Atlas Games' Latest: Gloom of Thrones
almost 6 years ago
– Thu, Apr 18, 2019 at 09:48:50 PM
Glorious cabal,
We at Atlas Games wished to alert you, our beloved supporters, to our most recent Kickstarter campaign. From the frozen lands of the Snarks to the intrigue-plagued domain of the Bannisters, one truth echoes: Gloom is coming…
That's right, we're crowdfunding a parody mash-up game of the bestselling Gloom (by RPG author Keith Baker) and Game of Thrones. We'd love for you to stop in and check it out here.
The object of the game is to make your characters as miserable as possible before finally delivering them to the sweet respite of death. Like Unknown Armies, Gloom of Thrones is about broken people trying to get what they want in a broken world. However, in Gloom of Thrones, you get to be the cause of the misery, instead of trying to mitigate it. The campaign is fully funded with 11 days to go, and we’ve already unlocked additional stretch goal Character cards. There’s more transparent misery to be had, though, between now and the end of the campaign on April 29th.
If you have a moment, take a look or pass it along to a fan of storytelling games, the source material, or Gloom itself.
Cheers!
Team Atlas
P.S. This update is a promotion for a game we think you’ll be interested in. If you’re not, and you’d rather not get these kinds of updates in the future, here’s how to unsubscribe from further updates. The Unknown Armies campaign is totally fulfilled, so you won’t miss out on crowdfunding updates going forward.
Special Ops: We Have a Mission for You, Agent
almost 6 years ago
– Thu, Feb 07, 2019 at 10:12:28 PM
Are you a Game Master? Are you a fan of Atlas Games’ award-winning roleplaying games like Ars Magica, Feng Shui, Over the Edge, and Unknown Armies? Would you be excited to share that passion with other fans and help introduce new players to these awesome games?
Then we have a mission for you, Agent.
Fill out and submit our Special Ops Application to sign up.
As a member of Special Ops you’ll gain exclusive access to scenarios, early release material, playtests, events, and more. Plus, every mission you complete as a member of Special Ops – running demo games, helping with community outreach, supporting new players – will earn you Hazard Pay, which you’ll eventually be able to use at the Special Ops Black Market.
Those interested in joining Special Ops must be:
- 18 years of age or older
- Friendly, enthusiastic, patient, and outgoing personality
- Familiar with an Atlas Games RPG (preferably all of them!)
- Able to read and follow written directions
- Able to submit written reports and feedback
- Able to communicate with Atlas Games HQ via the internet
- Able to provide your own operations budget (including but not limited to: materials, lodging, meals, transportation, etc.)
- And a burning desire to share games with others!
Special Ops is an all-volunteer corps. If you’re ready to take the leap, sign up NOW!
If you have questions, contact Atlas Games at [email protected].
Greg Stolze's TERMINATION SHOCK
about 6 years ago
– Wed, Dec 19, 2018 at 06:14:23 PM
Beloved cabal,
It is once again with great pride and not at all because of veiled threats of psychological or occult trauma that we pass along this important information.
Greg Stolze, familiar to many of you, has launched another Kickstarter for his roleplaying game of science fiction and intergalactic consequences, TERMINATION SHOCK. We are told that it is what you need if you are interested in the far future of human-alien interactions. You may have heard of it? Now it is heading to print.
The link is up there in the word TERMINATION SHOCK but we have repeated it in this line, as well, in case you missed it.
Peace and cosmic misunderstanding,
Cam and the Unknown Armies team
Greg Stolze’s Assorted Disasters!
over 6 years ago
– Sat, Sep 15, 2018 at 09:17:34 AM
Hello, Unknown Armies backers! Cam and John have graciously given me an opportunity to cross-promote another Kickstarter project, one entirely relevant to UA.
ASSORTED DISASTERS is now live. I’m raising money to underwrite the release of short stories, most of which are about real bad things going down. The first story, EGREGORE, is funding at a good clip, but you may be more interested in the second story, Wednesday Night Drugs Club. It’s a story about four friends who meet every other week to get wrecked, and that’s sustainable until they run across something that is not the psilocybin they were promised. Pursuing the mysterious (and mystic!) drug Real Estate leads them down a rabbit-hole of escalating weirdness. Sound familiar? Maybe like a UA cabal? That’s because Wednesday Night Drugs Club is an Unknown Armies story, written entirely by yours truly.
If you’re interested in a fairly long short story (“a long short story? PARADOX DETECTED!”) sharing a setting with your favorite game of mystic obsessives, please navigate over to ASSORTED DISASTERS and give it a look. Thanks!
-G.
P.S. If you spread the word to literally everyone you know, that would also help a lot.
Greg Stolze returns to Reign!
over 6 years ago
– Mon, Aug 13, 2018 at 12:09:09 PM
Beloved cabal,
Many of you may be aware that Unknown Armies co-creator Greg Stolze kicked off the RPG Kickstarter craze with a little book called the Reign Enchiridion, a digest-sized version of his RPG REIGN. This game, powered by the One Roll Engine that also appears in RPGs such as Godlike, NEMESIS, and Wild Talents, presents a fantasy roleplaying system that scales up from individual characters hacking, slashing, and exploring their way through the world to armies, mercenary companies, and kingdoms.
REIGN is back in a new Kickstarter from Greg that, if you're a fan of his unique approach to RPGs and game text, you owe it to yourself to check out. It's in the last week of the campaign and it's already well-funded past its goal so it's a sure-thing to back. Go check it out and tell 'em the New Inquisition sent you.
Peace,
Cam and the UA Production Crew
PS: Also, it's a hair over 24 hours until the end of the Over the Edge Kickstarter, which is also a sure-thing, so go check that one out if you haven't yet!
