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13th Age Bestiary Sighting: Couatl
When the 13th Age Bestiary updated *today* for people who purchase the Hatchling Edition pre-order, there was a special treat. Yes, this time the 220+ pages of the Bestiary includes all 52 of the...
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Many Trumpets: this week in 13th Age
A wonderfully eventful week that opens several doors.Early in the week, Pelgrane sent out an update of the 13th Age Bestiary's Hatchling Edition to those of you who have pre-ordered it. If you haven't...
View ArticleOne sorcerer blog, two voices
After a couple months away, Jonathan recently returned to our 13th Age table playing a halfling sorcerer named Samlael. Well, the halfling is sort of half of the character. Samlael's One Unique Thing...
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Scatterlings of Fire Opal
In a start-up, everyone has other projects going.Here are three of the projects people in Fire Opal have created in recent months. Two are published. One is pushing towards the printer on Indiegogo....
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For inspiration: Archaeology magazine
The most recent issue of Archaeology magazine, November/December 2013, has four pieces I found inspirational.An Imperial Underworld details the network of roads that cavers have been uncovering...
View Article13th Age update: Commander, Monk, Playtest Files, Dragon Kings
This week's playtest of the new commander and the half-revised monk went well.CommanderIn the commander's case I didn't make any changes after the playtest. Partly that's because the design is in OK...
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Kicking the Strange
Roger Zelazny's Amber series and side-doors in Moorcock's Elric books started my love of reality-shifting adventures. John Ostrander's Grimjack comic book series made good on the genre's promise. Years...
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The Face in the Frost, the gang from the tube
I finally read John Bellairs' The Face in the Frost last week after owning and ignoring the book for decades. Why did it take me so long? Maybe glancing at the book's cartoons as a youth turned me off...
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RPGs, 13th Age: I had a lot of fun finishing the new drafts of the monk and the commander classes for 13 True Ways. They're going out to the Kickstarter backers and the Escalation Edition purchasers...
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Night Eternal
Reading early reviews for my new card game, Night Eternal: the Game, has been amusing and educational.The game is from the backstory of the True Blood HBO series. When I say backstory, I mean way back,...
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Numenera and the History of Plunder
I had a wonderful time at Dragonmeet and in London with the Pelgrinistas. One of the happy discoveries on returning home is that my 13th Age co-designer has a a guest blog ready to roll. Over to...
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Horizon, Commanders, Mummies: a 13 True Ways Update
Given the push we are making to finish design and art on 13 True Ways, it's time for an update. I'm not going to talk about the things we're doing that aren't done yet, those will appear in upcoming...
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treizième époque
7eme Cercle are just now finishing the layout of the French translation of 13th Age!They've stuck with most elements of the English design while adding new touches like wax-style seals around the page...
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A couple days before Dragonmeet in December, I enjoyed a ramble around the British Museum. I didn't have much time but I still found myself in the wonderful little museum bookstore that's off to the...
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Shadowrun Crossfire Table View
Until now, all the card views from the upcoming cooperative deckbuilding game designed by Fire Opal Media and published by Catalyst Games have been of in-progress cards. Last week's update from Randall...
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Claw Claw Call Lightning
Assuming the PCs survive tonight's 13th Age session, revelations within the tomb of the Bloody Emperor could lead to major shifts. If not quite every PC survives, or if the shifts involve someone...
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A Thing of Beauté
The French translation of 13th Age has been published by 7eme Circle!Somehow I didn't think seriously about how a French translation of the world map was going to turn out. Now we have it, and it's...
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13th Age, 3e, and Two Bestiaries
Last week, Jonathan wrote a neat essay on how 13th Age design relates to his work on 3e. It's a cogent account of how we wove threads from earlier editions of F20 into something new-ish in 13th Age....
View ArticleGuest Post: Ritual & Roleplaying Games
My 13th Age collaborator Jonathan Tweet does most of his social media through G+ these days. When he has a gaming blog he wants to run, I post it here. This time he's responding to requests for a...
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