Yep, that’s our booth, with both Mikes, Mirthful and Hollywood, wearing the Onyx Path colors and ready to rumble.
Er, uh, I mean: ready to chat about your favorite Onyx Path games!
Hard to believe that just last week we were all just getting back from Gen Con 2016. After all the months of hard work and planning, we dove into Gen Con and emerged on the other side happy, exhausted, and energized about all the good feedback we got from our community, creative contributors, and prospective creative contributors and business partners.
As you might be able to see in the pics above, we were experimenting this year with having our booth major in demoing and other friendly introductions to our worlds and Onyx Path in general, with a minor in selling books. Our minor, we got an A in, as we sold out of pretty much everything by Saturday. If we had been majoring in sales, I would have been concerned that we hadn’t brought more to sell, but as it was the booth kept hopping even without a lot to sell folks.
Our demoing went off amazingly well, with Eddy running 5 Pugmire demos, and Mike Hollywood running two; but the second was a huge eight person event that used both demo tables pushed together! Rose ran 7 Cavaliers of Mars and a couple of Chronicles of Darkness demos, and Neall ran several Scion 2nd Edition demos demonstrating the new Storypath System at the booth – and three actual multi-hour game sessions with our friends the Wrecking Crew in their gaming area.
Next year, we think we’ll structure the demos with actual sign up times. This year we kept it very ad hoc, with people in the booth ready to demo if asked, just to see how that would go. Even though we had the opportunities I mentioned above, I think letting folks know we’ll have certain demos at certain times, and still being able to offer impromptu sessions, might just give us the advantages of set times people can plan for, as well as being able to jump in with demos as folks come up with questions at the booth.
Our many panels went off really well this year. We think we managed to record all of them, but until Ian gets back, reviews them, and posts them, we’ll have to wait with bated breath. Rose points out that the Storytelling Tricks panel went especially well, with lots of great interaction from the audience, and the Pugmire/Cavaliers panel was easily four times the attendance than we had last year. Wonder if a really successful Pugmire Kickstarter was in any way a part of that?
We met with so many folks wanting to pitch ideas and find ways to work together, as well as what seemed like every old White Wolf employee we ever worked with (which, of course, wasn’t the case as there are still many, many, folks that aren’t in the business any longer). We also encountered, met with, had some laughs with and scary tales of death with, Martin Ericsson from the new White Wolf Publishing. Which was really great for the members of Onyx Path‘s team who had not yet met Martin in person. He even helped us tear down our booth:
And with that, our time in Indy drew to a close. We ended it as it had begun, with shrimp cocktails at the airport branch of Harry and Izzy’s and the spiciest shrimp cocktails evah! I mean, they are so intense with horseradish that your head spasms and tears have been known to dribble down one’s cheeks. But in a really good, addictive, way.
Next week: back to busy-ness!
BLURBS!
KICKSTARTER!
We’re looking at our next KS campaign being for Scion 2nd Edition in late August. Neall and I sat down at Gen Con to discuss the last details, in fact. More news when we have it!
ON SALE!
Looking for our Deluxe or Prestige Edition books? Here’s the link to the press release we put out about how Onyx Path is now selling through Indie Press Revolution: https://theonyxpath.com/press-release-onyx-path-limited-editions-now-available-through-indie-press-revolution/
Behold the Miracles of the Solar Exalted! Originally a backer reward for the EX3 Kickstarter, but now so much more, with additional Charms written by the developers just for this book! Going live on DTRPG in PDF and PoD versions this Wednesday!
What was once unliving now arises! The Promethean: the Created 2nd Edition Advance PDF is now available at DTRPG! http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/189395/Promethean-the-Created-2nd-Edition
You are a pilgrim now, one of the Created. You rose to life from dead flesh or inert matter, under the ministrations of one of your own, or a mad scientist, or perhaps just the power of the Divine Fire. You wander the world, sometimes alone, sometimes in the blessed company of your own kind, driven by memories of events and facts you never knew, all in the service of one Great Work…
…to be human.
This book contains:
- The complete guide to playing a Promethean in the Chronicles of Darkness
- Reimagined Lineages and Refinements, and a redesigned system for Transmutations
- A more detailed approached to the Pilgrimage that presents players with more control over their characters’ path
- New challenges on the road to humanity, including deranged, greedy alchemists
NOTE: This is the Advance PDF version. A final PDF version and PoD versions will be available at a later date. If you have purchased this Advance PDF, you will be automatically updated to the final PDF and receive a link to enable you to purchase the PoD at a discount designed so that your total price matches our usual PDF and Print combo offer.
