Just dropping this here so you folks see it as well. Feel free to share widely!
Originally shared by Epidiah RavacholToday is the final day of
Worlds Without Master's #PatronDrive . If you join the Patron Horde at
www.Patreon.com/Epidiah there will be a coupon code waiting for you that will grant you 25% off of all back issues. But you must be fleet of foot, because sometime tomorrow morning the code is coming down. (It'll still be active for the rest of the month, you just won't automatically get it by joining the Patron Horde.)
Thus far in the #PatronDrive I've talked about:
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Enter the Avenger: https://plus.google.com/u/0/+EpidiahRavachol/posts/Jv9pxwsb9dd•
Wolfspell: https://plus.google.com/u/0/+EpidiahRavachol/posts/igyeAJdr6vN•
Sorceress Bloody Sorceress: https://plus.google.com/u/0/+EpidiahRavachol/posts/cgRCTLf722a•
A Scoundrel in the Deep: https://plus.google.com/u/0/+EpidiahRavachol/posts/ArnQMwLU5mz• And
Invisible Empire: https://plus.google.com/u/0/+EpidiahRavachol/posts/Ks86XFaXUzJAnd now I will talk about the aleph, the nexus of crisis, the origin of storms,
Swords Without Master.Swords is a game I've been promising since the release of
Time & Temp back in 2009. But one that I could never find a comfortable format for. I'd write it and rewrite it and rewrite it, chasing that wretched herald of failure, the siren known as Perfection.
In the process, I rekindled an old flame with the help of used bookstores and folks like Fritz Leiber, Robert E. Howard, Tanith Lee, Michael Moorcock, Leigh Brackett, C.J. Cherryh, Jack Vance, Clark Ashton Smith and Charles R. Saunders.
It was trying to create
Swords that set me on the path to creating
Worlds. And like the worm Ouroboros,
Worlds circled around and set me on the path to creating
Swords.Since it's release in issue 3, a little over a year ago,
Swords has spawned a community whose numbers rival those of the Patron Horde itself:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/104194230537983273846 This community has given rise to a number of
Swords hacks, mods, and descendants. We hold regular Sunday morning games online. And we have amassed quite a collection of rogues, eidolons, and simulacra for your pleasure.
I have said a lot about this game over the years, so I'm just going to shut up now and let others do the talk.
"Swords Without Masters recreates the sword & sorcery stories I read growing up. One of my favourite games ever." – Eric Nieudan
"Swords Without Master never fails to produce a tale dripping with adventure, mystery, and fantastic imagery." – Aaron Feild
"Right now,
Swords Without Master by Epidiah Ravachol is my favorite roleplaying game and it’s not particularly close." – Keith Stetson
And a quick shout out to my
Swords Without Master illustrators, Storn Cook, Ed Heil, and Christopher Kimball, who all made this game gorgeous.
http://www.swordswithoutmaster.com