A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away… The galaxy is under threat from a terrible menace. A shadowy empire, led by a dark lord, is bent on subjugating the free peoples of countless worlds to a new world order. How will this be done? The lord has ‘conscripted’ the best and brightest […]
The Expansion Book is now Available! Hello folks! After much hard work and sustained effort, the Our Last Best Hope Expansion Book has been released to backers via DriveThruRPG.com and the books have been shipped out! We’re really proud of this book, and we thank you all so much for your patience while we wrote, playtested, and edited the […]
It’s official: all of the short story anthologies have shipped. Given that we are a bit behind on getting the Expansion book out to folks, we went ahead and shipped copies of We Are Dust to all backers at the $50 level and higher. We hope you enjoy them! If you’d like to pick up […]
OLBH Stretch Goal Progress – October 2012 Hey folks! We’ve been hard at work these last two months on our promised stretch goals, recording QR code videos, playtesting hacks, and working with our contributors for both the short story anthology and the companion/expansion book. Here’s an update on where those projects stand: Dice The dice are in! […]
Hey folks! For those of you headed to GenCon next week (it’s soooo soon!), we have an exciting announcement. Magpie Games will be hosting over thirty hours of scheduled Magpie Games’ gaming at the Games on Demand room at GenCon! Thanks to the efforts of our wonderful staff of GMs, we’re going to be providing […]
In the typical default setting of white characters, Cartel switches the settings to that of Mexico which rarely happens without the GM saying so. It touches on weighty subjects of culture and the darkness that lies underneath when it comes to the issue at hand. But Cartel also does something that few games do; it is at its best and its core a Telenovela. Those of us who grew up in Latin culture can pick that up in a heartbeat and those who haven’t can lavish into the drama if it all. Aunque la…
