In which we do a deep dive (get it?) into They Came from Beneath the Sea! (TCfBtS!) with developer Matthew Dawkins. A Dickensian derailment! About the meta-elements in TCfBtS! Connecting it to MST3K Cinematics How Matthew came to make this game How the tone of the game shifted over its development Larry Blamire and meta … Read more
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 9, 2020 — Rich Thomas, founder and creative director of Onyx Path Publishing announced They Came from Beyond the Grave! This new B-movie theme tabletop rpg is a tongue-in-cheek horror game employing the Storypath System. They Came from Beyond the Grave! draws from 60s and 70s horror films similarly to how … Read more
One of the mechanics in They Came from Beneath the Sea! that people really seem to love is the Quips. Here’s a section on Quips and a small selection of them, as written by Larry Blamire for the core rulebook. You’ll be able to buy these on cards or make your own once the game … Read more
It’s been a big year for us at Onyx Path! To hit just a few of the many highlights: For our Onyx Path-owned games, we released Scion 2nd Edition (Origin and Hero) and Trinity Continuum (and Æon), the first games using our new in-house Storypath System. For our partner games, we brought you Fetch Quest … Read more
In advance of the release of They Came from Beneath the Sea! and its upcoming stretch goals, please enjoy these aquatic menaces from Monsters of the Deep! Dire Sea Sponges “I think a need another sponge.” — Doctor Jamil Paval All-natural sea sponges have been a luxury item in many homes for the past … Read more
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Onyx Path Publishing and DriveThruRPG Partner to Create “Storypath Nexus”, a Community Content Program for Storypath System-powered Games August 1, 2019 — Onyx Path Publishing, owner and producer for the Scion 2nd Edition, Trinity Continuum, and They Came from Beneath the Sea tabletop game lines, is partnering with DriveThruRPG to allow independent content … Read more
We’ve been getting a lot of questions about Scale: what it is, when it applies, and how we adjudicate it. Hopefully this post will clarify that for those of you wondering how to use Scale in your game. Scale is a narrative term that is used as a shorthand to describe large differences between two … Read more
Did you know that our own Matthew Dawkins has been running a game of They Came from Beneath the Sea! for the crew at Red Moon Roleplaying? While TCfBtS’s dials are set to a less serious, more meta style of play by default, that doesn’t mean you can’t use it to do something a little … Read more
Many features of our Storypath games contain similar effects, but go under different names in different contexts. For example, Scion’s Twists of Fate have characters calling on divine energies to twist fate in their favor. The Trinity Continuum’s Dramatic Editing has Talents subconsciously tweaking probabilities in the fabric of reality. I thought it might be fun to check out how They Came from Beneath the Sea! contextualizes the same thing: A Special Case: Directorial Control If you’ve activated a … Read more
News from the depths! They Came From Beneath the Sea! on Kickstarter for a new tabletop roleplaying game encompassing the wonder, horror, thrills, and hilarity of 1950s science fiction is wrapping in MERE HOURS after this is posted! The players, as humans, live in a world under increasing attack. The attackers? Aliens from beneath the … Read more