We’re exploding onto Twitch in a big way, as Travis Legge runs an Trinity Continuum: Aberrant RPG for five players this coming week! The name is Collateral Damage and can be found on this channel at these dates and times https://www.twitch.tv/theonyxpath/:
- Session Zero on Tuesday the 23rd at 6pm CDT/7pm EDT
- Session One on Thursday the 25th at 6pm CDT/7pm EDT
- Session Two on Tuesday the 30th at 6pm CDT/7pm EDT
Players will be:
Dixie Cochran (Onyx Path Internal)
Ashley May (Onyx Path freelancer on Legendlore, DMs Guild creator)
TheConri (GM for Scarred Lands: Pirates of Bloodwater on the Devil’s Luck Gaming channel)
Kassandra Leigh (Player on Scarred Lands: Pirates of Bloodwater)
James Perry (Player on Scarred Lands: Gauntlet of Spiragos on the Roll the Role channel)
As you can read further about down in the Onyx Path Media section below, we aren’t focusing just on Trinity Continuum: Aberrant on Twitch, but on all of our game lines!
Please check it out, subscribe, and share! This is an exciting time for us!
As for Trinity Continuum: Aberrant itself – we’re headed into the last week for its Kickstarter, and as our experienced KS backers know: that’s when things get hot!
So far, it has been great seeing people’s passion for the original get rekindled by our Trinity Continuum edition. That’s one of the most satisfying moments our team can get – so thanks to all of you who’ve posted about loving what we’re doing!
It really does mean a lot to all of us to recreate a classic game line while still hitting those touch-points that made the first edition a classic.
Kind of along the same line, since we announced that we won’t be having a booth at GenCon 2019 we’ve received more than a few worried messages from folks who, we guess, haven’t read this blog since the beginning of the year.
That’s when I first started talking about how this year is one where the initiatives we’ve been undertaking will start to take off. It’s a year where the company’s ongoing and continual evolution will start to be more overt, with us not necessarily doing things the way we have been since 2012, or even further back when a bunch of us were part of White Wolf.
Not having a booth at GenCon 2019 is part of that evolution. Does it still make sense for us to exert soooo much effort, to bring so many people, to spend so much money, versus taking those amounts of effort, personnel, and cash, and dividing them up through the entire year at different venues?
Especially with our good sales partners at Indie Press Revolution and Studio2 having booths where folks can buy our stuff. With us still having panels where we can chat with attendees face to face. And with our online media allowing us to talk with more and more people every week.
We won’t know until we do it, so we’re doing it. We’ll let you know how it turns out!
The convention starts, for us, next Wednesday, so I’ll be posting this blog next Monday with a few more Gen Con thoughts and info, and then the week after we’ll have a guest blogger in to cover for me.
So. If, after all that, you still haven’t heard:
WE’RE NOT HAVING A BOOTH AT GEN CON 2019 AND WE’RE HAPPY ABOUT IT!
Here again, the map of the exhibit hall showing where our books can be obtained should you feel the urge:
Finally, there are two giant sales going on of our various projects: PDFs at the Christmas in July Sale on DTRPG, and the Dog Days of Summer Sale at Indie Press Revolution where our lots of our Deluxe editions are 50% off!
More info below in the Blurbs section, as we once again give folks an affordable way to explore our many…
Many Worlds, One Path!
BLURBS!
Kickstarter!
The Trinity Continuum: Aberrant Kickstarter is moving into its last week! We’ve already passed Stretch Goals that are enabling us to recreate missing first edition books, a compilation of the web comic, three sections of a book statting out the characters, digital wallpaper and dice, a backer-only T-Shirt, a jumpstart adventure, a novella, and:
N!WE N!TERNATIONAL WRESTLING ENTERTAINMENT – A new PDF product discussing the N!WE, the performers and industry personnel, and various elements of professional wrestling in the world of Aberrant!
