Greetings, True Believers! Vigilance Press publisher James Dawsey (me) will be at this weekend’s Ohayo-Con in Columbus, Ohio! You can find me in the Anime Artist’s Alley sitting next to the incomparable Denise Jones (of Tianxia and Arthur Lives! fame). Come on out, get pictures drawn, or pick up a physical copy of one of our RPG products! I’m also hoping to run some demo games in the Gaming Room, if things work out. I’ll also be happy to answer questions about upcoming products from Vigilance Press (as far as those which have been announced) and to talk gaming and art.

We hope to see you there!

If you’re trying to reach us or leave comments on the website this week/ weekend, keep in mind we’ll be away at the convention.

Publisher’s Note: Tune in here for our latest Developer’s Blog for Arthur Lives! Fate Edition. Click the link below to hit the books with Jason Tondro and talk about High Concepts and the origins of Arthur Lives!

Welcome to our third dev blog on the development of Arthur Lives! for Fate. I keep forgetting that not everyone knows what AL! is; I’ve been working on it for so long, and talking about it so much, that I presume everyone is sick and tired of it. So here’s the high concept for AL!:

Arthur Lives! is an urban fantasy roleplaying game of occult mystery and cinematic action in which the player characters are modern reincarnations of Arthurian figures.

Everything else is elaboration.

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Greetings, Internet Neighbors, my name is James Dawsey and I am the owner and Publisher at Vigilance Press. The New Year is finally upon us, and I can’t wait to get started with it, but I didn’t want to let this opportunity go by without recognizing everything that we’ve done in 2012. This blog may be a bit longer than my normal posts, and it’s going to be a bit more of a personal letter from me to you, but I hope there is something in here for everyone. I’ll be making some announcements in this letter too, so if you’ll indulge me, I’ll get around to those in a bit.

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I’m very excited to welcome yet another new artist to the list of incredible talents I’ve had a chance to work with this year!

Otis Frampton, whose artwork has been seen in the satirical animated series “How it Should Have Ended,” has finished the cover illustration for our upcoming Beacon City METAs (Issue 1). Otis has shared the final artwork, but he’s also given me permission to share with you how he tackled each step of the production in picture form! To see all the steps of the project, click the “More” link below and check out the full blog post!

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Welcome back to our running series of blogs on the development of Arthur Lives! Fate Edition (or ALFE as we call it in my headspace). If you have read or played Fate Core, the process of making a character in AL will be very familiar to you. If you’re coming from another Fate game, you’ll notice a few more differences.

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With Fate Core in my hands and school out for the semester, I’m up to my elbows in Arthur Lives! Fate Edition. I’d like to use this blog as a place to show how the game is developing, to generate some interest, and to think out loud. Thinking out loud helps me figure out what I want to do, and how to do it better. So, thank you for participating.

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Hey gang! Check out our latest preview gallery, including art by Alex Williamson and Jeff Moy! Yes, Jeff Moy from Legion of Superheroes fame, and his brother Phil,  are working on the cover to Elements of Ruin! Woohoo!

Elements of Ruin is our biggest Mutants and Masterminds project yet, I’m super excited to share cool stuff like this with you as we develop the book.

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Tonight’s podcast brings together Jason Tondro, Jack Norris, Rick Jones, and Aaron Sullivan for a powerhouse discussion on upcoming Vigilance Press products! We also answer some fan questions and discuss some finer points of GM’ing a campaign- NPC Character concepts, adventure design, and more!

Check it out for previews of several projects, including METAs; Rogues, Rivals, and Renegades, and More!

Also check our our latest Print on Demand offering from Create Space here: Black Chapter! (Also available on Amazon.com- search for “Due Vigilance” and it’ll pop up)

Sign up for our 4-hour Demo game at next week’s Infrno.net here! 

(Unfortunately, I mis-spoke in describing the METAs project, it is in layout but the first issue will only contain the first collection of the original 30 slots that people bought. Sorry for the confusion! The other characters will appear in the coming issues, and anyone who bought into the project will receive the first three PDFs free!)

To celebrate the release of the Black Chapter PDF, and upcoming Print on Demand release, we’ve dropped the print on demand price for the original Due Vigilance: The Oktobermen by 4 dollars! That’s right, you can get Due Vigilance Issue 1: The Oktobermen in Print for $9.99 from CreateSpace or RPGNow and Drive-Thru RPG as of now! Check out the special combo deal at RPGNow to get the bundle with the PDF and Hero Lab files for only 4 dollars more than the book!

To get the book at CreateSpace, Follow this link!

To shop at RPGNow, which includes the option for the PDF and Print on Demand bundle, Follow this link!

I’m very pleased to announce the launch of Due Vigilance: Black Chapter! The latest in our series of building-block books for your superhero setting!

Black Chapter introduces the organization “The Library” in great detail, with history, devices, and perks for membership (should your players decide to join)! Also included are 14 fully-statted characters, full-color artwork, cut-and-fold Standees, and adventure hooks for ready-set-go adventure ideas! The titular team “Black Chapter” can be uneasy allies for your players, or challenge them if the Library and the players ever find themselves at cross-purposes. Black Chapter are dark, dangerous mystic agents of the Library, and will let nothing stand between them and their goals!

Written by Jack Norris, Author of Due Vigilance: The Oktobermen, Black Chapter takes up some of the mysterious plot threads left dangling by that earlier product and weaves them into a larger narrative. Artwork by the amazing Alex Williamson highlights the cover and interior illustrations, as well as art by Denise Jones, Jesse Justice, and James Dawsey!

31 pages, full color, jam-packed with mystery, madness, and magic!

Dare you open… the Black Chapter?

Now available through Drive-Thru RPG and Rpgnow! 

• Ohayo-Con or Bust! Where you can find Vigilance Press this weekend!
• Arthur Lives! Fate Edition, Dev Blog #3: Enchantment
• Happy New Years, and a Tianxia Art Sneak Peek!
• Otis Frampton comes to Beacon City! METAs Cover Illustration, step by step!
• Arthur Lives! Dev Blog #2: Character Creation

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• Tianxia: Blood, Silk, and Jade – Kung Fu Fantasy von Vigilance Press | FATE – Offizielle deutsche Seite für das Rollenspiel FATE on Happy New Years, and a Tianxia Art Sneak Peek!
• Eric on Arthur Lives! Dev Blog #2: Character Creation
• James on Otis Frampton comes to Beacon City! METAs Cover Illustration, step by step!

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