Gamers of a certain age may remember the days of random character creation, where the dice determined what you were playing. And it was deemed bad, and from then decades of games were designed to give players the chance to make exactly the characters they wanted. I was definitely at the front of that queue, … Read more
In which the trio talks to Rich Thomas about what’s in the future for Onyx Path! A treatise on tea 2022 in review On Pugmire 2e & the OGL The World Below Worldbuilding and gamemaking Stewardship of licenses Crowdfunding 2022 Highlights Links: Onyx Path YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheOnyxPathOnyx Path Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/theonyxpathOnyx Path Discord: https://discord.gg/5uckcBk
The new year makes me think a lot about the passage of time. (Being a year older probably doesn’t help, either.) Time has been weird for a lot of us for quite a while now, feeling like it’s been both a million years and nothing’s changed at all. And in a way, that’s what I … Read more
In which the trio talks about the upcoming Realms of Pugmire, the second edition of Pugmire! Matthew invents a character What is Realms of Pugmire? How is RoP compatible with Pugmire? Spells Other species Design philosophy Expectations and systems Money in games Links: Onyx Path YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheOnyxPath Onyx Path Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/theonyxpath Onyx Path Discord: https://discord.gg/5uckcBk
Happy new year! Hopefully 2023 will be the year of Pugmire! I’m really excited about this new chapter in the realms of Pugmire, and some of that comes from some of the changes we’ve made to the core rules system to smooth out some of the rough edges. When I say “core rules,” I’m talking … Read more
In which the trio does a watchalong commentary of Neil Breen’s Twisted Pair. https://youtu.be/GvhyfKwOJBk Links: Onyx Path YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheOnyxPathOnyx Path Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/theonyxpathOnyx Path Discord: https://discord.gg/5uckcBk
I hope those of you who celebrate the winter holidays had good ones. I’m assuming I did, as I write these from the distant past of “before I went on break”. But even though I am enjoying a little time off, I promised you weekly updates about Realms of Pugmire, and I don’t want to … Read more
In which Dixie talks to Ian A. A. Watson about all things Trinity not covered by the prior three episodes. Trinity history Analogue vs. digital lives Adventure! Aeon and the core Why a continuum? Anima Reverse timeline tour! Very mild spoilers for the new Quantum Leap around 56:25 Links: Onyx Path YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheOnyxPathOnyx Path Twitch: … Read more
Wow, here I am writing up blog posts talking about this great new game called “Pugmire” and how excited I am for it. It feels like 2015 all over again! All I need now are a few comments telling me how this is all an April Fool’s joke. (Please don’t do that.) Granted, I’m a … Read more
In which Matthew talks to Lauren Roy about Trinity Aegis! What is Lauren up to? Trinity Aegis! A bit on the setting On the gods in an ancient setting Groups in Aegis Themes and myths Powers Atlantis Character concepts Links: Onyx Path YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheOnyxPathOnyx Path Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/theonyxpathOnyx Path Discord: https://discord.gg/5uckcBk