At $98,000 and climbing, we’ve got many more fantastic Stretch Goal rewards to come, so come check it out! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/200664283/trinity-continuum-aberrant
ONYX PATH MEDIA
This Friday’s Onyx Pathcast features a Deep Dive into Scion 2e with special guest Neall Raemonn Price: https://onyxpathcast.podbean.com/
And Here’s More Media About Our Worlds:
BIG NEWS! With Travis Legge’s hand firmly on the tiller, Onyx Path are embarking on an exciting Twitch adventure in the weeks to come! Please subscribe to our channel here: https://www.twitch.tv/theonyxpath/
Travis is arranging a multitude of actual plays and other livestreams, and will be starting up with an Trinity Continuum:Aberrant actual play very very soon! Please subscribe now so you don’t miss it, and keep an eye open for familiar faces showing up on the channel. We’re very excited about this and hope you will be too.
Meanwhile…
The Onyx Path News is live tonight here! https://www.youtube.com/user/TheOnyxPath
Last week Matthew Dawkins hosted a live Q&A with Ian A. A. Watson regarding the Trinity Continuum: Aberrant RPG and it went spectacularly well. Catch up with it here: https://youtu.be/udT6GEsZ6DI
Matthew also asked three questions to the Onyx Path audience regarding the World of Darkness, in what has proved to be a very popular video: https://youtu.be/06G7gnd5UDs
And we have some new arrivals, including the Hermetic Hipster‘s guide to Mage: The Ascension character creation here: https://youtu.be/_uMiYfvhZMU
Patrick and friends over at http://307rpg.com continue with their rundown of the Vampire: The Masquerade clans! Their show is always worth checking out.
Travis – the man himself – has a Twitch channel you should be subscribing to for all kinds of good content! Give him your support: https://www.twitch.tv/plasticageplays
And here’s Devil’s Luck Gaming, among the premiere actual players out there: https://www.twitch.tv/DEVILSLUCKGAMING
Caffeinated Conquests embark upon The Sacrifice, our Chicago by Night chronicle, but with a big difference: they’re using V20 and one of the characters is a Gargoyle! Check them out here: https://youtu.be/qhKbWicTAt8
The Story Told Podcast continue their epic Dragon-Blooded chronicle with the Fall of Jiara: http://thestorytold.libsyn.com/fall-of-jiara-episode-10
Occultists Anonymous, the superb Mage:The Awakening actual play, continues with Episode 29: Soul-O Session – Songbird delves deeper into his soul, exploring his Virtue of Selflessness and works to learn more about himself. https://youtu.be/Cmz6OkxY9Hg
Drop Matthew a message via the contact button on matthewdawkins.com if you have actual plays, reviews, or game overviews you want us to profile on the blog!
Please check any of these out and let us know if you find or produce any actual plays of our games!
ELECTRONIC GAMING
As we find ways to enable our community to more easily play our games, the Onyx Dice Rolling App is now live! Our dev team has been doing updates since we launched based on the excellent use-case comments by our community, and this thing is awesome! (Seriously, you need to roll 100 dice for Exalted? This app has you covered.)
ON 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).
If you enjoy these or any other of our books, please help us by writing reviews on the site of the sales venue from which you bought it. Reviews really, really help us get folks interested in our amazing fiction!
Our selection includes these fiction books:
OUR SALES PARTNERS:
We’re working with Studio2 to get Pugmire and Monarchies of Mau out into stores, as well as to individuals through their online store. You can pick up the traditionally printed main book, the screen, and the official Pugmire dice through our friends there! https://studio2publishing.com/search?q=pugmire
We’ve added Prince’s Gambit to our Studio2 catalog: https://studio2publishing.com/products/prince-s-gambit-card-game
Now, we’ve added Changeling: The Lost 2nd Edition products to Studio2‘s store! See them here: https://studio2publishing.com/collections/all-products/changeling-the-lost
Scarred Lands (Pathfinder) books are also on sale at Studio2, and they have the 5e version, supplements, and dice as well!:
https://studio2publishing.com/collections/scarred-lands
Scion 2e books and other products are available now at Studio2: https://studio2publishing.com/blogs/new-releases/scion-second-edition-book-one-origin-now-available-at-your-local-retailer-or-online
Looking for our Deluxe or Prestige Edition books? Try this link! http://www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/Onyx-Path-Publishing/
And you can order Pugmire, Monarchies of Mau, Cavaliers of Mars, and Changeling: The Lost 2e at the same link! And NOW Scion Origin and Scion Hero are available to order!
Running RIGHT NOW until August 11 is the Dog Days Of Summer Sale! 50% many of our Deluxe Editions!
