by Wade Rockett As you probably know, Robin Laws is hard at work on the second edition of The Esoterrorists, his legendary horror game that introduced the GUMSHOE investigative system. I hadn’t planned on running it any time in the near future, because I’m focused on my 13th Age campaign; but I very much wanted […]
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The Other Steve recently picked up his Escalation Edition copy of 13th Age and can’t believe he waited so long as, in his words, “13th Age is, hands down, the most exciting modern D&D variant I have encountered.” In a detailed review over on BoardGameGeek, he explains how 13th Age: …sits at the nexus not […]
Michael Evans reviewed the 13th Age Escalation Edition for EN World, providing one of the most in-depth and crunchy-yet-concise examinations of the game to date. I encourage you to check out Part 1 and Part 2 of his review. “As far as the Character Class design of 13th Age, I am quite impressed so far. […]
Last night we checked in with hard-working layout artist Chris Huth on the status of the 13th Age core rulebook. Here’s where we are: Chris has finished laying out chapters 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 and 9. The core team has given him feedback on all those chapters except 9, which they’re now reviewing. Chapters 4, […]
Rob Heinsoo rode up in a demonic chariot pulled by fiery hounds and handed us this update on the 13th Age Bestiary, written in blood on a blink dog’s pelt. Speaking of the Bestiary, writer Steve Townshend was on the Haste podcast this week and talked about how the monsters will give players cool story hooks. […]
Jon Spengler of Dorkadia volunteered to run 13th Age at Norwescon in Seattle, and posted about the experience on his blog. He’s kindly given us permission to share his article here. If you’re interested in running 13th Age at a con or at your local game store, we’d love to know! Contact me at wade.rockett@fireopalmedia.com I was […]
Rob Heinsoo emerged from his incense-befogged meditation chamber in a state of divine communion with the gods of Light, to bring us yet another update on 13 True Ways… The fire/layout situation claimed most of my attention, and I just realized that we never officially let you know the outcome of the I Hate This Town […]
We’ve just received the prototype images of the 13th Age icon ring. You’ll be able to use it to randomly determine which of the game’s 13 icons is involved in a particular scene — or perhaps pulling the strings in secret. Dice Rings certainly outdid themselves with the final product and we couldn’t wait to share it […]
Rob Heinsoo returned from avenging the dishonor done to him by the Black Dragon clan to give us this update on 13 True Ways, the first 13th Age expansion book. One of the original playtest’s most exciting classes is back — and as we promised, it’s been made available to all 13th Age pre-order customers as […]
Hi, I’m Chris Huth, and this was my fire. It was just over a month ago that I was importing the credits page of 13th Age into InDesign thinking that I was mere days away from being done, and noting what I thought was the rustic scent of a neighbour’s fireplace. Then my partner came […]