The Curse of the Blue Nile fiction anthology for Mummy: the Curse is now on sale at DriveThruRPG in PDF/electronic and PoD versions! http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/182835/Curse-of-the-Blue-Nile
Welcome to the first anthology of original fiction set in the world of Mummy. With Curse of the Blue Nile, the veil draws back to reveal a host of dark glimpses into the power of a single relic… and of the lengths to which the Deathless of lost Irem will go to secure it.
Each tale is a novella, spooling out the unique nature of the Blue Nile within its encapsulated view of the world’s setting, and each story touches on a different one of the five Arisen guilds: The Alchemists, Laborers, Masons, Priests, and Scribes. Five dark turns at the wheel, helmed by the talented hands of veteran talespinners Lisa Morton, Stefan Petrucha, Malcolm Sheppard, Greg Stolze, and Mercedes M. Yardley.
Come, join us on a tour of the mysteries of the ancient, blood-soaked world.
Now Available! on DTRPG in PDF and PoD versions: V20 Ready Made Characters. http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/185028/V20-Ready-Made-Characters
Running a one-night game of Vampire: The Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition? Wanting to start up a new chronicle, but your players aren’t sure what to play? Looking for some examples of how to use the material in Lore of the Clans? Thanks to our generous Kickstarter backers, these thirteen ready-made characters cover each of the vampire Clans. Each character is provided with background, roleplay suggestions, art, and some potential coteries and plot hooks — everything you need to start your endless nights as one of the Kindred.
This book includes:
- Thirteen pre-generated player character, with both starting and experienced character sheets.
- A brief break-down of the character’s history and roleplaying suggestions.
- Six possible coteries for these characters, complete with coterie charts.
- Seven plot seeds to help the Storyteller jumpstart her chronicle.
Servants of the Damned: the PDF and PoD versions for V20 Ghouls & Revenants are now available at DTRPG! http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/184039/V20-Ghouls–Revenants
Ghouls & Revenants includes:
- Expanded and revised character creation for ghoul and revenant player-characters
- Clan and Sect write-ups for ghouls who serve them
- New revenant families including the Rossellini, Kairouan Brotherhood, and more.
- New rules for ghouls and revenants including new Merits & Flaws, Backgrounds, Discipline Packages, etc.
- A Storyteller chapter for advice on running ghoul-or-revenant focused chronicles.
- …and more!
There has always been…Darkness. Coming at you through time itself, the Chronicles of Darkness: Dark Eras PDF and physical book PoD versions are now available at DTRPG! http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/178583/Chronicles-of-Darkness-Dark-Eras
Chronicles of Darkness: Dark Eras reveals the world throughout its long and storied past. Through sixteen eras, you’ll learn the secret history of the world, from the flame-lit tales of the Neolithic to the drug-fueled rebellion of the 1970s. Delve into the past, and learn that the Chronicles of Darkness began long before the modern nights.
Dark Eras includes historical settings for Chronicles of Darkness game lines:
- Vampire: the Requiem
- Werewolf: the Forsaken
- Mage: the Awakening
- Promethean: the Created
- Changeling: the Lost
- Hunter: the Vigil
- Geist: the Sin-Eaters
- Mummy: the Curse
- Demon: the Descent
Mage: the Awakening 2nd Edition Advance PDF NOW available at DTRPG.com! http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/181754/Mage-the-Awakening-2nd-Edition
You are a mage, one of the Wise. You see, know, and explore what others can’t imagine, from the depths of the human soul to the hidden corners of reality. Armed with your spells, driven by an addiction to Mysteries, you delve into the secrets of the world. Knowledge has a price, and the dangers are many.
This book contains:
- The complete guide to playing a mage in the Chronicles of Darkness.
- Reimagined Paths, Orders, and powers to create your Awakened characters and their allies, including an updated version of the most comprehensive free-form magic system in gaming.
- Five example settings across the world, from Los Angeles to Salamanca, each with a central Mystery.
- A brand-new look at all the strange places of the Fallen World, from the Lower Depths to the Emanation Realms, and what mages might find within.
NOTE: This is the Advance PDF version. A final PDF version and PoD versions will be available at a later date. If you have purchased this Advance PDF, you will be automatically updated to the final PDF and receive a link to enable you to purchase the PoD at a discount designed so that your total price matches our usual PDF and Print combo offer.
You must have your DTRPG account set to accept messages from Onyx Path Publishing before the link messages are sent out, though, so please adjust your settings if you want that discount.
CONVENTIONS!
We’ll be at the 2016 Grand Masquerade in New Orleans over the Labor Day Weekend both talking about the early years of White Wolf and representing the tabletop part of the World of Darkness! Come play in games hosted by legendary Dave Martin and the Wrecking Crew and demos at the Onyx Path booth in the dealer area!
