[Q&A] Maciej Hetmańczyk & Maciej Wróblewski (Blunderbuss RPG)

[1:05 PM]Maciek: Hi! My name is Maciek, and i’m a game designer from poland. So far I’ve manage to publish 3 games: in polish: Fomor – a rules light OSR with a megadungeon setting to it Tuletorn – an exploration game set in the world inspired by baltic myths with a twist in english: Caliban – a survival horror game Today I’d like to answer all your questions about an incoming game Blunderbuss – dark fantasy, renaissance style game, with streamlined simple rules, and a setting based on Gdańsk and other european cultures and nations! (done)

[1:05 PM]Archmage Arispen: it’s Archmage Arispen here, RPG designer and publisher, known for Tinny Dungeons, Dungeons & Business Cards, and Miami 86 RPG (on which we had Q&A here some time ago) I am a publisher of the Blunderbuss RPG that is upcoming on Gamefound now happy to be here again (done)

[Q&A] Melina Sedo & Andreas Wichter (Serenissima Obscura)

[1:01 PM]Melina I Vortex Verlag: I will start:

[1:02 PM]Melina I Vortex Verlag: I am the main author and project manager for Vortex Verlag and Serenissima Obscura. This is already my second project with Vortex Verlag and I am proud to present our dark version of REnaissance Venice.

[1:03 PM]Melina I Vortex Verlag: done

[1:03 PM]Melina I Vortex Verlag: Andreas?

[1:03 PM]Elder Evil: Hi, I am Andreas Wichter, co-author of The Straight Way Lost and Serenissima Obscura. I am German but live in France currently. In the grey distant past I translated, among other things, Ars Magica 2nd edition into German. Melina, btw, later translated 4th edition Ars Magica.

[1:03 PM]Elder Evil: (done)

[Article] Serenissima Obscura

I’m doing something a bit different here.

Full disclosure: The game designers hired me to write an article to help promote their game, providing me with promotional materials to look over because the game isn’t out yet.

That doesn’t mean that I’m going to be writing advertising copy here. My goal is to give you my honest impression of the game based upon what I’ve seen.

Also, please be aware that this article contains spoilers and is intended primarily for GMs who intend to use the product.

So, here we go…

[Q&A] Ben Tobitt (Black Powder and Brimstone)

[1:02 PM]Ben Tobitt: Hi there, I’m Ben TOBITT the creator of Black Powder and Brimstone, a swashbuckling Grim-Dark TTRPG published by Free League (done)

[Q&A] Paul Baldowski (The Dee Sanction: Monad Edition)

[7:34 PM]Paul Baldowski: I’m Paul Baldowski, a freelance game designer and a reluctant business analyst based in Manchester. I have worked on Symbaroum, Paranoia, Rivers of London, Liminal, Trophy, Night’s Black Agents, and Maelstrom. Independently, I have been publishing since 2016 with the award-winning and ENnie-nominated Cthulhu Hack. I came up with The Dee Sanction in 2013 but didn’t come up with a stable system for it until 7 years later. I Kickstarted the original edition in 2020 and published the core system last year as a generic game called Sanction. The Dee Sanction is a tabletop roleplaying game where you serve Queen and country in the second half of the 1500s. At this time, kingdoms and nation-states vie for power, the Church splinters under the pressure of reform, and creatures of folklore emerge through the Unravelled veil, seeking revenge upon those who imprisoned them. You’ve been pressed into the service of the Queen, having been found guilty of the use of magic, punishable by death under the Act of 1563 against Conjurations, Enchantments and Witchcraft. But, following the Dee Sanction, established in 1564, John Dee convinced the Queen that such traitors might prove useful in service of her defence and have the opportunity to earn their release. You are such an individual. And in 2025, The Dee Sanction gets a thorough spring clean and a considerable expansion with the release of the Monad Edition. Done.11