måndag 17 april 2017

Green Ronin has announced plans to launch a new fiction line

Greetings fellow travelers of the Tabletop Multiverse!

A day or so ago I was made aware of a press release from Green Ronin Publishing which details their plans to start work on their new "fiction initiative", as they refer to it.

In the press release we can read:

Green Ronin aims to include novels, anthologies, and both stand-alone and serialized short fiction in their releases, tied to the rich and varied worlds of their many tabletop roleplaying properties. Early releases will include fiction set in the romantic fantasy world of Aldea from the Blue Rose Roleplaying Game and tales of superheroic adventures set in the world of Earth-Prime from Mutants & Masterminds.
As part of this fiction launch, Green Ronin has come to an agreement with author and editor C.A. Suleiman to publish and distribute his previously existing fiction anthology Tales of the Lost Citadel in electronic and deluxe print formats. Tales of the Lost Citadel will be the first release for the new fiction imprint.

Sounds like they have big plans for this, and I admit it will be very interesting to see it all come to fruition. :) Personally, I can't wait to see how they tie it in with their existing worlds.

To help them in this endeavor, they have brought in some experienced help by bringing on board Jaym Gates, who has previously worked on anthologies such as 'Eclipse Phase: After the Fall', 'Vampire the Masquerade: Endless Ages' and the 'Strange California'. She has also written fan fiction and/or setting material for things such as: 'Blue Rose', 'Firefly: Smuggler's guide to the Rim', and many other things.

Green Ronin says:

Leading this effort as Fiction Line Managing Editor will be Jaym Gates, author and editor, whose guiding hand has recently been evident on projects such as the Strange California anthology and Eclipse Phase: After the Fall, among many others.
“I always said that if we started a fiction line, we needed to do it the right way, and that’s precisely why we’ve brought Jaym on board,” says Green Ronin President Chris Pramas. “She has the chops and the experience to make this line sing.”
“I’m excited and honored to work with the Green Ronin team,” says Gates. “I’ve been a fan of their stories for a long time, and look forward to the opportunity to help bring new stories to life in their worlds.”

In Jaym Gates, Green Ronin has found themselves an experienced Fiction Line Managing Editor, who has previously worked with companies such as Paizo Publishing, and 'The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America'.

All in all it sounds promising, and I have no doubt that Green Ronin will deliver the goods!

Until next time folks!

fredag 14 april 2017

Kickstarter for Journey to Ragnarok for 5th edition D&D

Greetings once more from somewhere within the Tabletop Multiverse.

History is one of my great interests in life, along side world-building, role playing games, and a few other things.

When it comes to my interest in history, one of the things I have read the most about is the Viking age. Not that strange really, since I am Swedish after all. The viking age was part of my people's history. There's a lot more to it than just plundering "heathens", going out killing and raping for fun. That's not a very accurate description of the "vikings" (though I much prefer to call them Norsemen, so I will do so henceforth).

Anyway, this isn't a history blog, so let's connect this to something tabletop-related.

I've played a few Viking-based tabletop rpgs in my days, for example games like Viking (a swedish game), Yggdrasil (by Cubicle 7), as well as GURPS viking supplements, and a few others. I might come back to those in a different post (or a few posts), as well as games based on other historical periods, because I do think some of the games are really good.

What I want to talk about today though is a new supplement for 5th edition D&D that is up on Kickstarter called Journey to Ragnarok, where you get to be part of a story that culminates with Ragnarok itself. The video on the Kickstarter mentions you fighting side by side with the gods themselves.

From the Kickstarter page:

The idea behind Journey To Ragnarok was to merge our biggest passions: the 5th Edition of the most famous roleplaying game of all time and, of course, Norse Mythology.
Every single event, NPC or encounter that will cross Adventurers' path is the result of more than 15 years of love and research, readings and travels.
Our intent is to let the Adventurers discover and explore the true origins of Norse Mythology, that has deeply influenced Fantasy literature, games,comics and movies.
It will be very interesting to see how they have handled the mythology and what, if any (though this is D&D so there will probably be some at least), fantasy elements they've worked in.

Then again, Norse mythology is full of enough uncertainties that there is ample room for that. :)

Either way, I am looking forward to seeing how it goes.

Currently (at the time of writing this), they are already more than 4 times over their goal, with 22 days to go on the Kickstarter. If you think it sounds interesting, or already know enough about it and want to help them unlock even more stretch-goals, head over to the Kickstarter and check it out!

I'll see you all again, somewhere on the winding roads of the Tabletop Multiverse!