An Alternate Script for The Play’s The Thing, by Brian Engard, has just been released! It’s time to put on the mask and imagine yourself changing the life of your city. This script also has a new character type: the Straight Man! Download it for FREE and let us know what you think! http://magpie.markdiaztruman.com/tptt-downloads/
GenCon 2012 This was the first year that Magpie Games was an exhibitor at GenCon! Thanks to the combined efforts of the IGDN, we were able to get a booth and put The Play’s the Thing, By No Means Vulger, and Our Last Best Hope into the hands of GenCon attendees! Over the gaming weekend the Magipe Team […]
We are proud to announce today that the PDF/Mobi/ePub versions of By No Means Vulgar are now available for sale through DriveThruFiction.com: By No Means Vulgar – Edited by Mark Diaz Truman BY NO MEANS VULGAR is a collection of short stories inspired by The Play’s The Thing, a Shakespearean roleplaying game. Within these pages […]
As of 3pm EST today, all domestic, international, and teacher packages have been shipped! Whew! It was a big day. But we aren’t quite done yet. Preparations are being made to send our short story collection, By No Means Vulgar, to the layout folks. Hopefully we will get the digital versions of the book out […]
Last Friday the books arrived. All 500 of them. On Monday, we got the last of the supplemental materials from the printer. Thousand of pages of signed prints, character sheets, story points, and nameplates. This morning, we sent our first batch of Priority Mail packages, brimming with Shakespearean goodness, hurtling toward all of you at […]
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…
