While I cannot tell you everything that happen this busy business
focused morning, I will tell you that I am working on NeoExodus: A HouseDivided related stuff which includes more products and increase the exposure of
NeoExodus. But to show you I am not all
tease, here is a little something to keep you interested on our upcoming Kickstarter project. Talk to you later…
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Monday, November 26, 2012
Coming this week - Treasures of NeoExodus: Death's Folly
Louis Porter Jr. Design will be releasing its newest product for their Treasures of NeoExodus line, Death's Folly for the NeoExodus: A House Divided (PFRPG) campaign setting. Here is information on this product:
Not
every weapon has some epic tale of war, love, and loss attached to it. Some
weapons’ stories are folk myths or fairy tales, never written down, and of
unknown antiquity. Most of these weapons are as imaginary as the stories themselves.
Some, however, indeed exist, and those who might have laughed at the tales of
minstrels and old women may have an unpleasant surprise awaiting them. Death’s
Folly is such a weapon.
The Treasures of NeoExodus: Death's Folly is created for use with your NeoExodus: A House Divided campaign setting home gaming for the Pathfinder RPG. The Treasures of NeoExodus series focus on creating unique and interesting magical and mundane items that you can use in your NeoExodus home games that give you more a personal connection to the item. This PDF comes with a background and history of Death's Folly, its special mundane and/or magical qualities plus magic item containing detailed information and blank versions of the cards. Everything you need to incorporate Death's Folly into your character’s background and your gaming sessions is here making them even more appealing, special and personal. Soon available at DriveThruRPG.com, RPGNow.com and Paizo.com.
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Friday, November 16, 2012
[LPJ Design] Coming Next week - Treasures of NeoExodus: Euhudi’s Sacrificial Knives (PFRPG)
Louis Porter Jr. Design will be releasing its last product for their Treasures of NeoExodus line, Euhudi’s Sacrificial Knives for the NeoExodus: A House Divided (PFRPG) campaign setting at RPGNow.com and DriveThruRPG.com. Here is information on this product:
In the ancient Wyldlands of Bal, a savage people worshiped their terrible god through bloody human sacrifices. Here, the Brotherhood of Khayne survived for centuries, both in the jungles and in the city-state Xehitoch. It wasn’t until the height of Euhudi’s time as high priestess that the rest of the world would come to know just how bloody their handprint on society would be…
The Treasures of NeoExodus: Euhudi’s Sacrificial Knives is created for use with your NeoExodus: A House Divided campaign setting home gaming for the Pathfinder RPG. The Treasures of NeoExodus series focus on creating unique and interesting magical and mundane items that you can use in your NeoExodus home games that give you more a personal connection to the item. This PDF comes with a background and history of Euhudi’s Sacrificial Knives, its special mundane and/or magical qualities plus magic item containing detailed information and blank versions of the cards. Everything you need to incorporate Euhudi’s Sacrificial Knives into your character’s background and your gaming sessions is here making them even more appealing, special and personal.
Coming Next week.
In the ancient Wyldlands of Bal, a savage people worshiped their terrible god through bloody human sacrifices. Here, the Brotherhood of Khayne survived for centuries, both in the jungles and in the city-state Xehitoch. It wasn’t until the height of Euhudi’s time as high priestess that the rest of the world would come to know just how bloody their handprint on society would be…
The Treasures of NeoExodus: Euhudi’s Sacrificial Knives is created for use with your NeoExodus: A House Divided campaign setting home gaming for the Pathfinder RPG. The Treasures of NeoExodus series focus on creating unique and interesting magical and mundane items that you can use in your NeoExodus home games that give you more a personal connection to the item. This PDF comes with a background and history of Euhudi’s Sacrificial Knives, its special mundane and/or magical qualities plus magic item containing detailed information and blank versions of the cards. Everything you need to incorporate Euhudi’s Sacrificial Knives into your character’s background and your gaming sessions is here making them even more appealing, special and personal.
Coming Next week.
