First off, Eddy was one of the guests at the Mid-Winter convention where he spread the word about Onyx Path (including a presentation with Matt McElroy) and was his usual LARPy self. He shared a couple of things that happened there with me besides the overall good things convention attenders had to say about Onyx Path‘s efforts with both cWoD and nWoD. One was an awful tragedy that occurred as someone not at all connected to the convention plummeted from an upper floor and right into one of the general gaming areas. No gamers, or their kids, were physically hurt by this tragic event, but still it sounded like a close thing. I’m always amazed that any of us old White Wolfers survived our many, many years of foolishness at conventions (I’m actually not sure Justin actually did survive). Also, Mid-Winter was the site of the announcement that By Night Studios would be CCP‘s licensed partner for the creation of new Mind’s Eye Theatre products and I can’t imagine that line being in better, more loving hands! As I’ve mentioned before, I really feel like the MET line deserves a team that really lives the Live Action experience and I was worried that gathering such a team, even though we could do it, would be stretching Onyx Path’s resources just a bit too far. So glad our compadres at By Night are running with it.

We talked a fair bit about how wild it is that Onyx Path Publishing has been operating for a year, and how for me the oddest part is yet to come as I prepare tax info for last year for my business for the first time.  This session with the CPA will really reveal how well the company did last year and with that info we’ll chart the course for next year. More marketing? Another actual employee? Company polo shirts?

OK, that’s all biz talk and you all aren’t here for that, but for this:

– God Machine Chronicle (nWoD) is in Layout and some art is being CCP Approved.

–  Strix Chronicle Fiction Anthology (VtR) Strix is into Editing.

– Mummy the Curse‘s index is being laid in. The MtC Kickstarter is over and it seems like most if not all of the payments have been verified by Amazon Payments so surveys will go out to the backers this week. Now, rather than waiting for the Surveys to get back with the Backer Credits, we’re going to get the PDF version out as soon as it is ready to the Kickstarter Backers, and then add in the Backer Credits and everyone can get an Update. For folks looking for this to go up for sale of DriveThru, the Mummy: The Curse PDF will be available a few days after the Kickstarter Backers get their links (they will be different files that we need to prepare). Then we’ll start on prepping the PoD and regular printed Kickstarter Reward versions. Lots o’Mummy is arising.

– Exalted 3rd Edition:  I’m working with my old friend Maria Cabardo, one of the most talented designers and art directors in the business (or any creative business actually-Google her) on integrating the Devs ideas with a bunch of brilliant artists that she works with as well as on a new Exalted logo and map. Our intention is to have some smashing new pieces ready for the EX3 Kickstarter in early February.

– V20 Hunters Hunted 2 layout is on the next round of tweaking and proofing, with most of the art in for review. So, we submitted the proposed KS for HH2, and got a message from Kickstarter that was concerned about whether we could handle doing so many so quickly (like we haven’t talked about that ourselves). I sent them back an email explaining how we have had two successful KSs that we learned from and are confident our track record indicates that we can handle this. So far, no word in reply, but also no denial of the KS. More news when I got it.

– V20 Anarchs Unbound is in post writing Development. I think Justin has been posting some things, on the WWBlogs.

– Deluxe Werewolf 20th Anniversary Edition  Kickstarter Compiling Surveys. Omigod have I been doing that. Mike Lee is writing his novel. W20 to the indexer. Aileen is working on the Storyteller Screen and Wallpaper. Bill is preparing the W20 Anthology outline for prospective writers.  Putting the W20 KS Stretch Goal projects into the schedule.

–Deluxe Mage the Ascension 20th Anniversary Edition has been confirmed for September-ish 2013 and Phil Brucato has started assigning writers and has started writing his part.

– W20 Changing Breeds is also in Art Direction and Editing. We have to get backer info and photographs from the w20 Deluxe Kickstarter backers so that folks who are going to appear depicted in the art can get us in photos for reference. We had one piece of art that needed revision as a truly buff and menacing Kitsune just wasn’t right- although it looked damned scary.

– W20 Rage Across the World is in Art Direction and I think is done Editing- check out the W20 CB blog notes: http://whitewolfblogs.com/w20/

– Guildhalls of the Deathless (MtC) is being written.

– Conventionbook: Progenitors (cMtA) is off to Editing and Art Direction.

– Mage Translation Guide has begun being written.

– W20 Book of the Wyrm is being written and red-lined.

Reason for Drinking: My actual birthday on Friday.