[Q&A] Joe Sweeney (Slaughter: the Horror Movie Making Game)

<+DocJoeofStoryWeaverGames> Cool. First up, HELLO from sunny, hot and humid Sydney Australia.

<+DocJoeofStoryWeaverGames> I’m the founder, head, grandmaster and dreamer behind StoryWeaver Games (SWG). \

<+DocJoeofStoryWeaverGames> I’ve been designing games since the age of 14, when D&D was having its first big hooray in the market.

<+DocJoeofStoryWeaverGames> However, SWG was only really came into existence about 10-12 years ago.

<+DocJoeofStoryWeaverGames> I created it because I was horrified with the way some of the big game publishers treated (paid) writers and artists.

<+DocJoeofStoryWeaverGames> We wanted to be able to publish high-quality products (both in terms of writing and art), but using an indie profit share model.

<+DocJoeofStoryWeaverGames> The first product we published was Rapture: The End of Days – are very hard sci-fi meet dark horror setting.

<+DocJoeofStoryWeaverGames> It was a moderate success (stayed on RPGNow’s top ten list for over 10 weeks at the time) and got excellent reviews.

<+DocJoeofStoryWeaverGames> We then published some savage worlds books, including Hael and High-Space (our best selling product) and Deniable (my fav. indie game)

<+DocJoeofStoryWeaverGames> Along the way, we picked up some great writers and editors, and hired our first full time person, Jaie (she runs admin and production control and also helps me with research projects in my day-job)

<+DocJoeofStoryWeaverGames> At the moment, we are in the process of publishing two new products:  The boxed set second edition of Rapture, which includes a new 144 page worldbook setting called The Confucius Initiative;  and Slaughter The Horror Movie-Making Card Game.

<+DocJoeofStoryWeaverGames> Slaughter is something very different for us.  It is an RPG, but it is targets a non-RPG demographic.

<+DocJoeofStoryWeaverGames> We wanted out expand out market in new ways, so we took the Rapture concept and put it on steroids. Slaughter was the result (after a few false starts)

<+DocJoeofStoryWeaverGames> Slaughter is a game where you collectively make a horror movie. However, since a big part of horror movies is killing off characters, we wanted to make character development even faster than in Rapture.  The idea of using cards was introduced and it’s been a huge success.

<+DocJoeofStoryWeaverGames> A big part of the game is that you earn XP (death points) by having your characters killed off in horrible, dreadful ways.  You then can take another member of the cast to play and THEY get the XP boost. This is accumulative through the entire movie.

<+DocJoeofStoryWeaverGames> This of the movie Alien, where Ripley is almost a non-character until about 15min into the movie. But as all her friends die off, she gets tougher and more of a survivor. By the end of the second movie, she is wresting an alien queen to the death in a mecha.

<+DocJoeofStoryWeaverGames> So… questions?

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[Q&A] Alan Bahr (Zorro: The Roleplaying Game)

<+GKG_Alan> Hey folks! I’m Alan Bahr of Gallant Knight Games. We’re here to talk about the Zorro roleplaying game, which is currently on Kickstarter and closing Friday! We’re working with ZPI and West End Games bringing Zorro to the tabletop in the first full RPG, and updating the classic D6 System to a new second edition!

<+GKG_Alan> You can find our Kickstarter here: (Link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gallantknightgames/zorrotm-the-roleplaying-game?ref=creator_nav)https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gallantknightgames/zorrotm-the-roleplaying-game?ref=creator_nav

<+GKG_Alan> and I’m here to answer your questions! Let’s do this.

[Q&A] Egg Embry (POWERED by the DREAMR)

<+Egg_POWEREDbytheDREAMR> Good evening and thanks to everyone that is hanging out with me this Friday night! You’re awesome! 🙂

<+Egg_POWEREDbytheDREAMR> My name is Egg Embry. I’m a freelance RPG journalist for EN World, the Open Gaming Network, the Tessera Guild, and Knights of the Dinner Table. I’m here to talk about POWERED by the DREAMR, my Powered by the Apocalypse zine on Kickstarter.

<+Egg_POWEREDbytheDREAMR> (Link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/eggembry/powered-by-the-dreamr-a-pbta-rpg-zinequest)https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/eggembry/powered-by-the-dreamr-a-pbta-rpg-zinequest

<+Egg_POWEREDbytheDREAMR> It ends on Friday, February 22nd.

[Q&A] Patrick Vida (Seekers of Orion)

<+Patrick> Good evening everyone! My name is Patrick Vida (pardon all the typos you might see!) I have created a boardgame called “Seekers of Orion” it’s evolved over the course of 2 years into where it is today. It is 2-5 players and can take up to an hour or so to play.

<+Patrick> A good picture of the components are found here: (Link: http://relicstargames.com/seekers-of-orion/about-the-game/)http://relicstargames.com/seekers-of-orion/about-the-game/

<+Patrick> THere are 3D Miniatures that will come with the game. The screen shot you see is within Tabletop Simulator.

<+Patrick> Gameboard is here: (Link: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1sZyVQaJ5t2xeXQ1csVvfyYi0nCNBT3N6.)https://drive.google.com/open?id=1sZyVQaJ5t2xeXQ1csVvfyYi0nCNBT3N6.

<+Patrick> The objective of the game is to capture orions belt – or eliminate opposing players. Sorry forgot that tidbit 🙂

[Q&A] James McClure (Reach of Titan)

<+JimMcClure> Hello everyone! My name is Jim McClure and I am the owner and lead designer for Third Act Publishing. We are a small press ttRPG publisher that has been operating for about 3 years now

<+JimMcClure> on to of my work as Third Act Publishing, I am also lead designer fro Roll20 (for those that do not know they are getting into the RPG business)

<+JimMcClure> Today I am here doing a Q&A on my new project called Reach of Titan which is on kickstarter now

<+JimMcClure> Reach of Titan is a game about fighting larger than life creatures. It is designed to emulate epic heroic battles agaist Titans where the combats are half-puzzle, half-traditional RPG combat

<+JimMcClure> I will be happy to answer questions about Reach of Titan, my other work, Roll20, game design, or anything people would like to discuss

[Q&A] Eleni White, Karrin Blazek, and Robyn Bachar (Clockwork Depths)

<+GirdedRoseL> My name is Eleni “L” White I am the Director of Visual Arts for Girded Rose Games. We are a new gaming company that was started by a husband and wife team who have been long time gamers. Our company’s all about “Gaming for all ages” as well as Gaming for all in general. Our first game we are soon to be releasing is called Clockwork Depths

<+GirdedRoseL> CWD is a modern day underwater Steampunk setting that is geared as a tabletop or LARP

[Q&A] Chris Lites (Judge Dredd & the Worlds of 2000 AD)

<+ChrisLites> I’m Chris Lites, line manager for the new Judge Dredd and 2000 AD game from EN World.