Author: Magpie Games

It’s coming out in a week!

It’s coming out in a week!

It’s coming out in a week!

Originally shared by Magpie Games

Hey everyone! We have exciting news to share — the Bluebeard’s Bride Kickstarter is going live in a week!

Bluebeard’s Bride is an investigatory horror tabletop roleplaying game, written and designed by Whitney Beltrán, Marissa Kelly, and Sarah Richardson, and is based on the Bluebeard fairy tale.

In this game you and your friends explore Bluebeard’s home as the Bride, creating your own beautifully tragic version of the dark fairy tale. Investigate rooms, discover the truth of what happened, experience the nightmarish phantasmagoria of this broken place, and decide whether or not you are a faithful or disloyal bride.

Stay tuned for more on the Kickstarter as it draws nearer. Whitney, Marissa, and Sarah did absolutely incredible work on Bluebeard’s Bride, and we can’t wait to share it with you!

If you’re interested in hearing more about the game right away, check out these podcasts and interviews:

Podcast Play and Talks

– Sarah talks Bluebeard’s Bride on Misdirected Mark – Bluebeard talk starts at 13:38 (August 2016). (http://misdirectedmark.com/tag/bluebeards-bride/)

– Sarah runs the game for One Shot Podcast (February 2016). (Part 1 is here: http://oneshotpodcast.com/podcasts/one-shot/136-buebeards-bride/)

– Sarah runs the game for The Jank Cast crew (February 2016). (Part 1 is here: http://jankcast.com/archives/3269)

– Marissa talks Bluebeard’s Bride on the Shrieker Podcast (January 2016). (http://www.geeksrising.com/blog/2016/1/1/marissa-kelly)

Video Play

– Sarah runs the game for the 2016 Big Bad Con Kickstarter. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4HFIC4XvmE)

Interviews

– Whitney, Marissa, & Sarah chat about Bluebeard’s Bride and Noir on Last Chance Noir (http://www.blackgreengames.com/lcn/2016/5/17/bluebeards-bride-and-noir-themes-interview-with-whitney-beltran-sarah-richardson-and-marissa-kelly)

– Whitney and Bluebeard’s Bride on BoardGameGeek (https://boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/40708/interview-strix-myths-minorities-and-feminine-horr)

For those who didn’t see Brendan Conway’s post, here’s a link.

For those who didn’t see Brendan Conway’s post, here’s a link.

For those who didn’t see Brendan Conway’s post, here’s a link. He shares some of his design process, including early versions of playbooks. 🙂

Originally shared by Brendan Conway

The Masks PDF is out! (It’s up on DriveThruRPG at this link: http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/193258/Masks-A-New-Generation)

Took me a bit to put some of my feelings into words, but I did.

http://www.magpiegames.com/2016/09/16/masks-a-new-generation-pdf-released/

Thanks, again, here, to everyone who helped make this a reality. Mark Diaz Truman, Marissa Kelly, Michael Lunsford, Brooke Carnevale, Daniel Solis, Shelley Harlan, Amanda Valentine, Derrick Kapchinsky, you’re all awesome.

Thanks to that group of awesome people who stuck with me for a year and essentially three massively different iterations of the rules. Andrea G, Joe Zantek, Matt Holland, blu joker, Richard Rogers—you’re heroes.

Thanks again to every single backer (whose names you can find at the Magpie Games website in the Masks section), to the Halcyon City Champions who went above and beyond in playtesting (who you can also find there on the website), to everyone who’s played it or talked it up or said awesome things about it, and to everyone who’s critiqued it or given me needed feedback or helped make it better.

I’m super (heh) proud of this game. I hope you like it.

http://www.magpiegames.com/2016/09/16/masks-a-new-generation-pdf-released/

Miss your chance to get a copy of Velvet Glove at GenCon? Then we have great news!

Miss your chance to get a copy of Velvet Glove at GenCon? Then we have great news!

