Hi everyone! Talking About Games has updated their review of The Fifth Race (previously, he had seen only a preliminary v0.7), and has put it up on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLtGLPeR1mI He’s very thorough, going into the details of the book and why it’s a valuable expansion, so I’d strongly recommend it if you were on the fence…
Hi everyone! Era: Silence, one of our most innovative and original games is now available in Digital Format on DriveThruRPG! http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/222871/Era-Silence–Pocket-Edition Face the Challenges of the Isle of Silence and earn your name as a Warrior in this High Fantasy RPG. But will you be able to work together with others when you’re unable to utter…
In the Consortium, companies like Hayden Bank rule the world… literally. If you don’t own a major corporation there’s not much chance of you reaching the top of the social ladder. So, what are you waiting for? Let’s get you started on your very own big business venture! The Company Registration Handbook will give you…
There has never been a better time to join Shades of Vengeance at a convention! This online event is free to attend and easy to participate. The games are run using Google Hangout and/or Roll20 so it’s perfectly situated for remote players. If you’ve never had a chance to play one of our sessions hosted…
Hi everyone! I am pleased to announce another release today! Era: Survival’s Infected Manual expansion is now available on DriveThruRPG: http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/220244 With the Infected Manual, you can encounter biomorphs of Mutants and Shamblers with a huge range of abilities as you explore Gaia. This expansion offers no less than 100 different options! Fight Infected with saliva…
Hi everyone! Part 3 of the epic Time Travel Campaign is now available on DriveThruRPG! http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/218927/Era-The-Consortium–Time-Travel-Part-3 Join the Agents of Change as they step into their parents’ shoes and attempt to overcome the challenges within their own team in a way that’s never been so necessary before! Witness the next step of the story begun…
It’s time once again to get an inside look at what’s coming at you for our next Consortium Expansion series. This time I’m talking about a place where the atmosphere is as lethal as the company. The prison planet of Sirona isn’t the first stop on anyone’s tour bus but it’s where we’re going to…
Last week I directed you to check out the Kickstarter for our most recent comic; Violete from Era: The Empowered. Thank you to everyone who ran over and expressed an interest in our latest hero. It’s because of that excitement and our own desire to bring you something even better that John and Ed have…
I have another Expansion spotlight for you today and this time we get to build on a series which you just might be familiar with. The Consortium’s Time Travel Campaign follows the adventures of a team sent back to the very beginning of the Consortium. Their mission is to forever alter the natural course of…
It’s time once again for another fabulous Era Comic! This time we get to experience the next super powered hero from Era: The Empowered. Violete spends her time balancing school life, family matters and the occasional run-in with petty criminals. Her powers of flight and super strength make her a force to be reckoned with…
Hi everyone! The second book in our Time Travel Campaign is now available on DriveThruRPG! http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/218926/Era-The-Consortium–Time-Travel-Part-2 This is the second of the 3 parts I promised earlier – although a 4th and 5th are in the works! In additional to all the things in the first session, the mystery about the Agents of Change and…
Hi everyone! The first book in our Time Travel Campaign is now available on DriveThruRPG! http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/218924/Era-The-Consortium–Time-Travel-Part-1 This is the first of 3 parts to be released in the immediate future and, if you don’t yet have it yet, you’re really missing out: Time Travel Reshaping history Saving the Consortium What more do you want from a campaign?!…
I love sci-fi games for two reasons: one, the technical gear is fascinating, and two, the creatures are literally out-of-this-world. You could find yourself feeding candy snacks to something that looks like E.T. one day and the next you’re running through the jungle from a Predator that thinks your head will look marvelous on its…
Thank you to everyone who supported the Champion of Earth expansion Kickstarter. All of the Robots and Cyborgs rewards have now been sent off and are being received by our fabulous backers. These good folks are now entirely set to defend the Earth and we wish them the best of luck! Those of you who…
Hi everyone! Era: Lyres, our storytelling game with a difference, is available on DriveThruRPG! http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/220229/Era-Lyres–Pocket-Edition In this game, you play as a group of “adventurers” who consider adventuring insane (quite rightly so, in my opinion!). Instead, you tell stories of the exploits you “totally had” in order to hoodwink the people of Yarnolth into giving you…
Hi everyone! I’m pleased to announce that three Era games for Aethercon, the virtual convention in November, are now available for sign up. You’ll get to play with either me or Lukasz, one of the co-creators who works on the games with me! It’s remote, so you can join us for any or all of…
Hi everyone! Today, we’re releasing Era: Survival on DriveThruRPG: http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/220236/Era-Survival–Core-Rulebook Era: Survival is based on a planet called Gaia, where Humanity is a dying species. They are being wiped out by the Infection, an airborne parasite which takes over all warm-blooded creatures. Humanity is backed into a corner, and has split into factions, each of which…
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 https://castingshadowsblog.com for their alternate questions as well as for the list in the first place. #RPGaDay 31: What do you…
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…