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
[LPJ Design] Treasures of NeoExodus: Silence (PFRPG) Now available
Louis
Porter Jr. Design has released its newest product for their Treasures of
NeoExodus line, Silence for the NeoExodus: A House Divided (PFRPG) campaign
setting at RPGNow.com and DriveThruRPG.com.
Here is information on this product:
Whispered to have been forged with
blood, sweat, and steel by an Arman warrior-priest, Silence is a shortspear with
the power to turn aside spells aimed at the wielder and pierce spells on
enemies. Used long ago by its creator to quiet the magical mumblings of the
Sorcerer-Kings’ servants, Silence draws on the primal simplicity of the old Arman
religion. It can toss aside or rebuff many forms of magic.
The Treasures of NeoExodus: Silence is
created for use with your NeoExodus: A House Divided campaign setting home
gaming for the Pathfinder RPG. The Treasures of NeoExodus series focus on
creating unique and interesting magical and mundane items that you can use in
your NeoExodus home games that give you more a personal connection to the item.
This PDF comes with a background and history of Silence, its special mundane and/or
magical qualities plus magic item containing detailed information and blank
versions of the cards. Everything you need to incorporate Silence into your
character’s background and your gaming sessions is here making them even more
appealing, special and personal. Available at RPGNow and Paizo!
Monday, November 12, 2012
[LPJ Design] NeoExodus Chronicles: Usual Suspects (PFRPG) Now available
Louis
Porter Jr. Design has released its newest product for their NeoExodus: A House
Divided line, NeoExodus Chronicles: Usual Suspects (PFRPG) at RPGNow.com and
DriveThruRPG.com. Here is information on
this product:
This sound familiar: You take time
creating a developing the right adventure, the players have been waiting for
this all session, about to meet the Big Bad Evil Guy and his legion minions.
And you don’t have the legion of minions’ statistics built. Doing so many stat
blocks is going to take you days and you wish there was a better way. Well now
there is. NeoExodus Chronicles: Usual Suspects is a sourcebook where you will
find stat blocks for nonplayer characters of various level of the unique races
and classes for the NeoExodus: A House Divided campaign setting. It doesn’t
matter if you are throwing together a quick encounters right at the table or
planning out a long term future campaign, this must have sourcebook, NeoExodus
Chronicles: Usual Suspects, does all the hard work for you.
This sourcebook includes:
- Stat blocks for
Caneus Empire NPCs including Caneus High Guard.
- Stat blocks for
Reis Confederacy NPCs including Confederate Panther Warriors and Confederate
Sentinels.
- Stat blocks for
Sanguine Covenant NPCs including Covenant Daemonslayers and Covenant
Purifiers.
- Stat blocks for
Dominion NPCs including Dominion Khalid Asad and Dominion Wyrdcasters
- Stat blocks for
Imperial Alliance NPCs including Imperial Apothecaries, Imperial
Jannisaries and Imperial Men-At-Arms
- Stat blocks for
Janus Horde NPCs including Janus Horde Berserkers and Janus Horde Fists Of
The Dragon
- And many, many
more!
- Comes in two versions: Standard for print out; and Lite for mobile devices and tablets.
Written by Jeff Lee. Available at RPGNow!
Friday, November 9, 2012
The real reason gaming and RPG Retailers fail…
Yesterday Gary Ray of Black Diamond Games put this post up in his blog and from there they has been a FIRESTORM of comments from people on the topic
of kickstarter and what it is in reference to the retailer, what is kickstarter's responsibility is in the
gaming market, loyalty to the retailer distributor model and so on. If you go
to Gary’s facebook page, I commented in the thread about it. Bur here is the comments that kind of changed
it all for me:
Louis Porter Jr: OK I
have to ask as a Kickstarter publisher: Since you say "my" (I am
talking in small publisher terms here) product will not sell in our store so
you don't order it. But some of your customers seem to want to pick it up and
fund my kickstarter. Better yet, I offer retailers a way to pick up my kickstarter
project so you can have exclusive item at our location over your competition. But
still you think I am "stealing" customers? I am confused...