Originally shared by Magpie Games

Miss your chance to get a copy of Velvet Glove at GenCon? Then we have great news!

We just got in limited quantities of Velvet Glove Notebook Edition + PDF. Buy yours now, as we can’t promise another print run will happen. 🙂

http://www.magpiegames.com/product/velvet-glove-notebook-edition-printpdf/

Hello GenCon Goers!

Hello GenCon Goers!

Hello GenCon Goers!

We’re looking for one person to take on running one game of Masks for us, on Friday, from 2 pm to 6 pm.

If you’re going to be at Gencon, and you’re available and interested in running Masks from 2 pm to 6 pm on Friday, then please let us know! Drop us a line here, or send us an email at info@magpiegames.com.

Thanks so much, everyone!

Hello GenCon Goers!

Hello GenCon Goers!

Hello GenCon Goers!

One of our GMs had a life issue come up, and won’t be able to make it to GenCon, so we need some help running a few Urban Shadows games at GenCon!

If you have availability and are interested in running during any of the following times:

– Thursday, from 2 pm to 6 pm

– Friday, from 6 pm to 10 pm

– Saturday, from 2 pm to 6 pm

…then please let us know! Drop us a line here, or at info@magpiegames.com.If you’re willing and able to run all three slots, then we can help you get your badge reimbursed!

Thanks everyone!

We’re beyond excited to have Urban Shadows nominated for 3 different ENnie award categories: Best Rules, Best Game,…

We’re beyond excited to have Urban Shadows nominated for 3 different ENnie award categories: Best Rules, Best Game,…

Originally shared by Magpie Games

We’re beyond excited to have Urban Shadows nominated for 3 different ENnie award categories: Best Rules, Best Game, and Product of the Year.

Voting runs from July 11th to 21st, and your vote would be appreciated!

http://www.ennie-awards.com/blog/2016-ennie-award-nominees-and-spotlight-winners/

Emily Care Boss interviewed Whitney Beltrán, Marissa Kelly, & Sarah Richardson about their upcoming game,…

Emily Care Boss interviewed Whitney Beltrán, Marissa Kelly, & Sarah Richardson about their upcoming game,…

Originally shared by Magpie Games

Emily Care Boss interviewed Whitney Beltrán, Marissa Kelly, & Sarah Richardson about their upcoming game, Bluebeard’s Bride. They talk noir, horror, and the differences in how each designer runs the game.

http://www.blackgreengames.com/lcn/2016/5/17/bluebeards-bride-and-noir-themes-interview-with-whitney-beltran-sarah-richardson-and-marissa-kelly

Hey everybody!

Hey everybody!

Hey everybody! Are you headed to GenCon? We’re looking for GMs interested in running Masks there! We have at least one slot open, and we might try to squeeze in some more if we get a lot of interest from you. Let us know if you’re interested and available to run some official games of Masks for Magpie Games through the link below!

http://bit.ly/1SBnTZg

And if you’re willing to run at least two games, we can help get you a badge!

Here’s another actual play report from this weekend.

Here’s another actual play report from this weekend.

Here’s another actual play report from this weekend.

Originally shared by Blaze Azelski

Oh. My. God. 

Just got through with a session of Masks run by Brendan Conway. It was amazing. Everyone really seemed absolutely on top of their game. We ended up using a villain as an ally against my misguided twin brother, the Beacon forgave me after I disowned him, a rivalry of sorts was started, a supremely powerful (alien?) artifact was dissolved by the Nova’s will (who also eliminated someone else’s ability to alter reality by altering reality himself(through science?)). Our Beacon more than proved himself to our Protege and himself, our Nova is accepting himself as a beneficent god, and our Protege managed to NOT kill anyone, as well as coordinate the team, mostly. Couldn’t ask for more from a single session. It definitely left me wanting to read the second issue of that comic.

Huge thanks to everyone who was part of that game.

Apologies to Brendan, who didn’t get to mess with us as much as he wanted because we rolled too well and were super helpful to each other.