New New Products

Both, Secret Agent Monthly July 08 and Monster of NeoExodus: Wyrms of Wrath are available at RPGNow.com. Go get you copies now!

Hardest job in RPG Publishing: Finding good artists

I have the worlds greatest artist who works for me, Anthony. Anthony is a true "professional artist" in the realm of RPG publishing. He does what he says he going to do and better yet, he does it on time. There are not a lot of guys like Anthony and that is a problem. In such a creative industy, you think you would have many quality professional artistic people, but you don't. So finding new ones who are "professionals" is a never ending job. And that takes away time when I could be working on something important, like new Sidetrek Adventure Weekly ideas or NeoExodus: A House Divided projects. Talk to you later...I have to look for more artists.

X-Men Origins: Wolvering Trailer -- TAKEN DOWN!!!

Well I hope you got to see it like me, because they already have taken it down!!!! I guess Fox wants to keep that one underwraps for a while.

Too bad I found another place that has it. See it here!!!

Oh look....The X-Men Origins: Wolverine Trailer Leaked Online

See the first part here!!!!

See the second part here!!!

LPJD. Always getting you the good stuff! Talk to y ou later...

What it REALLY is like to be a Graphic Designer!!!

This is what it is like if you are a graphic designer, EVERY DAY OF YOUR LIFE!!!

Best tutorial on Coloring Line art

This is the best one I have seen so far. I think you will find this very helpful. I did. Talk to you later...

Pathfinder Wiki

Do you know about this? Well you should!!! Go to the Pathfinder Wiki!!!

[Devil’s Workshop] Races of NeoExodus: Tieflings released

Louis Porter Jr. Design, in association with Devil’s Workshop, has released the first supplement for its upcoming fantast setting NeoExodus: A House Divided setting, Races of NeoExodus: Tieflings at RPGNow.com. Here is information on this product:

Unknown and invisible, the Tieflings are shadows in the desert. Their blood is tainted by the influence of an ancient, devouring force, the full nature of which is mysterious even to them. The dark secrets of their people have led to a hidden society that blends cruelty and loyalty, freedom and slavery, and life and death into a single whole.
This supplement includes:

• All the information to play the Tieflings as PC Race including Personality and Relations.
• Plus an all new Tiefling Paragon Class
• Nearly 10 All New Tiefling Feats including Deadly Critical, Life Siphon, Step of the Sand and Wind and Unearthly Precision.
• Tiefling Personality Traits and Tiefling Family
• Tiefling Counters
• Initiative and Monster Cards

This 15 page PDF is just the sort of thing needed for DMs to get started playing in the fantasy world of NeoExodus. Written by Neal Bailey. Available Here: http://lpjdesign.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=56884

[LPJDesign] 4th Edition Compatible logo created for support of 3rd Party Publishers

With all the recent changes due to the release of 4e, the GSL and the OGL, we here at Louis Porter Jr. Design have decided to create an all new 4th Edition System Compatible logo which can be used by any and all 3rd party RPG publisher, completely and absolutely free of charge, with any of their products that they wish to support the 4th Edition of the world most popular RPG, but not the GSL in a similar fashion to Kenzer & Company and Adamant Entertainment recent 4th Edition release.

The reason for this new 4th Edition System Compatible logo is the basic failure of the GSL and it use, unify and support of the 3rd party RPG Publishers who wish do to 4th Edition System Compatible material but do not support the GSL. This logo; as in similar fashion with the OGL 3.5 System Compatible logo; easily brands and makes 4th Edition System Compatible material easy to identify with this logo so people can tell on sight what gaming system they are supporting. The initial concept of the OGL was to make the gaming industry stronger by making it possible for more people to create and make products to support the concepts of the OGL.

With the release of 4e and the GSL, many 3rd party RPG publishers have decided to forgo the GSL completely make 4th Edition System Compatible material without use of the GSL. And with the limiting nature of the GSL in its current form, it has caused the creation of this new 4th Edition System Compatible logo.

