🎪 Exeunt Press at Indie Games Fair
Pre-order fulfillment update, Troyes, Indie Games Fair near DC, and Forbidden Stars
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TL;DR Summary
💀 Pre-order fulfillment update
🌊 Music in its Roar
💪 Troyes and strong actions
🎪 Exeunt Press at Indie Games Fair
⚓ d4 Notable Locations in Providence
🎲 Recently played: Forbidden Stars
💀 Pre-order fulfillment update
Pre-orders for print editions Caveat Emptor and Make Your Own One-Page Roleplaying game are now closed. I’m thrilled with how it went, and happy to give the first fulfillment update:
Print order submitted: Test prints were received and looked great. The full order was submitted to the printer late last week. Proofs were approved and it went to production Monday (8/26). Usually takes about 2 - 3 weeks to receive.
Print extras already here: The prints of the Curse Tracker and Theme-O-Matic (A5) have been received and are ready to ship when the main order arrives.
Shipping: Copies will begin to ship out after the order has been received from the printer. Domestic and international orders will ship at the same time, but note that it can take up to three weeks for international orders to arrive.
Another update will be posted here in two weeks. If you have any questions, please email games@exeunt.press.
🌊 Music in its Roar
Music in its Roar, a solo micro-game about being called to return to the ocean, is now available as a standalone PDF. Originally published in Dead Horse magazine, it’s a mix of saltwater, Hex Flower Game Engine, and body horror.
If you want more horror, grab a copy of Dead Horse. It includes Music in its Roar in print, along with some other truly awful stuff (e.g. “gore toilets”). There is a limited supply left at the Exeunt Press Shop.
DOWNLOAD: Music in its Roar by Exeunt Press
💪 Troyes and strong actions
Last week Skeleton Code Machine explored dice management in the board game Troyes. It has some interesting mechanisms to acquire dice and then spend them to perform actions.
I couldn’t help but think a similar mechanism could be used in TTRPGs. In fact one reader pointed out that Panic at the Dojo does something similar, but it doesn’t seem to use the same “multiples of X” method of Troyes:
During your turn, you choose one of your Stances to assume, roll its Action Dice, and spend the numbers you get to perform actions. Higher numbers let you perform more powerful actions, and every Form has a different set of Action Dice to work with. Once you have spent all your numbers on actions, your turn is over, and the Enemy team picks someone to go next.
The idea of taking actions that never miss, and instead are differentiated by how weak or strong has a lot of potential.
READ: Dice management and strong actions at Skeleton Code Machine
Skeleton Code Machine is an ENNIE-nominated weekly publication that explores tabletop game mechanisms. It’s been called a “Seemingly endless source of gaming ponderings” and a “Goldmine.” Check it out at www.skeletoncodemachine.com.
🎪 Exeunt Press at Indie Games Fair
If you are in the Maryland, Virginia, or Washington DC areas, stop by the Indie & Local Tabletop Games Fair hosted by People’s Book in Takoma Park, MD:
Check out the freshest indie games from local DMV designers, spanning zines, RPGs, solo journaling, and more at this fair just outside People’s! Then stick around for a panel discussion at 4pm, featuring three designer superstars: Elizabeth Hargrave, Tory Brown, and Connie Vogelmann.
Exeunt Press will be there with print copies of games like Eleventh Beast and Exclusion Zone Botanist, along with other local and indie creators. I’d love to get a chance to say hello!
The market is open from 12 pm - 4 pm, Saturday, September 28, 2024. The game panel is after that and runs from 4 - 5 pm. The event is free.
REGISTER: Indie & Local Tabletop Games Fair hosted by People’s Book
⚓ d4 Notable Locations in Providence
Previously we had d6 Things Dredged Out of Narragansett Bay and d6 Unusual Street Encounters.
It’s 1847 in Providence, Rhode Island. Four factions secretly vie for control of the city, unbeknownst to the vast majority of those who live there.
You’ve received a tip about a location:
Harbison’s on Meeting Street: An unassuming bookshop in College Hill with a small sign in the window boasting that it is the oldest bookshop in New England. The front of the shop specializes in dry economic, philosophy, and history texts. The back of the shop, however, is packed with rare and esoteric texts for exclusive use by members of The Society. Many of their relic hunting quests began as fanciful discussions in the back of this shop.
The Black Goat on Towne Street: Located not too far from Market Square, the Goat is no ordinary workman’s tavern. Members of The Alliance, ship captains and wealthy merchants, broker deals over strong drinks. The barkeep and those who work there are smart enough to not eavesdrop, or immediately forget what they heard if they happen to overhear. Gossip is bad for business.
Albert F. Boyd Medical Library at Brown University: A privately funded library located on the Brown campus, but not open to most students. Along with the expected medical texts, it contains an extensive collection of classical texts in their original Greek and Latin. While no talking is permitted, members of The Fellowship can be heard whispering in one of the annex rooms.
The Crow House: No one really knows how Emma Crow acquired her wealth, but her small estate demonstrates that she has it. The house is perfect for hosting elaborate banquets for the city’s elite. It is strange, however, how so many guests seem to arrive in the middle of the night. The answer is, of course, that it is the moon and tides that dictate when The Shoals must meet, not mere humans.
Along with the previous lists, these will become part of an upcoming game by Exeunt Press. Everything is subject to change. Follow along and watch for updates in future newsletters.
READ: d8 Best Practices for Random Tables at Exeunt Omnes
🎲 Recently played: Forbidden Stars
I don’t know much about the Warhammer 40,000 universe and lore, but Forbidden Stars (Bailey, Kniffen, et al., 2015) remains one of my favorite games. This most recent play was with three players and ran all the way to the seventh round. I blame frustrating warp storm placement for my loss, and not that I had trouble remembering where I placed my order tokens each round.
Sadly out of print and probably never to be produced again due to licensing issues, Forbidden Stars is a game I’m happy to have in the collection.
PLAY: Forbidden Stars published by Fantasy Flight Games
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- E.P. 💀
Music in its Roar is really lovely. Also, damnit, I need a copy of Dead Horse.