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[11/18/03] Steel Roses have taken root!
-- Webmaster Rob --
[10/21/03] Our Fearless Leader Speaks!
As no doubt you can tell by the rapid growth of our
products pages, there has been a lot of change going on at Seraphim
Guard. The number of writers we have under contract to produce new
material is growing by leaps and bounds, and we don't anticipate it
stopping anytime soon. Some of our new products are closer to fruition
than others, but all look very exciting.
On a disappointing note, I have had the HeartQuest 2nd
Edition page taken down from the website. This should not, however, be
takes as a sign of bad news for the project. A new contract has been
signed regarding the project, and a press release on it will be
forthcoming which I will have posted to this website as soon as it is
ready. Until then, rest assured the project is not dead - just
undergoing a change of direction due in part to circumstances beyond
anyone's control.
The exciting thing, of course, is all the new games! It
constantly amazes me how many people are eager to write for a fledgeling
company like Seraphim Guard that caters to a niche market. Our entry
into the superhero business with World of Heroes
and Lady Pain is
showing exceptional promise. I've seen the manuscript of Anthony Fod's
Steel Roses - it's going to be a great book,
and if Mecha Aces (which he
is also writing) is just as good, then things look bright for Mecha's
future with this company. We've had vigorous debates about systems,
especially when it comes to supernormal powers in HeartQuest and magic
in the upcoming Spell-Slingers & Sword-Saints fantasy RPG, but overall
things look promising for both projects. If everybody keeps to their
deadlines and works at a decent pace then Seraphim Guard's line will be
growing by leaps and bounds in 2004, both in quantity, but hopefully in
quality and ultimately in popularity.
To those who have supported us and continue to support us,
thanks from the bottom of my heart. To those who are curious, try our
games. The HeartQuest Lite giveaway has been a tremendous success in
terms of number of downloads, and we've just launched two new
play-by-post HeartQuest games on our message boards that still have room
for players (in the case of my Sendai Academy game, LOTS of room). All
you really need to play is HeartQuest Lite, although having the full
game will be a big help and clarify your skill choices a lot more.
Don't forget sponsorships! They provide useful seed money
to get individual projects off the ground and carry the company through
the lean sales times between the release of new products. It costs us at
least $100 just to lay out a new product, not to mention what we pay
artists and the costs of things like web access. Sales can make up most
of it, but during lulls in the product cycle sales could be much
better.
Ally, don't forget to support our friends at Alter Ego
Software, Grey Ghost Games and Politically Incorrect Games! Alter Ego's
HeartQuest character generator (part of their FUDGE template) is a
wonderful tool that I am trying to get to all our writers. I'm sure
you'll find it extremely useful as well. Grey Ghost's FUDGE lines add a
lot of crunchy bits that can easily be incorporated into any of our
games - and many oif our unique elements can be incorporated into your
FUDGE game as well, so there's a symbiotic relationship here. The same
goes for PIG's Active Exploits and HeartQuest Diceless, which has
received the most favorable reviews of any HeartQuest product to date
and is especially good for your online shoujo gaming.
Don't forget our mailing lists and message board either!
You can be part of the Seraphim Guard community and be an active
participant in the development of many of our products. We are always on
the lookout for fresh ideas, honest critiques, and general fannish
goodness.
Enjoy your stay at our site, and please - try the fish!
-- Michael Hopcroft --
[10/07/03] Seraphim Guard Goes Shonen. Oh, the Pain.
We're finally putting out a shonen-anime game, with Mecha Aces,
our upcoming game of fighting robot action!
Also, we're working on a less-than-serious superhero sourcebook for Mutants & Masterminds, Lady Pain!
-- Webmaster Rob --
[09/26/03] New projects in the works!
We've got some new settings in the works: Steel
Roses, for those of you who want giant robots in your shoujo;
Livin' On A Dream, a 'mini-series'
setting on the seaside; and World
Of Heroes, a Mutants & Masterminds
setting book.
-- Webmaster Rob --
[09/18/03] Want To Talk About It?
We've got new fourms up, for
you to discuss our games, your
games, anime, manga, or anything else you feel like spouting off about. Please
try them out!
-- Webmaster Rob --
[08/05/03] Free Downloads and Fractured Fairytales
For those of you interested in HeartQuest but not willing to purchase it
sight unseen, a free
download of HeartQuest Lite is now available from RPGNow.com.
Try before you buy!
In other news, NDP Comics is conspiring
collaborating with Seraphim Guard to turn their
off-kilter fairy-tale comics, As Told By...,
into a comedic roleplaying game.
-- Webmaster Rob --
[06/10/03] Congratulations, Graduates!