Meanwhile, Ian Watson and Eddy Webb will be at Fan Expo Canada, a HUGE convention in Toronto September 1-4. I hear tell there might be Pugmire gaming there! http://fanexpocanada.com/
And Matt McElroy, Monica Valentinelli, Bill Bodden, and Mike “Hollywood” Tomasek will be at Geek.kon from August 26th to the 28th, with a What’s Up with Onyx Path panel on Sat. the 27th, and they’ll be carrying around assorted swag!
And now, the new project status updates!
First Draft (The first phase of a project that is about the work being done by writers, not dev prep)
- Exalted 3rd Novel by Matt Forbeck (Exalted 3rd Edition)
- CtL fiction anthology (Changeling: the Lost 2nd Edition)
- BtP Building a Legend (Beast: the Primordial)
- Trinity Continuum Core Rulebook (The Trinity Continuum)
- Trinity Continuum: Aeon Rulebook (The Trinity Continuum)
- M20 Gods and Monsters (Mage: the Ascension 20th Anniversary Edition)
- Scion: Origins (Scion 2nd Edition)
- Scion: Hero (Scion 2nd Edition)
- BtP Player’s Guide
- V20 Dark Ages Jumpstart (Vampire: the Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition)
- M20 Cookbook (Mage: the Ascension 20th Anniversary Edition)
- M20 Book of the Fallen (Mage: the Ascension 20th Anniversary Edition)
Redlines
- EX3 Jumpstart (Exalted 3rd Edition)
- VtR A Thousand Years of Night (Vampire: the Requiem 2nd Edition)
Second Draft
- Arms of the Chosen (Exalted 3rd Edition)
- The Realm (Exalted 3rd Edition)
- Dragon-Blooded (Exalted 3rd Edition)
- Cavaliers of Mars
- Wraith: the Oblivion 20th Anniversary Edition
- VtM Endless Ages fiction anthology (Vampire: the Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition)
- Pugmire Core Book
Development
- W20 Changing Ways (Werewolf: the Apocalypse 20th Anniversary Edition)
- Changeling: the Lost 2nd Edition, featuring the Huntsmen Chronicle (Changeling: the Lost 2nd Edition)
- Signs of Sorcery (Mage: the Awakening Second Edition)
- SL Ring of Spiragos (Pathfinder – Scarred Lands 2nd Edition)
- SL The Wise and the Wicked (5e – Scarred Lands 2nd Edition)
- SL The Wise and the Wicked (Pathfinder – Scarred Lands 2nd Edition)
- SL Dagger of Spiragos (Pathfinder – Scarred Lands 2nd Edition)
- BtP Mortal Remains (Beast: the Primordial)
- Scarred Lands Player’s Guide 5E: Ghelspad (Scarred Lands 2nd Edition)
- Ring of Spiragos (5e – Scarred Lands 2nd Edition)
- Dagger of Spiragos (5e– Scarred Lands 2nd Edition)
- V20 Dark Ages Anthology (Vampire: the Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition)
Editing:
- Changeling: the Dreaming 20th Anniversary Edition
- M20 Book of Secrets (Mage: the Ascension 20th Anniversary Edition)
Post-Editing Development:
- Night Horrors: Conquering Heroes (Beast: the Primordial)
- W20 Pentex Employee Indoctrination Handbook (Werewolf: the Apocalypse 20th Anniversary Edition)
- V20 Dark Ages Companion (Vampire 20th Dark Ages)
Indexing:
- Mage: The Awakening 2nd Edition core book (Mage: the Awakening 2nd Edition)
ART DIRECTION FROM MIRTHFUL MIKE:
In Art Direction
- Dark Eras Companion
- Beckett’s Jyhad Diary
- CofD Hurt Locker
- Mummy Novel
- V20 DA Tome of Secrets
- V20 Lore of the Bloodlines
- Beast RMCs
- SL Wise and Wicked Update
- Prince’s Gambit
- Beast Conquering Heroes
- C20
- M20 Book of Secrets
In Layout
- Secrets of the Covenants
- Kinfolk
- Necropolis Rio
- V20 Endless Ages
Proofing
- Scarred Lands PG PF
- W20 Shattered Dreams
At Press
- Beast Screen – At shipper.
- Beast Prestige Edition – done printing, arranging shipping.
- Dark Eras – PDF and PoD versions on sale at DTRPG. Prepping Prestige Edition files for printer.
- Ex 3 Screen – At the Printer.
- Ex 3 core book – From RichT: Printing the interior.
