Some of you may not remember when ten years ago (ten…years!) we made this happy happy version of our logo and dropped it onto all sorts of merch on RedBubble, but with the flowers all blooming at Onyx Path central, and with a lot of us in need of happiness: I figured this was a good image to bring back!

Let’s have some happiness! We’re happy here, because just this morning right before the Monday Meeting, we heard that our deluxe Exalted Exigents books had reached Studio2 and thus can be shipped out to the patient backers of that crowdfunder! Which I hope brings a little ray of white light happiness to those backers!

Beyond delivering for that particular crowdfunding campaign, this means that we should see whether there were any additional tariffs or duties imposed, which will inform at what pace we proceed to get more campaigns’ books off to press. We’re all really glad that this phase has been achieved!

I’ll be glad to go into further details concerning our resolution of the whole snafu during our many panels at the Onyx Path Virtual Gaming Con June 5 – 8, the listing of which is now live at Startplaying.games so you can sign up to run games. You can now create a listing for a special event and add Onyx Path Virtual Game Convention, or join an event scheduled for the weekend! Head over to Startplaying and book your OPP Con sessions today! If you need a place to host, we have voice and text channels on the Onyx Path Discord for you to use! Let’s get some games going!  https://startplaying.games/event/onyx-path-virtual-game-convention-2026

Another thing we are thrilled and happy about are the many Curseborne projects moving apace, including Curseborne: Accursed Adventures that will be out Weds., in both PDF and PoD versions!

Here’s what’s in the book, right off the back cover, so you know it’s fresh:

• Three scenarios suitable for independent storylines or a haunting interconnected narrative.
• New adversaries, qualities, and dread powers for the Storyguide, and heirlooms for the player Accursed.
• A thriving setting of liminalities, Accursed with their own intrigues, and myriad side plots.   

Another project that will be out at some point as PDF and PoD versions is the Curseborne Jumpstart – but we’d really like to also do a traditionally printed version. Which we can do – with your help! Our next crowdfunding campaign (which we talked a lot about today) will be for a traditionally printed version that will go out early to backers and then to stores! The campaign is coming this month, actually!

If you are looking even further into CB‘s future, well, some of that is obscured and some of that is revealed by the clouds that came out last Friday on our YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdSFHJaFGO4&list=RDXdSFHJaFGO4&start_radio=1

Speaking of YouTube, here’s a reminder about something I mentioned last week: the Onyx Pathcast is moving to our YouTube channel and we’ll be done that process tomorrow/Tuesday. So if you have any need to grab any episodes before the YouTube switch: this is your last chance!

The Storypath Nexus Game Jam is currently running. You can find the rules here  This year Awkward GM Corbin and the judges are asking you to “Create an Adventure”! Submit a playable story for whatever game line you are submitting for. The first release of the Game Jam is now out! Operation Misha’s Den from Melody Haren Anderson is a short adventure in TC: Aberrant where you go to Russia and investigate an undersea black site research base. Pick up Operation Misha’s Den here!

Remember the game jam ends this Saturday, 4/11! Get your stories up on the Nexus!

We currently have two bundle-style sales going. The first is the Pugmire Bundle, with a link here: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/r…

And the other one is the Scion Bundle of Holding here: https://bundleofholding.com/presents/…

As he does lately, Travis has some items he wants to let you know about! The first is what’s going on on our Twitch channel:

This week’s Twitch calendar is packed with programming you won’t want to miss! Tuesday morning we kick off a new week with ComradeBubbles taking us Behind the Screen on a new Community Content release! Join them at 9 AM EDT as they work on bringing a new adventure to Adventure! Tuesday evening at 8 PM EDT, Jack Berkenstock ad Doug Hagler of the Bodhana Group premiere their new show Expanding Your Realms where each week they’ll dive into new topics about their game Branch Riders! Learn all about the setting and systems used in Branch Riders, ask the gents from Bodhana your questions, and join in the fun! (See Jack’s note, below!)

Wednesday, we have AwkwardGM Corbin returning at 8PM EDT for another Storypath Nexus Write-Along! The Storypath Nexus Game Jam is still underway, but time is running out! Be sure to tune in to co-work with Corbin, ask any questions you may have and learn all about the Storypath Nexus!

Thursday Tom Murr returns to the channel at 3 PM EDT with Guiding the Path a weekly show about utilizing Storypath Ultra at your table! Learn tips and tricks from a master Storyguide!

On Friday at 9 PM EDT is the SERIES FINALE of Scion: The Veiled Society! Don’t miss out on the conclusion to this tale of divine heroes! 

Next Monday at 9 PM EDT, Storyguide Mike Athey takes us on another Trinity Continuum: Adventure! Where will our heroes go? What dastardly devils do they face? Tune in next week to find out!

