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Project Update: The Cracked Mirror: An Epistolary Duet for FYOV
Prepare yourselves...a new vampire Convocation is upon us.
CMich Press brings you Five Hundred Year Old Vampire: The Cracked Mirror. This duet epistolary game was developed to convert the popular Five Hundred Year Old Vampire keepsake role-playing game into an experience built for two. Play through the story in one sitting or stretch it out slowly over time and space with your fellow vampire by passing your journal back and forth or sending letters for a true epistolary experience. Turn by turn, players share a story of vampires and their memories.
The Cracked Mirror requires a copy of Five Hundred Year Old Vampire to play.
The PDF mod will be free when the summer solstice is upon us. But, during these darkest months of the year, CMich Press is seeking patrons to enable us to continue producing peer-reviewed games which both educate and entertain. Through a donation, The Cracked Mirror is yours while the nights are long. Thank you for your support!
https://cmichpress.com/product/fyov-duet/
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Recently received my copy in Europe and it's overall pretty good. The box itself is very nice. The cards seem to be of good quality as well. However, there are a couple of critical notes I would mention. 1. The four-sided die or D4 uses an unconventional design, which demands that you pick it up and read the bottom side of what you rolled (at least I think that's how it's meant to be used). Normally each side has a number in each corner, so the topmost one could be read easily. What was the idea behind this choice? 2. The rulebook has some noticeable mistakes, for example pg. 34 has "...a Cohort of three always roll D8s, a Cohort of six roll D6s, and a Cohort of five roll D4s." Since cohorts are mainly 3-5 vampires then it's likely that a cohort of 4 rolls D6s. Overall, looking forward to playing it! Thank you very much!
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Just received my pledge. I wasnt aware that the Monumental Consequence study guide was PDF only so I guess I must have missed that in the descriptions? Anyway, I ordered a personal copy of the main game and one for the class but found only one expansion deck provided. Is that normal or was an expansion deck added for every copy of the main game ordered? Thanks.
Project Update: New Update! FYOV Soundscape, International Fulfillment, Keep the Faith
More quick updates, all good!
FYOV Soundscape
First, last week we released the soundscape music file rewards through Backerkit's Pledge Manager. There was a bit of an error with one soundscape not being included in one of the zip files, but we added it in as a separate zip file when you good folks let us know. Visit your survey page (here: https://five-hundred-year-old-vampire.backerkit.com/), which will give you access to the digital downloads available to you. You'll find the zip files there.
International Fulfillment
Our fulfillment partner in the UK has received our shipment and is preparing orders right now. If you are an international backer still waiting for your shipment, you should have an email confirming your address with them, either already or shortly. We've been told the plan is to book orders on their schedule at the end of this week, with shipments going out next week. We're nearly there folks!
Keep the Faith
And in case you haven't see any of our blasts about this, our next crowdfunding campaign is now live on Backerkit for Keep the Faith, a storytelling game about a religion in transition that combines role-playing and board gaming to make an experience designed to be welcoming to new role-players. Come check it out: https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/central-michigan-university-press/keep-the-faith?ref=fyov-u1.
Let us know if you have questions about anything (either through Backerkit Support or at [email protected]).
Stay frosty, everyone!
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Hello, Noticing that trying to listen to any of the new soundscape tracks was making the file manager or VLC to lag heavily, Even opening their folder is making my PC lag (not a hardware problem, I can tell you that). Is this happening to other people as well ?
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