- Dark Eras Screen – At the Printer.
- Promethean: the Created Second – Advance PDF on sale at DTRPG.
- Ex 3 Backer Charm Book – PDF/PoD going on sale Wednesday.
Special- projects on hold in the art and production area until an external factor is resolved
- Wraith 20 – Art direction and layout can’t go further until art notes come in, still being developed by Rich Dansky.
TODAY’S REASON TO DRINK: To a great time at Gen Con 2016, and a much needed vacation time!
Comments
58 responses to “And That Was the Gen Con That Was. [Monday Meeting Notes]”
i’m happy you guys had a good time at the con. About the scion kickstarter,would it be too soon for it to start this friday?
While I appreciate your enthusiasm, a lot, the Scion KS will not start this Friday. I will start working on the KS page next week at the earliest. Thanks!
Thank you for answering,i apologize if i was too pushy,i’m still learning english
You were not at all pushy, and I really do appreciate your enthusiasm!
Thanks ?
Thank you*,my autocrrect really has it for me this days lol
Woot! I’ve been saving up for the Scion 2 KS! I can’t wait to give you my money:)
Glad to hear it!
Great Gen con! Hope I’ll assist in the beat future! A cuestión, Will you update us backers of Dark Eras when diapatching our books? Screen and book willl be shipped in two packages or in the same One?
I always let backers know when the books are shipping, no worries, and yes, we’ll be sending the books and screens together. That’s always the plan, even if the shippers sometimes accidently forget some screens. 🙂
Great Gen con! Hope I’ll assist in the near future! A cuestión, Will you update us backers of Dark Eras when diapatching our books? Screen and book willl be shipped in two packages or in the same one?
Just so you know, the status updates are full of A’s with tildes over them, and Euro signs, and other nonstandard characters I can’t type on my phone (or, at least, they are when I view them on my phone). The email notification got to my inbox without any such problems, so I thought I’d speak up.
Not seeing any strange characters. You mean in the listings of where the projects are in the process?
That’s where, yes. They don’t show up on my Nook, and they seem to have gone from the version that shows up on my phone. Weirdness ended, I guess.
Phew! Glad to hear all is as it should be once again!
So, about those Trinity Continuum books in first draft… any chance we’ll see those Kickstarters before the end of the year?
Not this year, we’re aiming for 2017.
Beast shipping next week, maybe?
I sure hope so!
I am curious about Pentex. It’s been in the editing/post editing development cycle for a while now, but hasn’t gone into art direction during that time, when must other books do shortly after editing behind (like C20 and BoS did this week). Could you update us on what is different about the Pentex text that is keeping it out of art direction longer than the other projects?
Right now, we need art notes from Stew Wilson that cover the changes/additions to the text. Until he gets those to Mirthful Mike, Mike can’t do the art buy.
Thanks for the update. Pentex is one of the upcoming books I’m looking forward to the most. I appreciate the info.
Sounds like gencon was awesome! I will say was a little surprised their weren’t any announcements for any new classic world of darkness stuff. Maybe I missed it or it wasn’t as much in that regard this year.
Hoping you guys have some new v20 stuff planned!
Either cheers on a great event!
We had a whole panel about that very thing. During the panel, we noted that we have something like 8 V20/V20 Dark Ages projects that we still need to deliver and are focusing on through 2017 until next August. Anything past that date we wouldn’t be announcing anyway, and meanwhile we are talking with the new White Wolf Publishing about all sorts of things. But those things are not projects we can announce, as they aren’t just our things to announce.
Thanks Richt that makes complete sense!
Welp, time to save up for Scion then.
PREPARE THE SACRIFICES! THE ONYX PATH MUST BE APPEASED!
What is Endless Ages about?
It’s a fiction anthology for Masquerade.
Were the GenCon panels recorded?
Oops, missed that line. Wee, looking forward to those going up.
Cannot wait for that Scion Kickstarter to hit.
And hey, Rio is finally in layout! Did you secretly plan all along to have that release tie into the Olympics? 😉
Not even a little bit. But the Olympics venue sure has demonstrated why Rio in Chronicles of Darkness is even scarier.
I felt very defensive when I read this comment, so I calmed down a bunch before I wrote a reply. I guess everyone is a little patriotic deep down.
It was probably a knee jerk reaction to the Lochte situation, and the Belgian judo guy. Two cowards trying to run from whatever little consequence their acts would’ve brought by kicking people that are already down.
Rio is, in many locales, a very shitty place to be. It is very dangerous. People get executed for making a wrong turn into a drug cartel controlled neighborhood. Like a cop did during the Olympics (don’t hear the media fuss though, shit happens everyday, right?). Like a doctor did just coming back from work a couple weeks ago. Like countless citizens have in the past.