But before we dive into the rest of Travis’ notes, here’s some news from the Bodhana Group and Jack Berkenstock:

Hey friends out there in the Bodhanaverse!  There has been a lot happening in the world of Branch Riders!  First, we are now fully into our four part series with our friends at Roll2Heal. We have been plugging away chatting about not only the mission of Bodhana but have just started a cool dive into the world of Branch Riders.  Our own Jack Berkenstock appeared this past Saturday to talk a little about the history of the system and its journey towards becoming a full fledged system and some of the decisions made along the way.  We also took the time to make some characters in preparation for the next episode, which will be an actual play adventure. 

Please take the time if you wish to watch the episode and follow the channel at this link:  https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2740253746

And tune in this Saturday, April 11th at 10PM on that channel to watch these characters get run through a short one shot actual play led by Jack to see the system at work.  Roll2Heal is a nonprofit organization that seeks to use role playing to help veterans, first responders and health care workers improve mental health. Bodhana has partnered with them to provide training and consultation to their programs as they use this hobby for greater good.

Further news: Tune in this Tuesday, April 7th at 8PM on the Onyx Path Publishing Twitch channel for the start of an exciting new series called Expanding the Realms. You can join designer team members Jack Berkenstock and Doug Hagler as they focus on the fun for Branch Riders, discussing the system and how to get the most out of it for your table.  Our focus will be on casual players and good old fashioned fun as we start a seven week journey into the unique mechanics, concluding the series with a discussion of the different realms and how to modify and customize them for your table!  This deep dive will then transition into an actual play series called: THE CHASE as a Branch Riders team follows a renegade Branch Rider on his dangerous personal mission taking the group across multiple realms in a perilous race against time. 

https://www.twitch.tv/theonyxpath

And if you are local to Mechanicsburg, PA, join members of the design team and members of Bodhana as they venture to the Adventurer’s Guild for another Branch Riders launch party.  We will be there offering playtests of the system so you can try out the system as well as purchase copies of the game, and buy its Condition Cards and Exposure Trackers.  Event starts at 12pm and runs until store close (6 PM).  

Now, let’s return to our previously scheduled note from Travis, wherein he asks the eternal question “How are things in Termana (Scarred Lands)?“:

The Scarred Lands Players Guide for Savage Worlds, which was successfully funded on Kickstarter last November, has completed the manuscript approval phase and is now in backer hands for errata! If you’ve already backed it, be sure to download the manuscript and give any feedback you have via the feedback form! If you haven’t backed it yet, you can still get involved! Late pledges are open on Kickstarter, and if you pledge now, you’ll get the full manuscript right away! 

Speaking of Scarred Lands Scarred Lands Creature Collection 1 (SWADE) is closing its errata phase on Tuesday at 11:59 PM CDT! If you haven’t yet picked up your advance PDF, there’s still time! Once the errata is closed and incorporated, we’ll be preparing the POD files. Anyone who has purchased the PDF prior to the POD release will receive a POD discount coupon!    

Hope all that stuff happening, and the progress of projects below, makes you all as happy as we are as we come out of the winter freeze and into April Action Time! So here we go into the creation mines, and here you go into:

Many Worlds… One Path!

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Blurbs!

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Crowdfunding!

Our Next Crowdfunder: the Curseborne Jumpstart – COMING SOON!

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Onyx Path Media!

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

In today’s Onyx Path News Matthew talks about the CLASSIFIED Mission Dossier, lots of They Came From VTT, and the Pugmire sale!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASu0-BrAgBU

And over on The Gentleman Gamer YouTube channel, Matthew digs into the nomadic community of Zilenz for The World Below, its origins and path ahead: https://youtu.be/qoU1cqaq5Yg

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Virtual Tabletop!

Scion Demigod Available on Roll20 NOW!

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

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

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

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!

Select Chronicles of Darkness Screens and Monarchies of Mau books,
screens, and dice 50% off at Studio 2:
https://studio2publishing.com/collections/onx-onyx-path-publishing

Some more deluxe books have popped up on Studio 2, with more on the way.

https://studio2publishing.com/collections/onx-onyx-path-publishing

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

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!

This Weds on DTRPG, we offer you (in PDF and PoD versions) Accursed Adventures for Curseborne!

In Accursed Adventures, you will discover a creature of pure nightmare.

Bodies keep showing up in liminalities, wreathed in electrical burns.

In Accursed Adventures, you will investigate a series of grisly, sadistic deaths.

They just want to come back and live among us, feeding as we do, exalting in this hunger.

In Accursed Adventures, a forgotten, locked-away Accursed Family wants to reemerge into our world.

This book contains:

• Three scenarios suitable for independent storylines or a haunting interconnected narrative.
• New adversaries, qualities, and dread powers for the Storyguide, and heirlooms for the player Accursed.
• A thriving setting of liminalities, Accursed with their own intrigues, and myriad side plots.   

