Hey Awesome Patrons!
It is I, your Lead Game Designer James Introcaso, here to discuss monsters in the MCDM RPG. Monsters have been on all our minds, since we just delivered the PDF of Flee, Mortals! The MCDM Monster Book to folks on Monday and ...
2023-08-03 23:35:57 +0000 UTC View Post
Here at MCDM, we’ve been working super hard to bring you the best monster book we can. We hope it becomes THE monster book you reach for when planning and running your games. Our rigorously playtested creatures are fun to run and fun to fight. The wait is over. Right now the PDF of Flee, Mortals! The MCDM Monster Book 2023-07-31 23:04:16 +0000 UTC View Post
It is I, your James Introcaso! A few weeks ago, Matt showed off the tactician pregen we used in testing. If you don’t remember, here it is again:
2023-07-29 02:57:54 +0000 UTC
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Fresh Designing the Game video up on the MCDM Channel.
2023-07-28 03:29:27 +0000 UTC View Post
You probably already saw it in YouTube, but we are putting it here for future generations.
2023-07-27 20:44:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey MCDM Fans,
Forgive us for sending two updates in the same day, but it’s time to raise Hell … again! The second round of the open beta playtest for The Illrigger Revised starts now.
You may remember that in April 2021, we put out The Illrigger on our shop and Patreon. Several weeks ago we ...
2023-07-26 22:58:42 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Patrons,
It is I, your James Introcaso, with the final (for now) ARCADIA. The moment is bittersweet, but this issue is pure candy! ARCADIA 30 is the magazine going out on a high note!
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Hey folks! James and I are getting properly stuck in to the new RPG dev, there’s still Flee Mortals, and Where Evil Lives (aka the Lairs book) work to do, but RPG time is steadily increasing. We’re about to have a meeting the subject of which is “what is the difference between the Talent and the Mage?” After which, if...
2023-07-21 03:57:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Patrons,
It is I, your James Introcaso, with the final (for now) ARCADIA table of contents. Behold what lies in store at the month’s end. ARCADIA 30 is the magazine going out on a high note!
Magic for the People by 2023-07-20 17:35:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone! James Introcaso here to let you know that Matt and I are live with an MCDM+ Patrons-only Q&A on YouTube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDsc9DaH0tc
Let's talk about the upcoming MCDM RPG and answer your que...
2023-07-14 18:03:28 +0000 UTC View PostHey Folks! James and I are going to be live, here on Patreon, this Friday at 11am Pacific time to talk with you all about the new RPG and the current design. Just for an hour or so, but we think it will be fun.
Now, we have not done this before, stream on this platform, so I expect there will be some technical difficult...
2023-07-11 04:41:41 +0000 UTC View PostHey folks! It's been a few weeks since we last spoke, and that means it's been a few weeks since we did any work on the RPG! We've been heads-down on Flee, Mortals! and also Where Evil Lives which is the book the Lairs section turned into. And Arcadia still, and The Talent. And The Illrigger Revised...
2023-07-06 20:28:23 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Patrons,
It is I, your James Introcaso, with a brand-spanking-new ARCADIA table of contents. This issue has been cooked up by some of the industry’s best authors, editors, consultants, artists, and testers, so let’s dive into the buffet of gaming goodness.
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Hello Amazing Patrons,
It is I, your James Introcaso, with a brand-spanking-new ARCADIA table of contents. This issue has been cooked up by some of the industry’s best authors, editors, consultants, artists, and testers, so let’s dive into the amuse-bouche that the team has prepared for you.
W...
2023-06-21 17:31:00 +0000 UTC View PostSo how will weapons work in this game?
Well I don’t know how it will work, I only know how it works right now, so let’s talk about that! But I encourage you to keep in mind than this is just our current thinking; we’ve been testing it, it seems to be working, but much larger systems have been changing und...
2023-06-13 22:24:13 +0000 UTC View PostHey folks! Matt C. here with a big update. Proper game design nonsense, this post is.
We ran a couple of playtests, one in person three weeks ago and one just this last Friday and a LOT changed between them. A couple of seemingly-unrelated problems turned out to be related and I think we have good solutions for them tha...