I’m sorry if this is a bit of a ramble. I would just like people to understand that Rio has many problems, and the brunt of it is endured everyday by it’s citizens.
Murder, rape, theft, racketeering, police brutality… All everyday occurrences. I hope the writers had an inkling to that before the Olympics and these sorry side spectacles.
A few privileged jocks slinging mud on a filthy face as to distract from their indiscretions in order to “not get in trouble” with their girlfriends and moms, and hear people, including Olympics officials, refer to these 30 year old men as “boys” doesn’t make Rio scarier.
Walking in the shoes of a native certainly does, though. Necropolis Rio should reflect this.
I think we are coming at this the same way. I wasn’t even aware of some of the stuff like Loche when I wrote the comment, but was referring to the other issues you mention. And I know how rough things are in Rio from the stories told to me by my friends and our community in Brazil. Also from the issues we have faced shipping books to backers there. No other country gives us the degree of difficulties in getting a package to a backer, and from what I’ve heard from folks there, that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Yet despite all the challenges they face, the Brazilian people are some of the friendliest, most energized, members of our community I’ve ever met, and the fact that they can be so great in the face of the dangers of places like Rio is incredibly impressive.
Thanks for your reply Rich. I probably had observer’s bias because of all the exposure from the Olympics being here.
Thank you for your response and for being, as usual, a gentleman while giving it.
Nice to know everything went well! How long it takes until you guys upload the panel recordings?
From the post:
“Our many panels went off really well this year. We think we managed to record all of them, but until Ian gets back, reviews them, and posts them, we’ll have to wait with bated breath.”
Glad to hear about Scion. Disappointed it’s coming right in the middle of me getting ready to move my wife and I ~200 miles and get settled into new jobs. $$$ is going to be tight but hopefully I can scrounge up enough for a PDF copy.
Earlier (it may have even been in response to a Scion Development article), I requested/suggested a translation/conversion guide between 1st and 2nd editions and you were receptive to the idea. Can you “yea” or “nay” if that’s going to happen. I have Hero and have wondered if it’s worth finishing out the series or just skipping them and waiting for 2nd (granted, the above-mentioned move makes book purchases difficult).
You might want to keep your eye on the Scion 2nd Kickstarter and Stretch Goal type things. 😉
I must know more things about Deviant, Rich.
I must know ALL THE THINGS.
https://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?763357-Deviant-the-Question-Marking/page20
DaveB made a pretty sizeable infodump here. I am SO looking forward to this game. Need to add the section to the forums here so we can begin WILD SPECULATIONS!
Is there a problem with Beast? You’ve been “arranging shipping” for several weeks now
Yes, I have. That’s how long arranging shipping is taking this time.
Secrets of the Covenants has been in Layout now for… three months? I think three months. Is this moving forward at all?
Yes.
I know you do not like to give estimates, but I would think the Exalted printer may be more likely to have some estimates.
Any idea on when all the interiors will be complete as well as when the final product will be done?
Not yet.
Wasn’t there talk at last year about the next iteration of Vampire, (Vampire 4th Ed?) am I remembering that correctly?
If so, was there any news on that by chance?
Short answer: as part of the purchase of the WW IPs, the new White Wolf Publishing asked us to stop work on the project we were starting, and they are creating a new edition of WoD in general and Vampire: the Masquerade specifically that takes the place of what we were calling 4th Edition. More news on our involvement with 5th Edition VtM when we are free to discuss it.
Long answer: I posted about this on one of the blogs after the WW IP purchase in some greater detail, and if anyone can post a link, that would be appreciated.
Am I just missing it, or is Scarred Lands 5E not on the list of what projects are where?
It’s up there up in Development.
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What happened to the Exalted soundtrack that was being worked on before? Was it dropped completely?
Still being worked on by the composer.
Would it be any chance to see you guys at Essen Spiel this year?
We don’t have plans to attend this year, sorry!
=w= just got back from a tripple shift at work, it was raining, cold, and the bus was late, i still had a “fun” time walking the rest of the way.
walk in to find yahoo saying “you haz mail” sees miracles is up on drivethru….
horrible day became much better <3 thx OP e.e im going to bed now (-$15.13)
Hey Rich. I’m loving Ex3 so far. That said, I’m actually looking forward to seeing Arms of the Chosen progress and release. I get that production on suppliments was probably put on the back burner until the core and Miracles of the Solar Exalted were released but now that that’s happened, I was sort of hoping for a little commentary on Arms soon. Is it still next in line to be finished? Anything else you can tell us about it?