What’s that all about, you ask? Well, more than three thousand backers came together in support of Curseborne, our return to the horror genre! Friday after the campaign was over was pretty weird as I found myself going back to the page to check the progress, even though I quickly realized that it was over. We’d done it, and multiple years worth of effort and planning was done.

Well, that phase of getting Curseborne out to y’all, at least.

(And how about this new piece of Curseborne art up at the top? That’s just the start of continuing to work on this!)

Today in our Monday Meeting we started the first in a rolling series of meetings as we figure out a) how do we want to keep the conversations about Curseborne going, which leads to, or is entwined with b) what sequence are we doing the next CB projects in. Because the core book really is just the beginning. It was never ever designed to provide all the answers, just like it was never designed to provide all the power levels that PCs can rise to as the game matures.

For a), we have a few givens that are already happening: we’re speccing out the three Stretch Goal projects; Tangled Webs, the Curseborne Fiction Anthology, and the Accursed Adventure Supplement; we are assigning our creative team to monthly antagonists with Curseborne Tasty Bits, and the Gentleman Gamer videos taking deep looks at the Curseborne Families are continuing thanks to Matthew Dawkins!

People are already reaching out to license CB in various ways, so we have to field and process them. Which is really delightful as we love it when folks outside Onyx get that excited about our new thing!

For b), well that’s what our team meeting tomorrow is for!

But now, here’s some Curse-driven KS thoughts from the Monday Meeting crew:

Danielle:

My favorite thing about the Curseborne Kickstarter was seeing new folks show up and all the people who were there from the start welcoming them and giving them the rundown as if this game had been in the world forever, rather than it being completely brand new. The way everyone has taken to it, and started to dive into it so quickly is both thrilling and heartening. Here’s to a long run of a really great time!

Travis:

I’ve had the opportunity to participate in several Curseborne actual plays as producer, player, or Storyguide, which has given me the chance to see several players engage with the setting for the first time. Seeing their interest and enjoyment as they took their first steps into the world of Curseborne has been an amazing experience. It’s been especially gratifying as a player to be able to step into a brand new world and explore a novel character type when I played a Primal of the Eight Hands over at Dork Tales last weekend for Extra Life! I can’t wait to further explore the world of Curseborne!

Eddy:

My favourite thing about Curseborne has been watching people really get some of the new things we’re doing with the game. It’s really great to see people excited out of the gate, of course, but watching it dawn on people some of the really cool with, say, curse dice or how families are framed, is so heartening.

Dixie:

Honestly for me the best part of the Curseborne Kickstarter was getting to see everyone finally getting to see the team’s hard work! So many people worked really hard on this book, and I’m glad the backers were finally able to see all the love that went into it. It’s a really special project for us at Onyx Path, and it’s been gratifying to hear so many kind words about it over the past month. Thanks, everyone!

Matthew:

Selfishly, my favourite thing to do with the Curseborne Kickstarter was having a real renaissance of video production over on my YouTube channel – where I first started, really, on this crazy RPG journey – to make the Gentleman’s Guide to the Accursed and a whole load of inspirational media videos, setting videos, and “how to” videos, among many others. It’s been wonderful to speak to subscribers, new fans of the game, and old backers of my channel, and get everyone nicely enthused about what Onyx Path have coming next!

Mirthful Mike and RichT:

The Mirthful One and I were trying to do something a bit different with the Curseborne art for the KS, and judging by the commentary, it seems like almost a year of reaching out to a wide variety of artists worked really well! Mike notes that he is also really jazzed for how well the slipcase edition came together, and that it looks cool even just as a mock-up. And it wasn’t just us: Danielle and Dixie and Maria Cabardo lent their expertise and gave us input all along, everything from the Lineage colors, to what fashions Izzy should wear, to a delightful back and forth collaboration I had with Dixie in creating and then scrawling the Primal symbols. I also had a great deal of fun collaborating with Travis on both the early teaser and later videos – which were a bunch of my ideas and a huge amount of his film-making ability and hard work! It’s a team effort all across the board and a lot of talented folk really pushed their skills to the limits to bring this KS together!

A special shout-out to our KS Concierge, James Bell, who did a superb job of pulling (and holding) the KS campaign together from start to finish!

More Curses, Less Space:

After wrapping up the Curseborne KS, Halloween, and, well, life – there’s not a lot in our progress section (below) this week. Although the PDF and PoD versions of Sidereals do go live on Weds! So that’s great news!

