As I’m sure you have noticed, updates on our website have been non-existent. We still do plan to release a couple products in 2010, but things are really slow now as life and College have taken over. Look for a new update this Spring and enjoy the cold!
Things have been a bit quiet on my front for the past couple weeks. My wife had to have surgery on her back this past Wednesday (she had a microdiscectomy if anyone is curious). Because of the pain she was having and some other possible risks, she had to have it done right away so we only had 5 days notice. She is doing much better now and I’m finally finding the time to get back into the swing of things. Read the rest of this entry »
The sales of our first 4th Edition product, Races of Violet Dawn: Skarren, have been doing well. We have all of our races finished aside from Paragon Paths, but I’m sure you’ve noticed that our updates kinda stopped for a bit and we dropped off of the radar. If you have been following us on Twitter, you’ll know that we were waiting on an answer to a question about the GSL and the use of double weapons. There was some confusion as double weapons were on the weapon list, but it didn’t reference their text. Understandably, Scott Rouse has been insanely busy and we didn’t get an answer until a few weeks later. The answer we got was to create a new term as double weapons won’t be added to the GSL so that slowed us down a bit. Read the rest of this entry »
I just finished uploading our first 4e release to RPGNow called Skarren from our new Races of Violet Dawn product line. These crimson-skinned warriors will be unleashing their fury in 4e campaigns everywhere! The PDF will be live at midnight tonight on RPGNow, so don’t miss it.
My copy of the Player’s Handbook 2 came in today and while I haven’t read a lot, at first glance it looks pretty good. We had some parallel development with the skarren and some of our other races. While annoying on a certain level, it does make me feel really good about my mechanics and our balance to the core rules. We do playtest this stuff as much as we can, but being such a small company makes it hard to catch everything.
Our GM’s Day sale is behind us and now that we have the updated GSL from Wizards of the Coast, we’re looking ahead to our 4e release schedule. Phillip Larwood finished up our first 4e module, The Keeper of Secrets. Its been through playtesting which has gone really well. We need to get all of the art for this finished, add a bit more flavor, create some sample characters and this is a done deal. I’m really happy with the way this turned out. I’ll post some more information on this soon. Read the rest of this entry »
Beginning next week, we’ll be unleashing our brand new Violet Dawn Wiki onto the world. It’s coming together really well and we can only hope that you enjoy all it has to offer as much as we’re enjoying putting it together. It will be an ever-evolving process with constant updates and fresh material so that in the end (if that ever comes) you’ll have an immensely comprehensive campaign setting with more material than you can shake a thar-chak at. Basically, it will serve as a FREE campaign setting with all the good stuff you’ll need to run a Violet Dawn campaign for any system! We’ll be making the announcement anyday now so keep your eyes open!
We’ve been plugging away at a lot of things here behind the scenes and the first phase of our plans is finally coming to fruition. We’ve received a lot of email and comments on our forums (and others) about dropping support for version 3.5 of the d20 System. We don’t want to abandon all of the fans that got us our start in the industry, so this is what we are going to do.
It’s amazing how time flies. I can’t believe the holidays are almost upon us and that it has been so long since we last posted an update. A lot things are finally starting to fall into place to the point where we are going to have enough going on to start posting frequent updates. We hate leaving everyone in the dark for a few months, but we didn’t want to update for the sake of updating and we really wanted to wait until we had some real information to share.
Things have been slow here at the Inner Circle the past few weeks. After our return from Gencon we’ve been slowed down a bit with the kids getting back to school, Labor Day weekend craziness, scheduling and refining our product line, and combating a REALLY nasty stomach virus that has been making the rounds here at the Inner Circle. I caught the plague right after Labor Day weekend and it looks like Chris is the latest victim (sorry man!). Bob I hope you are honing that mutant healing factor otherwise you are in for a wild ride…
Now that we’ve returned from GENCON, things have been pretty crazy around here. We had a blast at the convention, met some great people, shook hands with R. A. Salvatore, and picked up some really cool swag. It was my first time at the show, and while it was a bit overwhelming at first it was an amazing sight to see. We took some great shots that we’ll be posting for all of you to see, and I’m sure the other guys will have some interesting tales to tell. After witnessing so many dedicated gamers and talented people in one place, one of the biggest things that I took away from the show was a sharper focus for the future of our new 4e product line and an even greater desire to bring the world of Avadnu into your hands. Read the rest of this entry »