2023-06-05 16:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Hail, mortals! ’Tis I, Hannah Rose, returning from a design jam to tell you just how freaking excited I am for this month’s ARCADIA. We have f̵i̵v̵e̵ six amazing authors (and several consultants and editors and artists—and, as always, many testers) who collaborated to make this issue extra...
2023-05-31 17:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey MCDM Fans,
It’s time to raise Hell … again! Today begins our beta playtest of a new product, The Illrigger Revised.
You may remember that in April 2021, we put out The Illrigger on our shop and Patreon. Since that time, many players have had a devil of a good time bringing a little more f...
2023-05-26 18:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Hail, mortals! ’Tis I, Hannah Rose, returning from a design jam to tell you just how freaking excited I am for this month’s ARCADIA. We have f̵i̵v̵e̵ six amazing authors (and several consultants and editors and artists—and, as always, many testers) who collaborated to make this issue extra...
2023-05-24 17:31:00 +0000 UTC View PostAnother big meeting! Actually two big meetings but I can’t spend six hours a day writing updates. 😀
We talked about “what ancestries are going to ship with this book?” Well, there’s no real way to decide that right now because we may discover we have more or fewer pages to devote to this, depending on exactly...
2023-05-18 18:15:51 +0000 UTC View PostHey Folks, Matt reporting in. It’s been a little while since we’ve had an update, mostly because we’ve been focusing on dialing in the round-to-round experience of Fighting Monsters and that (so far) hasn’t changed that much from week to week.
But this week we have the entire design team in-house here at MCDM an...
2023-05-17 18:47:34 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey nerds! Matt and Hannah here with an exciting update!
As you know, after July ARCADIA will go on hiatus for a while. All the old issues will still be here, but the whole MCDM team will be focused on our ...
2023-05-12 22:56:17 +0000 UTC View PostHello, folks! Hannah here, with news about a new Patreon thingamajig.
Starting today, Patreon is testing out a "join for free" option and MCDM is participating in the alpha test. This is similar to the existing "follow" feature, but will offer more options for us to offer content to folks on a free tier and involve them...
2023-05-08 21:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Hail, salty dogs and landlubbers alike! Hannah here, as Captain Ralazar is back upon the high seas, searching for the mighty Shipsnapper.
We had a lot of fun with the art for SHARKADIA, so I wanted to share a couple behind-the-scenes peeks at the art process, directed by our lead artist Jason Hasenauer. 2023-04-28 17:30:03 +0000 UTC View Post
We played another session of the in-development RPG and while I think this after-action report will be short, it’s cool. :D
(Warning: description of necromantic body horror below.)
James was our GM, we picked up basically where we left off from one of the previous adventures, tracking a Necroman...
2023-04-26 19:02:06 +0000 UTC View Post
’Tis release day at last! Batten the hatches, trim the sails, and weigh anchor, for SHARKADIA has arrived!
Cover Art by Veronica O’Neill
Out of the many ideas for a SHARKADIA cover, Veronica created a mast...
2023-04-26 17:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Ahoy! Hannah Rose here, aboard the HMS ARCADIA, and I am thrilled to share the table of contents for this special issue of SHARKADIA.
Cover Art by Veronica O’Neill
You’ve already seen 2023-04-19 17:31:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Look at this! From fellow Patron Guillaume Bonnet! Holy moley!
Seeing folks being inspired by this stuff is hugely inspiring for us! I love these characters, I want to play them all! Eeeeeee!
EDIT: Here's the ...
2023-04-13 18:41:38 +0000 UTC View PostHello! New playtest with new dice and a brand-new skill system! So we get a new Designing The Game post! It’s been a few weeks since the last MCDM RPG update, but only because everyone’s hard at work on Flee, Mortals! and ARCADIA, so let’s get stuck in.
When last we left our heroes…
Ahoy! 'Tis I, Captain Talon Ralazar, making landfall to bring you the news of SHARKADIA. Now, I've heard tell of some adventuring sorts who peruse a periodical known as ARRRCADIA, but let me tell you, what's coming this month is no ordinary publication. It's chock full of swashbuckling adventure, advice for ...
2023-04-01 16:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