After a bunch of meetings this week, Dixie and I head over to York, PA for the Bodhana Group‘s Save Against Fear Convention from Thursday until over the weekend! Of course, we’ll be talking up Branch Riders – which I hope to sit in on a few games of – both to gamers and to the therapists who come each year to discuss Bodhana‘s innovative and effective therapy processes using tabletop gaming. As always, we are fully in support of said efforts, and remember: this con is for charity and your tickets help to support Bodhana.

https://www.saveagainstfear.com

Jack Berkenstock, the Bodhana Group‘s fearless leader also posted this:

Also, if you are local to the York, PA area, The Bodhana Group will be hosting its 14th Annual Save Against Fear Convention at the York Expo Center and we are celebrating the success of Branch Riders with multiple sessions throughout the weekend as well as a special raffle for people who late pledge back during that weekend. One lucky new Branch Rider will receive this custom book themed dice tower! Badges are still available at the Save Against Fear website!

IMPORTANT WARNING! We’ve heard from DTRPG that if you want to order PoDs from them in order to get them for Xmas, this is the last week that the books could possibly arrive on time! (I’d just assume that anything ordered after this week ain’t gonna be before the holiday, as all of us warning y’all is going to bog down shipping even more!)

Speaking of DTRPG: Teach Your Kids to Game Week Sale is live now on DriveThruRPG:

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher/4261/onyx-path-publishing?promo=44772

and DriveThruCards:

https://www.drivethrucards.com/browse/pub/4261/Onyx-Path-Publishing?filters=0_0_0_0_1000069

Finally, as another heads-up, with all the hullabaloo about Curseborne, we’ve also been preparing for the Exalted Alchemicals KS, which we hope to have up on Kickstarter next week, on either the 12th or the 14th, sorry to not have that pinned down by the time I had to set this blog to go live!

That’s the way things go a lot of the time, we’re always wearing multiple hats and working on overlapping projects because we have just so darn:

Many Worlds, One Path!

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Blurbs!

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Crowdfunding!

NEXT ON BACKERKIT!

Exalted: Alchemicals! Coming November 12th (or 14th)!

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Onyx Path Media!

This week: Part 2 of the Last Train Curseborne Actual Play.

As always, this Friday’s Onyx Pathcast will be on Podbean or your favorite podcast venue!

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Also check out our attached media schedule for the videos on our Twitch channel this week!

On this week’s Onyx Path News Matthew talks about Curseborne and They Came from [CLASSIFIED]! Check it out right here: https://youtube.com/live/r0nRpIHe7Ow

Even though the Curseborne Kickstarter campaign concluded last week, we’ve seen no lack of media related to it, including the following:

Awkward GM Corbin has completed a five part Beginner’s Guide to Curseborne on the Onyx Path YouTube channel. You can find part 1 right here: https://youtu.be/1RsFbeLGhkU

And that same Corbin has gone even further, with part 3 of his Family Feud Curseborne actual play: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5n9AVE-0PRk

And a Corbin Curseborne character creation video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEymnhuYHJo

There’s apparently no stopping Corbin!

Mage: The Podcast talks about which elements of Curseborne can be stolen (gasp!) for the World of Darkness: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3cr_RNLkW0

Uncivilized Games make their way through the Curseborne manuscript right here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMxBTU17IKY

On The Gentleman Gamer’s YouTube channel, we have the fourth Gentleman’s Guide to the Accursed with his guide to the Poltergeists! Check out this official lore drop here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttwfZgoJQgE

Red Moon Roleplaying continue their Curseborne actual play of SUFFER MY SINS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3p1c8ZVqgWw

While Queen’s Court Games conclude their Curseborne game of STEALING THE SHOW: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ta5WHI9eA8A&t

And if Matthew Dawkins talking about Curseborne is your thing, you might also enjoy this video about Curseborne intersecting with the X-Files: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2F6Ou1r–4

It won’t be only Curseborne in the future, but my goodness, there’s a lot right now!

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Virtual Tabletop!

They Came From Beneath the Sea! on Roll20 VTT!
https://marketplace.roll20.net/browse/bundle/22308/they-came-from-beneath-the-sea

The Scion: Origin and Scion Hero Compendiums are now available on Roll20!
https://marketplace.roll20.net/browse/publisher/1716/onyx-path-publishing

Scion is just the start! They Came From Beneath the Sea! and other
Onyx Path RPGs are in development for Roll20 virtual tabletop!

The first of our official Scion sheets designed for Foundry VTT are
now available! https://foundryvtt.co

Looking for more virtual tabletop resources? We have a selection of
Tokens, Encounters, and more available now at DriveThruRPG! https://bit.ly/3SnrNJ7

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Our Sales Partners!