It’s time for the Christmas In July Sale! Wild savings on PDFs all across DTRPG, including ours! Check it out – it runs until July 31st!
On Sale This Week!
This Wednesday, we are offering both A Light Extinguished, the Scion 2e Jumpstart and Blood Sea: The Crimson Abyss in PDF and physical book PoD versions on DTRPG!
CONVENTIONS!
Gen Con: August 1st – 4th VERY SOON NOW!
Save Against Fear: October 12th – 14th
GameHoleCon: October 31st – November 3rd
We’ll also be back at PAX Unplugged later this year!
And now, the new project status updates!
DEVELOPMENT STATUS FROM EDDY WEBB (projects in bold have changed status since last week):
First Draft (The first phase of a project that is about the work being done by writers, not dev prep)
- M20 Victorian Mage (Mage: the Ascension 20th Anniversary Edition)
- Exalted Essay Collection (Exalted)
- Trinity Continuum Jumpstart (Trinity Continuum Core)
- Wraith20 Fiction Anthology (Wraith: The Oblivion 20th Anniversary Edition)
- Dragon-Blooded Novella #2 (Exalted 3rd Edition)
- Exigents (Exalted 3rd Edition)
- Terra Firma (Trinity Continuum: Aeon)
- Crucible of Legends (Exalted 3rd Edition)
- Many-Faced Strangers – Lunars Companion (Exalted 3rd Edition)
- Contagion Chronicle: Global Outbreaks (Chronicles of Darkness)
- W20 Shattered Dreams Gift Cards (Werewolf: The Apocalypse 20th)
- W20 Art Book (Werewolf: The Apocalypse 20th)
- Yugman’s Guide to Ghelspad (Scarred Lands)
- Vigil Watch (Scarred Lands)
- Pirates of Pugmire KS-Added Adventure (Realms of Pugmire)
- Player’s Guide to the Contagion Chronicle (Chronicles of Darkness)
- Contagion Chronicle Jumpstart (Chronicles of Darkness)
- Lunars Novella (Rosenberg) (Exalted 3rd Edition)
Redlines
- Monsters of the Deep (They Came From Beneath the Sea!)
- Tales of Aquatic Terror (They Came From Beneath the Sea!)
- Kith and Kin (Changeling: The Lost 2e)
- Scion: Demigod (Scion 2nd Edition)
- One Foot in the Grave Jumpstart (Geist: The Sin-Eaters 2e)
- Titanomachy (Scion 2nd Edition)
Second Draft
- Tales of Good Dogs – Pugmire Fiction Anthology (Pugmire)
- Dragon-Blooded Novella #1 (Exalted 3rd Edition)
- Across the Eight Directions (Exalted 3rd Edition)
- Scion: Dragon (Scion 2nd Edition)
Development
- Oak, Ash, and Thorn: Changeling: The Lost 2nd Companion (Changeling: The Lost 2nd)
- M20 The Technocracy Reloaded (Mage: the Ascension 20th Anniversary Edition)
- Creatures of the World Bestiary (Scion 2nd Edition)
- Heirs to the Shogunate (Exalted 3rd Edition)
- Scion Companion: Mysteries of the World (Scion 2nd Edition)
- Cults of the Blood Gods (Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition)
- Legendlore core book (Legendlore)
- City of the Towered Tombs (Cavaliers of Mars)
- TC: Aeon Jumpstart (Trinity Continuum: Aeon)
- Mummy: The Curse 2nd Edition core rulebook (Mummy: The Curse 2nd Edition)
- Masks of the Mythos (Scion 2nd Edition)
Manuscript Approval
- Trinity Continuum: Aberrant core (Trinity Continuum: Aberrant)
- Hunter: The Vigil 2e core (Hunter: The Vigil 2nd Edition)
- Chicago Folio/Dossier (Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition)
- Deviant: The Renegades (Deviant: The Renegades)
- Let the Streets Run Red (Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition)
- WoD Ghost Hunters (World of Darkness)
- Geist 2e Fiction Anthology (Geist: The Sin-Eaters 2nd Edition)
Editing
- Night Horrors: Nameless and Accursed (Mage: the Awakening Second Edition)
- Lunars: Fangs at the Gate (Exalted 3rd Edition)
- Heroic Land Dwellers (They Came From Beneath the Sea!)
