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Multiple Attack Update

Hi folks,
I’ve been pretty sick for about a month off and on due to strep. That’s why this blog’s been silent. What’s going on?
Aeternal Legends: It’s available in print and PDF, still. Stew and I are slowly talking about some cool stuff to come, but we’re both pretty busy. Why don’t you buy that sonofabitch?
Knights [...]

Knights of the Hidden Sun: Chapter Two Developed

Influential Persons
From the Bureau of Records: Public Intelligence/Persons
Imagining its signature whirlwind of stars, you soar to the Bureau of Records Constellation. As you look closer you can see that every spire of light from each star divides into innumerable branches and sub-branches.
Bureau Announcer: Thank you for accessing the Bureau Constellation: your universal Star Net [...]

Knights of the Hidden Sun: Inspired by Star Wars Done Right

It started with a Star Wars game. I loved the old West End version of the RPG but had always run and never played. I was ecstatic when I found a handmade poster in my LGS requesting players for a local game. I was so elated a friend ordered me to “stop beaming.”  The next [...]

Knights of the Hidden Sun: Chapter One Developed

You are floating among blue clouds. The Archon Bureau of Records sigil appears.
Bureau Announcer: This is a thought construct from your Bureau of Records. To receive a balanced, accurate dream of the following report please clear your mind. Thought transmission will commence in 10 seconds.
Bureau Anchor Valdyn Trad emerges from the clouds. His silver robes, [...]

Knights of the Hidden Sun Development: Introduction Done

Donnel tripped halfway back to the wagon. It was a lance, half shattered, cast aside like a broken toy. When he glanced back up, he saw corpses strewn about as if they’d been dashed against the earth by an angry giant.
The captain and his men were dead. In less than a minute the strangers had [...]

Knights of the Hidden Sun: Development Begins

Now that I’ve got the new site in decent shape and have some time between RPG freelancing and other work I’ve got time to work on Chris Challice’s space fantasy game, Knights of the Hidden Sun. Chris and I actually got the ball rolling back in 2007 when I published Mob United Media’s urban fantasy [...]