We’re working with Studio2 to provide our traditionally printed books out into your local game stores. Game stores can order via their usual distributors, and can also contact Studio2 directly. And individuals can check out our projects via the links below!

Looking for our Deluxe or Prestige Edition books, dice, and screens? Try this link! http://www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/Onyx-Path-Publishing/

As always, you can find Onyx Path’s titles in PDF and PoD versions at DriveThruRPG.com!

Teach Your Kids to Game Week Sale is live now on DriveThruRPG:

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher/4261/onyx-path-publishing?promo=44772

and DriveThruCards:

https://www.drivethrucards.com/browse/pub/4261/Onyx-Path-Publishing?filters=0_0_0_0_1000069

Amazon and Barnes & Noble!

You can now read our fiction from the comfort and convenience of your Kindle (from Amazon) and Nook (from Barnes & Noble).

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On Sale This Week!

The stars have aligned! Now is the time that the plots of the Sidereals come to fruition! Exalted Sidereals: Charting Fate’s Course PoD and PDF versions available Weds at DTRPG!

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Conventions!

Here’s where you can find out more info on physical and virtual conventions we’re going to be involved with!

Dixie and RichT will be at the Save Against Fear Convention from Thursday until Sunday at the Expo Center in York, PA. thrown to benefit the Bodhana Group of therapists: https://tabletop.events/conventions/save-against-fear-2024?fbclid=IwY2xjawGWG3VleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHU_pqYUcF7ztbRBqF8EXeTF3OVvgw1UUj5nAsdcRV_Pcyarq6a1Kw_j7og_aem_agiRxnDFdrFVmgb0Jkpypg

PAX Unplugged – December 6th – 8th

https://unplugged.paxsite.com/

Game Night With Onyx Path Publishing at StartPlaying is the last Friday of every month! Come play some Curseborne that night! (But any of our game lines are welcome all day long!)

Here’s a link to give anyone $10 credit to play games on Start.Playing:

https://startplaying.games/referral/clog9y0v10006ju0968iev95m

Please spread the word about GMing games as much as possible! Details on how list a game are at the bottom of the page in the FAQ:

https://startplaying.games/event/game-night-onyx-path

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Project Status Updates!

Our full list of projects will be available monthly on our blog! Check out October’s full list report here: https://theonyxpath.com/release-roundup-october-2024/

DEVELOPMENT STATUS FROM EDDY!

Here are the projects that moved to the next stage of production (nothing this week, though):

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ART DIRECTION FROM MIKE CHANEY!

In Art Direction

• Ex3 Alchemicals (KS) – Getting assets over to Dixie for KS prep.
• SCION Titans Rising – Sending out artnotes.

Layout

• Trinity Continuum CC 
• Scion Tasty Bit Combo
• Ex Essence Pillars of Creation
• Ex Essence Deeds Yet Undone (Dirt Cheap)
• SCION God Storyguide Screen
• TC With Great Power 
• M20 Victorian Bizarre Tales and Unusual Characters
• TCF RPG Anthology – Getting that underway this week

Proofing

• They Came From Classified Jumpstart – Wrapping that up today.
• The World Below – Out to backers

Indexing

• Realms of Pugmire

At Press

• Reprints:
• Scion Origin – Should be arriving at Studio2.
• TC Core – Should be arriving at Studio2.

• Ex 3 Exigents – Prepping press files.
• Ex 3 Exigents Screen – Looking at proofs.
• TC Aether – Prepping press files.
• TC Anima – On ship to Studio2.
• TC Anima Terra Surge Screen – At Studio2.
• TC Player’s Guide – Correx being worked on.
• Ex3 Sidereals – PoD proofs ordered.
• Ex Essence Jumpstart – PoD proofs ordered.
• Realms of Pugmire – Indexing.
• Sidereals Novella – PoD proof on the way.
• Scion: God – Prepping press files.
• They Came From the Cyclops’s Cave – On ship to Studio2.
• They Came From the Cyclops’s Cave Screen – At Studio2.
• They Came From CLASSIFIED – On ship to Studio2.
• They Came From CLASSIFIED Screen – At Studio2.
• Ex3 Sidereals – PDF and PoD versions on sale at DTRPG this Wed.!

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Today’s Reason to Celebrate!

As I write this, it is not yet Tuesday Nov 5, Election Day in the US, which is a pretty valid reason to celebrate not yet being at!