On Sale Last Week!

The Advance PDF for the They Came From [CLASSIFIED]! Tasty Bit Dossier Collection is on sale now on DTRPG!

And also, the VTT tokens and stuff for They Came From the RPG Anthology! are up on 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!

ACD Expo, May 27th – 29th (we’ll have a booth at this one) *retailer
industry show*

Onyx Path Virtual Gaming Convention, June 5th – 7th

Origins Game Fair, June 17th – 21st (We’ll be in the Studio 2 booth)

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Project Status Updates!

Our full list of projects will be available monthly on our blog! Check out March’s full list report here: https://theonyxpath.com/release-roundup-march-2026/

DEVELOPMENT STATUS FROM EDDY!

Here are the projects that moved to the next stage of production:

First Drafts

The World Below – The Advent of Silt

• The book we funded in the Delver’s Guide/Secrets of Kalm and Kaos is on its way! this book takes the “West Marches” idea and takes it to The World Below.

Redlines

Storypath – SPU Tasty Bit (June 2026) Expanded Alien Cultures

• We get galactic and weird with our Tasty Bit due for June. June already? Good God.

Manuscript Approval

Curseborne – Solo Play

• I’m particularly impressed with this one. A whole new way to play Curseborne, and incredibly flexible with it. This one is a lot of fun.

Post-Editing Development

Monster Kingdoms – Jumpstart

• Dixie has worked her editing magic, so now we’re over to reviewing the manuscript and calculating the art buy for this undead-blighted Jumpstart!

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ART DIRECTION FROM MIKE CHANEY!

In Art Direction

• Ex Essence PG – Should see sketches this week. They are sketching in color to save time….
• Ex Essence STG – Sketch feedback sent back to Gong…
• Curseborne PG KS – Art notes in.
• Curseborne Tangled Webs – sketch feedback, new artist questions and all that jazz.
• Scion God Divine Inspiration – Some cover shenanigans need to be dealt with…
• TC Aether Player’s Guide – Gonna try some new guys out on this as my usual crews are on CB.
• TC From the Shadows – Gathering references.
• At The Gates – Map progressing. Got some paragraph style ideas in from Danielle.
  

Layout Queue

• Pugmire 2e Unleashed -Map fixes abound.
• Ex3 Alchemicals – Layout beginneth…
• Scion God Jumpstart – I’m working on it.
• TC Aeon Tasty Bit Omnibus #2
• TCF RPG Antho Wallpaper
• Curseborne Screen – Gathered the artwork I’m using and figuring out some other things. Working on this between chunks of Alchemicals.

Proofing Queue

• Curseborne Community Content Stuff 
• Curseborne Jumpstart – 2nd proof and crowfunder prep.
• TCF the Danger Zone – Inputting first proof fixes.

At Press

• Ex 3 Exigents – At fulfillment shippers. UK and EU backer rewards going out.
• Curseborne – Reviewing printer quote stuff. Now we navigate the murky waters of getting books and the peripheral stuff printed up.
• TC Anima AR – PoD proof ordered.
• TC Gadgets & Gears – PoD proof ordered.
• Scion Pandora’s Box – Updated the Advance PDF for those folks who bought it already, and gathering second round of errata.
• TCF Classified Tasty Bit Dossier – errata ends Wednesday.
• CURSEBORNE  Accursed Adventures – PDF and PoD versions for sale on DTRPG this Weds!

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Today’s Reason to Celebrate!

From a business that hires many, many freelance creators, let’s celebrate the birthday of consummate comic book freelancer Gil Kane; born Eli Katz; April 6, 1926 – 100 years ago, a Latvian-born American comics artist whose career spanned the 1940s to the 1990s and virtually every major comics company and character. For thirty years he worked with many different companies and then Kane then found a home at Marvel, eventually becoming the regular penciller for The Amazing Spider-Man, succeeding John Romita in the early 1970s, and becoming the company’s preeminent cover artist through that decade. Kane’s first Spider-Man storyline culminated in the death of supporting character George Stacy. During that run, he and editor-writer Stan Lee produced in 1971 a three-issue story arc in The Amazing Spider-Man #96-98 that marked the first challenge to the industry’s self-regulating Comics Code Authority since its inception in 1954. The Code forbade mention of drugs, even in a negative context. However, Lee and Kane created an anti-drug storyline conceived at the behest of the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, and upon not receiving Code Authority approval, Marvel published the issues without the Code seal on their covers. The comics met with such positive reception and high sales that the industry’s self-censorship was undercut, and the Code soon afterward was revamped. Another landmark in Kane’s Spider-Man run was the arc “The Night Gwen Stacy Died” in issues #121–122, in which Spider-Man’s girlfriend Gwen Stacy, as well as the long-time villain Green Goblin were killed, an unusual occurrence at the time.