Jim Crocker: Louis, I think it's reasonable to say you're
'stealing' the front-end excitement and heat that otherwise comes from a new
product release in our stores. I am a little (a lot?) more forgiving than Gary
on the long-tail value of KS product, but it's definitely not a 'win-win' for
retailers. It's a compromise with the new model. (And by 'you'. I mean any
publisher who uses KS as an end-run around the channel but expects their stuff
to be carried there post-KS, not just you personally!)
Gareth Skarka: Now, now, Louis. Don't expect logic.
Louis Porter Jr: But here is the issue, we don't have to
give you all the option as kickstarter. We could just leave you out completely
AND just "take" your customers leaving you in the cold. But we are
NOT doing that. We are being inclusive, and for some reason you are getting mad
at us? I am sorry, WHAT?
Dusty Deal: Louis, you may be being inclusive, but the
majority of Kickstarter projects I've seen lately have not been retailer
friendly.
Gary Ray: I've never really carried your products so the
point is moot. They haven't even been offered to me through standard channels.
What we now see are many, if not most, small publishers who we used to be able
to support, no longer work for us, and new ones, no longer rewarding us for
taking chances on them.
Gareth Skarka: " I've never really carried your
products so the point is moot. " And yet they wonder why retailers are
being "cut out." Incredible.
Dusty Deal is the owner of MythPlaced Treasures. Since she is near Denver, I am going to have JP go over there and run some
NeoExodus Legacies games to help build a customer base of those who might be
interested in NeoExodus. Jim Crocker is the owner and operator of Modern Myths, Inc.
And with this I realized what the retailers want: They want
to make ALL the money, they want to take no risk, the want to complain when
they can’t get a product and they want to tell you it will not sell in their
stores.
I am sorry, but no.
Gary, I think you are a smart business man and understand your business
well, but I hate to break it to you on this one, you are on the wrong side of
history.
Kickstarter is the disruptive technology that retail AND
distributors fear. It completely removes them from the Manufacture > Distributor
> Retailer > Customer system. With kickstarter is just Manufacture to Customer
and best of all, you can raise more money than you asked for and have an actual
profit on a products. I used to support
the distributor & retailer model because that is the way it was done. But
now as a publisher I have MORE options: online digital sales, Print on Demand
services and crowdsource funding to name a few.
Any retailer who thinks and acts like Gary, I am sorry but the future is
going to get tougher and tougher for you.
I am sorry you see this as a point of conflict instead of a place for
innovation, since this is going to be a LONG and painful road for you if
crowdfunding continues to explode in success, like everyone suggests it is
going to. Talk to you later…
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
[LPJ Design] Treasures of NeoExodus: Staff of the Red Mage (PFRPG) Now available
Louis Porter Jr. Design has released its newest product for their Treasures of NeoExodus line, Staff of the Red Mage for the NeoExodus: A House Divided (PFRPG) campaign setting at RPGNow.com and DriveThruRPG.com. Here is information on this product:
The early days of adventuring in Exodus can be traced back to the days in the aftermath of the First Ones’ reign. In those days, groups of soldiers and warriors fresh from combat and unwilling to align themselves with the new nations of Exodus found work as mercenaries dealing with the remaining servants and monstrous creations of the First Ones. They worked mainly for treasure - and in some cases power - and were often as dangerous to the people they were helping as the monsters they slayed. The concept of adventurers as heroes did not take shape until the appearance of the adventurer known as the Red Mage and his companions The Company of the Staff.
The Treasures of NeoExodus: Staff of the Red Mage is created for use with your NeoExodus: A House Divided campaign setting home gaming for the Pathfinder RPG. The Treasures of NeoExodus series focus on creating unique and interesting magical and mundane items that you can use in your NeoExodus home games that give you more a personal connection to the item. This PDF comes with a background and history of the Staff of the Red Mage, its special mundane and/or magical qualities plus magic item containing detailed information and blank versions of the cards. Everything you need to incorporate the Staff of the Red Mage into your character’s background and your gaming sessions is here making them even more appealing, special and personal. Available at RPGNow!
