Making a Monster
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 2023-08-03 23:35:57 +0000 UTC View Post
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Flee, Mortals! PDF Now Available
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 playt...
2023-07-31 23:04:16 +0000 UTC View PostAttacks and Stamina
It is I, your James Introcaso! A few weeks ago, Matt showed off the tactician pregen we used in testing. If ...
2023-07-29 02:57:54 +0000 UTC View PostFlow & The Null Result
Fresh Designing the Game video up on the MCDM Channel.
2023-07-28 03:29:27 +0000 UTC View PostTactical Heroic Cinematic Fantasy
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 PostIllrigger Playtest Revised Open Beta Round 2
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 start...
2023-07-26 22:58:42 +0000 UTC View PostARCADIA 30
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...
2023-07-26 17:31:00 +0000 UTC View PostPatreon Update
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...
2023-07-21 03:57:02 +0000 UTC View PostARCADIA 30 Table of Contents
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 ...
2023-07-20 17:35:01 +0000 UTC View PostMCDM Patreon Q&A is Live!
Hey everyone! James Introcaso here to let you know that Matt and I are live with an MCDM+ Patrons-only Q&A on YouTube.
First Patreon Livestream!
Hey 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...
2023-07-11 04:41:41 +0000 UTC View PostThe Tactician (Prototype)
Hey 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...
2023-07-06 20:28:23 +0000 UTC View PostARCADIA 29
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, co...
2023-06-28 17:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostARCADIA 29 Table of Contents
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, edi...
2023-06-21 17:31:00 +0000 UTC View PostWeapons
So 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 ...
2023-06-13 22:24:13 +0000 UTC View PostSimplify
Hey 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 chang...
2023-06-05 16:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostARCADIA 28
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 (...
2023-05-31 17:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostTest the Illrigger Revised
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 ...
2023-05-26 18:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostARCADIA 28 Table of Contents
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 (...
2023-05-24 17:31:00 +0000 UTC View PostStarting Ancestries
Another 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’...
2023-05-18 18:15:51 +0000 UTC View PostCharacter Options: Ancestry
Hey 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 ...
2023-05-17 18:47:34 +0000 UTC View PostTales from Arcadia
Hey nerds! Matt and Hannah here with an exciting update!
As you know, after July ARCADIA will go on hiatus for a while. 2023-05-12 22:56:17 +0000 UTC View Post
Free Membership Alpha Test
Hello, 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 simi...
2023-05-08 21:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostSHARKADIA Art: Beneath the Waves
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 SHARKA...
2023-04-28 17:30:03 +0000 UTC View PostPlaytest Report 4/21
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...
2023-04-26 19:02:06 +0000 UTC View PostSHARKADIA
’Tis release day at last! Batten the hatches, trim the sails, and weigh anchor, for SHARKADIA has arrived!
Cover Art by 2023-04-26 17:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Sharkadia Table of Contents
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 ...
2023-04-19 17:31:00 +0000 UTC View PostMCDM RPG Fan Art
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! Ee...
2023-04-13 18:41:38 +0000 UTC View PostDice and Skills!
Hello! 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 a...
2023-04-11 22:53:30 +0000 UTC View PostApril Has No Fools
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,...
2023-04-01 16:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post