This logo has bee created in several graphic formats including Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Illustrator EPS, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Photoshop JPEG and TIFF. Each of these formats comes with three different versions: color, Grayscale and Black and White. A complete zip file containing all these logos can be downloaded directly from this link.

We hope that any and all 3rd party publishers who create 4th Edition System Compatible material to use the 4th Edition System Compatible logo use and support this initiative. The survival and advancement of the RPG hobby as a whole is the goal that many of us strive for. As I stated before, this isn’t the first time David has gone after Goliath and attempted something amazing. Thank you for this support!

[Devil’s Workshop] Image Portfolio 1.28 Everyday People Available

Louis Porter Jr. Design, in association with Devil’s Workshop, has released Image Portfolio 1.28 Everyday People at RPGNow.com and DriveThruRPG.com. Here is information on this product:

Image Portfolio is online PDF art resource that gaming companies can use. All the art pieces in this art resource can be used in any of their upcoming RPG ideas or projects. When a person acquires Image Portfolio, any of the art in the PDF can be used in any of their own products as if they owned it them. This is due to the limited licensing agreement of Image Portfolio. Available at RPGNow.com: http://lpjdesign.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=56870.

The True Arcane Story available at Lulu.com

Louis Porter Jr. Design, in association with Devil’s Workshop, has released The True Arcane Story at Lulu.com. Here is information on this product:

This sourcebook collects this top selling PDF series, The True Arcane Story, in one edition that contains nearly the 30 editions of the series. If you are a fan of magical items for OGL fantasy games setting and wish you could get a great sense of understanding of the classic magic items and where they came from, then this sourcebook is for you. From a Cloak of Elvenkind to Crystal Ball to Ioun Stones to Ring of X-Ray Vision to Staff of Power, this sourcebook holds all of the classic magic items in one in one place with the history and background of each item. This sourcebook also includes variant items, new spells and feats that are connected to these classic magical items expanding them even further. This is the ultimate source of classic magical items. Written by Jason Black, Christine M. Doering, Chris McCoy and Leland Schaidle. Available at Lulu.com.

Caprica Trailer

Heroes: Season 3

Batman Rocked!

That is all I have to say about that.

Trailer for Watchmen!!!!!!

and this is why I rule the world!!!!!!!!

Brand New Quantum of Solace Teaser Poster

Enjoy!

Renegade Rules for PDF Publishing: #2 - Misdirection Marketing

From the company that brought you the RPG publishing Gauntlet series, comes the next evolution of the PDF publisher resource and development. Renegade Rules for PDF Publishing are ideas and concepts that will put you on the "bleeding edge" of RPG Publishing development and marketing. Many of the ideas in concepts in Renegade Rules for PDF Publishing are the unorthodox and unconventional techniques that the largest and most successful PDF publisher know and use to keep them on top, and now you can have them for yourself! Each issue of Renegade Rules for PDF Publishing covers a specific facet of doing business as a next generation PDF publisher. The Renegade Rules for PDF Publishing will cover various topics in RPG PDF creation and development from how to how to start a PPDF RPG publishing business to how to get into the top 5% of the best PDF publishers in the world.

In this issue we are focusing on Misdirection Marketing. The purpose of this PDF is to give you a complete background and overview of the topic of Misdirection Marketing. Misdirection Marketing is Web 2.0 way of thinking. This type of marketing was invented to completely disrupt your competition and their marketing efforts in ways they cannot even conceive. And best of all, I am going to teach you how to do it for virtually no money. This issue also covers the topics: The Five Laws of Misdirection Marketing, Standard Actions of Misdirection Marketing - Standard Misdirection and Strike and Follow Through Attack.

In addition, each issue of Renegade Rules for PDF Publishing will come with PDF forms and detailed information sheets that you can use to help execute your plans.