The early days of adventuring in Exodus can be traced back to the days in the aftermath of the First Ones’ reign. In those days, groups of soldiers and warriors fresh from combat and unwilling to align themselves with the new nations of Exodus found work as mercenaries dealing with the remaining servants and monstrous creations of the First Ones. They worked mainly for treasure - and in some cases power - and were often as dangerous to the people they were helping as the monsters they slayed. The concept of adventurers as heroes did not take shape until the appearance of the adventurer known as the Red Mage and his companions The Company of the Staff.
The Treasures of NeoExodus: Staff of the Red Mage is created for use with your NeoExodus: A House Divided campaign setting home gaming for the Pathfinder RPG. The Treasures of NeoExodus series focus on creating unique and interesting magical and mundane items that you can use in your NeoExodus home games that give you more a personal connection to the item. This PDF comes with a background and history of the Staff of the Red Mage, its special mundane and/or magical qualities plus magic item containing detailed information and blank versions of the cards. Everything you need to incorporate the Staff of the Red Mage into your character’s background and your gaming sessions is here making them even more appealing, special and personal. Available at RPGNow!
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
The waiting is the hardest part…
This is going to be very simple and short. Waiting for work
to come in from a lot of different places, but the one that is the most
important to me is the NeoExodus Chronicles: Usual Suspects NPC sourcebook. Since the NPC Codex is coming out VERY soon, we want to
release our at the same time so you can have even more cool stuff to not just
add to your local Pathfinder game but your local NeoExodus game also. But we have to
wait. As Jay-Z said, “I’m like a struggling doctor, I have no patients and I
hate waiting.” Well I guess that means I can focus on the next Treasures of NeoExodus release. What will it be? That is a good question. Talk to you later…
Friday, November 2, 2012
[LPJ Design] Organized Play NeoExodus Legacies: Campaign Setting (PFRPG) Now available
Louis Porter Jr.
Design has released its sourcebook for their NeoExodus Organized Play line,
NeoExodus Legacies: Campaign Setting (PFRPG). Here is information on NeoExodus
Legacies: Campaign Setting (PFRPG):
NeoExodus
is a world wracked by war and intrigue for centuries after the population broke
the yoke of the First Ones. For the past 2,000 years, the nations of Exodus
have fought each other. NeoExodus is a world where exploration, politics, and
adventure go hand in hand. Choose your allies carefully. You may need to call
upon them, as they will call upon you. Be equally careful choosing your enemies
– for the same reasons! The world of Exodus needs heroes…
Designed
for organized play, NeoExodus Legacies aims to put your characters in the thick
of the action, giving you the power to shape the world and influence events.
What your character does matters and influences the world and the campaign. A
number of special interactive adventures give your character opportunities to
interact and influence both NPCs and events alike. NPCs in NeoExodus are not
static. Through narratives, campaign updates and the adventures themselves,
NPCs and the plot change beyond the current adventure. How your character
reacts to them is up to you.
This
document introduces the rules on how you may play in the worldwide campaign
NeoExodus Legacies, set in the world of Exodus. It contains what you need to
create characters and information on how to be a game master of NeoExodus
events. It also details the unique aspects of the campaign.
In addition, this sourcebook
includes:
- Campaign Basics &
History of the World
- Character
Creation
- Patrons
- Rules of
Organized Play
- Game Master and
Dealing with the Scenarios
- Purchasing
Equipment
- The Legacy
Records
- Additional
Resource for NeoExodus Legacies
- Come in two
version: Standard for print out; and Lite for mobile devices and tablets.
Written by D’Anne
Nelson, JP Chapleau, Linda Weygant-Robison with Louis Porter Jr. Available at RPGNow!
Thursday, November 1, 2012
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