- DR:E Threat Guide – Helnau’s Guide to Wasteland Beasties (Dystopia Rising: Evolution)
- DR:E Jumpstart (Dystopia Rising: Evolution)
- Pirates of Pugmire (Realms of Pugmire)
- TC: Aeon Ready-Made Characters (Trinity Continuum: Aeon)
Post-Editing Development
- M20 Book of the Fallen (Mage: the Ascension 20th Anniversary Edition)
- V5 Chicago By Night (Vampire: The Masquerade)
- V5 Chicago By Night Screen (Vampire: The Masquerade)
- CofD Contagion Chronicle (Chronicles of Darkness)
- Distant Worlds (Trinity Continuum: Aeon)
- Dark Eras 2 (Chronicles of Darkness)
- Spilled Blood (Vampire: The Requiem 2nd Edition)
- Memento Mori: the GtSE 2e Companion (Geist: The Sin-Eaters 2nd Edition)
Indexing
ART DIRECTION FROM MIRTHFUL MIKE!
In Art Direction
- Contagion Chronicle
- VtR Spilled Blood – All the art that is in is approved. Felipe is working on stuff.
- Trinity Continuum Aeon: Distant Worlds
- Trinity Continuum Aberrant
- Hunter: The Vigil 2e
- Ex3 Lunars
- They Came From Beneath the Sea
- TCFBtS!: Heroic Land Dwellers
- Night Horrors: Nameless and Accursed
- Ex3 Monthly Stuff
- DR:E Threat Guide – Helnau’s Guide to Wasteland Beasties
- DR:E Jumpstart
- Deviant for KS
In Layout
- M20 Book of the Fallen – Files with Josh
- CoM – Witch Queen of the Shadowed Citadel
- Dark Eras 2 – Files with Aileen
Proofing
- Shunned By the Moon – Errata gathering.
- Aeon Aexpansion
- C20 Cup of Dreams – This week.
- V5: Chicago – Ready for backers pending WW OK.
- Geist 2e – Inputting Page XXs, then Indexing.
- Signs of Sorcery – Awaiting Errata.
At Press
- Dragon Blooded – Deluxe at Studio2.
- Dragon-Blooded Cloth Map – At Studio2.
- Dragon-Blooded Screen – Shipped to Studio2.
- Trinity Core Screen – At Studio2.
- TC Aeon Screen – At Studio2.
- Book of Oblivion – PoD proofs ordered.
- Trinity: In Media Res – PoD proofs ordered.
- Scion Jumpstart – PDF and PoD versions on sale this Wednesday!
- Scion Ready-Made Characters – PoD proofs ordered.
- Blood Sea – PDF and PoD versions on sale this Wednesday!
- Trinity Core – Files uploaded to printer.
- Trinity Aeon – Files uploaded to printer.
- DR: E – final PDF off for approval
Today’s Reason to Celebrate!
Born this day in 1940. Who is Alex Trebek, Canadian-American game show host and producer?
Say, Rich? I think you mean EDT and CDT, not EST and CST. We’re still on Daylight time here.
It’s not a problem for most people in the US, but it’ll probably confuse international people who have to look up what the time zones convert to… And maybe people in Arizona.
People in Arizona have adapted to the fact that the rest of the country doesn’t understand EDT vs EST during daylight savings time.
Player’s Guide to the Contagion Chronicle is in First Drafts. I am SO happy right now!
Deviant for KS!
So which is going to get a Kickstarter first, Hunter or Deviant?
Wohooo, go Chicago by Night!
Fantastic news indeed! I’ll have to find a moment to check out those actual plays. I particularly like how multiple gamelines will be showcased. That’s an elegant way to get a chance to know a new line before investing. I have a ton of respect for OP doing things like that, like giving us access to the full manuscripts during the kickstarters.
Wow, when WoD: Ghost Hunters finally move! I look away for a moment and then it starts progressing. Thank you, really looking forward to that supplement.
Do the Scion Kickstarters get the Scion jumpstart for free or do we have to pay?
Depends on what the KS page says. As far as I can see, a PoD version is not part of that Stretch Goal, but the PDFs to backers links were sent out already.