Seraphim Guard would like to congratulate all our readers and players
who just graduated from high school or college. Special kudos go out ot
Krista Wells, the artist who pretty much defined the look of the Ghost
Tamer Miyaki setting, who received her bachelors last month. Dream big,
Krista!
-- Michael Hopcroft --
[06/03/03] Mecha and Messed-Up Maho Shoujo
We now have pages up for our upcoming games, the high action MechScape and
the dark Magical Girl campaign, Closet of Broken Dreams.
Please take a look, and possibly even donate to help get them made. If you do, we'll put your names in ones and zeros!
-- Webmaster Rob --
[05/26/03] All the Drama, None of the Dice
-- Webmaster Rob --
[05/15/03] Technocon Website
-- Webmaster Rob --
[05/13/03] Message Board Online
-- Michael --
[05/05/03] Online Chatroom Open
Seraphim Guard now has a 24/7 webchat room available for games,
chat, our standard Friday night meeting, or just about anything else.
It's located at:
http://chat.cjb.net/seraphimguard/
Our usual Friday evening chat will take place in this room, so
don't miss out!
-- Michael --
[04/29/03] And the Ideas Just Keep on Coming
One of the problems with running a game company
is that you keep coming up with these ideas. But
since having come up with the ideas is why I
started the game company in the first place,
it's only natural that I would want to explore
them.
The newest idea Seraphim Guard is exploring is an
online convention unlike any I personally have
experienced. Technocon would be a Gaming
convention, but so much more. It would also be a
Science Fiction convention, a Fantasy convention
and an Anime convention. I'm even planning a Lyric
Exchange to replace the traditional convention
filkings at live conventions. And yes, Technocon
would be 100% virtual, with chat rooms, party rooms,
online role-playing, and a Vendors' Section that will,
if all goes well, include anime/manga vendors,
bookstores and game publishers.
We'll have guests from various fandom-related
industries giving panels. We'll have publishers
running their games. We'll have gamemasters from
general fandom running games of every description.
Hopefully we'll have a Diplomacy tournament. We
can't really run videos or music, but we can discuss
video and music. We'll have plenty of opportunities
for fans to get together online and discuss whatever.
Vendors would buy "booth space" that links to their
RPGNow sites or
webpages and get a free membership in addition. The
convention will run 24/7 and be convenient
for every fan all over the world.
But these details are not set in stone. We
are currently looking for input on how to make
Technocon work, and 'location' has
yet to be determined. I've
set up a mailing list for people to comment
on plans, get more information, and offer
assistance and ideas. Just go to
Mailing List
Central on this site and follow
the Technocon link.
On related notes; HeartQuest
Diceless is on schedule for a May release.
HeartQuest Second Edition is
still on schedule for a late June/early July release.
We are making substantial progress on
Fuzz: the Furry Police RPG.
Ghost Tamer Miyaki is proceeding
nicely. And the ideas just keep on coming. Money
to come with them would be nice, but hopefully
that will be remedied once books start coming out
at a higher pace. And visit
RPGNow.com for your
last chance to pick up the original versions of
HeartQuest
and Musical Mistresses
at bargain-basement prices!
-- Michael --
[04/29/03] Seraphim Guard's Newest Project is Good for a Laugh
Two months of negotiations have come to fruition.
Seraphim Guard has made an agreement with NDP Comics
to produce a comedic roleplaying game based on their
"As
Told By?" manga series of funny fairy tales.
NDP Comics is a American manga publisher based in
Seattle, Washington. Their titles are sold all over
the world, and their fans are quite loyal. Seraphim
Guard looks forward to the opportunity to produce
this, our first licensed game, and the chance to
work with this highly creative company.
"As Told By?." will be a game where the players
take a traditional fairy tale and twist it beyond
recognition. It is based on a manga series which
does that to fairly tales, starting with Rapunzel
and moving on to Goldilocks and more coming soon.
The contract says we have eighteen months from today
to release the game. Hopefully we'll get it done
much sooner than that!
-- Michael --
[04/17/03] Going Where the Dice Can't
Have you ever wanted to roleplay someplace where you
simply can't take dice? Ever wondered if that guy on
the other side of the country really rolled that
"natural 20"?
Well, that may not be a problem anymore -- if
you're playing HeartQuest, that is. We've found
another way to play the game and are getting ready
to release a new book called HeartQuest
Diceless. This game is played using
Politically
Incorrect Games' Active
Exploits engine and contains all the shoujo
goodness you will find in the HeartQuest roleplaying
game. Just without the dice!
As with all our other books we are taking
sponsors for
HeartQuest Diceless. But you'll have to hurry!
We're looking at a mid-May release and will be
taking sponsors for only two weeks. If you want
your chance at diceless immortality, step right up!
This game will be released exclusively through
RPGNow.com.
-- Michael --
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