So, um, hi all. You know how when I fulfilled the lichcraft kickstarter, I asked people if they wanted to sign up to a newsletter to get infrequent updates about my projects and you said yes? Well, turns out they’re really infrequent. I have a couple big projects on the go right now though, that I’d love to tell you about if you have time. Read to the end for a mediocre pun.
SLEEPING ABOVE A STOLEN CROWN
Are you interested in mech games? Do you play Lancer? Do you know someone who does? Stolen Crown is a wintery adventure set on the frozen planet of Sparr, where an ancient creature, frozen beneath the ice, awakens from her slumber. It’s a starter module with a futuristic viking flavour for my favourite mech game, designed to help new GMs get into running Lancer, or to provide a compelling narrative for more experienced game runners. The first third of the module is available for free, here.
Most importantly!! I’ll be running a Kickstarter this November to produce the full, three part adventure as an illustrated zine. You can follow the kickstarter now, here. I’d really appreciate it if you hit that follow button, and/or shared it with a friend you thought might be interested. I’ll be using this mailing list to send out one more message about this when the KS launches!
If you’re like ‘huh this is a wild tone shift from lichcraft’, you might be right, but you might be less right than you think. This adventure is going to have awesome trans people and a bit too much political commentary in it. Trust me.
COVER REVEAL: PERILOUS TALES FOR PARENTLESS CHILDREN
I have another project on the go! It’s a game where you play brilliant orphans who have unfair misery heaped on them by bad luck, life, and… possibly some bigger conspiracy? Inspired by young adult fiction such as A Series of Unfortunate Events, Matilda and The Witches, this project is going to take a while to get to the stage where I can share anything concrete. But I can show you this fantastic cover, made by @Stoneshoretrpg, to get you looking forward to what comes next!
LICHCRAFT
If you are signed up to this newsletter, you probably got Lichcraft already. But I want to let you know that if you missed out on a physical copy you can now order them from my itch.io page (complete with character sheet bookmarks), or from various zine distributors in the US, UK and Canada.
THE HALLOWEEN SPOOKTACULAR
Lichcraft is also in a Halloween themed bundle at the moment. Well worth checking it out even if you have this game already; it features fantastic games by contributors like Cat Elm, Monkey’s Paw Games, Chris Bissette, Sealed Library, Alicia Furness, Stoneshore TRPG and more!
OTHER THINGS I’M UP TO
Lost Eons, a game I worked on with David Blandy, should also be coming to Kickstarter in November. Meanwhile, I have a 5e adventure in the upcoming Uncaged Anthology, Uncaged: Goddesses. I’ll share it all on my twitter @laurie_eee or in various newsletters every few months.
FINALLY
What do you call a vain viking? A Norseicisst.