Written by Louis Porter Jr. Available at RPGNow & DriveThruRPG: http://lpjdesign.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=56772

Now Available: Super Powered Vehicles: Red Scarab’s Scarab Bug

Louis Porter Jr. Design, in association with Devil’s Workshop, has released Super Powered Vehicles: Red Scarab’s Scarab Bug at RPGNow.com and DriveThruRPG.com. Here is information on this product: Every super hero group has one. The X-Men have Blackbird, The JSA have the Silver Eagle, the Fantastic Four have the Fansticar. But what do your superheroes have? The next vehicle in the series of vehicles for super powered super hero teams: Super Powered Vehicles. And with this release we give you the Red Scarab’s Scarab Bug. This set gives you everything you need to build and use a multi-level Scarab Bug for your super hero team. It does not matter if you are flying across town to stop on rampaging giant monster or to outer space to stop an alien invasion these tiles will add detail and excitement to your next super hero or science fiction RPG or miniatures game. It also comes with a blank tile set so you can design your vehicle as you want to and a datafax sheet to record the vehicles statistics. Created by Louis Porter Jr. Design. Available at RPGNow.

Renegade Rules for PDF Publishing: #1 - The Short PDF: Revolution to Evolution

From the company that brought you the RPG publishing Gauntlet series, comes the next evolution of the PDF publisher resource and development. Renegade Rules for PDF Publishing are ideas and concepts that will put you on the "bleeding edge" of RPG Publishing development and marketing. Many of the ideas in concepts in Renegade Rules for PDF Publishing are the unorthodox and unconventional techniques that the largest and most successful PDF publisher know and use to keep them on top, and now you can have them for yourself! Each issue of Renegade Rules for PDF Publishing covers a specific facet of doing business as a next generation PDF publisher. The Renegade Rules for PDF Publishing will cover various topics in RPG PDF creation and development from how to how to start a PPDF RPG publishing business to how to get into the top 5% of the best PDF publishers in the world.

In this issue, The Short PDF: Revolution to Evolution Louis Porter Jr redefine the concept the concept of PDF that 20 pages or less, better known as the short PDF. The last time this topic was cover was over three years, but the PDF market has changed and evolved so much that now that information is virtually useless. This issue covers all the changes in the PDF RPG Market with short PDFs and how you can use them to your advantage in today’s ever changing marketplace. This issue also covers the topics: How Do I Make Money Writing PDFs, The Pricing and Size of a Short PDF, What Type of Small PDF Products Sells the Best, Required Reading and Using Short PDFs in Offensive / Defensive Marketing Strategies.

In addition, each issue of Renegade Rules for PDF Publishing will come with PDF forms and detailed information sheets that you can use to help execute your plans.

Written by Louis Porter Jr. Available at RPGNow & DriveThruRPG.

Sidetrek Adventure Weekly 2: The Undead Chronicles – A Feast of Flesh On Sale

As the celebration at Merzel’s Fall reaches its fiery culmination, dozens of zombies come lurching into the firelight towards the townsfolk, their moans rending the air. As panic ensues, it is up to the new heroes in town to protect the terrified locals and survive the feast of flesh until dawn. Welcome to Sidetrek Adventure Weekly 2: The Undead Chronicles tosses our heroes into a zombie hot zone as all hell is about to bust loose. This volume can be cut up and used to spice up your regular campaign with some high octane encounters or linked together to play a larger, robust, rollercoaster ride of a mini campaign. Jump aboard Sidetrek Adventure Weekly tonight! Written by Phillip Larwood with Greg Oppedisano. Available at RPGNow & DriveThruRPG: http://lpjdesign.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=56663

LPJ Design 2008 Second Quarter Report

The second quarter of 2008 is over and it is a crazy time for RPG publishers. 4E has just been released. The GSL has just been released. Companies are scrambling what to do and who to support, but at LPJ Design, it is business as usual. Right off the bat, 4E has affected us as it has affected EVERYONE who sells RPGs. Are sales off a little due to 4E? Well of course they are. Hell they spent a year promoting 4E, I hope WOTC would make some money off of it. So saying 4E was a huge success (whatever that really means) is like saying water is wet. That’s kind of common sense, right? Hey, give me one-tenth of the budget they spent on their marketing of 4E and let’s see if I could be a “success”.

