Hi everyone! It’s Friday the 13th, and I thought I’d share one of my nightmares with you today – balancing card games! Most of you don’t know yet that I’m working on a card game. Well, with a little help from another game designer, I am. I’m not quite ready to give out details, but…
I know I’ve mentioned to you before that Ed is in the process of building out the Consortium universe to a degree even I hadn’t imagined. For those new fans who might not understand why, I’ll tell you. Era: The Consortium is our flagship game. It was our first fully developed RPG and Ed’s passion…
Last week I gave you a quick synopsis of Era: Silence; warriors who have to earn their names by completing challenges. With this game we’re going to be heading over the edge of the world and coming up with a new way to play RPGs again. Just like the new experience we created with Era:…
Last week I gave you a quick synopsis of Era: Silence; warriors who have to earn their names by completing challenges. With this game we’re going to be heading over the edge of the world and coming up with a new way to play RPGs again. Just like the new experience we created with Era:…
I know I’ve mentioned to you before that Ed is in the process of building out the Consortium universe to a degree even I hadn’t imagined. For those new fans who might not understand why, I’ll tell you. Era: The Consortium is our flagship game. It was our first fully developed RPG and Ed’s passion…
Hi everyone! It’s Friday the 13th, and I thought I’d share one of my nightmares with you today – balancing card games! Most of you don’t know yet that I’m working on a card game. Well, with a little help from another game designer, I am. I’m not quite ready to give out details, but we’ve…
Did you know that GMs have almost as much fun as you do when playing Era games? During their last convention prep meeting, Ed and the team heading to our upcoming MCM and UKGE events had a blast. From what I heard, good times were had by all as some players used teammates for human…
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Happy Monday and welcome to the first day of Era: Silence news! This will be your one stop location for everything Silence related. I’ll be here to give you updates on the process, new images to check out as well as let you know a bit more about the game itself and what you can…
There’s something inherently scary about science fiction, wouldn’t you agree? All that cold, endless space with nothing to protect you from death save for a bit of mechanical ingenuity. It’s the perfect setting for a horror game and I’m not the only one who thinks so. Quite a few of you have been asking for…
Someone who’s been a friend of mine for a few years came to me the other day and told me that he was writing an article about the internet and its effect on gaming companies. He asked me to write him a few sentences about what Kickstarter means to Shades of Vengeance in particular. Me being…
Two of our biggest conventions of the year are coming up quick, fast and in a hurry. In preparation for these big events Ed will be getting everyone together for some training this coming Sunday. It might not seem like it but there’s actually quite a bit that needs to go into these kinds of…
I’m sure the question you’re all thinking right now, besides how is Jon Snow going to come back to life, is “What’s next for Survival”? I have lots of little answers for you. The core rulebook is finished! Ed just sent it to the UK printers last week and he’s currently reformatting it for the…
If you missed my post on Thursday you might not get why I’m so excited today. I announced the development of a new series of comics for our Era: The Empowered game last week and today I’ve got more comic news. So, it seems as though we’re hip deep in fantastic art and stories lately;…
I was recently asked by my friend and intrepid game designer, Ed Jowett, if I’d like to do a guest spot on his development blog. My initial reaction was something close to “seriously, you want me to give advice to real live people?” There’s not much that I adore more than writing a good story…
We’ve barely caught our breath from the successful finish of Era: Survival’s Kickstarter and it’s off to the next project already! This year is going to be one fast paced race between more new games, expansions, conventions, and who knows what else Ed has cooked up for us. It’s going to be a wild ride…
We’ve hit the end of our Era: Survival Kickstarter and finished at over 200% funded! Thank you to everyone who helped out by grabbing a copy of the game, passing along the link to all their friends or sharing us on social media. With your help this turned into a great event and we had…
Have you ever wondered just what goes on over there at the Patreon campaign? I’m going to be totally honest with you here and say that it’s all a bit of a mystery to me. If you’re like me and you’re a bit intrigued but too shy to ask about it, then you’re going to…
Hi everyone! Today, I’m going to talk about Patreon – one of the most unsung heroes of our setup here at Shades of Vengeance. Patreon is most easily described as “A monthly Kickstarter where you pay every month and your backers get a reward every month”. We’ve had a small number of backers there who have…
Survival Kickstarter is entering the final days!! We’ve gone into DEFCON 2 people… things are getting serious. There’s no more time to sit and think about it, you have to act now if you want to get in on this game. There are many things to love about Survival. We’ve got a unique karma system,…
Are you curious to know what other people think of Era: Survival? Ed’s been getting some great reviews coming back and we’ll share those links as soon as possible. RPG.net gave the game a positive review and so far everyone has loved it. One of the things reviewers have mentioned are our faction Source Books,…
It’s been our policy since the beginning to create the best possible game experience we could; from full sized games, to pocket editions, to supplemental comics, and expansions. We strive to deliver more of what you want in every game. That’s why our second Era: The Consortium expansion will give you more than you might…
Two of the biggest events this year are happening on back to back weekends and Ed’s made plans to attend both! MCM Comicon in London takes place May 27-29 and UK Games Expo is from June 3-5th. So you know what that means, don’t you? You’ve got no excuse for missing this opportunity to stop…
While everyone on Gaia lives in desperate fear from Infected, there is still a place where people don’t look over their shoulders… quite as much. Meet the Citizens of Aqua; inhabitants of Gaia’s only established ocean settlement. To escape the dangers of living on land, the forefathers of Aqua joined their ocean vessels to create…
As promised, I’ve got a special surprise for you this week. This is a great image of the Pliangrathilon, the Consortium’s fifth race. We have loads of new things coming together for this next expansion and we’re excited to be taking on a new artist to help Sophia bring Era: The Consortium’s 447-450CE period to…
Hi everyone! I apologise for having been quiet recently. As many of you already know, my aim is to complete Era: Survival’s Core Rulebook for when the Kickstarter ends, meaning it is ready for release at MCM May. That’s led to a very tight timescale, between running the Kickstarter (including spreading the word to places…
Did you know that we’re in the middle of a very exciting Kickstarter event? Era: Survival is moving along and eating up Stretch Goals day by day. Right now we’ve already unlocked 5 goals which include; a map of Gaia, a new session for the quick start rules, and the cover by Alexander Brick. So…
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Raise your hand if you were ever in a clique in school. Ok, put your hand down before the cool kids see you and think you’re some kind of weirdo. In many ways, surviving a mutant infectious zombie apocalypse is a lot like surviving school. It’s all about choosing the right clique… or in this…
Hello and happy Saturday to you! I’ve been hard at work this week writing a few stories for the second Consortium expansion, working title “The Fifth Race”, but I wanted to step away and let you know how things are going. Right now, we’re all working on filling out the details for this unique new…