but…
It may sound like I’m saying this all the time, but that’s only because it’s true. We are currently working on more games than we ever have before. This is great news for all you game lovers out there. Over the next couple of weeks, Ed is going to be giving us glimpses of what’s…
Hi everyone! Today, we’ve released two more Era: Survival books on DriveThruRPG: http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/220235/Era-Survival–Rulebook-Primer http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/220248/Era-Survival–Tales-of-the-Outlands The Rulebook Primer is designed for two purposes. Firstly, it is a cut-down Rulebook for GMs who want to try the game without investing for the Core or Definitive Edition Rulebook. At only $5, it’s a steal! Secondly, it contains everything…