The first Sidetrek Adventure Weekly series has finished and we are off to the second one; The Undead Chronicles. The Undead Chronicles has gotten so much interest and people signing up for the subscription service, we have already announced our third Sidetrek Adventure Weekly series; The Empire of Tears! With all the great work Werecabbage Publishing has done on this with series, lead by the amazing leadership of Line Editor Greg Oppedisano, we fell the Sidetrek Adventure Weekly series and brand will be a continued success for years to come. We hope to expand the Sidetrek Adventure Weekly brand into other genres including superheroes, espionage and sci-fi. Plus, we have also released the “dead tree” collected edition of the first series called Sidetrek Adventure Weekly Present: The Trodoon Gate Sage available exclusively at LPJDesign.com.

On the NeoExodus: A House Divided front, Line Editor Neal Bailey is working on some really innovative products to be released for the second part of 2008. Neal is well known in the RPG gaming community working for such successful companies including Fifth Element Games, Old Kingdom Games and RPGObjects, in addition to his work on the Race Creation Cookbook and the Prestige Class Creation Cookbook for us. Neal finished the first two projects, the Enemies of NeoExodus: The Folding Circle and Lexicon Chronicles: Arcane Intelligence. We are just waiting for the artwork from Anthony Cournoyer and once we get the artwork, these products should be hitting the digital shelves of RPGNow.com very soon.

We had a very successful promotion with Wolfgang Baur’s Kobold Quarterly #4, where customers received the FREE BONUS GIFT of Enemies of NeoExodus: Folding Circle – Brothers-In-Arms. This 9-page supplement focuses on 2 NPC associates of the upcoming Enemies of NeoExodus: Folding Circle, which reveals the history of the greatest and most powerful criminal/terrorist organization in the NeoExodus: A House Divided setting. This giveaway has exposed even more people to the NeoExodus: A House Divided setting.

LPJ Design has always listened to our fans and supporters to make the best quality products possible. We have made numerous business alliances with several of the well-known and respected 3.5 OGL companies in the market today. In the next few months, we will be making announcements on several very influential business partnerships we have formed with other 3.5 OGL publishers.

This has been a good business building quarter for LPJ Design and only helps us to be stronger in the future. Thanks for your support and check out our online store at http://lpjdesign.rpgnow.com/.

Refocusing on NeoExodus

As of late I have been working a a few projects for NeoExodus: A House Divided with the Line Editor, Neal Bailey. We have 3 to 6 project that are somewhere in limbo due to the fact of missing artwork and interest in 4E. Now I will say I have seen 4E effect my sales, but at the same time there people who still want to play 3.5/OGL material. So I want to wait until August to start releasing these projects and that will get me through the rest of the year on projects. Now I can go back to working on my 4 new races for NeoExodus: A House Divided. These will be fun. Talk to you later...

Sidetrek Adventure Weekly 3 = Sinestro Corp. War

I have been thinking about what we are doing with Sidetrek Adventure Weekly 3: Empire of Tears. This is a complete homage to Geoff Johns Sinestro Corp. War. I feel RPG adventures are like single issue of comic books, read then easily forgotten. Too many adventures are just "throw away" kinds of things. This is the reason why I did Sidetrek Adventure Weekly. The SAWs were to be short fun and help move the story along to a incredible climax. With SAW 3: Empire of Tears, I am attempting my version of Tomb of Horrors. This SAW will be more then dangerous, this will be deadly to all, for all kinds of reasons. We are going all out with this one, creating all new monsters and lots of cool stuff for PCs and GMs. This is going to be the biggest SAW so far. Talk to you later...