Author: Andrew Medeiros

After 17 months of sweat and tears and dozens, if not hundreds, of play-tests, the Urban Shadows Kickstarter is finally ready to launch! Words cannot describe how excited and anxious I am right now. The official launch date is tomorrow (Tuesday June 3rd) but I wanted you, the members of our community, to get a sneak peek at the site before anyone else. Take a look around, leave a comment if you’d like and enjoy the preview!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1287928832/1991264083?token=38a20bf7

My Urban Shadows campaign is nearing an end and our Hallowed, who is the descendant of Saint George and possessing his magical dragon-slaying sword Ascalon, is gearing up to battle Sludgebelly, the Dragon at the base of the Detroit River. 

Here’s what I’ve come up with for Sludgebelly;

Claws/Bites 3-harm hand messy ap

Breath Weapon 4-harm area close fire

Armour 4

When Unleashing and Studying the dragon, take a -2. When Persuading Sludegbelly with threats, you don’t.

I think our Dragon-slayer to be is in for some pain. :)

Our Apocalypse World game was cancelled last night, so I invited a few people over for a one-shot of Urban Shadows set in 1879 Arizona. We had Prof. Dr. Elsa Vaughan Braun the steam-punk Wizard, Laughing Fox the Aware and Sham Hazzy the Fae. It was a great main cast of characters and I really enjoyed foreshadowing and narrating a weird and wild west. The moves worked out very well in the alternate period.

I suspect future sessions will follow and am anxious for it.

Thanks to Sean Dalziel Rob Wakefield and Aaron Friesen  for their participation!

Hello fellow urban shades! It’s been too long since I’ve posted anything regarding the progress of US. You’ll be happy to know we’re on schedule for our Kickstarter and eventual release, which is exciting and scary all at the same time.

One thing I would love some feedback on is chapter names and headers. I have an idea of naming the chapters after different parts of a metropolis. Here is what I have so far, please let me know if or what you like and what you might change if you were doing this. Thanks in advance! 😀

I The Suburbs: Introduction

II The Tracks: Rules Intro

III The Subway: The Moves

IV The Alleyways: Factions & Debt

V Downtown: The Archetypes

VI Uptown: Character Improvement

VII The Streets: Archetype Breakdown

VIII City Hall: The Master of Ceremonies

IX The Strip: Your Opening Session and Threats

X The Docks: A Different Shade

City Map: Index & Mediography

Of course, these are preliminary names for as of yet undefined chapters. Chapter numbers and functionality are subject to change.

Russel mentioned this blog post earlier today and I just found it. It’s very well written and speaks highly of the Corruption mechanic especially. It was a great read, I recommend it.

http://failforward.co.uk/post/72980513582/power-at-a-price-in-urban-shadows