Over on Gamecryer, a new review of Swashbucklers of the 7 Skies.

http://bit.ly/d0T2sH

Check it out!

Over on Gamecryer, a new review of Swashbucklers of the 7 Skies.

http://bit.ly/d0T2sH

Check it out!

Just FYI...

The Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts and Design announced the following nominees for the 36th Annual Origins Awards at GTS the other day:

http://paultevis.com/blog/2010/3/26/origins-awards-nominees-and-jury-selections.html

(snip)

Roleplaying Game
Doctor Who: Adventures in Time and Space – Cubicle 7 Entertainment
Eclipse Phase – Catalyst Game Labs
FantasyCraft – Crafty Games
A Song of Ice And Fire – Green Ronin Publishing
Supernatural Roleplaying Game – Margaret Weis Productions

Roleplaying Game Supplement
Big Damn Heroes Handbook – Margaret Weis Productions
The Day After Ragnarok – Atomic Overmind Press
Seattle 2072 – Catalyst Game Labs
Warriors & Warlocks – Green Ronin Publishing
Weird War II – Pinnacle Entertainment Group

(snip)

Bonus content: This is the ballot presented to the retailers at GTS, representing the jury selections:

http://paultevis.com/storage/Ballot%20GTS%202010.pdf

I'm glad that my Swashbucklers of the 7 Skies made the jury selection ballot; it's an honor just to be pre-nom'd. ;)

Since S7S won't hit traditional distribution (through Alliance) and being listed in Game Trade Magazine until next month at a minimum, and that retailers are the ones who vote for OA noms at GTS, I was hopeful but not overly optimistic about its chances of getting a nom.

On the upside, I should be at Origins this year, and will be able to vote on the nominees! Yay!

Other notes:

1. Congrats to all my friends who have stuff on the nom slate!

2. I'm intrigued that 3 of the 5 RPG noms are licenses.

3. I'm intrigued that 3 of the same companies show up on in both RPG categories.

Game Geeks #129 Swashbucklers of the 7 Skies
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQ6lHMq4ywA&feature=sub

Watch it! Link it! Love it!

Thanks, Kurt!

On the Voice of the Revolution...

The Voice of the Revolution #36: October 2009, Swashbucklers of the 7 Skies Review and Kevin Allen Jr. Interview

Check it out!

Got an interesting post on the S7S YahooGroup yesterday: a homeschooling mom is using S7S (with associated player-generated journals) as a Creative Writing course for her 2 kids and two of their friends!

http://sites.google.com/site/warblingswallowadventure

I think that's pretty awesome, and went a long way to dissolving some of the Sunday Blahs!

Against some tough competition, Swashbucklers of the 7 Skies won the

Silver ENnie Award 2009 for Best Setting!

w00t!

Thank you all!

In other Evil Hat Productions news, the Silver ENnie Award 2009 for Best Writing went to Don't Lose Your Mind!

Huzzah!

Lastly, check out this post by drivingblind for some pics of the IPR booth!

...seeing this warms the subcockles of my heart:



Many thanks to gmskarka!!!

http://rpg.geekdo.com/thread/429022

Physically, the hardcover of S7S is a gorgeous 320 page book. The interior illustrations, all fine and useful (ranging from ships to characters) are all black and white, but the cover gleams and stands out. Fred Hicks of Evil Hat, who did the cover, did an excellent, appealing job here. Even if a book is not judged by its cover, this book, sitting in an FLGS screams "pick me up and check me out", even if the cover doesn't tell you what the game is in the same way.

http://geekbuffet.wordpress.com/2009/08/08/ahoy-there-an-excellent-swashbuckling-rpg/

Why you should go pick up a copy of S7S is simple: few games are as accessible, intuitive and richly devoted to players’ creative well-being as this one. Now I’m off to liberate a Crailese freighter of its most burdensome cargo!

Check 'em out!

New review here:

http://reviewarchive.iblog.my/2009/07/21/book-review-swashbucklers-of-the-7-skies/

Swashbucklers of the 7 Skies is a delightfully original roleplaying game.

[...]

PDQ is a quick-playing, versatile, and elegant framework of rules that rewards good roleplaying and maximizes entertainment for everyone. It suits all levels of experience, with different advantages for novice (simplicity) and expert (flexibility) players.

[... T]here is extensive background material on swashbuckling adventure. This covers swashbuckling romances, settings, and other supporting ideas. The tropes featured are action, adventure, heroism, intrigue, romance, style, and villainy. A generous and fascinating bibliography, filmography, and ludography provide plenty of inspiration. Don’t skip this section; it’s full of hilarious and tragic pullquotes from favorite books, movies, and other resources.

Thanks, ysabetwordsmith!